PMID- 27554596 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170307 LR - 20211109 IS - 1873-6351 (Electronic) IS - 0278-6915 (Linking) VI - 97 DP - 2016 Nov TI - Increase in antioxidant activity by sheep/goat whey protein through nuclear factor-like 2 (Nrf2) is cell type dependent. PG - 47-56 LID - S0278-6915(16)30288-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.fct.2016.08.022 [doi] AB - The aim of the present study was to investigate the molecular mechanisms through which sheep/goat whey protein exerts its antioxidant activity. Thus, it was examined whey protein's effects on the expression of transcription factor, nuclear factor-like 2 (Nrf2) and on the expression and activity of a number of antioxidant and phase II enzymes, superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1), synthase glutamyl cysteine (GCS) and glutathione-s-transferase (GST), in muscle C2C12 and EA.hy926 endothelial cells. C2C12 and EA.hy926 cells were treated with sheep/goat whey protein (0.78 and 3.12 mg/ml) and incubated for 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 h. Whey protein increased significantly the expression of Nrf2 only in EA.hy926 cells. Also, the expression of SOD, HO-1, CAT and the activity of SOD, CAT and GST were increased significantly in both cells types. The expression of GCS was increased significantly only in C2C12 cells. Sheep/goat whey protein was shown for the first time to exert its antioxidant activity through Nrf2-dependent mechanism in endothelial cells and Nrf2-independent mechanism in muscle cells. Thus, Nrf2 could be a target for food supplements containing whey protein in order to prevent oxidative stress damages and diseases related to endothelium. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Kerasioti, Efthalia AU - Kerasioti E AD - Department of Biochemistry-Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa 41221, Greece. Electronic address: e-f-thalia@hotmail.com. FAU - Stagos, Dimitrios AU - Stagos D AD - Department of Biochemistry-Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa 41221, Greece. Electronic address: stagkos@uth.gr. FAU - Tzimi, Aggeliki AU - Tzimi A AD - Department of Biochemistry-Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa 41221, Greece. Electronic address: angetzimi@hotmail.com. FAU - Kouretas, Dimitrios AU - Kouretas D AD - Department of Biochemistry-Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa 41221, Greece. Electronic address: dkouret@uth.gr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160820 PL - England TA - Food Chem Toxicol JT - Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association JID - 8207483 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (NF-E2-Related Factor 2) RN - 0 (Whey Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antioxidants/*pharmacology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Endothelium, Vascular/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation/*drug effects MH - Goats MH - Myoblasts/*drug effects/metabolism MH - NF-E2-Related Factor 2/*genetics/metabolism MH - Oxidative Stress/*drug effects MH - Sheep MH - Whey Proteins/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Antioxidant OT - C2C12 OT - EA.hy926 OT - Nrf2 OT - Whey protein EDAT- 2016/10/30 06:00 MHDA- 2017/03/08 06:00 CRDT- 2016/08/25 06:00 PHST- 2016/07/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/07/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/08/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/10/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/03/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/08/25 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0278-6915(16)30288-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.fct.2016.08.022 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Food Chem Toxicol. 2016 Nov;97:47-56. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2016.08.022. Epub 2016 Aug 20.