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Smith DL, Maharrey CH, Carey CR, White RA, Hartman JL. Gene-nutrient interaction markedly influences yeast chronological lifespan. Exp Gerontol 2016; 86:113-123. [PMID: 27125759 PMCID: PMC5079838 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2016.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2016] [Revised: 04/14/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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PURPOSE Research into the genetic mechanisms of aging has expanded rapidly over the past two decades. This has in part been the result of the use of model organisms (particularly yeast, worms and flies) and high-throughput technologies, combined with a growing interest in aging research. Despite this progress, widespread consensus regarding the pathways that are fundamental to the modulation of cellular aging and lifespan for all organisms has been limited due to discrepancies between different studies. We have compared results from published genome-wide, chronological lifespan (CLS) screens of individual gene deletion strains in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in order to identify gene deletion strains with consistent influences on longevity as possible indicators of fundamental aging processes from this single-celled, eukaryotic model organism. METHODS Three previous reports have described genetic modifiers of chronological aging in the budding yeast (S. cerevisiae) using the yeast gene deletion strain collection. We performed a comparison among the data sets using correlation and decile distribution analysis to describe concordance between screens and identify strains that consistently increased or decreased CLS. We used gene enrichment analysis in an effort to understand the biology underlying genes identified in multiple studies. We attempted to replicate the different experimental conditions employed by the screens to identify potential sources of variability in CLS worth further investigating. RESULTS Among 3209 strains present in all three screens, nine deletions strains were in common in the longest-lived decile (2.80%) and thirteen were in common in the shortest-lived decile (4.05%) of all three screens. Similarly, pairwise overlap between screens was low. When the same comparison was extended to three deciles to include more mutants studied in common between the three screens, enrichment of cellular processes based on gene ontology analysis in the long-lived strains remained very limited. To test the hypothesis that different parental strain auxotrophic requirements or media formulations employed by the respective genome-wide screens might contribute to the lack of concordance, different CLS assay conditions were assessed in combination with strains having different ploidy and auxotrophic requirements (all relevant to differences in the way the three genome-wide CLS screens were performed). This limited but systematic analysis of CLS with respect to auxotrophy, ploidy, and media revealed several instances of gene-nutrient interaction. CONCLUSIONS There is surprisingly little overlap between the results of three independently performed genome-wide screens of CLS in S. cerevisiae. However, differences in strain genetic background (ploidy and specific auxotrophic requirements) were present, as well as different media and experimental conditions (e.g., aeration and pooled vs. individual culturing), which, along with stochastic effects such as genetic drift or selection of secondary mutations that suppress the loss of function from gene deletion, could in theory account for some of the lack of consensus between results. Considering the lack of overlap in CLS phenotypes among the set of genes reported by all three screens, and the results of a CLS experiment that systematically tested (incorporating extensive controls) for interactions between variables existing between the screens, we propose that discrepancies can be reconciled through deeper understanding of the influence of cell intrinsic factors such as auxotrophic requirements ploidy status, extrinsic factors such as media composition and aeration, as well as interactions that may occur between them, for example as a result of different pooling vs. individually aging cultures. Such factors may have a more significant impact on CLS outcomes than previously realized. Future studies that systematically account for these contextual factors, and can thus clarify the interactions between genetic and nutrient factors that alter CLS phenotypes, should aid more complete understanding of the underlying biology so that genetic principles of CLS in yeast can be extrapolated to differential cellular aging observed in animal models.
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- Daniel L Smith
- Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA; Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA; Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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- Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Statistics and Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia,3182 Earth Sciences Building, 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver BC V6T-1Z4, Canada
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- Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA; Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA; Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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Howard AC, Rollins J, Snow S, Castor S, Rogers AN. Reducing translation through eIF4G/IFG-1 improves survival under ER stress that depends on heat shock factor HSF-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Aging Cell 2016; 15:1027-1038. [PMID: 27538368 PMCID: PMC5114698 DOI: 10.1111/acel.12516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Although certain methods of lowering and/or altering mRNA translation are associated with increased lifespan, the mechanisms underlying this effect remain largely unknown. We previously showed that the increased lifespan conferred by reducing expression of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G (eIF4G/IFG‐1) enhances survival under starvation conditions while shifting protein expression toward factors involved with maintaining ER‐dependent protein and lipid balance. In this study, we investigated changes in ER homeostasis and found that lower eIF4G/IFG‐1 increased survival under conditions of ER stress. Enhanced survival required the ER stress sensor gene ire‐1 and the ER calcium ATPase gene sca‐1 and corresponded with increased translation of chaperones that mediate the ER unfolded protein response (UPRER). Surprisingly, the heat‐shock transcription factor gene hsf‐1 was also required for enhanced survival, despite having little or no influence on the ability of wild‐type animals to survive ER stress. The requirement for hsf‐1 led us to re‐evaluate the role of eIF4G/IFG‐1 on thermotolerance. Results show that lowering expression of this translation factor enhanced thermotolerance, but only after prolonged attenuation, the timing of which corresponded to increased transcription of heat‐shock factor transcriptional targets. Results indicate that restricting overall translation through eIF4G/IFG‐1 enhances ER and cytoplasmic proteostasis through a mechanism that relies heavily on hsf‐1.
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- Amber C. Howard
- MDI Biological Laboratory Davis Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine 159 Old Bar Harbor Road Salisbury Cove ME 04672 USA
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- MDI Biological Laboratory Davis Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine 159 Old Bar Harbor Road Salisbury Cove ME 04672 USA
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- MDI Biological Laboratory Davis Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine 159 Old Bar Harbor Road Salisbury Cove ME 04672 USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory 600 Main Street Bar Harbor ME 04609 USA
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- MDI Biological Laboratory Davis Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine 159 Old Bar Harbor Road Salisbury Cove ME 04672 USA
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Das S, Das B. eIF4G—an integrator of mRNA metabolism? FEMS Yeast Res 2016; 16:fow087. [DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fow087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sunshine AB, Ong GT, Nickerson DP, Carr D, Murakami CJ, Wasko BM, Shemorry A, Merz AJ, Kaeberlein M, Dunham MJ. Aneuploidy shortens replicative lifespan in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Aging Cell 2016; 15:317-24. [PMID: 26762766 PMCID: PMC4783355 DOI: 10.1111/acel.12443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Aneuploidy and aging are correlated; however, a causal link between these two phenomena has remained elusive. Here, we show that yeast disomic for a single native yeast chromosome generally have a decreased replicative lifespan. In addition, the extent of this lifespan deficit correlates with the size of the extra chromosome. We identified a mutation in BUL1 that rescues both the lifespan deficit and a protein trafficking defect in yeast disomic for chromosome 5. Bul1 is an E4 ubiquitin ligase adaptor involved in a protein quality control pathway that targets membrane proteins for endocytosis and destruction in the lysosomal vacuole, thereby maintaining protein homeostasis. Concurrent suppression of the aging and trafficking phenotypes suggests that disrupted membrane protein homeostasis in aneuploid yeast may contribute to their accelerated aging. The data reported here demonstrate that aneuploidy can impair protein homeostasis, shorten lifespan, and may contribute to age-associated phenotypes.
