title: Orchestrating the network of molecular pathways affecting aging: Role of nonselective autophagy and mitophagy.
abstract: Autophagy is best known as a mechanism involved in cellular recycling of biomolecules during periods of nutritional starvation. More recently, an additional function of autophagy emerged: the selective degradation of functionally impaired or surplus proteins, organelles and invading bacteria. With this function autophagy is integrated in a network of pathways involved in molecular and cellular quality control with a key impact on development and aging. Impairments in the autophagic machinery lead to accelerated aging and the development of diseases. Here we focus on the role of nonselective autophagy and mitophagy, the selective autophagic degradation of mitochondria, on aging and lifespan of biological systems.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biosciences and Cluster of Excellence Frankfurt Macromolecular Complexes, Department of Biosciences, J. W. Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Knuppertz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biosciences and Cluster of Excellence Frankfurt Macromolecular Complexes, Department of Biosciences, J. W. Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany. Electronic address: osiewacz@bio.uni-frankfurt.de.
authors.forename: Heinz D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Osiewacz
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001343:Autophagy; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004777:Environment; D061307:Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000502:physiology*; D063306:Mitophagy; D009154:Mutation; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000378:metabolism; D049490:Systems Biology
keywords: Aging; Autophagy; Mitochondria; Mitophagy