1. Cell protection from Ca2+-overloading by bioactive molecules extracted from olive pomace
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Edon Melloni, Alessandro Alberto Casazza, Roberta De Tullio, Patrizia Perego, Monica Averna, Alice Franchi, Marco Pedrazzi, and Antonino Martines
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0301 basic medicine ,Programmed cell death ,Cell type ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Cell ,Plant Science ,Biochemistry ,human neuroblastoma SKNBE cells ,mouse brain endothelioma bEnd5 cells ,Analytical Chemistry ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Ca2+-overloading ,medicine ,Calpain ,olive pomace ,phenolic compound ,Organic Chemistry ,Protease ,biology ,Chemistry ,Pomace ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Membrane ,biology.protein ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Intracellular - Abstract
We are reporting in the present study that molecules extracted from olive pomace prevent cell death induced by Ca2+-overloading in different cell types. Exposure of cells to these molecules counteracts the Ca2+-induced cell damages by reducing the activation of the Ca2+-dependent protease calpain, acting possibly through the modification of the permeability to Ca2+ of the plasma membrane. The purification step by RP-HPLC suggests that effective compound(s), differing from the main biophenols known to be present in the olive pomace extract, could be responsible for this effect. Our observations suggest that bioactive molecules present in the olive pomace could be potential candidates for therapeutic applications in pathologies characterised by alterations of intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis.
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- 2018
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