Journal
AGING CELL
Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages 921-932Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2012.00864.x
Keywords
aging; cardiac declines with age; drosophila; life span; senescence; training
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- NIA NIH HHS [P30 AG013283] Funding Source: Medline
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Nutrient allocation and usage plays an important part in regulating the onset and progression of age-related functional declines. Here, we describe a heterozygous mutation in Drosophila (dFatp) that alters nutrient distribution and multiple aspects of physiology. dFatp mutants have increased lifespan and stress resistance, altered feeding behavior and fat storage, and increased mobility. Concurrently, mutants experience impairment of cardiac function. We show that endurance exercise reverses increased lipid storage in the myocardium and the deleterious cardiac function conferred by dFatp mutation. These findings establish a novel conserved genetic target for regulating lifespan and physiology in aging animals. These findings also highlight the importance of varying exercise conditions in assessing aging functions of model organisms.
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