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Camiletti-Moirón D, Aparicio VA, Aranda P, Radak Z. Does exercise reduce brain oxidative stress? A systematic review. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2013; 23:e202-12. [PMID: 23495801 DOI: 10.1111/sms.12065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The aim of the present systematic review was to investigate the influence of different exercise programs on brain oxidative stress. A search of the literature was conducted up to 1 December 2012 across five databases: PUBMED, SCOPUS, SPORTS DISCUS, Web of Science, and The Cochrane Library. The search strategy used in the electronic databases mentioned was established as: (swim* OR exercise OR training) AND ("oxidative stress" AND brain) for each database. A methodological quality assessment valuation/estimation was additionally carried out in the final sample of studies. Of 1553 potentially eligible papers, 19 were included after inclusion and exclusion criteria. The methodological quality assessment showed a total score in the Quality Index between 40% and 80%, with a mean quality of 56.8%. Overall, regular moderate aerobic exercise appears to promote antioxidant capacity on brain. In contrast, anaerobic or high-intensity exercise, aerobic-exhausted exercise, or the combination of both types of training could deteriorate the antioxidant response. Future investigations should be focused on establishing a standardized exercise protocol, depending on the exercise metabolism wanted to test, which could enhance the objective knowledge in this topic.
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- D Camiletti-Moirón
- Department of Physiology and Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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Protective effect of l-theanine on chronic restraint stress-induced cognitive impairments in mice. Brain Res 2013; 1503:24-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.01.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2012] [Revised: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 01/31/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Devaki M, Nirupama R, Yajurvedi HN. Chronic stress-induced oxidative damage and hyperlipidemia are accompanied by atherosclerotic development in rats. Stress 2013; 16:233-43. [PMID: 22894170 DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2012.719052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Although stress-induced hyperlipidemia and increased oxidative stress have been reported and implicated in etiology of atherosclerosis, experimental evidence for stress-induced atherosclerotic development concomitant with these alterations is lacking. In this study, exposure of adult male albino Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus) to restraint for 1 h and after a gap of 4 h to forced swimming for 15 min every day for 2, 4, or 24 weeks resulted in a duration of exposure-dependent hyperlipidemia as shown by significant increases in concentrations of blood cholesterol, low-density lipoproteins, and triglycerides and decrease in high-density lipoprotein concomitant with increased oxidative stress as indicated by decrease in hepatic antioxidant enzyme activities and increase in lipid peroxidation in the liver, kidney, and heart. These alterations were accompanied by development of fibrous layer, formation of foam cells, reduction in elastic fibers, and accumulation of Oil-Red-O-positive lipid droplets in the intima of thoracic aorta following 24 weeks of stress exposure, but not after 4 weeks. The study demonstrates for the first time that (i) chronic stress-induced hyperlipidemia and oxidative damage are coupled with atherosclerotic development in rats fed with normal diet and (ii) chronic stress effects prevail even after the cessation of stress exposure as indicated by high concentration of blood cholesterol and reduced hepatic superoxide dismutase activity 20 weeks after 2 or 4 weeks of stress. This study exemplifies long-term allostatic regulation leading to a pathological state, with long-term hyperlipidemia and oxidative damage from chronic stress resulting in atherosclerosis.
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- M Devaki
- Department of Zoology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, India
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Stress is a potent risk factor for depression, yet the underlying mechanism is not clearly understood. In the present study, we explored the mechanism of development and maintenance of depression in a stress-induced animal model. Mice restrained for 2 h daily for 14 d showed distinct depressive behavior, and the altered behavior persisted for >3 months in the absence of intervention. Acute restraint induced a surge of oxidative stress in the brain, and stress-induced oxidative stress progressively increased with repetition of stress. In vitro, the stress hormone glucocorticoid generated superoxide via upregulation of NADPH oxidase. Consistently, repeated restraints increased the expression of the key subunits of NADPH oxidase, p47phox and p67phox, in the brain. Moreover, stressed brains markedly upregulated the expression of p47phox to weak restress evoked in the poststress period, and this molecular response was reminiscent of amplified ROS surge to restress. Pharmacological inhibition of NADPH oxidase by the NADPH oxidase inhibitor apocynin during the stress or poststress period completely blocked depressive behavior. Consistently, heterozygous p47phox knock-out mice (p47phox(+/-)) or molecular inhibition of p47phox with Lenti shRNA-p47phox in the hippocampus suppressed depressive behavior. These results suggest that repeated stress promotes depressive behavior through the upregulation of NADPH oxidase and the resultant metabolic oxidative stress, and that the inhibition of NADPH oxidase provides beneficial antidepression effects.
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Adrenarche and middle childhood. HUMAN NATURE-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE 2012; 22:327-49. [PMID: 22388879 DOI: 10.1007/s12110-011-9120-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Middle childhood, the period from 6 to 12 years of age, is defined socially by increasing autonomy and emotional regulation, somatically by the development of anatomical structures for subsistence, and endocrinologically by adrenarche, the adrenal production of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). Here I suggest that DHEA plays a key role in the coordinated development of the brain and body beginning with middle childhood, via energetic allocation. I argue that with adrenarche, increasing levels of circulating DHEA act to down-regulate the release of glucose into circulation and hence limit the supply of glucose which is needed by the brain for synaptogenesis. Furthermore, I suggest the antioxidant properties of DHEA may be important in maintaining synaptic plasticity throughout middle childhood within slow-developing areas of the cortex, including the insula, thamalus, and anterior cingulate cortex. In addition, DHEA may play a role in the development of body odor as a reliable social signal of behavioral changes associated with middle childhood.
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Haussmann MF, Longenecker AS, Marchetto NM, Juliano SA, Bowden RM. Embryonic exposure to corticosterone modifies the juvenile stress response, oxidative stress and telomere length. Proc Biol Sci 2012; 279:1447-56. [PMID: 22072607 PMCID: PMC3282378 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2011] [Accepted: 10/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Early embryonic exposure to maternal glucocorticoids can broadly impact physiology and behaviour across phylogenetically diverse taxa. The transfer of maternal glucocorticoids to offspring may be an inevitable cost associated with poor environmental conditions, or serve as a maternal effect that alters offspring phenotype in preparation for a stressful environment. Regardless, maternal glucocorticoids are likely to have both costs and benefits that are paid and collected over different developmental time periods. We manipulated yolk corticosterone (cort) in domestic chickens (Gallus domesticus) to examine the potential impacts of embryonic exposure to maternal stress on the juvenile stress response and cellular ageing. Here, we report that juveniles exposed to experimentally increased cort in ovo had a protracted decline in cort during the recovery phase of the stress response. All birds, regardless of treatment group, shifted to oxidative stress during an acute stress response. In addition, embryonic exposure to cort resulted in higher levels of reactive oxygen metabolites and an over-representation of short telomeres compared with the control birds. In many species, individuals with higher levels of oxidative stress and shorter telomeres have the poorest survival prospects. Given this, long-term costs of glucocorticoid-induced phenotypes may include accelerated ageing and increased mortality.
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Mao QQ, Zhong XM, Qiu FM, Li ZY, Huang Z. Protective effects of paeoniflorin against corticosterone-induced neurotoxicity in PC12 cells. Phytother Res 2011; 26:969-73. [PMID: 22131171 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2011] [Revised: 08/29/2011] [Accepted: 09/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Neuroprotection has been proposed as one of the acting mechanisms of antidepressants. Paeoniflorin, a monoterpene glycoside, has been reported to display antidepressant-like effects in animal models of behavioural despair. The present study aimed to examine the protective effect of paeoniflorin treatment on corticosterone-induced neurotoxicity in cultured rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells. Paeoniflorin was shown to elevate cell viability, decrease levels of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and malondialdehyde (MDA) in corticosterone-treated PC12 cells. Paeoniflorin also reversed the reduced nerve growth factor (NGF) mRNA level caused by corticosterone in PC12 cells. The results suggest that paeoniflorin exerts a neuroprotective effect on corticosterone-induced neurotoxicity in PC12 cells, at least in part, via the inhibition of oxidative stress and the up-regulation of NGF expression. This neuroprotective effect may be one of the action pathways that accounts for the in vivo antidepressant activity of paeoniflorin.
