Molecule Damage theory of Ageing Flashcards
what is the general molecular damage theory of ageing?
One class of theories of aging is based on the concept that damage, either due to normal toxic by-products of metabolism or inefficient repair/defensive systems, accumulates throughout the entire lifespan and causes aging
what does AGE stand for?
advanced glycation endproducts
what ageing disease has AGEs been implicated specifically in? (4)
osteoarthritis, vascular stiffening and various amyloidoses, diabetes
what type of sugars in glycation carried out by?
reducing sugars
how do AGE generally form?
they form as a result of glycation which involves the condensation of reducing sugars with free amino groups in lysine, hydroxylysine or arginine residues. A covalent bond is formed between the amino acid and the sugar and is proceeded by reactions which give rise to AGEs
what are the residues prone to AGEs?
lysine, hydroxylysine and arginine
as well as reducing sugars, what has also been implicated in AGE formation?
lipids - in rats
what influences AGE accumulation?
environment, smoking, age and gene
what are the different ways in which AGEs can exist on the protein?
- adducts to the protein (simply joined to)
- protein protein crosslinks
what is important in terms of the quality and quantity of AGEs?
not only the quantity but also the type and location of the AGE contributes to the effect of AGE accumulation- even if the number of total sites is low, the localisation of a fet to reactive sites may be very harmful.
once formed, when are AGEs degraded?
only when the protein that they are attached to is degraded.
where is the highest area of AGE accumulation?
in areas of tissue that have a low turnover- long lived proteins such as crystallin in the lens and collagen in the ECM of connective tissues (cartilage, bone, tendom and skin)
what are the precise tissues in which AGE accumulation is rife?
in areas of tissue that have a low turnover- long lived proteins such as crystallin in the lens and collagen in the ECM of connective tissues (cartilage, bone, tendom and skin)
how is connective tissue affected by AGE?
its strength is dependent on the amount of intramolecular collagen crosslinks. in artciular cartilage, accumulation of AGE crosslinks results in increased stiffness and brittleness of the tissue, thereby rendering it more prone to mechanical stress and damage
what is the evidence for AGE accumulation over time?
• AGE formation -> cross linking between collagen fibres, which increase throughout life. This, e.g. reduces capacity of collagen to swell, makes it resistant to chemical corrosion.
• Diabetic show much greter increase in glycation of collagen- so high glucose levels increases this
- so if increased blood glucose levels (such as that in daibetics) is associated with increased flycation then the levels seen in older people should mean they have more glycation
what is the accumulation of AGEs correlated with? (give 2 precise examples)
increased tissue stiffness in arteries, lens, skin and tendon.Increased tissue brittleness following AGE accumulation was shown in human lens capsules and in rat cortical bone in the early 1990s
How can AGEs affect protein degradation and what disease has this property been linked to?
AGEs interfere with the susceptitbility of matrix protein towards proteolytic degradation- in alzeihmers- the pathological aggregates of amyloid fibrils are commonly modified by AGEs- AGE formation induces portein aggregaton by inducing refolding of initially globula albumin into amyloid fibrils
what is the evidence connecting AGE accumulation with osteoarthritis?
- ## an in vivo model for OA demonstrated that the accumulation of AGE predisposes to the development of OA- those dogs with model:. Using the established dog anterior cruciate ligament transection model of OA, animals with enhanced AGE levels in articular cartilage showed a statistically significant increase in severity of OA compared with dogs with normal cartilage AGE levels
where has age related accumulation of AGE been shown and in what organism?
in humans!
