RRC ID 30638
著者 Shen Y, Wollam J, Magner D, Karalay O, Antebi A.
タイトル A steroid receptor-microRNA switch regulates life span in response to signals from the gonad.
ジャーナル Science
Abstract Although the gonad primarily functions in procreation, it also affects animal life span. Here, we show that removal of the Caenorhabditis elegans germ line triggers a switch in the regulatory state of the organism to promote longevity, co-opting components involved in larval developmental timing circuits. These components include the DAF-12 steroid receptor, which is involved in the larval stage two-to-stage three (L2-L3) transition and up-regulates members of the let-7 microRNA (miRNA) family. The miRNAs target an early larval nuclear factor lin-14 and akt-1/kinase, thereby stimulating DAF-16/FOXO signaling to extend life. Our studies suggest that metazoan life span is coupled to the gonad through elements of a developmental timer.
巻・号 338(6113)
ページ 1472-6
公開日 2012-12-14
DOI 10.1126/science.1228967
PII 338/6113/1472
PMID 23239738
PMC PMC3909774
MeSH Animals Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics Caenorhabditis elegans / growth & development Caenorhabditis elegans / physiology* Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / physiology* Forkhead Transcription Factors Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental Germ Cells / metabolism Gonads / metabolism* Larva / genetics Larva / growth & development Larva / physiology Longevity / genetics Longevity / physiology* MicroRNAs / genetics MicroRNAs / metabolism* Nuclear Proteins / genetics Nuclear Proteins / physiology Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / genetics Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / physiology Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / genetics Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / physiology* Receptors, Steroid / genetics Receptors, Steroid / physiology* Signal Transduction Transcription Factors / genetics Transcription Factors / physiology
IF 41.846
引用数 65
WOS 分野 CELL BIOLOGY
リソース情報
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