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Citation

Wu, Z, Song, L, Liu, SQ and Huang, D (2013) Independent and additive effects of glutamic acid and methionine on yeast longevity. PLoS ONE 8:e79319

Abstract

It is established that glucose restriction extends yeast chronological and replicative lifespan, but little is known about the influence of amino acids on yeast lifespan, although some amino acids were reported to delay aging in rodents. Here we show that amino acid composition greatly alters yeast chronological lifespan. We found that non-essential amino acids (to yeast) methionine and glutamic acid had the most significant impact on yeast chronological lifespan extension, restriction of methionine and/or increase of glutamic acid led to longevity that was not the result of low acetic acid production and acidification in aging media. Remarkably, low methionine, high glutamic acid and glucose restriction additively and independently extended yeast lifespan, which could not be further extended by buffering the medium (pH 6.0). Our preliminary findings using yeasts with gene deletion demonstrate that glutamic acid addition, methionine and glucose restriction prompt yeast longevity through distinct mechanisms. This study may help to fill a gap in yeast model for the fast developing view that nutrient balance is a critical factor to extend lifespan.

Links

PubMed PMC3820698 Online version:10.1371/journal.pone.0079319

Keywords

Amino Acids/metabolism; Biomass; Cell Survival/drug effects; Drug Synergism; Glutamic Acid/metabolism; Glutamic Acid/pharmacology; Methionine/metabolism; Methionine/pharmacology; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/drug effects; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/growth & development; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/metabolism; Yeasts/drug effects; Yeasts/growth & development; Yeasts/metabolism

Significance

Annotations

Gene product Qualifier GO Term Evidence Code with/from Aspect Extension Notes Status

YEAST:GCN2

involved_in

GO:0001300: chronological cell aging

ECO:0000315: mutant phenotype evidence used in manual assertion

P

Seeded From UniProt

complete

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