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Effects of melatonin and age on gene expression in mouse CNS using microarray analysis.

Edward H Sharman·Stephen C Bondy·Kaizhi G Sharman·Debomoy Lahiri·Carl W Cotman·Victoria M Perreau
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The expression levels of a number of genes associated with inflammation and immune function change with advancing age. Melatonin modulates gene expression levels of several of these genes. Therefore the declining levels of melatonin associated with age may play a role in the physiological effects of aging. We used oligonucleotide microarrays to measure age-related changes in mRNA expression in the murine CNS, and to study the effect of prolonged administration of dietary melatonin upon these changes. CB6F1 male mice were fed 40 ppm melatonin for 2.1 months prior to sacrifice at age 26.5 months, and compared with both age-matched controls and young, 4.5-month-old untreated controls. Total RNA was extracted from whole brain (excluding cerebellum and brain stem) and individual samples were hybridized to Affymetrix Mouse 430-2.0 arrays. The expression of a substantial number of genes was modulated by melatonin treatment and changes in selected genes were validated by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). A subset of these genes did not change with age. Conversely, some genes modulated by age were also modulated by melatonin treatment. In general, melatonin treatment drove the expression levels of these genes closer to the expression levels detected in the younger animals. Notably, the abundance of lipocalin 2 (Lcn2) mRNA increased with age and was decreased in old animals treated with melatonin. Lcn2 is a member of the acute phase response family of proteins and its mRNA levels in the brain increase in response to inflammation. Many of the genes with expression reduced by melatonin are involved in inflammation and the immune system. This suggests that melatonin treatment may influence the inflammatory responses of old animals, driving them to resemble more closely those occurring in young animals.

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Acute-Phase ProteinsAgingAnimalsArylalkylamine N-AcetyltransferaseCentral Nervous SystemGene ExpressionHeat-Shock ProteinsLipocalin-2LipocalinsMelatoninMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMolecular Sequence DataOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOncogene ProteinsRNA, MessengerReceptor, Melatonin, MT1Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionJournal ArticleResearch Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Edward H Sharman, Stephen C Bondy, Kaizhi G Sharman, Debomoy Lahiri, Carl W Cotman, Victoria M Perreau. 2006-11-21. Effects of melatonin and age on gene expression in mouse CNS using microarray analysis.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuint.2006.09.001

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