Reproductive regulation of the mitochondrial stress response in Caenorhabditis elegans

Autor: Nikolaos Charmpilas, Aggeliki Sotiriou, Konstantinos Axarlis, Nektarios Tavernarakis, Thorsten Hoppe
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Cell Reports, Vol 43, Iss 6, Pp 114336- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2211-1247
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114336
Popis: Summary: Proteome integrity is fundamental for cellular and organismal homeostasis. The mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt), a key component of the proteostasis network, is activated in a non-cell-autonomous manner in response to mitochondrial stress in distal tissues. However, the importance of inter-tissue communication for UPRmt inducibility under physiological conditions remains elusive. Here, we show that an intact germline is essential for robust UPRmt induction in the Caenorhabditis elegans somatic tissues. A series of nematode mutants with germline defects are unable to respond to genetic or chemical UPRmt inducers. Our genetic analysis suggests that reproductive signals, rather than germline stem cells, are responsible for somatic UPRmt induction. Consistent with this observation, we show that UPRmt is sexually dimorphic, as male nematodes are inherently unresponsive to mitochondrial stress. Our findings highlight a paradigm of germline-somatic communication and suggest that reproductive cessation is a primary cause of age-related UPRmt decline.
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