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A heart that beats for 500 years: age-related changes in cardiac proteasome
activity, oxidative protein damage and expression of heat shock proteins,
inflammatory factors, and mitochondrial complexes in Arctica islandica, the
longest-living noncolonial animal
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Sosnowska D
; Richardson C
; Sonntag WE
; Csiszar A
; Ungvari Z
; Ridgway I
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
2014[Dec]; 69
(12
): 1448-61
PMID24347613
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Study of negligibly senescent animals may provide clues that lead to better
understanding of the cardiac aging process. To elucidate mechanisms of successful
cardiac aging, we investigated age-related changes in proteasome activity,
oxidative protein damage and expression of heat shock proteins, inflammatory
factors, and mitochondrial complexes in the heart of the ocean quahog Arctica
islandica, the longest-lived noncolonial animal (maximum life span potential: 508
years). We found that in the heart of A. islandica the level of oxidatively
damaged proteins did not change significantly up to 120 years of age. No
significant aging-induced changes were observed in caspase-like and trypsin-like
proteasome activity. Chymotrypsin-like proteasome activity showed a significant
early-life decline, then it remained stable for up to 182 years. No significant
relationship was observed between the extent of protein ubiquitination and age.
In the heart of A. islandica, an early-life decline in expression of HSP90 and
five mitochondrial electron transport chain complexes was observed. We found
significant age-related increases in the expression of three cytokine-like
mediators (interleukin-6, interleukin-1?, and tumor necrosis factor-?) in the
heart of A. islandica. Collectively, in extremely long-lived molluscs,
maintenance of protein homeostasis likely contributes to the preservation of
cardiac function. Our data also support the concept that low-grade chronic
inflammation in the cardiovascular system is a universal feature of the aging
process, which is also manifest in invertebrates.