GUP1 | Glycerol UPtake 1 | GUP1 deletion extends mean and maximum replicative lifespan by 32 and 30%, respectively, as well as chronological lifespan. DR-induced maximal replicative lifespan extension is not further increased by GUP1 deletion, while gup1 mutant displayed longer chronological lifespan under DR [21584246]. | Budding yeast |
HES1 | Homologous to kES1 1 | Deletion of HES1 (alias OSH5) extends replicative lifespan and is non-additive with moderate DR. Elevation of OSH5 levels by an ERG6 promoter reduces mean, median and maximum replicative lifespan by 25, 18 and 29%. HES1 is required for the longevity effect of DR, Perg6-OSH6, Perg6-ERG2 and Perg6-OSH7 (genetic mimetics of DR). Hes1 is upregulated in response to sterol down-regulation including DR. Deletion of OSH5 delays different steps of endocytosis, a sterol-requireing process [Xia et al., unpublished].
Perg6-OSH6 osh5 double mutant have a lifespan significantly shorter than that of Perg6-OSH6 [Xia et al. upublished]. | Budding yeast |
HHF1 | Histone H Four 1 | HHF1 deletion extends mean and maximum replicative by 45 and 69%, respectively, as well as chronological lifespan. Chronological lifespan extension by HHF1 deletion and DR is non-synergistic. DR appears to extend replicative lifespan more when combined with hhf1 mutation, whereas DR does not change hhf1-induced replicative lifespan extension, suggesting a positive interaction [21584246]. | Budding yeast |
hif-1 | HIF (hypoxia inducible factor) homolog 1 | hif-1 mutation does not suppress lifespan extension of bDR or eat-2 mutation [19372390]. hif-1 deletion extends lifespan by 24% and inhibition of hif-1 by RNAi also extends adult lifespan. hif-1 mutation extends lifespan under AL, but does not further extend lifespan extension under modified sDR. Activation of hif-1 by egl-9 deletion diminishes lifespan extension by modified sDR. hif-1 acts independent of insulin-like signaling: Lifespan extension by hif-1 suppression does not require DAF-16, because inhibition of hif-1 by RNAi extends lifespan of wild-type and daf-16 null mutant to a similar level. hif-1 RNAi further extends the lifespan of daf-2 mutants. hif-1 is in the TOR pathway, downstream of S6K/rsks-1: Inhibition of hif-1 by RNAi does not further extend lifespan of daf-15 heterozygous mutants. Lifespan extension by deletion mutant of rsks-1 is fully suppressed by egl-9 mutation. hif-1 mutation does not further extend rsks-1 lifespan. pha-4 RNAi slightly reduces lifespan in wild-type and hif-1 mutants, but hif-1 mutation extends lifespan of animals treated with control or pha-4 RNAi to a similar level [19461873]. | Nematode |
hsp-12.6 | Heat Shock Protein | hsp-12.6 loss-of-function mutation significantly extends lifespan under AL and significantly suppresses intermittent fasting (IF)-induced increase in lifespan, to a similar extend to that of daf-16 mutation. HSP-12.6 expression is induced by fasting in various tissues, including body wall muscle and neuronal systems. hsp-16.2 is one of downstream targets of DAF-16 in IF-induced longevity. The extent of IF-induced longevity in daf-16 hsp-12.6 double mutant is similar to that of single hsp-12.6 or daf-16 mutants. hsp-12.6 and daf-16 function in same signaling pathway. Low insulin/IGF-like signaling in daf-2 results in constitutive activation of DAF-16 and higher expression of hsp-12.6 [19079239]. Expression of hsp-16.2 predicts longevity [13-18 in 22829775]. | Nematode |
HXK2 | HeXoKinase 2 | Deletion of HXK2 extends mean and maximum replicative lifespan by about 53% and 33%, respectively. Limiting glucose availability by mutating HXK2 significantly extends replicative lifespan and provides a genetically model of DR [11000115]. HXK2 deletion increases oxygene consumption. Changes in gene expression HXK2 mutation are quite similar to those of dietary-restricted cells. In fact, HXK2 mutants have a transcriptional profile that significantly resembles DR cells and cell overexpressing HAP4 [12124627]. | Budding yeast |
HXT17 | HeXose Transporter 17 | HXT17 mutation extends both replicative and chronological lifespan as well as cancels out DR-induced replicative and chronological lifespan extension. Mean and maximum replicative lifespan are extended by 27 and 49%, respectively [21584246]. | Budding yeast |
icl-1 | IsoCitrate Lyase homolog 1 | RNAi knockdown of icl-1 (alias gei-7) starting at hatching or only during the adulthood significantly extends lifespan of wild-type, but does not alter, or even shortens the lifespan of eat-2 mutants [22810224]. | Nematode |
Ilp2 | Insulin-like peptide 2 | Flies with an ablation of median neurosecretary cells (which eliminates Ilp2 expression) exhibit a significant increase in mean and maximum lifespan over that of control flies and an increase to oxidative stress and starvation. The mutants also exhibit increased storage of lipid and carbohydrate, reduced fecundity, and reduced tolerance of heat and cold [15708981]. The median and maximum lifespan of females is increased by 33.5% and 40%, respectively. In males the median and maximum lifespan is increased by 10.5% and 27%, respectively [15708981].
