Protein Information

Name caspase (protein family or complex)
Synonyms caspase; caspases

Compound Information

Name rotenone
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19610261 Lee YA, Shin MH: Mitochondrial respiration is required for activation of ERK1/2 and caspase-3 in human eosinophils stimulated with hydrogen peroxide. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol. 2009;19(3):188-94.

Activation of ERK1/2 MAPK and caspases was assessed by Western blotting.
Eosinophils were pretreated with rotenone, an inhibitor of the mitochondrial electron transport chain, before H2O2 was added.
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18593368 Yi T, Li H, Wang X, Wu Z: Enhancement radiosensitization of breast cancer cells by deguelin. Cancer Biother Radiopharm. 2008 Jun;23(3):355-62.


After treatment of deguelin (10 nM) combined with radiation (3 Gy), caspase-dependent apoptosis was significantly increased and cell cycle was arrested in the G2-M phase in MDA-MB-231 cells.
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17029596 Hirata Y, Meguro T, Kiuchi K: Differential effect of nerve growth factor on dopaminergic neurotoxin-induced apoptosis. J Neurochem. 2006 Oct;99(2):416-25.


Both rotenone and manganese are possible neurotoxins for a wide variety of cell and neuronal types including dopaminergic neurons and induce apoptosis in various cells.
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15485993 Pignatelli M, Sanchez-Rodriguez J, Santos A, Perez-Castillo A: 15-deoxy-Delta-12,14-prostaglandin J2 induces programmed cell death of breast cancer cells by a pleiotropic mechanism. Carcinogenesis. 2005 Jan;26(1):81-92. Epub 2004 Oct 14.

In addition, 15dPG-J2 can also activate an intrinsic apoptotic pathway involving phosphatidyl serine externalization, caspase activation and cytochrome c release.
In contrast, the addition of radical scavengers or rotenone, which prevent 15dPG-J2-induced ROS production, block the loss of cell viability induced by this prostaglandin.
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11097871 Gennari A, Viviani B, Galli CL, Marinovich M, Pieters R, Corsini E: Organotins induce apoptosis by disturbance of [Ca (2+)](i) and mitochondrial activity, causing oxidative stress and activation of caspases in rat thymocytes. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2000 Dec 1;169(2):185-90.

ROS production and the release of cytochrome c were reduced by BAPTA, an intracellular Ca (2+) chelator, or rotenone, an inhibitor of the electron entry from complex I to ubiquinone, indicating the important role of Ca (2+) and mitochondria during these early intracellular events.
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16749863 Souid AK, Penefsky HS, Sadowitz PD, Toms B: Enhanced cellular respiration in cells exposed to doxorubicin. . Mol Pharm. 2006 May-Jun;3(3):307-21.

The increment in oxygen consumption was blocked by the pan-caspase inhibitor benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-dl-Asp-fluoromethylketone (zVAD-fmk) and by the PTP inhibitor cyclosporin A.
The conclusion that both of the latter processes were products of oxidations in the mitochondrial respiratory chain was supported by the further observation that rotenone and sodium cyanide inhibited oxygen consumption and substantially lowered ATP content in the treated and untreated cells.
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12730670 Djavaheri-Mergny M, Wietzerbin J, Besancon F: 2-Methoxyestradiol induces apoptosis in Ewing sarcoma cells through mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide production. Oncogene. 2003 May 1;22(17):2558-67.

Here, we report that 2-methoxy-estradiol (2-Me), a natural estrogen metabolite, induced a caspase-dependent apoptosis of Ewing sarcoma-derived cells independently of their p53 status. 2-Me-induced apoptosis occurred through the mitochondrial death pathway as evidenced by reduction of the mitochondrial transmembrane potential, cytochrome c release and caspase-9 activation.
Rotenone, an inhibitor of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, abolished both apoptosis and H (2) O (2) production, thereby identifying mitochondria as the source of H (2) O (2).
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18705696 Liu WH, Chang LS: Reactive oxygen species and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase induce apoptotic death of U937 cells in response to Naja nigricollis toxin gamma. J Cell Mol Med. 2008 Aug 14.