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- Qing-Qiu Mao
- College of Pharmacy, Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University, Hangzhou, 310053 Zhejiang, China
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Uysal N, Sisman AR, Dayi A, Aksu I, Cetin F, Gencoglu C, Tas A, Buyuk E. Maternal exercise decreases maternal deprivation induced anxiety of pups and correlates to increased prefrontal cortex BDNF and VEGF. Neurosci Lett 2011; 505:273-8. [PMID: 22044872 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.10.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2011] [Revised: 10/12/2011] [Accepted: 10/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Maternal deprivation (MD) may cause neuropsychiatric disorders such as anxiety disorder by negatively affecting the cognitive functions and behavior in pups. The aim of this study is to investigate whether maternal exercise during pregnancy has beneficial effects on anxiety that increases with MD, and on the levels of VEGF and BDNF which have anxiolytic effects on the prefrontal cortex, the anxiety-related region of the brain. The anxiety level in the deprivation group was greater than the control group and found more in male than female pups. The prefrontal cortex VEGF and BDNF levels were decreased in the deprivation group compared to control group while serum corticosterone levels were increased in the deprivation group. Anxiety and serum corticosterone levels were decreased in maternally exercised female and male pups, while the prefrontal cortex VEGF and BDNF levels were increased, compared to sedentary mother's pups. These results indicate that maternal exercise may attenuate the negative effect of stresses such as maternal deprivation that can be encountered early in life.
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- Nazan Uysal
- Dokuz Eylul University, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Turkey.
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Rasheed N, Ahmad A, Al-Sheeha M, Alghasham A, Palit G. Neuroprotective and anti-stress effect of A68930 in acute and chronic unpredictable stress model in rats. Neurosci Lett 2011; 504:151-155. [PMID: 21945949 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2011] [Revised: 08/18/2011] [Accepted: 09/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The neurorescuing effect of A68930 (a potent selective D(1) agonist) and its role on the regulation of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis have been investigated. Acute (AS) and chronic unpredictable (CUS) stress models were used to evaluate the effect of A68930 on HPA-axis regulation in relation to the change in the fiber density and number of immunoreactive (ir) neurons of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and glucocorticoid receptor (GR) in the dopamine (DA) and GR rich brain regions in rats. CUS caused a significant decrease in the number of TH ir neurons in the striatum, medial forebrain bundle, ventral tegmental area and substansia nigra and GR in the cortex, striatum and hippocampus as compared to the non-stress controls (NS). Administration of A68930 (0.25mg/kg i.p.) significantly normalized these CUS-induced alterations. We also examined the role of A68930 on stress-induced brain oxidative status. AS enhanced the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) in the cortex and striatum, while CUS reduced the activities of SOD and catalase (CAT) in the cortex, striatum and hippocampus, when compared with NS. Increased GSH-Px activity, with reduced glutathione and increased lipid peroxidation was observed in both AS and CUS in selected brain regions as compared to NS. Administration of A68930 normalized the antioxidant enzyme activities, replenished GSH and decreased the extent of lipid peroxidation. In conclusion, present findings suggest that the stress-induced immunoreactivity of TH and GR in distinct brain regions are modulated by A68930 leading to the normalization of HPA-axis response. Ours results show the therapeutic importance of DA D(1) agonist in stress-induced dopaminergic-related neurological disorders. A68930 also influenced the brain antioxidant machinery probably through the restoration of stress-induced changes in the dopaminergic system and its crosstalk with GR.
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- Naila Rasheed
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Qassim University, P.O. Box 6655, Buraidah 51452, Saudi Arabia; Division of Pharmacology, Neuropharmacology Unit, Central Drug Research Institute, P.O. Box 173, Lucknow 226001, India.
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- Division of Pharmacology, Neuropharmacology Unit, Central Drug Research Institute, P.O. Box 173, Lucknow 226001, India
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Medicine, Qassim University, P.O. Box 6655, Buraidah 51452, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Qassim University, P.O. Box 6655, Buraidah 51452, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Pharmacology, Neuropharmacology Unit, Central Drug Research Institute, P.O. Box 173, Lucknow 226001, India
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Ghadrdoost B, Vafaei AA, Rashidy-Pour A, Hajisoltani R, Bandegi AR, Motamedi F, Haghighi S, Sameni HR, Pahlvan S. Protective effects of saffron extract and its active constituent crocin against oxidative stress and spatial learning and memory deficits induced by chronic stress in rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2011; 667:222-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2011.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2010] [Revised: 04/21/2011] [Accepted: 05/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Camm EJ, Tijsseling D, Richter HG, Adler A, Hansell JA, Derks JB, Cross CM, Giussani DA. Oxidative stress in the developing brain: effects of postnatal glucocorticoid therapy and antioxidants in the rat. PLoS One 2011; 6:e21142. [PMID: 21698270 PMCID: PMC3115992 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2011] [Accepted: 05/20/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In premature infants, glucocorticoids ameliorate chronic lung disease, but have adverse effects on long-term neurological function. Glucocorticoid excess promotes free radical overproduction. We hypothesised that the adverse effects of postnatal glucocorticoid therapy on the developing brain are secondary to oxidative stress and that antioxidant treatment would diminish unwanted effects. Male rat pups received a clinically-relevant tapering course of dexamethasone (DEX; 0.5, 0.3, and 0.1 mg.kg−1.day−1), with or without antioxidant vitamins C and E (DEXCE; 200 mg.kg−1.day−1 and 100 mg.kg−1.day−1, respectively), on postnatal days 1–6 (P1–6). Controls received saline or saline with vitamins. At weaning, relative to controls, DEX decreased total brain volume (704.4±34.7 mm3 vs. 564.0±20.0 mm3), the soma volume of neurons in the CA1 (1172.6±30.4 µm3 vs. 1002.4±11.8 µm3) and in the dentate gyrus (525.9±27.2 µm3 vs. 421.5±24.6 µm3) of the hippocampus, and induced oxidative stress in the cortex (protein expression: heat shock protein 70 [Hsp70]: +68%; 4-hydroxynonenal [4-HNE]: +118% and nitrotyrosine [NT]: +20%). Dexamethasone in combination with vitamins resulted in improvements in total brain volume (637.5±43.1 mm3), and soma volume of neurons in the CA1 (1157.5±42.4 µm3) and the dentate gyrus (536.1±27.2 µm3). Hsp70 protein expression was unaltered in the cortex (+9%), however, 4-HNE (+95%) and NT (+24%) protein expression remained upregulated. Treatment of neonates with vitamins alone induced oxidative stress in the cortex (Hsp70: +67%; 4-HNE: +73%; NT: +22%) and in the hippocampus (NT: +35%). Combined glucocorticoid and antioxidant therapy in premature infants may be safer for the developing brain than glucocorticoids alone in the treatment of chronic lung disease. However, antioxidant therapy in healthy offspring is not recommended.
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Obstetrics, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Obstetrics, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Zlatković J, Filipović D. Stress-induced alternations in CuZnSOD and MnSOD activity in cellular compartments of rat liver. Mol Cell Biochem 2011; 357:143-50. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-011-0884-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2011] [Accepted: 05/17/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Griselda CM. d-Arginine action against neurotoxicity induced by glucocorticoids in the brain. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2011; 35:1353-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2010] [Revised: 01/13/2011] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Costantini D, Marasco V, Møller AP. A meta-analysis of glucocorticoids as modulators of oxidative stress in vertebrates. J Comp Physiol B 2011; 181:447-56. [PMID: 21416253 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0566-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Revised: 02/27/2011] [Accepted: 03/03/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Prolonged high secretion of glucocorticoids normally reflects a state of chronic stress, which has been associated with an increase in disease susceptibility and reduction in Darwinian fitness. Here, we hypothesize that an increase in oxidative stress accounts for the detrimental effects of prolonged high secretion of glucocorticoids. We performed a meta-analysis on studies where physiological stress was induced by administration of glucocorticoids to evaluate the magnitude of their effects on oxidative stress. Glucocorticoids have a significant effect on oxidative stress (Pearson r = 0.552), although this effect depends on the duration of treatment, and is larger in long-term experiments. Importantly, there was a significant effect on tissue, with brain and heart being the most and the least susceptible to GC-induced oxidative stress, respectively. Furthermore, effect size was larger (1) in studies using both sexes compared to males only, (2) when corticosterone rather than dexamethasone was administered and (3) in juveniles than in adults. These effects were not confounded by species, biochemical biomarker, or whether wild or laboratory animals were studied. In conclusion, our meta-analysis suggests that GC-induced oxidative stress could be a further mechanism underlying increases in disease susceptibility and decreases in Darwinian fitness observed under chronic stress.
