Acetyl-l-carnitine supplementation to old rats partially reverts the age-related mitochondrial decay of soleus muscle by activating peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α-dependent mitochondrial biogenesis

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 148-151

  Pesce, Vito ^a   Fracasso, Flavio ^a   Cassano, Pierluigi ^a   Lezza, Angela Maria Serena ^a   Cantatore, Palmiro ^a,b   Gadaleta, Maria Nicola ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LEVACECARNINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; RNA 16S; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIB;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ACETYLCARNITINE; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 77952359875     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2009.0955     Document Type: Article

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