Abstract:
:Coronary heart disease is less prevalent in pre-menopausal women than in men, but increases at the onset of menopause. This delay is due to estrogen protective effects. The rise of cholesterolemia is one of the main risk factors for coronary disease. Since 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) is the rate-limiting enzyme of the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway, it plays a pivotal role in cholesterol homeostasis maintenance. Aim of this study is to investigate whether HMGR is involved in the cholesterolemia increase that occurs during aging, and to consider its potential role as a target for estrogen protective effects. "In vivo" studies have been performed using the livers of 12-month-old female rats (whose estrogen level decrease is comparable to the one detected at the occurrence of human menopause), 12-month-old female rats treated with 17-beta-estradiol, and 3-month-old untreated male and female rats. The results indicated hypercholesterolemic status and a significant increase of HMGR activity according to a reduced activation of AMPK detected in treated rats compared to controls. Furthermore, 17-beta estradiol treatment reduced HMGR activity restoring AMPK activation. These findings highlight the correlation between estrogen and HMGR short-term regulation, and suggest the presence of another mechanism underlying the protective role of estrogen in age-related diseases.
journal_name
Exp Gerontoljournal_title
Experimental gerontologyauthors
Trapani L,Violo F,Pallottini Vdoi
10.1016/j.exger.2009.10.014subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-02-01 00:00:00pages
119-28issue
2eissn
0531-5565issn
1873-6815pii
S0531-5565(09)00230-7journal_volume
45pub_type
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更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2018-07-15 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1998-06-01 00:00:00
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