Investigation of the effects of aging on the expression of aquaporin 1 and aquaporin 4 protein in heart tissue   
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Hikmet Bıçakçı
Şifa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Mustafa Sarsılmaz
Şifa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Seda OCAKLI Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Murat Uysal
Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Hilal IRMAK SAPMAZ Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Tolgahan Acar
Şifa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
İsmet Demirtaş
Şifa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Rauf Açıkgöz
Şifa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology
Dergi ISSN 2149-2263 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2016
Cilt No 17
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 18 / 23
DOI Numarası 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2016.7033
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.14744/anatoljcardiol.2016.7033
Özet
Objective: Aquaporin (AQP) 1 and AQP 4 are expressed in human heart and several studies have been focused on these two aquaporins. For this purpose, the present study is aimed to research the effects of aging on AQP 1 and AQP 4 in heart tissue.Methods: In this study, 14 Balb/C type white mice were used. Animals were divided into two equal groups. Group I consisted of 2-month-old young animals (n=7), and group II consisted of 18-month-old animals (n=7). To determine the AQP1 and AQP4 expression in the myocardium, the heart tissue was removed to perform western blotting and immunohistochemical and histopathological evaluations.Results: Muscle fibers of the heart in aged animals were more irregular and loosely organized in hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) stained sections. Hscore analysis revealed that AQP1 and AQP4 immunoreactivity significantly increased in heart tissues of old mice compared with those of young mice (p<0.001). In addition, AQP1 and AQP4 protein expressions in the tissues of old animals were increased significantly according to western blot analysis (p=0.018 and p<0.001 for AQP1 and AQP4, respectively).Conclusion: Increased AQP1 and AQP4 levels in the heart tissue may be correlated with the maintenance of water and electrolytes balance, which decreases with aging. In this context, it might be the result of a compensatory response to decreased AQP4 functions. In addition, this increase with aging as demonstrated in our study might be one of the factors that increases the tendency of ischemia in elder people.
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