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Longevity mutation in SCH9 prevents recombination errors and premature genomic instability in a Werner/Bloom model system
Correspondence to Valter D. Longo: vlongo{at}usc.edu
Werner and Bloom syndromes are human diseases characterized by premature age-related defects including elevated cancer incidence. Using a novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae model system for aging and cancer, we show that cells lacking the RecQ helicase SGS1 (WRN and BLM homologue) undergo premature age-related changes, including reduced life span under stress and calorie restriction (CR), G1 arrest defects, dedifferentiation, elevated recombination errors, and age-dependent increase in DNA mutations. Lack of SGS1 results in a 110-fold increase in gross chromosomal rearrangement frequency during aging of nondividing cells compared with that generated during the initial population expansion. This underscores the central role of aging in genomic instability. The deletion of SCH9 (homologous to AKT and S6K), but not CR, protects against the age-dependent defects in sgs1
by inhibiting error-prone recombination and preventing DNA damage and dedifferentiation. The conserved function of Akt/S6k homologues in lifespan regulation raises the possibility that modulation of the IGF-I–Akt–56K pathway can protect against premature aging syndromes in mammals.
Abbreviations used in this paper: 5FOA, 5-fluoroorotic acid; BS, Bloom's Syndrome; CFU, colony-forming unit; CLS, chronological life span; CR, calorie restriction; GCR, gross chromosomal rearrangement; IR, inverted repeat; MMS, methyl methane sulfonate; NHEJ, nonhomologous end joining; SDC, synthetic dextrose complete; WS, Werner's Syndrome; YPD, yeast extract peptone dextrose medium.
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