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ArticleCell reports2021

Immunity-longevity tradeoff neurally controlled by GABAergic transcription factor PITX1/UNC-30.

Benson Otarigho, Alejandro Aballay

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Benson OtarighoDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Alejandro AballayDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA. Electronic address: aballay@ohsu.edu.
Oregon Health & Science University · US

Funding

Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
Genetic analysis of innate immunity using C. elegansR37GM070977 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Alejandro Aballay · 2017 to 2026
$3.8M
Mechanism of innate immune activation by intestinal distensionR01AI156900 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI ABALLAY, ALEJANDRO · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI156900NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM070977NIH HHS P40 OD010440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A body of evidence indicates that metazoan immune and aging pathways are largely interconnected, but the mechanisms involved in their homeostatic control remain unclear. In this study, we find that the PITX (paired-like homeodomain) transcription factor UNC-30 controls the tradeoff between immunity and longevity from the nervous system in Caenorhabditis elegans. PITX/UNC-30 functional loss enhances immunity in a GATA/ELT-2- and p38 MAPK/PMK-1-dependent manner and reduced longevity by activating MXD/MDL-1 and the C2H2-type zinc finger transcription factor PQM-1. The immune inhibitory and longevity stimulatory functions of PITX/UNC-30 require the sensory neuron ASG and a signaling pathway controlled by NPR-1, which is a G protein-coupled receptor related to mammalian neuropeptide Y receptors. Our findings uncover a suppressive role of GABAergic signaling in the neural control of a biological tradeoff where energy is allocated toward immunity at the expense of longevity.

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LongevityAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsHomeodomain ProteinsImmunity, InnateNuclear ProteinsPseudomonas aeruginosaTranscription FactorsCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsHomeodomain ProteinsNuclear ProteinsTranscription Factorsunc-30 protein, C elegansC. elegansGABAergicimmunityinfectioninnatelongevityneuropeptidesneurotransmittersP. aeruginosatradeoff

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PMID34038721
PMCPMC8227953
OpenAlexW3165744044

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