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- David Costantini
- Institute for Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
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Mao QQ, Xian YF, Ip SP, Tsai SH, Che CT. Protective effects of peony glycosides against corticosterone-induced cell death in PC12 cells through antioxidant action. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2011; 133:1121-1125. [PMID: 21111797 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.11.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2010] [Revised: 10/18/2010] [Accepted: 11/18/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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AIM OF THE STUDY Previous studies in our laboratory have shown that total glycosides of peony (TGP) produced antidepressant-like action in various mouse models of behavioral despair. However, the molecular mechanism by which TGP exerts antidepressant-like effect is not fully understood. This study examined the protective effects of TGP against corticosterone-induced neurotoxicity in rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells and ts possible mechanisms. MATERIALS AND METHODS The direct antioxidant effect of TGP was investigated by using a 2,2'-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline- 6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS) radical cation-scavenging assay in a cell-free system. PC12 cells were treated with 200 μM of corticosterone in the absence or presence of TGP in varying concentrations for 48 h. Cell viability, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity, intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) level, malondialdehyde (MDA) content, glutathione (GSH) content, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, and catalase (CAT) activity were then determined. RESULTS TGP displayed antioxidant properties in the cell-free system, and the IC50 value in the ABTS radical cation-scavenging assay was 9.9 mg/L. TGP treatment at increasing doses (1-10 mg/L) protected against corticosterone-induced cytotoxicity in PC12 cells in a dose-dependent manner. The cytoprotection afforded by TGP treatment was associated with decreases in the intracellular ROS and MDA levels, and increases in the GSH level, SOD activity, and CAT activity in corticosterone-treated PC12 cells. CONCLUSION The results suggest that TGP has a neuroprotective effect on corticosterone-induced neurotoxicity in PC12 cells, which may be related to its antioxidant action.
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- Qing-Qiu Mao
- School of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
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Nade VS, Yadav AV. Anti-stress effect of ethyl acetate soluble fraction of Morus alba in chronic restraint stress. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2010; 48:1038-1046. [PMID: 20690895 DOI: 10.3109/13880200903473741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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CONTEXT Restraint stress is a well-known method to induce chronic stress which leads to alterations in various behavioral and biochemical parameters. OBJECTIVE The present work was designed to study anti-stress effects of Morus alba in chronic restraint stress (RS)-induced perturbations in behavioral, biochemical and brain oxidative stress status. MATERIALS AND METHODS The stress was produced by restraining the animals inside an adjustable cylindrical plastic tube for 3 h once daily for ten consecutive days. The ethyl acetate soluble fraction of Morus alba (EASF) 25, 50, 100 mg/kg and diazepam (1 mg/kg) per day was administered 60 min prior to the stress procedure. The behavioral and biochemical parameters such as open field, cognitive dysfunction; leucocytes count; blood glucose and corticosteroid levels were determined. On day 10, the rats were sacrificed and biochemical assessment of superoxide dismutase (SOD), lipid peroxidation (LPO), catalase (CAT), and glutathione reductase (GSH) in whole rat brain were performed. RESULTS Chronic restraint stress produced cognitive dysfunction, altered behavioral parameters, increased leucocytes count, SOD, LPO, glucose and corticosterone levels, with concomitant decrease in CAT and GSH activities. Gastric ulceration, adrenal gland and spleen weights were also used as the stress indices. All these RS induced perturbations were attenuated by EASF of Morus alba. DISCUSSION The results of the study suggest that in addition to its classically established pharmacological activities, the plant also has immense potential as an anti-stress agent of great therapeutic relevance. CONCLUSION This study indicates the beneficial role of Morus alba for the treatment of oxidative stress-induced disorders.
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- Vandana S Nade
- Department of Pharmacology, M.V.P.S. College of Pharmacy, Shivaji Nagar, Nashik, India.
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Effects of chronic restraint stress and 17-β-estradiol replacement on oxidative stress in the spinal cord of ovariectomized female rats. Neurochem Res 2010; 35:1700-7. [PMID: 20632091 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-010-0232-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Previous studies have shown sex-specific oxidative changes in spinal cord of rats submitted to chronic stress, which may be due to gonadal hormones. Here, we assessed total radical-trapping potential (TRAP), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities and lipid peroxidation (evaluated by the TBARS test) in the spinal cord of ovariectomized (OVX) female rats. Female rats were subjected to OVX, and half of the animals received estradiol replacement. Animals were subdivided into controls and chronically stressed (for 40 days). Our findings demonstrate that chronic stress decreased TRAP, and increased SOD activity in spinal cord homogenates from ovariectomized female rats and had no effect on GPx activity. On the other hand, groups receiving 17β-estradiol replacement presented a decreased GPx activity, but no alteration in TRAP and in SOD activity. No differences in the TBARS test were found in any of the groups analyzed. In conclusion, our results support the idea that chronic stress induces an imbalance between SOD and GPx activities, additionally decreasing TRAP. Estradiol replacement did not reverse the effects of chronic stress, but induced a decrease in GPx activity. Therefore, estradiol replacement in ovariectomized chronically stressed rats could make the spinal cord more susceptible to oxidative injury.
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Djordjevic J, Djordjevic A, Adzic M, Radojcic MB. Chronic social isolation compromises the activity of both glutathione peroxidase and catalase in hippocampus of male wistar rats. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2010; 30:693-700. [PMID: 20063054 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-009-9493-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2009] [Accepted: 12/28/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Chronic neuroendocrine stress usually leads to the elevation of the stress hormones and increased metabolic rate, which is frequently accompanied by oxidative damage to the CNS. In the present study we hypothesized that chronic psychosocial isolation (CPSI) of male Wistar rats, characterized by decreased serum corticosterone (CORT), unaltered catecholamines (CTs), and low blood glucose (GLU), may also promote oxidative imbalance in the CNS, by targeting antioxidant defense system. To test it, we have examined the relation between these input signals and protein expression/activity of antioxidant enzymes (AOEs): superoxide dismutases (SODs), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and glutathione reductase (GLR) in the hippocampus (HIPPO) of CPSI animals. We found that CPSI did not affect SODs or CAT, but decreased activity of GPx and compromised GLR, an enzyme highly dependent on blood GLU for its substrate precursor. Further, we have tested whether the CPSI experience altered AOEs response to a novelty stress, and found that it attenuated peroxide-metabolizing enzymes, CAT and GPx, and decreased GLR activity, even though blood GLU was restored. The altered ratios of hippocampal AOEs in CPSI animals, which were worsened under the combined stress conditions, may lead to the accumulation of peroxide products and oxidative imbalance. The mechanism by which CPSI generate oxidative imbalance in the HIPPO is most likely based on poor systemic energy conditions set by this stress. Such conditions may cause functional decline of CNS structures, such as HIPPO, and are likely to promote state linked to onset of many mood disorders.
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- Jelena Djordjevic
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINCA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, P.O. Box-522-MBE090, 11001, Belgrade, Serbia
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Ahmad A, Rasheed N, Banu N, Palit G. Alterations in monoamine levels and oxidative systems in frontal cortex, striatum, and hippocampus of the rat brain during chronic unpredictable stress. Stress 2010; 13:355-64. [PMID: 20536337 DOI: 10.3109/10253891003667862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Stress plays a key role in the induction of various clinical disorders by altering monoaminergic response and antioxidant defenses. In the present study, alterations in the concentrations of dopamine (DA), serotonin (5-HT) and their metabolites, and simultaneous changes in the antioxidant defense system and lipid peroxidation in different brain regions (frontal cortex, striatum, and hippocampus) were investigated immediately and 24 h after exposure to chronic unpredictable stress (CUS). CUS involved subjecting Sprague-Dawley rats to two different types of stressors varying from mild to severe intensity every day in an unpredictable manner, over a period of 7 days. CUS significantly decreased DA and 5-HT concentrations, with increased DA turnover ratios in the selected brain regions. In the frontal cortex and striatum, DA metabolite concentrations were increased; however, in the hippocampus they remained unaltered. Further, a decrease of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid content was observed in the frontal cortex and striatum, with no significant alteration in the hippocampus. CUS also reduced the activities of superoxide dismutase and catalase, with increased lipid peroxidation and decreased glutathione levels in the selected brain regions. Glutathione peroxidase activity was increased in the frontal cortex and hippocampus only. The pattern of CUS-induced monoamine and oxidative changes immediately after the last stressor and 24 h later were similar when compared with the control group, indicating that the observed changes were due to the chronic exposure to the various stressors and were not merely acute effects of the last stressor. The altered redox state in the striatum and frontal cortex might be related to the perturbed DA and/or 5HT levels, while the hippocampus seems to be less influenced by CUS in terms of monoamine metabolite changes. These results suggest that the perturbed monoamine levels could interact with the oxidative load during CUS. Hence, the current study has implications for pharmacological interventions targeting both central monoamines and cellular antioxidants as a potential stress management strategy for protecting against central stress-induced disorders.
