Suppressor analysis points to the subtle role of the LAG1 ceramide synthase gene in determining yeast longevity

Experimental Gerontology
James C JiangS Michal Jazwinski

Abstract

Individual yeast cells display a finite replicative capacity. LAG1 was identified as a gene that is differentially expressed during the yeast replicative life span and was shown to play a role in determining yeast longevity. This gene is not essential, but simultaneous deletion of LAG1 and its close homologue LAC1 is lethal. Lag1p and Lac1p have been found to be an essential component of ceramide synthase. In this study, multicopy suppressors of the lethality of a lag1delta lac1delta double mutant were isolated to help clarify the role of LAG1 in yeast longevity. The two multicopy suppressors YBR183w (YPC1) and YPL087w (YDC1) encode ceramidases unrelated to Lag1p and Lac1p, which were previously found to support the reverse reaction of ceramide synthesis. Multiple copies of YPC1 were much more efficient than YDC1 in rescuing cell growth. They were also much more effective in rescuing the life span of a lag1delta lac1delta double mutant, sustaining a life span approaching that obtained by the restoration of LAG1 expression. Neither deletion of LAC1 nor overexpression of YPC1 had a detectable effect on wild-type life span. However, the overexpression of LAG1 had a bimodal effect on longevity, with moderate expression resulting in...Continue Reading

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