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- Anna B. Sunshine
- Department of Genome SciencesUniversity of WashingtonFoege Building, Room S403B, 3720 15th Ave NE, Box 355065SeattleWA98195‐5065USA
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- Department of Genome SciencesUniversity of WashingtonFoege Building, Room S403B, 3720 15th Ave NE, Box 355065SeattleWA98195‐5065USA
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Physiology and BiophysicsUniversity of WashingtonRoom HSB J‐355, 1705 NE Pacific St, UW box 357350SeattleWA98195‐7350USA
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- Department of PathologyUniversity of WashingtonRoom HSB D‐514, 1705 NE Pacific St, Box 357470SeattleWA98195‐7470USA
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- Department of PathologyUniversity of WashingtonRoom HSB D‐514, 1705 NE Pacific St, Box 357470SeattleWA98195‐7470USA
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- Department of PathologyUniversity of WashingtonRoom HSB D‐514, 1705 NE Pacific St, Box 357470SeattleWA98195‐7470USA
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- Department of PathologyUniversity of WashingtonRoom HSB D‐514, 1705 NE Pacific St, Box 357470SeattleWA98195‐7470USA
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Physiology and BiophysicsUniversity of WashingtonRoom HSB J‐355, 1705 NE Pacific St, UW box 357350SeattleWA98195‐7350USA
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- Department of PathologyUniversity of WashingtonRoom HSB D‐514, 1705 NE Pacific St, Box 357470SeattleWA98195‐7470USA
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- Department of Genome SciencesUniversity of WashingtonFoege Building, Room S403B, 3720 15th Ave NE, Box 355065SeattleWA98195‐5065USA
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Handee W, Li X, Hall KW, Deng X, Li P, Benning C, Williams BL, Kuo MH. An Energy-Independent Pro-longevity Function of Triacylglycerol in Yeast. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1005878. [PMID: 26907989 PMCID: PMC4764362 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Intracellular triacylglycerol (TAG) is a ubiquitous energy storage lipid also involved in lipid homeostasis and signaling. Comparatively, little is known about TAG’s role in other cellular functions. Here we show a pro-longevity function of TAG in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In yeast strains derived from natural and laboratory environments a correlation between high levels of TAG and longer chronological lifespan was observed. Increased TAG abundance through the deletion of TAG lipases prolonged chronological lifespan of laboratory strains, while diminishing TAG biosynthesis shortened lifespan without apparently affecting vegetative growth. TAG-mediated lifespan extension was independent of several other known stress response factors involved in chronological aging. Because both lifespan regulation and TAG metabolism are conserved, this cellular pro-longevity function of TAG may extend to other organisms. Triacylglycerol (TAG) is a ubiquitous lipid species well-known for its roles in storing surplus energy, providing insulation, and maintaining cellular lipid homeostasis. Here we present evidence for a novel pro-longevity function of TAG in the budding yeast, a model organism for aging research. Yeast cells that are genetically engineered to store more TAG live significantly longer without suffering obvious growth defects, whereas those lean cells that are depleted of TAG die early. Yeast strains isolated from the wild in general contain more fat and also display longer lifespan. One of the approaches taken here to force the increase of intracellular TAG is to delete lipases responsible for lipid hydrolysis. Energy extraction from TAG thus is unlikely an underlying cause of the observed lifespan extension. Our results are reminiscent of certain animal studies linking higher body fat to longer lifespan. Potential mechanisms for the connection of TAG and yeast lifespan regulation are discussed.
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- Witawas Handee
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- DOE-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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McCormick MA, Delaney JR, Tsuchiya M, Tsuchiyama S, Shemorry A, Sim S, Chou ACZ, Ahmed U, Carr D, Murakami CJ, Schleit J, Sutphin GL, Wasko BM, Bennett CF, Wang AM, Olsen B, Beyer RP, Bammler TK, Prunkard D, Johnson SC, Pennypacker JK, An E, Anies A, Castanza AS, Choi E, Dang N, Enerio S, Fletcher M, Fox L, Goswami S, Higgins SA, Holmberg MA, Hu D, Hui J, Jelic M, Jeong KS, Johnston E, Kerr EO, Kim J, Kim D, Kirkland K, Klum S, Kotireddy S, Liao E, Lim M, Lin MS, Lo WC, Lockshon D, Miller HA, Moller RM, Muller B, Oakes J, Pak DN, Peng ZJ, Pham KM, Pollard TG, Pradeep P, Pruett D, Rai D, Robison B, Rodriguez AA, Ros B, Sage M, Singh MK, Smith ED, Snead K, Solanky A, Spector BL, Steffen KK, Tchao BN, Ting MK, Vander Wende H, Wang D, Welton KL, Westman EA, Brem RB, Liu XG, Suh Y, Zhou Z, Kaeberlein M, Kennedy BK. A Comprehensive Analysis of Replicative Lifespan in 4,698 Single-Gene Deletion Strains Uncovers Conserved Mechanisms of Aging. Cell Metab 2015; 22:895-906. [PMID: 26456335 PMCID: PMC4862740 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2015.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2015] [Revised: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Many genes that affect replicative lifespan (RLS) in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae also affect aging in other organisms such as C. elegans and M. musculus. We performed a systematic analysis of yeast RLS in a set of 4,698 viable single-gene deletion strains. Multiple functional gene clusters were identified, and full genome-to-genome comparison demonstrated a significant conservation in longevity pathways between yeast and C. elegans. Among the mechanisms of aging identified, deletion of tRNA exporter LOS1 robustly extended lifespan. Dietary restriction (DR) and inhibition of mechanistic Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) exclude Los1 from the nucleus in a Rad53-dependent manner. Moreover, lifespan extension from deletion of LOS1 is nonadditive with DR or mTOR inhibition, and results in Gcn4 transcription factor activation. Thus, the DNA damage response and mTOR converge on Los1-mediated nuclear tRNA export to regulate Gcn4 activity and aging.
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- Mark A McCormick
- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Aging Research Institute, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan 523808, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Aging Research Institute, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan 523808, Guangdong, P.R. China; Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Bitto A, Wang AM, Bennett CF, Kaeberlein M. Biochemical Genetic Pathways that Modulate Aging in Multiple Species. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2015; 5:5/11/a025114. [PMID: 26525455 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a025114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The mechanisms underlying biological aging have been extensively studied in the past 20 years with the avail of mainly four model organisms: the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster, and the domestic mouse Mus musculus. Extensive research in these four model organisms has identified a few conserved genetic pathways that affect longevity as well as metabolism and development. Here, we review how the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR), sirtuins, adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK), growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), and mitochondrial stress-signaling pathways influence aging and life span in the aforementioned models and their possible implications for delaying aging in humans. We also draw some connections between these biochemical pathways and comment on what new developments aging research will likely bring in the near future.
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- Alessandro Bitto
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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The budding yeast has served as a useful model organism in aging studies, leading to the identification of genetic determinants of longevity, many of which are conserved in higher eukaryotes. However, factors that promote longevity in laboratory setting often have severe fitness disadvantage in the wild. Here, to obtain an unbiased view on longevity regulation we analyzed how replicative lifespan is shaped by transcriptional, translational, metabolic, and morphological factors across 22 wild-type Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates. We observed significant differences in lifespan across these strains and found that their longevity is strongly associated with up-regulation of oxidative phosphorylation and respiration and down-regulation of amino acid and nitrogen compound biosynthesis. Since calorie restriction and TOR signaling also extend lifespan by adjusting many of the identified pathways, the data suggest that natural plasticity of yeast lifespan is shaped by processes that not only do not impose cost on fitness, but are amenable to dietary intervention.
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A yeast mother cell progressively ages with each cell division and yet produces daughter cells that are largely rejuvenated, suggesting that mothers accumulate aging factors. Two current studies address this issue by identifying mother-specific long-lived proteins and, in the case of Pma1, evidence that asymmetric distribution drives mother cell aging.
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- Chuankai Zhou
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA; University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA; University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA 94945, USA.
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Lezzerini M, van de Ven K, Veerman M, Brul S, Budovskaya YV. Specific RNA Interference in Caenorhabditis elegans by Ingested dsRNA Expressed in Bacillus subtilis. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0124508. [PMID: 25928543 PMCID: PMC4416053 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2014] [Accepted: 03/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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In nematodes, genome-wide RNAi-screening has been widely used as a rapid and efficient method to identify genes involved in the aging processes. By far the easiest way of inducing RNA interference (RNAi) in Caenorhabditis elegans is by feeding Escherichia coli that expresses specific double stranded RNA (dsRNA) to knockdown translation of targeted mRNAs. However, it has been shown that E. coli is mildly pathogenic to C. elegans and this pathogenicity might influence aging and the accuracy of the RNAi-screening during aging may as well be affected. Here, we describe a novel system that utilizes the non-pathogenic bacterium Bacillus subtilis, to express dsRNA and therefore eliminates the effects of bacterial pathogenicity from the genetic analysis of aging.
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- Marco Lezzerini
- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Carretero M, Gomez-Amaro RL, Petrascheck M. Pharmacological classes that extend lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans. Front Genet 2015; 6:77. [PMID: 25784926 PMCID: PMC4347486 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 02/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Recent progress in the field of aging has resulted in ever increasing numbers of compounds that extend lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans. Lifespan extending compounds include metabolites and synthetic compounds, as well as natural products. For many of these compounds, mammalian pharmacology is known, and for some the actual targets have been experimentally identified. In this review, we explore the data available in C. elegans to provide an overview of which pharmacological classes have potential for identification of further compounds that extend lifespan.
