The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging - Supernova: Pliki
The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging - Supernova: Pliki
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