| Atg7 | Autophagy-specific gene 7 | Knockouts of Atg7 are short-lived with a 30% reduction in maximum lifespan and are hypersensitive to nutrient and oxidative stress [18056421; 19550147]. | Fruit fly |
| Atg8a | Autophagy-related 8a | Mutations in Atg8a results in reduced lifespan and increased sensitivity to oxidative stress while enhanced expression in older fly brains extends average adult lifespan by 56% and promotes resistance to oxidative stress [18059160].
Atg8a mutation reduces the maximum lifespan by 25% under starvation conditions [17617737].
Loss-of-function mutation in Atg8a reduces mean lifespan by 11 - 25% and maximum lifespan by 3 - 22% [17435236]. | Fruit fly |
| car | carnation | Loss-of-function mutation in car results in reduction of mean lifespan by 34 - 63% and maximum lifespan by 28 - 29% [17435236]. | Fruit fly |
| Cct1 | CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase 1 | Overexpression of Cct1 from a doxycycline-inducible promoter results in a 6 - 8% increase in mean lifespan (in the PdL x rtTA; Oregon-R x rtTA strain) [12620118].
Cct1 exhibits a non-coding region difference unique to animals under experimental evolution selected for longevity and is upregulated in head of animals that were selected for longevity at all ages beyond the day of eclosion [23106705]. | Fruit fly |
| Cdk5 | Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 | Cdk5 loss-of-function mutations result in defective axon guidance, age-dependent behavioral deficits and reduced lifespan by about one third [17368005]. | Fruit fly |
| cert | ceramide transfer protein | cert mutants exhibit a shortened lifespan accompanied by enhanced oxidative damage to cellular proteins and metabolic compromise, such as increasing glucose levels, reminiscent of premature aging [17592126]. | Fruit fly |
| cher | cheerio | Overexpression of cher from a doxycycline-inducible promoter results in a 7 - 9% increase in mean lifespan (in PdL x rtTA; Oregon-R x rtTA) [12620118]. | Fruit fly |
| cm | carmine | Loss-of-function mutation in cm reduces mean lifespan by 43 - 53% and maximum lifespan by 40 - 44% [17435236]. | Fruit fly |
| DJ-1alpha | DJ-1α | RNA interference of DJ-1alpha shortens maximum lifespan by 13% and results in increased sensitivity to oxidative stress and motor impairments [17651920]. | Fruit fly |
| dj-1beta | dj-1β | Loss of function mutation in dj-1beta shortens maximum lifespan by 40% and results in increased sensitivity to oxidative stress and motor impairments [17651920]. | Fruit fly |
| DLP | Daxx-like protein | DLP mutants have a 20% shorter mean lifespan and reduced female fertility [17933869]. | Fruit fly |
| Mt2 | DNA methyltransferase 2 | Overexpression of Dnmt2 extends mean and maximum lifespan [15533947]. | Fruit fly |
| dor | deep orange | Loss-of-function mutation in dor reduces mean lifespan by 70 - 81% and maximum lifespan by 71 - 78% [17435236]. | Fruit fly |
| Ef1alpha48D | Elongation factor 1alpha48D | Overexpression of Ef1alpha48D (transformed with a P-element vector and under control of hsp70 regulatory sequences) results in lifespan extension by 18-41%. The decrease in protein synthesis that accompanies aging is preceded by a decrease in EF-1 alpha protein and mRNA [2508089]. | Fruit fly |
| foxo | Forkhead box, sub-group O | foxo overexpression extends lifespan. Activation of foxo in the adult pericerbral fat body is sufficient for lifespan extension [15175753]. Overexpression of foxo in the adult adipose tissue alone prolongs lifespan [15192154; 15175753]. Limited activation of foxo reduces the expression of Drosophila insulin-like peptide dilp-2 synthesized in neurons and, represses endogenous insulin-dependent signaling in peripheral fat body [15175753]. foxo is not required for DR, but its activity modulates the response. foxo null mutants are highly and significantly shorter-lived than wild-type on all food dilutions apart from 0.1 SY and under starvation. foxo null mutants are not more sensitive to starvation than wild-type. foxo overexpression in adult fat body under normal nutritional conditions leads to extension of lifespan of females and causes a right shift of the response curve of lifespan to DR [18241326].
