title: Effect of aging and oxidative/genotoxic stress on poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 activity in rat brain.
abstract: Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1, EC 2.4.2.30), a DNA-bound enzyme, plays a key role in genome stability, but after overactivation can also be responsible for cell death. The aim of the present study was to investigate PARP-1 activity in the hippocampus, brain cortex, striatum and cerebellum in adult (4 months) and aged (24 months) specific pathogen free Wistar rats and to correlate it with PARP-1 protein level and p53 expression. Moreover, the response of PARP-1 in adult and aged hippocampus to oxidative/genotoxic stress was evaluated. Our data indicated a statistically significant enhancement of PARP-1 activity in aged hippocampus and cerebral cortex comparing to adults without statistically significant changes in PARP-1 protein level. The expression of p53 mRNA was elevated in all aged brain parts with the exception of the cerebral cortex. Our data suggest that enhancement of PARP-1 activity and p53 expression in aged brain may indicate higher DNA damage. Our data also indicate that during excessive oxidative/genotoxic stress there is no response of PARP-1 activity in aged hippocampus in contrast to a significant enhancement of PARP-1 activity in adults which may have important consequences for the physiology and pathology of the brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Research, Medical Research Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland. roberts@cmdik.pan.pl
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Strosznajder
authors.forename: Henryk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jesko
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adamczyk
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D017931:DNA Primers; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D009928:Organ Specificity; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000502:physiology; D000071137:Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; C499322:Parp1 protein, rat; D000071137:Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases