Centro de Investigación Biomédica, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Fisiología, Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain.
Instituto de Biotecnología, Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain.
Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jun 3;25(11):6166. doi: 10.3390/ijms25116166.
Currently, there is an increase in the aging of the population, which represents a risk factor for many diseases, including sarcopenia. Sarcopenia involves progressive loss of mass, strength, and function of the skeletal muscle. Some mechanisms include alterations in muscle structure, reduced regenerative capacity, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and inflammation. The zebrafish has emerged as a new model for studying skeletal muscle aging because of its numerous advantages, including histological and molecular similarity to human skeletal muscle. In this study, we used fish of 2, 10, 30, and 60 months of age. The older fish showed a higher frailty index with a value of 0.250 ± 0.000 because of reduced locomotor activity and alterations in biometric measurements. We observed changes in muscle structure with a decreased number of myocytes (0.031 myocytes/μm ± 0.004 at 60 months) and an increase in collagen with aging up to 15% ± 1.639 in the 60-month group, corresponding to alterations in the synthesis, degradation, and differentiation pathways. These changes were accompanied by mitochondrial alterations, such as a nearly 50% reduction in the number of intermyofibrillar mitochondria, 100% mitochondrial damage, and reduced mitochondrial dynamics. Overall, we demonstrated a similarity in the aging processes of muscle aging between zebrafish and mammals.
目前,人口老龄化呈上升趋势,这是许多疾病的一个风险因素,包括肌肉减少症。肌肉减少症涉及骨骼肌质量、力量和功能的进行性丧失。一些机制包括肌肉结构的改变、再生能力降低、氧化应激、线粒体功能障碍和炎症。由于其与人类骨骼肌在组织学和分子水平上的相似性,斑马鱼已成为研究骨骼肌衰老的一种新模型。在这项研究中,我们使用了 2、10、30 和 60 个月大的鱼。由于运动活动减少和生物计量测量的改变,年龄较大的鱼表现出更高的脆弱指数,其值为 0.250 ± 0.000。我们观察到肌肉结构的变化,肌细胞数量减少(60 个月时为 0.031 个肌细胞/μm ± 0.004),胶原蛋白随着年龄的增长而增加,60 个月组增加了 15% ± 1.639,这与合成、降解和分化途径的改变有关。这些变化伴随着线粒体的改变,例如肌间纤维间线粒体数量减少近 50%,线粒体 100%受损,线粒体动力学降低。总的来说,我们证明了斑马鱼和哺乳动物肌肉衰老过程的相似性。
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