Journal
BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 84, Issue 2, Pages 330-337Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2019.1676695
Keywords
Chronological lifespan; longevity; S; pombe; Gas1; cell wall
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI [JP17H03792, JP17K19227, JP16K07662]
- Institute for Fermentation, Osaka
- Asahi Glass Foundation
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In the longevity research by using yeasts, chronological lifespan is defined as the survival time after entry into stationary phase. Previously, screening for long lived mutants of Schizosaccharomyces pombe was performed to identify the novel factors involved in longevity. From this screening, one long lived mutant called as No.36 was obtained. In this study, we identified the mutation caused in gas1(+), which encodes glucanosyltransferase (gas1-287 mutation) is responsible for the longevity of No.36 mutant. Through the analysis of this mutant, we found that cell wall perturbing agent micafungin also extends chronological lifespan in fission yeast. This lifespan extension depended on both Pmk1 and Sty1 MAP kinases, and longevity caused by the gas1-287 mutation also depended on these kinases. In summary, we propose that the gas1-287 mutation causes longevity as the similar mechanism as cell wall stress depending on Pmk1 and Sty1 MAPK pathways.
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