Mitochondrial DNA affects metabolome, lipidome, and proteome in a sex specific manner in old heterogenous rats

Abstract

The effect of mitochondria-haplotype (mt-haplotype) on aging was studied using a unique rat model (OKC-HETB/W), which has a heterogenous nuclear background and mitochondria from either Brown Norway (B-haplotype) or Wistar Kyoto (W-haplotype) rats that differ in 94 nucleotides.