Overexpression of dFOXO in adult fat body increases median, by 21-33%, and maximum lifespan as well as lowers the age-specific mortality at all ages, in two independent experiments. Overexpression of dFOXO increases lifespan by lowering the whole mortality trajectory, with no effect on slope (similar to DR). Initiation of dFOXO expression at different ages increases subsequent lifespan with the magnitude of increase decreasing as the animals were put on RU486 (which activates the foxo transgene via UAS) at older ages. The effects of removal of dFOXO overexpression at different ages closely mirrored those of induction of expression and produce shortest lifespan observed in animals taken of RU486 at the earlier ages [17465980].
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| Fwd | four wheel drive | Overexpression of Fwd (from a doxycline-inducible promoter) increases mean lifespan by 7-9% [12620118]. Fwd regulates actin organization and ring canal formation during germline cytokinesis [10934029] by catalysing the first step in the synthesis of the key regulatory membrane phsopholipid PIP2, which is generated from PIP by a PI 4,5-kinase. | Fruit fly |
| g | garnet | Loss-of-function mutation in g reduces mean lifespan by 11 - 42% and maximum lifespan by 7 - 30% [17435236]. | Fruit fly |
| Gclc | Glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit | Overexpression of Gclc extends mean and maximum lifespan by up to 50% [16148000]. | Fruit fly |
| Gclm | Glutamate-cysteine ligase modifier subunit | Overexpression of Gclm extends the mean lifespan by up to 24% [16148000]. | Fruit fly |
| gig | gigas | Overexpression of gig, also known as dTsc2, results in lifespan extension. Overexpression of dTsc2 increases mean lifespan by 20% and 12%, at 25°C and 29°C, respectively, and protects from deleterious effects of rich food, as if mimicking the effect of DR [15186745].
Overexpression of dTsc2 via a UAS promoter in the eye using the driver gmr-GAL4 or in the nervous system by using appI-GAL4 does not extend the lifespan. Using the drivers 24BGAL4 and PO188-GAL4, enhancer traps that are predominantly expressed in the muscle and fat results in mean lifespan extension of 27% and 37%, respectively, at 29°C [15186745]. Fat-specific drivers DJ634-GAL4 and PO163-GAL4 when used to overexpress dTsc2, also led to a mean lifespan extension of 22% and 31%, respectively, at 29°C [15186745]. | Fruit fly |
| GLaz | Glial Lazarillo | Overexpression of GLaz results in increased resistance to hyperoxia (100% O2) and a 29% extension of mean lifespan under normoxia. Lifespan was also extended 30-60% under starvation [16581512]. Loss-of-function mutation of GLaz which decreases its expression of GLaz results in shorter lifespan and decreased resistance to oxidative stress in males [16581513]. | Fruit fly |
| hk | hook | Loss of function mutation in hk decreases mean lifespan by 58 - 60% and maximum lifespan by 15 - 47% [17435236]. | Fruit fly |
| Hsp23 | Heat shock protein 23 | Overexpression of Hsp23 increases mean lifespan by more than 30% and increases the premortality phase [14734639]. | Fruit fly |
| Hsp26 | Heat shock protein 26 | Overexpression of Hsp26 (by the UAS/GAL4 system) increases stress resistance and extends the mean lifespan by 30% [15308776]. | Fruit fly |
| Hsp27 | Heat shock protein 27 | Overexpression of Hsp27 (by the UAS/GAL4 system) increases stress resistance and extends the mean lifespan by 30% [15308776]. | Fruit fly |
