Osthole Delays Tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide-Induced Premature Senescence in Neural Stem Cells

In our previous study, we found that osthole could promote the ability of proliferation and differentiation in normal neural stem cells (NSCs) under normal condition. Then, we used tert-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BHP) to establish the model of senescence NSCs to detect the effects of osthole. Interestingly, the immunofluorescence results showed that osthole (100 μM) could enhance the ability of proliferation and differentiation, and CCK-8 assay results showed that osthole could also enhance the cell viabilities. Then, SA-β-gal assay results showed that osthole could decrease the positive of senescence cells. Flow cytometric analysis results showed that osthole could decrease the mixture of G0 and G1 phase. Reverse transcriptase (RT)-polymerase chain reaction results showed that osthole could downregulate the expression of p16 mRNA, and western blot analysis results showed that the expressions of the target protein decreased in p16-pRb signaling pathway with osthole treatment. In conclusion, these results indicated that osthole could probably delay cells senescence through p16-pRb signaling pathway.