JIN Aihua, CHANG Hui, ZHANG Zhao, GE Naijia, QUAN Jishu, YIN Xuezhe
The protective effect of Boschniakia rossica polysaccharides (BRP) on the injury of HL-7702 cells induced by hydrogen peroxide was investigated. The cellular injury model was established using hydrogen peroxide in HL-7702 cells. HL-7702 cells were pretreated with BRP, and then cell viability of HL-7702 was investigated with the cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay, and the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release was tested with the microplate method. Cellular malondialdehyde (MDA) was tested with the thiobarbituric acid method, cell apoptosis was detected by the Hoechst33342 staining and TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay. The protein expression of cytochrome c (Cyto c), p53, B cell lymphoma/lewkmia-2 (Bcl-2), Bcl-2-associated X protein (Bax), Bcl-2 homologous antagonist/killer (Bak), cleaved caspase 3 (C-casp3), cleaved poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (C-PARP) and the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) were determined with the western blotting method. The results showed that hydrogen peroxide at a concentration of 300 μmol/L decreased the viability of HL-7702 cells by 58% (P<0.05). However, the cell viability of HL-7702 was increased by 30.8% (P<0.05), and the release of LDH was reduced by 32.8% (P<0.05). Besides, the cellular MDA was decreased by 81.0% (P<0.05) in the BRP group as compared with the model group. In addition, BRP inhibited cell apoptosis, reduced the cytoplasmic Cyto c (P<0.05), increased Bcl-2 protein expression (P<0.05), and reduced the expression of p53, Bak, Bax, C-casp3, C-PARP, phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (p-ERK), phosphorylated c-Jun N-terminal kinase (p-JNK) as well as the nuclear translocation of NF-κB (P<0.05). It is suggested that BRP could protect HL-7702 cells from hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative damage, and inhibit the apoptosis of HL-7702 cells through regulating ERK, JNK and NF-κB pathways.