Abstract | OBJECTIVES: MATERIALS AND METHODS: We investigated the effect of FA on PC12 cells subjected to hypoxia stress, in vitro. RESULTS: FA increased cell viability, prevented membrane damage (LDH release), scavenged free radicals, increased superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, and attenuated the elevation of intracellular free Ca(2+), lipid peroxidation, apoptosis (evaluated by TUNEL staining) and PGE2 production in hypoxia-stressed PC12 cells. MAPKs were activated during hypoxia. FA reduced p-p38 MAPK, caspase-3, and COX-2 activation which correlated well with diminished LDH release in PC12 cells under hypoxia. Furthermore, FA reduced lipid peroxidation in PC12 cells subjected to hypoxia. CONCLUSION: Taken together, these results indicate that FA antioxidant effects could partly be involved in inhibition of p38 MAPK pathway and apoptosis through scavenging ROS in hypoxia-stressed PC12 cells.
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Authors | Wen-Chieh Lin, Yu-Fen Peng, Chien-Wei Hou |
Journal | Iranian journal of basic medical sciences
(Iran J Basic Med Sci)
Vol. 18
Issue 5
Pg. 478-84
(May 2015)
ISSN: 2008-3866 [Print] Iran |
PMID | 26124934
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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