title: Iron load and redox stress in skeletal muscle of aged rats.
abstract: Loss of skeletal muscle mass (sarcopenia) is a major contributor to disability in old age. We used two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry to screen for changes in proteins, and cDNA profiling to assess transcriptional regulations in the gastrocnemius muscle of adult (4 months) and aged (30 months) male Sprague-Dawley rats. Thirty-five proteins were differentially expressed in aged muscle. Proteins and mRNA transcripts involved in redox homeostasis and iron load were increased, representing novel components that were previously not associated with sarcopenia. Tissue iron levels were elevated in senescence, paralleling an increase in transferrin. Proteins involved in redox homeostasis showed a complex pattern of changes with increased SOD1 and decreased SOD2. These results suggest that an elevated iron load is a significant component of sarcopenia with the potential to be exploited clinically, and that mitochondria of aged striated muscle may be more vulnerable to radicals produced in cell respiration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Retzius väg 8, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. mikael.altun@ki.se
authors.forename: Mikael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Altun
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Edström
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spooner
authors.forename: Amilcar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flores-Moralez
authors.forename: Esbjörn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bergman
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tollet-Egnell
authors.forename: Gunnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Norstedt
authors.forename: Benedikt M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: Brun
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ulfhake
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000502:physiology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D009124:Muscle Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007501:Iron