Acute effects of 17 β-estradiol and genistein on insulin sensitivity and spatial memory in aged ovariectomized female rats.
Aging is characterized by decline in metabolic function and insulin resistance, and both seem to be in the basis of neurodegenerative diseases and cognitive dysfunction. Estrogens prevent age-related changes, and phytoestrogens influence learning and memory. Our hypothesis was that estradiol and genistein, using rapid-action mechanisms, are able to modify insulin sensitivity, process of learning, and spatial memory. Young and aged ovariectomized rats received acute treatment with estradiol or genistein. Aged animals were more insulin-resistant than young. In each age, estradiol and genistein-treated animals were less insulin-resistant than the others, except in the case of young animals treated with high doses of genistein. In aged rats, no differences between groups were found in spatial memory test, showing a poor performance in the water maze task. However, young females treated with estradiol or high doses of genistein performed well in spatial memory task like the control group. Only rats treated with high doses of genistein showed an optimal spatial memory similar to the control group. Conversely, acute treatment with high doses of phytoestrogens improved spatial memory consolidation only in young rats, supporting the critical period hypothesis for the beneficial effects of estrogens on memory. Therefore, genistein treatment seems to be suitable treatment in aged rats in order to prevent insulin resistance but not memory decline associated with aging. Acute genistein treatment is not effective to restore insulin resistance associated to the early loss of ovarian function, although it can be useful to improve memory deficits in this condition.
Alonso
Ana
A
Department of Functional Biology. Physiology Area, University of Oviedo, C/Julián Clavería s/n, 33006, Oviedo, Spain.
González-Pardo
Héctor
H
Garrido
Pablo
P
Conejo
Nélida M
NM
Llaneza
Plácido
P
Díaz
Fernando
F
Del Rey
Carmen González
CG
González
Celestino
C
D000375:Aging / Q000187:drug effects; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000379:methods; D004967:Estrogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D019833:Genistein / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D010052:Ovariectomy; D048789:Phytoestrogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013028:Space Perception / Q000187:drug effects*
D004967:Estrogens; D048789:Phytoestrogens; D004958:Estradiol; D019833:Genistein
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