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Anti-Aging Effect and Gene Expression Profiling of Dung Beetle Ahn et al. Biomaterials Research (2017) 21:5 DOI 10.1186/s40824-017-0091-9 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Anti-aging effect and gene expression profiling of dung beetle glycosaminoglycan in aged rats Mi Young Ahn1*, Ban Ji Kim1, Ha Jeong Kim1, Jae Sam Hwang1, Yi-Sook Jung2 and Kun-Koo Park3 Abstract Background: This study aimed to evaluate the anti-aging effect of a newly prepared insect-derived compound, dung beetle glycosaminoglycan (GAG), given intraperitoneally to old SD rats as part of their diet for 1 month. Insect GAG administration was found to be related to a reduction in oxidative damage, hepato-cellular biomarker levels, protein carbonyl content, and malondialdehyde concentration. The anti-aging-related molecular genetic mechanisms of dung beetle GAG are not yet fully elucidated. Results: Catharsius molossus (a type of dung beetle) GAG (CaG) possessed anti-aging activities; it reduced the serum level of creatinine kinase, had aortic vasorelaxant activities and cardioprotective actions, and maintained a normal glucose level in treated rats. Microarray analysis was performed with a rat 30 K cDNA clone set array to identify the gene-expression profiles of 14-month-old SD rats treated with dung beetle glycosaminoglycan 5 mg/kg (CaG5) over a 1-month period, which was done to investigate its anti-aging effect as compared to that of either Bombus ignitus (a type of bumblebee) queen GAG 5 mg/kg (IQG5) or chondroitin sulfate 10 mg/kg. CaG5 and IQG5 had marked anti-inflammatory effects, bringing about inhibition of free fatty acid, uric acid, sGPT, IL-1 beta, and CK values. In addition, anticoagulant and antithrombotic effects were seen: the concentration of factor 1 (fibrinogen) was increased in CaG- treated rat plasma. The CaG5-treated rat group, compared to the control, displayed upregulation of 131 genes, including lipocalin 2 (Lbp) and a serine peptidase inhibitor, Kaszal type3 (Spink3), and 64 downregulated genes, including lysyl oxidase (Lox), serine dehydratase (sds), and retinol saturase (Retsat). Conclusion: Our data suggest that dung beetle glycosaminoglycan may be a helpful treatment for aged rats, which indicates its potential as a therapeutic biomaterial for aging. Keywords: Anti-aging effect, Dung beetle (Catharsius molossus), Queen of B. ignitus, Glycosaminoglycan Background related to age; they have been implicated in such Aging is associated with an increased risk of cardiovas- processes as degeneration of cervical intervertebral discs cular disease and death [1]. Here, we show that intraper- [3, 4], age-related diseases that impair bone healing [5], itoneal supplementation with natural insect GAGs exerts and prevention of cancer [6]. They have been shown to cardioprotective effects via vasoconstriction, by reducing be associated with age-related changes in matrix compo- the serum level of creatinine kinase in old rats. In fact, nents and the onset of diseases of aging, especially car- although GAGs constitute a minor portion of native tis- diovascular pathologies, and are mostly involved in the sues, they play a crucial role in various physiological age-dependence of biological functions and the limita- processes [2]. There are many reports that GAGs are tion of longevity [7]. Aging is associated with alterations in the structure of heparin sulfate on the surface of out- growth endothelial cells. Such changes modulate the mi- * Correspondence: [email protected] gration, homing, and engraftment capacity of these 1Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration (RDA), Wanju-Gun 55365, South repair cells, thereby contributing to the progression of Korea endothelial dysfunction and age-related vascular path- Full list of author information is available at the end of the article ologies [8]. Edible and medicinal insects have been © The Author(s). 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. Ahn et al. Biomaterials Research (2017) 21:5 Page 2 of 13 employed, by way of purification, extraction, and identifi- Each of one-kilogram (1 kg) dried insect was soaked cation of potent active constituents, as functional foods and extracted three times with ethanol by ultrasonifica- or drugs. Extracts of the dung beetle Catharsius molos- tion (Branson, Colorado, MI, USA) for 30 min. The resi- sus, which is found in China, displayed marked fibrino- dues separated from the alcohol extracts were defatted lytic activity and anti-oxidative and anti-hyperglycemic twice with 2 volumes of acetone. Approximately 200 g effects on rats fed a high fat diet [9, 10]. The protein car- of dried, defatted and pulverized powder was suspended bonyl content of blood and