Astrocytes retain their antioxidant capacity into advanced old age

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Jeff R LiddellGlenda M Bishop

Abstract

Oxidative stress has been implicated in the progression of ageing and in many age-related neurodegenerative conditions. Astrocytes play a major role in the antioxidant protection of the brain, yet little is known about how the antioxidant defenses of astrocytes change across the lifespan. This study assessed the antioxidant capacity and glutathione metabolism of astrocytes cultured from the brains of neonatal (<24 h old), mature (12-month-old), old (25-month-old), and senescent (31-month-old) C57BL/6J mice. When exposed to 100 microM hydrogen peroxide, mature, old, and senescent astrocytes cleared the peroxide approximately 30% more slowly than neonatal astrocytes. This difference persisted when catalase was inhibited by 3-aminotriazole, but was abolished when glutathione was depleted by application of buthionine sulfoximine, suggesting a deficit in the glutathione system. Correspondingly, the specific glutathione reductase activity of mature, old, and senescent astrocytes was approximately 30% lower than that of neonatal cultures, whereas no age-related change was observed in the specific activities of glutathione peroxidase, catalase, or in total antioxidant capacity. In addition, the specific rate of glutathione export was a...Continue Reading

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