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Therefore, the bitch was used to study reproductive aging. The present work hypothesized that the deposition of multinucleated giant cells and the accumulation of IgGs in the ovary contribute to aging. The objectives were to identify these markers in the ovaries of bitches and correlate them with aging, and to assess whether antioxidants could modulate age-dependent IgG accumulation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Ovaries from bitches (from 6\u00a0months to 13\u00a0years, divided into three groups: &amp;lt;2\u00a0years, 2\u20136\u00a0years, and &amp;gt;6\u00a0years) and from mice [aged 8\u201312\u00a0weeks\u2013young and 38\u201342\u00a0weeks\u2013reproductively aged (vehicle or apocynin treated)] were employed. Hematoxylin and eosin staining was used to evaluate the ovarian follicle reserve pool. Sudan Black B (SBB) staining identified and characterized the accumulation of lipofuscin, a marker present in ovarian multinucleated giant cells. Immunohistochemistry was employed to determine IgG deposition and western blotting for its quantification. The Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney-U tests were used for multiple comparisons. The Spearman correlation coefficient measured correlations between the studied variables.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In the bitch, reproductive aging associates with a decrease in follicle pool, an increase in multinucleated giant cells, and an increase in IgG accumulation. Ovarian deposition of lipofuscin was significantly higher in bitches over 2\u00a0years of age, whereas IgG deposition was only significant in the &amp;gt;6\u00a0years group. Unlike SBB staining, which was absent in the &amp;lt;2\u00a0years group, IgG accumulation was already detected in younger animals. In the mice, ovarian IgG staining was increased in reproductively aged animals, but not in reproductively aged animals treated with apocynin.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study indicates that IgG deposition is an early event that precedes and possibly triggers the recruitment of macrophages. 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