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Antioxidant Properties of Embelin in Cell Culture. Electrochemistry and Theoretical Mechanism of Scavenging. Potential Scavenging of Superoxide Radical through the Cell Membrane

Embelin, a plant natural product found in Lysimachia punctata (Primulaceae), and Embelia ribes Burm (Myrsinaceae) fruit, possesses interesting biological and pharmacological properties. It is a unique chemical species as it includes both quinone and hydroquinone functional groups plus a long hydroph...

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Autores principales: Caruso, Francesco, Rossi, Miriam, Kaur, Sarjit, Garcia-Villar, Emmanuel, Molasky, Nora, Belli, Stuart, Sitek, Joanna D., Gionfra, Fabio, Pedersen, Jens Z., Incerpi, Sandra
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7278612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32380755
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox9050382
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author Caruso, Francesco
Rossi, Miriam
Kaur, Sarjit
Garcia-Villar, Emmanuel
Molasky, Nora
Belli, Stuart
Sitek, Joanna D.
Gionfra, Fabio
Pedersen, Jens Z.
Incerpi, Sandra
author_facet Caruso, Francesco
Rossi, Miriam
Kaur, Sarjit
Garcia-Villar, Emmanuel
Molasky, Nora
Belli, Stuart
Sitek, Joanna D.
Gionfra, Fabio
Pedersen, Jens Z.
Incerpi, Sandra
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description Embelin, a plant natural product found in Lysimachia punctata (Primulaceae), and Embelia ribes Burm (Myrsinaceae) fruit, possesses interesting biological and pharmacological properties. It is a unique chemical species as it includes both quinone and hydroquinone functional groups plus a long hydrophobic tail. By using hydrodynamic voltammetry, which generates the superoxide radical in situ, we show an unusual scavenging capability by embelin. Embelin as a scavenger of superoxide is stronger than the common food additive antioxidant 2,6-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-20 methylphenol, (butylated hydroxytoluene, BHT). In fact, embelin is even able to completely abolish the superoxide radical in the voltaic cell. Computational results indicate that two different types of embelin scavenging actions may be involved, initially through π–π interaction and followed by proton capture in the cell. A related mechanism describes embelin’s ability to circumvent superoxide leaking by transforming the anion radical into molecular oxygen. In order to confirm its antioxidant properties, its biological activity was tested in a study carried out in THP-1 human leukemic monocytes and BV-2 mice microglia. A 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, proliferation curves and antioxidant activity by the use of a fluorescent probe showed good antioxidant properties at 24 h. This suggests that embelin’s long alkyl C10 tail may be useful for cell membrane insertion which stimulates the antioxidant defense system, and cytoprotection in microglia. In conclusion, embelin could be an interesting pharmacological tool able to decrease the damage associated with metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases.
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spelling pubmed-72786122020-06-12 Antioxidant Properties of Embelin in Cell Culture. Electrochemistry and Theoretical Mechanism of Scavenging. Potential Scavenging of Superoxide Radical through the Cell Membrane Caruso, Francesco Rossi, Miriam Kaur, Sarjit Garcia-Villar, Emmanuel Molasky, Nora Belli, Stuart Sitek, Joanna D. Gionfra, Fabio Pedersen, Jens Z. Incerpi, Sandra Antioxidants (Basel) Article Embelin, a plant natural product found in Lysimachia punctata (Primulaceae), and Embelia ribes Burm (Myrsinaceae) fruit, possesses interesting biological and pharmacological properties. It is a unique chemical species as it includes both quinone and hydroquinone functional groups plus a long hydrophobic tail. By using hydrodynamic voltammetry, which generates the superoxide radical in situ, we show an unusual scavenging capability by embelin. Embelin as a scavenger of superoxide is stronger than the common food additive antioxidant 2,6-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-20 methylphenol, (butylated hydroxytoluene, BHT). In fact, embelin is even able to completely abolish the superoxide radical in the voltaic cell. Computational results indicate that two different types of embelin scavenging actions may be involved, initially through π–π interaction and followed by proton capture in the cell. A related mechanism describes embelin’s ability to circumvent superoxide leaking by transforming the anion radical into molecular oxygen. In order to confirm its antioxidant properties, its biological activity was tested in a study carried out in THP-1 human leukemic monocytes and BV-2 mice microglia. A 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, proliferation curves and antioxidant activity by the use of a fluorescent probe showed good antioxidant properties at 24 h. This suggests that embelin’s long alkyl C10 tail may be useful for cell membrane insertion which stimulates the antioxidant defense system, and cytoprotection in microglia. In conclusion, embelin could be an interesting pharmacological tool able to decrease the damage associated with metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases. MDPI 2020-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7278612/ /pubmed/32380755 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox9050382 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Caruso, Francesco
Rossi, Miriam
Kaur, Sarjit
Garcia-Villar, Emmanuel
Molasky, Nora
Belli, Stuart
Sitek, Joanna D.
Gionfra, Fabio
Pedersen, Jens Z.
Incerpi, Sandra
Antioxidant Properties of Embelin in Cell Culture. Electrochemistry and Theoretical Mechanism of Scavenging. Potential Scavenging of Superoxide Radical through the Cell Membrane
title Antioxidant Properties of Embelin in Cell Culture. Electrochemistry and Theoretical Mechanism of Scavenging. Potential Scavenging of Superoxide Radical through the Cell Membrane
title_full Antioxidant Properties of Embelin in Cell Culture. Electrochemistry and Theoretical Mechanism of Scavenging. Potential Scavenging of Superoxide Radical through the Cell Membrane
title_fullStr Antioxidant Properties of Embelin in Cell Culture. Electrochemistry and Theoretical Mechanism of Scavenging. Potential Scavenging of Superoxide Radical through the Cell Membrane
title_full_unstemmed Antioxidant Properties of Embelin in Cell Culture. Electrochemistry and Theoretical Mechanism of Scavenging. Potential Scavenging of Superoxide Radical through the Cell Membrane
title_short Antioxidant Properties of Embelin in Cell Culture. Electrochemistry and Theoretical Mechanism of Scavenging. Potential Scavenging of Superoxide Radical through the Cell Membrane
title_sort antioxidant properties of embelin in cell culture. electrochemistry and theoretical mechanism of scavenging. potential scavenging of superoxide radical through the cell membrane
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7278612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32380755
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox9050382
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