Inhibitors of electron transport (rotenone and antimycin A) or inhibitor of mitochondrial permeability transition pore (cyclosporine A) reduced the effect of toxin gamma on ROS generation, loss of DeltaPsim and cytochrome c release.
Taken together, these results suggest that the cytotoxicity of toxin gamma is initiated by p38 MAPK-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction followed by ROS production and activation of caspases, and that ROS further augments p38 MAPK activation and mitochondrial alteration.
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12782307 Potokar M, Milisav I, Kreft M, Stenovec M, Zorec R: Apoptosis triggered redistribution of caspase-9 from cytoplasm to mitochondria. FEBS Lett. 2003 Jun 5;544(1-3):153-9.

The activation of apoptosis with rotenone triggers the redistribution of caspase-9 to mitochondria.
Experiments using the general caspase inhibitor z-VAD.fmk and the specific caspase-9 inhibitor z-LEHD.fmk show that the caspase-9 redistribution is a regulated process and requires the activity of a caspase other than the caspase-9.
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17477947 Hansen T, Seidel A, Borlak J: The environmental carcinogen 3-nitrobenzanthrone and its main metabolite 3-aminobenzanthrone enhance formation of reactive oxygen intermediates in human A549 lung epithelial cells. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2007 Jun 1;221(2):222-34. Epub 2007 Mar 23.

Mitochondrial ROS production was significantly attenuated (20% reduction) by addition of rotenone (complex I inhibition) and thenoyltrifluoroacetone (TTFA, complex II inhibition).
Increased intracellular Ca (2+) and caspase activities were detected upon 3-NBA exposure.
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17435593 Lim ML, Mercer LD, Nagley P, Beart PM: Rotenone and MPP+ preferentially redistribute apoptosis-inducing factor in apoptotic dopamine neurons. Neuroreport. 2007 Mar 5;18(4):307-12.

Preferential redistribution of apoptosis-inducing factor before cytochrome c in dopamine neurons indicates caspase-independent mitochondrial proapoptotic signalling predominates in these parkinsonian models.
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10567579 Li L, Lorenzo PS, Bogi K, Blumberg PM, Yuspa SH: Protein kinase Cdelta targets mitochondria, alters mitochondrial membrane potential, and induces apoptosis in normal and neoplastic keratinocytes when overexpressed by an adenoviral vector. Mol Cell Biol. 1999 Dec;19(12):8547-58.

Mitochondrial inhibitors, rotenone and antimycin A, reduced TPA-induced cell death in PKCdelta-overexpressing keratinocytes.
TPA-induced cell death was apoptotic as evidenced by morphological criteria, TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling) assay, DNA fragmentation, and increased caspase activity.
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11078377 Kakinuma Y, Miyauchi T, Yuki K, Murakoshi N, Goto K, Yamaguchi I: Mitochondrial dysfunction of cardiomyocytes causing impairment of cellular energy metabolism induces apoptosis, and concomitant increase in cardiac endothelin-1 expression. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2000 Nov;36(5 Suppl 1):S201-4.

In this study, we applied mitochondrial inhibitors, such as rotenone, cobalt chloride and antimycin A, which inhibit mitochondrial function at different sites of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, to cardiomyocytes.
It was shown that after 48-72 h of treatment with each reagent, apoptosis was shown to occur by DNA laddering and increase in caspase activity.
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11229440 Goossens V, Stange G, Moens K, Pipeleers D, Grooten J: Regulation of tumor necrosis factor-induced, mitochondria- and reactive oxygen species-dependent cell death by the electron flux through the electron transport chain complex I. Antioxid Redox Signal. 1999 Fall;1(3):285-95.


Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) induces a caspase-independent but mitochondria-dependent cell death process in the mouse fibrosarcoma cell line L929.
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19072121 Thompson CM, Quinn CA, Hergenrother PJ: Total synthesis and cytoprotective properties of dykellic acid. J Med Chem. 2009 Jan 8;52(1):117-25.

Many compounds that delay or prevent apoptotic death either reduce the amount of cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) or are direct inhibitors of caspases.
We have found that dykellic acid protects cells from death as induced by etoposide and rotenone.
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17343987 Alvira D, Tajes M, Verdaguer E, de Arriba SG, Allgaier C, Matute C, Trullas R, Jimenez A, Pallas M, Camins A: Inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases is neuroprotective in 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium-induced apoptosis in neurons. Neuroscience. 2007 Apr 25;146(1):350-65. Epub 2007 Mar 7.


