1. Expression of the yeast NADH dehydrogenase Ndi1 in Drosophila confers increased lifespan independently of dietary restriction
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Pierre Rustin, Bettina Hutz, Manuel Portero-Otin, Alba Naudí, Takao Yagi, Akemi Matsuno-Yagi, George D. Mcilroy, Howard T. Jacobs, Alberto Sanz, Angela M. Wilson, Essi Kiviranta, Simo Ellilä, Reineld Pamplona, Eric Dufour, Mikko Soikkeli, Matti Lakanmaa, Esko Kemppainen, Mariona Jové, Rhoda Stefanatos, Suvi Vartiainen, Kia K. Kemppainen, Akbar Zeb, and Tea Tuomela
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Aging ,Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins ,Blotting, Western ,Longevity ,Respiratory chain ,Oxidative phosphorylation ,Mitochondrion ,medicine.disease_cause ,NADH dehydrogenase activity ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Animals ,Caloric Restriction ,030304 developmental biology ,2. Zero hunger ,0303 health sciences ,Electron Transport Complex I ,Multidisciplinary ,biology ,Histocytochemistry ,Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ,NADH dehydrogenase ,Biological Sciences ,Mitochondria ,Oxidative Stress ,Drosophila melanogaster ,Biochemistry ,Sirtuin ,biology.protein ,RNA Interference ,Reactive Oxygen Species ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Oxidative stress - Abstract
Mutations in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation complex I are associated with multiple pathologies, and complex I has been proposed as a crucial regulator of animal longevity. In yeast, the single-subunit NADH dehydrogenase Ndi1 serves as a non-proton-translocating alternative enzyme that replaces complex I, bringing about the reoxidation of intramitochondrial NADH. We have created transgenic strains of Drosophila that express yeast NDI1 ubiquitously. Mitochondrial extracts from NDI1 -expressing flies displayed a rotenone-insensitive NADH dehydrogenase activity, and functionality of the enzyme in vivo was confirmed by the rescue of lethality resulting from RNAi knockdown of complex I. NDI1 expression increased median, mean, and maximum lifespan independently of dietary restriction, and with no change in sirtuin activity. NDI1 expression mitigated the aging associated decline in respiratory capacity and the accompanying increase in mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production, and resulted in decreased accumulation of markers of oxidative damage in aged flies. Our results support a central role of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation complex I in influencing longevity via oxidative stress, independently of pathways connected to nutrition and growth signaling.
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- 2010