Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 30th 2019

In conclusion, older adults exhibited decreased markers of UPR activation and reduced coordination with autophagy and SC-associated gene transcripts following a single bout of unaccustomed resistance exercise. In contrast, young adults demonstrated strong coordination between UPR genes and key regulatory gene transcripts associated with autophagy and SC differentiation in skeletal muscle post-exercise. Taken together, the present findings suggest a potential age-related impairment in the post-exercise transcriptional response that supports activation of the UPR and coordination with other exercise responsive pathways (i.e., autophagy, SC differentiation) in skeletal muscle that is likely to contribute to sarcopenia and age-related attenuation of adaptive responses to exercise. Altered Calcium Transport in Aging Mitochondria is Maladaptive https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2019/09/altered-calcium-transport-in-aging-mitochondria-is-maladaptive/ Mitochondria are the power plants of the cell, responsible for packaging energy store molecules used to power cellular processes. There are hundreds of them in any given cell, the descendants of ancient symbiotic bacteria. They replicate by fission, like bacteria, and carry a remnant of their original DNA. Mitochondrial function declines with age, a problem that appears to stem from an imbalance in mitochondrial fission that in turn impairs the ability of the cell to clear out worn and malfunctioning mitochondria vi...
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