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Free Radic Biol Med ; 49(4): 674-81, 2010 Aug 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20621580

RESUMO

We previously reported that superoxide generated in the ovary induces apoptosis of granulosa cells to break down follicular walls, thereby supporting ovulation in rodents, and suggested that oxidative stress underlies the mechanism of ovarian aging. To test this hypothesis, we successfully induced ovulation repeatedly in mice by sequentially administrating pregnant mare serum gonadotropin, human chorionic gonadotropin, and prostaglandin F2alpha. Kinetic analysis revealed that the number of ovulated oocytes decreased significantly with repeated cycles of ovulation with a concomitant decrease in the gene expression of mitochondrial transcription factor A and nuclear respiratory factor 1 and an increase in oocytes having abnormally distributed mitochondria. Repeated ovulation decreased the amounts of mitochondrial DNA and increased 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine in oocytes. Cell culture analysis of the in vivo fertilized oocytes revealed that their maturation from two cells to blastocyst was inhibited significantly by repeated ovulation. All these events induced by repeated ovulation were suppressed by oral administration of L-carnitine. These results suggest that oxidative stress associated with ovulation underlies the mechanism of ovarian aging and that L-carnitine may have therapeutic potential in patients with infertility and increased incidence of aneuploidy and to suppress impaired maturation of zygotes frequently observed in childbearing at an advanced age.


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Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Oócitos/metabolismo , Ovário/metabolismo , Indução da Ovulação/métodos , Estresse Oxidativo , Animais , Gonadotropina Coriônica/administração & dosagem , Dinoprosta/administração & dosagem , Feminino , Gonadotropinas Equinas/administração & dosagem , Humanos , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos ICR , Mitocôndrias/química , Oócitos/ultraestrutura , Ovário/enzimologia , Ovário/ultraestrutura
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Eur J Pharmacol ; 552(1-3): 131-4, 2006 Dec 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17064681

RESUMO

NADPH oxidase plays an important role in vascular oxidative stress in hypertensive diseases. We evaluated whether NADPH oxidase-dependent superoxide (O(2)(-)) production is involved in the deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt-induced hypertension, using mice which are genetically deficient in gp91phox, an NADPH oxidase subunit protein (gp91(-/-) mice). Two weeks after the DOCA-salt treatment, systolic blood pressure was significantly elevated in wild-type mice, but not in gp91(-/-) mice. After a 5-week treatment period, wild-type mice developed high blood pressure, with a systolic blood pressure of 127 +/- 3 mm Hg, compared with 107 +/- 4 mm Hg in gp91(-/-) mice. Aortic O(2)(-) production in wild-type DOCA-salt-treated mice was significantly higher than that in wild-type sham mice, whereas there were no significant differences in aortic O(2)(-) production between gp91(-/-) DOCA-salt-treated and sham mice. These findings suggest that vascular O(2)(-) overproduction via gp91phox-containing NADPH oxidase is one of the crucial factors in the development of DOCA-salt-induced hypertension.


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Desoxicorticosterona/toxicidade , Hipertensão/fisiopatologia , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/genética , NADPH Oxidases/genética , Animais , Aorta/efeitos dos fármacos , Aorta/metabolismo , Pressão Sanguínea/efeitos dos fármacos , Desoxicorticosterona/administração & dosagem , Genótipo , Hipertensão/induzido quimicamente , Hipertensão/genética , Masculino , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/deficiência , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/fisiologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , NADPH Oxidase 2 , NADPH Oxidases/deficiência , NADPH Oxidases/fisiologia , Superóxidos/metabolismo , Fatores de Tempo
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