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Autophagy and aging: The importance of maintaining "clean" cells

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Cuervo, Ana Maria, Bergamini, Ettore, Brunk, Ulf T., Dröge, Wulf, Ffrench, Martine, Terman, Alexei·2005·Autophagy

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A decrease in the turnover of cellular components and the intracellular accumulation of altered macromolecules and organelles are features common to all aged cells. Diminished autophagic activity plays a major role in these age-related manifestations. In this work we review the molecular defects responsible for the malfunctioning of two forms of autophagy, macroautophagy and chaperone-mediated autophagy, in old mammals, and highlight general and cell-type specific consequences of dysfunction of the autophagic system with age. Dietary caloric restriction and antilipolytic agents have been proven to efficiently stimulate autophagy in old rodents. These and other possible experimental restorative efforts are discussed.

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  • Decreased macroautophagic activity with age has been described in different mammalian tissues.

    “Decreased macroautophagic activity with age has been described in different mammalian tissues (Cuervo, 2008; Cuervo et al., 2005).”

    From Protein Homeostasis and Aging: the importance of exquisite quality control (2011) · cites this paper as Cuervo et al., 2005

  • Mechanisms of lysosomal degradation and autophagy are crucial to remove potentially toxic and protective fatty acids against ER stress-induced cell death.

    “The mechanisms of lysosomal degradation and autophagy are crucial to remove potentially toxic and protective fatty acids against ER stress-induced cell death [129,130,131].”
  • The decline in autophagy with age contributes to a number of age-related diseases.

    “Recent studies have suggested that the decline in autophagy with age contributes to a number of age-related diseases (Cuervo et al., 2005; Rubinsztein et al., 2011)”

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Authors
Cuervo, A. M., Bergamini, E., Brunk, U. T., Dröge, W., Ffrench, M., & Terman, A.
Affiliations
  • University of Pisa (IT)
  • Yeshiva University (US)
  • German Cancer Research Center (DE)
  • Lyon 1 Université (FR)
Venue
Autophagy
Published
2005-10-11
Volume
1
Issue
3
Pages
131-140
ISSN
  • 1554-8627 (ISSN-L)
  • 1554-8635
OpenAlex
W2139425230
Cited by
792
References
137
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 39 · 2020: 54 · 2019: 55 · 2018: 53 · 2017: 49 · 2016: 51 · 2015: 55 · 2014: 44 · 2013: 44 · 2012: 50
FWCI
3.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Autophagy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute on Aging (R03AG019834, AG19834, AG-021904)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
Keywords
aging, macroautophagy, chaperone-mediated autophagy, cellular senescence, age-related diseases, caloric restriction, antilipolytic agents
MeSH terms
Aging, Animals, Autophagy, Cytosol, Humans, Lysosomes, Mitochondria, Cellular Senescence

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