scholarly journals Dietary restriction improves fitness of ageing parents but reduces fitness of their offspring

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian S. Mautz ◽  
Martin I. Lind ◽  
Alexei A. Maklakov
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Restriction ◽  
Stress Resistance ◽  
Food Access ◽  
Offspring Fitness ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Size At Sexual Maturity ◽  
Direct Trade ◽  
Parental Longevity ◽  
Caenorhabditis Remanei ◽  
Ageing Parents

AbstractDietary restriction (DR) is a well-established intervention to extend lifespan across taxa. Recent studies suggest that DR-driven lifespan extension can be cost-free, calling into question a central tenant of the evolutionary theory of ageing. Nevertheless, boosting parental longevity can reduce offspring fitness. Such intergenerational trade-offs are often ignored but can account for the ‘missing costs’ of longevity. Here, we use the nematode Caenorhabditis remanei to test for effects of DR by fasting on fitness of females and their offspring. Females deprived of food for six days indeed had increased fecundity, survival and stress resistance after re-exposure to food compared to their counterparts with constant food access. However, offspring of DR mothers had reduced early and lifetime fecundity, slower growth rate, and smaller body size at sexual maturity. These findings support the direct trade-off between investment in soma and gametes challenging the hypothesis that increased somatic maintenance and impaired reproduction can be decoupled.

scholarly journals Dietary Restriction Improves Fitness of Aging Parents But Reduces Fitness of Their Offspring in Nematodes

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 843-848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian S Mautz ◽  
Martin I Lind ◽  
Alexei A Maklakov
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Restriction ◽  
Food Access ◽  
Aging Parents ◽  
Offspring Fitness ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Theory Of Aging ◽  
Size At Sexual Maturity ◽  
Direct Trade ◽  
Parental Longevity ◽  
Caenorhabditis Remanei

Abstract Dietary restriction (DR) is a well-established intervention to extend lifespan across taxa. Recent studies suggest that DR-driven lifespan extension can be cost-free, calling into question a central tenant of the evolutionary theory of aging. Nevertheless, boosting parental longevity can reduce offspring fitness. Such intergenerational trade-offs are often ignored but can account for the “missing costs” of longevity. Here, we use the nematode Caenorhabditis remanei to test for effects of DR by fasting on fitness of females and their offspring. Females deprived of food for 6 days indeed had increased fecundity, survival, and stress resistance after re-exposure to food compared with their counterparts with constant food access. However, offspring of DR mothers had reduced early and lifetime fecundity, slower growth rate, and smaller body size at sexual maturity. These findings support the direct trade-off between investment in soma and gametes challenging the hypothesis that increased somatic maintenance and impaired reproduction can be decoupled.

scholarly journals Transgenerational fitness effects of lifespan extension by dietary restriction in Caenorhabditis elegans

2021 ◽  
Vol 288 (1950) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward R. Ivimey-Cook ◽  
Kris Sales ◽  
Hanne Carlsson ◽  
Simone Immler ◽  
Tracey Chapman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽  
Dietary Restriction ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Lifespan Extension ◽  
Dietary Interventions ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Broad Variety

Dietary restriction (DR) increases lifespan in a broad variety of organisms and improves health in humans. However, long-term transgenerational consequences of dietary interventions are poorly understood. Here, we investigated the effect of DR by temporary fasting (TF) on mortality risk, age-specific reproduction and fitness across three generations of descendants in Caenorhabditis elegans . We show that while TF robustly reduces mortality risk and improves late-life reproduction of the individuals subject to TF (P 0 ), it has a wide range of both positive and negative effects on their descendants (F 1 –F 3 ). Remarkably, great-grandparental exposure to TF in early life reduces fitness and increases mortality risk of F 3 descendants to such an extent that TF no longer promotes a lifespan extension. These findings reveal that transgenerational trade-offs accompany the instant benefits of DR, underscoring the need to consider fitness of future generations in pursuit of healthy ageing.

scholarly journals Transgenerational fitness effects of lifespan extension by dietary restriction in Caenorhabditis elegans

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward R. Ivimey-Cook ◽  
Kris Sales ◽  
Hanne Carlsson ◽  
Simone Immler ◽  
Tracey Chapman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Restriction ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Lifespan Extension ◽  
Dietary Interventions ◽  
C Elegans ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Broad Variety

AbstractDietary restriction increases lifespan in a broad variety of organisms and improves health in humans. However, long-term transgenerational consequences of dietary interventions are poorly understood. Here we investigated the effect of dietary restriction by temporary fasting (TF) on mortality risk, age-specific reproduction and fitness across three generations of descendants in C. elegans. We show that while TF robustly reduces mortality risk and improves late-life reproduction in the parental generation (P0), it has a wide range of both positive and deleterious effects on future generations (F1-F3). Remarkably, great-grandparental exposure to TF in early-life reduces fitness and increases mortality risk of F3 descendants to such an extent that TF no longer promotes a lifespan extension. These findings reveal that transgenerational trade-offs accompany the instant benefits of dietary restriction underscoring the need to consider fitness of future generations in pursuit of healthy ageing.

