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PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH
Volume 24, Issue -, Pages S183-S189Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3068
Keywords
beta-carotene; alcohol; antioxidant; hepatocytes; apoptosis
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- Cathay General Hospital [93CGH-TMU-015]
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The study was designed to evaluate the effects of 1 mu M beta-carotene on antioxidant status in ethanol-treated rat hepatocytes and investigate possible anti-apoptotic mechanisms of beta-carotene in protecting ethanol-induced cytotoxicity. The isolated rat hepatocytes were incubated for 48 h in a medium with or without alcohol (100 mM) and beta-carotene (1 mu M) using the following groups: the control (C), beta-carotene (CB), ethanol (E), and ethanol + beta-carotene (EB) groups. The cell viability, antioxidative status, cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) and caspase expressions in hepatocytes were measured. The E group demonstrated lower cell viability, glutathione (GSH) levels, and lipid peroxide accumulation in rat hepatocytes; meanwhile, CYP2E1, caspase-3, and caspase-9 expressions increased. In contrast, cell viability, GSH levels, and glutathione reductase (GRD) activity significantly increased while lipid peroxides and expressions of CYP2E1, casapse-3, and caspase-9 decreased in the EB group. The results suggest that ethanol treatment decreases cell viability in rat hepatocytes via induced oxidative stress. 1 mu M beta-carotene decreased oxidative stress and prevented ethanol-induced cell death by inhibiting caspase-9 and caspase-3 expression. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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