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Absence of relationship between the level of electron transport chain activities and aging in human skeletal muscle

Barrientos, Antoni, Casademont, Jordi, Rötig, Agnès, Miró, Òscar, Urbano-Márquez, Álvaro, Rustin, Pierre, Cardellach, Francesc·1996·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Abstract

We investigated the relationship between age and respiratory chain function of skeletal muscle mitochondria in 132 control individuals (15 to 95 years old). Muscle mitochondria were studied polarographically and spectrophotometrically. By regression analysis, we found a significant inverse correlation between age and oxygen uptake linked to substrate oxidation (succinate, glutamate-malate or ascorbate-TMPD). However, this significance disappeared after including physical activity and tobacco consumption as confounding variables in a multivariate statistical analysis. Similarly, the activity of respiratory chain complexes individually measured did not decline with age. It therefore appears that respiratory chain activity in human skeletal muscle mitochondria is substantially undamaged during the aging process.

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  • It has been suggested that age-related reduction in ETC function is not related to aging per se, but due to confounding factors including physical inactivity.

    “However, it has also been suggested that the age-related reduction in ETC function, reduced mitochondrial complex I, II, III, and IV activity, is not related to the aging process per se, but rather due to other confounding factors, including physical inactivity (23).”

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Authors
Barrientos, A., Casademont, J., Rötig, A., Miró, Ò., Urbano-Márquez, Á., Rustin, P., & Cardellach, F.
Affiliations
  • Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
  • Inserm (FR)
Corresponding author
Cardellach, Francesc
Venue
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1996-12
Volume
229
Issue
2
Pages
536-539
ISSN
0006-291X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1997970054
Cited by
95
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 5
FWCI
1.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Keywords
aging, skeletal muscle, mitochondrial respiratory chain, electron transport chain, mitochondrial function, oxygen consumption, succinate oxidation, respiratory chain complexes, physical activity, smoking
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Electron Transport, Humans, Middle Aged, Mitochondria, Muscle, Muscle, Skeletal

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