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ArticleGenetics2021

miR-71 mediates age-dependent opposing contributions of the stress-activated kinase KGB-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Cyrus Ruediger, Siavash Karimzadegan, Sonya Lin, Michael Shapira

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Article in Genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cyrus RuedigerDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6054-3806
Siavash KarimzadeganDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Sonya LinDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Michael ShapiraDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
University of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

Genetic Dissection of Cells and Organisms Training ProgramT32GM132022 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Nicole King, NOAH K WHITEMAN · 2019 to 2026
$5.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM132022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studying the evolutionary processes that shaped aging offers a path for understanding the causes of aging. The antagonistic pleiotropy theory for the evolution of aging proposes that the inverse correlation between age and natural selection strength allows positive selection of gene variants with early-life beneficial contributions to fitness despite detrimental late-life consequences. However, mechanistic understanding of how this principle manifests in aging is still lacking. We previously identified antagonistic pleiotropy in the function of the Caenorhabditis elegans JNK homolog KGB-1, which provided stress protection in developing larvae, but sensitized adults to stress and shortened their lifespan. To a large extent, KGB-1's contributions depended on age-dependent and opposing regulation of the stress-protective transcription factor DAF-16, but the underlying mechanisms remained unknown. Here, we describe a role for the microRNA miR-71 in mediating effects of KGB-1 on DAF-16 and downstream phenotypes. Fluorescent imaging along with genetic and survival analyses revealed age-dependent regulation of mir-71 expression by KGB-1-upregulation in larvae, but downregulation in adults-and showed that mir-71 was required both for late-life effects of KGB-1 (infection sensitivity and shortened lifespan), as well as for early life resistance to cadmium. While mir-71 disruption did not compromise development under protein-folding stress (known to depend on KGB-1), disruption of the argonaute gene alg-1, a central component of the microRNA machinery, did. These results suggest that microRNAs play a role in mediating age-dependent antagonistic contributions of KGB-1 to survival, with mir-71 playing a central role and additional microRNAs potentially contributing redundantly.

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Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsDown-RegulationGenetic PleiotropyJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesLarvaLongevityMicroRNAsStress, PhysiologicalUp-RegulationCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesKGB-1 protein, C elegansMicroRNAsALG-1antagonistic pleiotropyDAF-16JNKKGB-1miR-71

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PMID33755114
PMCPMC8619845
OpenAlexW3137443868

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