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From bivalves to birds : oxidative stress and longevity

Buttemer, William A., Abele, Doris and Costantini, David 2010, From bivalves to birds : oxidative stress and longevity, Functional ecology, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 971-983.

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Title From bivalves to birds : oxidative stress and longevity
Alternative title The ecology of antioxidants and oxidative stress in animals : from bivalves to birds : oxidative stress and longevity
Author(s) Buttemer, William A.
Abele, Doris
Costantini, David
Journal name Functional ecology
Volume number 24
Issue number 5
Start page 971
End page 983
Publisher Wiley - Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Place of publication Oxford, England
Publication date 2010-10
ISSN 0269-8463
1365-2435
1466-1373
Keyword(s) antioxidents
ectotherms
endotherms
life history influences
membrane fatty acids
peroxidation
reactive oxygen species
uncoupling proteins
Summary 1. The oxidative stress theory of ageing predicts that animals living longer will have less cumulative oxidative damage together with structural characteristics that make them more resistant to oxidative damage itself.
2. Although a general relationship between body size, metabolism and longevity does not exist in marine invertebrates, they are generally characterized by low rates of metabolism and reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation associated with lower antioxidant enzyme activities compared to vertebrates.
3. Birds and mammals have very similar size-affected metabolic rates and their metabolic intensity explains only some of the variation in maximum lifespan potential (MLSP).Within each class, smaller animals have higher rates of metabolism and ROS production and membranes that are more susceptible to oxidative damage and autocatalytic propagation of free radicals than larger ones.
4. Although the high variation in life-history strategies is accompanied by substantial variation in MLSP, there is a consistent positive correlation between rates of ROS formation and antioxidant levels among most animals examined so far for these traits. The consensus of these studies is that ROS and antioxidant levels are inversely related to MLSP.
5. The lack of a clear stoichiometric relation between variables contributing to oxidative stress limits our capacity to infer longevity consequences from measures of pro-oxidant or antioxidant status among or within species
Language eng
Field of Research 060806 Animal Physiological Ecology
060308 Life Histories
Socio Economic Objective 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
HERDC collection year 2010
Copyright notice ©2010, The Authors
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30034424

Document type: Journal Article
Collection: School of Life and Environmental Sciences
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