Aging & Longevity

Age- and sex-disaggregated disease burden among the older persons in India

3 months 2 weeks ago
CONCLUSIONS: This comprehensive assessment of the differentials in disease burden among older persons across age, sex and states of India, and the gaps identified in the service utilisation data capture by age and sex for the older persons in the national health programs can provide crucial inputs for strengthening the on-going public health policy and programmatic efforts aimed at improving the health and well-being of the growing older population in India.
G Anil Kumar

Subcellular NAD<sup>+</sup> pools are interconnected and buffered by mitochondrial NAD<sup></sup>

3 months 2 weeks ago
The coenzyme NAD^(+) is consumed by signalling enzymes, including poly-ADP-ribosyltransferases (PARPs) and sirtuins. Ageing is associated with a decrease in cellular NAD^(+) levels, but how cells cope with persistently decreased NAD^(+) concentrations is unclear. Here, we show that subcellular NAD^(+) pools are interconnected, with mitochondria acting as a rheostat to maintain NAD^(+) levels upon excessive consumption. To evoke chronic, compartment-specific overconsumption of NAD^(+), we...
Lena E Høyland

Age- and sex-related variations in extracellular vesicle profiling for the assessment of cardiovascular risk: the EVaging index

3 months 2 weeks ago
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) offer valuable diagnostic and prognostic insights for cardiovascular (CV) diseases, but the influence of age-related chronic inflammation ("inflammaging") and sex differences on EV profiles linked to CV risk remains unclear. This study aimed to use EV profiling to predict age and stratify patients by CV risk. We developed an EVaging index by analyzing surface antigen profiles of serum EVs from 625 participants, aged 20 to 94 years, across varying CV risk groups. The...
Jacopo Burrello

Anti-aging properties of the aminosterols of the dogfish shark

3 months 2 weeks ago
The development of anti-aging drugs is challenged by both the apparent complexity of the physiological mechanisms involved in aging and the likelihood that many of these mechanisms remain unknown. As a consequence, the development of anti-aging compounds based on the rational targeting of specific pathways has fallen short of the goal. To date, the most impressive compound is rapamycin, a natural bacterial product initially identified as an antifungal, and only subsequently discovered to have...
Denise Barbut

PP2C phosphatases-terminators of suicidal thoughts

3 months 2 weeks ago
Cell death and related signaling pathways are essential during development and in various physiological and pathological conditions. Post-translational modifications such as ubiquitination and phosphorylation play an important role in these signaling pathways. The involvement of kinases - enzymes that catalyze protein phosphorylation - in cell death signaling has been extensively studied. On the other hand, not many studies have been devoted to analyzing the role in cell death of phosphatases,...
Lisa Lagorgette

Cohort trends in intrinsic capacity in England and China

3 months 2 weeks ago
To understand how the health of older adults today compares to that of previous generations, we estimated intrinsic capacity and subdomains of cognitive, locomotor, sensory, psychological and vitality capacities in participants of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Applying multilevel growth curve models, we found that more recent cohorts entered older ages with higher levels of capacity, while subsequent age-related declines were...
John R Beard

2,4-Dinitrophenol is toxic on a low caloric diet but extends lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster on nutrient-rich diets without an impact on metabolism

3 months 2 weeks ago
Uncouplers of mitochondrial electron transport chain, such as 2,4-dinitrophehol (DNP), can mimic calorie restriction by decreasing efficiency of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis. However, DNP is also a toxic substance, whose overdosage can be lethal. In the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster model, we have found that DNP in concentrations of 0.05-0.2 g/L, led to a drastic decrease in fruit fly survival on a low caloric diet (1% sucrose and 1% yeast; 1S-1Y). On the 5S-5Y diet, DNP decreased...
Olha M Strilbytska

Ribose-induced advanced glycation end products reduce the lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster by changing the redox state and down-regulating the Sirtuin genes

3 months 2 weeks ago
Advanced Glycation End (AGE) products are one such factor that accumulates during aging and age-related diseases. However, how exogenous AGE compounds cause aging is an area that needs to be explored. Specifically, how an organ undergoes aging and aging-related phenomena that need further investigation. The intestine is the most exposed area to food substances. How AGEs affect the intestine in terms of aging need to be explored. Drosophila melanogaster, a well-known model organism, is used to...
Lokanath Mishra