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- Ausaf Ahmad
- Neuropharmacology Unit, Division of Pharmacology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226001, India
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Tyrka AR, Price LH, Kao HT, Porton B, Marsella SA, Carpenter LL. Childhood maltreatment and telomere shortening: preliminary support for an effect of early stress on cellular aging. Biol Psychiatry 2010; 67:531-4. [PMID: 19828140 PMCID: PMC2853238 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2009] [Revised: 08/11/2009] [Accepted: 08/11/2009] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Psychological stress and trauma are risk factors for several medical and psychiatric illnesses. Recent studies have implicated advanced cellular aging as a potential mechanism of this association. Telomeres, DNA repeats that cap the ends of chromosomes and promote stability, shorten progressively with each cell division; their length is a marker of biological aging. Based on previous evidence linking psychosocial stress to shorter telomere length, this study was designed to evaluate the effect of childhood adversity on telomere length. METHODS Thirty-one adults with no current or past major Axis I psychiatric disorder participated. Subjects reported on their history of childhood maltreatment and telomere length was measured from DNA extracted from frozen whole blood using quantitative polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS Participants reporting a history of childhood maltreatment had significantly shorter telomeres than those who did not report a history of maltreatment. This finding was not due to effects of age, sex, smoking, body mass index, or other demographic factors. Analysis of subscales showed that both physical neglect and emotional neglect were significantly linked to telomere length. CONCLUSIONS These results extend previous reports linking shortened leukocyte telomere length and caregiver stress to more remote stressful experiences in childhood and suggest that childhood maltreatment could influence cellular aging.
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- Audrey R. Tyrka
- Mood Disorders Research Program, Butler Hospital, Providence RI 02906, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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- Mood Disorders Research Program, Butler Hospital, Providence RI 02906, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Butler Hospital, Providence RI 02906
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Butler Hospital, Providence RI 02906
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- Mood Disorders Research Program, Butler Hospital, Providence RI 02906
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- Mood Disorders Research Program, Butler Hospital, Providence RI 02906, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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Kumar A, Kumari B, Kumar P. Protective effects of selective and non-selective cyclooxygenase inhibitors in an animal model of chronic stress. Neurosci Bull 2010; 26:17-27. [PMID: 20101269 PMCID: PMC5560377 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-010-0713-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2009] [Accepted: 11/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Cyclooxygenase isoenzyme is known to be expressed in different regions of brain, and is mainly used for the treatment of pain and inflammation. Recently, it is proposed that cyclooxygenase isoenzyme may also play a key role in the pathophysiology of various brain-related disorders. The present study was aimed to explore the protective effect of cyclooxygenase inhibitors on stress by using an animal model of chronic stress. METHODS The animals were forced to swim individually for a period of 6 min every day for 15 d. Then, the behavior (locomotor activity, anxiety and memory) and biochemical (lipid peroxidation, nitrite level, reduced glutathione, and catalase) alterations were assessed. RESULTS Forced swimming for 15 d caused impaired locomotor activity, anxiety-like behavior and decreased percentage of memory retention, as compared to naive mice (without chronic fatigue treatment). Biochemical analysis revealed significant increases in lipid peroxidation and nitrite level, while levels of reduced glutathione and catalase activity were both decreased. Chronic treatment with naproxen (14 mg/kg, i.p.), rofecoxib (5 mg/kg, i.p.), meloxicam (5 mg/kg, i.p.), nimesulide (5 mg/kg, i.p.) and valdecoxib (10 mg/kg, i.p.) significantly attenuated these behavioral and biochemical (oxidative damage) alterations in chronic-stressed mice. CONCLUSION The cyclooxygenase inhibitors could be used in the management of chronic fatigue-like conditions.
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- Anil Kumar
- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UGC Centre of Advanced Study, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India.
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You JM, Yun SJ, Nam KN, Kang C, Won R, Lee EH. Mechanism of glucocorticoid-induced oxidative stress in rat hippocampal slice cultures. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2010; 87:440-7. [PMID: 19526038 DOI: 10.1139/y09-027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Prolonged stress results in elevation of glucocorticoid (GC) hormones, which can have deleterious effects in the brain. The hippocampus, which has a high concentration of glucocorticoid receptors, is especially vulnerable to increasing levels of GCs. GCs have been suggested to endanger hippocampal neurons by exacerbating the excitotoxic glutamate-calcium-reactive oxygen species (ROS) cascade. In an effort to reveal the mechanisms underlying GC-mediated hippocampal neurotoxicity, we aimed to clarify the molecular pathway of GC-induced ROS increase by using organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. Assays for ROS, using 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate fluorescence, showed that treatment of synthetic GC, dexamethasone (DEX) significantly enhanced ROS levels. Time course and dose response analyses indicated that peak amount of ROS was generated at 4 h after treatment with 50 micromol/L DEX. By contrast, other steroid hormones, progesterone and estradiol did not influence ROS production. N-acetyl-L-cysteine completely suppressed ROS produced by DEX. Propidium iodide staining exhibited prominent cell death in the hippocampal layer after 96 h of DEX treatment. RU486, a GC receptor antagonist, almost completely blocked the effect of DEX on ROS production and cell death, indicating that DEX-induced ROS overproduction and hippocampal death are mediated via GC receptors. Real-time reverse transcriptase PCR analysis demonstrated that after DEX treatment the level of glutathione peroxidase mRNA was decreased whereas that of NADPH oxidase mRNA was significantly enhanced. These findings suggest that excess GCs cause hippocampal damage by regulating genes involved in ROS generation.
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- Jung-Man You
- Department of Medical Science, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, East-West Integrated Medical Science Research Center, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si 446-701, Korea
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Yu S, Patchev AV, Wu Y, Lu J, Holsboer F, Zhang JZ, Sousa N, Almeida OFX. Depletion of the neural precursor cell pool by glucocorticoids. Ann Neurol 2010; 67:21-30. [DOI: 10.1002/ana.21812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Filipović D, Mandić LM, Kanazir D, Pajović SB. Acute and/or chronic stress models modulate CuZnSOD and MnSOD protein expression in rat liver. Mol Cell Biochem 2009; 338:167-74. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-009-0350-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2009] [Accepted: 12/03/2009] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Lee BH, Ho BY, Wang CT, Pan TM. Red mold rice promoted antioxidase activity against oxidative injury and improved the memory ability of zinc-deficient rats. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2009; 57:10600-10607. [PMID: 19860468 DOI: 10.1021/jf902046s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Zn deficiency is a common disease leading to memory impairment with increasing age. This study evaluated the protection effects of red mold rice (RMR) administration and Zn supplementation against memory and learning ability impairments from oxidative stress caused by Zn deficiency. Rats (4 weeks old) were induced to be Zn deficiency by a Zn-deficient diet for 12 weeks. After that, rats were administered Zn, 1xRMR, 5xRMR, and various dosages of RMR plus Zn, respectively. Decreases of antioxidant enzyme activities in the hippocampus and cortex were observed, and the levels of Ca, Fe, and Mg were increased in the hippocampus and cortex of Zn-deficient rats, leading to memory and learning ability injury. However, the administration of RMR (1- or 5-fold dosage) and with or without Zn significantly improved the antioxidase and neural activity to maintain cortex and hippocampus functions. This study demonstrates that RMR is a possible functional food for the prevention or cure of neural injury associated with Zn deficiency.
