LAPSE:2023.5265
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LAPSE:2023.5265
Impact of Dietary Potassium Nitrate on the Life Span of Drosophila melanogaster
Tomas Liubertas, Jonas Poderys, Zigmantaite Vilma, Sandrija Capkauskiene, Pranas Viskelis
February 23, 2023
The recently defined and yet rather new topic of healthy aging is attracting more attention worldwide. As the world population is getting older, it is rapidly becoming essential to develop and maintain functional abilities at older age and develop mechanisms to protect the senior population from chronic diseases. One of the most effective components, as well as processes associated with aging, is the recently discovered and Nobel prize-awarded—nitric oxide (NO) (as a signaling molecule), which, followed by later discoveries, showed to have a positive metabolic, immunological, and anti-inflammatory effect. Nitrates are one of the most debated topics of the last decade in the scientific community due to their pathways involved in the production of nitric oxide. Thus, the objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of different potassium nitrate concentrate supplementation on Drosophila melanogaster longevity imitating a human carbohydrate-based diet with relationship to possible cause of oxidative stress. Influence of 0.5−3% potassium nitrate medium on the lifespan and motor function in different groups consisting of 100 fruit fly females in each was analyzed. In this assay, female fly species supplemented with potassium nitrate diet showed life span increase by 18.6% and 5.1% with 1% and 2% KNO3, respectively, with a positive impact on locomotor function. In conclusion, we found that low concentration of potassium nitrate medium increased lifespan and locomotor function in Drosophila melanogaster.
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carbohydrates, diet, dietary potassium nitrate, Drosophila melanogaster, lifespan, longevity, nitrates, nitric oxide, oxidative stress
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Liubertas T, Poderys J, Vilma Z, Capkauskiene S, Viskelis P. Impact of Dietary Potassium Nitrate on the Life Span of Drosophila melanogaster. (2023). LAPSE:2023.5265
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Liubertas T: Department of Coaching Science, Lithuanian Sports University, Sporto g. 6, LT-44221 Kaunas, Lithuania
Poderys J: Department of Coaching Science, Lithuanian Sports University, Sporto g. 6, LT-44221 Kaunas, Lithuania
Vilma Z: Biological Research Center, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Tilzes g. 18, LT-47181 Kaunas, Lithuania
Capkauskiene S: Department of Applied Biology and Rehabilitation, Lithuanian Sports University, Sporto g. 6, LT-44221 Kaunas, Lithuania
Viskelis P: Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Institute of Horticulture, Kauno Str. 30, LT-54333 Babtai, Lithuania [ORCID]
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Processes
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9
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8
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1270
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2021
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2021-07-23
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2227-9717
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