Oxidative stress and aging reduce COX I RNA and cytochrome oxidase activity in Drosophila.

@article{Schwarze1998OxidativeSA,
  title={Oxidative stress and aging reduce COX I RNA and cytochrome oxidase activity in Drosophila.},
  author={Silvia Schwarze and Richard Weindruch and Judd M. Aiken},
  journal={Free radical biology & medicine},
  year={1998},
  volume={25 6},
  pages={
          740-7
        }
}

• Silvia Schwarze, Richard Weindruch, Judd M. Aiken
• Published in Free radical biology & medicine 1998

Drosophila melanogaster displays an age-associated increase in oxidative damage and a decrease in mitochondrial transcripts. To determine if these changes result in energy production deficiencies, we measured the electron transport system (ETS) enzyme activity, and ATP levels with age. No statistically significant influences of age on activities of complexes I and II or citrate synthase were observed. In contrast, from 2 to 45 days post-eclosion, declines were found in complex IV cytochrome c… CONTINUE READING

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