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OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY
Volume 2018, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2018/3740345
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Epigenetic regulation may contribute to the beneficial effects of physical activity against age-related neurodegeneration. For example, epigenetic alterations of the gene encoding for a-synuclein (SNCA) have been widely explored in both brain and peripheral tissues of Parkinsons disease samples. However, no data are currently available about the effects of physical exercise on SNCA epigenetic regulation in ageing healthy subjects. The present paper explored whether, in healthy individuals, age and physical activity are related to blood intron1-SNCA (SNCA(I1)) methylation, as well as further parameters linked to such epigenetic modification (total, oligomeric alpha-synuclein and DNA methyltransferase concentrations in the blood). Here, the SNCA(I1) methylation status increased with ageing, and consistent with this result, low alpha-synuclein levels were found in the blood. The direct relationship between SNCA(I1) methylation and alpha-synuclein levels was observed in samples characterized by blood a-synuclein concentrations of 76.3 ng/mg protein or lower (confidence interval (CI) = 95%). In this selected population, higher physical activity reduced the total and oligomeric alpha-synuclein levels. Taken together, our data shed light on ageing- and physical exercise-induced changes on the SNCA methylation status and protein levels of alpha-synuclein.
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