Oxidative brain damage in aged mice. Protection by caloric reduction.
Oxidative brain damage in aged mice. Protection by caloric reduction.
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老年小鼠的氧化性脑损伤。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb16593.x
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发表时间:
1995
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Sohal,RS
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作者:
Lal,H;Forster,MJ;Sohal,RS
Our experiments were undertaken to determine if oxidative brain damage’me-diates age-associated deterioration reported in brain functions of C57BL/6NNia mice. 2 The aged mice exhibit deficits in sensory, motor and learning/rnemory capacity. Mice maintained on a caloric intake 40% less (DR) than an ad libitum fed group (AL) exhibited a 43% extension in life span and a 3 1% prolongation in mortality rate doubling time. Further, there was a significant retardation in the onset of the brain function deterioration in DR mice. There was a significant increase in the protein carbonyl content in brain, heart and kidney of AL and DR groups aged 9, 17, or 23 months suggesting an increase in the oxidative damage with age. Nearly all brain areas showed an increase in protein carbonyl content, with relatively larger increases in striatum and hippocampus of the aging mice. The loss of membrane protein sulfhydral groups also increased with age in all brain regions except hippocampus. The caloric restriction significantly retarded the age-associated increase in carbonyl protein. This reduction was most pronounced in cortex, whereas only a modest reduction was evident in the hippocampus. An investigation of the mechanisms underlying the neuroprotection showed that the mitochondrial state 4 respiratory rate in brain tissue was increased with age in the AL, but not the DR group. Thus, one protective effect in DR mice occurred at a site of oxygen free-radical generation. The rates of mitochondrial superoxide and hydrogen peroxide generation increased with age and were higher in the AL than DR mice in all the three organs at each age. In contrast, there was no clear-cut pattern of age-or diet-related changes in antioxidant defenses provided by superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase. These data suggest that increased oxidative stressldamage may be an important mechanism of brain aging and the associated brain dysfunctions. Both of these effects can be modulated significantly via caloric optimization.