In the present study, we examine the role of caspase-dependent and -independent routes in MPP+-induced apoptosis in rat cerebellar granule neurons (CGNs).
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17227556 Armann B, Hanson MS, Hatch E, Steffen A, Fernandez LA: Quantification of basal and stimulated ROS levels as predictors of islet potency and function. Am J Transplant. 2007 Jan;7(1):38-47.

Also, flow cytometric analyses of ROS (dihydroethidine), apoptosis (Annexin V, active caspases), necrosis (Topro3), and mitochondrial membrane potential (JC-1) were done in parallel to correlate with changes in luminol-measured ROS.
The ROS indices following glucose and rotenone exposure are indicative of metabolic potency and mitochondrial integrity and can be used as surrogate markers to evaluate the quality of islets prior to transplantation.
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18466357 Castera L, Hatzfeld-Charbonnier AS, Ballot C, Charbonnel F, Dhuiege E, Velu T, Formstecher P, Mortier L, Marchetti P: Apoptosis-related mitochondrial dysfunction defines human monocyte-derived dendritic cells with impaired immuno-stimulatory capacities. J Cell Mol Med. 2009 Jul;13(7):1321-35. Epub 2008 May 3.

Here, we report that cultured mature monocyte-derived DCs manifest early mitochondrial damage (i.e. within 24 hrs), characterized by mitochondrial membrane potential (psi Delta m) disruption and mitochondrial release of pro-apoptotic factors, followed by reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and activation of caspases.
Perturbations to mitochondrial respiration with rotenone identified the same modifications to DC immune functions.
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16412576 Chen MJ, Yap YW, Choy MS, Koh CH, Seet SJ, Duan W, Whiteman M, Cheung NS: Early induction of calpains in rotenone-mediated neuronal apoptosis. Neurosci Lett. 2006 Apr 10-17;397(1-2):69-73. Epub 2006 Jan 10.

This study aims to establish for the first time, the time-point of calpain activation with respect to the caspase activation and the possibility of cell cycle re-entry in rotenone-mediated cell death.
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16573651 Casarejos MJ, Menendez J, Solano RM, Rodriguez-Navarro JA, Garcia de Yebenes J, Mena MA: Susceptibility to rotenone is increased in neurons from parkin null mice and is reduced by minocycline. J Neurochem. 2006 May;97(4):934-46. Epub 2006 Mar 29.

Neuronal death was mainly apoptotic and suppressible by the caspase inhibitor t-butoxycarbonyl-Asp (OMe)-fluoromethyl ketone (Boc-D-FMK).
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10908611 Luetjens CM, Bui NT, Sengpiel B, Munstermann G, Poppe M, Krohn AJ, Bauerbach E, Krieglstein J, Prehn JH: Delayed mitochondrial dysfunction in excitotoxic neuron death: cytochrome c release and a secondary increase in superoxide production. J Neurosci. 2000 Aug 1;20(15):5715-23.

Treatment with staurosporine induced mitochondrial release of cytochrome c, caspase activation, and cell death in control and rho (-) cells.
The secondary rise could be inhibited by the complex I inhibitor rotenone (in combination with oligomycin) and mimicked by the complex III inhibitor antimycin A.
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12832841 Kitamura Y, Inden M, Sanada H, Takata K, Taniguchi T, Shimohama S, Orii H, Mochii M, Agata K, Watanabe K: Inhibitory effects of antiparkinsonian drugs and caspase inhibitors in a parkinsonian flatworm model. J Pharmacol Sci. 2003 Jun;92(2):137-42.

These results suggest that the degeneration of planarian dopaminergic system induced by rotenone or MPTP may be mediated through caspase-like activation.
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12551850 Pei W, Liou AK, Chen J: Two caspase-mediated apoptotic pathways induced by rotenone toxicity in cortical neuronal cells. FASEB J. 2003 Mar;17(3):520-2. Epub 2003 Jan 22.
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12401552 Kitamura Y, Inden M, Miyamura A, Kakimura J, Taniguchi T, Shimohama S: Possible involvement of both mitochondria- and endoplasmic reticulum-dependent caspase pathways in rotenone-induced apoptosis in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. Neurosci Lett. 2002 Nov 15;333(1):25-8.

These results suggest that rotenone may induce activation of both mitochondria- and endoplasmic reticulum-dependent caspases in human SH-SY5Y cells.
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10987825 Bal-Price A, Brown GC: Nitric-oxide-induced necrosis and apoptosis in PC12 cells mediated by mitochondria. J Neurochem. 2000 Oct;75(4):1455-64.

