Black tea increased survival of Caenorhabditis elegans under stress.
Black tea increased survival of Caenorhabditis elegans under stress.
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DOI:
10.1021/jf503120j
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发表时间:
2014-11
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Ligui Xiong;Jian-an Huang;Juan Li;Peng Yu;Zherui Xiong;Jian-wei Zhang;Yushun Gong;Zhong-Hua Liu-Zhong
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作者:
Ligui Xiong;Jian-an Huang;Juan Li;Peng Yu;Zherui Xiong;Jian-wei Zhang;Yushun Gong;Zhong-Hua Liu-Zhong
The present study examined the effects of black tea (Camellia sinensis) extracts (BTE) in Caenorhabditis elegans under various abiotic stressors. Results showed BTE increased nematode resistance to osmosis, heat, and UV irradiation treatments. However, BTE could not increase nematodes' lifespan under normal culture conditions and MnCl2-induced toxicity at concentrations we used. Further studies showed that BTE decreased reactive oxygen species and up-regulated some antioxidant enzymes, including GSH-PX, and genes, such as gsh-px and sod-3. However, only a slight extension in mev-1 mutants mean lifespan was observed without significance. These results indicated that the antioxidant activity of BTE might be necessary but not sufficient to protect against aging to C. elegans. Moreover, BTE increased the mRNA level of stress-response genes such as sir-2.1 and sek-1. Our finding demonstrated BTE might increase heat and UV stress resistance in a sir.2.1-dependent manner. Taken together, BTE enhanced stress resistance with multiple mechanisms in C. elegans.