• DOI:10.1016/j.mad.2009.01.003
Corpus ID: 10813587

Telomeres shorten while Tert expression increases during ageing of the short-lived fish Nothobranchius furzeri

@article{Hartmann2009TelomeresSW,
  title={Telomeres shorten while Tert expression increases during ageing of the short-lived fish Nothobranchius furzeri},
  author={N. Hartmann and K. Reichwald and A. Lechel and M. Graf and C. Englert},
  journal={Mechanisms of Ageing and Development},
  year={2009},
  volume={130},
  pages={290-296}
}

N. Hartmann, K. Reichwald, +2 authors C. Englert

Published 2009

Biology, Medicine

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Age research in vertebrates is often limited by the longevity of available models. The teleost fish Nothobranchius furzeri has an exceptionally short lifespan with 3.5 months for the laboratory strain GRZ and about 6 months for the wild-derived strain MZM-0403. Here we have investigated telomere length in muscle and skin tissue of young and old fish of both strains using different methods. We found age-dependent telomere shortening in the MZM-0403 strain with the longer lifespan, whereas the… CONTINUE READING

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