| Fgf21 | Fibroblast growth factor-21 | Overproduction of Fgf-21 increases mean lifespan of males by 30% and that of females by 39% [23066506].
Mice overproducing Fgf21 are lean throughout their lives and remain lean even while eating slightly more than wild-type mice. Fgf21 overproducers tend to be smaller than wild-type mice and female mice were infertile. Although Fgf21 overproducers have significantly lower bone density than wild-type, Fgf21-abundant mice exhibit no ill effects from the reduced bone density and remain active into old age without any broken bones.
Fgf21 seems to provide its health benefits by increasing insulin sensitivity and blocking the growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor-1 signaling.
Fgf21 acts as a hormone, is secreted by the liver during fasting and helps the body to adapt to starvation.
| House mouse |
| VAC14 | VACuole morphology and inheritance mutant 14 | VAC14 mutants have a single vacuole and shortened lifespan on normal media [16293764]. | Budding yeast |
| gei-4 | GEX Interacting protein 4 | gei-4 RNAi in the adulthood reduces mean and maximum lifespan by 27 and 38% [23144747]. | Nematode |
| SAG12 | — | Introduction of a SAG12 via bacterial gene transfer (pSAG12:ipt) increases longevity. The gene results in enhanced production of the hormone Cytokinin which affects growth and development as well as stimulates cell division and thereby extends the lifespan. pSAG::ipt transgenic plants exhibit delayed leaf senescence, increased branching and reduced internodal length. The leaves and flowers of the pSAG12:ipt plants are reduced in size and display a more intense coloration [http://www.wissenschaft.de/wissenschaft/news/316062.html; http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/12/156/abstract; Garcia-Sogo et al. 2012]. | — |
| Hsp22 | Heat shock protein 22 | Overexpression of mitochondrial Hsp22 in all cells or specifically in motorneurons (using GAL4/UAS binary system) increases life lifespan by 32% and resistance to oxidative stress [19948727; 20036725].
Ubiquitous or a targeted expression of Hsp22 within motorneurons increases the mean lifespan by more than 30%. Hsp22 shows beneficial effects on early-aging events since the premortality phase displays the same increase as the mean lifespan [14734639].
Animals that do not express Hsp22 (due to a transposition into its transcriptional starting site) have a 40% decrease in lifespan, exhibit a 30% decrease in locomotor activity and are sensitive to mild stress [20036725].
Doxycyline-regulated overexpression of Hsp22 makes animals more sensitive to heat and oxidative stress as well as reduces the mean lifespan by up to 21%, particularly at higher culture temperature [15491684].
Hsp22-promoter driven reporter overexpression reduces mean and maximum lifespan [19420297].
Histone deacetylase inhibitor Trichostatin A (TSA) extends the lifespan of *Drosophila melanogaster* by promoting the hsp22 gene transcription, and affecting the chromatin morphology at the locus of hsp22 gene along the polytene chromosome [15346199].
| Fruit fly |
| phi-50 | — | RNA interference of phi-50 decreases mean lifespan by 29% and suppresses lifespan extension by isp-1 and eat-2 mutation but does not significantly affect lifespan extension by daf-2 [22829775]. | Nematode |
| nekl-2 | NEK (NEver in mitosis Kinase) Like 2 | RNA intereference of nekl-2 decreases lifespan by 24% and suppresses lifespan extension by eat-2 mutation [22829775]. | Nematode |
| wnk-1 | mammalian WNK-type protein kinase homolog 1 | RNA interference of wnk-1 decreases lifespan by 9% and suppresses lifespan extension by eat-2 mutation [22829775]. | Nematode |
| cpf-2 | Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factor 2 | RNA interference of cpf-2 decreases mean lifespan by 6% and suppresses lifespan extension by eat-2 mutation [22829775]. | Nematode |
| pas-3 | Proteasome Alpha Subunit 3 | RNA interference of pas-3 shortens mean lifespan by 7% and suppresses lifespan extension by isp-1 mutation [22829775]. | Nematode |
| dcp-66 | Deacetylase Complex Protein 66 | dcp-66 RNAi shortens the mean lifespan by 29% and suppresses lifespan extension by isp-1 mutation, but does not significantly affect lifespan extension neither by eat-2 nor daf-2 mutation [22829775]. | Nematode |
| PEP4 | carboxyPEPtidase Y-deficient 4 | Overexpression of vacuolar aspartyl protease (PEP4) extends chronological lifespan by increasing cytosolic polyamine and S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) levels. Deletion of PEP4 results in both apoptotic and necrotic cell death during chronological aging [21593793]. PEP4 is not DR-essential [18690010]. | Budding yeast |
| pck-1 | Phosphoenolpyruvate CarboxyKinase 1 | RNA interference of pck-1 during the adulthood significantly shortens lifespan of both wild-type and eat-2 mutants. RNAi knockdown of pck-1 from hatching cases larval lethality. Overexpression of pck-1 greatly increases content of PEPCK-C, markedly induces enzyme activity and significantly increases mean, 75%ile, and maximum lifespan by 19-23%, 17-22%, and 21% [22810224]. | Nematode |
| pyk-1 | PYruvate Kinase 1 | RNA interference of pyk-1 during adulthood significantly shortens the lifespan of both wild-type and eat-2 mutants. RNAi knockdown of pyk-1 from hatching causes larval lethality. PYK-1 is downregulated in eat-2 mutants [22810224].
pyk-1(ok1754) mutation extends the lifespan and this effect is non-additive with the lifespan extension mediated by DDS treatment [20974969]. | Nematode |
| enol-1 | ENOLase 1 | RNA interference of enol-1 during adulthood significantly shortens the lifespan of both wild-type and eat-2 mutants. RNAi knockdown of enol-1 from hatching causes larval lethality.
