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FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.774985
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aging; lipid droplet (LD); protein homeostais; mitochondrial damage; ROS-; reactive oxygen species; detoxification
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- Austrian Science Fund FWF [P33511]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P33511] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
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In addition to storing neutral lipids and sterols, lipid droplets (LDs) are also involved in cellular detoxification. LDs interact closely with various organelles to mediate protein and lipid exchange. Increased LDs can prolong cell lifespan, reduce fragmentation and ROS production in mitochondria, serving as important regulators of aging.
Besides their role as a storage for neutral lipids and sterols, there is increasing evidence that lipid droplets (LDs) are involved in cellular detoxification. LDs are in close contact to a broad variety of organelles where protein- and lipid exchange is mediated. Mitochondria as a main driver of the aging process produce reactive oxygen species (ROS), which damage several cellular components. LDs as highly dynamic organelles mediate a potent detoxification mechanism by taking up toxic lipids and proteins. A stimulation of LDs induced by the simultaneously overexpression of Lro1p and Dga1p (both encoding acyltransferases) prolongs the chronological as well as the replicative lifespan of yeast cells. The increased number of LDs reduces mitochondrial fragmentation as well as mitochondrial ROS production, both phenotypes that are signs of aging. Strains with an altered LD content or morphology as in the sei1 Delta or lro1 Delta mutant lead to a reduced replicative lifespan. In a yeast strain defective for the LON protease Pim1p, which showed an enhanced ROS production, increased doubling time and an altered mitochondrial morphology, a LRO1 overexpression resulted in a partially reversion of this premature aging phenotype.
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