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Cardiac oxidative stress and inflammation are similar in SAMP8 and SAMR1 mice and unaltered by curcumin and Ginkgo biloba extract intake.
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PMID:  20874680     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress increase with advancing age and appear to be involved in the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death worldwide. There is a need for animal models that reflect the increases in pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative damage observed during aging in humans. We therefore aimed to investigate the suitability of the fast-aging senescence-accelerated mouse-prone 8 (SAMP8) strain and its normally aging control senescence-accelerated mouse-resistant 1 (SAMR1) to study the age-dependent changes in cytokines, oxidative damage and antioxidants in the heart. To this end, 2-months-old male SAMR1 and SAMP8 mice were fed a Western type diet (control groups) for 5 months. Two groups of SAMP8 mice were simultaneously fed identical diets fortified with 0.5 g curcumin or 1.0 g Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761(®) per kg diet. Heart tissue homogenates were analysed for protein carbonyls, glutathione, glutathione disulfide, methionine, cysteine and uric acid as well as the cytokines tumor-necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1. Neither the strain (SAMR1 or SAMP8) nor antioxidant intake (curcumin or EGb 761(®)) affected the concentrations of the measured parameters. In conclusion, our data do not support the suitability of the SAMP8 and SAMR1 strains as a model to study age-related changes in pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress parameters in the heart.
Authors:
Christina Schiborr; Gunter P Eckert; Jakob Weissenberger; Walter E Müller; Dorothea Schwamm; Tilman Grune; Gerald Rimbach; Jan Frank
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Current pharmaceutical biotechnology     Volume:  11     ISSN:  1873-4316     ISO Abbreviation:  Curr Pharm Biotechnol     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-16     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100960530     Medline TA:  Curr Pharm Biotechnol     Country:  Netherlands    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  861-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science, University of Kiel, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 6, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
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