A genome-wide longitudinal transcriptome analysis of the aging model Podospora anserina

  • Aging of biological systems is controlled by various processes which have a potential impact on gene expression. Here we report a genome-wide transcriptome analysis of the fungal aging model Podospora anserina. Total RNA of three individuals of defined age were pooled and analyzed by SuperSAGE (serial analysis of gene expression). A bioinformatics analysis identified different molecular pathways to be affected during aging. While the abundance of transcripts linked to ribosomes and to the proteasome quality control system were found to decrease during aging, those associated with autophagy increase, suggesting that autophagy may act as a compensatory quality control pathway. Transcript profiles associated with the energy metabolism including mitochondrial functions were identified to fluctuate during aging. Comparison of wild-type transcripts, which are continuously down-regulated during aging, with those down-regulated in the long-lived, copper-uptake mutant grisea, validated the relevance of age-related changes in cellular copper metabolism. Overall, we (i) present a unique age-related data set of a longitudinal study of the experimental aging model P. anserina which represents a reference resource for future investigations in a variety of organisms, (ii) suggest autophagy to be a key quality control pathway that becomes active once other pathways fail, and (iii) present testable predictions for subsequent experimental investigations.

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Author:Oliver Philipp, Andrea HamannORCiD, Jörg Servos, Alexandra Werner, Ina KochORCiD, Heinz D. OsiewaczORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-328819
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083109
ISSN:1932-6203
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24376646
Parent Title (English):PLoS One
Publisher:PLoS
Place of publication:Lawrence, Kan.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2013/12/20
Date of first Publication:2013/12/20
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2014/01/28
Volume:8
Issue:(12): e83109
Page Number:14
Note:
Copyright: © 2013 Philipp et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
HeBIS-PPN:363674969
Institutes:Biowissenschaften / Biowissenschaften
Informatik und Mathematik / Informatik
Exzellenzcluster / Exzellenzcluster Makromolekulare Komplexe
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0