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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
Multibase deletions in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have been shown to accumulate with age in several tissues, including skin, whereas point mutations have only recently been demonstrated to increase during aging, with several specific mutations occurring at high levels (up to 50%) in skin fibroblasts obtained from old donors [Science 286(1999)774]. We have conducted a survey for a specific deletion and for point mutations in several regions of mtDNA from cultured skin fibroblasts derived from eight fetal (12-20 weeks gestational age), ten young (17-33 years of age) and 11 old (78-92 years of age) human donors. Using PCR analysis, detectable levels of the 4977 basepair (bp) 'common deletion' were present in all three age groups, with the highest deletion levels of up to 0.3% of total mtDNA found in several cell lines from old donors, although other old donor cell lines had much lower levels. Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis for point mutations in the non-coding D-loop region and two regions of the cytochrome oxidase 2 gene failed to reveal the presence of any single base mutations. We infer that age-related high level mutational damage in mtDNA from human skin fibroblasts may manifest both sequence and inter-individual specificity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0047-6374
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
123
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-10-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Base Pairing, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-DNA, Mitochondrial, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Electron Transport Complex IV, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:11718809-Tissue Donors
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Mitochondrial DNA mutation analysis in human skin fibroblasts from fetal, young, and old donors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. glenn.s.gerhard@dartmouth.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.