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- Bao-Hong Lee
- Institute of Microbiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Kumar M, Ahmad A, Rawat P, Khan MF, Rasheed N, Gupta P, Sathiamoorthy B, Bhatia G, Palit G, Maurya R. Antioxidant flavonoid glycosides from Evolvulus alsinoides. Fitoterapia 2009; 81:234-42. [PMID: 19748554 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2009.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2009] [Revised: 08/31/2009] [Accepted: 08/31/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Oxidative damage is an established outcome of chronic stress. Thus, the present study was designed to investigate the modulatory role of ethanolic extract of Evolvulus alsinoides (EA) in terms of oxidative alterations at peripheral and central level in rats subjected to chronic unpredictable stress (CUS). CUS exposure for 7 days reduced Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase and catalase activity with increase in glutathione peroxidase activity and lipid peroxidation, while decrease in reduced glutathione level in blood plasma, frontal cortex and hippocampus regions of brain. Oral administration of EA extract at 200mg/kg p.o. normalized these stress induced oxidative alterations with an efficacy similar to that of melatonin. Further, EA extract was taken up for detailed chemical investigation. Two new flavonol-4'-glycoside, kaempferol 4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-glucopyranoside (3) and kaempferol 4'-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->6)-beta-D-glucopyranoside (5) were isolated, along with eight known compounds (1, 2, 4 and 6-10). The structures of new compounds were established by detailed spectroscopic studies, while known compounds were characterized by direct comparison of their reported NMR data. All these compounds were evaluated for their in vitro antioxidant activity. Compounds 3, 5, 9 and 10 at 100 and 200 microg/ml showed significant in vitro antioxidant activity. Therefore, EA may hold great potential in preventing clinical deterioration in stress induced oxidative load and related disorders.
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- Manmeet Kumar
- Division of Medicinal and Process Chemistry, Central Drug Research Institute CSIR, Lucknow 226001, India
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Kravcukova P, Danielisova V, Nemethova M, Burda J, Gottlieb M. Transient forebrain ischemia impact on lymphocyte DNA damage, glutamic acid level, and SOD activity in blood. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2009; 29:887-94. [PMID: 19259803 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-009-9371-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2008] [Accepted: 02/16/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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AIMS Brain ischemia-reperfusion injury remains incompletely understood but appears to involve a complex series of interrelated biochemical pathways caused mainly by a burst of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In the present work we studied the impact of postischemic condition in the early phase of reperfusion on plasma and blood cells. METHODS Transient forebrain ischemia was induced in Wistar rats by four-vessel occlusion model. Blood samples collected during postischemic reperfusion 20, 40, 60, 90, and 120 min after ischemia were used for assessing breaks of lymphocyte DNA, fluorimetric measurement of whole blood glutamate concentration, and spectrophotometrical determination of SOD activity in plasma and blood cells. RESULTS Our results showed the most interesting changes of all observed parameters mainly at 40 and 120 min of reperfusion, when we observed peak DNA damage of lymphocytes and highest glutamate level and total and Cu/Zn SOD activity. At those time points, Mn SOD activity was low in plasma, as well as in blood cells. On the contrary, at 60 and 90 min, all studied parameters were approximately at the level of control. CONCLUSION Ischemia/reperfusion injury has influence on blood cells and has at least two waves of impact on DNA damage of peripheral lymphocytes, affects activity of major antioxidant enzymes SODs, as well as blood glutamic acid level. Elevation of Mn SOD activity probably plays an important role in the processes of elimination of postischemic damage in blood cells.
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- Petra Kravcukova
- Institute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice,040 01, Slovak Republic.
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Bhatnagar M, Shukla SD, Bhatnagar R. Experimental Neurodegeneration in Hippocampus and Its Phytoremidation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/j157v05n02_03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The interaction between acute oligomer Abeta(1-40) and stress severely impaired spatial learning and memory. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2009; 93:8-18. [PMID: 19660564 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2009] [Revised: 07/24/2009] [Accepted: 07/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In this study, we investigated whether stress can enhance the toxicity of oligomer Abeta(1-40) in the mouse brain. Stress was applied to the animals, consisting of a 2-day inescapable foot shock followed by 3-weekly situation reminders (SRs). We found that stress significantly affected not only the amygdala-dependent (anxiety) but also the hippocampal-dependent (spatial learning and memory) behaviors through the oxidative damage caused in these two regions. However, oligomer Abeta(1-40) treatment alone did not induce behavioral impairment. In addition, combined oligomer Abeta(1-40) and stress treatment increased the glucocorticoid receptor (GR)/mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) ratio and the expression of corticotrophin releasing factor 1 (CRF-1) receptor in the hippocampus. Changes in the components of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, such as the GR/MR ratio and CRF-1 level, were observed, accompanied by increasing Abeta accumulation, oxidative stress, nuclear transcription factor (NF-kappaB) hypoactivity, and apoptotic signaling in the hippocampus, and decreasing calbindin D28K and NMDA receptor 2A/2B (NR2A/2B) in the hippocampus, along with alteration of the cholinergic neurons (ChAT) in the medium septum/diagnoid band (MS/DB), noradrenergic neurons (TH) in the locus coeruleus (LC), and serotonergic neurons (5-HT) in the Raphe nucleus. Therefore, apoptosis and synaptic dysfunction in the hippocampus severely induced the impairment of spatial learning and memory. These results suggest that stress may play an important role in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and an antioxidant strategy might be a potential therapeutic approach for stress-mediated disorders.
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Derin N, Aydin S, Yargiçoglu P, Agar A. CHANGES IN VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS, LIPID PEROXIDATION AND ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES IN RATS EXPOSED TO RESTRAINT STRESS: EFFECT OF L-CARNITINE. Int J Neurosci 2009; 116:205-21. [PMID: 16484050 DOI: 10.1080/00207450690969805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The purpose of our study was to investigate the effects of L-carnitine on lipid peroxidation, Visual Evoked Potentials (VEPs) and antioxidant enzyme activities such as superoxide dismutase and catalase in rats exposed to chronic restraint stress. Forty male Wistar rats, aged three months were used. They were equally divided into four groups: control (C), the group exposed to restraint stress (R), the group treated with L-carnitine(L) and the group exposed to stress and treated with L-carnitine (RL). Chronic restraint stress was applied for 21 days (1 h/day) and L-carnitine (50 mg/kg/day) was given by gavage to the L and RL groups for the same period. Brain and retina levels of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) were significantly increased in the R group and were not altered in the L group compared to the C group. Brain and retina TBARS levels were lower in the RL group than in the R group. Brain and retina superoxide dismutase and catalase activities were significantly decreased in the L and R groups compared to the C group. L-carnitine pretreatment had no significant effect on superoxide dismutase and catalase activity in the RL group. All latencies of VEP components were prolonged in the R and L groups with respect to the C group. L-carnitine increased the latencies of all VEP components in the L group whereas shortened them in the RL group compared to their control groups. L-carnitine may be a promising agent for the prevention of VEP and TBARS alterations caused by stress.
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- Narin Derin
- Department of Biophysics, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey
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Abidin I, Yargiçoglu P, Agar A, Gümüslü S, Aydin S, Oztürk O, Sahin E. THE EFFECT OF CHRONIC RESTRAINT STRESS ON SPATIAL LEARNING AND MEMORY: RELATION TO OXIDANT STRESS. Int J Neurosci 2009; 114:683-99. [PMID: 15204074 DOI: 10.1080/00207450490430543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of chronic restraint stress (RS) on spatial learning and memory. Fifty healthy male Wistar rats, aged three months were used. They were equally divided into five groups--C: Control, W: Water Maze, CS-1: Restrained for 21 days (1 h/day) + water maze protocol following stress period, CS-2: Restrained for 28 days (1 h/day) + water maze protocol during last 7 days of stress period, CS-3: Restrained for 21 days and allowed to recovery for 7 days (1 h/day). Corticosterone levels were higher in all stress groups than in C and W groups. Nitrite levels of frontal cortex and hippocampus were found to be elevated in chronic stress groups with respect to C and W groups. Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) of both tissues were increased significantly in CS1 and CS2 groups compared with C, W, and CS3 groups. Escape latencies of CS1 and CS2 groups were longer than those of the W group on each day of acquisition. In transfer test, CS1 and CS2 groups stayed significantly shorter in target quadrant according to the W group. Significant correlations between corticosterone and either nitrite or TBARS of hippocampus and frontal cortex were found. Both acquisition and memory performances were negatively correlated with plasma corticosterone level, nitrite, and TBARS levels of hippocampus and frontal cortex. The results of this study suggest that stress-induced lipid peroxidation may affect the acquisition and memory performances.
