title: XBP-1 is a cell-nonautonomous regulator of stress resistance and longevity.
abstract: The ability to ensure proteostasis is critical for maintaining proper cell function and organismal viability but is mitigated by aging. We analyzed the role of the endoplasmic reticulum unfolded protein response (UPR(ER)) in aging of C. elegans and found that age-onset loss of ER proteostasis could be reversed by expression of a constitutively active form of XBP-1, XBP-1s. Neuronally derived XBP-1s was sufficient to rescue stress resistance, increase longevity, and activate the UPR(ER) in distal, non-neuronal cell types through a cell-nonautonomous mechanism. Loss of UPR(ER) signaling components in distal cells blocked cell-nonautonomous signaling from the nervous system, thereby blocking increased longevity of the entire animal. Reduction of small clear vesicle (SCV) release blocked nonautonomous signaling downstream of xbp-1s, suggesting that the release of neurotransmitters is required for this intertissue signaling event. Our findings point toward a secreted ER stress signal (SERSS) that promotes ER stress resistance and longevity.
authors.affiliation: The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dillin
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000502:physiology*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D059865:Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress; D008136:Longevity; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D056811:Unfolded Protein Response
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C548541:XBP-1 protein, C elegans; C083141:phorbol ester binding protein; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C541905:IRE-1 protein, C elegans