A toolbox for the longitudinal assessment of healthspan in aging mice
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Abstract
The number of people aged over 65 is expected to double in the next 30 years. For many, living longer will mean spending more years with the burdens of chronic diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Although researchers have made rapid progress in developing geroprotective interventions that target mechanisms of aging and delay or prevent the onset of multiple concurrent age-related diseases, a lack of standardized techniques to assess healthspan in preclinical murine studies has resulted in reduced reproducibility and slow progress. To overcome this, major centers in Europe and the United States skilled in healthspan analysis came together to agree on a toolbox of techniques that can be used to consistently assess the healthspan of mice. Here, we describe the agreed toolbox, which contains protocols for echocardiography, novel object recognition, grip strength, rotarod, glucose tolerance test (GTT) and insulin tolerance test (ITT), body composition, and energy expenditure. The protocols can be performed longitudinally in the same mouse over a period of 4–6 weeks to test how candidate geroprotectors affect cardiac, cognitive, neuromuscular, and metabolic health.
Date Issued
2020-02
Date Acceptance
2019-10-10
Citation
Nature Protocols, 2020, 15 (2), pp.540-574
ISSN
1750-2799
Publisher
Nature Research
Start Page
540
End Page
574
Journal / Book Title
Nature Protocols
Volume
15
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2020 Springer-Verlag. This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41596-019-0256-1
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Subjects
Biochemical Research Methods
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
CALORIC RESTRICTION
CELLULAR SENESCENCE
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
DECREASED CONSUMPTION
DIASTOLIC FUNCTION
EXTENDS LIFE-SPAN
GLUCOSE-HOMEOSTASIS
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
MOUSE MODEL
OBJECT RECOGNITION
RAPAMYCIN TREATMENT
Science & Technology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-02-08