Project description:D-Allose is reported to have several health benefits. We investigated the changes in hippocampus gene expression in aged-mice using DNA microarray to evaluate the effects of D-allose on brain function. D-Allose also changed the expression of some genes in hippocampus involved in cognitive functions.
Project description:Stroke is a prevalent disorder representing the third leading cause of death and major cause of disability. Post-stroke epilepsy (PSE) has been recognized as a common clinical issue after stroke, accounting for 30-40% of the causes of epilepsy among older adults. In this study, we determined GABAA receptor-mediated seizure susceptibility after PT cerebral stroke in aged mice. Young adult mice around 10 weeks of age are widely used in stroke experiments. However, as most strokes are diagnosed in the elderly and PSE has been recognized as a common clinical incidence after stroke, we utilized photothrombosis (PT) model of cerebral ischemia and examined seizure susceptibility. To investigate in vitro drug-induced seizure susceptibility (E/I imbalance) of GABAA receptor antagonist, gabazine (GZ), voltage-sensitive dye (VSD) imaging techniques were used in hippocampal brain slices. One month after PT stroke, in vivo aged PT stroke mice exhibited severe convulsive seizures (late-onset). in vitro GZ-induced E/I imbalance in hippocampus of aging mice increased compared to young adults. In addition, Anti-seizure medication (levetiracetam) normalized in vitro GZ-induced E/I imbalance in hippocampus of aging mice. These findings exhibited that GABAA receptor-mediated seizures susceptibility (E/I imbalance) in hippocampus after cortical PT stroke in aging mice, but not in young adults.
Project description:Sarcopenia is the age-induced, progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, which is accompanied by reduced muscle performance. Individuals with sarcopenia often become bedridden or dependent on a wheelchair, leading to decreased quality of life. In this study, to better understand changes in skeletal muscle during sarcopenia, we performed a microarray analysis of skeletal muscle in young (13-week-old) and aged (26-month-old) mice. The microarray data shows that expression of the enzymes related to glucose and polyamine metabolism were decreased in aged mice compared with young mice.
Project description:Aging is associated with a general decline of cognitive functions, and it is widely accepted that this decline results from changes in expression of proteins involved in regulation of synaptic plasticity. However, several lines of evidence has accumulated that impaired function of aged brain may be related to significant alterations in the energy metabolism. In the current study, we employed the label-free „Total protein approach” (TPA) method to focus on similarities and differences in energy metabolism proteomes of young (1 month-old) and aged (22 month-old) murine brains. We quantified over 7,000 proteins in each of three analyzed brain structures: hippocampus, cerebral cortex and cerebellum. To the best of our knowledge, this is the most extensive quantitative proteomic description of energy metabolism pathways during physiological aging of mice. The analysis demonstrates that aging does not affect significantly the abundance of total proteins in the studied brain structures, however, the levels of proteins constituting energy metabolism pathways differ significantly between young and aged mice.
Project description:Patterns of gene expression in the aged entorhinal cortex and hippocampus were examined one month after entorhinal administration of BDNF lentivirus. Whole-genome patterns of expression were examined using Affymetrix arrays four weeks after entorhinal injection of lentiviral-BDNF or GFP injection compared to control subjects. Experiment Overall Design: 27 Samples total: 4 biological replicates of Age rats BDNF treated, 3 biological replicates of Age rats eGFP treated, and 4 biological replicates each of Aged and Young rats controls for the Entorhinal cortex tissue. 2 biological replicates of Age rats BDNF treated, 2 biological replicates of Age rats eGFP treated, and 4 biological replicates each of Age and Young rats controls for the hippocampus tissue.
Project description:Gene expression of Mef2c-het mice vs. WT littermates in hippocampus Total RNA isolated from hippocampus of P1 and P30 aged Mef2c-HET and WT mice using QIAGEN miRNeasy mini kit (QIAGEN; Cat #217004) were processed on an Illumina mouse Ref8 v2 beadchip microarrays following the manufacture’s protocol. Microarray data analysis was performed using R and Bioconductor packages. Raw expression data were log2 transformed and normalized by quantile normalization. Probes were considered robustly expressed if the detection P value was 0.01 for at least half of the samples in the data set.