The endocrine regulation of aging by insulin-like signals.

Authors: Tatar M; Bartke A; Antebi A

Abstract: Reduced signaling of insulin-like peptides increases the life-span of nematodes, flies, and rodents. In the nematode and the fly, secondary hormones downstream of insulin-like signaling appear to regulate aging. In mammals, the order in which the hormones act is unresolved because insulin, insulin-like growth factor-1, growth hormone, and thyroid hormones are interdependent. In all species examined to date, endocrine manipulations can slow aging without concurrent costs in reproduction, but with inevitable increases in stress resistance. Despite the similarities among mammals and invertebrates in insulin-like peptides and their signal cascade, more research is needed to determine whether these signals control aging in the same way in all the species by the same mechanism.

Keywords: *Aging; Animals; Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics/physiology; *Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; Caloric Restriction; Drosophila melanogaster/genetics/physiology; Endocrine System/*physiology; Gene Expression Regulation; Growth Hormone/metabolism; Humans; Insect Hormones/physiology; Insulin/*metabolism; *Longevity; Mice; *Signal Transduction; Somatomedins/*metabolism; Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism
Journal: Science (New York, N.Y.)
Volume: 299
Issue: 5611
Pages: 1346-51
Date: March 1, 2003
PMID: 12610294
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Tatar M, Bartke A, Antebi A (2003) The endocrine regulation of aging by insulin-like signals. Science (New York, N.Y.) 299: 1346-51.


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