Abstract
Oxidative stress plays an important role in pathological processes of cerebral ischemia followed by reperfusion. The effect of 1, 5-dicaffeoylquinic acid (1, 5-diCQA) on primary culture rat cortical astrocytes induced by oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD)/reperfusion was evaluated in this study. Appropriate concentration of 1, 5-diCQA pretreatment significantly suppressed cell death, reduced the production of reactive oxygen species, prevented glutathione (GSH) depletion, increased the activity of glutamate-cysteine ligase (GCL), and triggered Nrf2 nuclear translocation in astrocytes induced by 4 h of OGD and 20 h of reperfusion. Interestingly, these protective effects were greatly attenuated in Nrf2 siRNA-transfected cells. We conclude that 1, 5-diCQA has antioxidant signaling properties that upregulate GSH synthesis by stimulating the Nrf2 pathway in astrocytes and protects them from cell death in an in vitro model of ischemia/reperfusion. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 142-148 |
| Journal | Brain Research |
| Volume | 1347 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 6 Aug 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers 30971024 and 30870845) and the Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (grant number 91510515000009).
Research Keywords
- 1,5-Dicaffeoylquinic acid
- Glutathione
- Ischemia/reperfusion
- Nrf2
- Oxidative stress