Abstract
Aim:
To investigate the long-term effect of soybean isoflavones on changes in parvalbumin (PV) immunoreactivity in the hippocampus in normal female, ovariectomized (OVX) female and normal male rats.
Methods:
Ten-month-old rats were assigned to one of 9 groups (n=7 in each group) based on body weight using a randomized complete-block design. The groups were: control diet-treated females, OVX females, and males; 0.3 g/kg isoflavone-treated females, OVX females, and males; and 1.2 g/kg isoflavone-treated females, OVX females, and males. The PV immunostaining was conducted by using the standard avidin-biotin complex method.
Results:
PV immunoreactivity and the number of PV-immunoreactive neurons in all the groups after isoflavone treatment were significantly changed in the hippocampal CA1 region and in the dentate gyrus, but not in the hippocampal CA2/3 region. PV immunoreactivity and the number of PV-immunoreactive neurons in the control diet OVX females were similar to those in the control diet, and were greater than those in the control diet normal females. PV immunoreactivity and the number of PV-immunoreactive neurons in all the isoflavone-treated groups decreased dose-dependently after isoflavone treatment.
Conclusion:
Long-term administration of isoflavones may induce a reduction of PV in interneurons in the hippocampal CA1 region and in the dentate gyrus. The reduction of PV in these regions suggests that the long-term administration of isoflavones may cause a change in calcium homeostasis in the hippocampal CA1 region and in the dentate gyrus.
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Project supported by the Technology Development Program for Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (202015-03-2-CG000), and Republic of Korea, Korea Science and Engineering through the Silver Biotechnology Research Center at Hallym University (R12-2001-047-02003-0). This work was also supported by a grant from Hallym University, Korea.
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Hwang, I., Lee, Yb., Yoo, Ky. et al. Soybean isoflavones alter parvalbumin in hippocampus of mid-aged normal female, ovariectomized female, and normal male rats. Acta Pharmacol Sin 27, 59–65 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7254.2006.00258.x
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