Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2537586 | European Journal of Pharmacology | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Antioxidants such as flavonoids afford protection against oxysterols-induced toxicity. We have investigated the effect of kaempferol and rutin, active components of red wine, in the apoptosis induced by 7β-hydroxycholesterol in rat vascular smooth muscle cells. 7β-Hydroxycholesterol induced apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle which include BcL-xL degradation, caspase-3 activation and DNA fragmentation. The apoptosis induced by 7β-hydroxycholesterol was prevented by pretreatment with kaempferol (10-30 μM), but not with rutin. Interestingly preincubation with the estrogen receptor α antagonist ICI 182,780 (1 μM) prior to kaempferol partially reverted the antiapoptotic effect of this flavonoid on caspase-3 activation and DNA fragmentation induced by 7β-hydroxycholesterol. In conclusion, the flavonoid kaempferol, unlike rutin, diminished the apoptosis induced by a component of oxidized low-density lipproteins (oxLDL). This effect was partially mediated by the estrogen receptor α.
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Authors
Emilio Ruiz, Eugenia Padilla, Santiago Redondo, Antonio Gordillo-Moscoso, Teresa Tejerina,