We demonstrated that this device could reduce the KLRG1 - positive CD8 cell count in
aged mouse blood by a factor of 7.3 relative to the total CD8 cell compartment, reaching a level typically seen only in very young animals.
Not exact matches
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/05/health/young-
blood-
mice-
aging/index.html Scientists have recently found that giving old
mice transfusions of young
mice blood can reverse the
aging process, human trials coming soon.
Dr. Issa's team made their discovery after first examining methylation patterns on DNA in
blood collected from individuals of different
ages for each of three species —
mouse, monkey, and human.
Mice ranged in
age from a few months to almost three years, monkeys from less than one year to 30 years, and humans from
age zero to 86 years (cord
blood was used to represent
age zero).
The GDF11 protein commonly found in the
blood of young
mice (the same protein that enhanced neurogenesis in
aged mice) and placed in individual older
mice was thought to have the same reversal effect on hypertrophy; however, more recent research suggests another molecule besides GDF11 may be at work.
Two years ago, he and his colleagues reported in
Aging Cell that cutting the calories ingested by
mice by 30 % for up to 4 weeks protected the rodents» kidneys when their
blood supply was cut off and then restored.
An MIT - led research team has now found that it can reverse this
age - related endurance loss in
mice by treating them with a compound that promotes new
blood vessel growth.
Similar to humans, the
aged mice exhibited enlarged hearts, a general thickening of the heart wall and a reduced efficiency in the hearts ability to pump
blood.
Called heterochronic parabiosis the method involves surgically linking the circulatory systems of two
mice of different
ages by opening a flap of skin on each
mouse's side and stitching the two together so that the same
blood pumps through both creatures.
Joseph Castellano at Stanford University in California and his colleagues discovered this by collecting
blood from people at three different life stages — babies, young people around the
age of 22, and older people around the
age of 66 — and injecting the plasma component into
mice that were the equivalent of around 50 years old in human years.
Studying
mouse monocytes in more detail, the researchers found that the increase in TNF levels that occurs with
age causes premature release of immature monocytes from the bone marrow into the
blood stream.
In a chronic sleep deprivation experiment, young
mice were sensitized to insulin and had improved control of their
blood sugar, whereas
aged animals became hyperglycemic and failed to maintain appropriate plasma insulin concentrations.
«The combined effect of
aging and sleep deprivation resulted in a loss of control of
blood sugar reminiscent of pre-diabetes in
mice,» says Naidoo.
One mode of
aging transmission is to give genetically identical
mice transfusions of young or old
blood.
One substance in the
blood of old
mice, a protein called Beta ‑ 2 ‑ microglobulin, or B2M, seemed to prematurely
age the young ones, Villeda and colleagues reported last year in Nature Medicine (SN: 8/8/15, p. 10).
Although we did observe positive effects on some
aging traits, such as memory impairments and reduced red
blood cell counts, our studies showed that similar drug effects are also seen in young
mice, indicating that rapamycin did not influence these measures by slowing
aging, but rather via other,
aging - independent, mechanisms.»
A protein in
blood can repair
age - related damage in the brains and muscles of old
mice, returning them to a more youthful state.
NO BARRIER A protein in some cells that form the
blood - brain barrier (light blue, as seen in this image of a
mouse brain capillary) may have a hand in brain
aging, a new study suggests.
As
mice and humans
age, levels of that protein circulating in the
blood rise, Alzheimer researcher Tony Wyss - Coray at Stanford University and colleagues found.
Old
blood can prematurely
age the brains of young
mice, and scientists may now be closer to understanding how.
With use of advanced
mouse models, she and her team found that
blood stem cells without adequate SIRT1 resembled
aged and defective stem cells, which are thought to be linked to development of malignancies.
But now that we know what kinds of changes occur as these cells
age, we can ask which of these changes reverse themselves when an old cell goes back to becoming a young cell» — as appeared to be the case when tissues of older
mice were exposed to
blood from younger
mice.
The effects of
blood on
ageing were first discovered in experiments that stitched young and old
mice together so that they shared circulating
blood.
