Abstract
The aim of the current work was to evaluate the ovarian follicle reserve and the ovarian transcriptome in Ames dwarf (df/df) mice. The results suggest a delayed ovarian aging in df/df mice compared to normal (N) mice. Although a high number of genes were differentially expressed during aging of N mice, only a small fraction of these changed with aging in df/df mice. These alterations involved more than 500 categorized biological processes. The majority of these biological processes, including inflammatory/immune responses, were up-regulated with aging in N mice, while old df/df mice were characterized by down-regulation of these same processes in comparison to age matched N mice. However, biological processes related to DNA damage and repairing were commonly down-regulated with aging in both genotypes. In conclusion, delayed ovarian aging in long-living df/df mice was associated with reduced expression of genes related to the inflammatory and immune responses.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 328-336 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology |
Volume | 439 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 5 2017 |
Keywords
- GH
- IGF
- Ovarian aging
- Transcriptome
- mRNA
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Endocrinology