THE RETARDATION OF AGING IN MICE BY DIETARY RESTRICTION - LONGEVITY, CANCER, IMMUNITY AND LIFETIME ENERGY-INTAKE
THE RETARDATION OF AGING IN MICE BY DIETARY RESTRICTION - LONGEVITY, CANCER, IMMUNITY AND LIFETIME ENERGY-INTAKE
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DOI:
10.1093/jn/116.4.641
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发表时间:
1986-04-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
GUTHRIE, D
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作者:
WEINDRUCH, R;WALFORD, RL;GUTHRIE, D
We sought to clarify the impact of dietary restriction (undernutrition without malnutrition) on aging. Female mice from a long-lived strain were fed after weaning in one of six ways: group (1) a nonpurified diet ad libitum; (2) 85 kcal/wk of a purified diet (.apprx. 25% restriction); (3) 50 kcal/wk of a restricted purified diet enriched in protein, vitamin and mineral content to provide nearly equal intakes of these essentials as in group 2 (.apprx. 55% restriction); (4) as per group 3, but also restricted before weaning; (5) 50 kcal/wk of a vitamin- and mineral-enriched diet but with protein intake gradually reduced over the life span; (6) 40 kcal/wk of the diet fed to groups 3 and 4 (.apprx. 65% restriction). Mice from groups 3-6 exhibited mean and maximal life spans 35-65% greater than for group 1 and 20-40% greater than for group 2. Mice from group 6 lived longest of all. The longest lived 10% of mice from group 6 averaged 53.0 mo. which, to our knowledge, exceeds reported values for any mice of any strain. Beneficial influences on tumor patterns and on declines with age in T-lymphocyte proliferation were most striking in group 6. Significant positive correlations beween adult body weight and longevity occurred in groups 3-5 suggesting that increased metabolic efficiency may be related to longevity in restricted mice. Mice from groups 3-6 ate .apprx. 30% more calories per gram of mouse over the life span than did mice from group 2. These findings show the profound anti-aging effects of dietary restriction and provide new information for optimizing restriction regimes.