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ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2011

Thioredoxin 1 overexpression extends mainly the earlier part of life span in mice.

Viviana I Pérez, Lisa A Cortez, Christie M Lew, Marisela Rodriguez, Celeste R Webb, Holly Van Remmen, Asish Chaudhuri, Wenbo Qi, Shuko Lee, Alex Bokov and 8 more

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Article in The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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18 authors.

Viviana I PérezBarshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 15355 Lambda Drive, San Antonio, TX 78245-3207, USA.
Lisa A Cortez
Christie M Lew
Marisela Rodriguez
Celeste R Webb
Holly Van Remmen
Asish Chaudhuri
Wenbo Qi
Shuko Lee
Alex Bokov
Wilson Fok
Dean Jones
Arlan Richardson
Junji Yodoi
Yiqiang Zhang
Kaoru Tominaga
Gene B Hubbard
Yuji Ikeno

Funding

TRANSGENIC COREP30AG013319 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI PETER J HORNSBY · 1995 to 2026
$30.6M
BLRD VA I01 BX000517NIA NIH HHS AG13319
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We examined the effects of increased levels of thioredoxin 1 (Trx1) on resistance to oxidative stress and aging in transgenic mice overexpressing Trx1 [Tg(TRX1)(+/0)]. The Tg(TRX1)(+/0) mice showed significantly higher Trx1 protein levels in all the tissues examined compared with the wild-type littermates. Oxidative damage to proteins and levels of lipid peroxidation were significantly lower in the livers of Tg(TRX1)(+/0) mice compared with wild-type littermates. The survival study demonstrated that male Tg(TRX1)(+/0) mice significantly extended the earlier part of life span compared with wild-type littermates, but no significant life extension was observed in females. Neither male nor female Tg(TRX1)(+/0) mice showed changes in maximum life span. Our findings suggested that the increased levels of Trx1 in the Tg(TRX1)(+/0) mice were correlated to increased resistance to oxidative stress, which could be beneficial in the earlier part of life span but not the maximum life span in the C57BL/6 mice.

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8-Hydroxy-2'-DeoxyguanosineAgingAnimalsAntioxidantsDeoxyguanosineDiquatFemaleGlutaredoxinsGlutathioneLipid PeroxidationLiverLongevityMaleMAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 5MiceMice, Inbred C57BL8-Hydroxy-2'-DeoxyguanosineAntioxidantsDeoxyguanosineDiquatGlrx protein, mouseGlutaredoxinsGlutathioneMap3k5 protein, mouseMAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 5NF-kappa BThioredoxinsTxn1 protein, mouseTxn2 protein, mouse

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PMID21873593
PMCPMC3210956

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