Journal
AGING CELL
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 78-91Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2009.00538.x
Keywords
comparative biology of aging; complex I; free radical theory of aging; mitochondria; reactive oxygen species; superoxide
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- Research into Aging fellowship
- Medical Research Council
- Wellcome Trust [066750/B/01/Z]
- Medical Research Council [MC_U105663137] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MC_U105663137] Funding Source: UKRI
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P>Across a range of vertebrate species, it is known that there is a negative association between maximum lifespan and mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide production. In this report, we investigate the underlying biochemical basis of the low hydrogen peroxide production rate of heart mitochondria from a long-lived species (pigeon) compared with a short-lived species with similar body mass (rat). The difference in hydrogen peroxide efflux rate was not explained by differences in either superoxide dismutase activity or hydrogen peroxide removal capacity. During succinate oxidation, the difference in hydrogen peroxide production rate between the species was localized to the Delta pH-sensitive superoxide producing site within complex I. Mitochondrial Delta pH was significantly lower in pigeon mitochondria compared with rat, but this difference in Delta pH was not great enough to explain the lower hydrogen peroxide production rate. As judged by mitochondrial flavin mononucleotide content and blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, pigeon mitochondria contained less complex I than rat mitochondria. Recalculation revealed that the rates of hydrogen peroxide production per molecule of complex I were the same in rat and pigeon. We conclude that mitochondria from the long-lived pigeon display low rates of hydrogen peroxide production because they have low levels of complex I.
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