- cartilage, skin collagen and pericardial fluid
- the age of human cadavers can be esitmated by the assesmen tof AGEs in the hippocampus
- mice too
- in drosophila
Has AGE treatment been shown to aleviate the symptoms of AGEs?
yes= Animal models and small trials in humans show that some of the adverse effects of AGEs upon the cardiovascular and renal systems can be reduced with AGE inhibitors or breakers and by dietary restriction of AGEs. In animal models, treatment with alagebrium (formerly ALT7-111), a thiazolium derivative that can break established AGE cross-links, has been shown to reverse arterial and myocardial stiffness and improve cardiac function (93) and reduce AGE deposition in the kidneys and improve renal function
what is the general principle of the damage ageing theory
that molecule damage= ageing but maintenance and repair (turnover) means increased longevity
what are the 3 mains kinds of wear and tear?
oxidation (free radical theory)
glycation
lipofuscin formation
what is the glycation reaction?
it involves a reducing sugar such as glucosr which undergoes a non enzymatic condensation reaction with the amino acid side chains of lysine , hydroxylysine or arginine. The CHO group of the sugar reacts with the NH2 group of the amino acid, a covalent bond forms between the C and the N. following a condensation reaction. this forms a schiff base. Then amadori rearrangement can occur to form an amadori product
why is it thought that AGEs increase with age?
because blood sugar levels of people increase with age- this means that the increased glucose levels in the plasma can result in the glycation of various proteins in the body. The evidence for the correlation of AGE production with high glucose levels comes from diabetic patients. These people have chronic increase glucose plasma levels and suffer from increased glycation and AGE formation is associated with many of the complications that arise in diabetes with the eyes, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporoses. these diseases are also associated with ageing- diabetic people seem to have accelerated ageing- so maybe the chronic increase in glucose causes the increase in AGEs accumulation which results in the pathologies of ageing.
how can AGE formation induce osteoporesis?
structural impairment in collagen alters the osteoblast differentiation leading to bone remodeling and skeletal fragility
how can AGE accumulation case vascular stiffness? what is the pathology from this
by increasingg cross like between collagen and making it less flexible increases systolic hypertension
how can the interactions of AGE with RAGE (its receptor) induce oxidative damage and an inflammatory response?
- AGE binding to RAGE and a sustained period of cellular activation can lead to inflammation: interaction go AGE with RAGE on macrophages in cause oxidative stress and and activation of the NF-Kb which stimulates the generation of proinflamtory cytokines. nd NF-Kb also stimulates TNF-a production with increases ROS production. The activation to NF-kB acts in a positive feedback mechanisms whereby RAE increases
- binding of AGE adducts with RAGE in other tissues also increases ROS damage
what does NF-KB stimulate?
- TNF-alpha which leads to ROS
- transcription of pro-inflammatory cytokines
on what cell can AGEs bind to stimulate an inflammatory response?
macrophages
what are the two overeateng ways th`at AGE accumulation can induce the pathologies of Ageing
- perturbing protein functioning
- interact with RAGE to induce an inflammatory response
what molecule is affected by AGEs in the eye
crystallin
what percentage of the body’s total protein is collagen ?
20-30%
what is the molecule which forms protein-protein cross links?
glyoxal derived lysine dimer
how can AGEs be easily measured?
pentosidine formation- formed when an ARG and a Lys residue are linked by a pentose sugar- it produced a florescent product- measured easily
what is a key hinderance in undestanding the role of AGEs? how are there being tackled?
they are hard to measure. but using ELISA and pentosidine is circumventing this
what is the evidence that suggest AGE accumulation may be genetic?
monozygotic twins had higher correlation coefficients go AGEs than dizygotic
what is the general free radical theory of ageing
a free radical is a species which contains one or more unaired electrons. An example is superoxide. These cause damage because the unpaired electrons oxidise other proteins. When a protein is oxidised is normally can no longerr function. An accumulation of oxidative damage can hinder key functions and cause cells to die .
The theory of ageing is that, as we age, we accumulate more ROS because our cells become in efficient in recycling them through enzymes such as catalase and superoxide dismutase. This leads to an accumulation of molecular damage that manifest themselves as the pathologies of ageing
name 3 ROSs
superoxide, hydroxyl, and peroxyl.
what is an oxidising agent?
an agent which oxidises another chemical either by adding oxygen to it or takin an electron or hydrogen- this induces oxidative stress on the protein
what are the three types of oxidation that can occur in the cell?
- protein oxidation which forms protein carbonyls
- peroxidation of lipids which forms malonaldehyde
- oxidation of DNA which forms 8-hydroxyguanine