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REPRODUCTION
Volume 156, Issue 2, Pages 185-194Publisher
BIOSCIENTIFICA LTD
DOI: 10.1530/REP-18-0061
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- National Science Foundation [1750996]
- Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar Award
- Div Of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1750996] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The mtDNA 'mutator' mouse, also called the 'POLG' mouse, is a well-characterized model frequently used for studies of progeroid aging. Harboring a mutation in the proofreading domain of the mitochondria! polymerise, polymerase-gamma (Polg), POLG mice acquire mtDNA mutations at an accelerated rate. This results in premature mitochondrial dysfunction and a systemic aging phenotype. Previous work has demonstrated that the progeroid phenotype in POLG is attenuated following endurance exercise, the only reported intervention to extend health span and lifespan of these mice. Herein, oocyte quality was evaluated in sedentary and exercised POLG mice. In mice homozygous for the Polg mutation, litter size is dramatically reduced as compared to heterozygous Polg mice. Following ovarian hyper-stimulation, oocytes were retrieved until 9 months of age in exercised and sedentary groups, with no oocytes ovulated thereafter. Although ovulated oocyte numbers were not impacted by exercise, we did find a modest improvement in both the ovarian follicle reserve and in oocyte quality based on meiotic spindle assembly, chromosomal segregation and mitochondria! distribution at 7 months of age in exercised POLG mice as compared to sedentary counterparts. Of note, analysis of mtDNA mutational load revealed no differences between exercised and sedentary groups. Collectively, these data indicate that exercise differentially influences somatic tissues of the POLG mouse as compared to oocytes, highlighting important mechanistic differences between mitochondria! regulatory mechanisms in the soma and the germline.
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