抗衰老药物对线虫生存曲线影响的荟萃分析

随着世界人口老龄化步伐的加快,衰老机制及抗衰老药物的研究日益成为生物医学领域的热点前沿之一.国内外已有大量研究报道抗衰老药物能够延长多种模式生物包括线虫、果蝇、小鼠、大鼠及灵长类等的寿命,然而,这些药物延缓衰老方式的差异仍缺乏系统研究.因此,本研究以衰老研究的热点模式生物线虫为对象,搜集1990年以来国内外刊物上正式发表的有关抗衰老药物寿命试验的研究文献及其涉及的生存曲线,利用荟萃分析比较了不同抗衰老药物与生存曲线变化类型间的关系,并结合药物的药理作用探讨其延寿机制.生存曲线特征聚类结果与药物生物学分类交叉分析结果表明,药理作用类型与增益类型具有很强相关性,提示这2种分类方法的结果是匹配的.抗氧化剂类药物和控制血糖类药物对生存曲线的改善总体增益虽然不是最高,但相对于正常组生存曲线其增益部分呈平移形,表明该类药物可以通过改善年龄结构对整个群体产生显著增益,且其衰老曲线的特征与自然衰老相似.抗癫痫药物及胃肠道菌群相关药物总体增益较大,其曲线增益形状呈梯形,提示该类药物(尤其是胃肠道菌群相关药物)尽管显著延长了少数个体的最大寿命,但是从整个群体来看,大多数个体寿命延长程度并不明显,受益的少数个体可能需要较长的外界资源支持方能保持较长时间的存活状态,这种模式既不大众化也不经济.综上所述,清除自由基和控制血糖类药物对健康老年有着更为积极合理的作用与效应.     

人参皂苷抗衰老机制的研究进展

人参皂苷的抗衰老作用被认为是人参皂苷的重要作用之一。人参皂苷主要通过四种途径实现其抗衰老功能:通过提高机体内SOD、CAT、GSH2Px活性,诱导SOD、CAT基因表达,减少LPO、MDA含量等实现其抗衰老作用;通过促进神经递质释放、增加神经递质传递者(Ach)含量、促进NBM神经元TrkB mRNA表达、阻止神经原产生过量硝酸盐等实现其抗衰老功能;通过免疫系统在细胞和分子水平上的适度调节延缓衰老;人参皂苷亦能通过影响细胞周期调控因子、衰老基因表达,延长端粒长度、增强端粒酶活性等来实现其抗衰老功能。人参皂苷抗衰老的更完善和更深入的分子作用机制研究将成为未来研究的重点之一。     

Lithocholic acid extends longevity of chronologically aging yeast only if added at certain critical periods of their lifespan

Our studies revealed that LCA (lithocholic bile acid) extends yeast chronological lifespan if added to growth medium at the time of cell inoculation. We also demonstrated that longevity in chronologically aging yeast is programmed by the level of metabolic capacity and organelle organization that they developed before entering a quiescent state and, thus, that chronological aging in yeast is likely to be the final step of a developmental program progressing through at least one checkpoint prior to entry into quiescence. Here, we investigate how LCA influences longevity and several longevity-defining cellular processes in chronologically aging yeast if added to growth medium at different periods of the lifespan. We found that LCA can extend longevity of yeast under CR (caloric restriction) conditions only if added at either of two lifespan periods. One of them includes logarithmic and diauxic growth phases, whereas the other period exists in early stationary phase. Our findings suggest a mechanism linking the ability of LCA to increase the lifespan of CR yeast only if added at either of the two periods to its differential effects on various longevity-defining processes. In this mechanism, LCA controls these processes at three checkpoints that exist in logarithmic/diauxic, post-diauxic and early stationary phases. We therefore hypothesize that a biomolecular longevity network progresses through a series of checkpoints, at each of which (1) genetic, dietary and pharmacological anti-aging interventions modulate a distinct set of longevity-defining processes comprising the network; and (2) checkpoint-specific master regulators monitor and govern the functional states of these processes.     

