Aging
involves
seemingly
paradoxical
changes
in
energy
metabolism.
Molecular
damage
accumulation
increases
cellular
expenditure,
yet
whole-body
expenditure
is
stable
or
decreases
with
age.
We
resolve
this
apparent
contradiction
by
positioning
the
brain
as
mediator
and
broker
economy
of
within
organism.
As
somatic
tissues
accumulate
over
time,
costly
intracellular
stress
responses
are
activated,
causing
aging/senescent
cells
to
secrete
cytokines
that
convey
increased
demand
(hypermetabolism)
brain.
To
conserve
face
a
shrinking
budget,
deploys
conservation
responses,
which
suppress
low
priority
processes,
producing
fatigue,
physical
inactivity,
blunted
sensory
capacities,
immune
alterations,
endocrine
“deficits”.
term
cascade
Brain-body
Energy
Conservation
(BEC)
model
aging.
The
BEC
outlines
i)
energetic
cost
aging,
ii)
how
perception
senescence-associated
hypermetabolism
may
drive
manifestations
iii)
principles
underlying
modifiability
aging
trajectories
stressors
geroscience
interventions.
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
9(1)
Опубликована: Май 15, 2024
Abstract
Mitochondria,
with
their
intricate
networks
of
functions
and
information
processing,
are
pivotal
in
both
health
regulation
disease
progression.
Particularly,
mitochondrial
dysfunctions
identified
many
common
pathologies,
including
cardiovascular
diseases,
neurodegeneration,
metabolic
syndrome,
cancer.
However,
the
multifaceted
nature
elusive
phenotypic
threshold
dysfunction
complicate
our
understanding
contributions
to
diseases.
Nonetheless,
these
complexities
do
not
prevent
mitochondria
from
being
among
most
important
therapeutic
targets.
In
recent
years,
strategies
targeting
have
continuously
emerged
transitioned
clinical
trials.
Advanced
intervention
such
as
using
healthy
replenish
or
replace
damaged
mitochondria,
has
shown
promise
preclinical
trials
various
Mitochondrial
components,
mtDNA,
mitochondria-located
microRNA,
associated
proteins
can
be
potential
agents
augment
function
immunometabolic
diseases
tissue
injuries.
Here,
we
review
current
knowledge
pathophysiology
concrete
examples
We
also
summarize
treat
perspective
dietary
supplements
targeted
therapies,
well
translational
situation
related
pharmacology
agents.
Finally,
this
discusses
innovations
applications
transplantation
an
advanced
promising
treatment.
Abstract
A
robust
and
heterogenous
secretory
phenotype
is
a
core
feature
of
most
senescent
cells.
In
addition
to
mediators
age‐related
pathology,
components
the
senescence
associated
(SASP)
have
been
studied
as
biomarkers
cell
burden
and,
in
turn,
biological
age.
Therefore,
we
hypothesized
that
circulating
concentrations
candidate
biomarkers,
including
chemokines,
cytokines,
matrix
remodeling
proteins,
growth
factors,
could
predict
mortality
older
adults.
We
assessed
associations
between
plasma
levels
28
SASP
proteins
risk
over
median
follow‐up
6.3
years
1923
patients
65
age
or
with
zero
one
chronic
condition
at
baseline.
Overall,
five
strongly
an
increased
death
were
GDF15,
RAGE,
VEGFA,
PARC,
MMP2,
after
adjusting
for
age,
sex,
race,
presence
condition.
The
combination
clinical
demographic
covariates
exhibited
significantly
higher
c‐statistic
(0.79,
95%
confidence
interval
(CI):
0.76–0.82)
than
alone
(0.70,
CI:
0.67–0.74)
(
p
<
0.001).
Collectively,
these
findings
lend
further
support
cellular
informative
predictors
clinically
important
health
outcomes
adults,
death.
Abstract
Beyond
mere
prognostication,
optimal
biomarkers
of
aging
provide
insights
into
qualitative
and
quantitative
features
biological
might,
therefore,
offer
useful
information
for
the
testing
and,
ultimately,
clinical
use
gerotherapeutics.
We
aimed
to
develop
a
proteomic
clock
(PAC)
all‐cause
mortality
risk
as
proxy
age.
Data
were
from
UK
Biobank
Pharma
Proteomics
Project,
including
53,021
participants
aged
between
39
70
years
2923
plasma
proteins
assessed
using
Olink
Explore
3072
assay®.
10.9%
died
during
mean
follow‐up
13.3
years,
with
age
at
death
70.1
years.
The
Spearman
correlation
PAC
chronological
was
0.77.
showed
robust
age‐adjusted
associations
predictions
onset
various
diseases
in
general
disease‐free
participants.
associated
deviation
enriched
several
processes
related
hallmarks
aging.
Our
results
expand
previous
findings
by
showing
that
acceleration,
based
on
PAC,
strongly
predicts
incident
disease
outcomes.
