Abstract
Excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation has been implicated as one of main agents in ouabain-induced anticancer effect. Unfortunately, the signaling pathways under it are not very clarified. In the present study, we investigated the molecular mechanism involved in ouabain-induced ROS generation and cell apoptosis on human U373MG and U87MG glioma cells. Ouabain-induced glioblastoma cells apoptosis and increased ROS generation. Clearance ROS by three different ROS scavenger partly, but not totally, reversed ouabain's effect on cell apoptosis. Ouabain-induced ROS generation was not regulated by calcium overload, reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidation, but by p66Shc phosphorylation. Ouabain treatment increased p66Shc Ser36 phosphorylation. Knockdown of p66Shc by siRNA significantly inhibited ROS generations in response to ouabain. Ouabain-induced p66Shc phosphorylation through Src/Ras/extracellular signal-regulated kinase signal pathway. Our results uncovered a novel signaling pathway with p66Shc, ouabain-induced ROS generation, and glioblastoma cell apoptosis.
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