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- Maria Carretero
- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, CA, USA ; Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, CA, USA ; Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, CA, USA ; Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, CA, USA ; Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, CA, USA ; Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, CA, USA ; Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, CA, USA
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Wei YN, Hu HY, Xie GC, Fu N, Ning ZB, Zeng R, Khaitovich P. Transcript and protein expression decoupling reveals RNA binding proteins and miRNAs as potential modulators of human aging. Genome Biol 2015; 16:41. [PMID: 25853883 PMCID: PMC4375924 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-015-0608-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In studies of development and aging, the expression of many genes has been shown to undergo drastic changes at mRNA and protein levels. The connection between mRNA and protein expression level changes, as well as the role of posttranscriptional regulation in controlling expression level changes in postnatal development and aging, remains largely unexplored. RESULTS Here, we survey mRNA and protein expression changes in the prefrontal cortex of humans and rhesus macaques over developmental and aging intervals of both species' lifespans. We find substantial decoupling of mRNA and protein expression levels in aging, but not in development. Genes showing increased mRNA/protein disparity in primate brain aging form expression patterns conserved between humans and macaques and are enriched in specific functions involving mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling, mitochondrial function and neurodegeneration. Mechanistically, aging-dependent mRNA/protein expression decoupling could be linked to a specific set of RNA binding proteins and, to a lesser extent, to specific microRNAs. CONCLUSIONS Increased decoupling of mRNA and protein expression profiles observed in human and macaque brain aging results in specific co-expression profiles composed of genes with shared functions and shared regulatory signals linked to specific posttranscriptional regulators. Genes targeted and predicted to be targeted by the aging-dependent posttranscriptional regulation are associated with biological processes known to play important roles in aging and lifespan extension. These results indicate the potential importance of posttranscriptional regulation in modulating aging-dependent changes in humans and other species.
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He C, Tsuchiyama SK, Nguyen QT, Plyusnina EN, Terrill SR, Sahibzada S, Patel B, Faulkner AR, Shaposhnikov MV, Tian R, Tsuchiya M, Kaeberlein M, Moskalev AA, Kennedy BK, Polymenis M. Enhanced longevity by ibuprofen, conserved in multiple species, occurs in yeast through inhibition of tryptophan import. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004860. [PMID: 25521617 PMCID: PMC4270464 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2014] [Accepted: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The common non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen has been associated with a reduced risk of some age-related pathologies. However, a general pro-longevity role for ibuprofen and its mechanistic basis remains unclear. Here we show that ibuprofen increased the lifespan of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster, indicative of conserved eukaryotic longevity effects. Studies in yeast indicate that ibuprofen destabilizes the Tat2p permease and inhibits tryptophan uptake. Loss of Tat2p increased replicative lifespan (RLS), but ibuprofen did not increase RLS when Tat2p was stabilized or in an already long-lived strain background impaired for aromatic amino acid uptake. Concomitant with lifespan extension, ibuprofen moderately reduced cell size at birth, leading to a delay in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. Similar changes in cell cycle progression were evident in a large dataset of replicatively long-lived yeast deletion strains. These results point to fundamental cell cycle signatures linked with longevity, implicate aromatic amino acid import in aging and identify a largely safe drug that extends lifespan across different kingdoms of life. Aging is the greatest risk factor for many diseases, which together account for the majority of global deaths and healthcare costs. Here we show that the common drug ibuprofen increases the lifespan of yeast, worms and flies, indicative of conserved longevity effects. In budding yeast, an excellent model of cellular longevity mechanisms, ibuprofen's pro-longevity action is independent of its known anti-inflammatory role. We show that the critical function of ibuprofen in longevity is to inhibit the uptake of aromatic amino acids, by destabilizing the high-affinity tryptophan permease. We further show that ibuprofen alters cell cycle progression. Mirroring the effects of ibuprofen, we found that most yeast long-lived mutants were also similarly affected in cell cycle progression. These findings identify a safe drug that extends the lifespan of divergent organisms and reveal fundamental cellular properties associated with longevity.
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- Chong He
- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, United States of America
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Institute of Biology of Komi Science Center of Ural Branch of RAS, Syktyvkar, Russia
- Syktyvkar State University, Syktyvkar, Russia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, United States of America
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, United States of America
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- Institute of Biology of Komi Science Center of Ural Branch of RAS, Syktyvkar, Russia
- Syktyvkar State University, Syktyvkar, Russia
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, United States of America
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Institute of Biology of Komi Science Center of Ural Branch of RAS, Syktyvkar, Russia
- Syktyvkar State University, Syktyvkar, Russia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (BKK); (MP)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- * E-mail: (BKK); (MP)
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Spivey EC, Xhemalce B, Shear JB, Finkelstein IJ. 3D-printed microfluidic microdissector for high-throughput studies of cellular aging. Anal Chem 2014; 86:7406-12. [PMID: 24992972 PMCID: PMC4636036 DOI: 10.1021/ac500893a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Due to their short lifespan, rapid division, and ease of genetic manipulation, yeasts are popular model organisms for studying aging in actively dividing cells. To study replicative aging over many cell divisions, individual cells must be continuously separated from their progeny via a laborious manual microdissection procedure. Microfluidics-based soft-lithography devices have recently been used to automate microdissection of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, little is known about replicative aging in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, a rod-shaped yeast that divides by binary fission and shares many conserved biological functions with higher eukaryotes. In this report, we develop a versatile multiphoton lithography method that enables rapid fabrication of three-dimensional master structures for polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based microfluidics. We exploit the rapid prototyping capabilities of multiphoton lithography to create and characterize a cell-capture device that is capable of high-resolution microscopic observation of hundreds of individual S. pombe cells. By continuously removing the progeny cells, we demonstrate that cell growth and protein aggregation can be tracked in individual cells for over ~100 h. Thus, the fission yeast lifespan microdissector (FYLM) provides a powerful on-chip microdissection platform that will enable high-throughput studies of aging in rod-shaped cells.
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- Eric C. Spivey
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
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McCormick MA, Mason AG, Guyenet SJ, Dang W, Garza RM, Ting MK, Moller RM, Berger SL, Kaeberlein M, Pillus L, La Spada AR, Kennedy BK. The SAGA histone deubiquitinase module controls yeast replicative lifespan via Sir2 interaction. Cell Rep 2014; 8:477-86. [PMID: 25043177 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.06.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Revised: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 06/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We have analyzed the yeast replicative lifespan of a large number of open reading frame (ORF) deletions. Here, we report that strains lacking genes SGF73, SGF11, and UBP8 encoding SAGA/SLIK complex histone deubiquitinase module (DUBm) components are exceptionally long lived. Strains lacking other SAGA/SALSA components, including the acetyltransferase encoded by GCN5, are not long lived; however, these genes are required for the lifespan extension observed in DUBm deletions. Moreover, the SIR2-encoded histone deacetylase is required, and we document both a genetic and physical interaction between DUBm and Sir2. A series of studies assessing Sir2-dependent functions lead us to propose that DUBm strains are exceptionally long lived because they promote multiple prolongevity events, including reduced rDNA recombination and altered silencing of telomere-proximal genes. Given that ataxin-7, the human Sgf73 ortholog, causes the neurodegenerative disease spinocerebellar ataxia type 7, our findings indicate that the genetic and epigenetic interactions between DUBm and SIR2 will be relevant to neurodegeneration and aging.
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- Mark A McCormick
- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA 94945, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 76798, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; University of California, San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- University of California, San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Department of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Department of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA 94945, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Ristow M, Schmeisser K. Mitohormesis: Promoting Health and Lifespan by Increased Levels of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS). Dose Response 2014; 12:288-341. [PMID: 24910588 PMCID: PMC4036400 DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.13-035.ristow] [Citation(s) in RCA: 314] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Increasing evidence indicates that reactive oxygen species (ROS), consisting of superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, and multiple others, do not only cause oxidative stress, but rather may function as signaling molecules that promote health by preventing or delaying a number of chronic diseases, and ultimately extend lifespan. While high levels of ROS are generally accepted to cause cellular damage and to promote aging, low levels of these may rather improve systemic defense mechanisms by inducing an adaptive response. This concept has been named mitochondrial hormesis or mitohormesis. We here evaluate and summarize more than 500 publications from current literature regarding such ROS-mediated low-dose signaling events, including calorie restriction, hypoxia, temperature stress, and physical activity, as well as signaling events downstream of insulin/IGF-1 receptors, AMP-dependent kinase (AMPK), target-of-rapamycin (TOR), and lastly sirtuins to culminate in control of proteostasis, unfolded protein response (UPR), stem cell maintenance and stress resistance. Additionally, consequences of interfering with such ROS signals by pharmacological or natural compounds are being discussed, concluding that particularly antioxidants are useless or even harmful.
