Quercetin in Tartary Buckwheat Induces Autophagy against Protein Aggregations

Autor: Sumiko Ikari, Qiang Yang, Shiou-Ling Lu, Yuancai Liu, Feike Hao, Guoqiang Tong, Shiguang Lu, Takeshi Noda
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Antioxidants, Vol 10, Iss 8, p 1217 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3921
DOI: 10.3390/antiox10081217
Popis: Tartary buckwheat is used as an ingredient in flour and tea, as well as in traditional Chinese medicine for its antioxidant effects. Here, we found that an ethanol extract of tartary buckwheat (TBE) potently induced autophagy flux in HeLa cells by suppressing mTORC1 activity, as revealed by dephosphorylation of the mTORC1 substrates Ulk1, S6K, and 4EBP, as well as by the nuclear translocation of transcriptional factor EB. In addition to non-selective bulk autophagy, TBE also induced aggrephagy, which is defined as autophagy against aggregated proteins. Quercetin is a flavonol found at high levels in TBE. We showed that quercetin induced both non-selective bulk autophagy and aggrephagy. These effects were also observed in Huh-7 cells derived from hepatocytes. Thus, aggrephagy induction by TBE and quercetin may relieve alcoholic hepatitis, which is closely linked to the accumulation of protein aggregations called Mallory–Denk bodies.
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