Tissue injury by reactive oxygen species and the protective effects of flavonoids

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Groot ◽  
U Rauen
Planta Medica ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 80 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Infante ◽  
A Massarioli ◽  
PL Rosalen ◽  
S Alencar

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunil Joshi ◽  
Ammon B. Peck ◽  
Saeed R. Khan

A major role of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase family of enzymes is to catalyze the production of superoxides and other reactive oxygen species (ROS). These ROS, in turn, play a key role as messengers in cell signal transduction and cell cycling, but when they are produced in excess they can lead to oxidative stress (OS). Oxidative stress in the kidneys is now considered a major cause of renal injury and inflammation, giving rise to a variety of pathological disorders. In this review, we discuss the putative role of oxalate in producing oxidative stress via the production of reactive oxygen species by isoforms of NADPH oxidases expressed in different cellular locations of the kidneys. Most renal cells produce ROS, and recent data indicate a direct correlation between upregulated gene expressions of NADPH oxidase, ROS, and inflammation. Renal tissue expression of multiple NADPH oxidase isoforms most likely will impact the future use of different antioxidants and NADPH oxidase inhibitors to minimize OS and renal tissue injury in hyperoxaluria-induced kidney stone disease.


1995 ◽  
Vol 27 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. S5 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Flanagan ◽  
C. V. Gisolfi ◽  
R. D. Matthes ◽  
P. L. Moseley

2003 ◽  
Vol 98 (5) ◽  
pp. 1155-1163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enis Novalija ◽  
Leo G. Kevin ◽  
Janis T. Eells ◽  
Michele M. Henry ◽  
David F. Stowe

Background Mitochondrial changes that characterize the heart after anesthetic preconditioning (APC) or the mechanisms by which mitochondrial triggering factors lead to protection are unknown. This study hypothesized that generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during APC is required to initiate the mitochondrial protective effects, and that APC leads to improved mitochondrial electron transport chain function and cardiac function during reperfusion. Methods Isolated guinea pig hearts were subject to 30 min ischemia and 120 min reperfusion. Prior to ischemia hearts were either untreated (I/R), or treated with sevoflurane (APC), in the presence or absence of the ROS scavenger tiron (TIR), or the superoxide dismutase mimetic MnTBAP (TBAP). Intracellular ROS were measured by spectrofluorometry using the fluorescent probe dihydroethidium (DHE). In another series of experiments, using the same protocol, hearts were reperfused for only 5 min and removed for measurement of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis by luciferin-luciferase luminometry and ROS generation by dichlorohydro-fluorescein (DCF) fluorescence in isolated mitochondria. Results The APC improved cardiac function and reduced infarction. Tiron or MnTBAP abrogated the protection afforded by APC. Mitochondrial ATP synthesis was decreased by 70 +/- 3% after IR alone, by only 7 +/- 3% after APC, by 69 +/- 2% after APC+TIR, and by 71 +/- 3% after APC + TBAP. Mitochondrial ROS formation (DCF) increased by 48 +/- 3% after IR alone, by 0 +/- 2% after APC, by 43 +/- 4% after APC + TIR, and by 46 +/- 3% after APC + TBAP. ROS generation (DHE) was increased in I/R group at 5 and 120 min reperfusion. This was attenuated by APC but this protective effect was abrogated in APC + TIR and APC + TBAP groups. Conclusions The results indicate that ROS are central both in triggering and mediating APC, and that the mitochondrion is the target for these changes.


2014 ◽  
Vol 280 (3) ◽  
pp. 550-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Huang ◽  
Bo Gao ◽  
Long Wang ◽  
Ya-Qian Hu ◽  
Wei-Guang Lu ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 617-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Manju ◽  
R. Renuka Nair

