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Regulation of germline proteostasis by insulin/IGF-1 signaling


ABSTRACT: Gametogenesis involves active protein synthesis and heavily relies on proteostasis. How animals regulate germline proteostasis at the organismal level is poorly understood. Our recent work in C. elegans indicates that germline development requires coordinated activities between insulin/IGF-1 signaling and HSF-1, the transcriptional activator of many molecular chaperones in stress and physiological conditions. In this study, we show that HSF-1 is important for germline proteostasis at ambient temperature. Depletion of HSF-1 from germ cells impairs chaperone gene expression, causing protein degradation and aggregation and, consequently, declines in fecundity and gamete quality. Reduced insulin/IGF-1 signaling confers germ cells' tolerance to limited protein folding capacity and proteotoxic stress by lowering ribosome biogenesis and translation. Interestingly, regulation of germline proteostasis by insulin/IGF-1 signaling occurs non-cell-autonomously. Our data suggest that insulin/IGF-1 signaling controls the expression of the evolutionarily conserved intestinal peptide transporter PEPT-1 via its downstream transcription factor FOXO/DAF-16, therefore allowing dietary proteins to be incorporated into an amino acid pool that fuels ribosomal biogenesis and translation in the germline. We propose that this pathway plays a critical role in regulating germline protein synthesis, which must be at balance with HSF-1-dependent protein folding to achieve proteostasis in gametogenesis.

ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans

PROVIDER: GSE256186 | GEO | 2024/05/20

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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