Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (8): 2326-2333.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2021.08.026

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Effects of Fas on Mitochondrial Apoptotic Pathway Activated by Cadmium in PC12 Cells

WEN Shuangquan1,2, CHEN Jie1,3, WANG Li1,2, ZOU Hui1,2, GU Jianhong1,2, LIU Xuezhong1,2, BIAN Jianchun1,2, LIU Zongping1,2, YUAN Yan1,2*   

  1. 1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China;
    2. Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, China;
    3. Nantong Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Nantong 226011, China
  • Received:2020-12-14 Online:2021-08-23 Published:2021-08-21

Abstract: In order to explore the role of Fas death receptor in rat pheochromocytoma cell line (PC12) apoptosis induced by cadmium (Cd) and its regulation mechanism on the mitochondrial pathway, Fas gene silencing PC12 cells were treated with 10 μmol·L-1 Cd for 12 hours. The activation of BH3 interacting domain death agonist (BID), cysteine aspartate-specific protease-9 (caspase-9), cysteine aspartate-specific protease-3 (caspase-3), poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP), the expression of Bcl-2 associated X protein (Bax), B-cell lymphoma/leukemia-2 (Bcl-2), apoptosis inducing factor (AIF), endonuclease G (Endo G), and the distribution of cytochrome C (Cyt C) in cells were detected by Western blot. Nuclear translocation of AIF was detected by immunofluorescence staining. The results showed that Cd significantly increased the tBID/BID and Bax/Bcl-2 ratios, the release of Cyt C from mitochondria into the cytosol, the activation of caspase-9, caspase-3, PARP, and the expression of AIF, Endo G (P<0.01). Meanwhile, Cd induced the nuclear translocation of AIF. Fas silencing significantly inhibited Cd-induced increase of the tBID/BID and Bax/Bcl-2 ratios, the release of Cyt C from mitochondria into the cytosol, the activation of caspase-3, PARP, the expression of AIF, Endo G (P<0.01). Cd-activated caspase-9 was significantly inhibited by Fas silencing (P<0.05). Cd-induced nuclear translocation of AIF was abated by Fas silencing. The above results indicate that PC12 cells apoptosis induced by Cd via the mitochondrial pathway is mediated by Fas.

Key words: cadmium, Fas, PC12 cells, apoptosis, mitochondrial pathway

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