Aging-dependent modification of lipid composition and lipid structural order parameter of hepatic mitochondria |
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Authors: | Marie L Vorbeck Arlene P Martin James W Long Jennie M Smith Richard R Orr |
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Institution: | Departments of Pathology and Biochemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri 65212 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The effect of aging on the lipid composition of hepatic mitochondria has been determined using a rigorously defined group of Fischer 344 rats with known survivorship data. The age groups studied included mature adults as controls (8.5-month, 100% survivorship); an intermediate aged group (17.5-month, 90% survivorship); and an aged group (29-month, 20% survivorship). Lipid extracts of mitochondria were prepared using chloroform-methanol (2:1, by volume) and total phospholipid-Pi, cholesterol (free and esterfied), and phospholipid composition were determined. In the aged animals, total phospholipid-Pi decreased significantly (P = 0.019) whereas cholesterol increased (P = 0.048) with a progressive aging-dependent increase in the molar ratio of cholesterol/phospholipid. The lower total phospholipid content of hepatic mitochondria from the aged 29-month animals was due primarily to decreases in the major phospholipids with the most notable decrease being in cardiolipin (approximately 39%). Steady-state fluorescence polarization using 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene as the probe was used to estimate the lipid structural order parameter of hepatic mitochondria. There was a highly significant (P = 0.01) aging-dependent increase in the lipid structural order parameter which correlated well with the increased molar ratio of cholesterol/phospholipid in the hepatic mitochondria isolated from the aged animals. The data suggest alterations in mitochondrial membrane lipid-protein interactions in aging and are consistent with the hypothesis of impairment of membrane function in the aging process. |
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