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Region-specific changes in mitochondrial D-loop in aged rat CNS
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McInerny, Simone C.;  Brown, Amanda L.;  Smith, Douglas W.
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
Description
Impaired mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) is considered a cause of aging. A reduction in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) replication and/or transcription may contribute to this OXPHOS diminution. Impairments in the displacement (D) loop, or non-coding, region of the mitochondrial genome, or accumulation of mtDNA mutations, may affect mtDNA replication and transcription. We determined the effects of age on the D-loop and on mtDNA deletion mutations in the spinal cord, medulla, midbrain, cerebellum, striatum, and cerebral cortex of Fischer 344 rats. D-loop, 7S DNA levels were reduced by 3-fold in striatum, 2.5-fold in cortex, and 2-fold in the spinal cord of older animals. We did not detect a population of mtDNA affected by the most prevalent known (ND4-containing) deletions, indicating they do not comprise a significant portion of total mtDNA. However, we detected an age-related and region-specific increase in the common deletion, which comprised 0.0003–0.0007% of total mtDNA. Mitochondrial genome copy number varied between regions, in addition to an overall 18% decrease with age across the whole brain. These results suggest the age-related decline in OXPHOS may be related to a reduction in D-loop function.
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Mechanisms of Ageing and Development Vol. 130, Issue 5, p. 343-349
Publisher Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2009.01.008
Date
2009
Publisher
Elsevier
Keyword(s)
mitochondrial genome mutation;  hypothesis of aging;  real-time quantitative PCR;  mitochondrial genome deletions;  mitochondrial replication;  mitochondrial transcription
Resource Type
journal article
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http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/916912
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ISSN:0047-6374
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