Study on changes of protein phosphorylation of p65,IκBα and IκBε in lymphocytes of rats in progress of aging and interventional effect of Epimedium flavonoids
Abstract:Objective: To study the characteristics of protein phosphorylation of p65,IκBα and IκBε in lymphocytes of rats in the progress of aging and the the interventional effect of Epimedium flavonoids(EF).Method: We chose the lymphocytes derived from SD rat spleen.We divided the SD rats into five groups i.e.4 months(4 m),27 months(27 m),the 27 m EF teeated group(27 m+EF),and we also observed the whole interventional effect of PDTC(a NF-κB inhibitor) on old rat groups(27 m PDTC,27 m PDTC+EF) when IκBε,IκBα were detected.Through the western-blotting analyses,we studied the entire characteristics and distinctions of phosphorylation expression in molecules related to NF-κB signal transduction pathway p65, IκBε and IκBα in lymphocytes across the age spectrum of rats in aging.We also observed the whole interventional effect of EF on lymphocytes of old rats. Result: With the increasing of age,the mean level of phosphorylation expressions of p65,IκBα and IκBε in rat spleen lymphocytes decreased obviously,When inhibited NF-κB by PDTC,there was decreased evidently,while PDTC+EF can active NF-κB family and the above molecules were increased to a certain extent.Conclusion: The phosphorylation expressions of p65,IκBα and IκBε in rat spleen lymphocytes were not enouphe,EF have a strong effect to upregulated the expression of them during aging.