scholarly journals Effect of Selection for Pyrethroid Resistance on Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Aedes aegypti from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Keenan Amer ◽  
Karla Saavedra-Rodriguez ◽  
William C. Black ◽  
Emilie M. Gray
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Abiotic Stress ◽  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Insecticide Resistance ◽  
Stress Resistance ◽  
Pyrethroid Resistance ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
Life History Parameters ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Selection For

The study of fitness costs of insecticide resistance mutations in Aedes aegypti has generally been focused on life history parameters such as fecundity, mortality, and energy reserves. In this study we sought to investigate whether trade-offs might also exist between insecticide resistance and other abiotic stress resistance parameters. We evaluated the effects of the selection for permethrin resistance specifically on larval salinity and thermal tolerance. A population of A. aegypti originally from Southern Mexico was split into two strains, one selected for permethrin resistance and the other not. Larvae were reared at different salinities, and the fourth instar larvae were subjected to acute thermal stress; then, survival to both stresses was compared between strains. Contrary to our predictions, we found that insecticide resistance correlated with significantly enhanced larval thermotolerance. We found no clear difference in salinity tolerance between strains. This result suggests that insecticide resistance does not necessarily carry trade-offs in all traits affecting fitness and that successful insecticide resistance management strategies must account for genetic associations between insecticide resistance and abiotic stress resistance, as well as traditional life history parameters.

scholarly journals A signature of renal stress resistance induced by short-term dietary restriction, fasting, and protein restriction

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Jongbloed ◽  
T. C. Saat ◽  
M. Verweij ◽  
C. Payan-Gomez ◽  
J. H. J. Hoeijmakers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Restriction ◽  
Stress Resistance ◽  
Protein Restriction ◽  
Short Term

scholarly journals Amino acid sensing in dietary-restriction-mediated longevity: roles of signal-transducing kinases GCN2 and TOR

2012 ◽  
Vol 449 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan Gallinetti ◽  
Eylul Harputlugil ◽  
James R. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Signal Transduction ◽  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Dietary Restriction ◽  
Stress Resistance ◽  
Essential Amino Acid ◽  
Signal Transduction Pathways ◽  
Evolutionarily Conserved ◽  
Amino Acid Intake ◽  
Metabolic Fitness

DR (dietary restriction), or reduced food intake without malnutrition, is associated with extended longevity, improved metabolic fitness and increased stress resistance in a wide range of organisms. DR is often referred to as calorie restriction, implying that reduced energy intake is responsible for its widespread and evolutionarily conserved benefits. However, recent data indicate dietary amino acid restriction as a key mediator of DR benefits. In fruitflies, an imbalance in essential amino acid intake is thought to underlie longevity benefits of DR. In mammals, reduced dietary protein or essential amino acid intake can extend longevity, improve metabolic fitness and increase stress resistance. In the present paper we review two evolutionarily conserved signal transduction pathways responsible for sensing amino acid levels. The eIF2α (eukaryotic initiation factor 2α) kinase GCN2 (general amino acid control non-derepressible 2) senses the absence of one or more amino acids by virtue of direct binding to uncharged cognate tRNAs. The presence of certain amino acids, such as leucine, permits activation of the master growth regulating kinase TOR (target of rapamycin). These two signal transduction pathways react to amino acid deprivation by inhibiting general protein translation while at the same time increasing translation of specific mRNAs involved in restoring homoeostasis. Together, these pathways may contribute to the regulation of longevity, metabolic fitness and stress resistance.

scholarly journals Anabolic Function Downstream of TOR Controls Trade-offs Between Longevity and Reproduction at the Level of Specific Tissues in C. elegans

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber C. Howard ◽  
Dilawar Mir ◽  
Santina Snow ◽  
Jordan Horrocks ◽  
Hussein Sayed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Dietary Restriction ◽  
Nutrient Sensing ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
C Elegans ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Body Muscle ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Different Tissues

As the most energetically expensive cellular process, translation must be finely tuned to environmental conditions. Dietary restriction attenuates signaling through the nutrient sensing mTOR pathway, which reduces translation and redirects resources to preserve the soma. These responses are associated with increased lifespan but also anabolic impairment, phenotypes also observed when translation is genetically suppressed. Here, we restricted translation downstream of mTOR separately in major tissues in C. elegans to better understand their roles in systemic adaptation and whether consequences to anabolic impairment were separable from positive effects on lifespan. Lowering translation in neurons, hypodermis, or germline tissue led to increased lifespan under well-fed conditions and improved survival upon withdrawal of food, indicating that these are key tissues coordinating enhanced survival when protein synthesis is reduced. Surprisingly, lowering translation in body muscle during development shortened lifespan while accelerating and increasing reproduction, a reversal of phenotypic trade-offs associated with systemic translation suppression. Suppressing mTORC1 selectively in body muscle also increased reproduction while slowing motility during development. In nature, this may be indicative of reduced energy expenditure related to foraging, acting as a “GO!” signal for reproduction. Together, results indicate that low translation in different tissues helps direct distinct systemic adaptations and suggest that unknown endocrine signals mediate these responses. Furthermore, mTOR or translation inhibitory therapeutics that target specific tissues may achieve desired interventions to aging without loss of whole-body anabolism.

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