IFEC   20925
INSTITUTO DE FARMACOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL DE CORDOBA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Sex-frailty differences in aging mice: neuropathologies and therapeutic projections
Autor/es:
CHAMPARINI, LEANDRO; HEREÑU, CLAUDIA B.; BASMADJIAN, OSVALDO MARTÍN; DOLCETTI, FRANCO JUAN CRUZ; HERRERA, MACARENA LORENA; FALOMIR-LOCKHART , E; BELLINI , MARÍA J
Lugar:
Villa Carlos Paz
Reunión:
Congreso; XXXIV Congress of the Argentine Society for Research in Neuroscience; 2019
Institución organizadora:
Sociedad Argentina de Neurociencias
Resumen:
n the present study, we evaluate possible frailty predictors in older mice in a sex-specific manner. We also observe the effects of IGF-1 gene therapy and its correlation with the expression of these frailty and emotionality. In order to evaluate frailty index we employed two different approaches, we perform a frailty assessment through a 31-Item Clinical Frailty Index and through a Performance-Based Eight-Item Frailty Index. Both indexes are in concordance to evaluate sex differences, but they do not correlate when evaluating IGF-1 therapy effects. Moreover, to reduced test-to-test variability for measures of dependent variables, in this aging model we compared open field results across studies of sex and treatment evaluation using z-score normalization. Our data show that regular open field parameters submitted to Z-score normalization analysis could be a useful tool to identify sex differences in aging mice after growth factors therapies. Considering that gender is a factor that influences the incidence and/or nature of all major complex diseases, our work is one of the first ones that compares the use of different frailty indices calculations to identify sex differences and therapy efficiency in aging models, specifically by the use of noninvasive therapeutical strategies.