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- Title
Folic acid alleviated oxidative stress-induced telomere attrition and inhibited apoptosis of neurocytes in old rats.
- Authors
Zhou, Dezheng; Sun, Yue; Dong, Cuixia; Wang, Zehao; Zhao, Jing; Li, Zhenshu; Huang, Guowei; Li, Wen
- Abstract
Purpose: Oxidative stress has been reported to cause telomere attrition, which triggers cell apoptosis. Apoptosis of neurocytes may play an essential role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. This study hypothesized that folic acid (FA) supplementation decreased neurocyte apoptosis by alleviating oxidative stress-induced telomere attrition in 25-month-old Sprague Dawley (SD) rats. Methods: Three-month-old male SD rats were randomly divided into four diet groups by different concentrations of folic acid in equal numbers, with intervention for 22 months. Folate, homocysteine (Hcy), reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, antioxidant activities, and telomere length in the brain tissues were tested at 11, 18, and 22 months of intervention, and 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) levels, neurocyte apoptosis and telomere length in the cerebral cortex and hippocampal regions were tested during the 22-month intervention. An automated chemiluminescence system, auto-chemistry analyzer, Q-FISH, qPCR, and TUNEL assay were used in this study. Results: The rats had lower folate concentrations and higher Hcy, ROS, and 8-OHdG concentrations in brain tissue with aging. However, FA supplementation increased folate concentrations and antioxidant activities while decreasing Hcy, ROS, and 8-OHdG levels in rat brain tissue after 11, 18, and 22 months of intervention. Furthermore, FA supplementation alleviated telomere length shortening and inhibited neurocyte apoptosis during the 22-month intervention. Conclusion: FA supplementation alleviated oxidative stress-induced telomere attrition and inhibited apoptosis of neurocytes in 25-month-old rats.
- Subjects
TELOMERES; HOMOCYSTEINE; BIOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; HIPPOCAMPUS (Brain); ANIMAL experimentation; NUCLEOSIDES; AUTOANALYZERS; APOPTOSIS; ANTIOXIDANTS; GLYCOSIDES; DIETARY supplements; OXIDATIVE stress; CELLULAR aging; COMPARATIVE studies; RESEARCH funding; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; FLUORESCENCE in situ hybridization; AGING; NEUROPROTECTIVE agents; FOLIC acid; STATISTICAL sampling; REACTIVE oxygen species; POLYMERASE chain reaction; CEREBRAL cortex; LONGITUDINAL method; NEURODEGENERATION; PHARMACODYNAMICS
- Publication
European Journal of Nutrition, 2024, Vol 63, Issue 1, p291
- ISSN
1436-6207
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00394-023-03266-x