title: Elevated levels of DNA repair enzymes and antioxidative enzymes by (+)-catechin in murine microglia cells after oxidative stress.
abstract: (+)-Catechin possesses a broad range of pharmacological properties, including antioxidative effect. However, little is reported on the mechanism by which (+)-catechin protects microglia cells from DNA damage by oxidative stress. In this study, TUNEL assay and DNA electrophorysis indicated that (+)-catechin markedly blocked DNA fragmentation and apoptosis of microglia cells by tBHP exposure. A potent antioxidative effect of (+)-catechin was confirmed by comparison with a putative antioxidant agent, N-acetylcysteine at the lower doses. Furthermore, the increased intracellular ROS by tBHP exposure were scavenged by elevated activities of catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) after (+)-catechin treatment. (+)-Catechin partially inhibited the activation of caspase-3, thereby both cleavage of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and degradation of inhibitor of caspase-activated DNase (ICAD) were effectively abolished. In addition, the expression of PARP for repair of impaired DNA was significantly increased by (+)-catechin treatment. Taken together, these data suggest that protective effects of (+)-catechin against oxidative DNA damage of microglia cells is exerted by the increased expression of DNA repair enzyme PARP and antioxidant enzyme activities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Phytochemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Li-Jun
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shin-Ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onodera
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikejima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D002392:Catechin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D053938:DNA Fragmentation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D017628:Microglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D000071137:Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D020122:tert-Butylhydroperoxide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D002392:Catechin; D020122:tert-Butylhydroperoxide; D002374:Catalase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; C499321:Parp1 protein, mouse; D000071137:Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases; C505409:Casp3 protein, mouse; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases