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Somatic increase of CCT8 mimics proteostasis of human pluripotent stem cells and extends C. elegans lifespan

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  • Alireza Noormohammadi

    (Cologne Excellence Cluster for Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne)

  • Amirabbas Khodakarami

    (Cologne Excellence Cluster for Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne)

  • Ricardo Gutierrez-Garcia

    (Cologne Excellence Cluster for Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne)

  • Hyun Ju Lee

    (Cologne Excellence Cluster for Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne)

  • Seda Koyuncu

    (Cologne Excellence Cluster for Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne)

  • Tim König

    (Cologne Excellence Cluster for Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne)

  • Christina Schindler

    (Cologne Excellence Cluster for Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne)

  • Isabel Saez

    (Cologne Excellence Cluster for Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne)

  • Azra Fatima

    (Cologne Excellence Cluster for Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne)

  • Christoph Dieterich

    (Section of Bioinformatics and Systems Cardiology)

  • David Vilchez

    (Cologne Excellence Cluster for Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne)

Abstract

Human embryonic stem cells can replicate indefinitely while maintaining their undifferentiated state and, therefore, are immortal in culture. This capacity may demand avoidance of any imbalance in protein homeostasis (proteostasis) that would otherwise compromise stem cell identity. Here we show that human pluripotent stem cells exhibit enhanced assembly of the TRiC/CCT complex, a chaperonin that facilitates the folding of 10% of the proteome. We find that ectopic expression of a single subunit (CCT8) is sufficient to increase TRiC/CCT assembly. Moreover, increased TRiC/CCT complex is required to avoid aggregation of mutant Huntingtin protein. We further show that increased expression of CCT8 in somatic tissues extends Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan in a TRiC/CCT-dependent manner. Ectopic expression of CCT8 also ameliorates the age-associated demise of proteostasis and corrects proteostatic deficiencies in worm models of Huntington’s disease. Our results suggest proteostasis is a common principle that links organismal longevity with hESC immortality.

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  • Alireza Noormohammadi & Amirabbas Khodakarami & Ricardo Gutierrez-Garcia & Hyun Ju Lee & Seda Koyuncu & Tim König & Christina Schindler & Isabel Saez & Azra Fatima & Christoph Dieterich & David Vilche, 2016. "Somatic increase of CCT8 mimics proteostasis of human pluripotent stem cells and extends C. elegans lifespan," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms13649
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13649
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