title: Signaling pathways regulating protein synthesis during ageing.
abstract: Ageing in many organisms, including humans, is accompanied by marked alterations in both general and specific protein synthesis. Protein synthesis is normally under tight control by a broad array of regulatory factors, which facilitate appropriate rates of mRNA translation. Are the wide changes in protein synthesis simply a corollary of the ageing process or do they have a causative role in senescent decline? The jury is still out on this important question. Nevertheless, recent studies reveal an intimate interface between mechanisms that govern the translation of mRNA and molecular pathways implicated in ageing. In our manuscript we consider these links, which potentially underlie age-associated changes in protein synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion 71110, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Popi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Syntichaki
authors.forename: Nektarios
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tavernarakis
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000378:metabolism; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D007328:Insulin; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D011494:Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases; C472494:let-363 protein, C elegans; C416303:target of rapamycin protein, Drosophila; C500749:target of rapamycin protein, S cerevisiae