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ArticleNature aging2025

A TFEB-TGFβ axis systemically regulates diapause, stem cell resilience and protects against a senescence-like state.

Tim J Nonninger, Jennifer Mak, Birgit Gerisch, Valentina Ramponi, Kazuto Kawamura, Roberto Ripa, Klara Schilling, Christian Latza, Jonathan Kölschbach, Manuel Serrano and 1 more

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Article in Nature aging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Tim J Nonninger *Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.
Jennifer Mak *Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.
Birgit Gerisch *Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.
Valentina RamponiInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain.
Kazuto KawamuraMax Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.
Roberto RipaMax Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.
Klara SchillingMax Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.
Christian LatzaMax Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.
Jonathan KölschbachMax Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-5191-4732
Manuel SerranoInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain.
Adam AntebiMax Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany. aantebi@age.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7241-3029

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diapause is a long-lived state of resilience that allows organisms to outlast adversity. Caenorhabditis elegans can endure months in a fasting-induced adult reproductive diapause (ARD) and, upon refeeding, regenerate and reproduce. Here we find that mutants of ARD master regulator hlh-30/TFEB arrest in a senescence-like state during ARD and refeeding, in which germline stem cells are characterized by DNA damage, nucleolar expansion, cell cycle arrest and mitochondrial dysfunction, alongside dysregulated immune and growth metabolic signatures, elevated senescence-associated β-galactosidase and premature aging at the organismal level. Forward genetic screens reveal a TFEB-TGFβ signaling axis that systemically controls diapause, stem cell longevity and senescence, aligning nutrient supply to proper metabolism and growth signaling. Notably, TFEB's vital role is conserved in mouse embryonic and human cancer diapause. Thus, ARD offers a powerful model to study stem cell longevity and senescence in vivo, directly relevant to mammals.

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Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCellular SenescenceDiapauseStem CellsTransforming Growth Factor betaAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsFastingHumansLongevityMiceSignal TransductionBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsHLH-30 protein, C elegansTransforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID40588651
PMCPMC12270908

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