Abstract
We evaluated real-time changes in extracellular acidification rates of human U937 and K562 leukemic cells treated with camptothecin or taxol. U937 cells treated with camptothecin or taxol for 30-60 min showed a continuous, irreversible decrease in extracellular acidification rate that was sensitive to amiloride. In contrast, U937 cells exposed to sodium azide showed an immediate, steep decrease in extracellular acidification rate that was reversible upon azide withdrawal. K562 cells required a >20-fold higher dose of camptothecin to promote similar changes in the extracellular acidification rate, with a corresponding resistance in their susceptibility to camptothecin- or taxol-induced apoptosis. The data show that irreversible commitment to apoptosis is associated with rapid metabolic changes that are reflected by decreased extracellular acidification rate and regulated by the Na+/H+ antiporter. Moreover, detection of extracellular acidification rate changes was not restricted to a particular cell type or apoptosis pathway, making this a potentially useful tool to screen compounds for pro-apoptotic activity.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 23-30 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | European Journal of Pharmacology |
Volume | 465 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 28 2003 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors wish to thank Josy Mayor and Betty Rosenbaum for technical help and Dr. Richard Metz and Dr. J. John Cohen for critical review of the manuscript. This work was supported in part by NIH grants CA83755 (to JFM) and GM46535 (to DSL).
Keywords
- Apoptosis
- Extracellular acidification rate
- Leukemic cell line
- Microphysiometry
- Na/H antiporter