The 19 NIH institutes, centers and offices contributing to the Knockout
Mouse Project are: the NIH Office of Strategic Coordination / Common Fund; NCRR; the National Eye Institute; NHGRI; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Heart, Lung and
Blood Institute; the National Institute on
Aging; the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; NIDCD; the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; the National Institute of Mental Health; the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; the National Cancer Institute; and the Office of AIDS Research.
In Ames dwarrf, Snell Dwarf
mice, Klotho
mice, GHKO
mice who have little IGF and GH; and live longer than wild - type; we see that indeed insulin and glucose / nutrient / energy pathways (which create oxidative stress through excessive nutrient via elevated glycation
blood glucose creating high glycated albumin and hemoglobin), that
aging is acted on by IGF through hormones, GFs, GHs, acting on insulin signals, which act on survival genes (DAF / SIRT / FOXO).
In recent years, researchers have developed so - called «senolytic» drugs that wipe out senescent cells in
aging mice and
mouse models of
age - related disease, exploiting the high dependence of these cells on specific biochemical survival pathways.9, 10 In these studies, senolytic drugs have restored exercise capacity9 and formation of new
blood and immune precursor cells11 in
aging mice to near youthful norms, and prevented or treated
mouse models of diseases of
aging like osteoarthritis, 12 fibrotic lung disease, 13 hair loss, 14 atherosclerosis, 15,16 and
age - related diseases of the heart itself.9 UNITY Biotechnology is leading a growing charge toward the clinic, with human clinical trials expected to begin in 2019.
Using a technique called parabiosis, in which the vascular systems of two
mice are surgically connected, Villeda's lab had previously discovered that infusing old
mice with the
blood of younger
mice leads to brain rejuvenation, including improvements in learning and memory, while infusions of old
blood cause premature brain
aging in young
mice.
Aged mutant amyloid precursor protein
mice with established disease showed a near complete restoration in levels of synaptic and neuronal proteins after exposure to young
blood in parabiosis (synaptophysin P =.02; calbindin P =.02) or following intravenous plasma administration (synaptophysin P <.001; calbindin P =.14).
Aging tau KO
mice to 23 months resulted in cardiac hypertrophy with significantly attenuated left atrial contractility, increased
blood pressure, and sensitivity of isolated mesenteric arteries to angiotensin II contraction and isoprenaline relaxation compared to their younger counterparts.
Here we consider two surface markers thought to define these cells in
mice, CD8 and Killer cell lectin - like receptor G1 (KLRG1), and a means we developed to remove these cells from the
blood of
aged C57BL / 6
mice.
Three recent experimental studies focused on low consumption / exposure.949596 In one study, 29 smokers each consumed a single cigarette, immediately after which they had a significant decrease in
blood vessel output power and significant increase in
blood vessel
ageing level and remaining
blood volume 25 minutes later, as markers of atherosclerosis.94 In another study, human coronary artery endothelial cells were exposed to the smoke equivalent to one cigarette, which led to activation of oxidant stress sensing transcription factor NFR2 and up - regulation of cytochrome p450, considered to have a role in the development of heart disease.95 These effects were not seen when heart cells were exposed to the vapour from one e - cigarette.95 A study exposed adult
mice to low intensity tobacco smoke (two cigarettes) for one to two months and found adverse histopathological effects on brain cells.96
Scientists were able to identify the influence caused by factors unique to the
blood of young
mice, which could ultimately be used as treatments for
age - related neurodegenerative disorders.
Utilizing sophisticated genetically engineered
mouse models, we will study how these conserved longevity pathways regulate the homeostasis and
aging of adult stem cells, including hematopoietic stem cells, the adult stem cells that sustain all
blood lineages throughout life.
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Mouse as a Model of Human Alzheimer's Disease J Neurol Sci 2009 (Mar 31)[Epub ahead of print] We measured
age - dependent effects of human ApoE4 on cerebral
blood flow (CBF) using ApoE4 transgenic
mice compared to
age - matched wild - type (WT)
mice by use of -LSB-(14) C] iodoantipyrene autoradiography.