Article Dans Une Revue European Journal of Neuroscience Année : 2010

Age‐related changes in metabolic profiles of rat hippocampus and cortices

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Abstract The time course of metabolic changes was investigated in the hippocampus and the parietal, rhinal and frontal cortices of rats from 4 to 30 months old. Samples were analysed by the solid‐state high‐resolution magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance method. Quantification was performed with the quest procedure of j mrui software. Eighteen metabolites were identified and separated in the spectrum. Six of them were not age sensitive, in particular alanine, glutamine and lactate. In contrast, choline, glycerophosphocholine, myo ‐inositol, N ‐acetylaspartate, scyllo ‐inositol (s‐Ins) and taurine (Tau) were notably altered over aging. Interestingly, each age group showed a specific metabolic profile. The concentration of metabolites such as Tau was altered in middle‐aged rats only, whereas the s‐Ins level decreased in old rats only. Most metabolites showed progressive alteration during the process of aging, which was initiated during the middle‐aged period (18 months). Taken together, these results suggest that cell membrane integrity is perturbed with age. Each brain region investigated had distinctive qualitative and/or quantitative metabolic age‐related features. These age‐related changes would affect network connectivities and then cognitive functions.

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hal-04695558 , version 1 (12-09-2024)

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Véronique Paban, Florence Fauvelle, Béatrice Alescio-Lautier. Age‐related changes in metabolic profiles of rat hippocampus and cortices. European Journal of Neuroscience, 2010, 31 (6), pp.1063-1073. ⟨10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07126.x⟩. ⟨hal-04695558⟩
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