aak-2;ifg-1

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Genetic mutants with aak-2, ifg-1 alterations

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Temperature °C
25
Diet
NGM
Lifespan (days)
21.9
Lifespan change (compared to wild type)
7.88%
Lifespan comparisons
Double mutant aak-2(ok524);ifg-1(RNAi) has a lifespan of 21.9 days, while single mutant ifg-1(RNAi) has a lifespan of 26.7 days, single mutant aak-2(ok524) has a lifespan of 17.1 days and wild type has a lifespan of 20.3 days.
Type of interaction
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Opposite lifespan effects of single mutants
Citation
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Rogers AN et al., 2011, Life span extension via eIF4G inhibition is mediated by posttranscriptional remodeling of stress response gene expression in C. elegans. Cell Metab. 14(1):55-66 21723504 Click here to select all mutants from this PubMed ID in the graph
Abstract
Reducing protein synthesis slows growth and development but can increase adult life span. We demonstrate that knockdown of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G (eIF4G), which is downregulated during starvation and dauer state, results in differential translation of genes important for growth and longevity in C. elegans. Genome-wide mRNA translation state analysis showed that inhibition of IFG-1, the C. elegans ortholog of eIF4G, results in a relative increase in ribosomal loading and translation of stress response genes. Some of these genes are required for life span extension when IFG-1 is inhibited. Furthermore, enhanced ribosomal loading of certain mRNAs upon IFG-1 inhibition was correlated with increased mRNA length. This association was supported by changes in the proteome assayed via quantitative mass spectrometry. Our results suggest that IFG-1 mediates the antagonistic effects on growth and somatic maintenance by regulating mRNA translation of particular mRNAs based, in part, on transcript length.

Search genes: aak-2 ifg-1

Entrez ID
Symbol
GenAge
Wormbase ID

181727
aak-2
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WBGene00020142

5'-AMP-activated protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha-2

Locus: CELE_T01C8.1

Wormbase description: aak-2 encodes one of two C. elegans homologs of the catalytic alpha subunit of AMP-activated protein kinases (AMPKs); in C. elegans, aak-2 functions downstream of environmental stressors, energy level signals (AMP:ATP ratio), and daf-2-mediated insulin signaling to positively regulate adult lifespan; in regulating lifespan, aak-2 likely acts in parallel with daf-16/FOXO; aak-2 activity is also required for dauer formation in daf-2 mutant animals at high temperature in a manner independent of the AMP:ATP ratio; in the germline, aak-2 functions downstream of daf-2 and daf-7, and in parallel to par-4 and aak-1, to negatively regulate germline proliferation during dauer development; in vitro, AAK-2 exhibits AMP-enhanced kinase activity against a known AMPK substrate, the SAMS peptide.

Entrez ID
Symbol
GenAge
Wormbase ID

174322
ifg-1
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WBGene00002066

Initiation Factor 4G (eIF4G) family

Locus: CELE_M110.4

Wormbase description: ifg-1 encodes, by alternative splicing, two orthologs of the translation initiation factor 4F, ribosome/mRNA-bridging subunit (eIF-4G); by homology, IFG-1 is predicted to function in poly(A) tail-dependent translation initiation; loss of ifg-1 activity in adult animals extends lifespan.

Orthologs of aak-2;ifg-1 in SynergyAge

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Species	Gene
Drosophila melanogaster	AMPKalpha;eIF4G2
Mus musculus	Eif4g1;Prkaa1
Mus musculus	Eif4g3;Prkaa1
Mus musculus	Eif4g1;Prkaa2
Mus musculus	Eif4g3;Prkaa2
Mus musculus	eIF4G2;AMPKalpha

Orthologs of aak-2 in SynergyAge

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Species	Gene
Drosophila melanogaster	AMPKalpha
Mus musculus	Prkaa1
Mus musculus	Prkaa2

Orthologs of ifg-1 in SynergyAge

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Species	Gene

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Species	Gene
Drosophila melanogaster	eIF4G2
Mus musculus	Eif4g1
Mus musculus	Eif4g3

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