Effects of Sunphenon and Polyphenon 60 on proteolytic pathways, inflammatory cytokines and myogenic markers in H2O2-treated C2C12 cells

J Biosci. 2015 Mar;40(1):53-9. doi: 10.1007/s12038-015-9503-y.

Abstract

The effect of Sunphenon and Polyphenon 60 in oxidative stress response, myogenic regulatory factors, inflammatory cytokines, apoptotic and proteolytic pathways on H2O2-induced myotube atrophy was addressed. Cellular responses of H2O2-induced C2C12 cells were examined, including mRNA expression of myogenic regulatory factors, such as MyoD and myogenin, inflammatory pathways, such as TNF-α and NF-kB, as well as proteolytic enzymes, such as μ-calpain and m-calpain. The pre-treatment of Sunphenon (50 μg/mL)/Polyphenon 60 (50 μg/mL) on H2O2-treated C2C12 cells significantly down-regulated the mRNA expression of myogenin and MyoD when compared to those treated with H2O2-induced alone. Additionally, the mRNA expression of μ-calpain and m-calpain were significantly(p<0.05) increased in H2O2-treated C2C12 cells, whereas pre-treatment with Sunphenon/Polyphenon significantly down-regulated the above genes, namely μ-calpain and m-calpain. Furthermore, the mRNA expression of TNF-α and NF-kB were significantly increased in H2O2-treated C2C12 cells, while pre-treatment with Sunphenon (50 μg/mL)/Polyphenon 60 (50 μg/mL) significantly (p<0.05) down-regulated it when compared to the untreated control group.Subsequent analysis of DNA degeneration and caspase activation revealed that Sunphenon (50 μg/mL)/Polyphenon 60 (50 μg/mL) inhibited activation of caspase-3 and showed an inhibitory effect on DNA degradation. From this result, we know that, in stress conditions, μ-calpain may be involved in the muscle atrophy through the suppression of myogenin and MyoD. Moreover, Sunphenon may regulate the skeletal muscle genes/promote skeletal muscle recovery by the up-regulation of myogenin and MyoD and suppression of μ-calpain and inflammatory pathways and may regulate the apoptosis pathways. Our findings suggest that dietary supplementation of Sunphenon might reduce inflammatory events in muscle-associated diseases, such as myotube atrophy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / drug effects*
  • Calpain / genetics
  • Calpain / metabolism
  • Caspase 3 / metabolism
  • Cell Line
  • Enzyme Activation / drug effects
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology*
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / pharmacology
  • Inflammation / drug therapy*
  • Inflammation / immunology
  • Mice
  • Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism
  • Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
  • Muscular Atrophy / pathology
  • MyoD Protein / genetics
  • MyoD Protein / metabolism
  • Myogenin / genetics
  • Myogenin / metabolism
  • NF-kappa B / genetics
  • NF-kappa B / metabolism
  • Oxidative Stress / drug effects*
  • Phenols / pharmacology*
  • RNA, Messenger / biosynthesis
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / genetics
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism

Substances

  • Flavonoids
  • MyoD Protein
  • MyoD1 myogenic differentiation protein
  • Myogenin
  • NF-kappa B
  • Phenols
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Sunphenon
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Calpain
  • Caspase 3
  • m-calpain
  • mu-calpain