PMID- 33050354 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210226 LR - 20210226 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 20 DP - 2020 Oct 9 TI - The Antioxidant Capacity In Vitro and In Vivo of Polysaccharides From Bergenia emeiensis. LID - 10.3390/ijms21207456 [doi] LID - 7456 AB - Polysaccharides from Bergenia emeiensis (PBE) showed a robust antioxidant ability on scavenging free radicals in vitro. However, the further antioxidant potential in cell level and in vivo was still unknown. Therefore, in this present study, the protective effect of PBE on human cervical carcinoma cell (Hela) cells and Caenorhabditis elegans against oxidative stress was evaluated. The results showed PBE could reduce the reactive oxygen species (ROS) level in Hela cells and promote the mitochondrial membrane potential. Then, the cell apoptosis was reduced. Moreover, PBE could enhance the survival of C. elegans under thermal stress to 13.44%, and significantly reduce the ROS level, which was connected with the overexpression of sod-3 and the increased nuclear localization of daf-16 transcription factor. Therefore, PBE exhibited a strong antioxidant capacity in the cellular level and for a whole organism. Thus, polysaccharides from B. emeiensis have natural potential to be a safe antioxidant. FAU - Zeng, Chen AU - Zeng C AD - College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625014, China. FAU - Feng, Shiling AU - Feng S AD - College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625014, China. LA - eng GR - 201910626047/The Innovation Training Program of Sichuan Agricultural University/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201009 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Plant Extracts) RN - 0 (Polysaccharides) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antioxidants/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Caenorhabditis elegans/drug effects/metabolism MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Oxidative Stress/drug effects MH - Plant Extracts/chemistry/isolation & purification/*pharmacology MH - Polysaccharides/chemistry/isolation & purification/*pharmacology MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Saxifragaceae/*chemistry MH - Transcription Factors/metabolism PMC - PMC7589108 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bergenia emeiensis OT - C. elegans OT - antioxidant ability OT - polysaccharides COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/10/15 06:00 MHDA- 2021/02/27 06:00 PMCR- 2020/10/01 CRDT- 2020/10/14 01:04 PHST- 2020/09/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/10/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/10/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/14 01:04 [entrez] PHST- 2020/10/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/02/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms21207456 [pii] AID - ijms-21-07456 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms21207456 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Oct 9;21(20):7456. doi: 10.3390/ijms21207456.