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- Ismail Abidin
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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Filipović D, Pajović SB. Differential regulation of CuZnSOD expression in rat brain by acute and/or chronic stress. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2009; 29:673-81. [PMID: 19283469 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-009-9375-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2008] [Accepted: 02/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Neuroendocrine stress (NES) causes increase of glucocorticoids and alters physiological levels of reactive oxygen species production in cells, which might involve modifications in the antioxidant defense system. We investigated the hypothesis that acute, chronic, or combined stress alters copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (CuZnSOD) expression pattern at both, mRNA and subcellular protein level in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of rats and that there may be a relationship between stress-induced corticosterone and CuZnSOD expression. The most effective stress model which led to the most pronounced changes in CuZnSOD expression patterns was also investigated. Our results demonstrated that acute stress immobilization up-regulates mRNA expression of hippocampal CuZnSOD, while cytosolic protein expression of this enzyme was increased in both brain structures. Chronic stress isolation had no effect on either mRNA and protein expression level and caused a lack of significant up-regulation to a novel acute stressors. The presence of this protein in nuclear fractions of both brain structures was also confirmed. The elevated cytosolic CuZnSOD protein levels following acute immobilization might reflect on the defense system against oxidative stress. Chronic isolation compromises CuZnSOD protein expression, which may lead to the inefficient defense against reactive oxygen species (ROS). The stress-triggered CuZnSOD protein expression was not correlated by the corresponding mRNA. The results suggest that different stress models exert a different degree of influence on mRNA and protein level of CuZnSOD in both brain structures as well as serum corticosterone.
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- Dragana Filipović
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinca, P. O. Box 522-090, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia.
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Aksu I, Topcu A, Camsari UM, Acikgoz O. Effect of acute and chronic exercise on oxidant–antioxidant equilibrium in rat hippocampus, prefrontal cortex and striatum. Neurosci Lett 2009; 452:281-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2008] [Revised: 07/21/2008] [Accepted: 09/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Physical and psychological stressors not only enhance activity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis, but also cause oxidative damage by inducing an imbalance between the in vivo pro-oxidant and antioxidant status. The involvement of adrenal steroid stress hormones in oxidative damage associated with these stressors has not been extensively investigated. Therefore, this study was designed to probe any direct role of glucocorticoids on induction of oxidative processes by comparing the effects of low, intermediate and high doses of exogenously administered corticosterone, without other applied stressors, on a wide range of key components of the antioxidant defence system. The data presented here indicate a substantial decline in antioxidant defences by actions of corticosterone, evidenced by coordinate decreases in the activities in the brain, liver and heart of free-radical scavenging enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione S-transferase (GST) and glutathione reductase (GR), as well as the non-enzymatic antioxidants glutathione (GSH) and serum urate. Also, lipid peroxidation and protein carbonyl contents, oxidative stress markers, were found to be significantly increased in brain, liver and heart. The compromised in vivo antioxidant status was strikingly analogous to the deleterious effects of restraint stress, indicating a direct effect of stress hormones on induction of oxidative damage during physical or psychological stress. A dose-dependent decrease of SOD and CAT, and increase in protein oxidation was observed between the high (40 mg/kg) and low (10 mg/kg) doses of corticosterone. The findings have fundamental implications for oxidative stress as a major pathological mechanism in the maladaptation to chronic stress. Thus, the study suggests that stress hormones have a causal role in impacting oxidative processes induced during the adaptive response. This may hold important implications for pharmacological interventions targeting cellular antioxidants as a promising strategy for protecting against oxidative insults in various psychiatric and non-psychiatric conditions induced by physical or psychological stress.
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- Ayesha Zafir
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, A. M. University, Aligarh, UP, India
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Johnson BN, Yamamoto BK. Chronic unpredictable stress augments +3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-induced monoamine depletions: the role of corticosterone. Neuroscience 2009; 159:1233-43. [PMID: 19409219 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.01.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2008] [Revised: 01/14/2009] [Accepted: 01/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Exposure to stress alters the behavioral and neurochemical effects of drugs of abuse. However, it is unknown if chronic stress can affect the serotonergic depletions induced by the psychostimulant drug 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). Rats were exposed to 10 days of chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) which resulted in the predicted elevation of basal plasma corticosterone concentrations. On the 11th day, rats received four challenge doses of MDMA (5 mg/kg every 2 h, i.p.) or saline. Five days later, rats were killed and serotonin (5-HT) and dopamine content were measured in the striatum, hippocampus, and frontal cortex. MDMA produced greater depletions of 5-HT in all three brain regions of rats pre-exposed to CUS compared to rats not exposed to CUS. CUS-exposed rats also had an augmented acute hyperthermic response but a similar increase in plasma corticosterone after challenge injections of MDMA compared with non-stressed rats similarly challenged with MDMA. Moreover, CUS-exposed rats exhibited an MDMA-induced depletion of striatal dopamine that was absent in non-stressed rats that received MDMA. To investigate the role of corticosterone in these effects, the corticosterone synthesis inhibitor, metyrapone (50 mg/kg i.p.), was administered prior to each stressor on each of the 10 days of CUS. Metyrapone blocked the chronic stress-induced elevation in basal plasma corticosterone, prevented the enhancement of MDMA-induced hyperthermia, and blocked the enhanced depletions of 5-HT and dopamine in CUS-exposed rats, but had no effect on the acute MDMA-induced increases in plasma corticosterone. These findings suggest that CUS alone can increase the basal level of corticosterone that in turn, plays an important role in enhancing the sensitivity of both 5-HT and dopamine terminals to the hyperthermic and monoamine depleting effects of MDMA without altering the acute corticosterone response to an MDMA challenge.
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- B N Johnson
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Laboratory of Neurochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Proteomic analysis of rat retina in a steroid-induced ocular hypertension model: potential vulnerability to oxidative stress. Jpn J Ophthalmol 2008; 52:84-90. [PMID: 18626730 DOI: 10.1007/s10384-007-0507-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2007] [Accepted: 09/17/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate global protein expression profiles in the retinas of normal and glucocorticoid-induced ocular hypertensive rats by proteomic analysis. METHODS Ocular hypertension was induced by topical application of dexamethasone (DEX) for 4 weeks. Age-matched untreated rats served as controls. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was monitored by an electronic tonometer. Retinal protein expression profiling was carried out by two-dimensional fluorescence difference gel electrophoresis (2-D DIGE). Proteins were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. RESULTS In DEX-treated rats, average IOP was elevated significantly compared with controls. With DEX treatment, levels of four proteins were altered, as revealed by 2-D DIGE and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry: apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1), a lipid-binding protein, upregulated 1.9-fold, P < 0.05; alpha A crystallin (CRYAA), a molecular chaperone, downregulated 2.7-fold, P < 0.01; superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1), an antioxidant enzyme, downregulated 2.3-fold, P < 0.05; and triosephosphate isomerase 1 (TPI1), a glycolytic enzyme, downregulated 2.3-fold, P < 0.01. CONCLUSIONS Downregulation of CRYAA, SOD1, and TPI1, observed here after a short period of DEX-induced ocular hypertension, may be involved in the onset of neural damage in steroid-induced glaucoma.
