Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

The chromatin remodeling factor ISW-1 integrates organismal responses against nuclear and mitochondrial stress

  • Olli Matilainen,
  • Maroun S. Bou Sleiman,
  • Pedro M. Quiros,
  • Susana M. D. A. Garcia,
  • Johan Auwerx

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01903-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Changes in chromatin structure have been linked to organismal ageing. Here the authors show that altered histone expression and mitochondrial stress during C. elegans development result in chromatin changes and a cytosolic stress response that affects organismal longevity, and depends on HSF-1 and the chromatin remodeller, ISW-1.