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Recent aging discoveries

This article explores recent findings on aging, including the regulation of lifespan in yeast, the role of TOR signaling pathway in Drosophila, the impact of temperature on longevity in mice, the effects of resveratrol on health and survival, and the role of inflammation in aging. It also discusses the redistribution of SIRT1 on chromatin and its impact on gene expression during aging.

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Recent aging discoveries

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  1. Recent aging discoveries A&S300-002 Jim Lund

  2. Yeast aging and CR Regulation of Yeast Replicative Life Span by TOR and Sch9 in Response to Nutrients. (Kaeberlein et al., 2005) HST2 Mediates SIR2-Independent Life-Span Extension by Calorie Restriction. (Lamming et al., 2005)

  3. Yeast aging and CR

  4. Wild type mice with short telomeres have germ cell defects HG heterozygote telomerase RNA mutants. WT wild type offspring of the hets. KO -/- knock-out offspring of the hets. Hao et al., 2005

  5. Regulation of Lifespan in Drosophila by Modulation of Genes in the TOR Signaling Pathway. (Kapahi et al., 2004) TOR=Target Of Rapamycin (rapamycin is a product of the bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus found in a soil sample from the island Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island!)

  6. Mutations in fly TOR extend lifespan

  7. A Conserved MST-FOXO Signaling Pathway Mediates Oxidative-Stress Responses and Extends Life Span • Protein kinases in the Ste20(yeast)/MST (mammals)/hippo(flies)/CST(worms) regulate cellular responses to oxidative stress. • FOXO3(mammals)/daf-16(worms) is activated by the MST kinases in response to oxidative stress. (Lehtinen et al., 2006)

  8. Overexpression of cst-1 in worms extends lifespan cst-1 overexpression cst-1 is a STET-20-like kinase (a signaling pathway gene) -This is the first study on cst-1, nothing else is known about it.

  9. MST/cst-1 signals (in part) through FOXO/daf-16

  10. Caenorhabditis elegans HCF-1 Functions in Longevity Maintenance as a DAF-16 RegulatorJi Li, Atsushi Ebata, Yuqing Dong,¤ Gizem Rizki, Terri Iwata, and Siu Sylvia Lee (Cornell Univ) • hcf-1 worms are long-lived. • HCF-1 is nuclear localized and physically associated with DAF-16, and prevents DAF-16 from binding to promoters of genes.

  11. Growing evidence of the role of inflammation in aging

  12. Transgenic Mice with a Reduced Core Body Temperature Have an Increased Life Span Expressed uncoupling protein UCP2 in the lateral hypothalamus. (Conti et al., 2006)

  13. Reduced body temperature extends lifespan in mice

  14. Resveratrol improves health and survival of mice on a high-calorie diet (Baur et al., 2006)

  15. Organ pathology improved on resveratrol

  16. Discoveries in the insulin-like signaling pathway

  17. SIRT1 Redistribution on Chromatin Promotes Genomic Stability but Alters Gene Expression during Aging.Oberdoerffer et al., 2008 (Sinclair lab) A. Survival of irradiated p53+/ mice fed normal or resveratrol-supplemented chow.

  18. SIRT1 Redistribution on Chromatin Promotes Genomic Stability but Alters Gene Expression during Aging.Oberdoerffer et al., 2008 (Sinclair lab) D. q-RT-PCR analysis of SIRT1-bound genes (left) and non-SIRT1-bound genes (right) including housekeeping genes (rps16, hprt) and genes upregulated in 30-month-old mice by microarray.

  19. High cognitive function elderly have low tangle levels • Resistant to tangle formation • Tangles main component is tau protein. Changiz Geula (Northwestern University)

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