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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2023

The Evolution and Ecology of Oxidative and Antioxidant Status: A Comparative Approach in African Mole-Rats.

Paul J Jacobs, Daniel W Hart, Hana N Merchant, Cornelia Voigt, Nigel C Bennett

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Relationship between Hypoxia and Hypercapnia Tolerance and Life Expectancy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  6. Redox Metabolism in Ecophysiology and Evolution.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Paul J JacobsDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.
Daniel W HartDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4592-558X
Hana N MerchantDepartment of Biological Sciences, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1373-8808
Cornelia VoigtMammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.
Nigel C BennettMammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-9748-2947
University of Pretoria · ZARoyal Holloway University of London · GB

Funding

National Research Foundation 64756
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The naked mole-rat of the family Bathyergidae has been the showpiece for ageing research as they contradict the traditional understanding of the oxidative stress theory of ageing. Some other bathyergids also possess increased lifespans, but there has been a remarkable lack of comparison between species within the family Bathyergidae. This study set out to investigate how plasma oxidative markers (total oxidant status (TOS), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), and the oxidative stress index (OSI)) differ between five species and three subspecies of bathyergids, differing in their maximum lifespan potential (MLSP), resting metabolic rate, aridity index (AI), and sociality. We also investigated how oxidative markers may differ between captive and wild-caught mole-rats. Our results reveal that increased TOS, TAC, and OSI are associated with increased MLSP. This pattern is more prevalent in the social-living species than the solitary-living species. We also found that oxidative variables decreased with an increasing AI and that wild-caught individuals typically have higher antioxidants. We speculate that the correlation between higher oxidative markers and MLSP is due to the hypoxia-tolerance of the mole-rats investigated. Hormesis (the biphasic response to oxidative stress promoting protection) is a likely mechanism behind the increased oxidative markers observed and promotes longevity in some members of the Bathyergidae family.

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ageingantioxidantsariditylongevitymaximum lifespan potentialmetabolismoxidative statusoxidative stressreactive oxygen speciessociality

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