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Cell-Nonautonomous Effects of dFOXO/DAF-16 in Aging.

Alic, N; Tullet, JM; Niccoli, T; Broughton, S; Hoddinott, MP; Slack, C; Gems, D; (2014) Cell-Nonautonomous Effects of dFOXO/DAF-16 in Aging. Cell Rep , 6 (4) pp. 608-616. 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.01.015. Green open access

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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.

Type: Article
Title: Cell-Nonautonomous Effects of dFOXO/DAF-16 in Aging.
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.01.015
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2014.01.015
Additional information: © 2014 The Authors. 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.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1423469
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