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Cell ; 133(2): 292-302, 2008 Apr 18.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18423200

RESUMEN

In nearly every organism studied, reduced caloric intake extends life span. In yeast, span extension from dietary restriction is thought to be mediated by the highly conserved, nutrient-responsive target of rapamycin (TOR), protein kinase A (PKA), and Sch9 kinases. These kinases coordinately regulate various cellular processes including stress responses, protein turnover, cell growth, and ribosome biogenesis. Here we show that a specific reduction of 60S ribosomal subunit levels slows aging in yeast. Deletion of genes encoding 60S subunit proteins or processing factors or treatment with a small molecule, which all inhibit 60S subunit biogenesis, are each sufficient to significantly increase replicative life span. One mechanism by which reduced 60S subunit levels leads to life span extension is through induction of Gcn4, a nutrient-responsive transcription factor. Genetic epistasis analyses suggest that dietary restriction, reduced 60S subunit abundance, and Gcn4 activation extend yeast life span by similar mechanisms.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Unión al ADN/fisiología , Subunidades Ribosómicas Grandes de Eucariotas/fisiología , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/fisiología , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/fisiología , Factores de Transcripción/fisiología , Factores de Transcripción con Cremalleras de Leucina de Carácter Básico , Eliminación de Gen , Histona Desacetilasas/fisiología , Proteínas Ribosómicas/fisiología , Proteínas Reguladoras de Información Silente de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/fisiología , Sirtuina 2 , Sirtuinas/fisiología
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Nat Cell Biol ; 8(2): 148-55, 2006 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16429127

RESUMEN

During DNA replication one or both strands transiently become single stranded: first at the sites where initiation of DNA synthesis occurs (known as origins of replication) and subsequently on the lagging strands of replication forks as discontinuous Okazaki fragments are generated. We report a genome-wide analysis of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) formation in the presence of hydroxyurea during DNA replication in wild-type and checkpoint-deficient rad53 Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. In wild-type cells, ssDNA was first observed at a subset of replication origins and later 'migrated' bi-directionally, suggesting that ssDNA formation is associated with continuously moving replication forks. In rad53 cells, ssDNA was observed at virtually every known origin, but remained there over time, suggesting that replication forks stall. Telomeric regions seemed to be particularly sensitive to the loss of Rad53 checkpoint function. Replication origins in Schizosaccharomyces pombe were also mapped using our method.


Asunto(s)
ADN de Cadena Simple/genética , Genoma Fúngico , Hidroxiurea/farmacología , Origen de Réplica/genética , Levaduras/genética , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Quinasa de Punto de Control 2 , Replicación del ADN/efectos de los fármacos , Replicación del ADN/genética , ADN de Cadena Simple/análisis , Exodesoxirribonucleasas/genética , Mutación/genética , Análisis de Secuencia por Matrices de Oligonucleótidos/métodos , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinasas/genética , Fase S/efectos de los fármacos , Fase S/genética , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/efectos de los fármacos , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Schizosaccharomyces/efectos de los fármacos , Schizosaccharomyces/genética , Proteínas de Schizosaccharomyces pombe , Telómero/genética , Telómero/metabolismo , Levaduras/efectos de los fármacos
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PLoS One ; 3(11): e3802, 2008.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19030232

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Identification of genes that modulate longevity is a major focus of aging-related research and an area of intense public interest. In addition to facilitating an improved understanding of the basic mechanisms of aging, such genes represent potential targets for therapeutic intervention in multiple age-associated diseases, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and neurodegenerative disorders. To date, however, targeted efforts at identifying longevity-associated genes have been limited by a lack of predictive power, and useful algorithms for candidate gene-identification have also been lacking. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We have utilized a shortest-path network analysis to identify novel genes that modulate longevity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Based on a set of previously reported genes associated with increased life span, we applied a shortest-path network algorithm to a pre-existing protein-protein interaction dataset in order to construct a shortest-path longevity network. To validate this network, the replicative aging potential of 88 single-gene deletion strains corresponding to predicted components of the shortest-path longevity network was determined. Here we report that the single-gene deletion strains identified by our shortest-path longevity analysis are significantly enriched for mutations conferring either increased or decreased replicative life span, relative to a randomly selected set of 564 single-gene deletion strains or to the current data set available for the entire haploid deletion collection. Further, we report the identification of previously unknown longevity genes, several of which function in a conserved longevity pathway believed to mediate life span extension in response to dietary restriction. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: This work demonstrates that shortest-path network analysis is a useful approach toward identifying genetic determinants of longevity and represents the first application of network analysis of aging to be extensively validated in a biological system. The novel longevity genes identified in this study are likely to yield further insight into the molecular mechanisms of aging and age-associated disease.


Asunto(s)
Fenómenos Fisiológicos Celulares/genética , Redes Reguladoras de Genes , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/citología , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Algoritmos , Dieta , Genes Fúngicos , Mutación
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Genome Res ; 18(4): 564-70, 2008 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18340043

RESUMEN

Studies in invertebrate model organisms have been a driving force in aging research, leading to the identification of many genes that influence life span. Few of these genes have been examined in the context of mammalian aging, however, and it remains an open question as to whether and to what extent the pathways that modulate longevity are conserved across different eukaryotic species. Using a comparative functional genomics approach, we have performed the first quantitative analysis of the degree to which longevity genes are conserved between two highly divergent eukaryotic species, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Here, we report the replicative life span phenotypes for single-gene deletions of the yeast orthologs of worm aging genes. We find that 15% of these yeast deletions are long-lived. In contrast, only 3.4% of a random set of deletion mutants are long-lived-a statistically significant difference. These data suggest that genes that modulate aging have been conserved not only in sequence, but also in function, over a billion years of evolution. Among the longevity determining ortholog pairs, we note a substantial enrichment for genes involved in an evolutionarily conserved pathway linking nutrient sensing and protein translation. In addition, we have identified several conserved aging genes that may represent novel longevity pathways. Together, these findings indicate that the genetic component of life span determination is significantly conserved between divergent eukaryotic species, and suggest pathways that are likely to play a similar role in mammalian aging.


Asunto(s)
Caenorhabditis elegans/genética , Longevidad/genética , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Animales , Secuencia de Bases , Secuencia Conservada , Eliminación de Gen , Genes Fúngicos , Genes de Helminto , Genómica , Biosíntesis de Proteínas
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