The content of the mitochondrial DNA 4977-bp deletion and the respiratory chain enzyme activities were determined in the same human skeletal muscle specimens. A direct correlation between damage to mtDNA and bioenergetic deficiency was observed. The time-course of the appearance of the mtDNA deletion was followed. The highest percentage of mtDNA-deleted molecules was 0.26% and it was found in the eighties which corresponds to the age of the major reduction in the respiratory chain enzyme activities. Two samples with very low mitochondrial respiratory enzyme activities exhibited much higher levels of deletion compared to the similar age counterparts. Given, however, the low absolute level of the deletion also in these samples, we suggest that damage to the respiratory chain complexes, especially complex IV, might be the cause more than the effect of the increased number of mtDNA molecules bearing deletions in aged human skeletal muscle. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.

Correlation between mitochondrial DNA 4977 bp deletion and respiratory chain enzyme activities in aging human skeletal muscles.

LEZZA, Angela Maria Serena;SCACCO, Salvatore;CANTATORE, Palmiro;
1994-01-01

Abstract

The content of the mitochondrial DNA 4977-bp deletion and the respiratory chain enzyme activities were determined in the same human skeletal muscle specimens. A direct correlation between damage to mtDNA and bioenergetic deficiency was observed. The time-course of the appearance of the mtDNA deletion was followed. The highest percentage of mtDNA-deleted molecules was 0.26% and it was found in the eighties which corresponds to the age of the major reduction in the respiratory chain enzyme activities. Two samples with very low mitochondrial respiratory enzyme activities exhibited much higher levels of deletion compared to the similar age counterparts. Given, however, the low absolute level of the deletion also in these samples, we suggest that damage to the respiratory chain complexes, especially complex IV, might be the cause more than the effect of the increased number of mtDNA molecules bearing deletions in aged human skeletal muscle. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.
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