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The ultrastructure of perfused livers and of mitochondrial fractions from 6 months and 30 month-old C57/BL mice were studied. In old mice the liver cell mitochondria were enlarged and rounded with a light “foamy”, vacuolated matrix, short cristae and a loss of dense granules. Quantitative studies showed a 60% increase in the mean size and an increased proportion of larger mitochondria in intact 30 month-old perfused livers. Endothelial and Kupffer cell mitochondria were smaller than those of the parenchymal cells.
Mitochondria in pellets prepared from 6 and 30 month-old livers were rounded and condensed although there were a few larger and “foamy” mitochondria in the preparations from old mice. Up to 47% of large mitochondria in the old livers were lost during cell fractionation. The levels of cytochrome oxidase and malate de-hydrogenase were slightly decreased with age but their cytochemical localization was unchanged.
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Wilson, P.D., Franks, L.M. (1975). The Effect of Age on Mitochondrial Ultrastructure and Enzymes. In: Cristofalo, V.J., Holečková, E. (eds) Cell Impairment in Aging and Development. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 53. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0731-1_13
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