Possible involvement of NO-mediated oxidative stress in induction of rat forestomach damage and cell proliferation by combined treatment with catechol and sodium nitrite

2006 ◽  
Vol 447 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuji Ishii ◽  
Takashi Umemura ◽  
Keita Kanki ◽  
Yuichi Kuroiwa ◽  
Akiyoshi Nishikawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Sodium Nitrite ◽  
Combined Treatment

scholarly journals Combined Treatment with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor (Canagliflozin) and Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor (Teneligliptin) Alleviates NASH Progression in A Non-Diabetic Rat Model of Steatohepatitis

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 2164
Author(s):  
Takahiro Ozutsumi ◽  
Tadashi Namisaki ◽  
Naotaka Shimozato ◽  
Kosuke Kaji ◽  
Yuki Tsuji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Lipid Peroxidation ◽  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Combined Treatment ◽  
Diabetic Rat ◽  
Hepatic Lipid ◽  
Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 ◽  
Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Inhibitor ◽  
Hepatic Lipid Peroxidation ◽  
Diabetic Rat Model

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the strongest independent predictor of mortality in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)-related cirrhosis. The effects and mechanisms of combination of sodium-dependent glucose cotransporter inhibitor and canagliflozin (CA) and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor and teneligliptin (TE) on non-diabetic NASH progression were examined. CA and TE suppressed choline-deficient, L-amino acid-defined diet-induced hepatic fibrogenesis and carcinogenesis. CA alone or with TE significantly decreased proinflammatory cytokine expression. CA and TE significantly attenuated hepatic lipid peroxidation. In vitro studies showed that TE alone or with CA inhibited cell proliferation and TGF-β1 and α1 (I)-procollagen mRNA expression in Ac-HSCs. CA+TE inhibited liver fibrogenesis by attenuating hepatic lipid peroxidation and inflammation and by inhibiting Ac-HSC proliferation with concomitant attenuation of hepatic lipid peroxidation. Moreover, CA+TE suppressed in vivo angiogenesis and oxidative DNA damage. CA or CA+TE inhibited HCC cells and human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) proliferation. CA+TE suppressed vascular endothelial growth factor expression and promoted increased E-cadherin expression in HUVECs. CA+TE potentially exerts synergistic effects on hepatocarcinogenesis prevention by suppressing HCC cell proliferation and angiogenesis and concomitantly reducing oxidative stress and by inhibiting angiogenesis with attenuation of oxidative stress. CA+TE showed chemopreventive effects on NASH progression compared with single agent in non-diabetic rat model of NASH, concurrent with Ac-HSC and HCC cell proliferation, angiogenesis oxidative stress, and inflammation. Both agents are widely, safely used in clinical practice; combined treatment may represent a potential strategy against NASH.

scholarly journals Combined Treatment with Low Cytotoxic Ethyl Acetate Nepenthes Extract and Ultraviolet-C Improves Antiproliferation to Oral Cancer Cells via Oxidative Stress

Antioxidants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 876
Author(s):  
Sheng-Yao Peng ◽  
Li-Ching Lin ◽  
Zhe-Wei Yang ◽  
Fang-Rong Chang ◽  
Yuan-Bin Cheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Dna Damage ◽  
Oral Cancer ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Combined Treatment ◽  
Ultraviolet C ◽  
Oral Cancer Cells ◽  
Mts Assay

Ultraviolet-C (UVC) irradiation provides an alternative radiotherapy to X-ray. UVC sensitizer from natural products may improve radiotherapy at low cytotoxic side effects. The aim of this study is to assess the regulation for oral cancer cell proliferation by a combined treatment of UVC and our previously reported anti-oral cancer natural product (ethyl acetate extract of Nepenthes adrianii × clipeata; EANA). The detailed possible UVC sensitizing mechanisms of EANA such as effects on cell proliferation, cell cycle, apoptosis, and DNA damage are investigated individually and in combination using 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTS) assay, flow cytometry, and western blotting at low dose conditions. In a 24 h MTS assay, the low dose EANA (5 μg/mL) and low dose UVC (12 J/m2) individually show 80% and combinedly 57% cell proliferation in oral cancer Ca9-22 cells; but no cytotoxicity to normal oral HGF-1 cells. Mechanistically, low dose EANA and low dose UVC individually induce apoptosis (subG1 accumulation, pancaspase activation, and caspases 3, 8, 9), oxidative stress (reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial superoxide, and mitochondrial membrane potential depletion), and DNA damage (γH2AX and 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine). Moreover, the combined treatment (UVC/EANA) synergistically induces these changes. Combined low dose treatment-induced antiproliferation, apoptosis, oxidative stress, and DNA damage were suppressed by the ROS scavenger N-acetylcysteine. In conclusion, UVC/EANA shows synergistic antiproliferation, oxidative stress, apoptosis, and DNA damage to oral cancer cells in an oxidative stress-dependent manner. With the selective killing properties of low dose EANA and low dose UVC, EANA provides a novel UVC sensitizing agent to improve the anti-oral cancer therapy.

