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BMC Complement Altern Med ; 17(1): 2, 2017 Jan 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28049460

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BACKGROUND: Bitter Melon (BM) has been used as a functional food in traditional Chinese and Indian medicine for many generations and has gained a great deal of attention due to its apparent benefits in moderating some of the pathogenic processes in a variety of inflammatory conditions. BM extract (BME) has been shown to possess strong anti-oxidant properties. In addition, it can ameliorate oxidative stress and potentially ER stress. There is increasing evidence that oxidative and ER stress are major contributors for intestinal secretory cell dysfunction which leads to local inflammation and disease pathogenesis that are hallmarks of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Hence, the search for potential therapeutics against ER stress and oxidative stress in intestinal epithelial secretory cells may provide valuable resources for the management of IBD. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of BME in ameliorating ER stress in colonic epithelial cells. METHODS: Human colonic adenocarcinoma LS174T cells were used for the assessment of BME effects on colonic epithelial cells in vitro. Cell viability was assessed using trypan blue exclusion and the effect of BME in ameliorating tunicamycin (TM)-induced ER stress was determined by analysing the mRNA expression of the common ER stress markers; ATF6, XBP1, GRP78, CHOP and PERK by quantitative RT-PCR and GRP78 and CHOP by western blot. RESULTS: In the absence of ER stress, BME exhibited no cell toxicity up to 2.0% w/v and no significant effect on the basal mRNA expression of ER stress markers in LS174T cells. In contrast, pre-treatment of LS174T cells with BME followed by induction of ER stress resulted in a significant decrease in mRNA expression of ATF6, XBP1, GRP78, CHOP and PERK and protein expression of GRP78 and CHOP. Co-treatment during induction of ER stress and post- treatment following induction of ER Stress in LS174T cells resulted in a lower but still significant reduction in mRNA expression levels of most ER stress markers. CONCLUSIONS: This is one of the first studies demonstrating the efficacy of BME in reducing expression of ER stress markers in colonic epithelial cells suggesting the potential of BME as a dietary intervention in ameliorating ER stress and oxidation in IBD. Interestingly, while the most significant effect was seen with pre-treatment of cells with BME there was a reduced but still significant effect when co-treated or even post-treated. This suggests that BME may even be effective in modulating ER stress in the face of an existing cell stress environment.


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Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/drug effects , Epithelial Cells/drug effects , Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/physiopathology , Momordica charantia/chemistry , Plant Extracts/pharmacology , Protective Agents/pharmacology , Cell Line, Tumor , Colon/cytology , Colon/drug effects , Colon/metabolism , Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP , Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Humans , Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/drug therapy , Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/genetics , Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/metabolism , Oxidative Stress/drug effects , Plant Extracts/chemistry , Protective Agents/chemistry , Transcription Factor CHOP/genetics , Transcription Factor CHOP/metabolism , Tunicamycin/analysis , Tunicamycin/pharmacology , X-Box Binding Protein 1/genetics , X-Box Binding Protein 1/metabolism
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