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- Michael Ristow
- Energy Metabolism Laboratory, ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich), Schwerzenbach/Zürich, CH 8603, Switzerland
- Dept. of Human Nutrition, Institute of Nutrition, University of Jena, Jena D-07743, Germany
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- Dept. of Human Nutrition, Institute of Nutrition, University of Jena, Jena D-07743, Germany
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Kennedy BK, Pennypacker JK. Drugs that modulate aging: the promising yet difficult path ahead. Transl Res 2014; 163:456-65. [PMID: 24316383 PMCID: PMC4004650 DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Revised: 11/07/2013] [Accepted: 11/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Once a backwater in medical sciences, aging research has emerged and now threatens to take the forefront. This dramatic change of stature is driven from 3 major events. First and foremost, the world is rapidly getting old. Never before have we lived in a demographic environment like today, and the trends will continue such that 20% percent of the global population of 9 billion will be over the age of 60 by 2050. Given current trends of sharply increasing chronic disease incidence, economic disaster from the impending silver tsunami may be ahead. A second major driver on the rise is the dramatic progress that aging research has made using invertebrate models such as worms, flies, and yeast. Genetic approaches using these organisms have led to hundreds of aging genes and, perhaps surprisingly, strong evidence of evolutionary conservation among longevity pathways between disparate species, including mammals. Current studies suggest that this conservation may extend to humans. Finally, small molecules such as rapamycin and resveratrol have been identified that slow aging in model organisms, although only rapamycin to date impacts longevity in mice. The potential now exists to delay human aging, whether it is through known classes of small molecules or a plethora of emerging ones. But how can a drug that slows aging become approved and make it to market when aging is not defined as a disease. Here, we discuss the strategies to translate discoveries from aging research into drugs. Will aging research lead to novel therapies toward chronic disease, prevention of disease or be targeted directly at extending lifespan?
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The three genetics (nuclear DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and gut microbiome) of longevity in humans considered as metaorganisms. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:560340. [PMID: 24868529 PMCID: PMC4017728 DOI: 10.1155/2014/560340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Usually the genetics of human longevity is restricted to the nuclear genome (nDNA). However it is well known that the nDNA interacts with a physically and functionally separated genome, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) that, even if limited in length and number of genes encoded, plays a major role in the ageing process. The complex interplay between nDNA/mtDNA and the environment is most likely involved in phenomena such as ageing and longevity. To this scenario we have to add another level of complexity represented by the microbiota, that is, the whole set of bacteria present in the different part of our body with their whole set of genes. In particular, several studies investigated the role of gut microbiota (GM) modifications in ageing and longevity and an age-related GM signature was found. In this view, human being must be considered as “metaorganism” and a more holistic approach is necessary to grasp the complex dynamics of the interaction between the environment and nDNA-mtDNA-GM of the host during ageing. In this review, the relationship between the three genetics and human longevity is addressed to point out that a comprehensive view will allow the researchers to properly address the complex interactions that occur during human lifespan.
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van den Akker EB, Passtoors WM, Jansen R, van Zwet EW, Goeman JJ, Hulsman M, Emilsson V, Perola M, Willemsen G, Penninx BW, Heijmans BT, Maier AB, Boomsma DI, Kok JN, Slagboom PE, Reinders MJ, Beekman M. Meta-analysis on blood transcriptomic studies identifies consistently coexpressed protein-protein interaction modules as robust markers of human aging. Aging Cell 2014; 13:216-25. [PMID: 24119000 PMCID: PMC4331790 DOI: 10.1111/acel.12160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The bodily decline that occurs with advancing age strongly impacts on the prospects for future health and life expectancy. Despite the profound role of age in disease etiology, knowledge about the molecular mechanisms driving the process of aging in humans is limited. Here, we used an integrative network-based approach for combining multiple large-scale expression studies in blood (2539 individuals) with protein–protein Interaction (PPI) data for the detection of consistently coexpressed PPI modules that may reflect key processes that change throughout the course of normative aging. Module detection followed by a meta-analysis on chronological age identified fifteen consistently coexpressed PPI modules associated with chronological age, including a highly significant module (P = 3.5 × 10−38) enriched for ‘T-cell activation’ marking age-associated shifts in lymphocyte blood cell counts (R2 = 0.603; P = 1.9 × 10−10). Adjusting the analysis in the compendium for the ‘T-cell activation’ module showed five consistently coexpressed PPI modules that robustly associated with chronological age and included modules enriched for ‘Translational elongation’, ‘Cytolysis’ and ‘DNA metabolic process’. In an independent study of 3535 individuals, four of five modules consistently associated with chronological age, underpinning the robustness of the approach. We found three of five modules to be significantly enriched with aging-related genes, as defined by the GenAge database, and association with prospective survival at high ages for one of the modules including ASF1A. The hereby-detected age-associated and consistently coexpressed PPI modules therefore may provide a molecular basis for future research into mechanisms underlying human aging.
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- Erik B. van den Akker
- Department of Molecular Epidemiology; Leiden University Medical Center; PO Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
- The Delft Bioinformatics Lab; Delft University of Technology; PO Box 5031 2600 GA Delft The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Epidemiology; Leiden University Medical Center; PO Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry; VU University Medical Center; Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam; VU University Medical Center; A.J. Ernststraat 1187 1081 HL Amsterdam The Netherlands
- EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research; Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam; Van der Boechorststraat 7 1081 BT Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Statistics; Leiden University Medical Center; PO Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Statistics; Leiden University Medical Center; PO Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
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- The Delft Bioinformatics Lab; Delft University of Technology; PO Box 5031 2600 GA Delft The Netherlands
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- Icelandic Heart Association; Holtasmari 1 IS-201 Kópavogur Iceland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare; PO Box 30 00271 Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Biological Psychology; VU University; Van der Boechorststraat 7 1081 BT Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry; VU University Medical Center; Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam; VU University Medical Center; A.J. Ernststraat 1187 1081 HL Amsterdam The Netherlands
- EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research; Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam; Van der Boechorststraat 7 1081 BT Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Epidemiology; Leiden University Medical Center; PO Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
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- Section of Gerontology and Geriatrics; Department of Internal Medicine; VU University Medical Center; De Boelelaan 1117 1007 MB Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research; Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam; Van der Boechorststraat 7 1081 BT Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Department of Biological Psychology; VU University; Van der Boechorststraat 7 1081 BT Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Epidemiology; Leiden University Medical Center; PO Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
- Department of Algorithms; Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science; University of Leiden; Niels Bohrweg 1 2333 CA Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Epidemiology; Leiden University Medical Center; PO Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
- Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing; Leiden University Medical Center; PO Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
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- The Delft Bioinformatics Lab; Delft University of Technology; PO Box 5031 2600 GA Delft The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Epidemiology; Leiden University Medical Center; PO Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
- Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing; Leiden University Medical Center; PO Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
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Uncoupling reproduction from metabolism extends chronological lifespan in yeast. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:E1538-47. [PMID: 24706810 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323918111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Studies of replicative and chronological lifespan in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have advanced understanding of longevity in all eukaryotes. Chronological lifespan in this species is defined as the age-dependent viability of nondividing cells. To date this parameter has only been estimated under calorie restriction, mimicked by starvation. Because postmitotic cells in higher eukaryotes often do not starve, we developed a model yeast system to study cells as they age in the absence of calorie restriction. Yeast cells were encapsulated in a matrix consisting of calcium alginate to form ∼3 mm beads that were packed into bioreactors and fed ad libitum. Under these conditions cells ceased to divide, became heat shock and zymolyase resistant, yet retained high fermentative capacity. Over the course of 17 d, immobilized yeast cells maintained >95% viability, whereas the viability of starving, freely suspended (planktonic) cells decreased to <10%. Immobilized cells exhibited a stable pattern of gene expression that differed markedly from growing or starving planktonic cells, highly expressing genes in glycolysis, cell wall remodeling, and stress resistance, but decreasing transcription of genes in the tricarboxylic acid cycle, and genes that regulate the cell cycle, including master cyclins CDC28 and CLN1. Stress resistance transcription factor MSN4 and its upstream effector RIM15 are conspicuously up-regulated in the immobilized state, and an immobilized rim15 knockout strain fails to exhibit the long-lived, growth-arrested phenotype, suggesting that altered regulation of the Rim15-mediated nutrient-sensing pathway plays an important role in extending yeast chronological lifespan under calorie-unrestricted conditions.
