DHEA effects on myocardial Akt signaling modulation and oxidative stress changes in aged rats |
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Authors: | Maria Helena Vianna Metello Jacob Daiane da Rocha Janner Matheus Parmegiani Jahn Luiz Carlos Rios Kucharski Adriane Belló-Klein Maria Flavia Marques Ribeiro |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Anesthesiology, Second affiliated hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China;2. Department of Anesthesiology, Third affiliated hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China |
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Abstract: | The secretion of DHEA-synthesized mainly in the adrenal cortex-increases in the postnatal aging, peaks in the twenties and decreases with age afterwards. Exogenous DHEA can exert a dual effect depending on dose and on tissue. Akt is a serine/threonine kinase whose activity has been seen as an interventional approach for cardiomyopathic damage resulting from aging changes. In order to evaluate DHEA effects over myocardial Akt protein expression associated to oxidative stress markers during aging, male Wistar rats (3 and 18 months) were assigned into two groups: control or DHEA (10 mg/kg, subcutaneously, for 5 weeks). In the aged group, we found increased lipid peroxidation and glutathione-S-transferase activity. DHEA produced an increase in p-Akt protein expression and a decrease in SOD activity in both ages. Akt pathway activation might be related to changes in oxidative stress parameters according to age. |
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