RRC ID 59450
Author Bazopoulou D, Knoefler D, Zheng Y, Ulrich K, Oleson BJ, Xie L, Kim M, Kaufmann A, Lee YT, Dou Y, Chen Y, Quan S, Jakob U.
Title Developmental ROS individualizes organismal stress resistance and lifespan.
Journal Nature
Abstract A central aspect of aging research concerns the question of when individuality in lifespan arises1. Here we show that a transient increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS), which occurs naturally during early development in a subpopulation of synchronized Caenorhabditis elegans, sets processes in motion that increase stress resistance, improve redox homeostasis and ultimately prolong lifespan in those animals. We find that these effects are linked to the global ROS-mediated decrease in developmental histone H3K4me3 levels. Studies in HeLa cells confirmed that global H3K4me3 levels are ROS-sensitive and that depletion of H3K4me3 levels increases stress resistance in mammalian cell cultures. In vitro studies identified SET1/MLL histone methyltransferases as redox sensitive units of the H3K4-trimethylating complex of proteins (COMPASS). Our findings implicate a link between early-life events, ROS-sensitive epigenetic marks, stress resistance and lifespan.
Volume 576(7786)
Pages 301-305
Published 2019-12-1
DOI 10.1038/s41586-019-1814-y
PII 10.1038/s41586-019-1814-y
PMID 31801997
PMC PMC7039399
MeSH Animals Caenorhabditis elegans Down-Regulation Histones / metabolism Larva Longevity* Oxidative Stress* Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism*
IF 43.07
Times Cited 9
Resource
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