{"id":82,"date":"2017-07-10T10:42:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T08:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pnei.it\/en\/?p=82"},"modified":"2021-02-06T15:18:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T14:18:00","slug":"autophagy-doesnt-kill-makes-stronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pnei.it\/en\/2017\/07\/10\/autophagy-doesnt-kill-makes-stronger\/","title":{"rendered":"Autophagy: What doesn\u2019t kill you makes you stronger"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_84\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-84 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pnei.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/roundworms.jpg\" alt=\"roundworms\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pnei.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/roundworms.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pnei.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/roundworms-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pnei.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/roundworms-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Experiments carried out on round worms showed that their lifespan increased when subjected to bouts of mild heat shock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Cellular recycling process linked to beneficial effects of enduring mild stress, which has a positive effect on people\u2019s lives. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have found that this cellular process, called <strong>autophagy (the key to extending lifespan), is also critical to the benefits of temporary stress.<\/strong> The study creates new avenues to pursue treatments for neurological disorders such as Huntington\u2019s disease.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Autophagy is a means of recycling cells\u2019 old, broken, or unneeded parts<\/strong>, so that their components can be re-used to make new molecules or burned for energy; a process linked to longevity, at a cellular level.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Roundworms and Autophagy<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Experiments carried out on round worms showed that their lifespan increased when subjected to bouts of mild heat shock.<\/strong> The researchers also found that mild heat shock also reduced the number of protein aggregates. These protein aggregates are stressful for cells and the cause of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huntington%27s_disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Huntington\u2019s disease<\/a>: a fatal inherited disease cause by neuronal proteins that stick together as patients age, leading to degeneration throughout the brain.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Applications<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The results may also be relevant to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alzheimer%27s_disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alzheimer\u2019s<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parkinson%27s_disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parkinson\u2019s diseases, <\/a>which are also caused by proteins clumping together.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many questions are raised here. For example, <strong>how does induction of autophagy by mild heat stress early on make cells better able to survive heat later?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This ongoing research is of vital importance in the search for adequate treatments for neuronal-protein caused diseases, and may well prove that \u2018What doesn\u2019t kill you\u2019 does actually and paradoxically \u2018make you stronger\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cellular recycling process linked to beneficial effects of enduring mild stress, which has a positive effect on people\u2019s lives. 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