Magnesium (Mg) deficiency and oxidative stress are independently implicated in the etiopathogenesis of various cardiovascular disorders. This study was undertaken to examine the hypothesis that Mg deficiency augments the myocardial response to oxidative stress. Electrically stimulated rat papillary muscle was used for recording the contractile variation. Biochemical variables of energy metabolism (adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and creatine phosphate) and markers of tissue injury (lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release and lipidperoxidation), which can affect myocardial contractility, were assayed in Langendorff-perfused rat hearts. Hydrogen peroxide (100 µmol/L) was used as the source of reactive oxygen species. The negative inotropic response to H2O2 was significantly higher in Mg deficiency (0.48 mmol Mg/L) than in Mg sufficiency (1.2 mmol Mg/L). Low Mg levels did not affect ATP levels or tissue lipid peroxidation. However, H2O2 induced a decrease in ATP; enhanced lipid peroxidation and the release of LDH were augmented by Mg deficiency. Increased lipid peroxidation associated with a decrease in available energy might be responsible for the augmentation of the negative inotropic response to H2O2 in Mg deficiency. The observations from this study validate the hypothesis that myocardial response to oxidative stress is augmented by Mg deficiency. This observation has significance in ischemia–reperfusion injury, where Mg deficiency can have an additive effect on the debilitating consequences.


2013 ◽  
pp. 577-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. NEMČEKOVÁ ◽  
S. ČARNICKÁ ◽  
M. FERKO ◽  
M. MURÁRIKOVÁ ◽  
V. LEDVÉNYIOVÁ ◽  
...  

Hypolipidemic compound pirinixic acid (WY-14643, WY) is known to exert pleiotropic (other than primary) effects, such as activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR-α), transcription factors regulating different cardiac functions. Their role in ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury and cardioprotection is less clear, although protective effects of PPAR agonists have been documented. This study was designed to explore the effects of WY on the I/R injury in the rat heart and potential mechanisms involved, including mitochondrial KATP channels (mitoKATP) opening and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Langendorff-perfused hearts of rats intragastrally treated with WY (3 mg/kg/day) for 5 days and of control animals were subjected to 30-min global ischemia and 2-h reperfusion with or without 15-min perfusion with mitoKATP blocker 5-hydroxydecanoate (5-HD) prior to I/R. Evaluation of the infarct size (IS, TTC staining) served as the main end-point of protection. Lipid peroxidation (a marker of ROS production) was determined by measurement of myocardial concentration of conjugated dienes (CD), whereas protein expression of endothelial NO synthase was analysed by Western blotting. A 2-fold increase in the cardiac protein levels of eNOS after treatment with WY was accompanied by lower post-I/R levels of CD compared with those in the hearts of untreated controls, although WY itself enhanced ROS generation prior to ischemia. IS was reduced by 47 % in the hearts of WY-treated rats (P<0.05), and this effect was reversed by 5-HD. Results suggest that PPAR-α activation may confer protection against lethal I/R injury in the rat heart that involves up-regulation of eNOS, mitoKATP opening and reduced oxidative stress during I/R.


Antioxidants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1727
Author(s):  
Sang-Cheol Lee ◽  
Na-Hyun Lee ◽  
Kapil D. Patel ◽  
Soo-Kyung Jun ◽  
Jeong-Hui Park ◽  
...  

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are continuously produced by skeletal muscle during contractile activity and even at rest. However, the ROS generated from excessive exercise or traumatic damage may produce more ROS than can be neutralized by an antioxidant capacity, which can be harmful to muscle function. In particular, selenium is a known antioxidant that regulates physiological functions such as cell differentiation and anti-inflammatory function. In this study, we developed nano-sized antioxidative biomaterials using selenium to investigate the protective and differentiation effects against C2C12 myoblasts in an H2O2-induced oxidative stress environment. The selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) were produced with a size of 35.6 ± 4.3 nm and showed antioxidant effects according to the 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine assay. Then, SeNPs were treated to C2C12 cells with or without H2O2. Our results showed that SeNPs reduced C2C12 apoptosis and intracellular ROS levels. Additionally, SeNPs effectively up-regulated in the presence of H2O2, MyoD, MyoG, α-actinin, and myosin heavy chain, which are well known to increase during myoblast differentiation as assayed by qRT-PCR, immunocytochemistry-staining, western blotting. These results demonstrate that SeNPs can accelerate differentiation with its protective effects from the ROS environment and can be applied to the treatment of skeletal muscle in a cellular redox environment.


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