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Up-regulation of Heme Oxygenase-1 by Korean Red Ginseng Water Extract as a Cytoprotective Effect in Human Endothelial Cells

  • Yang, Ha-Na (Department of Microbiology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Seung-Eun (Department of Microbiology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine) ;
  • Jeong, Seong-Il (Department of Microbiology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Cheung-Seog (Department of Microbiology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine) ;
  • Jin, Young-Ho (Department of Physiology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Yong-Seek (Department of Microbiology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2011.03.21
  • Accepted : 2011.06.16
  • Published : 2011.09.25
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Abstract

Korean red ginseng (KRG) is used worldwide as a popular traditional herbal medicine. KRG has shown beneficial effects on cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis, diabetes, and hypertension. Up-regulation of a cytoprotective protein, heme oxygenase (HO)-1, is considered to augment the cellular defense against various agents that may induce cytotoxic injury. In the present study, we demonstrate that KRG water extract induces HO-1 expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and possible involvement of the anti-oxidant transcription factor nuclear factor-eythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2). KRG-induced HO-1 expression was examined by western blots, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and immunofluorescence staining. Specific silencing of Nrf2 genes with Nrf2-siRNA in HUVECs abolished HO-1 expression. In addition, the HO inhibitor zinc protoporphyrin blunted the preventive effect of KRG on $H_2O_2$-induced cell death, as demonstrated by terminal transferase dUTP nick end labeling assay. Taken together, these results suggest that KRG may exert a vasculoprotective effect through Nrf2-mediated HO-1 induction in human endothelial cell by inhibition of cell death.

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