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KMID : 0613820170270030310
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Journal of Life Science
2017 Volume.27 No. 3 p.310 ~ p.317
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Ethanol Extracts of Rheum undulatum and Inula japonica Protect Against Oxidative Damages on Human Keratinocyte HaCaT cells through the Induction of ARE/NRF2-dependent Phase II Cytoprotective Enzymes
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Yoo Ok-Kyung
Lee Yong-Geol
Do Ki-Hoan
Keum Young-Sam
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Abstract
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Mammalian cells control cellular homeostasis using a variety of defensive enzymes in order to combat against environmental oxidants and electrophiles. NF-E2-related factor-2 (NRF2) is a transcription factor that, in response to an exposure to oxidative stress, translocates into the nucleus and modulates the inducible expression of various phase II cytoprotective enzymes by binding to the antioxidant response element (ARE). In the present study, we have acquired 400 ethanol extracts of traditional medicinal plants and attempted to find out possible extract(s) that can increase the NRF2/ARE-dependent gene expression in human keratinocytes. As a result, we have identified that ethanol extracts of Rheum undulatum and Inula japonica strongly activated the ARE-dependent luciferase activity in HaCaT- ARE-luciferase cells. Exposure of ethanol extracts of Rheum undulatum and Inula japonica increased the viability and activated transcription and translation of NRF2-dependent phase II cytoprotective enzymes in HaCaT cells, such as heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and NAD[P]H:quinone oxidorecutase-1 (NQO1). In addition, ethanol extracts of Rheum undulatum and Inula japonica suppressed 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced generation of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), thereby inhibiting the formation of 8-hydroxyguanosine (8-OHG) and 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) in HaCaT cells. Together, our results demonstrate that ethanol extracts of Rheum undulatum and Inula japonica exert anti-oxidant effects via the induction of NRF2/ARE-dependent gene expression in human keratinocytes.
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KEYWORD
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Antioxidant response element (ARE), Inula japonica, NF-E2-related factor-2 (NRF2), reactive oxygen species (ROS), Rheum undulatum
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