Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changhai Hospital, 174 Changhai Road, Shanghai 200433, PR China.
J Radiat Res. 2013 Jan;54(1):76-82. doi: 10.1093/jrr/rrs080. Epub 2012 Sep 14.
Ionizing radiation can induce DNA damage and cell death by generating reactive oxygen species (ROS). The objective of this study was to investigate the radio-protective effect of catalpol (a main bioactive component in the traditional Chinese Rehmannia) on irradiated cells and mice. We found that treating cells with catalpol (25-100 μg/ml) before irradiation could significantly inhibit ionizing radiation (IR)-induced human lymphocyte AHH-1 cells apoptosis and increase cells viability in vitro. At the same time our study also showed that catalpol (25-100 mg/kg) reduced morphological damage of the gastrointestinal tract by 15.6%, 33.3% and 44.4%, respectively compared with the radiation-induced group, decreased plasma malondialdehyde (MDA) intestinal 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) levels and increased plasma endogenous antioxidants and peripheral white blood cells and platelets in vivo. These results suggest that catalpol possesses notable radio-protective activity, which might be related to its effect of reducing ROS.
电离辐射可以通过产生活性氧(ROS)来诱导 DNA 损伤和细胞死亡。本研究的目的是探讨梓醇(传统中药地黄的主要生物活性成分)对辐射细胞和小鼠的放射保护作用。我们发现,在照射前用梓醇(25-100μg/ml)处理细胞,可显著抑制电离辐射(IR)诱导的人淋巴细胞 AHH-1 细胞凋亡,并提高体外细胞活力。同时,我们的研究还表明,梓醇(25-100mg/kg)可分别减少 15.6%、33.3%和 44.4%的胃肠道形态损伤,降低血浆丙二醛(MDA)、肠 8-羟基脱氧鸟苷(8-OHdG)水平,增加体内血浆内源性抗氧化剂和外周白细胞及血小板。这些结果表明梓醇具有显著的放射保护活性,这可能与其降低 ROS 的作用有关。