The effect of Tocotrienol-Rich Fraction supplementation in aging mice on the embryo development and anti-aging gene expression / Saidatul Akhmal Khairuddin

Female reproductive aging resulted from oxidative stress that happened due to the relentless formation of free radicals in body system, which lead to ovarian aging. Tocotrienol (TCT), one component of vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that is able to overcome the detrimental effects of oxidative s...

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Main Author:	Khairuddin, Saidatul Akhmal
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Language:	English
Published:	2017
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.622882022-12-01T04:33:12Z The effect of Tocotrienol-Rich Fraction supplementation in aging mice on the embryo development and anti-aging gene expression / Saidatul Akhmal Khairuddin 2017-07 Khairuddin, Saidatul Akhmal Dissertations, Academic. Preparation of theses Organic substances Female reproductive aging resulted from oxidative stress that happened due to the relentless formation of free radicals in body system, which lead to ovarian aging. Tocotrienol (TCT), one component of vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that is able to overcome the detrimental effects of oxidative stress and delay the consequences of aging in female reproductive system. Therefore, this study aims to determine the effects of tocotrienol rich fraction (TRF) supplementation in aging mice on the quality and development of preimplantation embryos and to study the expression of anti-aging gene, SIRT1. Six to eight months old female mice, Mus musculus were given either tocopherol-stripped corn oil (vehicle control) or supplemented with tocotrienol at the doses of 120, 150 and 180 mg/kg body weight (BW) orally per day for 30 (one month) or 60 (two months) or 120 (four months) days according to their respective groups. Young mice (6 weeks old) were used as negative control while aging mice (7 or 8 or 10 or 12 months old) were used as positive control. At the end of the TRF supplementation period, mice were sacrificed by cervical dislocation, embryos were retrieved and cultured whereas ovaries were used for gene expression study. The morphology and in vitro development of embryos were monitored and recorded. Total RNA were isolated from the mice ovaries for gene expression analysis using QuantiGene Plex 2.0 Assay kits. Results confirmed that aging caused significant reduction on the percentage of normal embryos and caused embryonic retardation to develop until blastocyst stage. On the other hand, TRF supplementation in aging mice at the dose of 120 mg/kg BW for one and four months was able to increase the percentage of normal embryos as compared to their respective controls. In addition, TRF supplementation at the dose of 120 mg/kg BW for four months was able to improve the embryonic development until blastocyst stage as compared to its control. In gene expression study, the expression of SIRT1, anti-aging gene was significantly lower in aging group and CDKN2A and E2F, the two genes that down regulate the expression of SIRT1 gene were significantly higher in those groups. This finding documented that TRF supplementation was able to improve the quality and development of embryos retrieved from aging mice thus confirmed that it delays the consequences of reproductive aging in female reproductive system. It was suggested that the effect of TRF in protecting, thus delaying the consequences of reproductive aging is by up regulating the expression of anti-aging gene, SIRT1. 2017-07 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/62288/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/62288/1/62288.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kampus Sg. Buloh) Faculty of Medicine Abdul Satar, Nuraliza
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spellingShingle	Dissertations, Academic Preparation of theses Organic substances Khairuddin, Saidatul Akhmal The effect of Tocotrienol-Rich Fraction supplementation in aging mice on the embryo development and anti-aging gene expression / Saidatul Akhmal Khairuddin
description	Female reproductive aging resulted from oxidative stress that happened due to the relentless formation of free radicals in body system, which lead to ovarian aging. Tocotrienol (TCT), one component of vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that is able to overcome the detrimental effects of oxidative stress and delay the consequences of aging in female reproductive system. Therefore, this study aims to determine the effects of tocotrienol rich fraction (TRF) supplementation in aging mice on the quality and development of preimplantation embryos and to study the expression of anti-aging gene, SIRT1. Six to eight months old female mice, Mus musculus were given either tocopherol-stripped corn oil (vehicle control) or supplemented with tocotrienol at the doses of 120, 150 and 180 mg/kg body weight (BW) orally per day for 30 (one month) or 60 (two months) or 120 (four months) days according to their respective groups. Young mice (6 weeks old) were used as negative control while aging mice (7 or 8 or 10 or 12 months old) were used as positive control. At the end of the TRF supplementation period, mice were sacrificed by cervical dislocation, embryos were retrieved and cultured whereas ovaries were used for gene expression study. The morphology and in vitro development of embryos were monitored and recorded. Total RNA were isolated from the mice ovaries for gene expression analysis using QuantiGene Plex 2.0 Assay kits. Results confirmed that aging caused significant reduction on the percentage of normal embryos and caused embryonic retardation to develop until blastocyst stage. On the other hand, TRF supplementation in aging mice at the dose of 120 mg/kg BW for one and four months was able to increase the percentage of normal embryos as compared to their respective controls. In addition, TRF supplementation at the dose of 120 mg/kg BW for four months was able to improve the embryonic development until blastocyst stage as compared to its control. In gene expression study, the expression of SIRT1, anti-aging gene was significantly lower in aging group and CDKN2A and E2F, the two genes that down regulate the expression of SIRT1 gene were significantly higher in those groups. This finding documented that TRF supplementation was able to improve the quality and development of embryos retrieved from aging mice thus confirmed that it delays the consequences of reproductive aging in female reproductive system. It was suggested that the effect of TRF in protecting, thus delaying the consequences of reproductive aging is by up regulating the expression of anti-aging gene, SIRT1.
format	Thesis
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author	Khairuddin, Saidatul Akhmal
author_facet	Khairuddin, Saidatul Akhmal
author_sort	Khairuddin, Saidatul Akhmal
title	The effect of Tocotrienol-Rich Fraction supplementation in aging mice on the embryo development and anti-aging gene expression / Saidatul Akhmal Khairuddin
title_short	The effect of Tocotrienol-Rich Fraction supplementation in aging mice on the embryo development and anti-aging gene expression / Saidatul Akhmal Khairuddin
title_full	The effect of Tocotrienol-Rich Fraction supplementation in aging mice on the embryo development and anti-aging gene expression / Saidatul Akhmal Khairuddin
title_fullStr	The effect of Tocotrienol-Rich Fraction supplementation in aging mice on the embryo development and anti-aging gene expression / Saidatul Akhmal Khairuddin
title_full_unstemmed	The effect of Tocotrienol-Rich Fraction supplementation in aging mice on the embryo development and anti-aging gene expression / Saidatul Akhmal Khairuddin
title_sort	effect of tocotrienol-rich fraction supplementation in aging mice on the embryo development and anti-aging gene expression / saidatul akhmal khairuddin
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kampus Sg. Buloh)
granting_department	Faculty of Medicine
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The effect of Tocotrienol-Rich Fraction supplementation in aging mice on the embryo development and anti-aging gene expression / Saidatul Akhmal Khairuddin

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