RESEARCH ARTICLE

Application of glutathione to antagonize H2O2-induced oxidative stress in rat tracheal epithelial cells

  • Jian Zou ,
  • Jinbo Yu ,
  • Yuqing Zhu ,
  • Jiali Zhu ,
  • Jing Du ,
  • Xu Yang
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  • School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China

Received date: 14 Dec 2015

Accepted date: 04 Feb 2016

Published date: 22 Mar 2016

Copyright

2014 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Abstract

With increasing industrialization, numerous air pollutants are generated. This research aimed to investigate the effects of inhalation of oxidative pollutants. H2O2 was used to simulate oxidative air pollutants, and glutathione, a reducing agent that is widely distributed in organisms, was used as an antagonist, to protect cells from oxidative stress. H2O2 was diluted using two gradients (0.05 mM, 0.20 mM, 0.80 mM, 3.20 mM and 0.05 mM, 0.10 mM, 0.15 mM, 0.20 mM) and GSH was dissolved at 20 μM. MTT, MDA, ROS, GSH, and TSLP were used as biomarkers to evaluate oxidative stress and possible resulting molecular events. A dose–response relationship was observed between H2O2 concentrations and the above-mentioned biomarkers. Glutathione significantly reduced levels of oxidative stress.

Cite this article

Jian Zou , Jinbo Yu , Yuqing Zhu , Jiali Zhu , Jing Du , Xu Yang . Application of glutathione to antagonize H2O2-induced oxidative stress in rat tracheal epithelial cells[J]. Frontiers in Biology, 2016 , 11(1) : 59 -63 . DOI: 10.1007/s11515-016-1386-2

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The authers declare that they have no competing interets.
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