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ArticleCell metabolism2011

Regulation of yeast chronological life span by TORC1 via adaptive mitochondrial ROS signaling.

Yong Pan, Elizabeth A Schroeder, Alejandro Ocampo, Antoni Barrientos, Gerald S Shadel

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Article in Cell metabolism, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 186 papers.

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186citing papers in PubMed
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186 citing papers in PubMed, 307 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yong PanDepartment of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Elizabeth A Schroeder
Alejandro Ocampo
Antoni Barrientos
Gerald S Shadel
Yale University · USUniversity of Miami · US

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN GENETICST32GM007499 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CARLSON, JOHN R, REINKE, VALERIE J · 1985 to 2022
$13.9M
Resistance to UV Damage: Role of Gene RegulationP01ES011163 · NIEHS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI DOETSCH, PAUL WILLIAM · 2002 to 2012
$12.6M
NIEHS NIH HHS P01 ES-011163NIEHS NIH HHS P01 ES011163NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007499
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we show that yeast strains with reduced target of rapamycin (TOR) signaling have greater overall mitochondrial electron transport chain activity during growth that is efficiently coupled to ATP production. This metabolic alteration increases mitochondrial membrane potential and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, which we propose supplies an adaptive signal during growth that extends chronological life span (CLS). In strong support of this concept, uncoupling respiration during growth or increasing expression of mitochondrial manganese superoxide dismutase significantly curtails CLS extension in tor1Δ strains, and treatment of wild-type strains with either rapamycin (to inhibit TORC1) or menadione (to generate mitochondrial ROS) during growth is sufficient to extend CLS. Finally, extension of CLS by reduced TORC1/Sch9p-mitochondrial signaling occurs independently of Rim15p and is not a function of changes in media acidification/composition. Considering the conservation of TOR-pathway effects on life span, mitochondrial ROS signaling may be an important mechanism of longevity regulation in higher organisms.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalColony Count, MicrobialDinitrophenolsGene Knockout TechniquesMembrane Potential, MitochondrialMicrobiological PhenomenaMitochondriaMultiprotein ComplexesOxygen ConsumptionPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsProtein KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSirolimusDinitrophenolsMultiprotein ComplexesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsProtein KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRim15 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSCH9 protein, S cerevisiaeSirolimusSuperoxidesTOR1 protein, S cerevisiaeVitamin K 3

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PMID21641548
PMCPMC3110654
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