Enhanced induction of mitochondrial damage and apoptosis in human leukemia HL-60 cells due to electrolyzed-reduced water and glutathione.
Chia-Fang Tsai, Yu-Wen Hsu, Wen-Kang Chen, Yung-Chyuan Ho, Fung-Jou Lu · Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry · 2009
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In In the present study, the researchers examined the enhanced effect of ERW in the apoptosis of leukemia cells (HL-60) induced by glutathione (GSH), electrolzyed-reduced water (ERW) is a higher pH and lower oxidation-reduction potential water. The authors concluded that these results suggest that ERW is an antioxidant, and that ERW, in combination with GSH, has an enhanced apoptosis-inducing effect on HL-60 cells, which might be mediated through the mitochondria-dependent pathway. These findings from a laboratory model add evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's biological and therapeutic potential in the model studied.
What the Findings Mean
H2HUBB reviewed how molecular hydrogen affected the outcomes measured in In the present study, the researchers examined the enhanced effect of ERW in the apoptosis of leukemia cells (HL-60) induced by glutathione (GSH). Electrolzyed-reduced water (ERW) is a higher pH and lower oxidation-reduction potential water.
What the Researchers Studied
The researchers studied In the present study, the researchers examined the enhanced effect of ERW in the apoptosis of leukemia cells (HL-60) induced by glutathione (GSH). The study used a in vitro cell-culture laboratory experiment.
What Effects Did Molecular Hydrogen Have?
Electrolzyed-reduced water (ERW) is a higher pH and lower oxidation-reduction potential water. The authors concluded that these results suggest that ERW is an antioxidant, and that ERW, in combination with GSH, has an enhanced apoptosis-inducing effect on HL-60 cells, which might be mediated through the mitochondria-dependent pathway.
Why These Findings Matter
These findings from a laboratory model add evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's biological and therapeutic potential in the model studied.
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This is laboratory evidence from a in vitro cell-culture laboratory experiment. It is most informative for the biological mechanisms, cellular responses, or biochemical outcomes directly measured.
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H2HUBB classifies this publication as laboratory study with laboratory or cellular evidence. The research population or model was In the present study, the researchers examined the enhanced effect of ERW in the apoptosis of leukemia cells (HL-60) induced by glutathione (GSH). The study used a in vitro cell-culture laboratory experiment.
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