Figure 5.
H2O2 and GSH levels in Raji and GSTP1-transfected Raji cells before and after As2O3 treatment. (A) Relative H2O2 levels in Jurkat and Raji cells. Growth medium was supplemented with 2 μM As2O3. After 48 and 72 hours, the intracellular level of H2O2 was measured by flow cytometry, as described in “Materials and methods.” *Statistically significant (P < .05) differences, compared with Jurkat cells. (B) Relative H2O2 amount in GSTP1-transfected Raji clones. Growth medium was supplemented with 2 μM As2O3. After 48 and 72 hours, the intracellular levels of H2O2 were measured by flow cytometry. *Statistically significant (P < .05) differences, compared with RV5 and RV7 cell clones. (C) GSH levels in GSTP1-transfected Raji clones. Growth medium was supplemented with 2 μM As2O3. After 48 hours, the intracellular level of GSH was measured, as described in “Materials and methods.” (D) H2O2 levels and (E) GSH levels after addition of exogenous H2O2 at the indicated concentrations into the growth medium of GSTP1-expressing and -nonexpressing Raji cells. After 2 hours, intracellular H2O2 and GSH levels were measured, as described in “Materials and methods.”