Antioxidant system and energy provision of the rat heart during aging depend on illumination regimen and are resistant to exogenous melatonin.

Autor: Khizhkin EA; Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Russia. hizhkin84@mail.ru, Ilukha VA, Ilyina TN, Unzhakov AR, Vinogradova IA, Anisimov VN
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine [Bull Exp Biol Med] 2010 Sep; Vol. 149 (3), pp. 354-8.
DOI: 10.1007/s10517-010-0945-9
Abstrakt: Activities of antioxidant enzymes, vitamin E level, lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme spectrum, and effects of melatonin on these parameters were studied in the myocardium of rats aged 6, 12, 18, and 24 months exposed to different illumination regimens. The greatest number of changes was recorded in rats exposed to permanent illumination and light deprivation. Activity of SOD decreased with age, while catalase activity increased. Melatonin treatment did not modify activities of antioxidant enzymes and negligibly modified the level of tocopherol and isoenzyme spectrum of lactate dehydrogenase in rat heart.
Databáze: MEDLINE