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ArticleRejuvenation research2010

Lifelong calorie restriction alleviates age-related oxidative damage in peripheral nerves.

Katherine Opalach, Sunitha Rangaraju, Irina Madorsky, Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Lucia Notterpek

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Article in Rejuvenation research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katherine OpalachDepartment of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, and The Institute on Aging, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 2610-0244, USA.
Sunitha Rangaraju
Irina Madorsky
Christiaan Leeuwenburgh
Lucia Notterpek
University of Florida · US

Funding

University of Florida Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC)P30AG028740 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI CHRISTIAAN LEEUWENBURGH · 2007 to 2026
$22.8M
Cellular events in heritable peripheral neuropathiesR01NS041012 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI NOTTERPEK, LUCIA · 2001 to 2013
$3.5M
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF OXIDATIVE STRESS IN AGING MUSCLER01AG017994 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI LEEUWENBURGH, CHRISTIAAN · 2000 to 2012
$2.9M
Apoptosis and Life-Long Caloric RestrictionR01AG021042 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI LEEUWENBURGH, CHRISTIAAN · 2003 to 2007
$1.7M
NIA NIH HHS 1 P30 AG028740NIA NIH HHS AG21042NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028740NIA NIH HHS R01-AG17994NINDS NIH HHS NS041012NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS041012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is associated with protein damage and imbalance in redox status in a variety of cells and tissues, yet little is known about the extent of age-related oxidative stress in the peripheral nervous system. Previously, we showed a drastic decline in the expression of glial and neuronal proteins in myelinated peripheral nerves with age, which is significantly ameliorated by lifelong calorie restriction. The age-related decline in functional molecules is associated with alterations in cellular protein homeostatic mechanisms, which could lead to a buildup of damaged, aggregated proteins. To determine the extent of oxidative damage within myelinated peripheral nerves, we studied sciatic nerves from rats of four different ages (8, 18, 29, and 38 months) maintained on an ad libitum or a 40% calorie-restricted diet. We found a prominent accumulation of polyubiquitinated substrates with age, which are associated with the conglomeration of distended lysosomes and lipofuscin adducts. The occurrence of these structures is notably less frequent within nerves of age-matched rodents kept on a lifelong reduced calorie diet. Markers for lipid peroxidation, inflammation, and immune cell infiltration are all elevated in nerves of ad libitum-fed rats, whereas food restriction is able to attenuate such deleterious processes with age. Together these results show that dietary restriction is an efficient means of defying age-related oxidative damage and maintaining a younger state in peripheral nerves.

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Caloric RestrictionOxidative StressAgingAnimalsDietInflammationInflammation MediatorsLipid PeroxidationLipofuscinMaleMyelin SheathProteinsRatsSciatic NerveTime FactorsInflammation MediatorsLipofuscinProteins

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PMID20230280
PMCPMC2877262
OpenAlexW2053515263

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