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. 1980 Apr 15;188(1):25–30. doi: 10.1042/bj1880025

Glutathione contents of tissues in the aging mouse.

G A Hazelton, C A Lang
PMCID: PMC1162532  PMID: 7406884

Abstract

1. Previous results from this laboratory demonstrated that the erythrocyte content of reduced glutathione (GSH) decreased as a function of both increasing cell age and mouse age [Abraham, Taylor & Lang (1978) Biochem. J. 174, 819-825]. In the present investigation glutathione concentrations were determined in other tissues of the C57BL/6J mouse of different ages (6--31 months) throughout the life-span. 2. At all ages the total glutathione and the GSH concentrations in liver were 3 times that in kidney and 10 times that in heart. In the old (31 months) mouse the GSH contents were lower by 30% in the liver, 34% in the kidney and 20% in the heart than in the mature (17--23 months) animals. 3. The oxidized glutathione (GSSG) concentrations of the tissues did not vary with age and constituted less than 3% of the total glutathione. 4. The decreased in GSH concentrations were not due to changes in organ weights, which were constant from 10 to 36 months of age. 5. These findings extend our previous results and indicate that a general characteristic of aging tissues may be a decrease in GSH concentrations. Further, this is consistent with our hypothesis that the reducing potential of tissues decreases in senescence.

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