| MIR1 | — | Deletion of MIR1 increases replicative lifespan by 25% in the alpha strain [18340043] and mean chronological lifespan by 43 - 100% (43, 49, 59, 73, 69, 100) in diploid cells [21447998].
| Budding yeast |
| GCN4 | Transcriptional activator of amino acid biosynthetic genes in response to amino acid starvation; expression is tightly regulated at both the transcriptional and translational levels | Deletion of GCN4 increases the replicative lifespan by 10% in the alpha strain [19030232].
GCN4 deletion decreases the lifespan in the alpha and a strain [20657825].
The chronological lifespan of GCN4 deletion is strongly decreased in the a strain [20421943]. | Budding yeast |
| mir-124 | — | Loss of mir-124 increases reactive oxygen species formation and accumulation of the aging marker lipofuscin, reduces whole body ATP levels and results in reduction in lifespan [23075628].
Supplementation of vitamin C normalizes the reduced median lifespan of mir-124 mutants [23075628].
The expression of the conserved mir-124 in whole wrn-1 mutants (which premature age) is significantly reduced [23075628]. | Nematode |
| mir-58 | — | mir-58(n4640) mutation decreases the mean lifespan by 20% [22482727]. | Nematode |
| mir-239 | — | Mutating mir-239 increases mean and maximum lifespan by 12 and 36%, respectively, whereas overexpressing mir-239 decreases mean and maximum lifespan by 13 and 17 - 33%, respectively [21129974]. | Nematode |
| mir-246 | — | Mutating mir-246 decreases mean and maximum lifespan by 12%, while its overexpression increases mean and maximum lifespan by 6 and 5 - 14%, respectively [21129974]. | Nematode |
| mir-238 | — | Mutating mir-238 decreases mean and maximum lifespan by 18 and 24% [21129974]. mir-238(n4112) mutation decreases mean lifespan by 20% [22482727]. | Nematode |
| mir-71 | — | Loss and gain-of-function of mir-71 decreases and increases lifespan, respectively [21129974]. mir-71 mutants have a reduced lifespan with 40% decrease in mean lifespan, while extra copies of mir-71 extend the lifespan with an increase in lifespan by 15 - 25% [22482727],
Loss of mir-71 function suppresses the long lifespan of glp-1(e2141) mutants [22482727],
During adulthood mir-71 is strongly expressed in the intestine, body wall muscles and neurons. mir-71 is upregulated in aging adults [22482727], | Nematode |
| lin-4 | abnormal cell LINeage 4 | A loss-of-function mutation in lin-4 shortens lifespan and accelerated tissue ageing while overexpressing lin-4 extends lifespan by redarding aging [16373574].
lin-4 is regulated by DAF-16 in L1 arrest. | Nematode |
| mrps-5 | — | Knockdown of mrps-5 throughout the entire life increases the lifespan by 60%. mrps-5 RNAi prevents aging-associated functional decline and alters mitochondrial function. Knocking down mrps-5 after early development no longer affects nematode lifespan. When RNAi of mrps-5 was performed during the larval stages only, lifespan increases by 48%, whereas RNAi started from the L4 stage has no effect. mrps-5 RNAi results in fragmented mitochondria. mrps-5 RNAi increases lifespan by 40% in widltype, 37% in daf-16(mu86), 40% in sir-2.1(ok434) 69% in aak-2(ok524) and 112% in mev-1(kn1). Knockdown of cco-1 does not extend the lifespan of mrps-5 RNAi [23698443]. | Nematode |
| nkcc-1 | Na-K-Cl Cotransporter homolog | Knockdown of nkcc-1 throughout the entire life increases the lifespan by 23% [23698443]. | Nematode |
| ttll-9 | Tubulin Tyrosine Ligase Like | Knockdown of ttll-9 throughout the entire life increases the lifespan by 3% [23698443]. | Nematode |
| mrpl-1 | — | Knockdown of mrpl-1 increases lifespan by 57% [23698443]. | Nematode |
| mrpl-2 | — | Knockdown of mrpl-2 increases lifespan by 54% [23698443]. | Nematode |
| mrpl-37 | — | Knockdown of mrpl-37 increases lifespan by 41% [23698443]. | Nematode |
| nhr-62 | Nuclear Hormone Receptor family | NHR-62 is required for metabolic and physiologic responses associated with DR-induced longevity. *nhr-62* mediates the longevity response of *eat-2* mutants and blunts the longevity by bacterial food dilution [Heestand, et al. 2012].
Mutation in *nhr-62* suppresses the lifespan extension of eat-2(ad465) animals (p<0.001) [Heestand et al. 2013].
Wild-type (N2) worms with extrachromosomal array dhEx627 (carrying a wild-type nhr-62) exhibit a significant increase in lifespan compared to wild-type (p<0.001) [Heestand et al. 2013]. | Nematode |
| 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].
| Fruit fly |
| Gclm | Glutamate-cysteine ligase modifier subunit | Overexpression of Gclm extends the mean lifespan by up to 24% [16148000]. | Fruit fly |
| mir-14 | mir-14 stem loop | Mutating mir-14 decreases lifespan in both sexes. mir-14 reduces the mean and maximum lifespan of females by 55 and 36%, respectively, while those of males is reduced by 29 and 21%, respectively [12725740].
| Fruit fly |
| mir-34 | — | mir-34 loss triggers a gene expression profile of accelerated brain aging, late-onset brain degeneration and catastrophic decline in survival, while mir-34 upregulation extends median lifespan and mitigated neurodegeneration induced by polyglutamine. | Fruit fly |
| EcR | Ecdysone receptor | Mutant heterozygotes in EcR live on mean 40%-50% longer than controls [12610309; reviewed in 12610294]. Homozygous mutants in EcR are inviable. The developmental time and weight of EcR+/- mutants is the same as control, but resistance to temperature, oxidative stress, and starvation is increased in heterozygotes [12610309]. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
