Analysis of Radiation Toxicity in Mammalian Cells Stably Transduced with Mitochondrial Stat3

A coordinated action between nuclear and mitochondrial activities is essential for a proper cellular response to genotoxic stress. Several nuclear transcription factors, including STAT3, translocate to mitochondria to exert mitochondrial function regulation; however, the role of mitochondrial STAT3 (mitoSTAT3) under stressed conditions is still poorly understood. In this study, we examined whether the stable expression of mitoSTAT3 wild-type or mutated at the conserved serine residue (Ser727), which is involved in the mitochondrial function of STAT3, can affect the DNA damage response to UVC radiation. To address this issue, we generated mammalian cells (NIH-3T3 and HCT-116 cells) stably transduced to express the mitochondrial-targeted Stat3 gene in its wild-type or Ser727 mutated forms. Our results show that cell proliferation is enhanced in mitoStat3-transduced cells under both non-stressed and stressed conditions. Once irradiated with UVC, cells expressing wild-type mitoSTAT3 showed the highest cell survival, which was associated with a significant decrease in cell death. Low levels of oxidative stress were detected in UVC-irradiated NIH-3T3 cells expressing mitoSTAT3 wild-type or serine-related dominant active form (Ser727D), confirming a role of mitochondrial STAT3 in minimizing oxidant cellular stress that provides an advantage for cell survival.

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