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Effects of corticosteroids on oxidative damage and circulating carotenoids in captive adult kestrels (Falco tinnunculus). J Comp Physiol B 2008; 178:829-35. [DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0270-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2007] [Revised: 03/26/2008] [Accepted: 04/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Gonçalves L, Dafre AL, Carobrez SG, Gasparotto OC. A temporal analysis of the relationships between social stress, humoral immune response and glutathione-related antioxidant defenses. Behav Brain Res 2008; 192:226-31. [PMID: 18511135 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2007] [Revised: 04/11/2008] [Accepted: 04/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The exposure to different kinds of stress impacts on the reactive oxygen species production with potential risk to the integrity of the tissues. Psychological or biological stress is responsible for a significant increase in the oxidative stress markers and also for activation of the antioxidant defense system. In this study, we analyzed the relationships between social stress, humoral immune response and glutathione-related antioxidant defenses. Groups of male Swiss mice were subjected to different lengths of social stress exposure (social confrontation) which varied from 1 up to 13 days. As a biological stressor, 10(9) sheep red blood cells (SRBC)/mL were injected by intraperitoneal route. As controls, animals not subjected to social stress and/or injected with vehicle solution were used. The serum samples and the cerebral cortex were collected at 4 h, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13 days after the end of social confrontation. The results indicated that the antioxidant enzymes activities were affected by psychological as well as by biological stressor. These alterations were dependent on the timing of stress exposure which resulted in a positive or in a negative correlation between the antibody titres to SRBC and antioxidant enzymes. We also discuss the possible role of SRBC injection in the modulation of the effects of psychosocial stress on antioxidant metabolism.
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- Luciane Gonçalves
- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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Danielisová V, Gottlieb M, Némethová M, Burda J. Effects of Bradykinin Postconditioning on Endogenous Antioxidant Enzyme Activity After Transient Forebrain Ischemia in Rat. Neurochem Res 2007; 33:1057-64. [DOI: 10.1007/s11064-007-9550-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2007] [Accepted: 11/08/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Enache M, Van Waes V, Vinner E, Lhermitte M, Maccari S, Darnaudéry M. Impact of an acute exposure to ethanol on the oxidative stress status in the hippocampus of prenatal restraint stress adolescent male rats. Brain Res 2007; 1191:55-62. [PMID: 18096141 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2007] [Revised: 11/06/2007] [Accepted: 11/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Prenatal restraint stress (PRS) in rats is associated with hippocampal dysfunctions and several behavioural and endocrine disorders related to this brain area. Recently, we have reported that the PRS modifies the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) response to an ethanol challenge in adolescent animals. Since hippocampus is particularly sensitive to the deleterious effects of ethanol during adolescence, we investigated in this study the combined effects of PRS and ethanol administration on the oxidative status in the hippocampus of 28-day-old male rats. Thirty minutes after an intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of ethanol (1.5 g/kg), the activities of several antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase) but also non-enzymatic antioxidant (reduced glutathione) were assayed. Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) levels were also measured as a marker of lipid peroxidation. Ethanol enhanced superoxide dismutase activity in control rats but not in PRS rats. At basal level, catalase activity was lower in PRS rats than in control rats, indicating a potentially higher sensitivity to oxidative damages after this early stress. However, the hippocampal TBARS levels were not significantly affected by the ethanol administration, showing that an acute ethanol exposure does not induce oxidative damage in adolescent male rats. In conclusion, our data suggest that PRS affects both basal antioxidant status in the hippocampus and antioxidant response after an acute ethanol exposure. These findings extend previous works showing that PRS leads to hippocampal dysfunctions and raise the question of the potential increase of the hippocampal oxidative damage in PRS rats after repeated exposure to ethanol.
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- Mihaela Enache
- UPRES EA 4052, Equipe Stress Périnatal, Université de Lille 1, 59655 Villeneuve D'Ascq, France
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Finsterer J. Hematological manifestations of primary mitochondrial disorders. Acta Haematol 2007; 118:88-98. [PMID: 17637511 DOI: 10.1159/000105676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2007] [Accepted: 05/08/2007] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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At onset mitochondrial disorders (MID) frequently manifest as a mono-organic problem but turn into multisystem disease during the disease course in most of the cases. Organs/tissues most frequently affected in MID are the cerebrum, peripheral nerves, and the skeletal muscle. Additionally, most of the inner organs may be affected alone or in combination. Hematological manifestations of MID include aplastic, megaloblastic, or sideroblastic anemia, leukopenia, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, or pancytopenia. In single cases either permanent or recurrent eosinophilia has been observed. Hematological abnormalities may occur together with syndromic or nonsyndromic MIDs. Syndromic MIDs, in which hematological manifestations predominate, are the Pearson syndrome (pancytopenia), Kearns-Sayre syndrome (anemia), Barth syndrome (neutropenia), and the autosomal recessive mitochondrial myopathy, lactic acidosis and sideroblastic anemia syndrome. In single cases with Leigh's syndrome, MERRF (myoclonic epilepsy and ragged-red fiber) syndrome, Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, and Friedreich's ataxia anemia has been described. Anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, eosinophilia, or pancytopenia can frequently also be found in nonsyndromic MIDs with or without involvement of other tissues. Therapy of blood cell involvement in MID comprises application of antioxidants, vitamins, iron, bone marrow-stimulating factors, or substitution of cells.
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Tata DA, Yamamoto BK. Interactions between methamphetamine and environmental stress: role of oxidative stress, glutamate and mitochondrial dysfunction. Addiction 2007; 102 Suppl 1:49-60. [PMID: 17493053 DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01770.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS Methamphetamine is an amphetamine derivative that is abused increasingly world-wide at an alarming rate over the last decade. Pre-clinical and human studies have shown that methamphetamine is neurotoxic to brain dopamine and serotonin. Other lines of study indicate that stress enhances the vulnerability to drug abuse. The purpose of this review is to shed light on the biochemical similarities between methamphetamine and stress in an effort to highlight the possibility that prior exposure to stress may interact with methamphetamine to exacerbate neurotoxicity. METHODS A review of the literature on methamphetamine and stress was conducted that focused on the common neurotoxic and biochemical consequences of methamphetamine administration and stress exposure. RESULTS Experimental findings of a large number of studies suggest that there are parallels between stress and methamphetamine with regard to their ability to increase glutamate release, produce a metabolic compromise and cause oxidative damage. CONCLUSION A combination of methamphetamine administration and stress can act synergistically and/or additively to cause or augment toxicity in brain regions such as striatum and hippocampus.
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- Despina A Tata
- Laboratory of Neurochemistry, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Danielisová V, Gottlieb M, Némethová M, Burda J. Activities of endogenous antioxidant enzymes in the cerebrospinal fluid and the hippocampus after transient forebrain ischemia in rat. J Neurol Sci 2007; 253:61-5. [PMID: 17215005 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2006] [Revised: 11/30/2006] [Accepted: 12/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The activity of SOD and CAT was measured in controls and 5 h after 5, 10 and 15 min of ischemia, as well as 1 or 2 days after 10 min of ischemia in the hippocampus and in the CSF. A significant increase in total SOD activity 5 h after ischemia was caused mainly by increased CuZn-SOD activity. The highest values were measured 5 h after 5 min ischemia (by 160%) and smallest if 15 min (by 40%) of ischemia was used. In comparison to the hippocampus, the activity of SOD in CSF increased equally after all intervals of ischemia. Activities of total SOD and CuZn-SOD after 10 min of ischemia in the hippocampus were significantly increased only after 5 and 24 h of reperfusion but in CSF they were increased after all examined intervals of reperfusion. The activity of CAT was significantly increased in the hippocampus after 5 (by 260%), 10 and 15 min (by 100%) of ischemia. CAT activity in CSF was increased equally after all intervals of ischemia (by 200%). Ischemic attack causes a rapid response in hippocampal tissue as well as in the CSF, represented by an increase in the activity of endogenous antioxidant enzymes SOD and CAT.
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- Viera Danielisová
- Institute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Soltesovej 6, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
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Activity of manganese superoxide dismutase in rat brain exposed to acute, chronic, or combined stress. ARCH BIOL SCI 2007. [DOI: 10.2298/abs070339pp] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Acikgoz O, Aksu I, Topcu A, Kayatekin BM. Acute exhaustive exercise does not alter lipid peroxidation levels and antioxidant enzyme activities in rat hippocampus, prefrontal cortex and striatum. Neurosci Lett 2006; 406:148-51. [PMID: 16905254 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2006] [Revised: 06/28/2006] [Accepted: 07/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Although regular physical exercise is beneficial to the body, it is well known that exhaustive exercise causes oxidative stress in muscle. Recent studies suggest that regular moderate physical exercise has the beneficial effects on brain. However, there is little information regarding whether or not exhaustive exercise could generate oxidative stress in brain and the findings are conflicting. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of exhaustive exercise on thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, as an indicator of lipid peroxidation, in the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex and striatum. Additionally we examined antioxidant enzymes activities, superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase, to assess the effects of reactive oxygen species. Exhaustive exercise did not change superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase enzyme activities and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances levels neither immediately (0 min) nor at 3, 6, 12, 24 and 48 h after the cessation of exercise in the brain. These results indicate that acute exhaustive exercise may not cause significant lipid peroxidation in the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex and striatum during the post-exercise period.
