Aging and the role of reactive nitrogen species

B Drew, C Leeuwenburgh - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The role of reactive oxygen species and its effects on aging has received considerable
attention in the past 47 years since Dr. Denham Harman first proposed the “free radical …

[HTML][HTML] Concentration-dependent effects of nitric oxide on mitochondrial permeability transition and cytochrome crelease

PS Brookes, EP Salinas, K Darley-Usmar… - Journal of Biological …, 2000 - ASBMB
The mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP) and associated release of cytochrome
c are thought to be important in the apoptotic process. Nitric oxide (NO⋅) has been reported …

Identification of a neuronal nitric oxide synthase in isolated cardiac mitochondria using electrochemical detection

AJ Kanai, LL Pearce, PR Clemens… - Proceedings of the …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
Mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase (mtNOS), its cellular NOS isoform, and the effects of
mitochondrially produced NO on bioenergetics have been controversial since mtNOS was …

[HTML][HTML] Amyloid β-induced changes in nitric oxide production and mitochondrial activity lead to apoptosis

U Keil, A Bonert, CA Marques, I Scherping… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
Increasing evidence suggests an important role of mitochondrial dysfunction in the
pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Thus, we investigated the effects of acute and chronic …

Pathophysiology of nitric oxide and related species: free radical reactions and modification of biomolecules

JP Eiserich, RP Patel, VB O'Donnell - Molecular aspects of medicine, 1998 - Elsevier
Since its initial discovery as an endogenously produced bioactive mediator, nitric oxide (•
NO) has been found to play a critical role in the cellular function of nearly all organ systems …

Mitochondrial oxidative metabolism and uncoupling proteins in the failing heart

AT Akhmedov, V Rybin, J Marín-García - Heart failure reviews, 2015 - Springer
Despite significant progress in cardiovascular medicine, myocardial ischemia and infarction,
progressing eventually to the final end point heart failure (HF), remain the leading cause of …

Antioxidants, reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, gene induction and mitochondrial function

MJ Jackson, S Papa, J Bolaños, R Bruckdorfer… - Molecular aspects of …, 2002 - Elsevier
There has been increasing interest, in recent years, in the possibility that reactive
oxygen/nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) act as signals, or mediators of changes, in cell function …

Activation of murine microglial cell lines by lipopolysaccharide and interferon‐γ causes NO‐mediated decreases in mitochondrial and cellular function

DW Moss, TE Bates - European Journal of Neuroscience, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Activation of murine microglial and macrophage cell lines with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and
interferon‐γ (IFN‐γ) resulted in the induction of the inducible form of nitric oxide synthase …

Reactive oxygen species and biological aging: a mechanistic approach

C Schöneich - Experimental gerontology, 1999 - Elsevier
The experimental evidence for an age-dependent increased generation of reactive oxygen
species and a progressive accumulation of oxidized biomolecules is growing. However …

Melatonin counteracts lipopolysaccharide‐induced expression and activity of mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase in rats

G Escames, J León, M Macías, H Khaldy… - The FASEB …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase (mtNOS) is expressed constitutively, although it might be
induced. Nitric oxide (NO) is a physiological regulator of mitochondrial respiration. Melatonin …