Ammonium is toxic for aging yeast cells, inducing death and shortening of the chronological lifespan.
Here we show that in aging Saccharomyces cerevisiae (budding yeast) cells, NH(4) (+) induces cell death associated with shortening of chronological life span. This effect is positively correlated with the concentration of NH(4) (+) added to the culture medium and is particularly evident when cells a...
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| description | Here we show that in aging Saccharomyces cerevisiae (budding yeast) cells, NH(4) (+) induces cell death associated with shortening of chronological life span. This effect is positively correlated with the concentration of NH(4) (+) added to the culture medium and is particularly evident when cells are starved for auxotrophy-complementing amino acids. NH(4) (+)-induced cell death is accompanied by an initial small increase of apoptotic cells followed by extensive necrosis. Autophagy is inhibited by NH(4) (+), but this does not cause a decrease in cell viability. We propose that the toxic effects of NH(4) (+) are mediated by activation of PKA and TOR and inhibition of Sch9p. Our data show that NH(4) (+) induces cell death in aging cultures through the regulation of evolutionary conserved pathways. They may also provide new insights into longevity regulation in multicellular organisms and increase our understanding of human disorders such as hyperammonemia as well as effects of amino acid deprivation employed as a therapeutic strategy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f2d314737594df1a2da2e36e73cfccd2022-12-22T02:05:18ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032012-01-0175e3709010.1371/journal.pone.0037090Ammonium is toxic for aging yeast cells, inducing death and shortening of the chronological lifespan.Júlia SantosMaria João SousaCecília LeãoHere we show that in aging Saccharomyces cerevisiae (budding yeast) cells, NH(4) (+) induces cell death associated with shortening of chronological life span. This effect is positively correlated with the concentration of NH(4) (+) added to the culture medium and is particularly evident when cells are starved for auxotrophy-complementing amino acids. NH(4) (+)-induced cell death is accompanied by an initial small increase of apoptotic cells followed by extensive necrosis. Autophagy is inhibited by NH(4) (+), but this does not cause a decrease in cell viability. We propose that the toxic effects of NH(4) (+) are mediated by activation of PKA and TOR and inhibition of Sch9p. Our data show that NH(4) (+) induces cell death in aging cultures through the regulation of evolutionary conserved pathways. They may also provide new insights into longevity regulation in multicellular organisms and increase our understanding of human disorders such as hyperammonemia as well as effects of amino acid deprivation employed as a therapeutic strategy.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3352862?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Júlia Santos Maria João Sousa Cecília Leão Ammonium is toxic for aging yeast cells, inducing death and shortening of the chronological lifespan. PLoS ONE |
| title | Ammonium is toxic for aging yeast cells, inducing death and shortening of the chronological lifespan. |
| title_full | Ammonium is toxic for aging yeast cells, inducing death and shortening of the chronological lifespan. |
| title_fullStr | Ammonium is toxic for aging yeast cells, inducing death and shortening of the chronological lifespan. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ammonium is toxic for aging yeast cells, inducing death and shortening of the chronological lifespan. |
| title_short | Ammonium is toxic for aging yeast cells, inducing death and shortening of the chronological lifespan. |
| title_sort | ammonium is toxic for aging yeast cells inducing death and shortening of the chronological lifespan |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3352862?pdf=render |
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