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Wound healing and longevity: lessons from long-lived ?MUPA mice.

ABSTRACT: Does the longevity phenotype offer an advantage in wound healing (WH)? In an attempt to answer this question, we explored skin wound healing in the long-lived transgenic ?MUPA mice, a unique model of genetically extended life span. These mice spontaneously eat less, preserve their body mass, are more resistant to spontaneous and induced tumorigenesis and live longer, thus greatly mimicking the effects of caloric restriction (CR). We found that ?MUPA mice showed a much slower age-related decline in the rate of WH than their wild-type counterparts (FVB/N). After full closure of the wound, gene expression in the skin of old ?MUPA mice returned close to basal levels. In contrast, old FVB/N mice still exhibited significant upregulation of genes associated with growth-promoting pathways, apoptosis and cell-cell/cell-extra cellular matrix interaction, indicating an ongoing tissue remodeling or an inability to properly shut down the repair process. It appears that the CR-like longevity phenotype is associated with more balanced and efficient WH mechanisms in old age, which could ensure a long-term survival advantage.

SUBMITTER: Yanai H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4394728 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Wound healing and longevity: lessons from long-lived αMUPA mice.

Yanai Hagai H Toren Dimitri D Vierlinger Klemens K Hofner Manuela M Nöhammer Christa C Chilosi Marco M Budovsky Arie A Fraifeld Vadim E VE

Aging 20150301 3

Does the longevity phenotype offer an advantage in wound healing (WH)? In an attempt to answer this question, we explored skin wound healing in the long-lived transgenic αMUPA mice, a unique model of genetically extended life span. These mice spontaneously eat less, preserve their body mass, are more resistant to spontaneous and induced tumorigenesis and live longer, thus greatly mimicking the effects of caloric restriction (CR). We found that αMUPA mice showed a much slower age-related decline ...[more]

PMID: 25960543

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Wound healing and longevity: lessons from long-lived ?MUPA mice.

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Wound healing and longevity: lessons from long-lived αMUPA mice.

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