| Citation | Mair W, Morantte I, Rodrigues AP, Manning G, Montminy M, Shaw RJ, Dillin A. Lifespan extension induced by AMPK and calcineurin is mediated by CRTC-1 and CREB. Nature, 2011. |
| PubMed ID | 21331044 |
| Short Description | Lifespan extension induced by AMPK and calcineurin is mediated by CRTC-1 and CREB. GEO Record: GSE25513 Platform: GPL200 Download gene-centric, log2 transformed data: WBPaper00038172.ce.mr.csv |
| # of Conditions | 12 |
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Activating AMPK or inactivating calcineurin slows ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans and both have been implicated as therapeutic targets for age-related pathology in mammals. However, the direct targets that mediate their effects on longevity remain unclear. In mammals, CREB-regulated transcriptional coactivators (CRTCs) are a family of cofactors involved in diverse physiological processes including energy homeostasis, cancer and endoplasmic reticulum stress. Here we show that both AMPK and calcineurin modulate longevity exclusively through post-translational modification of CRTC-1, the sole C. elegans CRTC. We demonstrate that CRTC-1 is a direct AMPK target, and interacts with the CREB homologue-1 (CRH-1) transcription factor in vivo. The pro-longevity effects of activating AMPK or deactivating calcineurin decrease CRTC-1 and CRH-1 activity and induce transcriptional responses similar to those of CRH-1 null worms. Downregulation of crtc-1 increases lifespan in a crh-1-dependent manner and directly reducing crh-1 expression increases longevity, substantiating a role for CRTCs and CREB in ageing. Together, these findings indicate a novel role for CRTCs and CREB in determining lifespan downstream of AMPK and calcineurin, and illustrate the molecular mechanisms by which an evolutionarily conserved pathway responds to low energy to increase longevity. Experimental Details: WBPaper00038172:WT_1 WBPaper00038172:WT_2 WBPaper00038172:WT_3 WBPaper00038172:crh-1null_1 WBPaper00038172:crh-1null_2 WBPaper00038172:crh-1null_3 WBPaper00038172:tax-6null_1 WBPaper00038172:tax-6null_2 WBPaper00038172:tax-6null_3 WBPaper00038172:aak-2overexpress_1 WBPaper00038172:aak-2overexpress_2 WBPaper00038172:aak-2overexpress_3. |
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