Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Date (from‐to) : 2014/04 -2017/03
Author : SAWABE Motoji
Previous studies reported that several proteins produced in vascular smooth muscle cells altered with aging, resulting in the deterioration of vascular function. We performed a proteomic study on the human aortic media with chronological aging, using autopsy samples of the aortic media from elderly, middle-aged, and young subjects. Two proteomic approaches, 2D-DIGE and iTRAQ, were performed. Differentially expressed proteins with aging were categorized into three groups: actin family proteins, extracellular matrix proteins, and antioxidant proteins. A decrease in actin and increase in other actin-related proteins in elderly media were found. The immunohistochemical analysis showed that expressions of antioxidant proteins and oxidation stress-marker proteins were higher in the elderly than in the young. In conclusions, the imbalance between actin and actin-related proteins occur with human aortic aging, and antioxidant proteins were induced by elevations in oxidative stress with aging.