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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Glutathione-S-transferases (GST) are a group of enzymes which detoxify electrophilic xenobiotics (including drugs, carcinogens and their metabolites), and thus may be involved in the age-related pathologic process. Effects of a 30% dietary restriction on liver GST activities toward seven substrates were studied in male Lobund-Wistar (L-W) rats at 6, 12, 18, 24 and 30 months of age. The enzyme activities in the ad libitum (AL) group toward 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB), bromosulfophthalein (BSP), 4-nitropyridine-N-oxide (NPNO), p-nitrobenzyl chloride (NBC), trans-4-phenyl-3-buten-2-one (PBO) and styrene oxide (STOX) did not change with age, while those toward 1,2-dicholoro-4-nitrobenzene (DCNB) decreased after middle age. The enzyme activities in the dietary restricted (DR) group toward CDNB and STOX did not change with age, while those toward DCNB, BSP, NPNO, NBC and PBO decreased after middle age. The DR group had significantly higher GST activities than the AL group, especially at 18 months, when BSP, NPNO, NBC and PBO were used as the substrates. Dietary restriction did not affect GST activities toward all seven substrates at old age. These results are substrate-specific, indicating that isozyme-specific changes in GST activities occur with dietary restriction and aging. The results suggest that dietary restriction enhances liver detoxification capability associated with GSH conjugation in middle age, which may contribute to the delaying of the age-related pathologic process until a later point in life in this animal model.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0167-4943
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
191-205
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of age and dietary restriction on liver glutathione transferase activities in Lobund-Wistar rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nutrition and Food Science, 219 Funkhouser Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0054, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article