Strategies for evaluation of signaling pathways and transcription factors altered in aging.
Aging is characterized by an accumulation of oxidative injury to DNA, RNA, proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates. In addition to damage, oxidative stress can initiate cell signaling cascades that modulate cell function, growth, and death. Aging and two common age-related diseases, diabetes mellitus and atherosclerosis, may share common oxidant-related signaling pathways that lead to abnormal transcription factor activation and ultimately to cellular dysfunction, degeneration, or death. This review will focus on approaches to evaluate key redox-sensitive signaling pathways and the transcription factors altered by diabetes, atherosclerosis, and aging.
Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington 05405-0068, USA. nfukagaw@zoo.uvm.edu
N K
NK
Fukagawa
C R
CR
Timblin
S
S
Buder-Hoffman
B T
BT
Mossman
D000375:Aging; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000378:metabolism; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
D014157:Transcription Factors; D010100:Oxygen