1. Effect of AST on age-associated changes of vocal folds in a rat model.
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Mizuta M, Hirano S, Hiwatashi N, Kobayashi T, Tateya I, Kanemaru S, Nakamura T, and Ito J
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- Aging metabolism, Aldehydes metabolism, Animals, Antioxidants pharmacology, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Disease Models, Animal, Fibrinolytic Agents, Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 biosynthesis, Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 genetics, Follow-Up Studies, Gene Expression Regulation, Hepatocyte Growth Factor biosynthesis, Hepatocyte Growth Factor genetics, Immunohistochemistry, Male, Oxidative Stress, Prospective Studies, RNA, Messenger genetics, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Reactive Oxygen Species metabolism, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Vocal Cord Dysfunction genetics, Vocal Cord Dysfunction metabolism, Vocal Cords metabolism, Vocal Cords pathology, Xanthophylls pharmacology, Aging drug effects, Vocal Cord Dysfunction prevention & control, Vocal Cords drug effects
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Objectives/hypothesis: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are associated with aging. Astaxanthin (AST) is a strong antioxidant and has been reported to prevent various ROS-induced diseases. In the current study, we investigated the effect of AST on age-associated histological and mRNA changes of vocal folds., Study Design: Prospective animal experiment with control., Methods: Six-month-old Sprague-Dawley rats were fed on a normal powder diet with 0.01% (w/w) AST (aged AST-treated group) or without AST (aged sham-treated group). After 12 months of feeding, the larynges were harvested for histology, immunohistochemical detection of 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4-HNE), and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). Thirteen-week-old rats were used as a young control group (young group)., Results: The expression of 4-HNE, an oxidative stress marker, significantly increased in the two aged groups compared with the young group. Histological examination showed that the deposition of hyaluronic acid in the lamina propria (LP) was significantly reduced in the aged sham-treated group compared with the young group, but no significant difference was observed between the aged AST-treated group and the young group. There were no significant differences in the mRNA expression of bFGF and HGF between the aged AST-treated group and the young group, although the expression of these genes was significantly reduced in the aged sham-treated group as compared with the young group., Conclusions: These results suggest that AST has the potential to attenuate age-associated changes of vocal folds., (© 2014 The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.)
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- 2014
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