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Arnsburg K, Kirstein-Miles J. Interrelation between protein synthesis, proteostasis and life span. Curr Genomics 2014; 15:66-75. [PMID: 24653664 PMCID: PMC3958960 DOI: 10.2174/1389202915666140210210542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Revised: 02/06/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The production of newly synthesized proteins is a key process of protein homeostasis that initiates the biosynthetic flux of proteins and thereby determines the composition, stability and functionality of the proteome. Protein synthesis is highly regulated on multiple levels to adapt the proteome to environmental and physiological challenges such as aging and proteotoxic conditions. Imbalances of protein folding conditions are sensed by the cell that then trigger a cascade of signaling pathways aiming to restore the protein folding equilibrium. One regulatory node to rebalance proteostasis upon stress is the control of protein synthesis itself. Translation is reduced as an immediate response to perturbations of the protein folding equilibrium that can be observed in the cytosol as well as in the organelles such as the endoplasmatic reticulum and mitochondria. As reduction of protein synthesis is linked to life span increase, the signaling pathways regu-lating protein synthesis might be putative targets for treatments of age-related diseases. Eukaryotic cells have evolved a complex system for protein synthesis regulation and this review will summarize cellular strategies to regulate mRNA translation upon stress and its impact on longevity.
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- Kristin Arnsburg
- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. Robert-Rössle-Straße 10; 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. Robert-Rössle-Straße 10; 13125 Berlin, Germany
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Spivey EC, Finkelstein IJ. From cradle to grave: high-throughput studies of aging in model organisms. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2014; 10:1658-67. [PMID: 24535099 DOI: 10.1039/c3mb70604d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Aging-the progressive decline of biological functions-is a universal fact of life. Decades of intense research in unicellular and metazoan model organisms have highlighted that aging manifests at all levels of biological organization - from the decline of individual cells, to tissue and organism degeneration. To better understand the aging process, we must first aim to integrate quantitative biological understanding on the systems and cellular levels. A second key challenge is to then understand the many heterogeneous outcomes that may result in aging cells, and to connect cellular aging to organism-wide degeneration. Addressing these challenges requires the development of high-throughput aging and longevity assays. In this review, we highlight the emergence of high-throughput aging approaches in the most commonly used model organisms. We conclude with a discussion of the critical questions that can be addressed with these new methods.
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- Eric C Spivey
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Howard A, Rogers AN. Role of translation initiation factor 4G in lifespan regulation and age-related health. Ageing Res Rev 2014; 13:115-24. [PMID: 24394551 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2013.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2013] [Revised: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Inhibiting expression of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G (eIF4G) arrests normal development but extends lifespan when suppressed during adulthood. In addition to reducing overall translation, inhibition alters the stoichiometry of mRNA translation in favor of genes important for responding to stress and against those associated with growth and reproduction in C. elegans. In humans, aberrant expression of eIF4G is associated with certain forms of cancer and neurodegeneration. Here we review what is known about the roles of eIF4G in molecular, cellular, and organismal contexts. Also discussed are the gaps in understanding of this factor, particularly with regard to the roles of specific forms of expression in individual tissues and the importance of understanding eIF4G for development of potential therapeutic applications.
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Sutphin GL, Delaney JR, Kaeberlein M. Replicative life span analysis in budding yeast. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1205:341-57. [PMID: 25213254 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1363-3_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Identifying and characterizing the factors that modulate longevity is central to understanding the basic mechanisms of aging. Among model organisms used for research related to aging, the budding yeast has proven to be an important system for defining pathways that influence life span. Replicative life span is defined by the number of daughter cells a mother cell can produce before senescing. Over the past 10 years, we have performed replicative life span analysis on several thousand yeast strains, identifying several hundred genes that influence replicative longevity. In this chapter we describe our method for determining replicative life span. Individual cells are grown on solid media and monitored from their initial undivided state until they undergo senescence. Daughter cells are manually removed using a fiber optic needle and quantified to determine the total number of times each mother cell divides.
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- George L Sutphin
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Health Science Building D-514, 357470, Seattle, WA, 98195-7470, USA
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Wasko BM, Kaeberlein M. Yeast replicative aging: a paradigm for defining conserved longevity interventions. FEMS Yeast Res 2013; 14:148-59. [PMID: 24119093 DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2013] [Revised: 08/22/2013] [Accepted: 09/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The finite replicative life span of budding yeast mother cells was demonstrated as early as 1959, but the idea that budding yeast could be used to model aging of multicellular eukaryotes did not enter the scientific mainstream until relatively recently. Despite continued skepticism by some, there are now abundant data that several interventions capable of extending yeast replicative life span have a similar effect in multicellular eukaryotes including nematode worms, fruit flies, and rodents. In particular, dietary restriction, mTOR signaling, and sirtuins are among the most studied longevity interventions in the field. Here, we describe key conserved longevity pathways in yeast and discuss relationships that may help explain how such broad conservation of aging processes could have evolved.
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- Brian M Wasko
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Model-based identification of drug targets that revert disrupted metabolism and its application to ageing. Nat Commun 2013; 4:2632. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Developmental drift as a mechanism for aging: lessons from nematodes. Biogerontology 2013; 14:693-701. [DOI: 10.1007/s10522-013-9462-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Garelick MG, Mackay VL, Yanagida A, Academia EC, Schreiber KH, Ladiges WC, Kennedy BK. Chronic rapamycin treatment or lack of S6K1 does not reduce ribosome activity in vivo. Cell Cycle 2013; 12:2493-504. [PMID: 23839034 DOI: 10.4161/cc.25512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Reducing activity of the mTORC1/S6K1 pathway has been shown to extend lifespan in both vertebrate and invertebrate models. For instance, both pharmacological inhibition of mTORC1 with the drug rapamycin or S6K1 knockout extends lifespan in mice. Since studies with invertebrate models suggest that reducing translational activity can increase lifespan, we reasoned that the benefits of decreased mTORC1 or S6K1 activity might be due, at least in part, to a reduction of general translational activity. Here, we report that mice given a single dose of rapamycin have reduced translational activity, while mice receiving multiple injections of rapamycin over 4 weeks show no difference in translational activity compared with vehicle-injected controls. Furthermore, mice lacking S6K1 have no difference in global translational activity compared with wild-type littermates as measured by the percentage of ribosomes that are active in multiple tissues. Translational activity is reduced in S6K1-knockout mice following single injection of rapamycin, demonstrating that rapamycin's effects on translation can occur independently of S6K1. Taken together, these data suggest that benefits of chronic rapamycin treatment or lack of S6K1 are dissociable from potential benefits of reduced translational activity, instead pointing to a model whereby changes in translation of specific subsets of mRNAs and/or translation-independent effects of reduced mTOR signaling underlie the longevity benefits.
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- Michael G Garelick
- Department of Biochemistry; University of Washington; Seattle, WA USA; Buck Institute for Age Research; Novato, CA USA
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Saraceno C, Musardo S, Marcello E, Pelucchi S, Di Luca M. Modeling Alzheimer's disease: from past to future. Front Pharmacol 2013; 4:77. [PMID: 23801962 PMCID: PMC3685797 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2013.00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is emerging as the most prevalent and socially disruptive illness of aging populations, as more people live long enough to become affected. Although AD is placing a considerable and increasing burden on society, it represents the largest unmet medical need in neurology, because current drugs improve symptoms, but do not have profound disease-modifying effects. Although AD pathogenesis is multifaceted and difficult to pinpoint, genetic and cell biological studies led to the amyloid hypothesis, which posits that amyloid β (Aβ) plays a pivotal role in AD pathogenesis. Amyloid precursor protein (APP), as well as β- and γ-secretases are the principal players involved in Aβ production, while α-secretase cleavage on APP prevents Aβ deposition. The association of early onset familial AD with mutations in the APP and γ-secretase components provided a potential tool of generating animal models of the disease. However, a model that recapitulates all the aspects of AD has not yet been produced. Here, we face the problem of modeling AD pathology describing several models, which have played a major role in defining critical disease-related mechanisms and in exploring novel potential therapeutic approaches. In particular, we will provide an extensive overview on the distinct features and pros and contras of different AD models, ranging from invertebrate to rodent models and finally dealing with computational models and induced pluripotent stem cells.
