Plasma methionine metabolic profile is associated with longevity in mammals

N. Mota-Martorell; M. Jové; R. Berdún; R. Pamplona

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02254-3

Communications Biology (Jun 2021)

Plasma methionine metabolic profile is associated with longevity in mammals

N. Mota-Martorell,
M. Jové,
R. Berdún,
R. Pamplona

Affiliations

N. Mota-Martorell: Department of Experimental Medicine, Lleida University-Lleida Biomedical Research Institute (UdL-IRBLleida)
M. Jové: Department of Experimental Medicine, Lleida University-Lleida Biomedical Research Institute (UdL-IRBLleida)
R. Berdún: Department of Experimental Medicine, Lleida University-Lleida Biomedical Research Institute (UdL-IRBLleida)
R. Pamplona: Department of Experimental Medicine, Lleida University-Lleida Biomedical Research Institute (UdL-IRBLleida)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02254-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Mota-Martorell and colleagues use a comparative metabolomics approach to examine plasma metabolite levels associated with methionine metabolism in 11 mammalian species. They identify species specific plasma profiles indicative of a link between lifetime longevity and methionine metabolism.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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