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KMID : 0613820140240060595
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Journal of Life Science
2014 Volume.24 No. 6 p.595 ~ p.602
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Protective Effect of Aqueous Extracts of Styela Clava Tunic Against Apoptosis of HepG2 Cells Induced by Hydrogen Peroxide
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Koh Eun-Kyoung
Lee Young-Ju
Kim Ji-Eun
Kwak Moon-Hwa
Go Jun
Son Hong-Joo
Lee Hee-Seob
Jung Young-Jin
Hwang Dae-Youn
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Abstract
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Styela Clava tunic (SCT) has found some applications in many areas of medical treatment including as an anti-inflammatory compound, a wound healing film, in guided bone regeneration, and as a food additive. The protective effect of SCT aqueous extract (AE-SCT) on cell death induced by H2O2 treatment was investigated by measuring the changes in cell viability in HepG2 cells after AE-SCT treatment. High concentrations of antioxidant compounds including flavonoids (3.3 mg/g) and phenolics (32.3 mg/g) were detected in AE-SCT but no significant cytotoxicity was observed in HepG2 cells treated with AE-SCT. The viability of HepG2 cells was also not changed by treatment with different concentrations of AE-SCT after H2O2 treatment. However, cell viability was significantly increased in cells treated with three different concentrations of AE-SCT before H2O2 treatment. The greatest increase in cell viability was observed in the group treated with 50 μg/ml AE-SCT, when compared with vehicle-treated group. FACS and DAPI staining analysis indicated that the decrease in number of dead cells was dependent on the concentration of AE-SCT. Alterations in the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio after H2O2 treatment were significantly restored by treatment with different concentrations of AE-SCT. These results indicate that AE-SCT, which contains high levels of antioxidants, may protect cells against death induced by H2O2 treatment.
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KEYWORD
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Antioxidant, Bcl-2, cell death, hydrogen peroxide, Styela clava tunic
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