Comparative Toxicity of Arsenic Metabolites in Human Bladder Cancer EJ-1 Cells

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• 作者：Hua Naranmandura ; Michael W. Carew ; Shi Xu ; Jane Lee ; Elaine M. Leslie ; Michael Weinfeld ; X. Chris Le
• 刊名：Chemical Research in Toxicology
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：September 19, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：24
• 期：9
• 页码：1586-1596
• 全文大小：1035K
• 年卷期：v.24,no.9(September 19, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5010

文摘

The human bladder is one of the primary target organs for arsenic-induced carcinogenicity, and arsenic metabolites in urine have been suspected to be directly involved in carcinogenesis. Thioarsenicals are commonly found in human and animal urine and are also considered to be highly toxic arsenic metabolites. The present study was performed to gain insight into the toxicity and accumulation of arsenic species found in urine, including arsenate (iAs^V), arsenite (iAs^III), monomethylarsonic acid (MMA^V), monomethylmonothioarsonic acid (MMMTA^V), dimethylarsinic acid (DMA^V), dimethylarsinous acid (DMA^III), dimethylmonothioarsinic acid, (DMMTA^V), and dimethyldithioarsinic acid (DMDTA^V) in human bladder cancer EJ-1 cells. The order of cytotoxicity of these arsenic compounds in EJ-1 human bladder cancer cells was DMA^III, DMMTA^V > iAs^III iAs^V > MMMTA^V > MMA^V, DMA^V, and DMDTA^V, indicating that the sulfur-containing DMMTA^V was among the most toxic arsenic compounds similar to trivalent DMA^III. We further characterized the DNA damage, generation of highly reactive oxygen species (hROS), and expression of proteins p21 and p53 in cells after exposure to iAs^III, DMA^III, and DMMTA^V. Cellular exposure to DMMTA^V resulted in reduced protein expression of p53 and p21, increased DNA damage, and increased intracellular hROS (hydroxyl radical). In contrast, iAs^III significantly increased the protein expression of p21 and p53 and did not increase the hROS at the IC₅₀. Intracellular glutathione (GSH) was reduced by 60% after exposure to DMA^III or DMMTA^V, suggesting that DMMTA^V causes cell death through oxidative stress. In contrast, GSH levels increased in cells exposed to iAs^III, and hROS only increased after a long exposure to iAs^III. Our findings demonstrate that DMMTA^V may be one of the most toxicologically potent arsenic species, relevant to arsenic-induced carcinogenicity in the urinary bladder.