PMID: 6412000Mar 1, 1983Paper

Quantitative measures of aging in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: II. Lysosomal hydrolases as markers of senescence

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
M A BolanowskiR L Russell

Abstract

In an attempt to provide additional quantitative markers of senescence in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, we have identified age-dependent increases in four lysosomal enzymes: acid phosphatase, beta-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminidase, beta-D-glucosidase, and alpha-D-mannosidase. These enzymes were judged to be lysosomal on the basis of their resemblance to analogous mammalian lysosomal enzymes with regard to subcellular fractionation, lectin binding, Km, molecular weights, inhibitor sensitivities, and pH optima. In nematode populations which had a median lifespan of 8.9 +/- 0.7 days and a maximum lifespan of 14-16 days, we observed the following increases in acid hydrolase activities per animal from day 3 (early adulthood) to day 10: (1) up to 2.5-fold for acid phosphatase; (2) 8-fold for beta-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminidase; (3) 9-fold for beta-D-glucosidase; and (4) 4-fold for alpha-D-mannosidase. Three forms of acid phosphatase and two forms of beta-D-glucosidase were separated by ion-exchange chromatography, but in each case only one form of the enzyme was primarily responsible for the age-dependent increase in total activity: acid phosphatase I increased 18-fold, while beta-D-glucosidase I increased 100-fold. By contrast, there we...Continue Reading

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