Influence of B16/F10 melanoma growth variant on the level of cytochrome C in mitochondria in various organs of female mice

Introduction. Cytochrome C in mitochondria transfers electrons from complex III to complex IV, and it is a signaling molecule in the apoptosis realization.

The objective was to evaluate the level of cytochrome C in cell mitochondria in various organs of female mice with standard and stimulated growth of experimental B16/F10 melanoma.

Methods and materials. The experiment was performed on female C57BL/6 mice (n=168). The groups were: intact animals (n=21); controls with a model of chronic neurogenic pain (CNP) (n = 21); group M — standard B16/F10 melanoma transplantation (n=63), group CNP + M — B16/F10 melanoma transplantation 3 weeks after CNP model creation (n=63). The level of cytochrome C (ng / mg protein) were measured by ELISA (Bioscience, Austria). Statistical analysis of results was performed using the «Statistica 10.0» program.

Results. After 1 week of standard melanoma growth, an increase in the level of cytochrome C by 2.7 and 1.7 times was detected in mitochondria of the brain and liver; by the 3rd week, it decreased in the liver and skin by 1.7 times. In melanoma mitochondria, the level of cytochrome C was lower than in the skin of intact animals: by 2.5 times after week 1, by 4.5 times after week 2, and by 4.6 times after week 3. After 1 week of stimulated melanoma growth, the level of cytochrome C decreased compared control values: by 2.2 times in the brain, by 1.9 times in the liver, by 1.4 times in the skin; by week 3, it decreased by 4.8 times in mitochondria of the brain, by 4.7 times — in the liver, by 2.3 times — in the heart, by 1.9 times — in the skin. In melanoma mitochondria, the level of cytochrome C was lower than in the skin of intact animals: by 15.3 times after week 1, by 10.3 times after week 2, and by 8.8 times after week 3.

Conclusion. Low level of cytochrome C were found in melanoma mitochondria in standard and stimulated tumor growth. The data can be used in the experiment and in clinic for using exogenous cytochrome C as an agent slowing down the malignant process.

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