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The Effects of Onion Extracts on Mercury-Induced Toxicity and Lipid Peroxidation in Rat Hepatocyte Primary Culture

랫드 간세포 일차배양에서 양파 추출물이 수은에 의해 유도된 독성 및 지질과산화에 미치는 영향

  • Rhim, Tae-Jin (Division of Environment and Biosystem, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sangji University) ;
  • Lim, Sang-Cheol (Division of Environment and Biosystem, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sangji University)
  • 임태진 (상지대학교 생명자원과학대학 환경바이오시스템학부) ;
  • 임상철 (상지대학교 생명자원과학대학 환경바이오시스템학부)
  • Published : 2005.06.30
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Abstract

The objective of present study was to investigate the effect of onion extracts on mercuryinduced cytotoxicity, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzyme activities in primary monolayer cultures of rat hepatocytes. Primary cultures of rat hepatocytes were incubated for 6 hr in the presence of various concentrations (0, 1, 5, 10, 30 or 50 ppm) of $HgCl_2$. Cytotoxicity and cell viability were determined by measuring glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) activity, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity and 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) value. Lipid peroxidation w as evaluated using thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) assay. Effects of onion extract on antioxidant system were determined by measuring catalase, glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), glutathione reductase (GSH-Rd) activities as well as DPPH free radical scavenging activity. $HgCl_2$ at the concentration of 10 ppm increased GOT activity and TBARS concentration but decreased %MTT reduction, whereas $HgCl_2$ at the concentration of 30 ppm increased LDH activity, representing that $HgCl_2$ caused cytotoxicity and lipid peroxidation in dose-dependent manner, $HgCl_2$ at the concentration of 30 ppm significantly decreased catalase, GSH-Px and GSH-Rd activities. When primary cultures of rat hepatocytes were incubated with various concentrations (0, 0.01, 0.05, 0.1 or 0.3 mg/ml) of onion extract for 6 hr in the presence of 30 ppm of $HgCl_2$, onion extracts at the concentration of 0.05 mg/ml decreased GOT activity, but increased %MTT reduction by 30 ppm of $HgCl_2$. $HgCl_2-induced$ LDH activity and TBARS concentration were decreased by onion extract at the concentration of 0.01 mg/ml. Taken together, onion extract prevented H$HgCl_2-induced$ hepatocyte injury and lipid peroxidation. Onion extracts at the concentration of 0.1 mg/ml almost or completely inhibited $HgCl_2-induced$ catalase and GSB-Px activities. GSH-Rd activity, however, was not affected by onion extract. Free radical scavengjing activity was increased as concentration of onion extract increased. Onion extract at the concentrion of 5 mg/ml possesed mote than 93% scavenging activity comparing to 100% radical scavenging activity by pyrogallol solution as a reference. These results demonstrate that onion extracts suppressed mercury-induced cytoctoxicity and lipid peroxidation by scavenging free radical and increasing catalase and GSH-Px activities.

본 연구의 목적은 랫드 간세포 일차배양에서 양파추출물이 수은에 의해 유발된 세포독성, 지질과산화 및 항산화효소 활성에 미치는 효과를 조사하기 위함이다. 수은 농도별 효과를 조사하기 위해 0, 1, 5, 10, 30 및 50 ppm의 다양한 농도의 $HgCl_2$로 6시간 동안 간세포를 일차배양하였다. 간세포 독성과 생존율은 배양액의 GOT와 LDH 활성 및 MTT 값으로 결정하였고, 지질과산화는 TBARS 농도로 측정하였다. 항산화에 미치는 효과는 catalase, GSH-Px, GSH-Rd 활성 및 DPPH free radical 소거활성으로 결정하였다. 10 ppm 이상의 $HgCl_2$ 농도는 GOT 활성을 증가시켰고 %MTT 감소를 현저히 억제시켰으며 TBARS 농도를 증가시켰다. 또한 30 ppm 이상의 $HgCl_2$ 농도는 LDH 활성을 증가시켜 수은이 농도 의존적으로 간세포 손상과 지질과산화를 촉진시켰다. 6시간 동안 30 ppm 농도의 $HgCl_2$, 처리는 간세포의 catalase, GSH-Px 및 GSH-Rd 활성을 현저히 감소시켰다. 수은 독성에 대한 양파추출물의 효과를 조사하기 위해 30 ppm의 수은 존재하에 0, 0.01, 0.05, 0.1 및 0.3 mg/ml의 다양한 농도의 양파추출물로 6시간 동안 간세포를 일차배양하였다. 0.05 mg/ml이상 농도의 양파추출물 첨가는 30 ppm 농도의 수은에 의해 증가된 GOT 활성을 감소시켰으며 MTT 감소를 증가시켰다. 또한 0.01 mg/ml 이상 농도의 양파추출물은 수은에 의해 증가된 LDH 활성과 TBARS 농도를 감소시켜 양파추출물이 수은에 의해 유발된 간손상과 지질과산화를 억제시켰음을 알 수 있었다. 0.05 mg/ml와 0.01 mg/ml 이상 농도의 양파추출물 첨가는 수은에 의해 각각 억제된 catalase와 GSH-Px 활성을 증가시켰으나 GSH-Rd 활성에는 영향을 미치지 못하였다. 양파추출물의 농도가 증가할수록 free radical 소거활성은 증가하여 5 mg/ml 농도의 양파추출물은 pyrogallol 용액의 흡광도 감소를 100%로 기준하였을 때 93% 이상의 소거 활성을 나타내었다. 이상과 같이 간세포 일차배양에서 수은은 간독성 증가, 간세포 생존율 감소, 지질과산화 촉진 및 catalase, GSH-Px, GSH-Rd 등의 항산화효소 활성 감소를 유발시켰으며, 양파추출물은 catalase와 GSH-Px의 활성을 증가시키고 free radical을 소거시켜 수은에 의해 유발된 독성 및 지질과산화를 억제함으로써 항산화 및 간보호 효과를 나타내는 것으로 사료된다.

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