Double strand breaks may be a missing link between entropy and aging

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LENÁRT Peter BIENERTOVÁ VAŠKŮ Julie

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
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Faculty of Science

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Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2016.06.002
Field Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords Aging; Entropy; Double strand breaks; Chromatin; DNA damage
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Description It has been previously suggested that an increase in entropy production leads to aging. However, the mechanisms linking increased entropy production in living mass to aging are currently unclear. Even though entropy cannot be easily associated with any specific molecular damage, the increase of entropy in structural mass may be connected with heat stress, which is known to generate double strand breaks. Double strand breaks, which are in turn known to play an important role in process of aging, are thus connected to both aging and an increase of entropy. In view of these associations, we propose a new model where the increase of entropy leads to the formation of double strand breaks, resulting in an aging phenotype. This not only offers a new perspective on aging research and facilitates experimental validation, but could also serve as a useful explanatory tool.
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