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Chronological and Reproductive Aging-associated Changes in Resistance to Oxidative Stress in Post-reproductive Female Mice

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Journal Geroscience
Specialty Geriatrics
Date 2023 Jul 15
PMID 37454002
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Effort toward reproduction is often thought to negatively influence health and survival. Reproduction has been shown to influence metabolism, but the pathways and mechanisms have yet to be thoroughly elucidated. In the current experiments, our aim was to dissect the role of young and old ovarian tissues in the response to oxidative stress, through changes in liver oxidative stress response proteins. Liver proteins were analyzed in control mice at 4, 13, and 27 months of age and compared to 23-month-old mice which received young ovarian tissue transplants (intact or follicle-depleted) at 13 months of age. In control mice, of the 29 oxidative stress response proteins measured, 31% of the proteins decreased, 52% increased, and 17% were unchanged from 13 to 27 months. The greatest changes were seen during the period of reproductive failure, from 4 to 13 months of age. In transplanted mice, far more proteins were decreased from 13 to 23 months (93% in follicle-containing young ovary recipients; 62% in follicle-depleted young ovary recipients). Neither transplant group reflected changes seen in control mice between 13 and 27 months. Estradiol levels in transplant recipient mice were not increased compared with age-matched control mice. The current results suggest the presence of a germ cell- and estradiol-independent ovarian influence on aging-associated changes in the response to oxidative stress, which is manifest differently in reproductive-aged adults and post-reproductive-aged mice. The results presented here separate chronological and ovarian aging and the influence of estradiol in the response to aging-associated oxidative stress and support a novel, estradiol-independent role for the ovary in female health and survival.

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