1. Tropomyosin-1 protects transformed alveolar epithelial cells against cigaret smoke extract through the stabilization of F-actin-dependent cell-cell junctions.
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Gagat M, Grzanka D, Izdebska M, Sroka WD, Hałas-Wiśniewska M, and Grzanka A
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- Alveolar Epithelial Cells drug effects, Cell Line, Transformed, Gene Expression, Humans, Intercellular Junctions metabolism, Oxidative Stress, Plant Extracts chemistry, Protective Factors, Protein Stability, Proteolysis, Smoke, Nicotiana chemistry, Zonula Occludens-1 Protein metabolism, Actins metabolism, Alveolar Epithelial Cells metabolism, Plant Extracts toxicity, Tropomyosin physiology
- Abstract
The aim of the study was to estimate the effect of tropomyosin-1-based structural stabilization of F-actin in transformed human alveolar epithelial line H1299 cells subjected to high oxidative stress induced by cigaret smoke extract. We demonstrated here that cigaret smoke extract induces cell shrinking and detachment as a consequence of F-actin cytoskeleton degradation in H1299 cells not overexpressing tropomyosin-1. Furthermore, the treatment of these cells with cigaret smoke extract resulted in the loss of peripheral localization of ZO-1 and initiated apoptosis. In contrast, structural stabilization of F-actin, by overexpression of tropomyosin-1, preserved cell to cell interactions through the attenuation of cortical actin organization into thin fibers and thus protected these cells against oxidative stress-induced degradation of actin cytoskeleton and cell death. In conclusion, we suggest that structural stabilization of thin cortical F-actin fibers increases link between tight junctions proteins and actin cytoskeleton and thus protects H1299 cells against cigaret smoke extract., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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