malondialdehyde concentra- in 2 L of 0.05 M sodium carbonate buffer (pH 9). The tion of liver tissue treated with dung beetle ethanol or suspension was incubated for 48 h at 60 °C after adding acetone extract over a 1-month period, were significantly 28 ml (1.4%) of Alcalase (Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo., decreased compared to the controls [10]. Recently, a Ko- USA). The digestion mixture was cooled to 4 °C, and rean dung beetle peptide, LLCIALRKK-NH2, which is a trichloroacetic acid was added to a final concentration of 9-mer peptide derived from Copris tripartitus Coprisin, 5%. The sample was mixed, allowed to stand for 1 h, and was found to exert bactericidal activity against E. coli then centrifuged for 30 min at 8000 × g (Hanil Science and antimicrobial activity by causing severe DNA dam- Industrial, Incheon, South Korea). Three volumes of 5% age, which induces apoptosis-like death [11]. An apicul- potassium acetate in ethanol were added to one volume tural product, B. ignitus queen (BIQ) alcohol extract has of supernatant. After mixing, the suspension was stored the highest potential efficacy amongst all bumble bee ex- overnight at 4 °C and then centrifuged. The precipitate tracts tested for treating inflammation in SD rats, as it amounting to 20 g was dissolved in 40 ml of 0.2 M NaCl significantly reduced paw edema [12]. So, we prepared and centrifuged. Cetylpyridinium chloride (5%) was GAGs derived from the greatest acquirable number of C. added to 0.2 times the volume of the supernatant, and molossus or B. ignitus queens to test their anti-aging the precipitate was collected by centrifugation. The pre- properties. Aging involves a progressive decline in the cipitate was dissolved in 20 ml of 2.5 M NaCl. Five vol- physiological capacity of an organism, and is manifested umes of ethanol were added, and the precipitate was by accumulated alterations and destabilization at the separated by centrifugation. The precipitate was dis- whole system level [13]. Aging is also associated with a solved in water and dialyzed against 100 volumes of differential gene expression pattern indicative of a de- water [17], and the dialyzed crude glycosaminoglycan creased stress response amongst metabolic and biosyn- was freeze-dried to obtain about 1.1 g of CaG, 4.89 g of thetic genes [14]. In particular, an age- or obesity-related IQG as a powder. Crude GAG was loaded onto a DEAE increase in visceral adipose tissue is usually accompanied Sephadex A-25 gel chromatography column (40 x by low-grade chronic inflammation, which has been pos- 1.2 cm) equilibrated with 50 mM phosphate buffer tulated as a cause of various metabolic diseases including (pH 7.4). The fractions were eluted using a linear so- cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and, most prominently, dium chloride gradient from 0 to 2.5 M NaCl in phos- type two diabetes [15]. These insect GAGs can be used in phate buffer at a flow rate of 20 ml/h, and the dialyzed a fast developing field with the prospect of utilizing tissue glycan was freeze-dried to pure GAG. engineering and biomaterials as novel therapies [16]. In this study, we report that GAG from dung beetles Animals and BIQ displayed anti-aging properties and, thus, these Sprague Dawley (SD) rats (male), at 8-months of age, compounds hold great promises for use as anti-aging were supplied from Samtako Co. Ltd. (Osan, Korea). All agents. Also, we demonstrate the potential value of C. procedures were in accordance with the NIH Guidelines molossus dung beetle glycosaminoglycan in lessening the for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. All experi- deleterious aspects of aging, as measured both in serum ments were approved by the Laboratory Animals’ Ethical and in the gene expression patterns of 14-month-old SD Committee of the National Academy of Agricultural Sci- rats following treatment for 1 month. ence, RDA, South Korea (NAAS1503) and followed na- tional guidelines for the care and use of animals (individual housing). The rats were acclimated for Methods 6 months under normal husbandry conditions (23 ± 2 ° Materials C, 55 ± 10% humidity and 12 h light/dark cycle) and fed Preparation of insect glycosaminoglycan a normal diet (D10001, AIN-76A rodent diet, Research Dried C. molossus was purchased at a local market in Diet Inc., New Brunswick, NJ, USA) and water ad libi- China; bumble bee (queen of Bombus ignitus) was reared tum. The 14 month old rats were segregated into 4 and freeze-dried, in the Department of Agricultural Biol- treatment groups of 10 rats each and distributed accord- ogy, National Academy of Agricultural Science, South ing to similarity in weight (680.2 ± 9.20 g). The treat- Korea.
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