Particularly,
it
facilitates
evaluation
multiple
conditions
population,
thereby,
contributing
prevention
initial
diseases,
which
vary
among
individuals
may
subsequently
lead
additional
comorbidities.
Annals of Intensive Care,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14(1)
Опубликована: Янв. 5, 2024
Abstract
Whereas
aging
is
a
whole-organism
process,
senescence
cell
mechanism
that
can
be
triggered
by
several
stimuli.
There
increasing
evidence
critical
conditions
activate
programs
irrespective
of
patient’s
age.
In
this
review,
we
briefly
describe
the
basic
pathways
and
consequences
their
activation
in
critically
ill
patients.
The
available
suggests
paradigm
which
beneficial
short
term
rendering
cells
resistant
to
apoptosis,
but
also
detrimental
late
phase
inducing
pro-inflammatory
pro-fibrotic
state.
Senescence
therapeutic
target.
use
drugs
eliminate
senescent
(senolytics)
or
senescence-associated
phenotype
(senomorphics)
will
require
monitoring
these
responses
identification
windows
improve
outcome
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 31, 2025
Abstract
Altered
mitochondria
biology
can
accelerate
biological
aging,
but
scalable
biomarkers
of
mitochondrial
health
for
population
studies
are
lacking.
We
examined
two
potential
candidates:
1)
cell-free
DNA
(cf-mtDNA),
a
marker
signaling
elevated
with
disease
states
accessible
as
distinct
entities
from
plasma
or
serum;
and
2)
growth
differentiation
factor
15
(GDF15),
an
established
biomarker
aging
downstream
energy
transformation
defects
stress
signaling.
In
cohort
430
participants
aged
24-84
(54.2%
women),
we
measured
serum
cf-mtDNA,
GDF15
levels
at
timepoints
5
years
apart,
then
assessed
their
associations
age,
BMI,
diabetes,
sex,
health-related
behaviors,
psychosocial
factors.
As
expected,
showed
positive,
exponential
association
age
(r=0.66,
p<0.0001)
increased
by
33%
over
five
years.
cf-mtDNA
was
not
correlated
age.
BMI
sex
were
also
related
to
nor
GDF15.
Type
2
diabetes
only
positively
associated
Exploring
drivers
systemic
signaling,
report
novel
linking
higher
education
lower
age-adjusted
(r=-0.14,
p<0.0034),
both
baseline
the
5-year
follow
up,
highlighting
influence
factors
on
health.
Overall,
our
findings
among
adults
spanning
six
decades
lifespan
establish
between
GDF15,
emerging
Further
needed
determine
if
blood
metabolic
be
moderated
behaviors.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Апрель 21, 2024
Abstract
GDF15
(growth
differentiation
factor
15)
is
a
marker
of
cellular
energetic
stress
linked
to
physical-mental
illness,
aging,
and
mortality.
However,
questions
remain
about
its
dynamic
properties
measurability
in
human
biofluids
other
than
blood.
Here,
we
examine
the
natural
dynamics
psychobiological
regulation
plasma
saliva
four
studies
representing
4,749
samples
from
188
individuals.
We
show
that
protein
detectable
(8%
concentration),
likely
produced
by
salivary
glands
secretory
duct
cells.
Using
brief
laboratory
socio-evaluative
stressor
paradigm,
find
psychosocial
increases
(+3.5-5.9%)
(+43%)
with
distinct
kinetics,
within
minutes.
Moreover,
exhibits
robust
awakening
response,
declining
∼40-89%
30-45
minutes
peak
level
at
time
waking
up.
Clinically,
individuals
genetic
mitochondrial
OxPhos
diseases
elevated
baseline
GDF15,
post-stress
levels
both
correlate
multi-system
disease
severity,
exercise
intolerance,
subjective
experience
fatigue.
Taken
together,
our
data
establish
dynamic,
sensitive
psychological
states,
clinically
relevant
endocrine
diseases.
These
findings
also
point
shared
pathway
integrating
metabolic
mental
stress.
Transplantation,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
108(12), С. 2434 - 2445
Опубликована: Июнь 24, 2024
Chronic
systemic
inflammation
is
associated
with
mortality
in
patients
chronic
kidney
disease,
cardiovascular
and
diabetes.
The
goal
of
this
study
was
to
examine
the
relationship
between
pretransplant
inflammatory
biomarkers
(growth
differentiation
factor-15
[GDF-15],
interleukin-6
[IL-6],
soluble
tumor
necrosis
factor
receptor-1,
monokine
induced
by
gamma
interferon/chemokine
[C-X-C
motif]
ligand
9
[MIG/CXCL9],
monocyte
chemoattractant
protein-1,
FAS,
factor-α,
interleukin-15,
interleukin-1β)
death
function
(DWF)
after
transplantation
(KT).