ENOL-1 downregulated in eat-2 mutants [22810224]. | Nematode |
| MAPK1 | mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 | Overexpression of human MAPK1 (alias ERK2) confers resistance to heat shock and oxidative stress extends median chronological lifespan by 24% and was statistically non-addative with cyr1-1 mutation [17662940].MAPK1 was not found to be associated with longevity [23020224]. MAPK1 was found to be associated with longevity [23020224]. | Human |
| TEC1 | Transposon Enhancement Control 1 | Tec1 is a positive regulator of chronological lifespan. Absence of TEC1 causes a significant shortened chronological lifespan, but does not block chronological lifespan extension by rapamycin. TEC(AxY) mutation also reduces chronological lifespan, although not so pronounced as strains lacking TEC1. Rapamycin-induced chronological lifespan extension is almost completely blocked by TEC(AxY) allele [21840851]. | Budding yeast |
| Hsp70Bb | Hsp70Bb Heat-shock-protein-70Bb | Overexpression of the Hsp70 locus (containing Hsp70Bb and Hsp70Bc) in transgenic flies extends lifespan as much as 7.9% [9363888]. | Fruit fly |
| NTH2 | Neutral TreHalase 2 | Deletion of NTH2 shortens mean chronological lifespan by 39% (at 30 degree Celsus in BY4742) [22783207].
NTH2 mutant cells have elevated trehalose concentration before they enter the non-proliferative stationary growth phase which remained high during the stationary phase. NTH2 deletion cells have no altered ROS levels in pre-quiescent cells [22783207]. | Budding yeast |
| TPS1 | Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase 1 | Deletion of TPS1 decreases intracellular trehalose concentration and shortens the mean chronological lifespan by 74% (at 30 degree Celsus in BY4742) [22783207]. | Budding yeast |
| ESA1 | — | esa1-531 mutant has an even shorter chronological lifespan than PKA1 deletion mutant in both 2% glucose (ad libitum) and water (extreme DR) at 30 degree Celsius, a semipermissive temperature. At the permissive temperature (25 degree Celsius) there is little difference [19303850]. | Budding yeast |
| Akh | Adipokinetic hormone | Knockdown of the adipokinetic hormone (Akh) by RNAi (with an RU486-inducible and ubiquitously expressing Actin 5C-GS Gal4 strain) does not by itself affect lifespan, but significantly inhibits DR-dependent increase in lifespan across a range of yeast concentrations in both females and males. While control females and males exhibit a 113%/22% increase in lifespan under DR, upon Akh inhibition there was a significant reduction in lifespan extension with DR (52%/5%). Global Akh knockdown reduces starvation resistance by 24% upon DR, but no significant change upon AL. Also Akh RNAi repressed the DR-dependent increase in cold-stress resistance. Fat body and neuronal-specific inhibition of Akh by using RU486-inducible S(1)106-GS-Gal4 and Elav-GS-Gal4 enhancer traps, respectively, does not reduce lifespan extension upon DR. But, muscle-specific inhibition of Akh using RU486-inducible muscle enhancer trap (Mhc-GS-Gal4) reduces the DR-dependent increase in lifespan. While control exhibit a 47.2% lifespan extension, animals with muscle-specific Akh inhibition fails to result in any increase upon DR (i.e. completely blocked the DR lifespan extension). Muscle-specific Akh inhibition diminishes the increase in triglyceride synthesis and breakdown present normally under DR. A significant reduction in lifespan extension also occurs with a noninducible muscle driver (Mhc-Gal4). Controls on DR exhibit significant higher levels of spontaneous activity compared to Akh RNAi-inhibited animals at all ages. Akh inhibition reduces the protective effect of DR on age-related decline in muscle function/activity [22768842].
Fat-body specific Akh RNAi results in increased spontaneous activity and a small but significant increase in lifespan upon AL [22768842].
Overexpression of Akh in a ubiquitousness manner enhances fat metabolism (significant increase in triglyceride synthesis and breakdown under AL), spontaneous activity (148% on AL and 154% on DR), and lifespan on AL (33%). However, despite and increase in movement under DR, lifespan is not increased under a restricted diet [22768842]. | Fruit fly |
| Lep | leptin | Lep knockout results in ob/ob mice which eats excessively and becomes profoundly obese. ob/ob mice live shorter on ad libitum, but achieve a lifespan similiar to control levels under DR, yet their precentage of body fat is much greater that that of controls [6608731]. | House mouse |
| ACH1 | Acetyl CoA Hydrolase 1 | ACH1 deletion cells accumulate a high amount of extracellular acetic acid and display a reduced mean and maximum chronological lifespan. Maximum lifespan is reduced by 32%. Lifespan shortening is completely abrogated by alleviating the acid stress either by a DR regimen that prevents acetic acid production or by transferring chronologically aging mutant cells to water. Deletion of ACH1 is accompanied by reactive oxygen species accumulation, severe mitochondrial damage, and an early insurgence of apoptosis [22754872]. | Budding yeast |
| NDT80 | Non-DiTyrosine 80 | Transient overexpression of NDT80 rejuvenates old cells [21700873]. | Budding yeast |