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- Claudia Saraceno
- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano Milano, Italy ; Centre of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, Università degli Studi di Milano Milano, Italy
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A cytoprotective perspective on longevity regulation. Trends Cell Biol 2013; 23:409-20. [PMID: 23726168 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2013] [Revised: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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There are many mechanisms of lifespan extension, including the disruption of insulin/insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) signaling, metabolism, translation, and feeding. Despite the disparate functions of these pathways, inhibition of each induces responses that buffer stress and damage. Here, emphasizing data from genetic analyses in Caenorhabditis elegans, we explore the effectors and upstream regulatory components of numerous cytoprotective mechanisms activated as major elements of longevity programs, including detoxification, innate immunity, proteostasis, and oxidative stress response. We show that their induction underpins longevity extension across functionally diverse triggers and across species. Intertwined with the evolution of longevity, cytoprotective pathways are coupled to the surveillance of core cellular components, with important implications in normal and aberrant responses to drugs, chemicals, and pathogens.
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Alcedo J, Flatt T, Pasyukova EG. Neuronal inputs and outputs of aging and longevity. Front Genet 2013; 4:71. [PMID: 23653632 PMCID: PMC3644678 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 04/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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An animal’s survival strongly depends on its ability to maintain homeostasis in response to the changing quality of its external and internal environment. This is achieved through intracellular and intercellular communication within and among different tissues. One of the organ systems that plays a major role in this communication and the maintenance of homeostasis is the nervous system. Here we highlight different aspects of the neuronal inputs and outputs of pathways that affect aging and longevity. Accordingly, we discuss how sensory inputs influence homeostasis and lifespan through the modulation of different types of neuronal signals, which reflects the complexity of the environmental cues that affect physiology. We also describe feedback, compensatory, and feed-forward mechanisms in these longevity-modulating pathways that are necessary for homeostasis. Finally, we consider the temporal requirements for these neuronal processes and the potential role of natural genetic variation in shaping the neurobiology of aging.
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- Joy Alcedo
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research Basel, Switzerland ; Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University Detroit, MI, USA
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Yanos ME, Bennett CF, Kaeberlein M. Genome-Wide RNAi Longevity Screens in Caenorhabditis elegans. Curr Genomics 2013; 13:508-18. [PMID: 23633911 PMCID: PMC3468884 DOI: 10.2174/138920212803251391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Revised: 06/14/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Progress in aging research has identified genetic and environmental factors that regulate longevity across species. The nematode worm Caenorhabditiselegans is a genetically tractable model system that has been widely used to investigate the molecular mechanisms of aging, and the development of RNA interference (RNAi) technology has provided a powerful tool for performing large-scale genetic screens in this organism. Genome-wide screens have identified hundreds of genes that influence lifespan, many of which fall into distinct functional classes and pathways. The purpose of this review is to summarize the results of large-scale RNAi longevity screens in C. elegans, and to provide an in-depth comparison and analysis of their methodology and most significant findings.
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- Melana E Yanos
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA ; Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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McCormick MA, Kennedy BK. Genome-scale studies of aging: challenges and opportunities. Curr Genomics 2013; 13:500-7. [PMID: 23633910 PMCID: PMC3468883 DOI: 10.2174/138920212803251454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2012] [Revised: 06/08/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Whole-genome studies involving a phenotype of interest are increasingly prevalent, in part due to a dramatic increase in speed at which many high throughput technologies can be performed coupled to simultaneous decreases in cost. This type of genome-scale methodology has been applied to the phenotype of lifespan, as well as to whole-transcriptome changes during the aging process or in mutants affecting aging. The value of high throughput discovery-based science in this field is clearly evident, but will it yield a true systems-level understanding of the aging process? Here we review some of this work to date, focusing on recent findings and the unanswered puzzles to which they point. In this context, we also discuss recent technological advances and some of the likely future directions that they portend.
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Petzold A, Reichwald K, Groth M, Taudien S, Hartmann N, Priebe S, Shagin D, Englert C, Platzer M. The transcript catalogue of the short-lived fish Nothobranchius furzeri provides insights into age-dependent changes of mRNA levels. BMC Genomics 2013; 14:185. [PMID: 23496936 PMCID: PMC3605293 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The African annual fish Nothobranchius furzeri has over recent years been established as a model species for ageing-related studies. This is mainly based on its exceptionally short lifespan and the presence of typical characteristics of vertebrate ageing. To substantiate its role as an alternative vertebrate ageing model, a transcript catalogue is needed, which can serve e.g. as basis for identifying ageing-related genes. RESULTS To build the N. furzeri transcript catalogue, thirteen cDNA libraries were sequenced using Sanger, 454/Roche and Solexa/Illumina technologies yielding about 39 Gb. In total, 19,875 protein-coding genes were identified and annotated. Of these, 71% are represented by at least one transcript contig with a complete coding sequence. Further, transcript levels of young and old fish of the strains GRZ and MZM-0403, which differ in lifespan by twofold, were studied by RNA-seq. In skin and brain, 85 differentially expressed genes were detected; these have a role in cell cycle control and proliferation, inflammation and tissue maintenance. An RNA-seq experiment for zebrafish skin confirmed the ageing-related relevance of the findings in N. furzeri. Notably, analyses of transcript levels between zebrafish and N. furzeri but also between N. furzeri strains differed largely, suggesting that ageing is accelerated in the short-lived N. furzeri strain GRZ compared to the longer-lived strain MZM-0403. CONCLUSIONS We provide a comprehensive, annotated N. furzeri transcript catalogue and a first transcriptome-wide insight into N. furzeri ageing. This data will serve as a basis for future functional studies of ageing-related genes.
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- Andreas Petzold
- Genome Analysis, Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz Lipmann Institute, Beutenbergstr. 11, Jena 07745, Germany.
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mTOR is a key modulator of ageing and age-related disease. Nature 2013; 493:338-45. [PMID: 23325216 DOI: 10.1038/nature11861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1186] [Impact Index Per Article: 107.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2012] [Accepted: 11/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Many experts in the biology of ageing believe that pharmacological interventions to slow ageing are a matter of 'when' rather than 'if'. A leading target for such interventions is the nutrient response pathway defined by the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR). Inhibition of this pathway extends lifespan in model organisms and confers protection against a growing list of age-related pathologies. Characterized inhibitors of this pathway are already clinically approved, and others are under development. Although adverse side effects currently preclude use in otherwise healthy individuals, drugs that target the mTOR pathway could one day become widely used to slow ageing and reduce age-related pathologies in humans.
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Moskalev AA, Shaposhnikov MV, Plyusnina EN, Zhavoronkov A, Budovsky A, Yanai H, Fraifeld VE. The role of DNA damage and repair in aging through the prism of Koch-like criteria. Ageing Res Rev 2013; 12:661-84. [PMID: 22353384 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2012.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2011] [Revised: 01/27/2012] [Accepted: 02/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Since the first publication on Somatic Mutation Theory of Aging (Szilárd, 1959), a great volume of knowledge in the field has been accumulated. Here we attempted to organize the evidence "for" and "against" the hypothesized causal role of DNA damage and mutation accumulation in aging in light of four Koch-like criteria. They are based on the assumption that some quantitative relationship between the levels of DNA damage/mutations and aging rate should exist, so that (i) the longer-lived individuals or species would have a lower rate of damage than the shorter-lived, and (ii) the interventions that modulate the level of DNA damage and repair capacity should also modulate the rate of aging and longevity and vice versa. The analysis of how the existing data meets the proposed criteria showed that many gaps should still be filled in order to reach a clear-cut conclusion. As a perspective, it seems that the main emphasis in future studies should be put on the role of DNA damage in stem cell aging.
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Delaney JR, Chou A, Olsen B, Carr D, Murakami C, Ahmed U, Sim S, An EH, Castanza AS, Fletcher M, Higgins S, Holmberg M, Hui J, Jelic M, Jeong KS, Kim JR, Klum S, Liao E, Lin MS, Lo W, Miller H, Moller R, Peng ZJ, Pollard T, Pradeep P, Pruett D, Rai D, Ros V, Schleit J, Schuster A, Singh M, Spector BL, Sutphin GL, Wang AM, Wasko BM, Vander Wende H, Kennedy BK, Kaeberlein M. End-of-life cell cycle arrest contributes to stochasticity of yeast replicative aging. FEMS Yeast Res 2013; 13:267-76. [PMID: 23336757 DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Revised: 01/14/2013] [Accepted: 01/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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There is growing evidence that stochastic events play an important role in determining individual longevity. Studies in model organisms have demonstrated that genetically identical populations maintained under apparently equivalent environmental conditions display individual variation in life span that can be modeled by the Gompertz-Makeham law of mortality. Here, we report that within genetically identical haploid and diploid wild-type populations, shorter-lived cells tend to arrest in a budded state, while cells that arrest in an unbudded state are significantly longer-lived. This relationship is particularly notable in diploid BY4743 cells, where mother cells that arrest in a budded state have a shorter mean life span (25.6 vs. 35.6) and larger coefficient of variance with respect to individual life span (0.42 vs. 0.32) than cells that arrest in an unbudded state. Mutations that cause genomic instability tend to shorten life span and increase the proportion of the population that arrest in a budded state. These observations suggest that randomly occurring damage may contribute to stochasticity during replicative aging by causing a subset of the population to terminally arrest prematurely in the S or G2 phase of the cell cycle.
