Nucleic Acids Research, 2000, Vol. 28, No. 11 2242-2250
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Oligodeoxynucleotide 5mers containing a 5'-CpG induce apoptosis through a mitochondrial mechanism in T lymphocytic leukaemia cells
School of Biological Sciences and 1Department of Haematology, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
A chimeric methylphosphonodiester/phosphodiester 15mer oligodeoxynucleotide of randomly selected sequence was observed to rapidly induce apoptosis in MOLT-4 and Jurkat E6 T lymphocytic leukaemia cells following intracytoplasmic delivery. A series of further methylphosphonate substitutions and mutations and truncations of the oligodeoxynucleotide served to establish that the phosphodiester-linked sequence CGGTA present in the 15mer was responsible for this biological activity. End-protected CpG oligodeoxynucleotide 5mers of sequence type CGNNN exhibited a range of apoptosis-inducing potencies, with CGTTA being the most active. The latter was shown to significantly reduce the rate of RNA synthesis in MOLT-4 cells within 1 h; DNA laddering and redistribution of phosphatidylserine to the outer surface of the plasma membrane were marked by 160 min and mitochondrial transmembrane potential collapsed over roughly the same time scale. Pro-caspase 8 was reduced within 130 min and the proteolytically activated caspase 8 substrate Bid was also down by this time, implicating release of cytochrome c from mitochondria by the active 15 kDa fragment of Bid. Substantial proteolytic activation of pro-caspase 3 was relatively delayed. These findings support a mitochondrial amplification mechanism for apoptosis triggered by CpG 5mers.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed at: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Liverpool, Life Sciences Building, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK. Tel: +44 151 794 4319; Fax: +44 151 794 4349; Email: dmtidd@liv.ac.uk
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