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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 270: C1190-C1203, 1996;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 270, Issue 4 C1190-C1203, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Characterization of cell volume loss in CEM-C7A cells during dexamethasone-induced apoptosis

R. S. Benson, S. Heer, C. Dive and A. J. Watson
Department of Medicine and School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

A reduction in cell volume is a fundamental feature of apoptosis. We have characterized changes in cell volume, together with nuclear changes, occurring in dexamethasone-induced apoptosis in CEM-C7A lymphoblastoid cells. Cell volume was measured by electronic cell sizing and flow cytometry, and two distinct phases of volume loss were observed. The first phase began 12 h after addition of dexamethasone (5 microM) and progressed until 36 h when chromatin condensation was detected in intact cells. Removal of dexamethasone before 36 h (the precommitment period) resulted in reversal of the volume decrease and prevented the appearance of nuclear changes. Cell shrinkage in the first 24 h of dexamethasone exposure was associated with a net loss of potassium but no change in cellular buoyant density. There were no significant differences in the rates of volume recovery after either hypertonic or hypotonic stimuli. These observations favor a mechanism of cell shrinkage involving loss of the entire cytoplasmic contents, possibly following proteolysis, rather than loss of only osmolytes and water. The second phase of volume loss was coincident with chromatin condensation and was associated with cellular fragmentation and a reduction in cellular density. We conclude that volume loss in this model of apoptosis is mediated by multiple mechanisms that are both dependent and independent of cellular fragmentation.


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