IDS 114A: Oxidative Stress and Aging

Dr. Simon Melov, Buck Institute for Age Research

September 30, 2002 Lecture


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Table of Contents

Outline

Free Radical theory of Aging

Energy utilization partitioning

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What are the effects of oxidative stress?

Oxidative Stress mutants

Catalytic antioxidants tested in Sod2-/- mice, and in aging paradigms

Efficacy of EUK antioxidants in biology

Caenorhabditis elegans

Genetic inactivation of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in mice - phenotypes

Dilated cardiomyopathy as a result of endogenous mitochondrial oxidative stress

Mural thrombi in sod2 nullizygous heart

Massive accumulation of lipid in liver due to endogenous oxidative stress

Brain - Regional mitochondrial Aconitase activity in 9-10 day old Sod2-/- mice

Catalytic antioxidants tested in Sod2-/- mice, and in aging paradigms

Catalytic Antioxidant treatment of sod2 nullizygous mice

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Survival curves - treated versus untreated

Spongiform encephalopathy in sod2 nullizygous mice

Mitochondrial ballooning in brain of sod2 nullizygous mice

GFAP staining of brain of sod2 nullizygous mice treated with MnTBAP

EUK-8 treatment rescues hepatic lipid build-up

Catalytic antioxidants tested in Sod2-/- mice

Rescue of spongiform encephalopathy in high dose EUK treated Sod2 mutant mice

Aconitase activity in 3 week old Sod2 -/- mouse brain - efficacy of EUK-8 versus MnTBAP

Pharmacogenomic and proteomic profiling of mitochondrial oxidative stress

Statistical analysis of microarrays

Ongoing studies

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Summary

Author: Simon Melov

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