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Praise the presence of The Almighty God for all the abundance and grace, we
can complete the preparation of the Student Project entitled "Oxidative Stress and
Aging" on time. For that reason, the authors thank all the team members who have
worked well in completing this work and for those who help this project.
We are also fully aware that this work is not free from deficiencies and errors.
Therefore, we apologize profusely and hope the reader to provide constructive input
for the perfection of this work going forward. Hopefully this work can provide
information for readers and be useful for the development of insight and
improvement of knowledge for all of us.
Writer team
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FIGURE LIST
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
Aging become one of the main problem of people nowadays. Many
people try to prevent aging. Aging could be the biggest problem for people who
maintain their appearance. Aging is a change in human body that happen
because of the oxygen reactivity.1 Aging could cause DNA damage and
fragmentation, and it causes apoptosis (programmed cell death) also produce a
visibly older looking face.1 Aging that occurs will accumulate over time to
cause significant physiological, psychological, and social changes.1 Aging also
can cause cellular responses disrupted.1
The main cause of aging is free radicals and reactive oxygen species
(ROS).2 Free radicals themselves are produced by our body every day as a result
of cell metabolism.2 If the level of free radicals exceeds the limit of antioxidant
defenses, oxidative stress will occur.2 Oxidative stress will cause aging which
will have an impact on someone’s appearance. Aging makes someone look
much older than their actual age. This could be dangerous, because appearance
become one of the most important things to people nowadays.
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causes the skin to lose its moisture so the skin tends to have dry texture. 2 Dry
skin will cause irritating itching.2 Benign skin tumors can also occur due to
excessive oxidative stress.2 This benign tumor will disturb our appearance
because of its shape in the form of bulges with red to brownish black.2
Besides causing appearance problems, aging can also cause muscle
fatigue because oxidative stress reduces muscle endurance during physical
activity.3 This condition must be avoided, especially for athletes. Oxidative
stress causes a person cannot do physical activity with maximum energy. Even
ordinary people will have difficulty carrying out daily physical activities. Aging
also causes oxygen consumption increase sharply 10-15 times the normal rate
when doing physical activities.3
Because the problem of aging due to oxidative stress is very much
experienced and becomes a common problem, our group wants to make a study
of aging and oxidative stress. In this study we will discuss what is the meaning
of oxidative stress and aging. We will also describe about the relation between
aging and oxidative stress. We will also describe about how to prevent oxidative
stress and reduce aging.
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them up, then macrophage will catch the LDL and make the macrophage
bigger so the blood vessels will be clogged up – causing the cholesterol.6
2. Exogenous Sources
a. Cigarette Smoke
Cigarette smoke contains many free radicals. In addition, inhalation
of cigarette smoke into the lung also activates some endogenous
mechanisms, such as accumulation of neutrophils and macrophages,
which further increase the oxidant injury.
b. Ozone Exposure
Ozone exposure can cause lipid peroxidation and induce influx of
neutrophils into the airway epithelium. Exposure to ozone also causes
the release of inflammatory mediators, such as MPO, eosinophil
cationic proteins and also lactate dehydrogenase and albumin.
c. Hyperoxia
Hyperoxia is a condition of higher oxygen levels than normal partial
pressure of oxygen in the lungs or other body tissues. It leads to
greater production of reactive oxygen.
d. Ionizing Radiation
Ionizing radiation converts hydroxyl radical, superoxide, and organic
radicals to hydrogen peroxide and organic hydro peroxides. These
hydro peroxide species react with redox active metal ions, such as Fe
and Cu and induce oxidative stress.
e. Heavy Metal Ions
Heavy metal ions, such as iron, copper, cadmium, mercury, nickel,
lead, and arsenic, can induce generation of reactive radicals and cause
cellular damage via depletion of enzyme activities through lipid
peroxidation and reaction with nuclear proteins and DNA.
One of the most important mechanisms of metal-mediated free
radical generation is via a Fenton-type reaction. Superoxide ion and
hydrogen peroxide can interact with transition metals, such as iron
and copper, via the metal catalyzed Haber-Weiss/Fenton reaction to
form OH radicals8.
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2. Cardiovascular Disease
This disease has a multifactorial etiology, but since last year oxidative
stress considered as a primary or a secondary cause of many CVD.
Oxidative stress stimulates the atherosclerosis with atheromatous plaque
which result in early endothelial inflammation that leads to Reactive
Oxygen Species (ROS) formation by the macrophages. Its oxidized the
low-density lipoprotein and cause the formation of foam cell and lipid
accumulation.
3. Neurological disease
Oxidative stress itself already known being responsible for the cause of
several neural disease such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, depression, and memory loss. Oxidative stress damage
neuron and cause the progression to dementia example - amyloid, a
toxic peptide in brain which produced by neurodegeneration observed.