scholarly journals The Negative Effect of Protein Phosphatase Z1 Deletion on the Oxidative Stress Tolerance of Candida albicans Is Synergistic with Betamethasone Exposure

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 540
Author(s):  
Ágnes Jakab ◽  
Tamás Emri ◽  
Kinga Csillag ◽  
Anita Szabó ◽  
Fruzsina Nagy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Candida Albicans ◽  
Protein Phosphatase ◽  
Combined Treatment ◽  
Specific Protein ◽  
Ergosterol Biosynthesis ◽  
Acid Oxidation ◽  
Menadione Sodium Bisulfite ◽  
Rnaseq Data ◽  
Negative Effect

The glucocorticoid betamethasone (BM) has potent anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects; however, it increases the susceptibility of patients to superficial Candida infections. Previously we found that this disadvantageous side effect can be counteracted by menadione sodium bisulfite (MSB) induced oxidative stress treatment. The fungus specific protein phosphatase Z1 (CaPpz1) has a pivotal role in oxidative stress response of Candida albicans and was proposed as a potential antifungal drug target. The aim of this study was to investigate the combined effects of CaPPZ1 gene deletion and MSB treatment in BM pre-treated C. albicans cultures. We found that the combined treatment increased redox imbalance, enhanced the specific activities of antioxidant enzymes, and reduced the growth in cappz1 mutant (KO) strain. RNASeq data demonstrated that the presence of BM markedly elevated the number of differentially expressed genes in the MSB treated KO cultures. Accumulation of reactive oxygen species, increased iron content and fatty acid oxidation, as well as the inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis and RNA metabolic processes explain, at least in part, the fungistatic effect caused by the combined stress exposure. We suggest that the synergism between MSB treatment and CaPpz1 inhibition could be considered in developing of a novel combinatorial antifungal strategy accompanying steroid therapy.

scholarly journals Octreotide and Pasireotide Combination Treatment in Somatotroph Tumor Cells: Predominant Role of SST2 in Mediating Ligand Effects

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1816
Author(s):  
Jessica Amarù ◽  
Federica Barbieri ◽  
Marica Arvigo ◽  
Agnese Solari ◽  
Adriana Bajetto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Tumor Cells ◽  
Intracellular Signaling ◽  
Somatostatin Receptor ◽  
Combined Treatment ◽  
Primary Cultures ◽  
Receptor Subtype ◽  
Camp Accumulation ◽  
Gh Secretion ◽  
Somatostatin Receptor Ligands

First-generation somatostatin receptor ligands (fg-SRLs), such as octreotide (OCT), represent the first-line medical therapy in acromegaly. Fg-SRLs show a preferential binding affinity for somatostatin receptor subtype-2 (SST2), while the second-generation ligand, pasireotide (PAS), has high affinity for multiple SSTs (SST5 > SST2 > SST3 > SST1). Whether PAS acts via SST2 in somatotroph tumors, or through other SSTs (e.g., SST5), is a matter of debate. In this light, the combined treatment OCT+PAS could result in additive/synergistic effects. We evaluated the efficacy of OCT and PAS (alone and in combination) on growth hormone (GH) secretion in primary cultures from human somatotroph tumors, as well as on cell proliferation, intracellular signaling and receptor trafficking in the rat GH4C1 cell line. The results confirmed the superimposable efficacy of OCT and PAS in reducing GH secretion (primary cultures), cell proliferation, cAMP accumulation and intracellular [Ca2+] increase (GH4C1 cells), without any additive effect observed for OCT+PAS. In GH4C1 cells, co-incubation with a SST2-selective antagonist reversed the inhibitory effect of OCT and PAS on cell proliferation and cAMP accumulation, while both compounds resulted in a robust internalization of SST2 (but not SST5). In conclusion, OCT and PAS seem to act mainly through SST2 in somatotroph tumor cells in vitro, without inducing any additive/synergistic effect when tested in combination.

scholarly journals NRF2-mediated signaling is a master regulator of transcription factors in bovine granulosa cells under oxidative stress condition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Omar Taqi ◽  
Mohammed Saeed-Zidane ◽  
Samuel Gebremedhn ◽  
Dessie Salilew-Wondim ◽  
Ernst Tholen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress ◽  
Granulosa Cells ◽  
Mitochondrial Activity ◽  
Small Interference Rna ◽  
Nrf2 Signaling Pathway

