title: Stress resistance and aging: influence of genes and nutrition.
abstract: Previous studies have shown that dermal fibroblast cell lines derived from young adult mice of the long-lived Snell dwarf (dw/dw), Ames dwarf (df/df) and growth hormone receptor knockout (GHR-KO) mouse stocks are resistant, in vitro, to the cytotoxic effects of hydrogen peroxide, cadmium, ultraviolet light, paraquat, and heat. Here we show that, in contrast, fibroblasts from mice on low-calorie (CR) or low methionine (Meth-R) diets are not stress resistant in culture, despite the longevity induced by both dietary regimes. A second approach, involving induction of liver cell death in live animals using acetaminophen (APAP), documented hepatotoxin resistance in the CR and Meth-R mice, but dw/dw and GHR-KO mutant mice were not resistant to this agent, and were in fact more susceptible than littermate controls to the toxic effects of APAP. These data thus suggest that while resistance to stress is a common characteristic of experimental life span extension in mice, the cell types showing resistance may differ among the various models of delayed or decelerated aging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Geriatrics Center, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, United States. jmharper@umich.edu
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.forename: Adam B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Salmon
authors.forename: Yayi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonkowski
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartke
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000633:toxicity; D000375:Aging / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D002104:Cadmium / Q000633:toxicity; D031204:Caloric Restriction; D002460:Cell Line; D004032:Diet; D004392:Dwarfism / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000633:toxicity; D008136:Longevity; D008297:Male; D008715:Methionine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin / Q000235:genetics; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin; D002104:Cadmium; D000082:Acetaminophen; D008715:Methionine; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide