TY - JOUR
T1 - Decrease in cholesterol in the cell membrane is essential for Nrf2 activation by quercetin
AU - Matsushima, Miyoko
AU - Nose, Haruka
AU - Tsuzuki, Hikaru
AU - Takekoshi, Masahiro
AU - Kusatsugu, Yuto
AU - Taniguchi, Hinata
AU - Ohdachi, Tomoko
AU - Hashimoto, Naozumi
AU - Sato, Mitsuo
AU - Kawabe, Tsutomu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Quercetin is a flavonoid with various cytoprotective effects. We previously reported that quercetin exerts anti-allergic, anti-oxidative, and anti-fibrotic activities via the induction of heme oxygenase (HO)-1. However, the mechanisms by which quercetin induces HO-1 to exhibit cytoprotective effects are poorly understood. We focused on its action on the cell membrane, which is the first part of the cell to interact with the extracellular environment. The cell membrane contains lipid rafts and caveolae, which play important roles in cellular signaling. A recent study showed that nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), a transcription factor regulating anti-oxidative enzymes including HO-1, interacts with caveolin-1 (Cav-1), a component of caveolae, to regulate cellular anti-oxidative capacity. In this study, we investigated the changes in the cell membrane that leads to the induction of HO-1 by quercetin. Quercetin decreased the amount of cholesterol in the raft fractions, which in turn promoted the induction of HO-1. It also changed the composition of the lipid rafts and decreased and increased the expression of Cav-1 in the raft and non-raft fractions, respectively. Nrf2, which was localized in the cell membrane under resting conditions, was translocated along with Cav-1 to the nucleus after exposure to quercetin. These findings indicate for the first time that the HO-1-dependent cytoprotective effects of quercetin are mediated by the structural changes in lipid rafts brought about by decreasing the amount of cholesterol in the cell membrane, which thereby results in the translocation of the Cav-1-Nrf2 complex to the nucleus and induces the expression of HO-1.
AB - Quercetin is a flavonoid with various cytoprotective effects. We previously reported that quercetin exerts anti-allergic, anti-oxidative, and anti-fibrotic activities via the induction of heme oxygenase (HO)-1. However, the mechanisms by which quercetin induces HO-1 to exhibit cytoprotective effects are poorly understood. We focused on its action on the cell membrane, which is the first part of the cell to interact with the extracellular environment. The cell membrane contains lipid rafts and caveolae, which play important roles in cellular signaling. A recent study showed that nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), a transcription factor regulating anti-oxidative enzymes including HO-1, interacts with caveolin-1 (Cav-1), a component of caveolae, to regulate cellular anti-oxidative capacity. In this study, we investigated the changes in the cell membrane that leads to the induction of HO-1 by quercetin. Quercetin decreased the amount of cholesterol in the raft fractions, which in turn promoted the induction of HO-1. It also changed the composition of the lipid rafts and decreased and increased the expression of Cav-1 in the raft and non-raft fractions, respectively. Nrf2, which was localized in the cell membrane under resting conditions, was translocated along with Cav-1 to the nucleus after exposure to quercetin. These findings indicate for the first time that the HO-1-dependent cytoprotective effects of quercetin are mediated by the structural changes in lipid rafts brought about by decreasing the amount of cholesterol in the cell membrane, which thereby results in the translocation of the Cav-1-Nrf2 complex to the nucleus and induces the expression of HO-1.
KW - Caveolin
KW - Cholesterol
KW - Heme oxygenase-1
KW - Lipid rafts
KW - Nrf2
KW - Quercetin
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2023.109329
DO - 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2023.109329
M3 - Article
C2 - 36958420
AN - SCOPUS:85152144728
SN - 0955-2863
VL - 116
JO - Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
JF - Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
M1 - 109329
ER -