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Bacteria, yeast, worms, and flies: exploiting simple model organisms to investigate human mitochondrial diseasesShane L Rea
Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78245 3207, USA
Dev Disabil Res Rev 16:200-18. 2010..The respective strengths and limitations of each species relative to mitochondrial studies are explored. In addition, an overview is provided of major discoveries made in mitochondrial biology in each of these four model systems...
Relationship between mitochondrial electron transport chain dysfunction, development, and life extension in Caenorhabditis elegansShane L Rea
Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, corrected United States of America corrected
PLoS Biol 5:e259. 2007..elegans, lead us to propose that cell cycle checkpoint control plays a key role in specifying longevity of mitochondrial mutants...
p53/CEP-1 increases or decreases lifespan, depending on level of mitochondrial bioenergetic stressNatascia Ventura
Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 80309, USA
Aging Cell 8:380-93. 2009....
Mortality shifts in Caenorhabditis elegans: remembrance of conditions pastDeqing Wu
Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Aging Cell 8:666-75. 2009..However, 'b' (the rate of mortality increase with age) is always specified by the current conditions...
Long-lived C. elegans mitochondrial mutants as a model for human mitochondrial-associated diseasesNatascia Ventura
Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
Exp Gerontol 41:974-91. 2006..The identification of such compensatory pathways opens a window of possibility for future preventative therapies for many HMADs. They may also provide a way of potentially extending human life span...
Visualizing hidden heterogeneity in isogenic populations of C. elegansDeqing Wu
Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1480 30th Street, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Exp Gerontol 41:261-70. 2006..Each of these classes results from a mix of two distinct, heterogeneous classes of worms and the addition of more classes does not result in a better fit...
Long-lived mitochondrial (Mit) mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans utilize a novel metabolismJeffrey A Butler
Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
FASEB J 24:4977-88. 2010..Our study suggests long-lived, genetically specified Mit mutants employ a novel metabolism and that life span may well arise as a function of metabolic state...
Proteasomal dysfunction activates the transcription factor SKN-1 and produces a selective oxidative-stress response in Caenorhabditis elegansNate W Kahn
Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Box 447, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Biochem J 409:205-13. 2008....
Caenorhabditis elegans mitochondrial mutants as an investigative tool to study human neurodegenerative diseases associated with mitochondrial dysfunctionNatascia Ventura
Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Biotechnol J 2:584-95. 2007..In the present report, we describe our progress in using the Mit mutants as an investigative tool to study some of the processes potentially employed by human cells to offset pathological mitochondrial dysfunction...
Breaking Caenorhabditis elegans the easy way using the Balch homogenizer: an old tool for a new applicationShylesh Bhaskaran
Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies and Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78240, USA
Anal Biochem 413:123-32. 2011..Finally, we used the tool to isolate coupled mitochondria and polysomes. The reusable Balch homogenizer represents a quick and convenient solution for undertaking biochemical studies on C. elegans...
The role of MAP4K3 in lifespan regulation of Caenorhabditis elegansMaruf H Khan
Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78240, USA
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 425:413-8. 2012..Our results show a small but significant increase in mean lifespan in MAP4K3 deficient worms. MAP4K3 thus represents a new target in the TOR pathway that can be targeted for pharmacological intervention to control lifespan...
A metabolic signature for long life in the Caenorhabditis elegans Mit mutantsJeffrey A Butler
Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies and the Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78240, USA
Aging Cell 12:130-8. 2013..Our findings provide novel insight into the origin of the Mit phenotype...
Metabolism in the Caenorhabditis elegans Mit mutantsShane L Rea
Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Campus Box 447, Boulder, CO 80309 0447, USA
Exp Gerontol 40:841-9. 2005..The effects of using such pathways on residual mitochondrial functionality, reactive radical species production, and longevity will also be explored...
Profiling the anaerobic response of C. elegans using GC-MSJeffrey A Butler
The Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e46140. 2012..We also describe a procedure for collecting highly volatile compounds from C. elegans. We are distributing our mass spectral library in an effort to facilitate wider use of metabolomics...
Applications of mass spectrometry to metabolomics and metabonomics: detection of biomarkers of aging and of age-related diseasesRobert J Mishur
Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78245, USA
Mass Spectrom Rev 31:70-95. 2012....
A stress-sensitive reporter predicts longevity in isogenic populations of Caenorhabditis elegansShane L Rea
Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Box 447, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Nat Genet 37:894-8. 2005....
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- Alternate Modes of Energy Production and clk-1 Life ExtensionShane Rea; Fiscal Year: 2007..It is conceivable that similar settings may also work for our own cells. ..
