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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 5, Pages 687-700Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-019-00674-8
Keywords
Homocysteine; Mild hyperhomocysteinemia; Nrf2 gene; Antioxidant enzymes response; Energy metabolism; DNA damage
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- Edital Universal/Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
- INCT/Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) - Brazil [EN 465671/2014-4]
- PRONEX/Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS) - Brazil [16/2551-0000465-0]
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Homocysteine (HCY) has been linked to oxidative stress and varied metabolic changes that are dependent on its concentration and affected tissues. In the present study we evaluate parameters of energy metabolism [succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), complex II and IV (cytochrome c oxidase), and ATP levels] and oxidative stress [DCFH oxidation, nitrite levels, antioxidant enzymes and lipid, protein and DNA damages, as well as nuclear factor erythroid 2-related (Nrf2) protein abundance] in amygdala and prefrontal cortex of HCY-treated rats. Wistar male rats were treated with a subcutaneous injection of HCY (0.03 mu mol/g of body weight) from the 30th to 60th post-natal day, twice a day, to induce mild hyperhomocysteinemia (HHCY). The rats were euthanatized without anesthesia at 12h after the last injection, and amygdala and prefrontal cortex were dissected for biochemical analyses. In the amygdala, mild HHCY increased activities of SDH and complex II and decreased complex IV and ATP level, as well as increased antioxidant enzymes activities (glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase), nitrite levels, DNA damage, and Nrf 2 protein abundance. In the prefrontal cortex, mild HHCY did not alter energy metabolism, but increased glutathione peroxidase, catalase and DNA damage. Other analyzed parameters were not altered by HCY-treatment. Our findings suggested that chronic mild HHCY changes each brain structure, particularly and specifically. These changes may be associated with the mechanisms by which chronic mild HHCY has been linked to the risk factor of fear, mood disorders and depression, as well as in neurodegenerative diseases.
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