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Effect of insulin and growth hormone on rat heart and liver oxidative stress in control and caloric restricted animals

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In order to know if insulin-like signalling is involved in the control of oxidative stress in mammalian tissues in relation to aging, ad libitum-fed and caloric restricted Wistar rats were treated during 2 weeks with GH and insulin. The most consistent effect of the hormonal treatments was an increase in plasma IGF-1 levels. Caloric restriction during 6 weeks decreased ROS generation and oxidative DNA damage in heart mitochondria and this was reversed by insulin treatment. The decrease in oxidative damage to liver nuclear DNA induced by caloric restriction was also reversed by GH and insulin. In the liver, however, insulin and GH decreased mitochondrial ROS generation while they increased oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA. GH and insulin decreased three different markers of oxidative modification of liver proteins, while they increased lipoxidation-dependent markers. This last result is related to the increase in phospholipid unsaturation induced in the liver by both hormones. The results suggest that the idea that insulin-like signalling controls oxidative stress in mammals cannot be generalized since both prooxidant and protective effects of GH and insulin are observed depending on the particular parameter and tissue selected.

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Abbreviations

AA:

antimycin A

ASA:

aminoadipic semialdehyde

CML:

Nɛ-(carboxymethyl)lysine

CEL:

Nɛ-(carboxyethyl)lysine

DBI:

double bond index

dG:

deoxyguanosine

FA:

fatty acids

GSA:

glutamic semialdehyde

MDAL:

Nɛ-(malondialdehyde)lysine

mtDNA:

mitochondrial DNA

nDNA:

nuclear DNA

ROS:

reactive oxygen species

ROT:

rotenone

8-oxodG:

8-oxo,7,8-dihydro-2’-deoxyguanosine

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  1. Department of Animal Physiology-II, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University, Madrid, 28040, Spain

    A. Sanz, R. Gredilla & G. Barja

  2. Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lleida, Lleida, 25198, Spain

    R. Pamplona & M. Portero-Otín

  3. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, 28040, Spain

    E. Vara

  4. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, 28040, Spain

    J. A. F. Tresguerres

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Sanz, A., Gredilla, R., Pamplona, R. et al. Effect of insulin and growth hormone on rat heart and liver oxidative stress in control and caloric restricted animals. Biogerontology 6, 15–26 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10522-004-7380-0

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