Baicalein-induced apoptosis via endoplasmic reticulum stress through elevations of reactive oxygen species and mitochondria dependent pathway in mouse-rat hybrid retina ganglion cells (N18)

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Title:	Baicalein-induced apoptosis via endoplasmic reticulum stress through elevations of reactive oxygen species and mitochondria dependent pathway in mouse-rat hybrid retina ganglion cells (N18)
Authors:	李玉菁;Li, YC;林慧茹;Lin, HJ;楊仁宏;Yang, JH;楊家欣;Yang, JS;何恆堅;Ho, HC;張淑貞;Chang, SJ;Hsai, TC;呂旭峰;Lu, HF;黃安正;Huang, AC;鍾景光;Chung, Jing-Gung
Contributors:	生物科技學系
Date:	2009-03
Issue Date:	2012-11-23 17:11:21 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	Studies were designed to investigate the effects of baicalein on mouse-rat hybrid retina ganglion cells (N18) to better understand its effect on apoptosis and apoptosis-related genes in vitro. Cell viability, reactive oxygen species (ROS), cytoplasmic Ca2+, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), apoptosis induction, and caspases-3 activity were examined by flow cytometric assay. Apoptosis-associated proteins such as p53, Bax, Bcl-2, cytochrome c, and caspase-3 were examined by Western blot. We demonstrated the increase in the levels of p53, Bax, and cytochrome c and decrease in the level of Bcl-2, which are associated with the induction of apoptotic cell death after 24 h treatment with baicalein in N18 cells. Baicalein induced an increase in the cytoplasmic levels of ROS and Ca2+ in 1 h and reached their peak at 3 h, and thereafter a loss of MMP by flow cytometry. We also demonstrated a release of the cytochrome c from mitochondria into cytosol and an activation of caspase-3, which led to the occurrence of apoptosis in N18 cells treated with baicalein by Western blot. Pretreatment was conducted with BAPTA (intracellular calcium chelator) in baicalein-treated cells, the decline of MMP was recovered, and the increase in the level of cytoplasmic Ca2+ was suppressed, and the proportion of apoptosis was also markedly diminished. In conclusion, our data suggests that oxidative stress and cellular Ca2+ modulates the baicalein-induced cell death via a Ca2+-dependent mitochondrial death pathway in N18 cells.
Relation:	NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH, 34(3):418-429.
Appears in Collections:	[生物科技學系] 期刊論文

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