Centenarians Exhibit Better Protein Quality Control

Researchers here note that a number of cellular quality control mechanisms exhibit better function in centenarians than in the average elderly population. It is thought that the various systems responsible for quality control of proteins, such as autophagy, decline in function with advancing age. Given this, it is perhaps to be expected that centenarians exhibit a slower reduction in this capacity than their peers. In order to become centenarians, these individuals must necessarily be less impacted by aging, less damaged, less dysfunctional.

We have shown before that at least one intracellular proteolytic system seems to be at least as abundant in the peripheral blood lymphocytes of centenarians as in the same cells of young individuals (with the cells of the elderly population showing a significant dip compared to both young and centenarian cohorts). Despite scarce published data, in this review, we tried to answer the question how do different types of cells of longevous people - nonagenarians to semi-supercentenarians - maintain the quality and quantity of their structural and functional proteins? Specifically, we asked if more robust proteodynamics participate in longevity.

We hypothesized that at least some factors controlling the maintenance of cellular proteomes in centenarians will remain at the "young" level (just performing better than in the average elderly). In our quest, we considered multiple aspects of cellular protein maintenance (proteodynamic...

Source: Fight Aging! - February 24, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs