Effects of epithalon on activities gastrointestinal enzymes in young and old rats

Effects of Geroprotectors on Age-Related Changes in Proteolytic Digestive Enzyme Activities at Different Lighting Conditions

We studied the effect of melatonin and epithalon on age-related changes in proteolytic digestive enzyme activity in the pancreas and gastric mucosa of rats kept under different lighting conditions. In rats kept under standard illumination, pepsin activity and the total proteolytic activity in the stomach and pancreas increased by the age of 12 months, but then decreased. Constant and natural lighting disturbed the age dynamics of proteolytic digestive enzyme activity. Administration of melatonin and epithalon to animals exposed to constant lighting restored age dynamics of pepsin activity and little affected total proteolytic activity.

Peptidergic regulation of expression of genes encoding antioxidant and anti-inflammatory proteins

Geroprotective peptide T-34 regulates the expression of mRNA for various genes. The development of gastric ulcer is associated with morphological and molecular changes resulting from modulation of the synthesis of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory proteins. Peptide T-34 normalizes the synthesis of these proteins by regulating the expression of the corresponding genes.