Journal: Nucleus
Article Title: Olivetol induces a non-genotoxic nucleolar DNA damage response via membrane-dependent stress signaling
doi: 10.1080/19491034.2026.2672818
Figure Lengend Snippet: Olivetol induces a nucleolar DNA damage response (n-DDR) without detectable chromosomal DNA breaks. (A) Dose – response curves for Kasumi, MV4;11, KG1, THP1, and HeLa cells treated with increasing concentrations of olivetol for 4 days. Data are presented as mean ± SD ( n = 3 biologically independent experiments). (B) HeLa cells were treated with 10–500 µM olivetol for the indicated time periods or with the DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor etoposide (VP16; 20 µM for 1 h). A neutral comet assay was performed; box plots show the tail moment. Horizontal lines represent the median. **, p < 0.01 by unpaired t-test; n.S., not significant ( n > 500). (C) HeLa cells treated with DMSO (control) or with 50–500 µM olivetol for the indicated time periods were stained for γH2AX (green). DNA was stained with DAPI (blue). (D) HeLa cells were treated with 300 µM olivetol for 30 min and stained for γH2AX (green) and Ki67 (red). (E) HeLa cells were treated with 50–500 µM olivetol for 30 min. ChIP experiments were performed using antibodies against γH2AX. Enriched DNA was analyzed by qPCR with primer pair d1 specific for the rRNA gene promoter or ALU repeats, as indicated in the scheme. Data are presented relative to input. Values represent mean ± SD from at least three independent replicates. **, p < 0.01 by unpaired t-test; n.S., not significant. (F) HeLa cells were treated for 30 min with 300 µM olivetol, 300 µM di-CH3-olivetol (1-butyl-3,5-dimethoxybenzene; BB0282782), 300 µM mono-CH3-olivetol (3-butyl-5-methoxyphenol; BB0282781), 500 µM resveratrol, 500 µM resorcinol, 500 µM quercetin, or 500 µM dihydroquercetin. ChIP experiments were performed using antibodies against γH2AX. Enriched DNA was analyzed by qPCR with primer pair d1 specific for the rRNA gene promoter, as indicated in the scheme. Data are presented relative to input. Values represent mean ± SD from at least three independent replicates. (G) HeLa cells were treated with 300 µM olivetol for 30 min to 3 h and stained for UBF or RPA194 (green) together with NOPP140 or nucleolin (red). DNA was stained with DAPI (blue). (H) HeLa cells were treated with 300 µM olivetol for 30 min and analyzed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). (I) HeLa cells treated with DMSO (control) or with 300 µM olivetol for 3 h were labeled with 5-ethynyl uridine (EU). EU incorporation was detected by click chemistry. The graph on the right shows quantification of nucleolar EU fluorescence intensity in more than 200 cells. **, p < 0.01 by unpaired t-test.
Article Snippet: Human MV-4–11 (ATCC®CRL-9591TM), THP1 (ATCC®TIB-202TM), KG1 (ATCC®CRL-8031) and Kasumi-1 (ATCC®CRL-2724TM) were cultured in RPMI (PanEco) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; HyClone/GE Healthcare) and penicillin/streptomycin.
Techniques: Neutral Comet Assay, Control, Staining, Transmission Assay, Electron Microscopy, Labeling, Fluorescence