RRC ID 6406
著者 Menuz V, Howell KS, Gentina S, Epstein S, Riezman I, Fornallaz-Mulhauser M, Hengartner MO, Gomez M, Riezman H, Martinou JC.
タイトル Protection of C. elegans from anoxia by HYL-2 ceramide synthase.
ジャーナル Science
Abstract Oxygen deprivation is rapidly deleterious for most organisms. However, Caenorhabditis elegans has developed the ability to survive anoxia for at least 48 hours. Mutations in the DAF-2/DAF-16 insulin-like signaling pathway promote such survival. We describe a pathway involving the HYL-2 ceramide synthase that acts independently of DAF-2. Loss of the ceramide synthase gene hyl-2 results in increased sensitivity of C. elegans to anoxia. C. elegans has two ceramide synthases, hyl-1 and hyl-2, that participate in ceramide biogenesis and affect its ability to survive anoxic conditions. In contrast to hyl-2(lf) mutants, hyl-1(lf) mutants are more resistant to anoxia than normal animals. HYL-1 and HYL-2 have complementary specificities for fatty acyl chains. These data indicate that specific ceramides produced by HYL-2 confer resistance to anoxia.
巻・号 324(5925)
ページ 381-4
公開日 2009-4-17
DOI 10.1126/science.1168532
PII 324/5925/381
PMID 19372430
MeSH Animals Apoptosis Caenorhabditis elegans / cytology Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics Caenorhabditis elegans / physiology* Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics* Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism* Cell Hypoxia* Ceramides / biosynthesis Ceramides / physiology* Gene Deletion Genes, Helminth Mutation Oxidoreductases / genetics* Oxidoreductases / metabolism* Oxygen / physiology* Receptor, Insulin / genetics Receptor, Insulin / metabolism Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics Saccharomyces cerevisiae / growth & development Saccharomyces cerevisiae / physiology Sphingomyelins / biosynthesis Sphingomyelins / physiology Substrate Specificity Transformation, Genetic Transgenes
IF 41.846
引用数 104
WOS 分野 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
リソース情報
線虫 tm2031