Pelota-mediated ribosome-associated quality control counteracts aging and age-associated pathologies across species.

Ribosome-associated quality control (RQC) is a pivotal biological process that governs the fidelity of messenger RNA (mRNA) homeostasis and protein synthesis. Defects in RQC are implicated in cellular dysfunction and proteotoxicity, but their impact on aging remains elusive. Here, we show that Pelota, the ribosome rescue factor, promotes longevity and protects against age-related pathological phenotypes in multiple metazoan species.

Brief guide to gene cloning.

Analysis and manipulation of DNA is fundamental to understand gene function and expression. Gene cloning is a routine and versatile technique for molecular biology, allowing isolation, amplification, and production of recombinant DNA molecules. Here, we provide an overall process, various types, and applications of gene cloning.

Brief guide to Caenorhabditis elegans survival assays.

Caenorhabditis elegans is a versatile model organism widely used in survival assays to investigate aging, stress resistance, and pathogen infection. Here, we report an overview of survival assays using C. elegans, focusing on assay types, commonly used reagents, and notable analysis platforms.

Combinatorial transcriptomic and genetic dissection of insulin/IGF-1 signaling-regulated longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Classical genetic analysis is invaluable for understanding the genetic interactions underlying specific phenotypes, but requires laborious and subjective experiments to characterize polygenic and quantitative traits. Contrarily, transcriptomic analysis enables the simultaneous and objective identification of multiple genes whose expression changes are associated with specific phenotypes. Here, we conducted transcriptomic analysis of genes crucial for longevity using datasets with daf-2/insulin/IGF-1 receptor mutant Caenorhabditis elegans.

Meta-analysis of the transcriptome identifies aberrant RNA processing as common feature of aging in multiple species.

Aging is accompanied by the gradual deregulation of the transcriptome. However, whether age-dependent changes in the transcriptome are evolutionarily conserved or diverged remains largely unexplored. Here, we performed a meta-analysis examining the age-dependent changes in the transcriptome using publicly available datasets of 11 representative metazoans, ranging from Caenorhabditis elegans to humans.

OASIS portable: User-friendly offline suite for secure survival analysis.

Online application for survival analysis (OASIS) and its update, OASIS 2, have been widely used for survival analysis in biological and medical sciences. Here, we provide a portable version of OASIS, an all-in-one offline suite, to facilitate secure survival analysis without uploading the data to online servers. OASIS portable provides a virtualized and isolated instance of the OASIS 2 webserver, operating on the users' personal computers, and enables user-friendly survival analysis without internet connection and security issues.

The Role of mRNA Quality Control in the Aging of .

The proper maintenance of mRNA quality that is regulated by diverse surveillance pathways is essential for cellular homeostasis and is highly conserved among eukaryotes. Here, we review findings regarding the role of mRNA quality control in the aging and longevity of , an outstanding model for aging research. We discuss the recently discovered functions of the proper regulation of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, ribosome-associated quality control, and mRNA splicing in the aging of .