Ilp2 RNA interference results in a 24% to 47% increase in median lifespan [19005568].
Ilp2 is transcriptional down-regulated in long-lived mutants. Ilp2 null mutants are significant longer-lived with a 8-13% longer median lifespan, but have a normal DR response. Ilp2 Ilp3 Ilp5 triple null mutants fail to have a normal response to DR. Their response is right shifted, with mutants shorter-lived compared to wild-type on low but longer-lived on high yeast concentrations [20195512]. | Fruit fly |
Indy | I'm not dead yet | Flies heterozygotic for a disruption in Indy gene have extended mean (87-92%) and maximum (45%) lifespan. Homozygotes for the disruption show only a 10 - 20% increase in mean lifespan [11118146]. Heterozygous insertion of a p-element in the non-coding region of Indy locus leads to a reduction in Indy mRNA expression and causes a significant median lifespan extension in male and female by about 29% and 34%, respectively. At normal or high calorie conditions Indy heterozygote mutants have a significant lifespan extension, but under low calorie conditions, Indy heterozygous mutants have minimal median lifespan extension. Reduction of calorie content from high to normal calorie condition results in 19% decline in Indy mRNA and from normal to low calorie condition results in additional 9% decrease in Indy mRNA. Reduction of calorie content from high to normal calorie conditions in heterozygous Indy mutants leads to 20% reduction in Indy mRNA expression without any additional decrease upon further reduction to low calorie food. Maximum lifespan extension is associated with Indy mRNA levels between 25 - 75% of normal. Long-lived heterozygous Indy mutants on high-calorie food and normal wild-type on low-calorie food have several phenotypes in common: 50 - 60 % reduced mRNA expression levels of Ilp2, Ilp3 and Ilp 5; similar high percentage of anti-FOXO-positive nuclei in fat body cells; higher sensitivity to starvation; do not gain weight; similar decrease in triglycerides and fat storage; normal food intake [19470468].
Mutations in Indy dramatically extend lifespan without a loss in fertility, physical activity, flight velocity or metabolic rate [11118146; 12626742]. Indy encodes a high-affinity dicarboxylate/citrate plasma membrane transporter found most abundantly in adult fat body, oenocytes and midgut cells, the primary sites of intermediary metabolism [12391301]. Indy mutation alters metabolism in a manner similiar to DR and mutants have several phenotypes with long-lived DR files in common, including decreases insulin-like signaling, lipid storage, weight gain, and resistance to starvation, and an increase in spontaneous physical activity [19470468].