4. Respiratory
In respiratory oxidative stress also provide several disease such as asthma
and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
5. Rheumatoid Arthritis
It is a chronic inflammatory disorder that affect the joints and
surrounding tissue.it cause by the T cell infiltration that initiate and
progress by the free radical that can be seen by the increase of isoprostane
6. Kidney disease
Oxidative stress involved in large amount area of renal apparatus such as
glomerulus and nephritis of interstitial tubule, renal failure, proteinuria
and uraemia. Reactive oxygen Species production persuade the
recruitment of the inflammatory cell and proinflammatory cytokine and
cause the kidney negatively affected. Certain drugs such as cyclosporine,
tacrolimus, gentamycin dan bleomycin are known to be nephrotoxic and
increase the free radical levels and oxidation stress by lipid peroxidation.8
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7. Sexual maturation
Oxidative stress are founded to be responsible for a delayed sexual
maturation and puberty. It can be seen by exposing children or pregnant
in pubertal age to the cd.9
2.2 Aging
2.2.1 Definition of Aging
According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, aging
is associated with changes in dynamic biological, environmental,
physiological, behavioral, psychological, and social processes. The changes
are sometimes benign, such as having wrinkles, but some can cause the
muscles capability to decline, processing information, the increased
susceptibility of disease, frailty, or even disability.10
Aging is a result from the impact of the accumulation of a wide variety
of cellular and molecular damage. These changes are neither consistent nor
linear and they are only slightly associated with someone’s age in years.
While some 65 year-olds enjoy a wonderful life with an amazing health
conditions, some 65 year-olds are frail and require help from other people.11
Besides biological changes, ageing is also associated with other life
transitions such as moving to a different place, retirement, and the death of a
loved one. When developing a public health response to aging, it is important
to not just consider approaches that improve the losses associated with older
age, but also those that may reinforce recovery, psychosocial growth, and
adaptation.11
3. Exercise
Lots of things can be induced through exercise. There are lots of
evidence that shows how physical activity and exercise fights back aging.
Physical activity can be defined as bodily movements that are coordinated
by skeletal muscles which will increase energy expenditure over resting
condition. Higher levels of physical activity can result in the reducing of
risks that can cause mortality and increase longevity.
Exercise plays a role in maintaining genomic stability. Exercise can
improve DNA repair mechanism which one of the reason that can affect
aging. Studies said that aerobic exercise induce autophagy which can
prevent the loss of strength and muscle mass through modulation of IGF -
1, protein kinase B (Akt)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and
Akt/Forkhead box O3A signaling pathways.
The World Health Organization has identified that physical
inactivity is the fourth leading risk factor of worldwide mortality. Through
this research, it is believed that physical activity and exercise training can
reduce age-associated diseases or even aging itself.
Exercise also mitigates mitochondrial aging and interrupts the vicious
cycle of oxidative damage by stimulating mitochondrial biogenesis and
enhancing mitochondrial oxidative capacity
4. Antioxidants
Ascorbic acid or vitamin C is one of nutrient antioxidants that can
prevent the oxidative stress and aging. Vitamin C is a water-soluble
antioxidant that can be found in raw broccoli, spinach, strawberries,
oranges, tomatoes, etc.5 Vitamin C is a chain breaking antioxidant as a
reducing agent or electron donor. Vitamin C compounds are able to donate
hydrogen atoms to DPPH free radicals to form a stable reduced DPPH
compound (DPPH-H). The higher the vitamin C content, the more DPPH
radicals react so that the concentration decreases. The greater the reduction
in DPPH concentration, the higher its antioxidant activity.6. Vitamin C also
can inhibits lipid peroxidation and promotes the regeneration of α-
tocopherol.
CHAPTER III
SUMMARY
3.1 Conclusion
Based on our research that have been done, we can conclude several
things. Those are:
1. Oxidative stress is a condition when free radicals and the stabilizing agent’s
antioxidant enzymes in the body are imbalance. The main factor of
oxidative stress are lack of antioxidants or excess free radicals production.
2. Aging is a result from the impact of the accumulation of a wide variety of
cellular and molecular damage. These changes are neither consistent nor
linear and they are only slightly associated with someone’s age in years.
3. Oxidative stress will caused DNA lesions, such as DNA strand breaks and
transverse mutations, resulting accumulation of irritative effect from free
radicals and failure in tissue homeostasis leading to premature skin aging.15
Oxidative stress in skin play a major role in the intrinsic aging even more in
extrinsic aging, althought the result in skin are quiet different in dermis and
epidermis.
4. Oxidative stress and aging could be prevented by healthy lifestyle, diet,
routine exercise, and consume enough antioxidants.
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