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Oxidative stress significantly contributes to ageing and disease, with antioxidants holding promise in mitigating its effects. Functional foods rich in flavonoids offer a potential strategy to mitigate oxidative damage by free radicals. We investigated the protective effects of mulberry leaf flavonoids (MLF) against H2O2-induced oxidative damage in HepG2 cells. It assessed the inhibitory effect of MLF (62.5-500 µg/mL) on H2O2-induced oxidative damage by analyzing cellular morphology and oxidative stress markers, including ROS production, mitochondrial membrane potential, antioxidant enzyme levels, MDA, and apoptosis-related proteins. The results demonstrated that MLF prevented spiny cell formation triggered by 750 µM H2O2 and significantly reduced ROS levels, restored mitochondrial membrane potential, decreased lactate dehydrogenase and alanine transaminase leakage, and reduced MDA content induced by H2O2. MLF also modulated antioxidant enzymes and attenuated oxidative damage to HepG2 cell DNA, as confirmed by staining techniques. These findings indicate the potential of MLF as a hepatoprotective agent against oxidative damage in HepG2 cells.
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Antioxidantes , Flavonoides , Peróxido de Hidrogênio , Potencial da Membrana Mitocondrial , Morus , Estresse Oxidativo , Folhas de Planta , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio , Humanos , Morus/química , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Hep G2 , Flavonoides/farmacologia , Folhas de Planta/química , Antioxidantes/farmacologia , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/metabolismo , Potencial da Membrana Mitocondrial/efeitos dos fármacos , Extratos Vegetais/farmacologia , Extratos Vegetais/química , Substâncias Protetoras/farmacologia , Substâncias Protetoras/química , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Human umbilical cord blood stem cells have been widely used in the study of spinal cord injury, but in vitro differentiation of human umbilical cord blood stem cells (hUCBSCs) has been limited by various factors. Mongalian medicine axillary choerospondias fruit extract has protective effects on neural cells, but the action mechanisms are unclear. OBJECTIVE: To observe promoting effects of 3 kinds of Mongalian medicine axillary choerospondias fruit extracts on in vitro differentiation of hUCBSCs. METHODS: Fresh umbilical cord blood was obtained from healthy puerperants to prepare hUCBSC suspension. The purified hUCBSCs were incubated in 40 petri dishes. The Mongalian medicine axillary choerospondias fruit extracts were divided into: sample 1 group: ethanol extraction, ethyl acetate extraction, crude drug mass concentration was 8.25 g/mL; sample 2 group: ethanol extraction, NKA resin isolation, 10% ethanol eluting concentration, crude drug mass concentration was 1.72 g/mL; sample 3 group: ethanol extraction, NKA resin isolation, 70% ethanol eluting concentration, crude drug mass concentration was 2.41 g/mL; control group: incubation of 80% DMEM containing 20% calf serum. Effects of various mass concentrations of Mongalian medicine axillary choerospondias fruit extract on hUCBSCs proliferation were observed. Proportion in S phase was measured using flow cytometry at 24 and 72 hours. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The proliferation of hUCBSCs was not significant in the sample 3 group. At day 10, the proliferation was significantly greater in the sample 1 and 2 groups compared with the sample 3 and control groups (P < 0.01). The number of hUCBSCs was significantly increased at 24 and 72 hours in S phase in the sample 1 and 2 groups. Mongalian medicine axillary choerospondias fruit extract (crude drug mass concentration 8.25, 1.72 g/mL) could promote in vitro proliferation of hUCBSCs.