Of the Indy206 and Indy302 mutation only one of the two has lower mRNA levels and both do not extend lifespan of female flies in any genetic background. In original genetic background only Indy mutation associated with altered RNA expression extends the lifespan of males. This effect is abolished by back-crossing into standard out-bred genetic backgrounds and is associated with an unidentified locus on the X chromosome. Original Indy line with long-lived males is infected by the cytoplasmic Wolbachia. Longevity of Indy males disappear after tetracycline clearance of this endosymbiont [17571923]. | Fruit fly |
ins-7 | INSulin related 7 | RNA interference of ins-7 extends the mean lifespan by 55% at 20 degree Celsius in N2 rrf-3(pk1426) [12845331]. ins-7 RNAi significantly extends lifespan under AL. Treating wild-type with 2% glucose produced pattern of gene expression that overlaps significantly with that produced by genetic inhibition of daf-16 activity in daf-2 mutants. This results in changes in expression of several insulin-like genes, including DAF-16 target gene ins-7. Addition of glucose triggers an increased ins-7:GFP expression. Glucose suppresses the extended lifespan by ins-7 RNAi [19883616]. RNAi of ins-7 does not further extend the lifespan in daf-2 mutants [12845331]. ins-7 is repressed in animals with reduced daf-2 activity and elevuated in animals with reduced daf-16 activity. | Nematode |
IPK1 | Inositol Polyphosphate Kinase 1 | Deletion of IPK1 increases mean replicative lifespan by 41 - 40% in the alpha strain [16293764; 19030232]. IPK1 deletion extends mean and maximum replicative lifespan by 24 and 19%, respectively, and was non-synergistic with moderate DR [21584246]. | Budding yeast |
LCB4 | Long-Chain Base 4 | Deletion of LCB4 increases replicative lifespan and cancels out replicative lifespan extension of 0.5% glucose DR [18690010]. | Budding yeast |
let-363 | LEThal 363 | let-363 RNAi significantly extends the lifespan of wild-type, but does not further extend the long lifespan of eat-2 mutant [17266679]. let-363 RNAi led to an average increase in lifespan of 8% in wild-type and 3% in eat-2 background. let-363 works synergistically with eat-2 mutation. Inhibition of let-363 leads to a phenotype similar to starved animals and modest increase in lifespan [16720740]. DR fails to significantly extend lifespan of let-363 RNAi-treated animals [19079239]. RNAi or mutation of let-363 results in a doubling of lifespan. RNAi of let-363 begun at hatching extends lifespan to the same extent as RNAi begun at the first day of adulthood. RNAi of let-363 fails to further extend the lifespan of daf-2(e1370) mutants [14668850]. Lifespan extension of let-363 RNAi does not require daf-16, as mutations in daf-16 do not suppress the long-lived phenotype of let-363 RNAi animals [14668850]. let-363 RNAi slightly extends lifespan of daf-16 mutation [16720740]. RNAi of let-363 causes many phenotypes similiar to daf-2 mutation: lipid accumulation in intestinal cells, reduced fertility, and reduced viability due to embryonic/larval arrest [14668850]. The let-363(h111) allele has no significant effect on lifespan [15253933]. Disruption of let-363 by RNAi appears to incomplete as lifespan is not extended as much asin let-363 mutants [14668850]. The let-363(h114) allele at 25.5 degree Celsius extends mean lifespan by 150% [14668850].
The absence of LET-363 activity causes developmental arrest at the L3 stage [12225660]. | Nematode |
MSN2 | Multicopy suppressor of SNF1 mutation 2 | Deletion of MSN2 and MSN4 extends replicative lifespan and is further extended by cyr1::mTn [14741356]. Deletion of MSN2 and MSN4 does not significantly decrease chronological lifespan under AL, but attenuates chronological lifespan extension by water starvation and 0.5% glucose restriction [18225956] as well as cancels out lifespan extension of cyr1::mTn [14741356] and decreases chronological lifespan extension of ras2 deletion mutant [12586694]. Simultaneous deletion of MSN2 and MSN4 has no effect on chronological lifespan, but prevents lifespan extension by RAS2 deletion [12586694]. msn2 msn4 has no effect on replicative lifespan in PSY316, and does not prevent lifespan extension by DR [11000115] or by high osmolarity [12391171]. | Budding yeast |
MSN4 | Multicopy suppressor of SNF1 mutation 4 | Deletion of MSN2 and MSN4 extends replicative lifespan and is further extended by cyr1::mTn [14741356]. Deletion of MSN2 and MSN4 does not significantly decrease chronological lifespan under AL, but attenuates chronological lifespan extension by water starvation and 0.5% glucose restriction [18225956] as well as cancels out lifespan extension of cyr1::mTn [14741356] and decreases chronological lifespan extension of ras2 deletion mutant [12586694]. Simultaneous deletion of MSN2 and MSN4 has no effect on chronological lifespan, but prevents lifespan extension by RAS2 deletion [12586694]. msn2 msn4 has no effect on replicative lifespan in PSY316, and does not prevent lifespan extension by DR [11000115] or by high osmolarity [12391171]. | Budding yeast |
NDE1 | NADH Dehydrogenase, External 1 | Overexpression of NDE1 and NDE2 increases intracellular NAD/NADH ratio by lowering NADH concentration and increases replicative lifespan by 20-25%. This lifespan extension is non-additive 0.5% glucose restriction [14724176]. Deletion of NDE1 extends chronological lifespan [16436509]. | Budding yeast |
nlp-7 | Neuropeptide-Like Protein | nlp-7 RNAi or overexpression reduces oxidative stress resistance and shortens lifespan of wild-type under AL. nlp-7 RNAi significantly reduces extended lifespan of eat-2 mutants, but failed to block lifespan extension of age-1 or clk-1 mutants. Lifespan of nlp-7 mutants increases only moderately by sDR [19783783]. nlp-7 expression is induced under DR via the use of a chemically defined axenic medium [17023606] and by sDR [19783783]. | Nematode |
OPT2 | OligoPeptide Transporter 2 | OPT2 deletion increases mean and maximum replicative lifespan by 23 and 9%, respectively, and cancels out the lifespan-extending effect of DR [22912585]. | Budding yeast |
Orco | Odorant receptor co-receptor | Loss-of-function mutation in Orco (alias Or83b) results in olfactory defects, altered adult metabolism, enhanced stress resistance, and life-extension. Fully fed female homozygous Or83b null mutants exhibit a 56% increase in median lifespan and a 30% increase in maximum lifespan. Males are also significantly longer-lived, though to a smaller degree and maximum lifespan is not extended. Heterozygous mutants of both sexes show an intermediate longevity. Lifespan of homozygous Orco null mutants is further increased by DR, but the relative increase in median and mean longevity is significantly greater when mutants were maintained in well-fed conditions [17272684].
