Scientists have engineered a species of roundworm (Caenorhabditis elegans) to absorb light to live a significantly longer life.
Both membrane potential and ATP production were improved, and the worms lived around 30 to 40 percent longer than normal. The researchers are calling their new engineering process mitochondria-ON or mtON.
"What we have done is essentially hooked up a solar panel to the existing power plant infrastructure,", from the University of Washington in Seattle."In this instance, the solar panel is the optogenetic tool mtON." "The normal mitochondrial machinery is then able to harness the light energy to provide the ATP in addition to the normal combustion pathway."
This is an important insight into the functioning of mitochondria, and how we might be able to affect it. There's still a lot that scientists don't know about these tiny power plants, though discoveries areWhat's of particular interest, and what this study addresses, is how the body starts to break down once mitochondria run out of steam.are often used to research basic biological principles that can then be applied to other organisms and animals.
"That way future research will be well informed to target the most likely players in human disease and aging."
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