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SUBMITTER: Matias AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4829717 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matias Andreza Cândido AC Manieri Tânia Maria TM Cerchiaro Giselle G
Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity 20160330
We report the molecular mechanism for zinc depletion caused by TPEN (N,N,N',N'-Tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine) in neuroblastoma cells. The activation of p38 MAP kinase and subsequently caspase 3 is not due to or followed by redox imbalance or ROS generation, though these are commonly observed in literature. We found that TPEN is not responsible for ROS generation and the mechanism involves essentially lysosomal disruption caused by intracellular zinc depletion. We also observed a modes ...[more]