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The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging - Supernova: Pliki

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206<br />

Lipid hydroperoxides 42, 108, 110-111<br />

Lipid metabolism 47-51<br />

synthesis 50-51<br />

transport 50-51<br />

Lipid radicals 42, 44<br />

Lipoic acid 59<br />

Lip<strong>of</strong>uscin 57, 61, 73, 88, 130, 132, 162, 192<br />

in retina 59, 184<br />

Lipoprotein lipase 50<br />

Liposomes 93<br />

Liver 129<br />

Lobsters 72<br />

Lonely electron carrier (LEC) 36-44, 54-59,<br />

139<br />

defined 36<br />

properties 36-37<br />

Long PCR 75<br />

Longitudinal section (<strong>of</strong> muscle) 76<br />

Low density lipoprotein 53-54, 60,<br />

108-109, 129, 161, 192<br />

glycation <strong>of</strong> 60<br />

oxidation <strong>of</strong> 51, 108-109, 132-133<br />

as preventer <strong>of</strong> uptake 51, 129<br />

transport 50<br />

Lysosomes 30, 57, 88, 94-97, 130, 160, 167,<br />

192<br />

rupture <strong>of</strong> 58<br />

M<br />

Macrophages 53-54, 129, 133, 175<br />

Macular degeneration 58<br />

Malate/aspartate shuttle 14, 106, 123<br />

Malondialdehyde 44<br />

Margulis L 6<br />

Masoro E 1<br />

Maternal inheritance (<strong>of</strong> mtDNA) 21-22, 116,<br />

131-132<br />

Matrix (mitochondrial)<br />

see mitochondrial matrix<br />

Maximum lifespan potential 58, 72, 121,<br />

198-199<br />

McCord J 2, 142<br />

Meclophenoxate<br />

see centrophenoxine<br />

Medawar P 70<br />

Melanin 65<br />

Membrane damage (mitochondrial) 5, 67<br />

see also Survival <strong>of</strong> the slowest<br />

Membrane oxidisability<br />

interspecies differences 71<br />

<strong>of</strong> polyunsaturated lipids 44<br />

Membrane repair (mitochondrial)<br />

by dilution 95, 130<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Mitochondrial</strong> <strong>Free</strong> <strong>Radical</strong> <strong>The</strong>ory <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aging</strong><br />

see also Survival <strong>of</strong> the slowest<br />

enzymatic (inadequacy <strong>of</strong>) 130<br />

Mendelian inheritance 116<br />

Metabolic rate 65, 69, 72<br />

standard 69<br />

specific 69<br />

relationship to aging 65, 69-70<br />

exceptions, 70<br />

in calorie restriction 72<br />

Metastasis 54<br />

Methaemoglobin 108<br />

Methylation (<strong>of</strong> DNA) 55<br />

Methylcytosine 55<br />

deamination <strong>of</strong> 55<br />

MiFRA<br />

see mitochondrial free radical theory <strong>of</strong><br />

aging<br />

Missense mutations (<strong>of</strong> mtDNA)<br />

see mutant mtDNA, missense mutations<br />

Mitchell P 19-20, 94, 145-149<br />

Mitochondria 5-30<br />

etymology 126<br />

evolutionary origins 5-7<br />

function 10-20<br />

location 7-8, 25<br />

number per cell 7<br />

structure 8-10<br />

see also inner membrane<br />

(mitochondrial)<br />

see also intermembrane space<br />

(mitochondrial)<br />

see also mitochondrial matrix<br />

see also outer membrane<br />

(mitochondrial)<br />

turnover 24-30, 160<br />

mechanism 94-95<br />

rate 24-30, 160<br />

see also Survival <strong>of</strong> the slowest<br />

see also chemiosmotic theory<br />

see also mitochondrial DNA<br />

see also oxidative phosphorylation<br />

see also respiration<br />

see also TCA cycle<br />

<strong>Mitochondrial</strong> DNA 5, 20-30<br />

circularity <strong>of</strong> 6, 21<br />

copy number<br />

bottleneck (in oogenesis) 120<br />

depletion 75, 130, 167-169<br />

per cell 130<br />

per mitochondrion 21, 124<br />

deletions<br />

see mutant mtDNA, deletions<br />

genes 27-28, 115-118<br />

in plants 116-117, 183

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