title: Age-associated changes in dolichol and dolichyl phosphate metabolism in the kidneys and liver of mice.
abstract: The total amounts of cholesterol, dolichol and dolichyl phosphate (Dol-P) in kidneys and liver from 1- and 24-month-old mice were measured after saponification of the tissues. The cholesterol content of kidneys decreased by about 4-fold per g of tissue between the two ages, while the amount of cholesterol/g liver remained constant. The dolichol content of both tissues increased by about 2-fold. The amount of Dol-P in kidneys increased by 7-fold over 23 months, while the concentration in liver decreased some 6-fold. Metabolic labelling experiments using tritiated water demonstrated that the rate of synthesis of total dolichol (dolichol + Dol-P) in the kidneys did not change as a function of age. However, the kidneys of young mice incorporated 3-fold more radioactivity into dolichol than Dol-P, whereas this distribution was reversed in old mice. In liver, the rate of dolichol synthesis decreased 2-fold over 23 months. It was not possible to compare the rates of Dol-P biosynthesis between ages as Dol-P was undetectable in liver of old mice. The relative abundance of the 19 isoprene unit homologs of both dolichol and Dol-P decreased approx. 5% while the 17 isoprene unit homologs increased by a similar amount in both tissues of the old mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Crick
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Rip
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004288:Dolichol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D004286:Dolichols / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D011106:Polyisoprenyl Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D004288:Dolichol Phosphates; D004286:Dolichols; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D011106:Polyisoprenyl Phosphates; D014316:Tritium; C028306:dolichol monophosphate; D002784:Cholesterol