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- Title
Royal Jelly Protects against Epidermal Stress through Upregulation of the NQO1 Expression.
- Authors
Okumura, Nobuaki; Ito, Takashi; Degawa, Tomomi; Moriyama, Mariko; Moriyama, Hiroyuki
- Abstract
Royal jelly (RJ) is secreted by honeybees and has been used as an apitherapy to obtain healthy skin since ancient times. However, the mechanism of the protective effects of RJ against skin aging and skin diseases caused by skin stress and its components have not been clarified. In this study, we attempted to understand the effect of RJ on epidermal function and observed that NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase 1 (NQO1) is significantly induced by RJ in keratinocytes. The expression of NQO1 was also increased in the 3D epidermal skin model. NQO1 is involved in antioxidation and detoxification metabolism, and we found that RJ protects against the epidermal stress caused by UVB and menadione through the upregulation of NQO1. We identified 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid (10H2DA), a major fatty acid in RJ, as an active compound in this reaction as it induced the expression of NQO1 and protected the skin against oxidative stress. We demonstrated that the protective effect of RJ against epidermal stress is mediated through the upregulation of NQO1 by 10H2DA.
- Subjects
ROYAL jelly; SKIN aging; NAD (Coenzyme); FATTY acids; SKIN diseases; OXIDATIVE stress
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, Vol 22, Issue 23, p12973
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms222312973