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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans
SUBMITTER: Steffen Priebe
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-36041 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cell metabolism 20120401 4
Impaired insulin and IGF-1 signaling (iIIS) in C. elegans daf-2 mutants extends life span more than 2-fold. Constitutively, iIIS increases mitochondrial activity and reduces reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. By contrast, acute impairment of daf-2 in adult C. elegans reduces glucose uptake and transiently increases ROS. Consistent with the concept of mitohormesis, this ROS signal causes an adaptive response by inducing ROS defense enzymes (SOD, catalase), culminating in ultimately reduced ROS ...[more]