Abstract:
:The antioxidant 2-mercaptoethylamine (MEA) was added to the culture medium of WI-38 cells throughout their lifespan. MEA concentrations of 0.5 microM, 5 microM and 50 microM were used. The presence of 5 microM or 50 microM MEA decreased the fraction of rapidly dividing cells and slightly reduced cell density at confluence, whereas 0.5 microM MEA had no significant effect on these parameters. All MEA-treated cultures had somewhat reduced plating efficiency. Cultures treated with 0.5 microM, 5 microM and 50 microM MEA attained population doubling levels of 72.80, 78.35 and 70.92, respectively, compared to 73.55 for untreated controls. Cells grown in 5 microM MEA underwent 4.8 more population doublings, in six weeks more time in culture, compared to controls. This is a 12.2% increase in the portion of the lifespan examined and a 6.5% increase in total lifespan. These results are consistent with the free radical theory of aging.
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Exp Gerontoljournal_title
Experimental gerontologyauthors
Golczewski JAdoi
10.1016/0531-5565(84)90026-3subject
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1984-01-01 00:00:00pages
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0531-5565issn
1873-6815pii
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杂志文章abstract::Even though Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, the mechanisms governing the establishment and progression of the disease remain largely unknown. Here, we investigated the implication of the neuroprotective protein BMI1 (B lymphoma Mo-MLV insertion region 1 homolog) in AD and the possibility...
journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2020.111178
更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2020.110937
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2017.10.016
更新日期:2017-12-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2020.111020
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2017.04.003
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0531-5565(94)00053-0
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0531-5565(85)90038-5
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2015.06.003
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2011.02.004
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2003.09.018
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2015.06.012
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Like the weather, many people talk about aging, but no one seems able to do anything about it. This implacability derives, at least in part, from our inability to provide a conceptual base from which analytic insight might derive. The emerging field of nonlinear thermodynamics presents a new view of the universe. It r...
journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0531-5565(86)90039-2
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2011.02.010
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0531-5565(82)90043-2
更新日期:1982-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Aging is associated with a decline in immune functions. Among them, T-cell activation is altered at several points of the signaling cascade following TCR engagement. Recent findings suggest that lipid rafts act as a platform in the initiation of T-cell activation. We have previously demonstrated that cholesterol conte...
journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2003.10.031
更新日期:2004-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The proportion of elderly individuals is growing and the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) among elderly people undergoing cardiac surgery is increasing constantly. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of different degrees of preoperative renal dysfunction on postoperative outcomes i...
journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2013.01.012
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have analyzed birth records from the International Species Inventory System database of zoo animals to describe patterns of fertility as a function of age in birds and mammals. Unlike age at death, fertility in captive populations is partly controlled by animal keepers depending on availability of space and potenti...
journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0531-5565(03)00101-3
更新日期:2003-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Menopause is associated with a decline in overall health in women. One health aspect impacted is glucose metabolism. As women experience menopause, their metabolism declines dramatically. The current study addressed the influence of ovarian somatic cells on the improvement of metabolic health through transplantations ...
journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2019.110686
更新日期:2019-10-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2013.02.027
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The alterations of the lipid composition and fluidity of liver plasma membranes as well as the activity of membrane-bound phospholipase A2 (EC 3.1.1.4) in male and female rats of different ages are investigated. An age-induced increase of the protein/phospholipid and cholesterol/phospholipid ratios is observed, as wel...
journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0531-5565(86)90072-0
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Impaired tolerance to ischemia-reperfusion in older hearts may stem in part from alterations in purine catabolism, impacting on maintenance of energy state and protective signaling via extracellular adenosine. We characterized effects of aging on normoxic and post-ischemic purine metabolism in hearts from young (2-4 m...
journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2003.08.003
更新日期:2003-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2020.110877
更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2017.01.012
更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Threat-related changes in postural control and their associations with changes in emotional and cognitive states are influenced by postural threat experience, however, limited work has explored individuals' capacity to adapt threat-related responses over longer periods of threat exposure. This study examined the effec...
journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2019.04.015
更新日期:2019-07-15 00:00:00
abstract::Age-related behavioral declines are common manifestations of aging in animals. Negative geotaxis, an innate escape response during which flies ascend the wall of a cylinder after being tapped to its bottom, is one of the behaviors that senesces in Drosophila. Many laboratories, including ours, have used a variety of n...
journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2005.02.005
更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are formed in all living organisms as a by-product of normal metabolism (endogenous sources) and as a consequence of exposure to environmental compounds (exogenous sources). Endogenous ROS are largely formed during oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria and, therefore, mitochondria...
journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0531-5565(02)00142-0
更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Age- and sex-associated differences in lipid peroxidation (LPO), and total sialic acid content (TSA) in response to abuse of drugs have been reported both in humans and experimental animals. However, no data on the influence of gender and age on these parameters have been reported for methionine-enkephalin (MENK). In ...
journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0531-5565(02)00118-3
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Despite well-documented evidence for lifespan extension by methionine restriction (MR), underlying mechanisms remain unknown. As methionine can alter S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) and S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH), the substrate and product of DNA methyltransferase-1 (DNMT1), we hypothesized that MR diet alters DNA methyl...
journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2016.12.003
更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Aging has a profound effect on the immune system, and both innate and adaptive arms of the immune system show functional decline with age. In response to infection with intracellular microorganisms, old animals mobilize decreased numbers of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells with reduced production of effector molecules an...
journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2018.01.011
更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Neuroinflammation may play a role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). The present study questioned whether this neuroinflammatory response differs between the olfactory bulb, as an early affected region and the nigrostriatal system. Indeed, increased microgliosis was shown in post-mortem olfactory bulb of...
journal_title:Experimental gerontology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.exger.2007.04.010
更新日期:2007-08-01 00:00:00