Hydrogen Nano-Bubble Water Suppresses ROS Generation, Adipogenesis, and Interleukin-6 Secretion in Hydrogen-Peroxide- or PMA-Stimulated Adipocytes and Three-Dimensional Subcutaneous Adipose Equivalents.
Li Xiao, Nobuhiko Miwa · Cells · 2021
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H2HUBB TAKEAWAY
In Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced oxidative stress in adipose tissue is associated with inflammation and the development of obesity-related metabolic disorders,, HW showed a possibility of repressing oxidative stress, inflammatory response, and adipogenesis at cellular/tissue levels. These findings come from a laboratory model and suggest molecular hydrogen's biological potential. Further research is needed to determine clinical relevance. Hydrogen nanobubble water was the intervention; hydrogen peroxide and PMA were experimental stressors used in the cellular model and were not substitutes for molecular H₂.
What the Researchers Tested
Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced oxidative stress in adipose tissue is associated with inflammation and the development of obesity-related metabolic disorders.
Laboratory Model
Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced oxidative stress in adipose tissue is associated with inflammation and the development of obesity-related metabolic disorders.
How Molecular Hydrogen Was Used
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of hydrogen nano-bubble water (HW) on ROS generation, adipogenesis, and interleukin-6 (IL-6) secretion in hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-stimulated OP9 adipocytes, and three-dimensional (3D) subcutaneous adipose equivalents. Nanoparticle tracking analysis showed that fresh HW contains 1.17 × 108/mL of nano-sized hydrogen bubbles.
What Molecular Hydrogen Changed
Similarly, H₂O₂ (5 μM) also significantly stimulated lipid accumulation in OP9 cells and the 3D adipose equivalents. HW treatment significantly repressed H₂O₂- or PMA-induced lipid accumulation and IL-6 secretion in OP9 adipocytes and the 3D adipose equivalents.
H₂ Mechanisms / Biological Findings
The source material reviewed did not establish a specific molecular hydrogen mechanism for the reported findings.
Authors’ Conclusion
The authors concluded that , HW showed a possibility of repressing oxidative stress, inflammatory response, and adipogenesis at cellular/tissue levels.
H2HUBB Evidence Boundary
Hydrogen nanobubble water was the intervention; hydrogen peroxide and PMA were experimental stressors used in the cellular model and were not substitutes for molecular H₂.