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DNA hypomethylation concomitant with the overproduction of ROS induced by naphthoquinone juglone on tobacco BY-2 suspension cells

POBOŘILOVÁ, Z. OHLSSON, A. BERGLUND, T. VILDOVA, A. PROVAZNÍK, I. BABULA, P.

Original Title

DNA hypomethylation concomitant with the overproduction of ROS induced by naphthoquinone juglone on tobacco BY-2 suspension cells

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Juglone, 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, is a naturally occurring plant secondary metabolite with allelopathic and cytotoxic properties. The cytotoxic effect of juglone and changes at the level of DNA methylation were investigated on a plant cell model, tobacco BY-2 cell suspension culture. We found that juglone in a concentration-dependent manner inhibits cell growth and causes creation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that were visible mainly in nucleus, nucleolus, cytoplasm, and plasma membrane. Analysis of the changes in DNA methylation level using Luminometric Methylation Assay showed that juglone at the concentrations of 60 and 80 mu m causes hypomethylation of DNA. Decrease in DNA methylation was confirmed by the more sensitive technique, confocal immunofluorescence microscopy, already at 30 mu m, and was accompanied by significant overproduction of hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radicals, and superoxide anion radicals. The highest percentage of the signs of programed cell death, especially apoptic-like bodies that indicate DNA fragmentation was observed at 30 mu m of juglone. On the basis of results we suggest that overproduction of ROS is the main mechanism that causes hypomethylation of DNA, which may contribute to the initiation of the programmed cell death.

Keywords

DNA methylation; Juglone; Naphthoquinone; Programmed cell death; Reactive oxygen species; Tobacco BY-2 cell suspension culture

Authors

POBOŘILOVÁ, Z.; OHLSSON, A.; BERGLUND, T.; VILDOVA, A.; PROVAZNÍK, I.; BABULA, P.

RIV year

2015

Released

1. 5. 2015

ISBN

0098-8472

Periodical

ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Year of study

113

Number

1

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

28

Pages to

39

Pages count

12

BibTex

@article{BUT114727,
  author="Zuzana {Pobořilová} and Anna B. {Ohlsson} and Torkel {Berglund} and Anna {Vildova} and Valentine {Provazník} and Petr {Babula}",
  title="DNA hypomethylation concomitant with the overproduction of ROS induced by naphthoquinone juglone on tobacco BY-2 suspension cells",
  journal="ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY",
  year="2015",
  volume="113",
  number="1",
  pages="28--39",
  doi="10.1016/j.envexpbot.2015.01.005",
  issn="0098-8472"
}