期刊
AGING-US
卷 3, 期 2, 页码 125-147出版社
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/aging.100275
关键词
Aging; longevity; lipid (Fatty Acid); lipoperoxidation; nematode; RNAi
资金
- National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health [P01 AG20641, R01 AG028088, R01 AG032643]
- Dept. of Veteran Affairs
- NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Many lifespan-modulating genes are involved in either generation of oxidative substrates and end-products, or their detoxification and removal. Among such metabolites, only lipoperoxides have the ability to produce free-radical chain reactions. For this study, fatty-acid profiles were compared across a panel of C. elegans mutants that span a tenfold range of longevities in a uniform genetic background. Two lipid structural properties correlated extremely well with lifespan in these worms: fatty-acid chain length and susceptibility to oxidation both decreased sharply in the longest-lived mutants (affecting the insulinlike-signaling pathway). This suggested a functional model in which longevity benefits from a reduction in lipid peroxidation substrates, offset by a coordinate decline in fatty-acid chain length to maintain membrane fluidity. This model was tested by disrupting the underlying steps in lipid biosynthesis, using RNAi knockdown to deplete transcripts of genes involved in fatty-acid metabolism. These interventions produced effects on longevity that were fully consistent with the functions and abundances of their products. Most knockdowns also produced concordant effects on survival of hydrogen peroxide stress, which can trigger lipoperoxide chain reactions.
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