title: [Effect of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural on BCL-2 and NF-kappaB gene expression of apoptotic rat hippocampal neurons injured by H2O2].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (5-HMF) on apoptosis and BCL-2, NF-kappaB gene expression of rat hippocampal neurons injured by hydroperoxide (H2O2).
  
  
  METHODS
  Hippocampal neurons of newly born rat were cultured in vivo and injured by H2O2. Effect of different concentration of 5-HMF on cell viability was measured by MTT. Flow cytometer (FCM) was used to measure the apoptosis of rat hippocampal neurons pre-cultured with different concentration of 5-HMF,Western blotting was used to measure the expression of BCL-2 and NF-kappaB gene.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It revealed that the high and medium dosage of 5-HMF could increase the activity of rat hippocampal. The high, medium and low dosage of 5-HMF also increased the expression of BCL-2 gene and decreased the expression of NF-kappaB gene.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  5-HMF could restrain the apoptosis of cultured hippocampal neurons injured by H2O2. The mechanism may be related to increasing in BCL-2 level and decreasing in NF-kappaB level.
authors.affiliation: Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210046, China. coccus88@sina.com
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Ya-Bing
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Hai-Ying
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Dong-Qing
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jing-Ting
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Feng-Ming
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: Ming-Yan
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D029768:Cornus / Q000737:chemistry*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005662:Furaldehyde / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; C008046:5-hydroxymethylfurfural; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D005662:Furaldehyde