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dc.contributor.authorKrishnan, V.
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Z.
dc.contributor.authorTerrill, J.
dc.contributor.authorHodgetts, S.
dc.contributor.authorFitzgerald, Melinda
dc.contributor.authorShavlakadze, T.
dc.contributor.authorHarvey, A.
dc.contributor.authorGrounds, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-10T12:41:10Z
dc.date.available2017-12-10T12:41:10Z
dc.date.created2017-12-10T12:20:21Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationKrishnan, V. and White, Z. and Terrill, J. and Hodgetts, S. and Fitzgerald, M. and Shavlakadze, T. and Harvey, A. et al. 2017. Resistance wheel exercise from mid-life has minimal effect on sciatic nerves from old mice in which sarcopenia was prevented. Biogerontology. 18 (5): pp. 769-790.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59584
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10522-017-9714-8
dc.description.abstract

The ability of resistance exercise, initiated from mid-life, to prevent age-related changes in old sciatic nerves, was investigated in male and female C57BL/6J mice. Aging is associated with cellular changes in old sciatic nerves and also loss of skeletal muscle mass and function (sarcopenia). Mature adult mice aged 15 months (M) were subjected to increasing voluntary resistance wheel exercise (RWE) over a period of 8 M until 23 M of age. This prevented sarcopenia in the old 23 M aged male and female mice. Nerves of control sedentary (SED) males at 3, 15 and 23 M of age, showed a decrease in the myelinated axon numbers at 15 and 23 M, a decreased g-ratio and a significantly increased proportion of myelinated nerves containing electron-dense aggregates at 23 M. Myelinated axon and nerve diameter, and axonal area, were increased at 15 M compared with 3 and 23 M. Exercise increased myelinated nerve profiles containing aggregates at 23 M. S100 protein, detected with immunoblotting was increased in sciatic nerves of 23 M old SED females, but not males, compared with 15 M, with no effect of exercise. Other neuronal proteins showed no significant alterations with age, gender or exercise. Overall the RWE had no cellular impact on the aging nerves, apart from an increased number of old nerves containing aggregates. Thus the relationship between cellular changes in aging nerves, and their sustained capacity for stimulation of old skeletal muscles to help maintain healthy muscle mass in response to exercise remains unclear.

dc.titleResistance wheel exercise from mid-life has minimal effect on sciatic nerves from old mice in which sarcopenia was prevented
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume18
dcterms.source.number5
dcterms.source.startPage769
dcterms.source.endPage790
dcterms.source.issn1389-5729
dcterms.source.titleBiogerontology
curtin.departmentHealth Sciences Research and Graduate Studies
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