title: Decrease of phosphorylating oxidation and increase of heat producing NADH oxidation in rat liver mitochondria during life-span prolongation of rats by calorie-restricted diet.
abstract: The influence of calorie-restricted diet, initiated at weaning, on some of the oxidative processes in liver homogenates and isolated mitochondria of 2-, 3-, 4-, 24-, 35- and 45-month-old male Wistar rats was studied in comparison with control ad libitum-fed 1-2 day-old rats and 0.5-, 1-, 2-, 3-, 4- and 24-month-old rats. It was shown that a calorie-restricted diet (at 37% of the ad libitum calorific level) did not change the rate of succinate oxidation coupled with oxidative phosphorylation in homogenates, but resulted in a decrease of succinate, glutamate plus malate and beta-hydroxybutyrate oxidation and cytochrome c-oxidase activity in isolated mitochondria without any uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation or change in cytochrome content in the mitochondria. On the other hand, a significant increase in mitochondrial rotenone-insensitive NADH oxidation and a higher liver mass/body mass ratio in rats under the calorie-restricted diet was established. It may be considered that the activation of a heat-producing mechanism is a very important physiological function in such a condition.
authors.affiliation: Scientific Research Institute of Biology, Kharkov State University, USSR.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Lemeshko
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Belostotskaya
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005508:Food Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*; D008136:Longevity / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D009243:NAD