A 24-h incubation of PC12 cells with NO donors (SNAP or NOC-18) or specific inhibitors of mitochondrial respiration (myxothiazol, rotenone, or azide), in the absence of glucose, caused total ATP depletion and resulted in 80-100% necrosis.
The presence of apoptotic cells was prevented completely by benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-fluoromethyl ketone (a nonspecific caspase inhibitor), indicating that apoptosis was mediated by caspase activation.
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19781773 Ito S, Oyake T, Murai K, Ishida Y: Deguelin suppresses cell proliferation via the inhibition of survivin expression and STAT3 phosphorylation in HTLV-1-transformed T cells. Leuk Res. 2010 Mar;34(3):352-7. Epub 2009 Sep 24.


We also observed the cleavage of caspase-3 and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in deguelin-treated cells, indicating that deguelin induces caspase-dependent apoptosis in these cells.
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17900545 Chung WG, Miranda CL, Maier CS: Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) potentiates the cytotoxicity of rotenone in neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. Brain Res. 2007 Oct 24;1176:133-42. Epub 2007 Aug 22.

The exacerbating effect of EGCG on rotenone toxicity may involve an apoptotic mechanism as shown by the enhancement of caspase-3 activity and activation of other caspases in rotenone-treated SH-SY5Y cells.
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15698934 Wang XJ, Xu JX: Possible involvement of Ca2+ signaling in rotenone-induced apoptosis in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. Neurosci Lett. 2005 Mar 11;376(2):127-32. Epub 2004 Dec 9.

Notably, Ca2+ suppression also prevented rotenone-induced apoptotic related events including reactive oxygen species production, G2/M cell cycle arrest and caspase activation, suggesting that Ca2+ signaling is upstream to these events.
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18242171 Chen S, Zhang X, Yang D, Du Y, Li L, Li X, Ming M, Le W: D2/D3 receptor agonist ropinirole protects dopaminergic cell line against rotenone-induced apoptosis through inhibition of caspase- and JNK-dependent pathways. FEBS Lett. 2008 Mar 5;582(5):603-10. Epub 2008 Jan 31.
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15764812 Singh SV, Srivastava SK, Choi S, Lew KL, Antosiewicz J, Xiao D, Zeng Y, Watkins SC, Johnson CS, Trump DL, Lee YJ, Xiao H, Herman-Antosiewicz A: Sulforaphane-induced cell death in human prostate cancer cells is initiated by reactive oxygen species. J Biol Chem. 2005 May 20;280(20):19911-24. Epub 2005 Mar 11.

In conclusion, the results of the present study indicate that SFN-induced apoptosis in prostate cancer cells is initiated by ROS generation and that both intrinsic and extrinsic caspase cascades contribute to the cell death caused by this highly promising cancer chemopreventive agent.
The SFN-induced ROS generation was significantly attenuated on pretreatment with mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I inhibitors, including diphenyleneiodonium chloride and rotenone.
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15198987 Jiang H, Ren Y, Zhao J, Feng J: Parkin protects human dopaminergic neuroblastoma cells against dopamine-induced apoptosis. Hum Mol Genet. 2004 Aug 15;13(16):1745-54. Epub 2004 Jun 15.

These results suggest that parkin protects against dopamine toxicity by decreasing oxidative stress and ensuing activation of apoptotic programs such as the JNK/caspase pathway.
Here, we show that overexpression of parkin protected human DA neuroblastoma cell line (SH-SY5Y) against apoptosis induced by DA or 6-OHDA, but not by H (2) O (2) or rotenone.
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17690326 Nutku-Bilir E, Hudson SA, Bochner BS: Interleukin-5 priming of human eosinophils alters siglec-8 mediated apoptosis pathways. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2008 Jan;38(1):121-4. Epub 2007 Aug 9.

Finally, both the mitochondrial electron transport inhibitor rotenone, and the ROS inhibitors diphenyleneiodonium and antimycin, completely inhibited Siglec-8-mediated apoptosis, even after IL-5 priming.
These data demonstrate that IL-5 priming enhances Siglec-8-mediated mitochondrial and ROS-dependent eosinophil apoptosis and eliminates caspase dependence.
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20187293 Liu WH, Chang LS: Reactive oxygen species and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase induce apoptotic death of U937 cells in response to Naja nigricollis toxin-gamma. J Cell Mol Med. 2009 Aug;13(8B):1695-705.

