title: Living on the edge: stress and activation of stress responses promote lifespan extension.
abstract: Oxidative stress constitutes the basis of physio-pathological situations such as neurodegenerative diseases and aging. However, sublethal exposure to toxic molecules such as reactive oxygen species can induce cellular responses that result in stress fitness. Studies in Schizosaccharomyces pombe have recently showed that the Sty1 MAP kinase, known to be activated by hydrogen peroxide and other cellular stressors, plays a pivotal role in promoting fitness and longevity when it becomes activated by calorie restriction, a situation which induces oxidative metabolism and reactive oxygen species production. Activation of the MAP kinase by calorie restriction during logarithmic growth induces a transcriptional anti-stress response including genes essential to promote lifespan extension. Importantly enough, the lifespan promotion exerted by deletion of the pka1 or sck2 genes, inactivating the two main nutrient-responsive pathways, is dependent on the presence of a functional Sty1 stress pathway, since double mutants also lacking Sty1 or its main substrate Atf1 do not display extended viability. In this Research Perspective, we review these findings in relation to previous reports and extend important aspects of the original study. We propose that moderate stress levels that are not harmful for cells can make them stronger.
authors.affiliation: Oxidative Stress and Cell Cycle Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zuin
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Castellano-Esteve
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ayté
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hidalgo
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; C095409:sty1 protein, S pombe; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases
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