Aqueous extract of the Chinese medicine, Danggui-Shaoyao-San, inhibits apoptosis in hydrogen peroxide-induced PC12 cells by preventing cytochrome c release and inactivating of caspase cascade

作者：Qian Yun fei; Wang Hua; Yao Wen bing; Gao Xiang dong^*

来源：Cell Biology International, 2008, 32(2): 304-311.

DOI：10.1016/j.cellbi.2007.10.004

• Danggui-Shaoyao-San
• H2O2
• Apoptosis
• PC12
• Caspase
• Cytochrome c

Danggui-Shaoyao-San (DSS), a traditional Chinese medicine used for centuries for the enhancement of women's health, has been shown to display therapeutic efficacy on senile dementia. In the present study, using a rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cell line, the effect of DSS on hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) induced apoptosis was studied. The apoptosis in H2O2-induced PC12 cells was accompanied by downregulation of Bcl-2, upregulation of Bax, the release of mitochondrial cytochrome c into cytosol, and sequential activation of caspase-9 and -3. DSS was able to suppress all these changes and eventually protected against H2O2-induced apoptosis. Taken together, these results suggest that treatment of PC12 cells with DSS can block H2O2-induced apoptosis by the regulation of Bcl-2 family members, as well as suppression of cytochrome c release and caspase cascade activation.

• 出版日期2008-2
• 单位中国药科大学