Critical role for Romo1-derived ROS in cell proliferation
- Authors
- Na, Ah Ram; Chung, Young Min; Lee, Seung Baek; Park, Seon Ho; Lee, Myeong-Sok; Yoo, Young Do
- Issue Date
- 2-May-2008
- Publisher
- ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
- Keywords
- reactive oxygen species; Romo1; hydrogen peroxide; cell proliferation; ERK
- Citation
- BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, v.369, no.2, pp.672 - 678
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
- Volume
- 369
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 672
- End Page
- 678
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/123553
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.02.098
- ISSN
- 0006-291X
- Abstract
- Low levels of endogenous reactive oxygen species (ROS) originating from NADPH oxidase have been implicated in various signaling pathways induced by growth factors and mediated by cytokines. However, the main source of ROS is known to be the mitochondria, and increased levels of ROS from the mitochondria have been observed in many cancer cells. Thus far, the mechanism of ROS production in cancer cell proliferation in the mitochondria is not well-understood. We recently identified a novel protein, ROS modulator 1 (Romo1), and reported that increased expression of Romo1-triggered ROS production in the mitochondria. The experiments conducted in the present study showed that Romo1-derived ROS were indispensable for the proliferation of both normal and cancer cells. Furthermore, whilst cell growth was inhibited by blocking the ERK pathway in cells transfected with siRNA directed against Romo1, the cell growth was recovered by addition of exogenous hydrogen peroxide. The results of this study suggest that Romo1-induced ROS may play an important role in redox signaling in cancer cells. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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