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The isoflavones mixture from Trifolium pratense L. protects HCN 1-A neurons from oxidative stress.

Abstract
Oxidative stress-induced neuronal cell death has been implicated in different neurological disorders and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's. Using the Alzheimer's disease-associated hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), we investigated the neuroprotective efficacy of a natural mixture of phytoestrogenic isoflavones (genistein, daidzein, biochanin A and formononetin) from Trifolium pratense L. (Red clover) against oxidative stress-induced cell death in human cortical cell line HCN 1-A maintained in culture. Neuronal viability was determined by MTT or trypan blue test and neuronal integrity by morphological analysis.The results obtained indicate that exposure of HCN 1-A cell cultures to hydrogen peroxide resulted in a concentration-dependent decrease in neuron viability. Concentration of H(2)O(2) ranging from 50 to 200 microg/ml were toxic to these cultures. A 24-hour pretreatment with 0.5, 1 and 2 microg/ml isoflavones extract significantly increased cell survival as evidenced by MTT or trypan blue test and significantly prevented the morphological disruption caused by H(2)O(2) as shown by microscopical inspection, indicating that neurons treated with isoflavones were protected from the cell death induced by H(2)O(2) exposure. These findings imply that the neuroprotective effect of isoflavones extract is partly associated with its antioxidant activity. Further, results of these investigations indicate that although isoflavones extract exert a neuroprotective effect, it do not promoted cortical neuron process outgrowth.
AuthorsFrancesco Occhiuto, Dora Rita Palumbo, Stefania Samperi, Giuseppe Zangla, Annalisa Pino, Rita De Pasquale, Clara Circosta
JournalPhytotherapy research : PTR (Phytother Res) Vol. 23 Issue 2 Pg. 192-6 (Feb 2009) ISSN: 1099-1573 [Electronic] England
PMID18693301 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Chemical References
  • Antioxidants
  • Isoflavones
  • Neuroprotective Agents
  • Plant Extracts
  • formononetin
  • daidzein
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Genistein
  • biochanin A
Topics
  • Antioxidants (pharmacology)
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival
  • Genistein (pharmacology)
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen Peroxide (pharmacology)
  • Isoflavones (pharmacology)
  • Neurons (drug effects)
  • Neuroprotective Agents (pharmacology)
  • Oxidative Stress (drug effects)
  • Plant Extracts (pharmacology)
  • Trifolium (chemistry)

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