Cell-nonautonomous effects of dFOXO/DAF-16 in aging

Abstract

Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans each carry a single representative of the Forkhead box O (FoxO) family of transcription factors, dFOXO and DAF-16, respectively. Both are required for lifespan extension by reduced insulin/Igf signaling, and their activation in key tissues can extend lifespan. Aging of these tissues may limit lifespan. Alternatively, FoxOs may promote longevity cell nonautonomously by signaling to themselves (FoxO to FoxO) or other factors (FoxO to other) in distal tissues. Here, we show that activation of dFOXO and DAF-16 in the gut/fat body does not require dfoxo/. daf-16 elsewhere to extend lifespan. Rather, in Drosophila, activation of dFOXO in the gut/fat body or in neuroendocrine cells acts on other organs to promote healthy aging by signaling to other, as-yet-unidentified factors. Whereas FoxO-to-FoxO signaling appears to be required for metabolic homeostasis, our results pinpoint FoxO-to-other signaling as an important mechanism through which localized FoxO activity ameliorates aging.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2014.01.015
Divisions: College of Health & Life Sciences
College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Biosciences > Cell & Tissue Biomedical Research
Additional Information: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Last Modified: 29 Feb 2024 08:14
Date Deposited: 03 May 2017 10:45
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2014-02-27
Published Online Date: 2014-02-06
Accepted Date: 2014-01-14
Authors: Alic, Nazif
Tullet, Jennifer M.
Niccoli, Teresa
Broughton, Susan
Hoddinott, Matthew P.
Slack, Cathy (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-7949-4079)
Gems, David
Partridge, Linda

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