Inhibitors of electron transport (rotenone and antimycin A) or inhibitor of mitochondrial permeability transition pore (cyclosporine A) reduced the effect of toxin- on ROS generation, loss of deltapsim and cytochrome c release.
Taken together, these results suggest that the cytotoxicity of toxin- is initiated by p38-MAPK-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction followed by ROS production and activation of caspases, and that ROS further augments p38 MAPK activation and mitochondrial alteration.
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15114628 Shavali S, Carlson EC, Swinscoe JC, Ebadi M: 1-Benzyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline, a Parkinsonism-inducing endogenous toxin, increases alpha-synuclein expression and causes nuclear damage in human dopaminergic cells. J Neurosci Res. 2004 May 15;76(4):563-71.

Inhibition of complex I by rotenone and depletion of glutathione by L-buthionine sulfoxamine also correlated with an increase in alpha-syn expression, suggesting that oxidative stress may cause an increase in alpha-syn levels in dopaminergic cells.
The 1BnTIQ-induced alpha-syn up-regulation was inhibited by cotreatment with the antioxidants selegiline, coenzyme Q (10), and N-acetylcystein and the caspase inhibitor DEVD-CHO.
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12177198 Sherer TB, Betarbet R, Stout AK, Lund S, Baptista M, Panov AV, Cookson MR, Greenamyre JT: An in vitro model of Parkinson's disease: linking mitochondrial impairment to altered alpha-synuclein metabolism and oxidative damage. J Neurosci. 2002 Aug 15;22(16):7006-15.

In response to H2O2, there was cytochrome c release from mitochondria, caspase-3 activation, and apoptosis, all of which occurred earlier and to a much greater extent in rotenone-treated cells; caspase inhibition provided substantial protection.
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12800192 Weitsman GE, Ravid A, Liberman UA, Koren R: Vitamin D enhances caspase-dependent and -independent TNFalpha-induced breast cancer cell death: The role of reactive oxygen species and mitochondria. Int J Cancer. 2003 Aug 20;106(2):178-86.

The effect of calcitriol on DeltaPsi was mimicked by rotenone, which increased both the drop in DeltaPsi and caspase activation induced by TNFalpha.
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12538580 De Sarno P, Shestopal SA, King TD, Zmijewska A, Song L, Jope RS: Muscarinic receptor activation protects cells from apoptotic effects of DNA damage, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial inhibition. J Biol Chem. 2003 Mar 28;278(13):11086-93. Epub 2003 Jan 21.

Oxotremorine-M pretreatment protected cells from H (2) O (2)-induced caspase-3 activation and death, and this was equivalent to protection afforded by a caspase inhibitor.
Muscarinic receptor stimulation also protected cells from caspase-3 activation induced by exposure to rotenone, a mitochondrial complex 1 inhibitor, but no protection was evident from staurosporine-induced caspase-3 activation.
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14976342 Newhouse K, Hsuan SL, Chang SH, Cai B, Wang Y, Xia Z: Rotenone-induced apoptosis is mediated by p38 and JNK MAP kinases in human dopaminergic SH-SY5Y cells. Toxicol Sci. 2004 May;79(1):137-46. Epub 2004 Feb 19.

These data suggest that rotenone induces apoptosis in the dopaminergic SH-SY5Y cells that requires activation of the JNK and p38 MAP kinases and caspases.
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15806174 Lee YJ, Lee DH, Cho CK, Chung HY, Bae S, Jhon GJ, Soh JW, Jeoung DI, Lee SJ, Lee YS: HSP25 inhibits radiation-induced apoptosis through reduction of PKCdelta-mediated ROS production. Oncogene. 2005 May 26;24(23):3715-25.

In the present study, radiation-induced cytochrome c release from mitochondria and activation of caspases accompanied by a decrease of mitochondrial membrane potential in Jurkat T cells were shown to be inhibited by mitochondrial complex I inhibitor rotenone, suggesting that mitochondrial ROS might be important in radiation-induced caspase-dependent apoptosis.
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19633536 Li Y, Rory Goodwin C, Sang Y, Rosen EM, Laterra J, Xia S: Camptothecin and Fas receptor agonists synergistically induce medulloblastoma cell death: ROS-dependent mechanisms. Anticancer Drugs. 2009 Oct;20(9):770-8.

