Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

ATF-4 and hydrogen sulfide signalling mediate longevity in response to inhibition of translation or mTORC1

  • Cyril Statzer,
  • Jin Meng,
  • Richard Venz,
  • Monet Bland,
  • Stacey Robida-Stubbs,
  • Krina Patel,
  • Dunja Petrovic,
  • Raffaella Emsley,
  • Pengpeng Liu,
  • Ianessa Morantte,
  • Cole Haynes,
  • William B. Mair,
  • Alban Longchamp,
  • Milos R. Filipovic,
  • T. Keith Blackwell,
  • Collin Y. Ewald

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28599-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The authors showed that, in C. elegans, inhibition of translation or mTORC1 increases ATF-4 expression independently of ISR signalling. ATF-4 promotes longevity by increasing hydrogen sulfide production by the enzyme CTH-2.