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The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging - Supernova: Pliki

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208<br />

survival <strong>of</strong> cells taken over by<br />

see reductive hotspot hypothesis<br />

Myoblasts 78<br />

see also satellite cells<br />

Myogenesis (in adult amphibians) 73, 162<br />

N<br />

NAD<br />

see nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide<br />

NAD +<br />

see nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide<br />

NADH<br />

see nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide<br />

NADH dehydrogenase 11, 140, 183<br />

non-proton-pumping (in yeasts) 24, 183<br />

number <strong>of</strong> subunits 10<br />

tendency to fumble electrons 140<br />

NADP 11, 104, 107<br />

Nass MMK 21<br />

Nass S 21<br />

Necrosis 173, 175<br />

induction by antibiotics 177<br />

targetability 175<br />

Negligible senescence 72-73, 129, 162<br />

fecundity in 162<br />

predictions <strong>of</strong> MiFRA 162<br />

see also indeterminate growth<br />

Nematodes<br />

see Caenorhabditis elegans<br />

Neurogenesis<br />

in adult amphibians 73, 162<br />

in adult birds 190<br />

in adult humans (work towards) 190<br />

effect on memory 190<br />

Neurons 58<br />

central versus peripheral, 160<br />

Neurospora 92<br />

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide 11, 14,<br />

103-106, 183<br />

Nitric oxide 36<br />

NO<br />

see nitric oxide<br />

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

see mutant mtDNA, nonsense mutations<br />

Nuclear complementation <strong>of</strong> mtDNA 170,<br />

177-186<br />

hydrophobicity as obstacle to 181-186<br />

improvement by duplicate<br />

pre-sequence 182,184<br />

mistargeting to cell membrane 181<br />

motivation 170<br />

mt-coded RNAs, irrelevance 180<br />

mutagenic risk 179<br />

possible toxicity 179, 181<br />

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

recoding <strong>of</strong> mtDNA 177<br />

stoichiometry 178-179<br />

Nugent J 118<br />

O<br />

Obligate aerobes 103<br />

Oocytes<br />

see ova<br />

Orbitals 35<br />

Organelle 7<br />

Olovnikov V 88<br />

Orgel L 87<br />

Osteoarthritis 56<br />

Osteoporosis 58<br />

Outer membrane (mitochondrial) 8<br />

Ova 7,16,120<br />

maintenance <strong>of</strong> mitochondria in 120<br />

mitochondrial numbers in 7, 120-121<br />

bottleneck in oogenesis 120<br />

quiescence 120<br />

Ovulation 120<br />

Oxidative phosphorylation 19-21, 37, 93, 167<br />

free radicals formed by 37<br />

proposed chemical intermediate 25,145<br />

see also chemiosmotic theory<br />

Oxidative stress 59-60, 87-88, 139<br />

defined 59<br />

in telomere theory <strong>of</strong> aging 88<br />

intercellular transmission 87<br />

Oxygen 14-16, 35-37<br />

borrowed from water (in TCA cycle) 14<br />

four-electron reduction<br />

(respiration) 15-16<br />

single-electron reduction to<br />

superoxide 37<br />

OXPHOS<br />

see oxidative phosphorylation<br />

P<br />

Pairing <strong>of</strong> electrons 35<br />

versus odd number <strong>of</strong> electrons 36<br />

Palmer JD 118<br />

Paternal inheritance (<strong>of</strong> mtDNA) 21-22<br />

p-chloromercuriphenylsulfonic acid<br />

see pCMBS<br />

pCMBS 161<br />

PCR<br />

see polymerase chain reaction<br />

Pearl R 65<br />

Pentane 44<br />

Pentosidine 60

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