title: Antioxidative effects of plant polyphenols: from protection of G protein signaling to prevention of age-related pathologies.
abstract: The antioxidant potency of three natural polyphenols, resveratrol, curcumin, and genistein, was compared by using the two human models: oxymodified with H(2)O(2) and homocysteine (Hcy) G proteins in the postmortem frontal cortex (FC) membranes of age-matched control and Alzheimer's disease (AD) subjects; and Cu(2+)-induced oxidation of plasma low-density lipoproteins (LDL). In Co, 3-10 microM polyphenols dose-dependently depressed the G protein 25% stimulation induced by 10 microM H(2)O(2) or 500 microM Hcy. Resveratrol revealed significantly higher antioxidativity than curcumin or genistein. In AD, the antioxidativity of polyphenols showed no significant differences. Polyphenols (1 microM) significantly increased the LDL oxidation lag time (oxyresistance) as compared with control, the effect of resveratrol being most potent. Due to the dual antioxidant mechanism, the investigated polyphenols, particularly resveratrol, should have preferences for the preventive-therapeutic use in age-related oxidative stress-based pathologies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Tartu, Ravila 19, 50411 Tartu, Estonia.
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jefremov
authors.forename: Mihkel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zilmer
authors.forename: Kersti
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zilmer
authors.forename: Nenad
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bogdanovic
authors.forename: Ello
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karelson
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003474:Curcumin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D019833:Genistein / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D010636:Phenols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000494:pharmacology*; D059808:Polyphenols; D000077185:Resveratrol; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005419:Flavonoids; D010636:Phenols; D028321:Plant Preparations; D059808:Polyphenols; D013267:Stilbenes; D019833:Genistein; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D003474:Curcumin; D000077185:Resveratrol