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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-21
pubmed:abstractText
Quercetin may contribute to the protection afforded by fruit- and vegetable-rich diets against diseases for which excess production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been implicated as a causal or contributory factor. We examine the effect of short term (90 min) quercetin (1-100 microM) exposure on the progress of menadione induced oxidative stress within HL-60 cells. 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein and rhodamine-123 fluorescence, resulting from oxidation of the ROS-sensitive dyes dichlorodihydrofluorescein and dihydrorhodamine-123 respectively, were utilised as indicators of general ROS levels. Ethidium fluorescence, resulting from oxidation of dihydroethidium, was used as a potentially more specific indicator of O(2)(-). Exposure to quercetin alone induced a decrease in DCF and rhodamine fluorescence. Conversely, ethidium fluorescence was enhanced by treatment with >or=40 microM quercetin. Incubation with 1-100 microM quercetin reduced the extent of menadione-induced increase in DCF and rhodamine fluorescence but the menadione-induced increase in ethidium fluorescence was further elevated for cells treated with >or=25 microM quercetin. Exposure to >or=10 microM quercetin abrogated menadione-induced DNA single-strand breaks but, paradoxically, quercetin exacerbated membrane damage and failed to enhance the viability of menadione-challenged cells. In conclusion, quercetin exerts only site-specific protection against oxidative stress.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
1528
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
49-59
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Quercetin modifies reactive oxygen levels but exerts only partial protection against oxidative stress within HL-60 cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Antioxidant and DNA Damage Group, Cellular Integrity Programme, Rowett Research Institute, Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, UK. csb@rri.sari.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't