Moreover, the mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I inhibitor rotenone potentiated CH-11-induced apoptosis in DAOY cells.
Synergistic cell death was found to be predominantly apoptotic involving both extrinsic and intrinsic pathways as evidenced by annexin V staining, cleavage of caspases (3, 8, and 9), Bid and PARP, and cytoprotection by caspase inhibitors.
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15192326 Hail N Jr, Lotan R: Apoptosis induction by the natural product cancer chemopreventive agent deguelin is mediated through the inhibition of mitochondrial bioenergetics. Apoptosis. 2004 Jul;9(4):437-47.


Furthermore, short-term exposure to deguelin diminished oxygen consumption by the parental cells and promoted mitochondrial permeability transition as evidenced by the dissipation of mitochondrial inner transmembrane potential, reactive oxygen species production, cardiolipin peroxidation, caspase activation, and mitochondrial swelling.
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19224578 Gill MB, Perez-Polo JR: Bax shuttling after rotenone treatment of neuronal primary cultures: effects on cell death phenotypes. J Neurosci Res. 2009 Jul;87(9):2047-65.

The 25 microM rotenone treatment promptly increased nuclear Bax levels followed by a later increase in mitochondrial Bax levels and caspase-mediated cleavage of alpha-fodrin.
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19723537 Park HJ, Kim HJ, Park HK, Chung JH: Protective effect of histamine H2 receptor antagonist ranitidine against rotenone-induced apoptosis. Neurotoxicology. 2009 Nov;30(6):1114-9. Epub 2009 Aug 31.

In this study, we investigated the protective effects of the H (2) receptor antagonist ranitidine on rotenone-induced apoptosis in human dopaminergic SH-SY5Y cells, focusing on mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and caspases (CASPs)-mediated apoptotic events.
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18402771 Lee J, Huang MS, Yang IC, Lai TC, Wang JL, Pang VF, Hsiao M, Kuo MY: Essential roles of caspases and their upstream regulators in rotenone-induced apoptosis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Jun 20;371(1):33-8. Epub 2008 Apr 8.
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10549166 Khar A, Ali AM, Begum Z, Pardhasaradhi BV, Varalakshmi C: Induction of apoptosis in AK-5 cells by rotenone involves participation of caspases. Indian J Biochem Biophys. 1999 Apr;36(2):77-81.
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9804614 Leist M, Volbracht C, Fava E, Nicotera P: 1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium induces autocrine excitotoxicity, protease activation, and neuronal apoptosis. Mol Pharmacol. 1998 Nov;54(5):789-801.

The neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) and other mitochondrial inhibitors (e.g., rotenone or 3-nitropropionic acid) elicited apoptosis in cerebellar granule cell cultures via stimulation of autocrine excitotoxicity.
Two classes of cysteine proteases were involved in the execution of cell death: caspases and calpains.
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19885011 Kim HJ, Song JY, Park HJ, Park HK, Yun DH, Chung JH: Naringin Protects against Rotenone-induced Apoptosis in Human Neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y Cells. Korean J Physiol Pharmacol. 2009 Aug;13(4):281-5. Epub 2009 Aug 31.

We assessed cell death and apoptosis by measuring mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPKs) and caspase (CASPs) activities and by performing 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) staining, and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining.
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17102131 Brown NM, Martin SM, Maurice N, Kuwana T, Knudson CM: Caspase inhibition blocks cell death and results in cell cycle arrest in cytokine-deprived hematopoietic cells. J Biol Chem. 2007 Jan 26;282(4):2144-55. Epub 2006 Nov 13.

Furthermore, the "rescued" cells were resistant to rotenone, an inhibitor of mitochondrial respiration.
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14743397 Shih CM, Ko WC, Wu JS, Wei YH, Wang LF, Chang EE, Lo TY, Cheng HH, Chen CT: Mediating of caspase-independent apoptosis by cadmium through the mitochondria-ROS pathway in MRC-5 fibroblasts. J Cell Biochem. 2004 Feb 1;91(2):384-97.

Using inhibitors of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) (oligomycin A and rotenone for complex I and V, respectively) and mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP) (cyclosporin A and aristolochic acid), we coincidently found the ROS production, mitochondrial membrane depolarization, and apoptotic content were almost completely or partially abolished.
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19111607 Chen TY, Chi KH, Wang JS, Chien CL, Lin WW: Reactive oxygen species are involved in FasL-induced caspase-independent cell death and inflammatory responses. Free Radic Biol Med. 2009 Mar 1;46(5):643-55. Epub 2008 Dec 11.

