Milk thistle seed extract protects rat C6 astroglial cells from acute cocaine toxicity
| Autor: | Ramesh B. Badisa, Maryam Agharahimi, Cheryl A. Fitch-Pye, Carl B. Goodman, Donald E. Palm, Lekan M. Latinwo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Cancer Research
Cell Survival Cell C6 astroglial cells Pharmacology Biology Biochemistry acute cocaine Madin Darby Canine Kidney Cells chemistry.chemical_compound Silybum marianum Dogs Cocaine In vivo Genetics medicine Animals Milk Thistle Viability assay Cytotoxicity Molecular Biology Cell Shape Illicit Drugs Plant Extracts Glutathione Articles Free Radical Scavengers pretreatment In vitro 3. Good health Rats medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology chemistry Apoptosis Astrocytes Toxicity Seeds Vacuoles Molecular Medicine Artemia |
| Zdroj: | Molecular Medicine Reports |
| ISSN: | 1791-3004 1791-2997 |
| Popis: | Cocaine is a powerful addictive drug, widely abused in most Western countries. It easily reaches various domains within and outside of the central nervous system (CNS), and triggers varying levels of cellular toxicity. No pharmacological treatment is available to alleviate cocaine-induced toxicity in the cells without side-effects. Here, we discerned the role of milk thistle (MT) seed extract against cocaine toxicity. First, we investigated acute cytotoxicity induced by treatment with 2, 3 and 4 mM cocaine for 1 h in astroglial, liver and kidney cells in vitro, and then in living shrimp larvae in vivo. We showed that astroglial cells are more sensitive to cocaine than liver, kidney cells or larvae. Cocaine exposure disrupted the general architecture of astroglial cells, induced vacuolation, decreased cell viability, and depleted the glutathione (GSH) level. These changes may represent the underlying pathology of cocaine in the astrocytes. By contrast, MT pretreatment (200 µg/ml) for 30 min sustained the cell morphological features and increased both cell viability and the GSH level. Besides its protective effects, the MT extract was revealed to be non-toxic to astroglial cells, and displayed high free-radical scavenging activity. The results from this study suggest that enhanced GSH level underlies cell protection, and indicate that compounds that promote GSH synthesis in the cells may be beneficial against cocaine toxicity. |
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