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JOURNAL OF BIOENERGETICS AND BIOMEMBRANES
Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 267-275Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024615816839
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aging; lipid peroxidation; dietary fat; olive oil; mitochondria; liver; heart; muscle; antioxidants
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We investigate mitochondrial-lipid peroxidation of mitotic (liver) and postmitotic (heart and skeletal muscle) tissues of rats fed lifelong on two different lipid sources: virgin olive oil (monounsaturated fatty acids) and sunflower oil (n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids). Two groups of 80 rats each were fed over 24 months on a diet differing in the lipid source (virgin olive oil or sunflower oil). Twenty rats per group were killed at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months; liver, heart, and skeletal muscle mitochondria were isolated and the lipid profile, hydroperoxides, vitamin E, and ubiquinone as well as catalase activity measured. Lipid peroxidation was higher in postmitotic tissues, and sunflower oil led to a higher degree of polyunsaturation and peroxidation. The levels of alpha-tocopherol adapted to oxidative stress and preferentially accumulated during aging in heart and skeletal muscle. In conclusion, the type of dietary fat should be considered in studies on aging, since oxidative stress is directly modulated by this factor. This study confirms that postmitotic tissues are more prone to oxidative stress during aging and proposes a hypothesis to explain this phenomenon.
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