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Cell nonautonomous roles of NHR-49 in promoting longevity and innate immunity.

ABSTRACT: Aging and immunity are inextricably linked and many genes that extend life span also enhance immunoresistance. However, it remains unclear whether longevity-enhancing factors modulate immunity and longevity by discrete or shared mechanisms. Here, we demonstrate that the Caenorhabditis elegans pro-longevity factor, NHR-49, also promotes resistance against Pseudomonas aeruginosa but modulates immunity and longevity distinctly. NHR-49 expression increases upon germline ablation, an intervention that extends life span, but was lowered by Pseudomonas infection. The immunosusceptibility induced by nhr-49 loss of function was rescued by neuronal NHR-49 alone, whereas the longevity diminution was rescued by expression in multiple somatic tissues. The well-established NHR-49 target genes, acs-2 and fmo-2, were also differentially regulated following germline elimination or Pseudomonas exposure. Interestingly, neither gene conferred immunity toward Gram-negative Pseudomonas, unlike their known functions against gram-positive pathogens. Instead, genes encoding antimicrobial factors and xenobiotic-response proteins upregulated by NHR-49 contributed to resistance against Pseudomonas. Thus, NHR-49 is differentially regulated by interventions that bring about long-term changes (life span extension) versus short-term stress (pathogen exposure) and in response it orchestrates discrete outputs, including pathogen-specific transcriptional programs.

SUBMITTER: Naim N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8282243 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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