Giridharan VV[1], Thandavarayan RA[1], Sato S[1], Ko KM[2], Konishi T[1]
[1] Department of Functional and Analytical Food Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy & Applied Life Sciences (NUPALS), Niigata city 956 8603, Japan.
[2] Section of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China.
The effects of schisandrin B (Sch B) and its analogs on solar irradiation-induced oxidative injury were examined in BJ human fibroblasts. Sch B and schisandrin C (Sch C) increased cellular reduced glutathione (GSH) level and protected against solar irradiation-induced oxidative injury. The photoprotection was paralleled by decreases in the elastases-type protease activity and matrix-metalloproteinases-1 expression in solar-irradiated fibroblasts. The cytochrome P-450-mediated metabolism of Sch B or Sch C caused ROS production. The results suggest that by virtue of its pro-oxidant action and the subsequent glutathione antioxidant response, Sch B or Sch C may offer the prospect of preventing skin photo-aging.