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JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
Volume 60, Issue 9, Pages 1087-1098Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.9.1087
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0The senescence-accelerated mouse is a model for senescence acceleration. a hiaher oxidative stress status, and age-associated disorders. We studied whether fibroblasts cultured from accelerated senescence-prone SAMP11 mice could be used as in vitro models for oxidative stress in senescence. Dichlorofluorescein and hydroethidine assays demonstrated that cells from SAMP11 mice produced more reactive oxygen species than did cells from accelerated senescence-resistant SAMR1 mice. These differences were not due to the defective induction of antioxidants. Double labeling with hydroethidine and MitoTracker Green revealed that most of the reactive oxygen species were generated within the mitochondria. Nonyl acridine orange and JC-1 assays showed an increase in the mass of the mitochondria, especially those with low membrane potential, in SAMP11 cells. Ultrastructurally, mitochondria with degenerative morphology were increased in SAMP11 cells with longer culture periods. These results suggest that cells from SAMP11 mice are useful models for spontaneous higher oxidative stress in vitro due to dysfunctional mitochondria.
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