Bitter melon protects against ER stress in LS174T colonic epithelial cells

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• 作者：Dale A. Kunde ; Wai Chin Chong…
• 关键词：Inflammatory bowel disease ; Intestinal secretory cells ; Endoplasmic reticulum stress ; Oxidative stress ; Unfolded protein responses ; Bitter melon
• 刊名：BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1223KB
• 刊物主题：Complementary & Alternative Medicine; Internal Medicine; Chiropractic Medicine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1472-6882
• 卷排序：17

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BackgroundBitter Melon (BM) has been used as a functional food in traditional Chinese and Indian medicine for many generations and has gained a great deal of attention due to its apparent benefits in moderating some of the pathogenic processes in a variety of inflammatory conditions. BM extract (BME) has been shown to possess strong anti-oxidant properties. In addition, it can ameliorate oxidative stress and potentially ER stress. There is increasing evidence that oxidative and ER stress are major contributors for intestinal secretory cell dysfunction which leads to local inflammation and disease pathogenesis that are hallmarks of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Hence, the search for potential therapeutics against ER stress and oxidative stress in intestinal epithelial secretory cells may provide valuable resources for the management of IBD. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of BME in ameliorating ER stress in colonic epithelial cells.