AbstractTranscription factors (TFs) are known to be involved in regulating the expression of several classes of genes during folliculogenesis. However, the regulatory role of TFs during oxidative stress (OS) is not fully understood. The current study was aimed to investigate the regulation of the TFs in bovine granulosa cells (bGCs) during exposure to OS induced by H2O2 in vitro. For this, bGCs derived from ovarian follicles were cultured in vitro till their confluency and then treated with H2O2 for 40 min. Twenty-four hours later, cells were subjected to various phenotypic and gene expression analyses for genes related to TFs, endoplasmic reticulum stress, apoptosis, cell proliferation, and differentiation markers. The bGCs exhibited higher reactive oxygen species accumulation, DNA fragmentation, and endoplasmic reticulum stress accompanied by reduction of mitochondrial activity after exposure to OS. In addition, higher lipid accumulation and lower cell proliferation were noticed in H2O2-challenged cells. The mRNA level of TFs including NRF2, E2F1, KLF6, KLF9, FOS, SREBF1, SREBF2, and NOTCH1 was increased in H2O2-treated cells compared with non-treated controls. However, the expression level of KLF4 and its downstream gene, CCNB1, were downregulated in the H2O2-challenged group. Moreover, targeted inhibition of NRF2 using small interference RNA resulted in reduced expression of KLF9, FOS, SREBF2, and NOTCH1 genes, while the expression of KLF4 was upregulated. Taken together, bovine granulosa cells exposed to OS exhibited differential expression of various transcription factors, which are mediated by the NRF2 signaling pathway.

scholarly journals THU0495 NOVEL UNDERSTANDING OF THE PATHOGENESIS OF JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS: FOCUS ON MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS IMPAIRMENT, SENESCENCE AND IMMUNOREGULATORY FUNCTION

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 483.2-484
Author(s):  
L. Zaripova ◽  
A. Midgley ◽  
S. Christmas ◽  
E. Baildam ◽  
R. Oldershaw
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Stem Cells ◽  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Mesenchymal Stem Cells ◽  
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ◽  
Metabolic Activity ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
High Level ◽  
Pro Inflammatory Cytokines

Background:Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a well-known chronic rheumatic disease of childhood characterised by progressive joint destruction and severe systemic complications.Immune cells are known to trigger the pathophysiological cascade in JIA, but there is little information regarding the contribution made by Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). These cells are able to modulate the immune response and decrease the level of pro-inflammatory cytokines. With addition of regenerative property it makes MSCs potential candidates for clinical application as immunosuppressants in treatment of autoimmune diseases.Objectives:To investigate MSCs proliferation, viability and immunomodulatory function in JIA and healthy children.Methods:MSCs were separated from peripheral blood (PB) and synovial fluid (SF) of JIA patients and healthy controls. Cell proliferation rate was counted by Population doublings per day (PDD) during 9 days, in the last of which alamarBlue™ assays were performed to assess cell viability. Due to measure senescence MSCs were stained with SA-β-galactosidase. Immunofluorescence was used to examine the expression of p16, p21, p53. Oxidative stress was measured with DCFH-DA. Cell cycle analysis was evaluated with Propidium Iodide and analysed by Accuri® C6 Flow Cytometer.Commercially-available bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) were treated with graded concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines (0.1-100 ng/ml) with following examination of cell viability. Mixed lymphocyte reactions (MLR) were performed to measure MSC immunomodulatory abilityin vitro.Results:The growth kinetics of JIA-MSCs were different from healthy controls. JIA-MSCs divided slowly and appeared disorganised with large cytoplasm and loads of outgrowth. They demonstrated a decrease in cell proliferation (negative PDD) and metabolic activity. Difference in growth kinetics and metabolic activity were found inside the JIA PB group with some evidence of response following biological treatment. Thus, PB-MSCs from patients treated with TNFi and anti-IL6 medications had notably higher cell proliferation and metabolic activity against JIA patients received other therapy. Considering this difference, it was hypothesised that cytokines obtained in a high amount in PB and SF of JIA patients may influence MSCs viability. To prove this BM-MSCs were treated with cytokines and demonstrated a dose-dependent decrease in metabolic activity significantly after TNFα and IL1, no significantly after treatment with IL6. Both BM-MSCs treated with cytokines and JIA-MSCs displayed high level of reactive oxygen species.Cell cycle analysis revealed that JIA-MSCs were arrested in G0/G1 phase with low number of mitotic cells. In addition, the number of senescence-associated SA-β-gal-positive cells was notably higher in JIA-MSCs. Furthermore, JIA-MSCs expressed high level of immunofluorescence for p16, p21 and p53 which played an important role in regulating the senescence progress of MSCs.Results of MLR showed the ability of BM-MSCs to decrease the percentage of activated T-helpers, T-suppressors, B-cells and natural killers proliferation, while JIA-MSCs lost this property.Conclusion:Taken together current research has demonstrated that under the influence of proinflammatory cytokines JIA-MSCs suffered from oxidative stress and disruption of metabolic activity acquire senescent morphology, shorten of telomere length, arrest in G0 phase of cell cycle and finally loss of immune regulation. We are continuing our research to determine the mechanisms that are responsible for the impaired phenotype with the aim of identifying new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of JIA.Disclosure of Interests: :None declared

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