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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 504, Issue 3, Pages 223-227Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.09.028
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Quercetin; Hydrogen peroxide; Apoptosis; SH-SY5Y cells
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [21570151, 23116516]
- Research Foundation for Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Takeda Science Foundation
- Japan Foundation for Applied Enzymology
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21570151] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) is a major reactive oxygen species that has been implicated in various neurodegenerative diseases. Quercetin, one of the plant flavonoids, has been reported to harbor various physiological properties including antioxidant activity. In this study, we investigated the neuroprotective effects of quercetin against H(2)O(2)-induced apoptosis in human neuronal SH-SY5Y cells. H(2)O(2)-mediated cytotoxicity and lactate dehydrogenase release were suppressed in a quercetin concentration-dependent manner. In addition, quercetin repressed the expression of the pro-apoptotic Bax gene and enhanced that of the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 gene in SH-SY5Y cells. Moreover, quercetin effectively inhibited the activation of the caspase cascade that leads to DNA fragmentation, a key feature of apoptosis, and subsequent cell death. These results indicate the importance of quercetin in protecting against H(2)O(2)-mediated neuronal cell death. Thus, quercetin might potentially serve as an agent for prevention of neurodegenerative diseases caused by oxidative stress and apoptosis. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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