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Caenorhabditis elegans eyes absent ortholog EYA-1 Is required for stress resistance.
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Biochemistry (00062979) . Jul2014, Vol. 79 Issue 7, p653-662. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Eyes absent (Eya) is a highly conserved transcription cofactor and protein phosphatase that regulates multiple developmental processes throughout the metazoans. It is a dual function protein, working as a transcription factor in the nucleus and as a tyrosine phosphatase in the cytoplasm. In this study, we isolated EYA-1 of Caenorhabditis elegans, the only homolog of Eyes absent, and set up an effective feeding-based RNAi (RNA interference) against the gene. We found that knockdown of EYA-1 decreased heat and oxidative stress tolerance and accelerated the onset of paralysis mediated by Aβ1-42 proteotoxicity and polyQ. Under heat stress (35°C), EYA-1 knockdown shortened the mean lifespan by 16.8%, which could be attributed to decrease in heat shock protein-16.2 ( hsp-16.2) expression. Under oxidative stress, EYA-1 knockdown could shorten the mean lifespan by 18.7%, which could be attributed to intracellular ROS accumulation and the decrease of superoxide dismutase-3 ( sod-3) protein expression. Moreover, EYA-1 knockdown animals also showed increased lipofuscin accumulation under oxidative stress. Further studies demonstrated that EYA-1 knockdown could not inhibit daf-16 nuclear accumulation in wild-type worms in response to stress. On the other hand, EYA-1 deficiency did not further reduce stress resistance of daf-16 mutants, which are stress sensitive. Quantitative real-time PCR results also showed that the expression of two daf-16 target genes, hsp-12.3 and sod-3, was downregulated in EYA-1 RNAi-treated worms under stress. All this evidence indicates EYA-1 is required for stress resistance of worms, and it might act downstream of daf-16 to regulate expression of stress resistance-associated genes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00062979
- Volume :
- 79
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Biochemistry (00062979)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97523991
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006297914070074