Starvation resistance in planarians : multiple strategies to get a thrifty phenotype

© 2023 The Authors. The FEBS Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Federation of European Biochemical Societies..

Starvation resistance is a life-saving mechanism for many organisms facing food availability fluctuation in the natural environment. Different strategies have been episodically identified for some model organisms, the first of which was the ability to suppress metabolic rate. Among the identified strategies, the ability of planarians to shrink their body under fasting conditions and revert the process after feeding (the growth-degrowth process) represents a fascinating mechanism to face long periods of fasting. The growth-degrowth process is strictly related to the capability of planarians to continuously maintain tissue homeostasis and body proportions even in challenging conditions, thanks to the presence of a population of pluripotent stem cells. Here, we take advantage of several previous studies describing the growth-degrowth process and of recent progress in the understanding of planarian homeostasis mechanisms, to identify tissue-selective transcriptional downregulation as a driving strategy for the development of a thrifty phenotype, and the p53 transcription factor as a player in adjusting tissue homeostasis in accordance with food availability.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:291

Enthalten in:

The FEBS journal - 291(2024), 5 vom: 30. März, Seite 965-985

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gambino, Gaetana [VerfasserIn]
Iacopetti, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Ippolito, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Salvetti, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Rossi, Leonardo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Fasting
Journal Article
P53
Planarian
Starvation
Tissue homeostasis
Transcription Factors

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Date Completed 04.03.2024

Date Revised 04.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/febs.17020

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365286494