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Antioxidant and reactive oxygen species scavenging properties of cellular albumin in HepG2 cells is mediated by the glutathione redox system.
Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry 2018 November 8
This study was carried out to examine the role of intracellular albumin in the modulation of oxidative damage induced by glutathione modifiers in HepG2 cells. Also, the relationship of albumin synthesis with oxidative stress factors including antioxidants was studied. HepG2 cell culture was supplemented with glutathione modifiers; L-Buthionine-sulfoximine (BSO; 0.1 and 1.0 mM) or N-acetyl cysteine (NAC; 1 and 10 mM) and the cell viability and changes in reduced glutathione (GSH), oxidized glutathione (GSSG), reactive oxygen species (ROS), catalase, and superoxide dismutase were measured. Besides, albumin expression at protein and mRNA levels was determined in cells pretreated with BSO or NAC. Kinetic studies showed that albumin expression in HepG2 cells is correlated with GSH and GSSG levels. Changes in albumin expression at protein and mRNA levels reached their maximum (19% and 55%, respectively) in the cells 6 H after NAC treatments. A substantial decrease in intracellular albumin due to BSO (27%) was associated with a significant increase in the generation of cellular ROS (17%). In contrast, increased albumin synthesis (intracellular and secretory) was associated with inhibition in cellular ROS. Overall data may suggest that albumin expression in coordination with the glutathione redox system is part of the antioxidant defense mechanism in liver cells.
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