{"id":1043440,"date":"2012-12-02T07:50:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T07:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longevitymedicine.tv\/a-protein-map-for-mitochondrial-function\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T17:04:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T21:04:34","slug":"a-protein-map-for-mitochondrial-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/longevity-medicine\/a-protein-map-for-mitochondrial-function.php","title":{"rendered":"A Protein Map for Mitochondrial Function"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitochondrion\">Mitochondria<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightaging.org\/archives\/2006\/10\/how-age-damaged-mitochondria-cause-your-cells-to-damage-you.php\">damage they accumulate as a result of their operation<\/a> are important in the process of degenerative aging. Further, declining mitochondrial function is a feature in many age-related conditions. Many researchers focus their studies on mitochondrial function, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightaging.org\/archives\/2011\/05\/comparative-biology-and-the-membrane-pacemaker-hypothesis.php\">differences in mitochondria between species<\/a> and how that determines life span, alterations in mitochondrial operation that occur in connection with life-extending interventions in laboratory animals, and similar areas. These days that often involves producing a great deal of data for later analysis:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>In efforts to understand what influences life span, cancer and aging, scientists are building roadmaps to navigate and learn about cells at the molecular level. To survey previously uncharted territory, a team of [researchers] created an \"atlas\" that maps more than 1,500 unique landmarks within mitochondria that could provide clues to the metabolic connections between <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightaging.org\/archives\/2001\/11\/calorie-restriction-explained.php\">caloric restriction<\/a> and aging.<\/p>\n<p>The map, as well as the techniques used to create it, could lead to a better understanding of how cell metabolism is re-wired in some cancers, age-related diseases and metabolic conditions such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightaging.org\/http;\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Type_2_diabetes\">diabetes<\/a>. \"It's really a dynamic atlas for regulatory points in mitochondrial function - there are many interesting avenues that other scientists can follow up on. It could take years for researchers to understand what it all means, but at least now we have a list of the most important players.\"<\/p>\n<p>[The scientists] conducted earlier research on the mitochondrial protein <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SIRT3\">Sirt3<\/a>, where they suggested a link between Sirt3 and the benefits of caloric restriction in situations such as the prevention of age-related hearing loss. The new research [more] broadly identifies pathways in mitochondria that could be behind the rewiring of metabolism. Their work uncovered regulatory processes that maintain mitochondrial health, control cells' ability to metabolize fat and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amino_ac\">amino acids<\/a>, as well as stimulate antioxidant responses.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.wisc.edu\/21305\">http:\/\/www.news.wisc.edu\/21305<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightaging.org\/archives\/2012\/11\/a-protein-map-for-mitochondrial-function.php\">http:\/\/www.fightaging.org\/archives\/2012\/11\/a-protein-map-for-mitochondrial-function.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitochondria and the damage they accumulate as a result of their operation are important in the process of degenerative aging. Further, declining mitochondrial function is a feature in many age-related conditions. Many researchers focus their studies on mitochondrial function, differences &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/longevity-medicine\/a-protein-map-for-mitochondrial-function.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1246678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1043440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-longevity-medicine"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}