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Hello mito community,
I am curious about the aging mark on mitochondria. How can I asses that mitochondria is aging other than enzymatic activities of mito-enzymes?

Thanks for your thoughts

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  • 4 weeks later...

You could quantify mitochondrial DNA damage, perhaps at particular sites of the DNA?  Are you looking in tissue or cell culture?

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Have you been successful in determining a method?

To my knowledge, “ageing” mitochondria are typically associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, so perhaps that is why the typical approach is to measure the activities and amounts of Complexes I-V. Perhaps investigating mtDNA copy number or the level of somatic mtDNA mutations would also be helpful.

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Many thanks. I do have some of enzymatic assesement protocols, however, I am in need of Complex I-II combination assay method. Can anybody provide me one?
Regards

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