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Transcriptome Analysis Reveals HgCl₂ Induces Apoptotic Cell Death in Human Lung Carcinoma H1299 Cells through Caspase-3-Independent Pathway.

ABSTRACT: Mercury is one of the detrimental toxicants that can be found in the environment and exists naturally in different forms; inorganic and organic. Human exposure to inorganic mercury, such as mercury chloride, occurs through air pollution, absorption of food or water, and personal care products. This study aimed to investigate the effect of HgCl₂ on cell viability, cell cycle, apoptotic pathway, and alters of the transcriptome profiles in human non-small cell lung cancer cells, H1299. Our data show that HgCl₂ treatment causes inhibition of cell growth via cell cycle arrest at G₀/G₁- and S-phase. In addition, HgCl₂ induces apoptotic cell death through the caspase-3-independent pathway. Comprehensive transcriptome analysis using RNA-seq indicated that cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process, cellular metabolism, and translation for biological processes-related gene sets were significantly up- and downregulated by HgCl₂ treatment. Interestingly, comparative gene expression patterns by RNA-seq indicated that mitochondrial ribosomal proteins were markedly altered by low-dose of HgCl₂ treatment. Altogether, these data show that HgCl₂ induces apoptotic cell death through the dysfunction of mitochondria.

SUBMITTER: Kim MJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7922270 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Transcriptome Analysis Reveals HgCl<sub>2</sub> Induces Apoptotic Cell Death in Human Lung Carcinoma H1299 Cells through Caspase-3-Independent Pathway.

Kim Mi Jin MJ Park Jinhong J Kim Jinho J Kim Ji-Young JY An Mi-Jin MJ Shin Geun-Seup GS Lee Hyun-Min HM Kim Chul-Hong CH Kim Jung-Woong JW

International journal of molecular sciences 20210218 4

Mercury is one of the detrimental toxicants that can be found in the environment and exists naturally in different forms; inorganic and organic. Human exposure to inorganic mercury, such as mercury chloride, occurs through air pollution, absorption of food or water, and personal care products. This study aimed to investigate the effect of HgCl<sub>2</sub> on cell viability, cell cycle, apoptotic pathway, and alters of the transcriptome profiles in human non-small cell lung cancer cells, H1299. O ...[more]

PMID: 33670495

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Transcriptome Analysis Reveals HgCl2 Induces Apoptotic Cell Death in Human Lung Carcinoma H1299 Cells through Caspase-3-Independent Pathway.

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Transcriptome Analysis Reveals HgCl<sub>2</sub> Induces Apoptotic Cell Death in Human Lung Carcinoma H1299 Cells through Caspase-3-Independent Pathway.

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Transcriptome Analysis Reveals HgCl₂ Induces Apoptotic Cell Death in Human Lung Carcinoma H1299 Cells through Caspase-3-Independent Pathway.