2023
OxPhos defects cause hypermetabolism and reduce lifespan in cells and in patients with mitochondrial diseases
Sturm G, Karan K, Monzel A, Santhanam B, Taivassalo T, Bris C, Ware S, Cross M, Towheed A, Higgins-Chen A, McManus M, Cardenas A, Lin J, Epel E, Rahman S, Vissing J, Grassi B, Levine M, Horvath S, Haller R, Lenaers G, Wallace D, St-Onge M, Tavazoie S, Procaccio V, Kaufman B, Seifert E, Hirano M, Picard M. OxPhos defects cause hypermetabolism and reduce lifespan in cells and in patients with mitochondrial diseases. Communications Biology 2023, 6: 22. PMID: 36635485, PMCID: PMC9837150, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-04303-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntegrated stress responseOXPHOS defectsMitochondrial diseaseCellular energy expenditureMitochondrial DNA instabilityPatient-derived fibroblastsMitochondrial oxidative phosphorylationCell divisionExtracellular secretionOxidative phosphorylationStress responseDNA instabilityMechanistic basisEnergetic costEpigenetic agingGeneral mechanismOXPHOSBiological agingExcess energy expenditurePotential mechanismsEnergy expenditureCellsMulti-system disorderMetabokinesRNAseq
2020
Underlying features of epigenetic aging clocks in vivo and in vitro
Liu Z, Leung D, Thrush K, Zhao W, Ratliff S, Tanaka T, Schmitz LL, Smith JA, Ferrucci L, Levine ME. Underlying features of epigenetic aging clocks in vivo and in vitro. Aging Cell 2020, 19: e13229. PMID: 32930491, PMCID: PMC7576259, DOI: 10.1111/acel.13229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpigenetic clocksTranscriptional associationsTissues/cellsHuman tissues/cellsEpigenetic aging clockMultiple tissues/cellsDifferent biological processesMulti-omics analysisDNA methylation dataMulti-omics dataBiological processesMethylation dataAging clockMitochondrial dysfunctionEpigenetic agingBiological agingClockHallmarkCellsSenescenceAutophagyStriking lackPathwayCpGMetabolism
2018
An epigenetic biomarker of aging for lifespan and healthspan
Levine ME, Lu AT, Quach A, Chen BH, Assimes TL, Bandinelli S, Hou L, Baccarelli AA, Stewart JD, Li Y, Whitsel EA, Wilson JG, Reiner AP, Aviv A, Lohman K, Liu Y, Ferrucci L, Horvath S. An epigenetic biomarker of aging for lifespan and healthspan. Aging 2018, 10: 573-591. PMID: 29676998, PMCID: PMC5940111, DOI: 10.18632/aging.101414.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpigenetic biomarkersDNA damage responseTranslational machineryMitochondrial signatureTranscriptional analysisDamage responseNew epigenetic biomarkersMultiple tissuesNovel CpGsInterferon pathwayHealthspanSorted cellsImportant pathwayPathwayCellsLifespanActivationBiological ageDiverse outcomesDNAm PhenoAgeMachineryMajor goalTissueCpGGeroscience