Protective Effect of Korean Red Ginseng against 6-Hydroxydopamine-induced Nitrosative Cell Death via Fortifying Cellular Defense System

Yakhak Hoeji ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-99
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Chan Lee ◽  
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Jung-Hee Jang ◽  
Gyu Hwan Park ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 161
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Jeonghyun Kang ◽  
Joon Seong Park ◽  
Sung Gwe Ahn ◽  
Jin Hong Lim ◽  
Seung Hyuk Baik ◽  
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2015 ◽  
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pp. 46-53 ◽  
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Jinhee Kim ◽  
Hyejin Lee ◽  
Ki Sung Kang ◽  
Kwang-Hoon Chun ◽  
Gwi Seo Hwang

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 855-862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dae-Goon Yoo ◽  
Min-Chul Kim ◽  
Min-Kyung Park ◽  
Jae-Min Song ◽  
Fu-Shi Quan ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-15 ◽  
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Minkyung Bae ◽  
Sungil Jang ◽  
Joo Weon Lim ◽  
Jieun Kang ◽  
Eun Jung Bak ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
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Hye Rim Park ◽  
Seung Eun Lee ◽  
Hana Yang ◽  
Gun Woo Son ◽  
Young-Ho Jin ◽  
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Korean Red Ginseng is a popular herbal medicine and is widely used in many food products. KRG has biological benefits related to vascular diseases including diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and other cardiac diseases and KRG has antioxidant and anti-hyperlipidemic actions. KRG decreases the level of oxidative stress and suppresses proinflammatory cytokines and cell adhesion molecules, thus protecting endothelial dysfunction. Mammalian Thioredoxin reductase 1 is an NADPH-dependent selenoprotein, essential for antioxidant defense and DNA synthesis and repair, that regulates the redox system by modulating redox-sensitive transcription factors and thiol-containing proteins. Here, we show that KRG water extract increases the expression of TrxR1 in human umbilical vein endothelial cells via the p38 and PKC-δsignaling pathways. The induction of TrxR1 expression by KRG was confirmed by Western blot analysis and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. However, the increase in TrxR1 expression was abolished by specific silencing of the p38 and PKC-δgenes. In addition, we demonstrated that auranofin, a TrxR1 inhibitor, weakens the protective effect of KRG against H2O2-induced cell death as measured by the terminal transferase dUTP nick end labeling assay. These results suggest that KRG may have protective effects in vascular diseases by upregulating TrxR1 in endothelial cells, thereby inhibiting the generation of reactive oxygen species and cell death.


2009 ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Gi Jung Im ◽  
Ji Won Chang ◽  
June Choi ◽  
Sung Won Chae ◽  
Eun Ju Ko ◽  
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