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Bystander effect: role of iNOS d S. GHOSH et al. 1573<br />

Fig. 8. Gene expression of NF-kB (p65) and iNOS gene in EL-4<br />

cells that had received medium from irradiated cells. EL-4 cells cultured<br />

for 2 h in presence of different conditioned media. b-Actin<br />

gene expression in each group was used as an internal control. Ratio<br />

of intensities of NF-kB (p65) and inducible nitric oxide synthase<br />

band to that of respective b-actin band as quantified from gel pictures<br />

are shown above each gel picture. Key: Lane 1, control EL-<br />

4 cells; Lane 2, g-irradiated EL-4 cells; Lane 3, EL-4 cells receiving<br />

medium from g-irradiated EL-4 cells; Lane 4, EL-4 cells receiving<br />

medium from L-NAME treated and g-irradiated EL-4 cells; Lane 5,<br />

EL-4 cells receiving medium from cPTIO-treated and g-irradiated<br />

EL-4 cells; Lane 6, EL-4 cells receiving medium from LPS-stimulated<br />

(500 ng/mL), L-NAME treated and g-irradiated RAW 264.7<br />

cells; Lane 7, EL-4 cells receiving medium from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated<br />

(500 ng/mL), cPTIO-treated and g-irradiated<br />

RAW 264.7 cells. Data represent means SE of three independent<br />

experiments; significantly different from unirradiated controls:<br />

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.<br />

The treatment with L-NAME or cPTIO also reduces the<br />

bystander induction of DNA damage in EL-4 cells receiving<br />

medium from irradiated EL-4 cells or LPS-stimulated and<br />

LPS-irradiated RAW 264.7 cells (Fig. 9, Lanes 4–7), demonstrating<br />

that NO contributes to the DNA damage in bystander<br />

EL-4 cells. NO is generated endogenously from L-arginine<br />

by inducible NO synthases (27, 28) that can be stimulated<br />

by radiation in mammalian cells (8). It is believed that NO itself<br />

does not induce DNA strand breaks, although one of its<br />

oxidation product, peroxynitrite, is toxic and can cause DNA<br />

Fig. 9. DNA damage in EL-4 cells cultured for 2 h in presence of<br />

different conditioned media was measured using single-cell gel electrophoresis<br />

(‘‘comet assay’’) and expressed as tail length. Key: Lane<br />

1, control EL-4 cells; Lane 2, g-irradiated EL-4 cells; Lane 3, EL-4<br />

cells receiving medium from g-irradiated EL-4 cells; Lane 4, EL-4<br />

cells receiving medium from L-NAME treated and g-irradiated EL-<br />

4 cells; Lane 5, EL-4 cells receiving medium from cPTIO treated<br />

and g-irradiated EL-4 cells; Lane 6, EL-4 cells receiving medium<br />

from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated (500 ng/mL), L-<br />

NAME-treated, and g-irradiated RAW 264.7 cells; Lane 7, EL-4<br />

cells receiving medium from LPS-stimulated (500 ng/mL),<br />

cPTIO-treated, and g-irradiated RAW 264.7 cells; Lane 8, EL-4<br />

cells treated with L-NAME; Lane 9, EL-4 cells treated with cPTIO.<br />

Data represent means SE of three independent experiments;<br />

significantly different from unirradiated controls: *p < 0.05,<br />

**p < 0.01.<br />

damage by both attacking deoxyribose and direct oxidation<br />

of purine and pyrimidine (29). Radiation-induced NO has<br />

the possibility of attacking nearby cells within their diffusion<br />

distance of less than 0.5 mm (30, 31). However, because of<br />

their having very short half-lives, they may not be direct contributors<br />

to the cellular damage in the bystander population.<br />

This is confirmed by the fact that inclusion of cPTIO in the<br />

medium only marginally inhibits the bystander response in<br />

similar cells (Fig. 8, Lane 5). Contrarily, it has also been reported<br />

that NO is involved in the bystander responses caused<br />

by the conditioned medium harvested from irradiated cells<br />

(32). Therefore some long-lived bioactive factors downstream<br />

of NO are most likely involved in this bystander<br />

response.<br />

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