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- Joe R Delaney
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7470, USA
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Originally discovered as a transcriptional silencing protein, SIR2 was later linked to yeast replicative aging and the rest was history. Sir2p is now known to be a member of a class of protein deacetylases with a unique enzymatic activity coupling the deacetylation event to NAD(+) hydrolysis. While still incompletely understood, the mechanism by which Sir2p modulates yeast aging is linked to inhibition of rDNA recombination. Here we describe phenotypes associated with yeast Sirtuins and assays used to monitor Sirtuin function in yeast, including the replicative aging assay.
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Kaeberlein M. mTOR Inhibition: From Aging to Autism and Beyond. SCIENTIFICA 2013; 2013:849186. [PMID: 24379984 PMCID: PMC3860151 DOI: 10.1155/2013/849186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Accepted: 10/27/2013] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a highly conserved protein that regulates growth and proliferation in response to environmental and hormonal cues. Broadly speaking, organisms are constantly faced with the challenge of interpreting their environment and making a decision between "grow or do not grow." mTOR is a major component of the network that makes this decision at the cellular level and, to some extent, the tissue and organismal level as well. Although overly simplistic, this framework can be useful when considering the myriad functions ascribed to mTOR and the pleiotropic phenotypes associated with genetic or pharmacological modulation of mTOR signaling. In this review, I will consider mTOR function in this context and attempt to summarize and interpret the growing body of literature demonstrating interesting and varied effects of mTOR inhibitors. These include robust effects on a multitude of age-related parameters and pathologies, as well as several other processes not obviously linked to aging or age-related disease.
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- Matt Kaeberlein
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, D-514, Seattle, WA 98195-7470, USA
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Tacutu R, Craig T, Budovsky A, Wuttke D, Lehmann G, Taranukha D, Costa J, Fraifeld VE, de Magalhães JP. Human Ageing Genomic Resources: integrated databases and tools for the biology and genetics of ageing. Nucleic Acids Res 2012. [PMID: 23193293 PMCID: PMC3531213 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 365] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The Human Ageing Genomic Resources (HAGR, http://genomics.senescence.info) is a freely available online collection of research databases and tools for the biology and genetics of ageing. HAGR features now several databases with high-quality manually curated data: (i) GenAge, a database of genes associated with ageing in humans and model organisms; (ii) AnAge, an extensive collection of longevity records and complementary traits for >4000 vertebrate species; and (iii) GenDR, a newly incorporated database, containing both gene mutations that interfere with dietary restriction-mediated lifespan extension and consistent gene expression changes induced by dietary restriction. Since its creation about 10 years ago, major efforts have been undertaken to maintain the quality of data in HAGR, while further continuing to develop, improve and extend it. This article briefly describes the content of HAGR and details the major updates since its previous publications, in terms of both structure and content. The completely redesigned interface, more intuitive and more integrative of HAGR resources, is also presented. Altogether, we hope that through its improvements, the current version of HAGR will continue to provide users with the most comprehensive and accessible resources available today in the field of biogerontology.
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- Robi Tacutu
- Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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Zhang Y, Luo C, Zou K, Xie Z, Brandman O, Ouyang Q, Li H. Single cell analysis of yeast replicative aging using a new generation of microfluidic device. PLoS One 2012; 7:e48275. [PMID: 23144860 PMCID: PMC3493551 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2012] [Accepted: 09/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A major limitation to yeast aging study has been the inability to track mother cells and observe molecular markers during the aging process. The traditional lifespan assay relies on manual micro-manipulation to remove daughter cells from the mother, which is laborious, time consuming, and does not allow long term tracking with high resolution microscopy. Recently, we have developed a microfluidic system capable of retaining mother cells in the microfluidic chambers while removing daughter cells automatically, making it possible to observe fluorescent reporters in single cells throughout their lifespan. Here we report the development of a new generation of microfluidic device that overcomes several limitations of the previous system, making it easier to fabricate and operate, and allowing functions not possible with the previous design. The basic unit of the device consists of microfluidic channels with pensile columns that can physically trap the mother cells while allowing the removal of daughter cells automatically by the flow of the fresh media. The whole microfluidic device contains multiple independent units operating in parallel, allowing simultaneous analysis of multiple strains. Using this system, we have reproduced the lifespan curves for the known long and short-lived mutants, demonstrating the power of the device for automated lifespan measurement. Following fluorescent reporters in single mother cells throughout their lifespan, we discovered a surprising change of expression of the translation elongation factor TEF2 during aging, suggesting altered translational control in aged mother cells. Utilizing the capability of the new device to trap mother-daughter pairs, we analyzed mother-daughter inheritance and found age dependent asymmetric partitioning of a general stress response reporter between mother and daughter cells.
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- Yi Zhang
- The State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructures and Mesoscopic Physics, Center for Quantitative Biology, and School of Physics, Peking University, China
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- The State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructures and Mesoscopic Physics, Center for Quantitative Biology, and School of Physics, Peking University, China
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- The State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructures and Mesoscopic Physics, Center for Quantitative Biology, and School of Physics, Peking University, China
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- The State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructures and Mesoscopic Physics, Center for Quantitative Biology, and School of Physics, Peking University, China
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- The State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructures and Mesoscopic Physics, Center for Quantitative Biology, and School of Physics, Peking University, China
- Department of Physics, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Volejníková A, Hlousková J, Sigler K, Pichová A. Vital mitochondrial functions show profound changes during yeast culture ageing. FEMS Yeast Res 2012; 13:7-15. [PMID: 22938652 DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Revised: 08/22/2012] [Accepted: 08/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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During a 10-day culture ageing, cells of the wild-type Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain JC 482 retain their viability, while mitochondrial function and morphology change. Cell routine and uncoupled respiration rates increase to a maximum on day 4 and then decline to near zero. The decline, which occurs also in mitochondria isolated from cells of different age, is not due to increasing proportion of petites. Rhodamine 123 fluorescence intensity reporting on mitochondrial membrane potential appears to drop slightly for 4 days and then more sharply at the time when respiration rate also decreases. The MitoTracker Green fluorescent signal related to the mitochondrial content per cell also decreases. The branched tubular mitochondrial network of 1-day-old cells dissolves into short fragments; during the first 4 days, this fragmentation is associated with increasing function of mitochondria, while later on, it accompanies functional decline, which is also indicated by the decreasing ratio of Rhodamine 123 fluorescence to MitoTracker Green fluorescence. As shown by cell counting, microscopy and flow cytometry, the cell size distribution in the population broadens, and the population thus becomes more heterogeneous. The changes in respiration rate, mitochondrial membrane potential, mass and structure point to changes in the mitochondrial status during ageing.
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- Andrea Volejníková
- Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Schleit J, Wasko BM, Kaeberlein M. Yeast as a model to understand the interaction between genotype and the response to calorie restriction. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:2868-73. [PMID: 22828279 PMCID: PMC4016815 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2012] [Revised: 07/13/2012] [Accepted: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Calorie restriction is reported to enhance survival and delay the onset of age-related decline in many different species. Several proteins have been proposed to play a role in mediating the response to calorie restriction, including the target of rapamycin kinase, sirtuins, and AMP kinase. An enhanced mechanistic understanding of calorie restriction has popularized the concept of "calorie restriction mimetics", drugs that mimic the beneficial effects of caloire restriction without requiring a reduction in nutrient intake. In theory, such drugs should delay the onset and progression of multiple age-related diseases, similar to calorie restriction in mammals. Despite the potential benefits of such calorie restriction mimetics, however, relatively little is known about the interaction between genetic variation and individual response to calorie restriction. Limited evidence from model systems indicates that genotype plays a large role in determining both the magnitude and direction of effect that calorie restriction has on longevity. Here we present an overview of these data from the perspective of using yeast as a model to study aging and describe an approach we are taking to further characterize the molecular mechanisms underlying genotype-dependent responses to calorie restriction.
