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From the Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Recent reports substantiating the role of cytochrome c in the induction of apoptosis led us to examine the kinetics and mechanisms involved in this process as an extension of our ongoing studies of cell injury and cell death. Microinjection of cytochrome c into NRK-52E kidney cells produced rapid apoptosis, which usually began within 30 minutes and reached a maximum of 60–70% by 3 hours. The changes that occurred included four phases: an initial shrinkage phase, an active phase, a spherical phase, and a necrotic phase. For morphological purposes, the progressive changes were followed by phase-contrast and fluorescence microscopy, transmission and scanning electron microscopy, and time-lapse video microscopy. Cells first showed shrinkage, then displayed multiple pseudopods, which rapidly extended and retracted, giving the cells a bosselated appearance. During this active phase there was chromatin condensation, mitochondria were swollen but retained membrane potential, and the endoplasmic reticulum was dilated. Within 2–4 hours, active-phase cells became spherical and smooth-surfaced but were still alive, the nuclei showed chromatin clumping, the mitochondria underwent high-amplitude swelling but retained membrane potential, the endoplasmic reticulum was highly dilated, and many large apical vacuoles were present. Elevation of [Ca2+]i was seen at the late spherical phase, shortly before cell death. Pretreatment with the caspase 3 inhibitor (Ac-DEVD-CHO) prevented apoptosis, whereas overexpression of Bcl-2 did not. Depletion of cellular ATP by cyanide inhibition of energy metabolism prevented cytochrome c from inducing the active and later phases of apoptosis. The results clearly indicate that cytochrome c-induced apoptosis is a dynamic and energy-requiring process that has a distinct active and spherical phase before cell death.
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