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Evaluation of Bioenergetic Function in Cerebral Vascular Endothelial Cells
Published on: November 19, 2016
Proteome analysis suggests that mitochondrial dysfunction in stressed endothelial cells is reversed by a soy extract
Dagmar Fuchs1, Barbara Dirscherl, Joyce H Schroot
1Department of Food and Nutrition, Molecular Nutrition Unit, Technical University of Munich, Am Forum 5, D-85350 Freising, Germany.
Abstract:
Apoptosis is a driving force in atherosclerosis development. A soy extract or a combination of the soy isoflavones genistein and daidzein inhibited apoptosis induced by oxidized LDL in endothelial cells. Proteome analysis revealed that the LDL-induced alterations of numerous proteins were reversed by the extract and the genistein/daidzein mixture but only three protein entities, all functionally linked to mitochondrial dysfunction, were regulated in common by both treatments.
