Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 1252-1261Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2015.04.021
Keywords
Taxifolin; Antioxidants; DNA damage protection; Zebrafish embryo; Cadmium; Oxidative stress
Funding
- University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India [4-1/2010 (BSR)]
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Taxifolin (TAX) is a natural source of bioflavonoid found in various conifers. In this study, initially we investigated the antioxidant potential of TAX under in vitro assays such as 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS), ferric-ion reducing power (FRAP) and hydroxyl radical (OH). The activities of DPPH, ABTS, FRAP and OH radical levels were significantly inhibited by TAX with an IC50 values of 16.48, 66.34, 18.17 and 11.42 mu g/ml, respectively. Secondly, TAX exhibited a strong protection against OH mediated DNA damage on pUC19 plasmid DNA at 1.0 mu g/ml. Finally, we evaluated the protective mechanism of TAX against cadmium intoxicated zebrafish embryos (Danio rerio). We found that embryos exposed to 100 mu M Cd exhibited significantly reduced survival, delayed hatching and phenotypic abnormalities at 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours post fertilization (hpf). Similarly, Cd intoxicated embryos showed significantly increased cardiac function (131beats/min) at 60 hpf. Conversely, treatment with TAX (0.1, 1.0 and 10 mu M) significantly enhanced the antioxidant enzyme levels (SOD, CAT, GPx and GR) by reducing the lipid peroxidation (MDA) in zebrafish embryos. Collectively, our results concluded that TAX could act as a potent redox scavenger against oxidative DNA damage and also functions as a crucial suppressor of Cd toxicity in zebrafish embryos. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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