title: Further investigation on aldehyde reductase activity in ageing rat tissues.
abstract: Aldehyde reductase (AR) activity was measured in whole brain, different brain areas, kidney and duodenum of 23-26 months old rats and then compared to matched animals of 3 months. No significant changes in AR activity were found in whole brain of old rats with D-glucose as substrate. A significant increase in AR activity in old rats was found in striatum (12%), cerebellum (26%), midbrain (6%), brainstem (19%) and hypothalamus (13%) with p-nitrobenzaldehyde, in striatum (14%), midbrain (10%), brainstem (52%), hypothalamus (9%) and hippocampus (20%) with D-glucuronate, in cerebellum (21%) with D-xylose, in striatum (43%), cerebellum (19%) and brainstem (22%) with DL-glyceraldehyde, and in brainstem (15%) with pyridine 3-aldehyde. A significant decrease in AR activity in old rats was found in midbrain (16%), brainstem (19%) and hypothalamus (19%) with D-xylose, and in midbrain (13%) with DL-glyceraldehyde. A significant decrease in AR activity in old rats was found in kidney with p-nitrobenzaldehyde (30%), D-xylose (31%), DL-glyceraldehyde (33%), pyridine 3-aldehyde (27%) and in duodenum with p-nitrobenzaldehyde (21%), but a significant increase was found in duodenum with pyridine 3-aldehyde (29%). Preliminary experiments show an increase (42%) of sorbitol dehydrogenase activity in whole brain of old rats. The present results clearly indicate that the AR activity increase in the brain of old rats is the high-Km form of aldehyde reductase.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cao Danh
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pasquier-Béchet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strolin Benedetti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dostert
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D004386:Duodenum / Q000201:enzymology; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C019642:alcohol dehydrogenase (NADP+)