The change of MTH2 expression with aging in hippocampi of senescence-accelerated mouse P8 / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the expression of oxidized purine nueleoside triphosphatase MTH2 in the hippocampi of senescence-accelerated mouse P8(SAMP8). Methods Randomly selected SAMP8 and its control strain SAMRl aged 1-,4-,8-and 12-month and performed immunohistochemisry and Western blot analysis to explore the expression changes of MTH2 in the 2 groups of mice. Results The MTH2 protein was detected in cytoplasm and nuclei of neurons throughout the whole hippocampus of SAMRl at all ages.There were no obvious changes of SAMR1 in both CA1 and CA3 subregions,but an age-related decline of MTH2 protein in both regions of SAMP8 was found.The optieal density(OD)value of Cal hippoeampus(0.0473),CA3 hippoeampus (0.0510)were significantly less in 8-month old mice than in the 4-month old[CA10.0619,CA30.06803(all P＜0.05).By immunoblot analysis,the grey values of MTH2 expression were 0.529,0.313,0.032 in hippoeampus of 4-12 months-old SAMP8 mice,and significantly Iower than in the age-matched SAMR1 mice(all P＜0.05). Conclusions MTH2 deficiency may be a new factor involved in the accelerated aging and in deficits of learning and memory ability in SAMP8.