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Departments of 1 Nutrition, 2 Pharmacology and Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, and 3 Veterans Affairs Medical Research Center, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
The goal of the present study was to discern the cellular mechanism(s) that contributes to the age-associated decrease in skeletal muscle aerobic capacity. Skeletal muscle mitochondrial content, a parameter of oxidative capacity, was significantly lower (25 and 20% calculated on the basis of citrate synthase and succinate dehydrogenase activities, respectively) in 24-mo-old Fischer 344 rats compared with 6-mo-old adult rats. Mitochondria isolated from skeletal muscle of both age groups had identical state 3 (ADP-stimulated) and ADP-stimulated maximal respiratory rates and phosphorylation potential (ADP-to-O ratios) with both nonlipid and lipid substrates. In contrast, mitochondria from 24-mo-old rats displayed significantly lower state 4 (ADP-limited) respiratory rates and, consequently, higher respiratory control ratios. Consistent with the tighter coupling, there was a 68% reduction in uncoupling protein-3 (UCP-3) abundance in mitochondria from elderly compared with adult rats. Congruent with the respiratory studies, there was no age-associated decrease in carnitine palmitoyltransferase I and carnitine palmitoyltransferase II activities in isolated skeletal muscle mitochondria. However, there was a small, significant decrease in tissue total carnitine content. It is concluded that the in vivo observed decrease in skeletal muscle aerobic capacity with advanced age is a consequence of the decreased mitochondrial density. On the basis of the dramatic reduction of UCP-3 content associated with decreased state 4 respiration of skeletal muscle mitochondria from elderly rats, we propose that an increased free radical production might contribute to the metabolic compromise in aging.
aging; fuel utilization; carnitine palmitoyltransferase; carnitine
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