Dioxin-mediated tumor progression through activation of mitochondria-to-nucleus stress signaling
- 8 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Vol. 105 (1), 186-191
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0706183104
Abstract
The environmental toxin 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD) is a known human carcinogen; however, its precise mechanism of action remains unclear. Here we show that TCDD induces mitochondrial dysfunction, stress signaling, and tumor invasion by a mechanism similar to that described for mtDNA-depleted cells. Treatment of C2C12 cells with TCDD disrupted mitochondrial transmembrane potential in a time-dependent fashion and inhibited mitochondrial transcription and translation. TCDD also increased cytosolic [Ca(2+)](c) and RyR1-specific Ca(2+) release. These changes were associated with increased calcineurin (CnA) levels and activation of CnA-sensitive NF-kappaB/Rel (IkappaBbeta-dependent) factors. Cells treated with TCDD displayed resistance to apoptosis, increased expression of the tumor marker cathepsin L, and a high degree of invasiveness as tested by the Matrigel membrane invasion assay. These effects were reversed by the CnA inhibitor FK506, and CnA mRNA silencing suggesting that TCDD triggers a signaling pathway similar to mtDNA depletion. Taken together, these results reveal that TCDD may promote tumor progression in vivo by directly targeting mitochondrial transcription and induction of mitochondrial stress signaling.This publication has 45 references indexed in Scilit:
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