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Role of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and adenosine triphosphate in glucocorticoid-induced cytotoxicity in susceptible lymphoid cells.
N A Berger, … , D C Sudar, C W Distelhorst
N A Berger, … , D C Sudar, C W Distelhorst
Published June 1, 1987
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 1987;79(6):1558-1563. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI112989.
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Role of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and adenosine triphosphate in glucocorticoid-induced cytotoxicity in susceptible lymphoid cells.

Abstract

The possibility that corticosteroid cytotoxicity could be mediated by activation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and consequent depletion of NAD and ATP was evaluated in steroid-sensitive S49.1 and steroid-resistant S49.143R mouse lymphoma cells and in lymphocytes from a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. All cell types were shown to have the enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and to increase activity in response to DNA strand breaks. Incubation of susceptible cells with 1 microM dexamethasone resulted in DNA strand breaks. Susceptible cells also showed a dose-dependent decrease in NAD and ATP that preceded loss of cell viability. These studies suggest that steroid-induced cytotoxicity in susceptible lymphocytes is due to the presence of DNA strand breaks that activate poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase to a sufficient degree to consume cellular pools of NAD with a consequent depletion of ATP and loss of cell viability.

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N A Berger, S J Berger, D C Sudar, C W Distelhorst

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