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Abstract
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) steady-state levels are required for entry into the S phase of the cell cycle in normal cells, as well as in tumour cells. However, the contribution of mitochondrial ROS to normal cell proliferation has not been well investigated thus far. A previous report showed that Romo1 was responsible for the high ROS levels in tumour cells. Here, we show that endogenous ROS generated by Romo1 are indispensable for cell cycle transition from G1 to S phase in normal WI-38 human lung fibroblasts. The ROS level in these cells was down-regulated by Romo1 knockdown, resulting in cell cycle arrest in the G1 phase. This arrest was associated with an increase in the level of p27Kip1. These results demonstrate that mitochondrial ROS generated by Romo1 expression is required for normal cell proliferation and it is suggested that Romo1 plays an important role in redox signalling during normal cell proliferation.
| Abbreviations | ||
| ROS | = | reactive oxygen species |
| Romo1 | = | reactive oxygen species modulator 1 |
| siRNA | = | small interfering RNA |
| PDL | = | population doublings |
| NAC | = | N-acetyl cysteine |
| H2O2 | = | hydrogen peroxide |
| PBS | = | phosphate-buffered saline |
| MAPK | = | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| Erk | = | extracellular-signal-regulated kinase |
| MnSOD | = | manganese superoxide dismutase |
| FITC | = | fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| FBS | = | foetal bovine serum |
| RT-PCR | = | reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction |
| BrdU | = | 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine |
| MOI | = | multiplicity of infection |
| Abbreviations | ||
| ROS | = | reactive oxygen species |
| Romo1 | = | reactive oxygen species modulator 1 |
| siRNA | = | small interfering RNA |
| PDL | = | population doublings |
| NAC | = | N-acetyl cysteine |
| H2O2 | = | hydrogen peroxide |
| PBS | = | phosphate-buffered saline |
| MAPK | = | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| Erk | = | extracellular-signal-regulated kinase |
| MnSOD | = | manganese superoxide dismutase |
| FITC | = | fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| FBS | = | foetal bovine serum |
| RT-PCR | = | reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction |
| BrdU | = | 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine |
| MOI | = | multiplicity of infection |