This death is associated with intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production from mitochondria, as a ROS scavenger (BHA), antioxidants (trolox, NAC), and a mitochondrial respiratory chain uncoupler (rotenone) could prevent this event.
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9349553 Schulz JB, Bremen D, Reed JC, Lommatzsch J, Takayama S, Wullner U, Loschmann PA, Klockgether T, Weller M: Cooperative interception of neuronal apoptosis by BCL-2 and BAG-1 expression: prevention of caspase activation and reduced production of reactive oxygen species. J Neurochem. 1997 Nov;69(5):2075-86.

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20018182 Li J, Xu Z, Tan M, Su W, Gong XG: 3-(4-(Benzo [d] thiazol-2-yl)-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl) phenyl acetate induced Hep G2 cell apoptosis through a ROS-mediated pathway. Chem Biol Interact. 2010 Feb 12;183(3):341-8. Epub 2009 Dec 16.

DBP-5 caused massive ROS accumulation and GSH decrease, which lead to MMP disruption, caspase activation and finally induced cell apoptosis.
Additionally, rotenone, an inhibitor of mitochondria electron transport system, effectively blocked the ROS elevated effect of DPB-5, which suggested that DPB-5-induced ROS generated from the mitochondria.
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20042120 Shaikh SB, Nicholson LF: Effects of chronic low dose rotenone treatment on human microglial cells. Mol Neurodegener. 2009 Dec 31;4:55.

Levels of active caspases and ROS (both extra and intra cellular) were measured using biochemical methods.
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11741286 Armstrong JS, Hornung B, Lecane P, Jones DP, Knox SJ: Rotenone-induced G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in a human B lymphoma cell line PW. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2001 Dec 21;289(5):973-8.

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16157303 Nutku E, Hudson SA, Bochner BS: Mechanism of Siglec-8-induced human eosinophil apoptosis: role of caspases and mitochondrial injury. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005 Oct 28;336(3):918-24.

Rotenone and antimycin, inhibitors of mitochondrial respiratory chain components, completely inhibited apoptosis.
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19631247 Liang JH, Du J, Xu LD, Jiang T, Hao S, Bi J, Jiang B: Catalpol protects primary cultured cortical neurons induced by Abeta (1-42) through a mitochondrial-dependent caspase pathway. Neurochem Int. 2009 Dec;55(8):741-6. Epub 2009 Jul 22.

It has been reported that catalpol, an iridoid glucoside, isolated from the root of Rehmannia glutinosa, protected cells from damage induced by a variety of toxic stimulus such as LPS, MPP (+) and rotenone.
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15182854 Lemarie A, Lagadic-Gossmann D, Morzadec C, Allain N, Fardel O, Vernhet L: Cadmium induces caspase-independent apoptosis in liver Hep3B cells: role for calcium in signaling oxidative stress-related impairment of mitochondria and relocation of endonuclease G and apoptosis-inducing factor. Free Radic Biol Med. 2004 Jun 15;36(12):1517-31.

Production of reactive oxygen species was inhibited by ruthenium red and rotenone, two mitochondrial inhibitors, and by diphenyleneiodonium, a flavoprotein inhibitor, which also prevented both loss in mitochondrial membrane potential and apoptosis.
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12952965 Grether-Beck S, Felsner I, Brenden H, Krutmann J: Mitochondrial cytochrome c release mediates ceramide-induced activator protein 2 activation and gene expression in keratinocytes. J Biol Chem. 2003 Nov 28;278(48):47498-507. Epub 2003 Sep 2.


Inhibitors of mitochondrial electron transport chain (e.g. rotenone, thenoyltrifluoroacetone, and antimycin A) reduced ceramide-induced ICAM-1 expression.
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12153473 Poppe M, Reimertz C, Munstermann G, Kogel D, Prehn JH: Ceramide-induced apoptosis of D283 medulloblastoma cells requires mitochondrial respiratory chain activity but occurs independently of caspases and is not sensitive to Bcl-xL overexpression. J Neurochem. 2002 Aug;82(3):482-94.


