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JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 53, Issue 12, Pages 1300-1306Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.07.006
Keywords
aging; life span; metabolic rate; oxidative phosphorylation; mtDNA
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- NCI NIH HHS [U56 CA096286, U56 CA 96286, U56 CA096286-05, U54 CA132383] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM 067862-01] Funding Source: Medline
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The hypothesis that metabolic rate is inversely correlated with life span has long been debated. Another area of controversy has been the relationship between metabolic rate and aging. In most molecular studies key aspects of cellular metabolism have been shown to decline with age. Less attention has been focused on metabolic rate as an organism ages. We studied the survival of three Drosophila simulans fly lines and measured whole organism metabolic rate, mitochondrial DNA copy number and walking speed. Metabolic rate as assayed by CO2 production did not correlate with median lifespan but increased by 0.43-1.14%/d. In contrast, mitochondrial DNA copy number decreased by 0.56-1.06%/d. Physical activity, as assayed by mean walking speed, did not change with age but was positively correlated with mitochondrial DNA copy number. One explanation for these data is that metabolic rate was increased, in the face of a reduced mitochondrial DNA copy number and capacity for oxidative metabolism, to maintain a constant bioenergetic demand (physical activity). Alternatively, metabolic rate may increase to provide energy for the repair of cellular damage or due to a shift in metabolic substrate use over time. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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