Betulinic acid attenuates T-2 toxin-induced cytotoxicity in porcine kidney cells by blocking oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum stress

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T-2 toxin is highly cytotoxic to animals, which causes damage to animal health and great economic losses to agriculture and livestock production. Betulinic acid (BA), a naturally occurring pentacyclic lupane-type triterpenoid, has various biological and medicinal activities in vivo and in vitro. The objective of the present study was to investigate the toxic effects of T-2 toxin and the reversal effect of BA on porcine kidney (PK-15) cells. We evaluated T-2 toxin-induced apoptotic responses via oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum stress pathways by assessing the repair effect of BA in PK-15 cells. The results proved that T-2 toxin (1 μM, treated for 24 h) is highly toxic to PK-15 cells. After pre-treatment with BA (0.25, 0.5, and 1 μM) for 24 h, the cell viabilities were significantly increased, and the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in the culture media was dramatically decreased compared to that in the T-2 toxin treatment group. BA also enhanced the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX), and catalase (CAT) and reduced the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and malondialdehyde (MDA) in cells. BA also dose-dependently increased the expression of glucose regulated protein (GRP78), reduced expression of activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4), C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP), the phosphorylation of protein kinase R-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK), eukaryotic initiation factor 2α (eIF2α), and intracellular Ca2+ concentration in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, BA significantly decreased the expression of cleaved-caspase-3 and caspase-12, consequently reducing T-2 toxin-induced PK-15 cell apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner. Collectively, we suggest that BA has a protective effect on T-2 toxin-induced cytotoxicity by ameliorating oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum stress in PK-15 cells.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:249

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Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Toxicology & pharmacology : CBP - 249(2021) vom: 15. Nov., Seite 109124

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Xiaowen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xianglin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Sha [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ji [VerfasserIn]
Liu, XiangYan [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Yuanyuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Linyu [VerfasserIn]
Li, Rongfang [VerfasserIn]

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4G6A18707N
Betulinic Acid
Betulinic acid
Calcium
EC 1.1.1.27
Endoplasmic reticulum stress
Enzymes
I3FL5NM3MO
Journal Article
L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
PK-15 cells
Pentacyclic Triterpenes
Proteins
Reactive Oxygen Species
SY7Q814VUP
T-2 Toxin
T-2 toxin

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Date Completed 03.01.2022

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cbpc.2021.109124

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NLM327714956