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Why we age – a new evolutionary view

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From the journal Biologia

Abstract

This article introduces a new evolutionary theory of aging, which suggests that aging is the result of imperfections in cell turnover in organisms. Some of the simplest animals demonstrate the strongest ability of cell renewal and therefore, according to this theory, their aging often seems to be negligible. Evolutionarily related organisms (e.g. mammals) share similar abilities in tissue cell turnover but they differ in the rates at which the process is performed. These rate differences are more or less forced by the speed of irreversible damage (e.g. lipofuscin) increase in their cells. This speed is the result of an evolutionary trade-off of “function vs. resistance to irreversible damage” in their cell molecules. The article also offers an explanation of the differences in basal metabolic rate between different species. Put simply, while a trade-off in irreversible damage plays a role in aging, the trade-off in reversible damage plays a role in basal metabolic rate.

  1. Conflict of interest The author has no conflict of interest in this work.

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Abbreviations

AD

Alzheimer’s disease

BM

body mass

BMR

basal metabolic rate

CR

calorie restriction

DMD

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

GH

growth hormone

Gpxl

glutathione peroxidase 1

IGF-1

insulin-like growth factor-1

MLS

maximum lifespan

MOSTA

mitochondrial oxidative stress theory of aging

PUFAs

polyunsaturated fatty acids

ROS

reactive oxygen species

Sod1

superoxide dismutase 1

SSA

senile systemic amyloidosis

TTR

transthyretin

Received: 2016-9-1
Accepted: 2017-5-23
Published Online: 2017-5-30
Published in Print: 2017-5-24

© 2017 Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences

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