Syzygium cumini leaf extract protects macrophages against the oxidized LDL-induced toxicity: A promising atheroprotective effect - 29/06/21
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• | ScExt avoided the reactive species overproduction induced by oxLDL in macrophages. |
• | Loss of macrophage’s viability caused by oxLDL was prevented by ScExt. |
• | Foam cells formation mediated by oxLDL in macrophages was abolished by ScExt. |
• | The protective role of ScExt make it promising for future trials toward atherogenesis. |
Abstract |
Oxidized LDL (oxLDL) plays a pivotal role on atherosclerosis development, mainly in the formation of lipid-laden macrophage “foam cells”. As a consequence, substances that can modulate LDL oxidation have a pharmacological and therapeutic relevance. Based in previous findings showing the ability of Syzigium cumini leaf extract (ScExt) in preventing LDL oxidation in vitro, this study was aimed to assess the effects of ScExt on oxLDL-mediated toxicity in murine J774 macrophages-like cells. For biochemical analyses, LDL isolated from fresh human plasma and oxidized with CuSO4 was incubated with ScExt pre-treated macrophages. Our results demonstrated that ScExt was efficient in preventing the overproduction of reactive oxygen/nitrogen species (ROS/RNS), the loss of macrophage’s viability and the foam cells formation induced by oxLDL. These protective effects of ScExt make it a promising antioxidant for future trials toward atherogenesis.
El texto completo de este artículo está disponible en PDF.Keywords : Plant extract, Atherosclerosis, Low density lipoprotein, Reactive species, J774 macrophages
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