Treatment with the complex I inhibitor rotenone, C2- or C8-ceramide induced cell death in D283 control cells, while rho- cells were significantly protected.
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17035597 Peng XH, Karna P, O'Regan RM, Liu X, Naithani R, Moriarty RM, Wood WC, Lee HY, Yang L: Down-regulation of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins by deguelin selectively induces apoptosis in breast cancer cells. Mol Pharmacol. 2007 Jan;71(1):101-11. Epub 2006 Oct 11.


It is noteworthy that we detected an elevated level of cleaved poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase, a signature of caspase activation, without a significant increase in caspase activity in deguelin-treated cancer cells.
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18485875 Martinvalet D, Dykxhoorn DM, Ferrini R, Lieberman J: Granzyme A cleaves a mitochondrial complex I protein to initiate caspase-independent cell death. Cell. 2008 May 16;133(4):681-92.

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16990509 Moungjaroen J, Nimmannit U, Callery PS, Wang L, Azad N, Lipipun V, Chanvorachote P, Rojanasakul Y: Reactive oxygen species mediate caspase activation and apoptosis induced by lipoic acid in human lung epithelial cancer cells through Bcl-2 down-regulation. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2006 Dec;319(3):1062-9. Epub 2006 Sep 21.

Likewise, the mitochondrial respiratory chain inhibitor rotenone potently inhibited the apoptotic and ROS-inducing effects of LA, supporting the role of mitochondrial ROS in LA-induced cell death.
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17581813 Marella M, Seo BB, Matsuno-Yagi A, Yagi T: Mechanism of cell death caused by complex I defects in a rat dopaminergic cell line. J Biol Chem. 2007 Aug 17;282(33):24146-56. Epub 2007 Jun 20.


We have shown that expression of a rotenone-insensitive yeast NADH-quinone oxidoreductase (Ndi1) can rescue mammalian cells from complex I dysfunction.
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12821677 Ling YH, Liebes L, Zou Y, Perez-Soler R: Reactive oxygen species generation and mitochondrial dysfunction in the apoptotic response to Bortezomib, a novel proteasome inhibitor, in human H460 non-small cell lung cancer cells. J Biol Chem. 2003 Sep 5;278(36):33714-23. Epub 2003 Jun 23.


Co-incubation with rotenone and antimycin A, inhibitors of mitochondrial electron transport chain complexes I and III, or with cyclosporine A, an inhibitor of mitochondrial permeability transition pore, resulted in inhibition of bortezomib-induced ROS generation, increase in Delta psi m, and cytochrome c release.
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10366439 Leist M, Single B, Naumann H, Fava E, Simon B, Kuhnle S, Nicotera P: Inhibition of mitochondrial ATP generation by nitric oxide switches apoptosis to necrosis. Exp Cell Res. 1999 Jun 15;249(2):396-403.

In contrast, depleting intracellular ATP with rotenone, an inhibitor of mitochondrial complex I mimicked the effect of NO.
In the presence of NO, release of mitochondrial cytochrome c was delayed and activation of execution caspases was prevented.
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15808420 Aronis A, Madar Z, Tirosh O: Mechanism underlying oxidative stress-mediated lipotoxicity: exposure of J774.2 macrophages to triacylglycerols facilitates mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production and cellular necrosis. Free Radic Biol Med. 2005 May 1;38(9):1221-30.

TG-mediated ROS production was demonstrated to be via mitochondrial complex 1 of the electron-transfer chain since the inhibitor of complex 1 rotenone significantly attenuated the cellular ROS levels in TG-treated cells.
We therefore evaluated the effect of TG on apoptotic cells showing high caspase activity.
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14732287 Herrera B, Murillo MM, Alvarez-Barrientos A, Beltran J, Fernandez M, Fabregat I: Source of early reactive oxygen species in the apoptosis induced by transforming growth factor-beta in fetal rat hepatocytes. Free Radic Biol Med. 2004 Jan 1;36(1):16-26.


Rotenone, an inhibitor of the NADH dehydrogenase in mitochondrial complex I, attenuated, but did not completely inhibit, ROS-production, caspase activation, and cell death mediated by TGF-beta.
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15812315 King TD, Jope RS: Inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3 protects cells from intrinsic but not extrinsic oxidative stress. Neuroreport. 2005 Apr 25;16(6):597-601.


Both intrinsic oxidative stress induced by the mitochondrial inhibitor rotenone and extrinsic oxidative stress induced by exogenously added H2O2 activated Bax, caspase-2, and caspase-3 in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells.
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