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Differentiated effect of ageing on the enzymes of Krebs’ cycle, electron transfer complexes and glutamate metabolism of non-synaptic and intra-synaptic mitochondria from cerebral cortex

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The effect of ageing on the activity of enzymes linked to Krebs’ cycle, electron transfer chain and glutamate metabolism was studied in three different types of mitochondria of cerebral cortex of 1-year old and 2-year old male Wistar rats. We assessed the maximum rate (Vmax) of the mitochondrial enzyme activities in non-synaptic perikaryal mitochondria, and in two populations of intra-synaptic mitochondria. The results indicated that: (i) in normal, steady-state cerebral cortex the values of the catalytic activities of the enzymes markedly differed in the various populations of mitochondria; (ii) in intra-synaptic mitochondria, ageing affected the catalytic properties of the enzymes linked to Krebs’ cycle, electron transfer chain and glutamate metabolism; (iii) these changes were more evident in intra-synaptic “heavy” than “light” mitochondria. These results indicate a different age-related vulnerability of subpopulations of mitochondria in vivo located into synapses than non-synaptic ones.

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  1. Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacological Biotechnologies, Department of Physiological-Pharmacological Cellular-Molecular Sciences, Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

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Villa, R., Gorini, A. & Hoyer, S. Differentiated effect of ageing on the enzymes of Krebs’ cycle, electron transfer complexes and glutamate metabolism of non-synaptic and intra-synaptic mitochondria from cerebral cortex. J Neural Transm 113, 1659–1670 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-006-0569-4

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