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Effect of age on the processing and import of matrix-destined mitochondrial proteins in skeletal muscle

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Huang, J. H., Joseph, A.-M., Ljubicic, V., Iqbal, S., Hood, D. A.·2010·The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Abstract

Deregulation of muscle mitochondrial biogenesis may explain the altered mitochondrial properties associated with aging. Maintenance of the mitochondrial network requires the continuous incorporation of nascent proteins into their subcompartments via the protein import pathway. We examined whether this pathway was impaired in muscle of aged animals, focusing on the subsarcolemmal and intermyofibrillar mitochondrial populations. Our results indicate that the import of proteins into the mitochondrial matrix was unaltered with age. Interestingly, import assays supplemented with the cytosolic fraction illustrated an attenuation of protein import, and this effect was similar between age groups. We observed a 2.5-fold increase in protein degradation in the presence of the cytosolic fraction obtained from aged animals. Thus, the reduction of mitochondrial content and/or function observed with aging may not rely on altered activity of the import pathway but rather on the availability of preproteins that are susceptible to elevated rates of degradation by cytosolic factors.

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Authors
Huang, J. H., Joseph, A.-M., Ljubicic, V., Iqbal, S., & Hood, D. A.
Affiliations
York University (CA)
Venue
The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
Published
2010-01-02
Volume
65A
Issue
2
Pages
138-146
ISSN
  • 1079-5006 (ISSN-L)
  • 1758-535X
OpenAlex
W2128890044
Cited by
35
References
56
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2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2012: 2
FWCI
1.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • National Institute on Aging (P30AG028740)
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 › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
Keywords
mitochondrial protein import, mitochondrial matrix, aging, skeletal muscle, mitochondrial biogenesis, protein degradation, cytosolic factors, subsarcolemmal mitochondria, interfibrillar mitochondria
MeSH terms
Aging, Animals, Body Weight, Cytosol, Male, Mitochondria, Muscle, Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase, Protein Precursors, Rats, Inbred F344, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Muscle, Skeletal, Molecular Chaperones, Protein Transport, Mitochondrial Proteins, Rats

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