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FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
卷 49, 期 5, 页码 738-747出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.05.020
关键词
Neuroprotection; Oxidative stress; Quercetin; Bioavailability; Intrinsic fluorescence; Nrf2; gamma-Glutamate-cysteine ligase; Glutathione; Thioredoxin 2; Free radicals
资金
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (The Hague. Netherlands) [L/ICA/ICB/139636]
- Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Basicas
- International Brain Research Organization-Latin American Regional Committee
- International Society for Neurochemistry
- Gautier Laboratories, Uruguay
In this work we describe the protective effects of quercetin against H2O2 in 24-h-pretreated neuronal cultures We explored quercetin availability and subcellular fate through the use of HPLC-Diode Array Detection (DAD). epifluorescence, and confocal microscopy We focused on quercetin modulation of thiol-redox systems by evaluating changes in mitochondrial thioredoxin Trx2, the levels of total glutathione (GSH), and the expression of the gamma-glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit (GCLC), the rate-limiting enzyme of GSH synthesis, by the use of Western blot. HPLC, and real-time PCR techniques, respectively We further explored the activation of the protective NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)-dependent signaling pathway by quercetin using immunocytochemistry techniques Our results showed rapid quercetin internalization into neurons, reaching the nucleus after its addition to the culture. Quercetin pretreatment increased total GSH levels, but did not increase Trx2 Interestingly it caused Nrf2 nuclear translocation and significantly increased GCLC gene expression At the moment of H2O2 addition, intracellular quercetin or related metabolites were undetectable in the cultures although quercetin pretreatment prevented neuronal death from the oxidant exposure Our findings suggest alternative mechanisms of quercetin neuroprotection beyond its long-established ROS scavenging properties, involving Nrf2-dependent modulation of the GSH redox system (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc All rights reserved
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