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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-4
pubmed:abstractText
Adult-onset calorie restriction (A-CR) is an experimental model of life extension and healthy aging less explored, compared with calorie restriction begun at early ages, but one more realistic for human application. We examined the effect of A-CR on the aging rat kidney with respect to common structural age-dependent changes and the accumulation of mitochondrial enzyme abnormalities in tubular epithelial cells. A 40% calorie restriction was initiated in middle-aged rats, before the onset of significant age-related changes in the Fischer x Brown Norway rat kidney. This dietary intervention effectively reduced glomerulosclerosis and tubular atrophy within 6 mo and changed the rate of interstitial fibrosis formation within 1 yr and vascular wall thickening and the expression cytochrome c oxidase (COX)-deficient tubular epithelial cells in 18 mo compared with age-matched ad libitum-fed rats. Our histological approach (histochemical staining for mitochondrial enzyme activity and laser capture microdissection) coupled with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) PCR analyses demonstrated that COX-deficient renal tubular epithelial cells accumulated mtDNA deletion mutations and that these cells contained unique, clonally expanded mtDNA deletion mutations. Renal tubular epithelial cells with mitochondrial abnormalities presented cellular characteristics indicative of physiological dysfunction.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1931-857X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
292
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
F1751-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Adult-onset calorie restriction delays the accumulation of mitochondrial enzyme abnormalities in aging rat kidney tubular epithelial cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA. mckiernan@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural