PMID- 26597533 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161111 LR - 20170103 IS - 1738-8872 (Electronic) IS - 1017-7825 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 2 DP - 2016 Feb TI - Cytoprotective Effect of Makgeolli Lees on Paraquat Induced Oxidative Stress in A549 Cells via Activation of NRF2 and Antioxidant Genes. PG - 277-86 LID - 10.4014/jmb.1510.10093 [doi] AB - Makgeolli lees (ML) has several physiological effects such as antioxidant, antidiabetic, and anticancer properties, but its biological functions have not been determined definitively. Here, we tested whether ML has a cytoprotective effect on paraquat (PQ)-induced oxidative stress in the human lung carcinoma cell line A549. At 0.1 mg/ml ML, viability of PQ-exposed A549 cells was restored by 12.4%, 18.5%, and 48.6% after 24, 48, and 72 h, respectively. ML also reduced production of the intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) that were generated by PQ treatment. Further experiments revealed that ML treatment enhanced the expression and nuclear translocation of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) as well as ARE-GFP reporter activity. ML treatment also effectively increased the expression of NRF2's target genes NAD(P)H dehydrogenase quinone 1 (NQO1) and heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1). Moreover, we found that expression of cytoprotective genes, including glutathione peroxidases (GPXs), superoxide dismutase (SOD1), catalase (CAT), peroxiredoxin 3 (PRDX3), and peroxiredoxin 4 (PRDX4), was greatly enhanced by treatment with ML during PQ exposure. Taken together, the data suggest that treatment of PQ-exposed A549 cells with ML ameliorates cytotoxicity through induction of NRF2 expression and its target genes HO-1, NQO1, and other antioxidant genes. Thus, ML may serve as a functional food applicable to ROS-mediated human diseases. FAU - Jeon, Miso AU - Jeon M AD - Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan 31151, Republic of Korea. FAU - Rahman, Naimur AU - Rahman N AD - Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan 31151, Republic of Korea. AD - Institute of Tissue Engineering, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan 31151, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Yong-Sik AU - Kim YS AD - Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan 31151, Republic of Korea. AD - Institute of Tissue Engineering, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan 31151, Republic of Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Korea (South) TA - J Microbiol Biotechnol JT - Journal of microbiology and biotechnology JID - 9431852 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Herbicides) RN - 0 (NF-E2-Related Factor 2) RN - 0 (NFE2L2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - EC 1.11.1.15 (PRDX3 protein, human) RN - EC 1.11.1.15 (PRDX4 protein, human) RN - EC 1.11.1.15 (Peroxiredoxin III) RN - EC 1.11.1.15 (Peroxiredoxins) RN - EC 1.11.1.6 (Catalase) RN - EC 1.11.1.9 (Glutathione Peroxidase) RN - EC 1.14.14.18 (HMOX1 protein, human) RN - EC 1.14.14.18 (Heme Oxygenase-1) RN - EC 1.15.1.1 (Superoxide Dismutase) RN - EC 1.6.5.2 (NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone)) RN - EC 1.6.5.2 (NQO1 protein, human) RN - PLG39H7695 (Paraquat) SB - IM MH - *Antioxidants MH - Catalase/genetics MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - *Cytoprotection MH - Functional Food MH - Genes, Reporter MH - Glutathione Peroxidase/genetics MH - Heme Oxygenase-1/genetics MH - Herbicides/*pharmacology MH - Humans MH - NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone)/genetics MH - NF-E2-Related Factor 2/*genetics/metabolism MH - Oxidative Stress/*drug effects MH - Paraquat/*pharmacology MH - Peroxiredoxin III/genetics MH - Peroxiredoxins/genetics MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Superoxide Dismutase/genetics MH - *Wine OTO - NOTNLM OT - A549 OT - Antioxidant response element OT - Makgeolli lees OT - NRF2 OT - Oxidative stress OT - Paraquat EDAT- 2015/11/26 06:00 MHDA- 2016/11/12 06:00 CRDT- 2015/11/25 06:00 PHST- 2015/11/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/11/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/11/12 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.4014/jmb.1510.10093 [pii] AID - 10.4014/jmb.1510.10093 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2016 Feb;26(2):277-86. doi: 10.4014/jmb.1510.10093.