Effects of estrogen on rats of different age groups with Parkinson’s disease and its mechanisms
- VernacularTitle:雌激素对不同年龄组帕金森病大鼠的影响及其机制
- Author:
Chenyan SUI
;
Xuezhong LI
;
Xiaoping ZHOU
;
Xiaopeng CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
estrogen;
Parkinson’s disease;
age;
autophagy
- From:
Basic & Clinical Medicine
2015;(10):1351-1357
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective_To investigate the effect of estrogen(E2) on different age rat groups of Parkinson’s disease (PD) models induced by Rotenone and its mechanism.Methods_24-month-old SD rats(high age group)and 12-week-age SD rats( low age group ) were divided into control group ( saline ) , Rotenone treatment group ( Rotenone 2 mg/kg), Estrogen treatment group(Rotenone 2 mg/kg and E2 1 mg/kg)and Tamoxifen treatment group(Rote-none 2 mg/kg, E2 1 mg/kg and Tamoxifen 1 mg/kg).Behavior tests were carried out to observe the change of movement function, Immunohistochemistry and Western blot were used to assess the changes of TH and LC-3. HPLC-ECD was used to detect possible changes of monoamine neurotransmitters in striatum.Results_1) Rotenone reduced significantly old age rat’s rotarod latencies and prolonged the climbing pole time(P<0.05).E2 ameliorated this effect, Tamoxifen reduced the effect of E2.2) Rotenone significantly reduced the number of TH positive cells in
high age rats(P<0.05), E2 partly restored TH positive cell loss, Tamoxifen reduced this effect of E2, so did the ex-pression of TH protein.3)Rotenone increased the expression of LC-3(P<0.05), E2 did not affect the expression of LC-3, so did Tamoxifen.4)Rotenone significantly decreased the level of DA and its metabolite DOPAC(P<0.05), elevated the level of 5-HT especially in old rats(P<0.05).E2 downregulated the influence, and Tamoxifen reduced the effect of E2.5)Rotenone increased the number of autophagosomes, but E2 increased the proportion of autolyso-somes/autophagosomes.Conclusions_Old age rat PD model was more reliable.Estrogen promoted autophagy ma-ture, and had obvious therapeutic effect on rat PD model induced by rotenone.
