Salvianic acid A protects L-02 cells against γ-irradiation-induced apoptosis via the scavenging of reactive oxygen species
Salvianic acid A protects L-02 cells against γ-irradiation-induced apoptosis via the scavenging of reactive oxygen species
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DOI:
10.1016/j.etap.2012.11.010
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发表时间:
2013-01-01
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Guo, Guozhen
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作者:
Guo, Juan;Zhang, Yanjun;Guo, Guozhen
Salvianic acid A (SAA) is the main hydrophilic active ingredient of Salvia miltiorrhiza bunge, which has long been used to treat liver and heart disease in China. In the present study, we investigated the radioprotective effects of SAA against gamma-radiation-induced apoptosis in cultured human embryo liver L-02 cells. The results demonstrated that SAA markedly inhibited gamma-radiation induced apoptosis, decreased DNA damage, and increased the intracel-lular antioxidative ability of the L-02 cells. SAA exhibited radioprotection by decreasing the generation of reactive oxygen species, inhibiting the release of mitochondrial cytochrome C, blocking the activation of caspase-3, and down regulating the expression of Bax and P53 and up regulating the expression of Bcl-2. This indicated that SAA pretreatment inhibited the caspase-dependent mitochondria apoptosis pathway. The radioprotection of the SAA pretreatment was also evidenced by an increased survival ratio, maintaining the antioxidant enzyme levels in the liver, inhibition of oxidative stress, and relative low liver and renal toxicity compared with estriol exposure. In conclusion, SAA may be an effective radioprotector against gamma-radiation induced apoptosis in L-02 cells and damage in mice, the antioxidant potency of SAA might be correlated with the beneficial radioprotectant effects observed. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.