Self-protection against triptolide-induced toxicity in human hepatic cells via Nrf2-ARE-NQO1 pathway

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine
Ling-Ling ZhouXue-Ping Zhou

Abstract

To find the signaling pathway of triptolide (TP)-induced liver injury and to reveal whether NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) plays an important role in cellular self-protection. The L-02 and HepG2 cells were cultured and treated with various concentrations of TP. The cell viability was observed, and the cell medium was collected for detecting the aspartate aminotransferase (ALT), alanine aminotransferase (AST), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and L-glutathione production (GSH) levels. Nrf2 and its downstream target NAD(P)H: quinine oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression, the nuclear translocation of Nrf2, and the binding ability of Nrf2 and antioxidant response element (ARE) were also identified. Meanwhile, shRNA was used to silence Nrf2 in L-02 cells to find out whether Nrf2 plays a protective role. The viability of the L-02 and HepG2 cells treated with TP decreased in a doseand time-dependent manner, and TP (20-80 μg/mL) markedly induced the release of ALT, AST and LDH (P<0.05 or P<0.01), reduced the levels of SOD and GSH (P<0.01), and increased the intracellular reactive oxygen species. Meanwhile, TP augmented the Nrf2 expression in L-02 and HepG2 cells (P<0.05 or P<0.01), induced...Continue Reading

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