Fig. 5.
Acrolein effects on extracellular ROS formation on RAW and EA.hy cells. RAW cells (A) and EA.hy cells (B) were incubated with dihydroethidium (DHE) and the extracellular oxidation products 2-hydroxyethidium (2-HE, superoxide specific) and ethidium (E + , unspecific) in the cell culture supernatant were separated by HPLC. Specifically phagocytic NADPH oxidase produces high amounts of extracellular superoxide in immune cells. Concentrations of 2-HE and E + are shown with the representative chromatograms. Each data point indicates an independent experiment. Data are presented as absolute concentration (mean ± range). Conventional two-tailed t-test was used for statistical analysis. C Luciferase reporter assay was used to evaluate the activation of Nrf2 in acrolein-treated DLD1-HO1-prom cells. D The scheme summarizes the principles of the assay. Chemiluminescence after treatment with different concentrations of acrolein is shown as a percentage of control (mean ± range, n = 8 independent experiments). Conventional 1-way ANOVA was used for statistical analysis. Significance is indicated as *, **, *** and **** when p < 0.05, p < 0.01, p < 0.001 and p < 0.0001 respectively