title: Effect of taurine on oxidative stress and apoptosis-related protein expression in trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid-induced colitis.
abstract: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a multi-factorial inflammatory disease of the colon and rectum. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of taurine, an anti-oxidant amino acid, on oxidative stress and the expression of apoptosis-related proteins, pro-apoptotic Bax and anti-apoptotic B cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2) in colon tissue in rats with 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis. Rats received taurine (1.5% w/v) in drinking water for 15 days before and 15 days after administration of TNBS solution. Then, colonic myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, malondialdehyde (MDA) and glutathione (GSH) levels, and Bax and Bcl-2 expression were measured. TNBS-induced colitis caused significantly increased MPO activity and MDA levels and decreased GSH levels in colon tissue compared to controls. Increase in Bax expression and decrease in Bcl-2 expression were detected in colon of rats with TNBS-induced colitis. Taurine treatment was associated with amelioration in macroscopic and microscopic colitis scores, decreased colonic MPO activity and MDA levels and increased GSH levels in TNBS-induced colitis. In addition, taurine reduced the expression of Bax and prevented the loss of Bcl-2 proteins in colon tissue of rats with TNBS-induced colitis. The results of this study show that taurine administration may exert beneficial effects in UC by decreasing inflammatory reactions, oxidative stress and apoptosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giriş
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Depboylu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doğru-Abbasoğlu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Erbil
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Olgaç
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aliş
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aykaç-Toker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uysal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000379:methods; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D003106:Colon; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013654:Taurine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014302:Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; C494828:Bax protein, rat; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; D013654:Taurine; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D014302:Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid; D009195:Peroxidase; D005978:Glutathione