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Aging aggravates heterogeneities in cell-size and stress-intolerance of cardiac ventricular myocytes.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16621388     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
RATIONALE: Heterogeneity of ventricular myocytes from old murine hearts was tested in regard to cell volume and tolerance to stress induced by ROS generated by photoactivation of tetramethylrhodamine methylester. RESULTS: During repetitive linescans, ROS generated 'scars' of depolarized mitochondria. All young and 60% of old myocytes had type1 scars that were small and remained stable with time. Forty percent cells from old hearts responded with type2 scars that were wide and expanded with time. Depolarization of individual mitochondria was characterized by its half decay time. HDT was 6.9s in young mice (type1 mitochondria). HDT was 5.6s in old mice due to a 30% population of mitochondria with reduced ROS-tolerance (type2, HDT=3.0 s). Type1 and type2 mitochondria did not coexist in the same cell, however, in the same old heart (different myocytes). In a different set of myocytes the volumes were measured to be larger (83+/-29 pl) and more heterogeneous than in young myocytes (49+/-13 pl). CONCLUSION: Hearts of old mice contain a subpopulation of myocytes with reduced mitochondrial stress-tolerance that is attributed to an age-dependent reduction of cellular ROS defence capacity. We discuss how heterogeneities in stress-tolerance and cell volume could be causally linked.
Authors:
V Dyachenko; U Rueckschloss; G Isenberg
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2006-04-18
Journal Detail:
Title:  Experimental gerontology     Volume:  41     ISSN:  0531-5565     ISO Abbreviation:  Exp. Gerontol.     Publication Date:  2006 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-05-29     Completed Date:  2007-05-07     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0047061     Medline TA:  Exp Gerontol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  489-96     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Martin-Luther-University, Magdeburger Street 6, 06097 Halle, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aging / pathology
Animals
Cell Aging / physiology*
Cell Size*
Cells, Cultured
Male
Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial / physiology
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mitochondria, Heart / physiology
Myocytes, Cardiac / cytology*,  physiology
Oxidative Stress / physiology*
Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Reactive Oxygen Species

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