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FREE RADICAL RESEARCH
Volume 45, Issue 5, Pages 620-637Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2011.564166
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Hepatocyte; TBHP; oxidative stress; cell death; MAPKs; CSB; antioxidant; cytoprotection
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The present study investigated the antioxidant signalling mechanism of a coumarin-derived schiff base (CSB) scaffold against tert-butylhydroperoxide (TBHP) induced oxidative insult in murine hepatocytes. CSB possesses DPPH and other free radical scavenging activities. TBHP reduced cell viability and intracellular antioxidant status accompanied by an increase in intracellular ROS production in hepatocytes. TBHP also activated phospho-ERK1/2, phospho-p38 and NF-kappa kappa B, altered the Bcl-2/Bad ratio, reduced mitochondrial membrane potential, released cytochrome C and activated caspase 3, suggesting that TBHP induced oxidative stress responsive cell death via apoptotic pathway. FACS analysis and DNA fragmentation studies also confirmed the apoptotic cell death in TBHP exposed hepatocytes. Treatment with CSB effectively reduced these adverse effects by preventing the oxidative insult, alteration in the redox-sensitive signalling cascades and mitochondrial events. Combining, results suggest that antioxidant property of CSB make the molecule to be a potential protective measure against oxidative insult, cytotoxicity and cell death.
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