Effect of ginger extract on membrane potential changes and AKT activation on a peroxide-induced oxidative stress cell model

2018 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. S49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morales Ludis ◽  
Romero Angie Carolina ◽  
Forero Ana Milena ◽  
Grismaldo Adriana
2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angie Romero ◽  
Milena Forero ◽  
Luis G. Sequeda-Castañeda ◽  
Adriana Grismaldo ◽  
José Iglesias ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Wang ◽  
Fei Zhang ◽  
Wuxun Peng ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Wentao Dong ◽  
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Abstract Objective To investigate the effects of low-concentration hydrogen peroxide pretreatment on the anti-oxidative stress of the bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs). Methods Rabbit BMSCs were isolated and cultured by density gradient centrifugation combined with the adherence method. Then, the third generation of well-grown BMSCs was continuously treated with 50-μM hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) for 8 h as the optimal pretreatment concentration and the BMSCs were continuously applied for 24 h with 500 μM H2O2, and the optimal damage concentration was determined as the oxidative stress cell model. The experiment was divided into three groups: control group, high-concentration H2O2 injury group (500 μM), and low-concentration H2O2 pretreatment group (50 μM + 500 μM). In each group, the DCFH-DA fluorescence probe was used to detect the reactive oxygen species (ROS). ELISA was used to detect the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT), and the TBA method was used to detect malondialdehyde (MDA). The mitochondrial membrane potential was detected by JC-1. The cell viability was detected by CCK-8 method, while flow cytometry and TUNEL/DAPI double staining were performed to detect cell apoptosis. Hence, the effect of H2O2 pretreatment on the anti-oxidative stress of BMSCs was investigated. One-way analysis of variance was performed using SPSS 19.0 statistical software, and P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results A large number of typical BMSCs were obtained by density gradient centrifugation and adherent culture. The oxidative stress cell model was successfully established by 500-μM H2O2. Compared with the high-concentration H2O2 injury group, the low-concentration H2O2 pretreatment reduced the production of ROS [(62.33 ± 5.05), P < 0.05], SOD and CAT activities significantly increased (P < 0.05), and MDA levels significantly decreased (P < 0.05). The mitochondrial membrane potential fluorescence changes, the ratio of red/green fluorescence intensity of the high-concentration H2O2 injury group was less, and the ratio of the low-concentration H2O2 pretreatment group was significantly higher than that. The ratio of red/green increased by about 1.8 times (P < 0.05). The cell viability and survival rate of BMSCs were significantly increased in low-concentration H2O2 pretreatment group (P < 0.05), and the cell apoptosis rate was significantly decreased (P < 0.05). Conclusion Pretreatment with low-concentration H2O2 can enhance the anti-oxidative stress ability and reduce their apoptosis of BMSCs under oxidative stress.


2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Junqiang Yan ◽  
Hongxia Ma ◽  
Xiaoyi Lai ◽  
Jiannan Wu ◽  
Anran Liu ◽  
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Abstract Background Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. The oxidative stress is an important component of the pathogenesis of PD. Artemisinin (ART) has antioxidant and neuroprotective effects. The purpose of this study is to explore the neuroprotective effect of ART on 1-methyl-4-phenyliodine iodide (MPP +)-treated SH-SY5Y cells and underlying mechanism. Methods We used MPP+-treated SH-SY5Y cells to study the neuroprotective effect of ART. Cell viability was measured by MTT assay after incubating the cells with MPP+ and/or ART for 24 h. DCFH-DA was used to detect the level of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), and WST-8 was used to detect the level of superoxide dismutase (SOD). The level of intracellular reduced glutathione (GSH) was detected with 5,5΄-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid), and the level of malondialdehyde (MDA) was assessed based on the reaction of MDA and thiobarbituric acid. A mitochondrial membrane potential detection kit (JC-1) was used to detect changes in the mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), and an Annexin V-FITC cell apoptosis kit was used to detect cell apoptosis. The expression levels of caspase-3, cleaved caspase-3 and the autophagy-related proteins LC3, beclin-1, and p62 were detected by Western blotting. In addition, to verify the change in autophagy, we used immunofluorescence to detect the expression of LC3 and p62. Results No significant cytotoxicity was observed at ART concentrations up to 40 μM. ART could significantly increase the viability of SH-SY5Y cells treated with MPP+ and reduce oxidative stress damage and apoptosis. In addition, the Western blotting and immunofluorescence results showed that MPP+ treatment could increase the protein expression of beclin1 and LC3II/LC3I and decrease the protein expression of p62, indicating that MPP+ treatment could induce autophagy. Simultaneous treatment with ART and MPP+ could decrease the protein expression of beclin1 and LC3II/LC3I and increase the protein expression of p62, indicating that ART could decrease the level of autophagy induced by MPP+. Conclusion Our results indicate that ART has a protective effect on MPP+-treated SH-SY5Y cells by the antioxidant, antiapoptotic activities and inhibition of autophagy. Our findings may provide new hope for the prevention and treatment of PD.


Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 939
Author(s):  
Omar Azab ◽  
Abdullah Al-Doss ◽  
Thobayet Alshahrani ◽  
Salah El-Hendawy ◽  
Adel M. Zakri ◽  
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There is a demand for an increase in crop production because of the growing population, but water shortage hinders the expansion of wheat cultivation, one of the most important crops worldwide. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) was used to mimic drought stress due to its high osmotic potentials generated in plants subjected to it. This study aimed to determine the root system architecture (RSA) plasticity of eight bread wheat genotypes under osmotic stress in relation to the oxidative status and mitochondrial membrane potential of their root tips. Osmotic stress application resulted in differences in the RSA between the eight genotypes, where genotypes were divided into adapted genotypes that have non-significant decreased values in lateral roots number (LRN) and total root length (TRL), while non-adapted genotypes have a significant decrease in LRN, TRL, root volume (RV), and root surface area (SA). Accumulation of intracellular ROS formation in root tips and elongation zone was observed in the non-adapted genotypes due to PEG-induced oxidative stress. Mitochondrial membrane potential (∆Ψm) was measured for both stress and non-stress treatments in the eight genotypes as a biomarker for programmed cell death as a result of induced osmotic stress, in correlation with RSA traits. PEG treatment increased scavenging capacity of the genotypes from 1.4-fold in the sensitive genotype Gemmiza 7 to 14.3-fold in the adapted genotype Sakha 94. The adapted genotypes showed greater root trait values, ∆Ψm plasticity correlated with high scavenging capacity, and less ROS accumulation in the root tissue, while the non-adapted genotypes showed little scavenging capacity in both treatments, accompanied by mitochondrial membrane permeability, suggesting mitochondrial dysfunction as a result of oxidative stress.


2021 ◽  
pp. 101327
Author(s):  
Melanie Wiesner-Reinhold ◽  
João Victor Dutra Gomes ◽  
Corinna Herz ◽  
Hoai Thi Thu Tran ◽  
Susanne Baldermann ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 111 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Canfield ◽  
Danielle Twaroski ◽  
Xiaowen Bai ◽  
Chika Kikuchi ◽  
Zeljko J Bosnjak

Anesthetic Preconditioning (APC) protects the myocardium from ischemia/reperfusion injury. The cardioprotective effects of APC is diminished or even eliminated in individuals with diabetes mellitus and/or hyperglycemia. The development of patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells and their differentiation capability has provided us with an in vitro model to study the inefficiency of APC in these individuals.To investigate the underlying mechanisms involved in the attenuation of APC in both diabetic individuals and in hyperglycemia we utilized cardiomyocytes derived from Type 2 diabetic patient and healthy individual iPSCs, (T2DM-iPSCs and N-iPSCs, respectively). Contracting cardiomyocytes were dissociated and selected by the expression of green fluorescent protein under the transcriptional control of myosin light chain-2v. Cardiomyocytes were exposed to varying glucose concentrations (5, 11, and 25 mM). Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release was measured using a colorimetric cytotoxicity assay kit and read spectrophotometrically. Mitochondrial membrane potential and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation were measured with confocal microscopy. APC reduced oxidative stress-induced lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release in cardiomyocytes derived from both N-iPSCs- and T2DM-iPSCs in 5 and 11 mM glucose concentrations, but not in 25 mM glucose. Baseline membrane potential was similar between non-diabetic- and Type 2 diabetic-derived cardiomyocytes; however 25 mM glucose hyperpolarized the mitochondrial membrane potential. T2DM-iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes had an increase in ROS baseline levels compared to N-iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes. Additionally, high glucose concentrations increased oxidative stress-induced ROS production compared to lower glucose conditions in both cell lines. Our preliminary data shows that high glucose generates excessive ROS and hyperpolarizes the mitochondrial membrane and may contribute to the inefficiency of diabetic and/or hyperglycemic individuals to be anesthetically preconditioned. By utilizing human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes we can begin to understand the inability of hyperglycemic and diabetic individuals to be anesthetically preconditioned.


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