ISLAND Campus: a fee-free formal university educational intervention in mid- to later-life to reduce modifiable risk factors for dementia and improve cognition

3 months 2 weeks ago
INTRODUCTION: Previous research has tended to focus on early-life education for dementia risk reduction, yet there are great gains for building cognitive reserve in mid- to later-life through educational interventions. ISLAND (Island Study Linking Ageing and Neurodegenerative Disease) Campus offered free university study to all ISLAND participants, with flexible in-person/online learning models to remove educational, socioeconomic and geographical barriers. Here the core hypothesis of ISLAND...
Eddy Roccati

Boosting neuronal activity-driven mitochondrial DNA transcription improves cognition in aged mice

3 months 2 weeks ago
Deciphering the complex interplay between neuronal activity and mitochondrial function is pivotal in understanding brain aging, a multifaceted process marked by declines in synaptic function and mitochondrial performance. Here, we identified an age-dependent coupling between neuronal and synaptic excitation and mitochondrial DNA transcription (E-TC(mito)), which operates differently compared to classic excitation-transcription coupling in the nucleus (E-TC(nuc)). We demonstrated that E-TC(mito)...
Wenwen Li

A subset of human dermal fibroblasts overexpressing Cockayne syndrome group B protein resist UVB radiation-mediated premature senescence

3 months 2 weeks ago
Ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation is a major contributor to skin photoaging. Although mainly absorbed by the epidermis, UVB photons managing to penetrate the upper dermis affect human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs), leading, among others, to the accumulation of senescent cells. In vitro studies have shown that repeated exposures to subcytotoxic UVB radiation doses provoke HDFs' premature senescence shortly after the end of the treatment period. Here, we found that repetitive exposures to non-cytotoxic...
Asimina Fotopoulou

Dynamic mitophagy trajectories hallmark brain aging

3 months 2 weeks ago
Studies using mitophagy reporter mice have established steady-state landscapes of mitochondrial destruction in mammalian tissues, sparking intense interest in basal mitophagy. Yet how basal mitophagy is modified by healthy aging in diverse brain cell types has remained a mystery. We present a comprehensive spatiotemporal analysis of mitophagy and macroautophagy dynamics in the aging mammalian brain, reporting critical region- and cell-specific turnover trajectories in a longitudinal study. We...
Anna Rappe

Age-Dependent Bi-Phasic Dynamics of Ly49<sup>+</sup>CD8<sup>+</sup> Regulatory T Cell Population

3 months 2 weeks ago
Aging is tightly associated with reduced immune protection but increased risk of autoimmunity and inflammatory conditions. Regulatory T cells are one of the key cells to maintaining immune homeostasis. The age-dependent changes in CD4^(+)Foxp3^(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) have been well documented. However, the nonredundant Foxp3^(-)CD8^(+) Tregs were never examined in the context of aging. This study first established clear distinctions between phenotypically overlapping CD8^(+) Tregs and...
Saranya Srinivasan

Expression of group II mGluRs in the inferior colliculus, medial geniculate body, and auditory cortex increases with age

3 months 2 weeks ago
Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are widely expressed throughout the central nervous system. They are linked to G-protein coupled receptors and are known to modulate synaptic transmission. The data regarding their expression in auditory structures are not systematic and mainly originate from physiological studies where expression was used to support physiological findings. MGluRs are classified into three groups based on their sequence homology, G protein-coupling, and ligand...
Inga Kristaponyte

Upregulated excitatory amino acid transporter 1 (EAAT1) expression in the human medial temporal lobe in Alzheimer's disease

3 months 2 weeks ago
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a growing health problem worldwide, particularly in the developed world due to an ageing population. Glutamate excitotoxicity plays a major role in the pathophysiology of AD, and glutamate re-uptake is controlled by excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs). The EAAT2 isoform is the predominant transporter involved in glutamate reuptake, therefore EAAT1 has not been the focus of AD research. We investigated the layer-specific expression of EAAT1 in human medial...
Oliver W G Wood
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