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Panina SB, Gutsenko OI, Milyutina NP, Kornienko IV, Ananyan AA, Gvaldin DY, Plotnikov AA, Vnukov VV. SkQ1 Controls CASP3 Gene Expression and Caspase-3-Like Activity in the Brain of Rats under Oxidative Stress. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2018; 83:1245-1254. [PMID: 30472961 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297918100097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Here, we studied the effect of the mitochondria-targeted antioxidant SkQ1 (plastoquinone cationic derivative) on the CASP3 gene expression and caspase-3 activity in rat cerebral cortex and brain mitochondria under normal conditions and in oxidative stress induced by hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO). Under physiological conditions, SkQ1 administration (50 nmol/kg, 5 days) did not affect the CASP3 gene expression and caspase-3-like activity in the cortical cells, as well as caspase-3-like activity in brain mitochondria, but caused a moderate decrease in the content of primary products of lipid peroxidation (LPO) and an increase in the reduced glutathione (GSH) level. HBO-induced oxidative stress (0.5 MPa, 90 min) was accompanied by significant upregulation of CASP3 mRNA and caspase-3-like activity in the cerebral cortex, activation of the mitochondrial enzyme with simultaneous decrease in the GSH content, increase in the glutathione reductase activity, and stimulation of LPO. Administration of SkQ1 before the HBO session maintained the basal levels of the CASP3 gene expression and enzyme activity in the cerebral cortex cells and led to the normalization of caspase-3-like activity and redox parameters in brain mitochondria. We hypothesize that SkQ1 protects brain cells from the HBO-induced oxidative stress due to its antioxidant activity and stimulation of antiapoptotic mechanisms.
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Affiliation(s)
- S B Panina
- Southern Federal University, Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia
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- Southern Federal University, Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia
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- Southern Federal University, Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia.
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- Southern Federal University, Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia
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- Southern Federal University, Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia
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- Southern Federal University, Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia
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- Southern Federal University, Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia
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- Southern Federal University, Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rostov-on-Don, 344090, Russia
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Kozłowska A, Wojtacha P, Równiak M, Kolenkiewicz M, Tsai ML. Differences in serum steroid hormones concentrations in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR) - an animal model of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Physiol Res 2018; 68:25-36. [PMID: 30433797 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.933907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Spontaneously hypertensive rats are the most common animal model used to study attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The present study investigated the levels of steroid hormones in the bloodstream of hypertensive rats and its normotensive control strain, Wistar-Kyoto rats, to check if there are any hormonal differences between both strains at the onset of ADHD. Plasma samples were collected from young (5-week-old) and mature (10-week-old) male hypertensive and normotensive rats to determine the serum level of testosterone, 17beta-estradiol, free estriol, progesterone, corticosterone and cortisol using ELISA kits. The results showed statistically significant increases in serum levels of testosterone and free estriol in 10-week-old hypertensive and normotensive rats when compared to 5-week-old animals. Moreover, the concentrations of progesterone, corticosterone and cortisol were significantly elevated in 10-week-old hypertensive rats when compared to 5-week-old animals of both strains as well as 10-week-old normotensive rats. Hormonal differences observed between 10-week-old hypertensive and normotensive rats were also accompanied by differences in the volumes of lateral ventricles as well as the third ventricle and cerebral aqueduct. In conclusion, elevated contents of progesterone, corticosterone and cortisol in hypertensive rats may be associated not only with ADHD but also with developing hypertension. This question needs further study.
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- A Kozłowska
- Department of Human Physiology, School Medicine, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland.
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Vnukov VV, Gutsenko OI, Milyutina NP, Kornienko IV, Ananyan AA, Plotnikov AA, Panina SB. SkQ1 regulates expression of Nrf2, ARE-controlled genes encoding antioxidant enzymes, and their activity in cerebral cortex under oxidative stress. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2017; 82:942-952. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297917080090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Chistyakov VA, Dem'yanenko SV, Alexandrova AA, Gutnikova LV, Prokof'ev VN, Kosheleva ON. Effect of plastoquinone derivative 10-(6'-plastoquinonyl) decyltriphenylphosphonium (SkQ1) on estrous cycle and 17β-estradiol level in rats. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2013; 77:1382-6. [PMID: 23244734 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297912120061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Administration of the plastoquinone derivative 10-(6'-plastoquinonyl)decyltriphenylphosphonium (SkQ1) to female Wistar rats with regular estrous cycle once a day for two weeks at doses of 25 nmol/kg (but not 250 nmol/kg) leads to increase in proestrus duration by reducing the phase of diestrus and metestrus. Neither dose caused significant changes in serum 17β-estradiol level for any stage of the cycle. However, relative elongation of the proestrus stage leads to an increase in average per cycle estradiol levels by 20%.
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- V A Chistyakov
- Research Institute of Biology of Southern Federal University, pr. Stachki 194/1, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
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