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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae acetyltransferase Gcn5 exerts antagonistic pleiotropic effects on chronological ageing

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Zhang, Nianshu 

Abstract

Compared to replicative lifespan, epigenetic regulation of chronological lifespan (CLS) is less well understood in yeast. Here, by screening all the viable mutants of histone acetyltransferase (HAT) and histone deacetylase (HDAC), we demonstrate that Gcn5, functioning in the HAT module of the SAGA/SLIK complex, exhibits an epistatic relationship with the HDAC Hda1 to control the expression of starvation-induced stress response and respiratory cell growth. Surprisingly, the gcn5Δ mutants lose their colony-forming potential early in the stationary phase but display a longer maximum CLS than their WT counterparts, suggesting the contradictory roles of Gcn5 in lifespan regulation. Integrative analyses of the transcriptome, metabolome and ChIP assays reveal that Gcn5 is necessary for the activation of two regulons upon glucose starvation: the Msn2/4-/Gis1-dependent stress response and the Cat8-/Adr1-mediated metabolic reprogramming, to enable pro-longevity characteristics, including redox homeostasis, stress resistance and maximal storage of carbohydrates. The activation of Cat8-/Adr1-dependent regulon also promotes the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) bypass, leading to acetyl-CoA synthesis, global and targeted H3K9 acetylation. Global H3K9 acetylation levels mediated by Gcn5 and Hda1 during the transition into stationary phase are positively correlated with senescent cell populations accumulated in the aged cell cultures. These data suggest that Gcn5 lies in the centre of a feed-forward loop between histone acetylation and starvation-induced gene expression, enabling stress resistance and homeostasis but also promoting chronological ageing concomitantly.

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Gcn5, Hda1, SAGA, antagonistic pleiotropy, chronological lifespan, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Epigenesis, Genetic, Histone Acetyltransferases, Acetylation

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Aging

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1945-4589
1945-4589

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Impact Journals
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Medical Research Council (MR/P011705/1)

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