biochemistry of aging
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Biochemistry of Aging
Presented by Shanzay Annum Malik
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Aging
• Gradual change in an organism that leads to increased risk of weakness, disease, and death over the entire adult life span of any living thing.
• There is a decline in biological functions and in ability to adapt to metabolic stress.
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Changes in organs include
• reduced immunity, • loss of muscle strength, • decline in memory and cognition,• loss of colour in the hair • elasticity in the skin.
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Gerontology and Geriatrics
• Gerontology is concerned with the changes that occur between maturity and death along with factors that influence these changes.
• Geriatrics focuses on health care of elderly people and promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults.
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Factors of Aging
• mitochondrial damage• free radicals• telomeres• apoptosis and necrosis• diseases• other effects
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Mitochondria: main unit of chemical power supply
• During the synthesis of macroergical bio-molecules(high energy releasing potentials e.g. ATP) free radicals are being produced as the by-product.
• Free radicals released in large quantities cause intercellular oxidative stress (e.g. oxidative damage of mitochondria)
• damaging mitochondria and cause early apoptosis
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Free radical
• A molecule that contains one or more unpaired electrons &is capable of independent existence.
• Eg : Superoxide H2O2, • hydroperoxy radical (HOO+2 )• lipid peroxideradical (ROO) • Nitric oxide (NO)
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Harmful effect of free radicals
• Because of their reactive nature, free radical can provoke inflammation or altered cellular function through
• Lipid peroxidation• Protein modification• DNA modification
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Lipid peroxidation product:
• React with amino acid mainly CYS, HIS,LYS to modify protein structure & function.
• Can crosslink lipid in cell membrane interrupting structure & fluidity.
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Protein modification
• Proteins are major targets of free radical attack because of their high abundance & responsible for most of functional processes.
• Free radical causes oxidation & modification of certain amino acid (met, cys,His,try)
• ROS may damage protein by fragmentation• net result is loss of biological activity of proteins
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DNA modification :
• Free radical induced DNA damage includes
– strand break.– DNA protein crosslink.– large range of base & sugar modification.
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Telomeres
• Repetitive DNA sequences at the ends of all human chromosomes
• aging cells have shorter telomeres• length differs between species• in humans 8-14kb long
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• Telomeres are thought to be the "clock" that regulates how many times an individual cell can divide.
• Telomeric sequences shorten each time the DNA replicates.
• Once the telomere shrinks to a certain level, the cell can no longer divide. Its metabolism slows down, it ages, and dies
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Apoptosis and Necrosis
• There are two ways that a cell can die: • Necrosis occurs when a cell is damaged
by an external force, such as poison, a bodily injury, an infection or getting cut off from the blood supply (which might occur during a heart attack or stroke). When cells die from necrosis, it's a rather messy affair. The death causes inflammation that can cause further distress or injury within the body.
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• Apoptosis or programmed cell death• When a cell is compelled to commit
suicide proteins called caspases go into action.
• They break down the cellular components needed for survival,
• production of enzymes known as DNases, which destroy the DNA in the nucleus of the cell.
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Diseases
• Progeria • Werner Syndrome
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other effects
• Stress Effects • Octopus Suicide : The octopus suicide
mechanism involves behaviors where Females stop eating and die of starvation
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Anti-aging Agents.
• Aspirin • Caloric restriction • Exercise• laughing out louder• Resveratrol, a constituent of red wine and
grape skins has been found to extend life span
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Non aging species
• Rougheye Rockfish 205 Years• Lake Sturgeon 152 Years• Aldabra Tortise 152 Years• Koi 226 Years• Bowhead Whale 211 Years
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