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  • Title: Effect of aging on EGF-stimulated replication of specific genes in rat hepatocytes.
    Author: Kitano S, Bohr VA, Reed TD, Haggerty CM, May A, Roth GS.
    Journal: J Cell Physiol; 1998 Jul; 176(1):32-9. PubMed ID: 9618142.
    Abstract:
    EGF-stimulated replication of specific genes was examined in primary hepatocyte cultures from mature (6 months) and senescent (24 months) rats. Basal and EGF-stimulated [3H]thymidine incorporation and DNA polymerase alpha activities, as well as total cellular DNA, were also assessed. The genes examined were dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) and c-myc, as well as total mitochondrial DNA (mt DNA). Although [3H]thymidine incorporation, DNA polymerase alpha activity, total cellular DNA, DHFR, and c-myc gene specific DNA replication stimulated by EGF are reduced with age, mt DNA replication is not affected by either EGF or age. Chromosomal DNA replication is mediated mainly by DNA polymerase alpha while mt DNA replication is mediated by its own DNA polymerase gamma. Thus, the age-related decline in stimulated DNA replication appears to be associated mainly with the DNA polymerase alpha activation pathway.
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