Abstract:
:The correlation between serum levels of pituitary and thyroid hormones and the activity of two antioxidant enzymes (AOE), catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), in different immune and nonimmune organs of young and old rats was investigated. Serum levels of growth hormone (GH), prolactin (Prl), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), thyroxine (T4), and triiodothyronine (T3) as well as the activity of AOE in liver (CAT and SOD), spleen (CAT and SOD), thymus (SOD) and mammary tissue (SOD) were determined in 7- and 29-month-old Sprague-Dawley female rats. A marked hyperprolactinemia and lower levels of TSH, LH, FSH and GH were observed in the old rats when compared to the young ones (p < 0.05). Old animals showed a higher SOD activity in liver and thymus but a lower activity in spleen than their young counterparts (p < 0.05). In addition, CAT activity in spleen was lower in old than in young rats (p < 0.05). The Spearman's test revealed a positive correlation between: 1) serum levels of TSH and the activity of SOD in liver and 2) serum levels of Prl and GH and the activity of SOD in mammary tissue of young and old animals (p < 0.05). Likewise, CAT in liver showed a highly significant correlation with serum TSH (but not T4 and T3) levels in young (p < 0.01) but not in old rats. Our results confirm that aging is associated with alterations in the endocrine balance and the activity of AOE in lymphoid as well as in nonimmune organs. In addition, our findings suggest that Prl and GH may be physiological modulators of mammary SOD activity, and that TSH can possibly influence the activity of both CAT and SOD in liver via a thyroid-independent pathway. Furthermore, our data show that, when significant, the correlation between hormone levels and AOE activity deteriorates with age.
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Exp Gerontoljournal_title
Experimental gerontologyauthors
Bolzán AD,Brown OA,Goya RG,Bianchi MSdoi
10.1016/0531-5565(94)00053-0subject
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1995-03-01 00:00:00pages
169-75issue
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0531-5565issn
1873-6815pii
0531556594000530journal_volume
30pub_type
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