Systemic extracellular acidification is a hallmark of aging
dos Santos, E.; Xie, Y.; Cuan, E.; Foley, A.; Taylor, M. E.; Andrew, I.; Young, G.; Trevaskis, N. L.; Cocheme, H. M.
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Understanding the critical pathophysiological processes that promote age-related disease is needed to uncover effective targets for preventive medicine. Here, we investigate how extracellular pH changes with age and its impact on longevity, using fly and mouse models. We find that extracellular acidification occurs in flies during aging and correlates to mortality rate. With age, flies also become more susceptible to die from acidotic stress, which can be prevented by alkalotic treatment. Acidification is caused by insufficient acid elimination, linked to downregulation of genes in the fly excretory tract that control pH and ATP production, essential for active secretion initiation. In mice, we show that lymph-drained interstitial fluids acidify with age. Expression of genes, whose pathogenic loss-of-function variants cause tubular acidosis in humans, is decreased in the kidneys of aging mice. Overall, this study sheds light on dysregulated systemic acid-base balance as a conserved pathophysiological mechanism of aging.
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