title: Aging exacerbates hypertension-induced cerebral microhemorrhages in mice: role of resveratrol treatment in vasoprotection.
abstract: Recent studies demonstrate that aging exacerbates hypertension-induced cognitive decline, but the specific age-related mechanisms remain elusive. Cerebral microhemorrhages (CMHs) are associated with rupture of small intracerebral vessels and are thought to progressively impair neuronal function. To determine whether aging exacerbates hypertension-induced CMHs young (3 months) and aged (24 months) mice were treated with angiotensin II plus L-NAME. We found that the same level of hypertension leads to significantly earlier onset and increased incidence of CMHs in aged mice than in young mice, as shown by neurological examination, gait analysis, and histological assessment of CMHs in serial brain sections. Hypertension-induced cerebrovascular oxidative stress and redox-sensitive activation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) were increased in aging. Treatment of aged mice with resveratrol significantly attenuated hypertension-induced oxidative stress, inhibited vascular MMP activation, significantly delayed the onset, and reduced the incidence of CMHs. Collectively, aging promotes CMHs in mice likely by exacerbating hypertension-induced oxidative stress and MMP activation. Therapeutic strategies that reduce microvascular oxidative stress and MMP activation may be useful for the prevention of CMHs, protecting neurocognitive function in high-risk elderly patients.
authors: Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 975 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA; Department of Pathophysiology and Gerontology and Szentagothai Research Center, University of Pecs, Szigeti Street 12, 7624, Pecs, Hungary.
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Toth
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Tarantini
authors: Zsolt
authors: Z
authors: Springo
authors: Zsuzsanna
authors: Z
authors: Tucsek
authors: Tripti
authors: T
authors: Gautam
authors: Cory B
authors: CB
authors: Giles
authors: Jonathan D
authors: JD
authors: Wren
authors: Akos
authors: A
authors: Koller
authors: William E
authors: WE
authors: Sonntag
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Csiszar
authors: Zoltan
authors: Z
authors: Ungvari
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction / Q000187:drug effects; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D000077185:Resveratrol; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013267:Stilbenes; D000077185:Resveratrol
keywords: NADPH oxidase; arteriole; cognitive impairment; dementia; microbleed; oxidative stress