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- Jennifer Schleit
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Institute of Aging Research, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan 523808, China
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Dissecting the gene network of dietary restriction to identify evolutionarily conserved pathways and new functional genes. PLoS Genet 2012; 8:e1002834. [PMID: 22912585 PMCID: PMC3415404 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2012] [Accepted: 06/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Dietary restriction (DR), limiting nutrient intake from diet without causing malnutrition, delays the aging process and extends lifespan in multiple organisms. The conserved life-extending effect of DR suggests the involvement of fundamental mechanisms, although these remain a subject of debate. To help decipher the life-extending mechanisms of DR, we first compiled a list of genes that if genetically altered disrupt or prevent the life-extending effects of DR. We called these DR–essential genes and identified more than 100 in model organisms such as yeast, worms, flies, and mice. In order for other researchers to benefit from this first curated list of genes essential for DR, we established an online database called GenDR (http://genomics.senescence.info/diet/). To dissect the interactions of DR–essential genes and discover the underlying lifespan-extending mechanisms, we then used a variety of network and systems biology approaches to analyze the gene network of DR. We show that DR–essential genes are more conserved at the molecular level and have more molecular interactions than expected by chance. Furthermore, we employed a guilt-by-association method to predict novel DR–essential genes. In budding yeast, we predicted nine genes related to vacuolar functions; we show experimentally that mutations deleting eight of those genes prevent the life-extending effects of DR. Three of these mutants (OPT2, FRE6, and RCR2) had extended lifespan under ad libitum, indicating that the lack of further longevity under DR is not caused by a general compromise of fitness. These results demonstrate how network analyses of DR using GenDR can be used to make phenotypically relevant predictions. Moreover, gene-regulatory circuits reveal that the DR–induced transcriptional signature in yeast involves nutrient-sensing, stress responses and meiotic transcription factors. Finally, comparing the influence of gene expression changes during DR on the interactomes of multiple organisms led us to suggest that DR commonly suppresses translation, while stimulating an ancient reproduction-related process. Dietary restriction has been shown to extend lifespan in diverse, evolutionarily distant species, yet its underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We first constructed a database of genes essential for the life-extending effects of dietary restriction in various model organisms and then studied their interactions using a variety of network and systems biology approaches. This enabled us to predict novel genes related to dietary restriction, which we validated experimentally in yeast. By comparing large-scale data compilations (interactomes and transcriptomes) from multiple organisms, we were able to condense this -omics information to the most conserved essential elements, eliminating species-specific adaptive responses. These results lead us to the rather surprising conclusion that lifespan extension by a restricted diet commonly may exploit an ancient rejuvenation process derived from gametogenesis.
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae has directly or indirectly contributed to the identification of arguably more mammalian genes that affect aging than any other model organism. Aging in yeast is assayed primarily by measurement of replicative or chronological life span. Here, we review the genes and mechanisms implicated in these two aging model systems and key remaining issues that need to be addressed for their optimization. Because of its well-characterized genome that is remarkably amenable to genetic manipulation and high-throughput screening procedures, S. cerevisiae will continue to serve as a leading model organism for studying pathways relevant to human aging and disease.
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- Valter D Longo
- Longevity Institute, School of Gerontology, Department of Biological Sciences, and Norris Cancer Center, University of Southern California, 3715 McClintock Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0191, USA.
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Ganley AR, Breitenbach M, Kennedy BK, Kobayashi T. Yeast hypertrophy: cause or consequence of aging? Reply to Bilinski et al. FEMS Yeast Res 2012; 12:267-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2012.00796.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Division of Cytogenetics; National Institute of Genetics; Mishima; Japan
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Kaeberlein M. Hypertrophy and senescence factors in yeast aging. A reply to Bilinski et al. FEMS Yeast Res 2012; 12:269-70. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2012.00798.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Lopez LM, Harris SE, Luciano M, Liewald D, Davies G, Gow AJ, Tenesa A, Payton A, Ke X, Whalley LJ, Fox H, Haggerty P, Ollier W, Pickles A, Porteous DJ, Horan MA, Pendleton N, Starr JM, Deary IJ. Evolutionary conserved longevity genes and human cognitive abilities in elderly cohorts. Eur J Hum Genet 2012; 20:341-7. [PMID: 22045296 PMCID: PMC3283186 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2011] [Revised: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 09/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Genetic influences have an important role in the ageing process. The genetic factors that influence success in bodily ageing may also contribute to the successful ageing of cognitive abilities. A comparative genomics approach found longevity genes conserved between yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. We hypothesised that these longevity genes influence variance in cognitive ability and age-related cognitive decline in humans. Here, we investigated six of these genes that have human orthologs and show expression in the brain. We tested AFG3L2 (MIM: 604581, AFG3 ATPase family gene 3-like 2 (yeast)), FRAP1 (MIM: 601231, a FK506 binding protein 12-rapamycin associated protein), MAT1A, MAT2A (MIM: 610550 and 601468, methionine adenosyltransferases I alpha and II alpha, respectively), SYNJ1 and SYNJ2 (MIM: 604297 and 609410, synaptojanin-1 and synaptojanin-2, respectively) in approximately 1000 healthy older Scots: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 (LBC1936). They were tested on general cognitive ability at age 11 years. At a mean age of 70 years, they re-sat the same general cognitive ability test and underwent an additional battery of diverse cognitive tests. In all, 70 tag and functional SNPs in the six longevity genes were genotyped and tested for association with cognition and cognitive ageing in LBC1936. Suggestive associations were detected between SNPs in SYNJ2, MAT1A, AFG3L2 and SYNJ1 and a general memory factor and general cognitive ability at age 11 and 70 years. Replication studies for cognitive ability associations were performed in 2506 samples from the Cognitive Ageing Genetics in England and Scotland consortium. A meta-analysis replicated the SYNJ2 association with cognitive abilities (lowest P=0.00077). SYNJ2 is a novel gene in which variation is potentially associated with cognitive abilities.
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- Lorna M Lopez
- Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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Luciano M, Lopez LM, de Moor MHM, Harris SE, Davies G, Nutile T, Krueger RF, Esko T, Schlessinger D, Toshiko T, Derringer JL, Realo A, Hansell NK, Pergadia ML, Pesonen AK, Sanna S, Terracciano A, Madden PAF, Penninx B, Spinhoven P, Hartman CA, Oostra BA, Janssens ACJW, Eriksson JG, Starr JM, Cannas A, Ferrucci L, Metspalu A, Wright MJ, Heath AC, van Duijn CM, Bierut LJ, Raikkonen K, Martin NG, Ciullo M, Rujescu D, Boomsma DI, Deary IJ. Longevity candidate genes and their association with personality traits in the elderly. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2012; 159B:192-200. [PMID: 22213687 PMCID: PMC3583011 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Human longevity and personality traits are both heritable and are consistently linked at the phenotypic level. We test the hypothesis that candidate genes influencing longevity in lower organisms are associated with variance in the five major dimensions of human personality (measured by the NEO-FFI and IPIP inventories) plus related mood states of anxiety and depression. Seventy single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in six brain expressed, longevity candidate genes (AFG3L2, FRAP1, MAT1A, MAT2A, SYNJ1, and SYNJ2) were typed in over 1,000 70-year old participants from the Lothian Birth Cohort of 1936 (LBC1936). No SNPs were associated with the personality and psychological distress traits at a Bonferroni corrected level of significance (P < 0.0002), but there was an over-representation of nominally significant (P < 0.05) SNPs in the synaptojanin-2 (SYNJ2) gene associated with agreeableness and symptoms of depression. Eight SNPs which showed nominally significant association across personality measurement instruments were tested in an extremely large replication sample of 17,106 participants. SNP rs350292, in SYNJ2, was significant: the minor allele was associated with an average decrease in NEO agreeableness scale scores of 0.25 points, and 0.67 points in the restricted analysis of elderly cohorts (most aged >60 years). Because we selected a specific set of longevity genes based on functional genomics findings, further research on other longevity gene candidates is warranted to discover whether they are relevant candidates for personality and psychological distress traits.
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- Michelle Luciano
- Centre for Cognitive Aging and Cognitive Epidemiology, The University of Edinburgh, UK.
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