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p53 | — | Overexpression of wild-type p53 during adult life has no significant effect on lifespan. Expression of dominant-negative versions of p53 in adult neurons extends lifespan by 58% in females and by 32% in males and increases resistance to genotoxic stress and resistance to oxidative stress, but not to starvation or heat stress, while not affecting egg production or physical activity.
Dominant negative p53 expression cancels out lifespan extension effect of DR, low calorie-food (5% SY). Muscle or fat body specific expression of a dominant negative form of p53 as well as globally lack of p53 decreases lifespan [16303568]. Loss of p53 activity slightly shortens the lifespan. Mutants that lack p53 survive well up to 50 days, but mortality rate increases relative to wild-type at later ages. p53 mutant animals are extremely sensitive to irradiation [12935877].
Expression of dominant-negative (DN) form of p53 in adult neurons, but not in muscle or fat body cells, extends median lifespan by 19% and maximum lifespan by 8%. The lifespan of dietary-restricted flies is not further extended by simultaneously expressing DN-DMp53 in the nervous system, indicating that a decrease in Dmp53 activity may be part of the DR lifespan-extending effect. Selective expression of DN-Dmp53 in only the 14 insulin-producing cell (IPCs) in the brain extends lifespan to the same extent as expression in all neurons and this lifespan extension is not additive with DR [17686972].
| Fruit fly |
pka1 | cAMP-dependent protein kinase 1 | pka1 knockouts exhibits a three-fold increase in chronological lifespan with up to 187% longer maximum lifespan [16822282]. Deleting ser/thr cAMP-activated protein kinase pka1 extends chronological lifespan under normal condition, but there is no additive effect with DR [20075862]. | Fission yeast |
PKH2 | Pkb-activating Kinase Homolog 2 | PKH2 deletion increases replicative lifespan by 20% in the alpha strain and by 15% in the a strain [18340043]. Deletion of PKH2 increases chronological lifespan by 29% [22319457] to 34% [21447998] as well as by 19 - 54% (19, 24, 29, 54) in diploid cells [21447998]. PKH2 mutation extends both replicative and chronological lifespan as well as cancels out DR-induced replicative and chronological lifespan extension [21584246]. Mean and maximum replicative lifespan on AL is extended by 38 and 69%, respectively. | Budding yeast |
rab-10 | RAB family | rab-10 RNA interference significantly extends lifespan of wild-type by 14 - 16%, of daf-16 mutants by 47%, and of daf-2 by 46%, but fails to significantly further extend lifespan of eat-2 mutants. rab-10 RNAi does not affect pumping, but similar to DR reduces and delays reproduction as well as cause a slender appearance. rab-10 mRNA is 2-fold downregulated in response to DR [16103914]. rab-10 RNAi significantly reduces paralysis in Q35YFP transgenic animals [18331616]. | Nematode |
RAS2 | Ras-like protein 2 | Overexpression of RAS2 causes a 43% increase in mean and 18% increase in maximum lifespan as well as postpones the age-related increase in generation time. RAS2 deletion causes a 23% decrease in mean and a 30% decrease in maximum lifespan [8034612]. Deletion of RAS2 leads to a longer chronological lifespan [21076178]. Deletion of the RAS2 gene, which functions upstream of CYR1, doubles the mean chronological lifespan by a mechanism that requires Msn2/4 and Sod2 [12586694]. DR further extends chronological lifespan of ras2Delta [18225956]. | Budding yeast |