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- Osman Acikgoz
- Dokuz Eylul University, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Balcova, 35340 Izmir, Turkey.
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de Vasconcellos APS, Nieto FB, Crema LM, Diehl LA, de Almeida LM, Prediger ME, da Rocha ER, Dalmaz C. Chronic Lithium Treatment has Antioxidant Properties but does not Prevent Oxidative Damage Induced by Chronic Variate Stress. Neurochem Res 2006; 31:1141-51. [PMID: 16944317 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-006-9139-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/08/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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This study evaluated the effects of chronic stress and lithium treatments on oxidative stress parameters in hippocampus, hypothalamus, and frontal cortex. Adult male Wistar rats were divided into two groups: control and submitted to chronic variate stress, and subdivided into treated or not with LiCl. After 40 days, rats were killed, and lipoperoxidation, production free radicals, total antioxidant reactivity (TAR) levels, and superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities were evaluated. The results showed that stress increased lipoperoxidation and that lithium decreased free radicals production in hippocampus; both treatments increased TAR. In hypothalamus, lithium increased TAR and no effect was observed in the frontal cortex. Stress increased SOD activity in hippocampus; while lithium increased GPx in hippocampus and SOD in hypothalamus. We concluded that lithium presented antioxidant properties, but is not able to prevent oxidative damage induced by chronic variate stress.
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Voigtländer T, Unterberger U, Touma C, Palme R, Polster B, Strohschneider M, Dorner S, Budka H. Prominent corticosteroid disturbance in experimental prion disease. Eur J Neurosci 2006; 23:2723-30. [PMID: 16817875 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04801.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Prion diseases comprise a group of neurodegenerative disorders that invariably lead to death in affected individuals. The most prominent event in these diseases is a rapid and pronounced neuronal loss, although the cause and the precise mechanisms of neuronal cell death have not been identified so far. Recently, it has been suggested that corticosteroids might play a role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders in general, as the regulation of these hormones was found to be disturbed in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, as well as in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. To evaluate the possible corticosteroid disturbances in prion diseases, we determined the concentration of corticosterone metabolites in the faeces of scrapie-inoculated mice during the course of the clinical disease. We observed markedly elevated concentrations of the metabolites during the last 5 weeks of the disease, as well as a severe disturbance of circadian periodicity of corticosterone excretion as much as 2 weeks before this elevation. A simultaneous downregulation of cerebral neuronal glucocorticoid receptors was not detectable by immunohistochemistry, indicating that increased corticosteroids can elicit their effects in mouse scrapie freely. The dysregulation of corticosteroid excretion might act as a further cofactor in the pathogenesis of scrapie, for example by preconditioning nerve cells to disease-immanent neurotoxic stimuli, such as oxidative stress, and to apoptosis.
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- Till Voigtländer
- Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, AKH, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1097 Vienna, Austria.
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Bhat MS, Rao G, Murthy KD, Bhat PG. Housing in pyramid counteracts neuroendocrine and oxidative stress caused by chronic restraint in rats. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2006; 4:35-42. [PMID: 17342239 PMCID: PMC1810373 DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2006] [Accepted: 06/18/2006] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The space within the great pyramid and its smaller replicas is believed to have an antistress effect. Research has shown that the energy field within the pyramid can protect the hippocampal neurons of mice from stress-induced atrophy and also reduce neuroendocrine stress, oxidative stress and increase antioxidant defence in rats. In this study, we have, for the first time, attempted to study the antistress effects of pyramid exposure on the status of cortisol level, oxidative damage and antioxidant status in rats during chronic restraint stress. Adult female Wistar rats were divided into four groups as follows: normal controls (NC) housed in home cage and left in the laboratory; restrained rats (with three subgroups) subject to chronic restraint stress by placing in a wire mesh restrainer for 6 h per day for 14 days, the restrained controls (RC) having their restrainers kept in the laboratory; restrained pyramid rats (RP) being kept in the pyramid; and restrained square box rats (RS) in the square box during the period of restraint stress everyday. Erythrocyte malondialdehyde (MDA) and plasma cortisol levels were significantly increased and erythrocyte-reduced glutathione (GSH) levels, erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities were significantly decreased in RC and RS rats as compared to NC. However, these parameters were maintained to near normal levels in RP rats which showed significantly decreased erythrocyte MDA and plasma cortisol and significantly increased erythrocyte GSH levels, erythrocyte GSH-Px and SOD activities when compared with RS rats. The results showed that housing in pyramid counteracts neuroendocrine and oxidative stress caused by chronic restraint in rats.
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- M. Surekha Bhat
- Department of Biochemistry, Department of Physiology, Melaka Manipal Medical College and Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College Manipal 576104, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Department of Physiology, Melaka Manipal Medical College and Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College Manipal 576104, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Department of Physiology, Melaka Manipal Medical College and Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College Manipal 576104, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Department of Physiology, Melaka Manipal Medical College and Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College Manipal 576104, India
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Stojiljković V, Todorović A, Kasapović J, Pejić S, Pajović SB. Antioxidant enzyme activity in rat hippocampus after chronic and acute stress exposure. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006; 1048:373-6. [PMID: 16154956 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1342.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Chronic exposure to stress alters the prooxidant-antioxidant balance, which might lead to the development of various human pathological states. In order to explain the role of antioxidant response in stress-induced injury, we examined the effects of two types of acute stress, as well as combined effects of chronic and acute stress on manganese-superoxide dismutase, copper,zinc-superoxide dismutase, and catalase activities in rat brain hippocampus. Our results show that chronic stress induces an increase in oxidative enzyme activities and that adaptation to chronic stress might alter hippocampal antioxidant mechanisms' response to acute stress.
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- Vesna Stojiljković
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinca, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
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Danielisová V, Némethová M, Gottlieb M, Burda J. The changes in endogenous antioxidant enzyme activity after postconditioning. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2006; 26:1181-91. [PMID: 16741674 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-006-9034-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2005] [Accepted: 12/09/2005] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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1. The aim of this work was to study potential mechanisms participating in postischemic protection of selectively vulnerable CA1 neurons in the hippocampus. Experiments were focused on measuring changes in endogenous antioxidant enzyme activity. 2. Forebrain cerebral ischemia was induced in a rat by four-vessel occlusion. Ten minutes of ischemia induces so-called delayed neuronal death in selectively vulnerable CA1 region 3 days later. After 7 days of reperfusion, 71.6% of neurons succumb to neurodegeneration. When 5 min of ischemia was used as postconditioning, 2 days after 10 min of cerebral ischemia, delayed neuronal death in CA1 was almost completely (89.9%) prevented. 3. Searching for mechanisms of protection, we measured the activity of endogenous antioxidant enzymes. Activities of the antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) were measured in the hippocampus, striatum and cortex by spectrophotometric methods after 10 min of ischemia used as the preconditioning. Two days after the preconditioning or the sham operation, second ischemia was induced for 5 min. We observed significant increase of total SOD activity in all studied regions of the brain 5 h after postconditioning (5 min of ischemia). SOD activity decreased to control values after 24 h. 4. In some experiments, we used intraperitoneal injections of norepinephrine (3.1 microM/kg) or 3-nitropropionic acid (20 mg/kg) as postconditioning, instead of ischemia. All three treatments resulted in significant increase of SOD activity, but norepinephrine was the most effective. The same effect as was seen for total SOD activity could be observed for CuZn-SOD as well as Mn-SOD activity. Similarly, considerable increase in the activity of catalase was detected 5 h after postconditioning (5 min of ischemia). It is interesting that the greatest changes were established in selectively vulnerable hippocampus and striatum. As in the case of SOD, the highest levels of CAT activity were induced by norepinephrine, while lower but significant increase in CAT activity was induced by 3-nitropropionic acid.5. Our results suggest that endogenous antioxidants SOD and CAT could play considerable neuroprotective role after postconditioning.
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- Viera Danielisová
- Institute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Soltesovej, 040 01 Kosice, Soltesovej, Slovak Republic.
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