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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-17
pubmed:abstractText
In summary, the work presented here has shown accumulation of oxidized protein with age in an animal aging model. In gerbil brain, this accumulation is associated with (1) decreased activity of oxidatively sensitive enzymes creatine kinase and glutamine synthetase; (2) decreased function of particular cytoskeletal proteins; and (3) decreased performance in a radial-arm maze task. Manipulations shown to increase the presence of reactive oxygen species in the brain increase oxidized protein, decrease the index enzyme activities and cytoskeletal protein defects, and worsen performance deficits. Moreover, intervention designed to quench ROS-mediated reactions decrease oxidized protein levels, and nearly normalize index enzyme activities and associated behavioral deficits. The precise connections between the performance deficits and protein measures are probably highly complex and likely to remain obscure for now. Currently, the behavioral measures serve as a marker for the functional consequences of the protein alterations. Our studies in humans have shown oxidized protein accumulation with age and a differential decrease of glutamine synthetase activity in the frontal lobe in AD. Further preliminary results in AD autopsy material show a striking correlation between the distribution of index enzyme inactivation and the known intensity distribution of AD pathology. These findings support the hypothesis that inability to restrain age- or pathology-related increases in local ROS activity can result in AD.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0077-8923
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
738
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
44-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Amino Acids, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Autopsy, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Brain Ischemia, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Creatine Kinase, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Gerbillinae, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Maze Learning, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Memory, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Oxidation-Reduction, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Reperfusion Injury, pubmed-meshheading:7832454-Space Perception
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Aging- and oxygen-induced modifications in brain biochemistry and behavior.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't