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Autophagy as a promoter of longevity: insights from model organisms

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Hansen, Malene, Rubinsztein, David C., Walker, David W.·2018·Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

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Autophagy is a conserved process that catabolizes intracellular components to maintain energy homeostasis and to protect cells against stress. Autophagy has crucial roles during development and disease, and evidence accumulated over the past decade indicates that autophagy also has a direct role in modulating ageing. In particular, elegant studies using yeasts, worms, flies and mice have demonstrated a broad requirement for autophagy-related genes in the lifespan extension observed in a number of conserved longevity paradigms. Moreover, several new and interesting concepts relevant to autophagy and its role in modulating longevity have emerged. First, select tissues may require or benefit from autophagy activation in longevity paradigms, as tissue-specific overexpression of single autophagy genes is sufficient to extend lifespan. Second, selective types of autophagy may be crucial for longevity by specifically targeting dysfunctional cellular components and preventing their accumulation. And third, autophagy can influence organismal health and ageing even non-cell autonomously, and thus, autophagy stimulation in select tissues can have beneficial, systemic effects on lifespan. Understanding these mechanisms will be important for the development of approaches to improve human healthspan that are based on the modulation of autophagy.

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  • Autophagy activity has been linked to development and progression of a plethora of pathologies.

    “Of note, since autophagy activity has been linked to development and progression of a plethora of pathologies [9–11], it becomes increasingly fundamental to develop new strategies for the prediction of a specific autophagy status and/or step [8].”

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  • Many LSDs can feature neurodevelopmental symptoms, such as autism and intellectual disability.

    “Many LSDs can feature neurodevelopmental symptoms, such as autism and intellectual disability.67–69”

    From The lysosome and proteostatic stress at the intersection of pediatric neurological disorders and adult neurodegenerative diseases (2025) · cites this paper as [68]

    The ‘Genetic links of autophagy to ageing’ section discusses lysosomal dysfunction and neurodegenerative diseases, while ‘Nervous system’ discusses age-related memory impairment. Neither addresses whether many lysosomal storage disorders feature autism or intellectual disability. Searches for lysosomal storage disorders, autism, and intellectual disability found no passage supporting that point; page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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  • Age-dependent reduction in cellular ability to clear damaged mitochondria via mitophagy/macroautophagy has been shown.

    “Furthermore, an age-dependent reduction in the cellular ability to clear damaged mitochondria via mitophagy/macro-autophagy has been shown (Fang et al., 2019; Hansen et al., 2018; Palikaras et al., 2015).”

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  • Autophagy protects the cell against aging and disease.

    “Autophagy, a catabolic process that removes and digests damaged proteins and organelles, protects the cell against aging and disease.”
  • Many paradigms of life extension depend on autophagy in model organisms (yeast, Drosophila, Caenorhabditis elegans and mice).

    “It has been shown in model organisms (yeast, Drosophila, Caenorhabditis elegans and mice) that many paradigms of life extension depend on autophagy [34,130,135,136].”

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Authors
Hansen, M., Rubinsztein, D. C., & Walker, D. W.
Affiliations
  • Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (US)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
  • Hansen, Malene
  • Rubinsztein, David C.
  • Walker, David W.
Venue
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Published
2018-07-13
Volume
19
Issue
9
Pages
579-593
ISSN
  • 1471-0072 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-0080
OpenAlex
W2883158359
Cited by
754
References
163
Citations by year
2026: 54 · 2025: 75 · 2024: 101 · 2023: 97 · 2022: 120 · 2021: 112 · 2020: 105 · 2019: 82 · 2018: 7
FWCI
5.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion)
  • Apollo
Funders
  • AstraZeneca
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Wellcome Trust (100140/Z/12/Z, 095317/Z/11/Z)
  • Rosetrees Trust (M188-F1-CD1)
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG040288, R01AG049157, R01AG037514, R01AG038664)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM117466)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Keywords
autophagy, aging, lifespan extension, longevity, selective autophagy, non-cell-autonomous effects, healthspan, lysosomal degradation, model organisms, energy homeostasis, stress tolerance

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