Against the oxidative damage theory of aging: superoxide dismutases protect against oxidative stress but have little or no effect on life span in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genes and Development - Tập 22 Số 23 - Trang 3236-3241 - 2008
Ryan Doonan1, Joshua McElwee, Filip Matthijssens, Glenda A Walker, Koen Houthoofd, Patricia Back, Andrea Matscheski, Jacques R. Vanfleteren, David Gems
1Institute of Healthy Ageing and Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.

Tóm tắt

The superoxide radical (O2) has long been considered a major cause of aging. O2 in cytosolic, extracellular, and mitochondrial pools is detoxified by dedicated superoxide dismutase (SOD) isoforms. We tested the impact of each SOD isoform in Caenorhabditis elegans by manipulating its five sod genes and saw no major effects on life span. sod genes are not required for daf-2 insulin/IGF-1 receptor mutant longevity. However, loss of the extracellular Cu/ZnSOD sod-4 enhances daf-2 longevity and constitutive diapause, suggesting a signaling role for sod-4. Overall, these findings imply that O2 is not a major determinant of aging in C. elegans.

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