盐生隐杆藻胞外多糖(EPAH)抗衰老的实验研究

通过检测实验小鼠血清中的SOD、CAT、MDA、GSH的活性,同时检测肝、脑中脂褐素(Lf)的量以及胸腺系数和脾系数等多项指标,研究了盐生隐杆藻胞外多糖抗衰老活性,并通过耐力实验研究了盐生隐杆藻胞外多糖对小鼠增强耐力的作用.结果显示EPAH能明显降低老龄小鼠肝、脑脂褐素的含量,降低老龄小鼠血清中MDA的含量,增强老龄小鼠血浆中SOD、GSH、CAT的生物学活性,同时增强抗应激能力,提示EPAH有提高小鼠抗衰老的作用.     

螺旋藻多糖的药理作用研究

螺旋藻多糖（Ｐｏｌｙｓａｃｃｈａｒｉｄｅ ｏｆ Ｓｐｉｒｕｌｉｎａ）是从螺旋藻中提取的一种无毒的天然产物,具有多种生物学活性。为进一步探讨螺旋藻多糖的作用,本文以小鼠为动物模型,观察极大藻多糖对小鼠生物功能的影响。螺旋藻多糖可以提高受γ射线致死剂量照射的小鼠３０天内的存活率促进小鼠多能干细胞和造血祖细胞的增殖和分化;促进受到辐射损伤的小鼠造血系统的恢复,增强小鼠的抗辐射能力。螺旋藻多糖可以提高小鼠     

Sesquiterpene glucosides from Shenzhou honey peach fruit showed the anti-aging activity in the evaluation system using yeasts

One new (1, SZMT01) and one known (2) anti-aging substances were isolated from Shenzhou honey peach fruit. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods and chemical derivatization, and the result reveals that these two compounds are sesquiterpene glucosides. SZMT01 possesses a new glycosylation with an ester linkage at one terminal in an acyclic sesquiterpenoid which is the end of a double bond at another terminal. Both compounds extend the replicative lifespan of K6001 yeast strain at doses of 7.5 and 25 μM. Then, to understand the action mechanism involved, we performed an anti-oxidative experiment on SZMT01. The result revealed that treatment with SZMT01 increased the survival rate of yeast under oxidative stress. Moreover, the lifespans of sod1 and sod2 mutant yeast strains with a K6001 background were not affected by SZMT01. These results demonstrate that anti-oxidative stress performs important roles in anti-aging effects of SZMT01.     

小鼠膜型抗衰老蛋白Klotho基因特异片段的克隆、原核表达及多克隆抗体制备

目的克隆小鼠膜型抗衰老蛋白Klotho基因特异片段,制备小鼠Klotho多克隆抗体。方法以小鼠基因组为模板进行PCR,克隆了小鼠膜型抗衰老蛋白Klotho基因外显子Ⅳ部分序列,经BamH I和Nhe I双酶切后定向克隆到质粒pET-GST中,构建原核表达质粒pET-GST-Klotho,转化大肠埃希菌BL21（DE3）,用IPTG诱导表达。以重组GST-Klotho融合蛋白免疫家兔,制备Klotho多克隆抗体。结果表达产物经SDS-PAGE检测表明,在大肠埃希菌中成功表达了GST-Klotho融合蛋白,GST-Klotho融合蛋白表达量占菌体总蛋白的15％左右;另外通过ELISA法测得抗血清抗体效价约为1：10000,Western印迹分析验证了抗体特异性。结论GST-Klotho融合蛋白的表达和Klotho多克隆抗体的制备为进一步研究Klotho蛋白在小鼠体内的表达模式以及相关抗衰老药物的研制奠定了基础。     

六味地黄慢性处理对抗D半乳糖引起的大鼠大脑胆碱能神经系统损伤

本研究旨在观察六味地黄(Liu Wei Dihuang,LWDH)对D-半乳糖(D-galactose,D-gal)致衰老大鼠的学习记忆能力及中枢胆碱能神经系统的保护作用.采用成年Sprague-Dawley(SD)大鼠64只,雌雄各半.雄性、雌性大鼠均随机分为4组(n=8):空白对照组即生理盐水+生理盐水(N+N)组...     

植物多糖抗衰老作用的研究进展

植物中存在许多天然活性多糖。由于生长环境不同,不同植物的多糖在结构和组成上有明显差异,但不同来源的植物多糖却具有相似的生物学活性,比如调节机体免疫功能、抑制肿瘤、抗衰老、抗病毒、降血脂、降血糖、抗氧化等。植物多糖抗衰老机制已成为植物多糖生物学活性研究中的热点之一。我们简要综述了国内外植物多糖抗衰老作用的研究进展。