Journal article
Improvement of oxidative stress and immunity by melatonin: An age dependent study in golden hamster
Experimental gerontology, Vol.48(2), pp.168-182
02/2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2012.11.012
PMID: 23220117
Abstract
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been proposed to play an important role in balancing the pro- and antioxidant homeostasis during aging. Melatonin has been suggested as an effective free radical scavenger that might have a role during the process of aging. We observed, that melatonin administration (25μg/100g body weight for 30days) significantly augments the activity of anti-oxidative enzymes like superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) in the plasma, spleen and bone marrow (BM) of young (6weeks), adult (30weeks) and old aged (2.5years) male golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus. A sharp decline in generation of ROS was observed in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and splenocytes upon melatonin administration in different age group of hamsters. Reduction in the level of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) and total nitrite and nitrate concentration as metabolites and indicators of nitric oxide (NO) in plasma, spleen and BM were observed along with night time (22:00h) melatonin concentration in different age group of hamsters after administration of melatonin and compared to the control group (treated with 0.9% saline). General immune parameters like proliferation of splenocytes, PBMC and colony forming ability of GM-CFU were observed following melatonin treatment in different age group, although it was low only in aged hamsters compared to the young and adult. Our data indicates that the age related increase of oxidative load and simultaneously augments the general immunity in aged hamsters.
► ROS/RNI increased with aging in plasma and immune cells of hamster. ► Melatonin hormone had minimized the affect of age dependant ROS/RNI. ► Melatonin prevented the dormant immune cells to enter in sub-G1 phase of cell cycle. ► Melatonin also enhanced the age dependent immune cells function such as %SR & GM-CFU.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Improvement of oxidative stress and immunity by melatonin: An age dependent study in golden hamster
- Creators
- Dipanshu Kumar Vishwas - Banaras Hindu UniversityArun Mukherjee - Banaras Hindu UniversityChandana Haldar - Banaras Hindu UniversityDebabrata Dash - Banaras Hindu UniversityManasa K. Nayak - Banaras Hindu University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Experimental gerontology, Vol.48(2), pp.168-182
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.exger.2012.11.012
- PMID
- 23220117
- ISSN
- 0531-5565
- eISSN
- 1873-6815
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2013
- Academic Unit
- Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984359917302771
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