Caenorhabditis elegans
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Project description:Aging is a major international concern and brings with it formidable socioeconomical and healthcare challenges. An attainable approach to improve general health in humans is using small molecules. Tomatidine, a natural compound abundant in unripe tomatoes, inhibits aging-related skeletal muscle atrophy in mice. Here we show that tomatidine extends lifespan and healthspan in the aging animal model C. elegans, which shares many major longevity pathways with those of mammals. Tomatidine improves behaviors related to healthspan, including increased pharyngeal pumping and swimming movement, and also reduces deterioration of muscle cells in worms. Microarray, imaging, and behavioral analysis reveal that tomatidine maintains mitochondrial homeostasis through mitochondrial biogenesis and PINK-1/DCT-1-dependent mitophagy. Mechanistically, tomatidine induces mitochondrial hormesis by mildly inducing ROS production, which in turn activates the cellular antioxidant response SKN-1/Nrf2 pathway, followed by increased mitophagy in worms, primary rat neurons, and human cells. Our data suggest that tomatidine may delay some physiological aspects of aging, and points to new approaches for pharmacological interventions towards diseases of aging.
2017-08-21 | GSE85237 | GEO
Project description:Mitochondrial damage and mitophagy deregulation are hallmark features of aging and age-related pathologies. Urolithin A (UA), a potent mitophagy inducer, is known to confer neuroprotection, maintain muscle integrity, and extend healthspan and lifespan across diverse species. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying UA-mediated mitophagy remain largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that UA treatment modulates cytosolic calcium levels, which are essential for initiating robust mitophagy in both neurons and muscles. Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses reveal that UA facilitates the reorganization of interorganellar communication between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), lysosomes, and mitochondria, a process that is highly dependent on calcium signaling. Our findings suggest that calcium is released from the ER, subsequently enhancing lysosomal activity and facilitating mitochondrial entry, ultimately leading to mitochondrial fission and the successful execution of mitophagy. Notably, calcium chelation abolishes UA-induced mitophagy, leading to impaired muscle function and diminished lifespan extension, underscoring the indispensable role of calcium dynamics.We further found that UA-induced calcium elevation triggers mitochondrial biogenesis through the activation of UNC-43/CaMKII and SKN-1/Nrf2, mechanisms critical for healthspan and lifespan extension. In human cells, UA supplementation not only induces mitophagy but also enhances mitochondrial metabolism and prevents stress-induced senescence in a calcium-dependent manner. Ultimately, our findings uncover the mechanistic insights of UA-mediated geroprotection and underscore the central role of calcium dynamics in orchestrating the crosstalk between different cellular compartments, thereby sustaining energy homeostasis and overall organismal physiology.
2025-10-15 | PXD056571 | Pride
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2025-05-10 | GSE295741 | GEO
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2016-12-21 | MSV000080435 | MassIVE
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2014-03-07 | E-GEOD-54853 | biostudies-arrayexpress
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2012-03-21 | GSE28301 | GEO
Project description:The C. elegans lifespan in the presence of Bacillus licheniformis caused induction of a large number of genes associated with anti-aging activiy including beta-oxidation Inaddition, these results indicate the B. licheniformis enhances the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans through serotonin signaling
2015-11-05 | GSE63056 | GEO
Project description:The C. elegans lifespan in the presence of Bacillus licheniformis caused induction of a large number of genes associated with anti-aging activiy including beta-oxidation Inaddition, these results indicate the B. licheniformis enhances the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans through serotonin signaling Two-condition experiment, C. elegans with B. lichemiformis 141 or E. coli OP50 (conrol) for 24 h. For preparing the total RNA, C. elegans were exposed to 20 mg of bacterial lawn in NGN agar for 24 h.
2015-11-05 | E-GEOD-63056 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:D-Glucosamine (2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose, C.A.S.# 3416-24-8) (GlcN) is a freely available and commonly used dietary supplement possibly promoting cartilage health in humans which also acts as an inhibitor of glycolysis. We here find that GlcN extends C. elegans lifespan by impairing glucose metabolism to activate AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK/AAK2) leading to increased mitochondrial biogenesis. Consistent with the concept of mitohormesis, this promotes increased formation of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) and p38/PMK-1-mediated stress signaling culminating in increased expression of the nematodal amino acid-transporter 1 (aat-1) gene. Ameliorating mitochondrial ROS formation as well as impairment of aat-1-expression abolishes GlcN-mediated lifespan extension in a NRF2/SKN-1-dependent fashion. Notably and unlike other calorie restriction mimetics (CRM) like 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2DG, DOG), GlcN extends lifespan of aging C57BL/6 mice (log-rank: p=0.002; cox regression: p=0.01) similarly paralleled by an induction of mitochondrial biogenesis, increased expression of several murine amino acid transporters, as well as increased amino-acid catabolism. Taken together, GlcN mimics a ketogenic diet to extend healthspan in evolutionary distinct species.
2014-03-07 | GSE54853 | GEO
Project description:In the present study, we investigated the effect of CBM 588 on lifespan and multiple-stress resistance using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model animal. When adult C. elegans were fed a standard diet of Escherichia coli OP50 or CBM 588, the lifespan of the animals fed CBM 588 was significantly longer than that of animals fed OP50. Moreover, the worms fed CBM 588 were more resistant to certain stressors, including infections with pathogenic bacteria, UV irradiation, and the metal stressor Cu2+. CBM 588 failed to extend the lifespan of the daf-2/IR, daf-16/FOXO and skn-1/Nrf2 mutants. Transcriptional profiling comparing CBM 588-fed and control-fed animals suggested that DAF-16-dependent class II genes were regulated by CBM 588. In conclusion, CBM 588 extends the lifespan of C. elegans probably through regulation of the insulin/IGF-1 signaling (IIS) pathway and the Nrf2 transcription factor, and CBM 588 improves resistance to several stressors in C. elegans.
2018-12-01 | GSE123163 | GEO