Journal
JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 26, Issue 5, Pages 549-555Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2014.12.013
Keywords
Virgin olive oil; Hydroxytyrosol; Neuroprotection; Oxidative stress; Nitric oxide; Interleukins
Funding
- Proyecto de Investigacion de Excelencia, Consejeria de Innovacion, Ciencia y Empresa, Junta de Andalucia, Spain [P09-AGR-5098]
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The aim of the present study was to determine the role of the catechol group in the antioxidant and neuroprotective effects of minor components of virgin olive oil in rat brain tissue. Hydroxytyrosol ethyl ether (HT, 2 OH), tyrosol ethyl ether (Ty, 1 OH) and 3,4-di-ortho-methylidene-hydroxytyrosol ethyl ether (MET, no OH) were compared. Oxidative stress was induced with ferrous salts (lipid peroxidation induction), diethylmaleate (depletion of glutathione) and hypoxiareoxygenation in brain slices. Lipid peroxidation was inhibited in direct proportion to the number of OH groups: HT>Ty>MET. Exposure to HT led to partial recovery of the glutathione system after chemical inhibition or hypoxia-reoxygenation. All three compounds inhibited cell death in hypoxia-reoxygenation experiments (HTL-Ty>MET). Peroxynitrite formation (3-nitrotyrosine) and inflammatory mediators (prostaglandin E-2 and interleukin 1 beta) were inhibited by all three compounds. In conclusion, the presence of OH groups in the molecule of these phenolic compounds from virgin olive oil is a determinant factor in their antioxidant effect in brain tissue, but this antioxidant effect is not the only explanation for their neuroprotective effect. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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