• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Proteotoxic stress and ageing triggers the loss of redox homeostasis across cellular compartments
  • Contributor: Kirstein, Janine; Morito, Daisuke; Kakihana, Taichi; Sugihara, Munechika; Minnen, Anita; Hipp, Mark S; Nussbaum‐Krammer, Carmen; Kasturi, Prasad; Hartl, F Ulrich; Nagata, Kazuhiro; Morimoto, Richard I
  • imprint: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2015
  • Published in: The EMBO Journal
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.15252/embj.201591711
  • ISSN: 1460-2075; 0261-4189
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The cellular proteostasis network integrates the protein folding and clearance machineries in multiple sub‐cellular compartments of the eukaryotic cell. The endoplasmic reticulum (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ER</jats:styled-content>) is the site of synthesis and folding of membrane and secretory proteins. A distinctive feature of the <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ER</jats:styled-content> is its tightly controlled redox homeostasis necessary for the formation of inter‐ and intra‐molecular disulphide bonds. Employing genetically encoded <jats:italic>in vivo</jats:italic> sensors reporting on the redox state in an organelle‐specific manner, we show in the nematode <jats:italic>Caenorhabditis elegans</jats:italic> that the redox state of the <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ER</jats:styled-content> is subject to profound changes during worm lifetime. In young animals, the <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ER</jats:styled-content> is oxidizing and this shifts towards reducing conditions during ageing, whereas in the cytosol the redox state becomes more oxidizing with age. Likewise, the redox state in the cytosol and the <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ER</jats:styled-content> change in an opposing manner in response to proteotoxic challenges in <jats:italic>C. elegans</jats:italic> and in HeLa cells revealing conservation of redox homeostasis. Moreover, we show that organelle redox homeostasis is regulated across tissues within <jats:italic>C. elegans</jats:italic> providing a new measure for organismal fitness.</jats:p>
  • Access State: Open Access