Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37104589›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2023

Engineering longevity-design of a synthetic gene oscillator to slow cellular aging.

Zhen Zhou, Yuting Liu, Yushen Feng, Stephen Klepin, Lev S Tsimring, Lorraine Pillus, Jeff Hasty, Nan Hao

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Engineering robustSynthetic and systems biotechnology · 2025
    Article
  12. Article
  13. Engineering chronological lifespan toward a robust yeast cell factory.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
    Article
  14. Article
  15. Review
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Review
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Zhen ZhouDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0706-9089
Yuting LiuDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7501-7980
Yushen FengDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5054-778X
Stephen KlepinDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2955-5061
Lev S TsimringSynthetic Biology Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0709-3548
Lorraine PillusDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8818-5227
Jeff HastyDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1673-0473
Nan HaoDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2857-4789

Funding

Network-Driven Dynamics of Replicative AgingR01AG056440 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI JEFF M HASTY, Nan Hao · 2017 to 2026
$5.6M
Dynamically compartmentalized control of gene expression by messenger ribonucleoprotein granulesR01GM111458 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI HAO, NAN · 2014 to 2022
$3.4M
Reprogramming cell-fate decisions through predictive modeling and synthetic biologyR01GM144595 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI HAO, NAN, HASTY, JEFF M · 2022 to 2025
$2.8M
Systems biology analysis of RNA-binding protein aggregation during cellular agingR01AG068112 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI HAO, NAN · 2021 to 2025
$2.3M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG056440NIA NIH HHS R01 AG068112NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM111458NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM144595
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synthetic biology enables the design of gene networks to confer specific biological functions, yet it remains a challenge to rationally engineer a biological trait as complex as longevity. A naturally occurring toggle switch underlies fate decisions toward either nucleolar or mitochondrial decline during the aging of yeast cells. We rewired this endogenous toggle to engineer an autonomous genetic clock that generates sustained oscillations between the nucleolar and mitochondrial aging processes in individual cells. These oscillations increased cellular life span through the delay of the commitment to aging that resulted from either the loss of chromatin silencing or the depletion of heme. Our results establish a connection between gene network architecture and cellular longevity that could lead to rationally designed gene circuits that slow aging.

Indexed as

Cellular SenescenceGenes, SyntheticLongevitySaccharomyces cerevisiaeGene Regulatory NetworksModels, GeneticSynthetic Biology

Identifiers

PMID37104589
PMCPMC10249776

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.