Green tea polyphenols attenuate glial swelling and mitochondrial dysfunction following oxygen-glucose deprivation in cultures.
Astrocyte swelling is a major component of cytotoxic brain edema in ischemia. Oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction have been hypothesized to contribute to such swelling in cultures. We investigated the protective effects of polyphenol-rich green tea extract (GTE) on key features of ischemic injury namely cell swelling, nitric oxide (NO) production, and depolarization of the inner mitochondrial membrane potential (Deltapsi(m)). C6 glial cultures were subjected to 5-h oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) and cell volume was determined using the 3-O-methyl-glucose method. At 90 min after the end of OGD, cell volume increased by > 33% and this increase was attenuated by GTE but not by the individual polyphenol components including catechin, epicatechin, or epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). However, a combination of catechin, epicatechin and EGCG prevented swelling. OGD-induced increase in NO was further increased by GTE. OGD-induced decline in Deltapsi(m) was also attenuated by green tea extract, EGCG and a combination of catechin, epicatechin and EGCG but not by catechin or epicatechin alone. Our findings indicate a protective effect of GTE in cell swelling in ischemic injury and such protective effects may be mediated by its effect on the mitochondria. It appears that effects on cell swelling are mediated by the concerted action of more than one of the individual components of GTE.
Panickar
Kiran S
KS
Diet, Genomics, and Immunology Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA. kiran.panickar@ars.usda.gov
Polansky
Marilyn M
MM
Anderson
Richard A
RA
D002545:Brain Ischemia; D028241:Camellia sinensis / Q000737:chemistry; D002392:Catechin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D048429:Cell Size / Q000187:drug effects; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D053078:Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000502:physiology*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010100:Oxygen / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010636:Phenols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D059808:Polyphenols; D013662:Tea / Q000737:chemistry*
D005419:Flavonoids; D010636:Phenols; D010936:Plant Extracts; D059808:Polyphenols; D013662:Tea; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D002392:Catechin; C045651:epigallocatechin gallate; D005947:Glucose; D010100:Oxygen