Deleted mitochondrial DNA in the skeletal muscle of aged individuals.
Human mitochondrial DNA deletions occur mainly in the major region between the origins of replication of the heavy and light strands both in mitochondrial myopathy and in the ageing process. To determine whether deletions in the minor region also contribute to the ageing process, we analyzed a 3,610-basepair deletion (nucleotide position 1,837-5,447, from the 16S rRNA gene to the ND2 gene) in the skeletal muscle from individuals of various ages. The direct repeated sequence at each boundary of the deletion was identified as 5'-CCCC-3'. This minor-region deletion was detected in one of five individuals of the sixth decade, two of five in the seventh decade, and all of five in the eighth decade, but not in individuals below age 60. These results indicate that age-related accumulation of mtDNA deletions occurs not only in the major region but also in the minor region.[1]References
- Deleted mitochondrial DNA in the skeletal muscle of aged individuals. Katayama, M., Tanaka, M., Yamamoto, H., Ohbayashi, T., Nimura, Y., Ozawa, T. Biochem. Int. (1991) [Pubmed]
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