Nitric oxide induces apoptosis in mouse C2C12 myoblast cells.

To investigate whether nitric oxide (NO) induces apoptosis in myoblast cells, the effect of the sodium nitroprusside (SNP), NO donor, on the apoptosis of mouse C2C12 myoblast cells was examined by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, flow cytometry, 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) staining, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay, DNA fragmentation assay, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), Western blot analysis, and caspase-3 enzyme assay. Mouse C2C12 myoblast cells treated with SNP exhibited several apoptotic features. SNP increased p53 expression and bax expression. SNP also enhanced caspase-3 enzyme activity. The data show that NO may induce apoptotic cell death in myoblast cells through the activation of p53-, bax-, and caspase-dependent intracellular death-related pathways.

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