Therapeutic Role of Resveratrol and Quercetin on Aortic Fibroblasts of Psammomys obesus After Oxidative Stress by Hydrogen Peroxide.

In our study, we propose to analyze the effects of resveratrol (RES) and quercetin (QRC) on proliferation markers, oxidative stress, apoptosis, and inflammation of aortic fibroblasts of Psammomys obesus after induced oxidative stress by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Fibroblasts were incubated in RES 375 µM and QRC 0.083 µM for 24 hours after exposure to H2O2 1.2 mM for 6 hours. We performed the proliferation rate, cells viability, morphological analyses, cytochrome c, Akt, ERK1/2, and p38 MAPK quantification. The redox status was achieved by proportioning of malondialdehyde, nitric monoxide, advanced oxidation protein products, carbonyl proteins, catalase, and superoxide dismutase activity. The inflammation was measured by TNFα, MCP1, and NF-kB assay. The extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling was performed by SDS-PAGE. Stressed fibroblasts showed a decrease of cell proliferation and viability, hypertrophy and oncosis, chromatin hypercondensation and increase of cytochrome c release characteristic of apoptosis, activation of ERK1/2 and Akt pathway, and decreases in p38 MAPK pathways marking the cellular resistance. The redox state was disrupted by increased malondialdehyde, nitric monoxide, advanced oxidation protein products, carbonyl protein production, catalase and superoxide dismutase activity, and a decreased production of proteins including collagens. Inflammation state was marked by MCP-1, TNFα, and NF-kB increase. Treatment of fibroblasts stressed by RES and QRC inverted the oxidative stress situation decreasing apoptosis and inflammation, and improving the altered redox status and rearrangement of disorders observed in extracellular matrix. H2O2 induced biochemical and morphological alterations leading to apoptosis. An improved general condition is observed after treatment with RES and QRC; this explains the antioxidant and antiapoptotic effects of polyphenols.

Sethoxydim affects lipid synthesis and acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity in soybean.

With rare exceptions, dicot plastids have been reported to contain only a multisubunit (prokaryotic) form of acetyl-coA carboxylase (ACCase), the first committed step of lipid biosynthesis. The sensitivity of most monocots to cyclohexanediones (CHDs) such as sethoxydim, has been shown to be associated with the presence in their plastids of a multifunctional (eukaryotic) form of ACCase. Little is known about the effects of sethoxydim on lipid metabolism and ACCase activity in dicots. Here it is shown that foliar lipid biosynthesis is differentially affected by the herbicide treatment in two dicot species, Nicotiana sylvestris (wild tobacco) and Glycine max (soybean). In N. sylvestris, the total lipid content of neoformed leaves harvested 2 weeks after the sethoxydim treatment was unaffected by doses of up to 10(-3) M sethoxydim. In soybean, lipid content decreased by 45% when 10(-5) M sethoxydim was used, and this was associated with a 30% reduction in fatty acid synthesis activity. ACCase activity of soybean plastidial preparations was 60% reduced in the presence of sethoxydim, whereas that of N. sylvestris was unaffected. Finally, the presence of a biotinylated 220 kDa polypeptide, corresponding in size to multifunctional ACCase, was observed in soybean plastids. Possible relationships between sensitivity of plastidial soybean ACCase towards sethoxydim, plastidial protein content, and altered de novo lipid biosynthesis in herbicide-treated plants are discussed.