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ArticlePLoS genetics2014

Interplay of dFOXO and two ETS-family transcription factors determines lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster.

Nazif Alic, Maria E Giannakou, Irene Papatheodorou, Matthew P Hoddinott, T Daniel Andrews, Ekin Bolukbasi, Linda Partridge

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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47 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nazif AlicInstitute of Healthy Ageing, and GEE, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Maria E GiannakouInstitute of Healthy Ageing, and GEE, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Irene PapatheodorouInstitute of Healthy Ageing, and GEE, University College London, London, United Kingdom; EMBL - European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Matthew P HoddinottInstitute of Healthy Ageing, and GEE, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.
T Daniel AndrewsEMBL - European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Ekin BolukbasiInstitute of Healthy Ageing, and GEE, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.
Linda PartridgeInstitute of Healthy Ageing, and GEE, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.
MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing · GBEuropean Bioinformatics Institute · GBMax Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing · DE

Funding

Wellcome Trust 098565
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Forkhead box O (FoxO) transcription factors (TFs) are key drivers of complex transcriptional programmes that determine animal lifespan. FoxOs regulate a number of other TFs, but how these TFs in turn might mediate the anti-ageing programmes orchestrated by FoxOs in vivo is unclear. Here, we identify an E-twenty six (ETS)-family transcriptional repressor, Anterior open (Aop), as regulated by the single Drosophila melanogaster FoxO (dFOXO) in the adult gut. AOP, the functional orthologue of the human Etv6/Tel protein, binds numerous genomic sites also occupied by dFOXO and counteracts the activity of an ETS activator, Pointed (Pnt), to prevent the lifespan-shortening effects of co-activation of dFOXO and PNT. This detrimental synergistic effect of dFOXO and PNT appears to stem from a mis-regulation of lipid metabolism. At the same time, AOP activity in another fly organ, the fat body, has further beneficial roles, regulating genes in common with dfoxo, such as the secreted, non-sensory, odorant binding protein (Obp99b), and robustly extending lifespan. Our study reveals a complex interplay between evolutionarily conserved ETS factors and dFOXO, the functional significance of which may extend well beyond animal lifespan.

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AnimalsBinding SitesCluster AnalysisDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsFat BodyFemaleForkhead Transcription FactorsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationLife ExpectancyLipid MetabolismOrgan SpecificityProtein BindingTranscription FactorsDrosophila ProteinsForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXO protein, DrosophilaTranscription Factors

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