RT journal article T1 Phosphate Restriction Promotes Longevity via Activation of Autophagy and the Multivesicular Body Pathway A1 Ebrahimi, Mahsa A1 Habernig, Lukas A1 Broeskamp, Filomena A1 Aufschnaiter, Andreas A1 Diessl, Jutta A1 Atienza Navarro, Isabel A1 Matz, Steffen A1 Ruiz Rodríguez, Félix Alejandro A1 Büttner, Sabrina A2 BiomedicinaBiotecnología y Salud Pública K1 lifespan K1 nutrient limitation K1 yeast K1 autophagy K1 Pho85 K1 aging K1 polyphosphate K1 vacuole fusion K1 quiescence AB Nutrient limitation results in an activation of autophagy in organisms ranging from yeast,nematodes and flies to mammals. Several evolutionary conserved nutrient-sensing kinases are criticalfor efficient adaptation of yeast cells to glucose, nitrogen or phosphate depletion, subsequent cellcycleexit and the regulation of autophagy. Here, we demonstrate that phosphate restriction results ina prominent extension of yeast lifespan that requires the coordinated activity of autophagy and themultivesicular body pathway, enabling efficient turnover of cytoplasmic and plasma membrane cargo.While the multivesicular body pathway was essential during the early days of aging, autophagycontributed to long-term survival at later days. The cyclin-dependent kinase Pho85 was critical forphosphate restriction-induced autophagy and full lifespan extension. In contrast, when cell-cycle exitwas triggered by exhaustion of glucose instead of phosphate, Pho85 and its cyclin, Pho80, functionedas negative regulators of autophagy and lifespan. The storage of phosphate in form of polyphosphatewas completely dispensable to in sustaining viability under phosphate restriction. Collectively, ourresults identify the multifunctional, nutrient-sensing kinase Pho85 as critical modulator of longevitythat differentially coordinates the autophagic response to distinct kinds of starvation. PB MDPI SN 2073-4409 YR 2021 FD 2021-11 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/26130 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/26130 LA eng NO This work was supported by the Swedish Research Council (2015-05468 and 2019-05249 to SB), the Knut and AliceWallenberg Foundation (2017.009 to SB), Stiftelsen Olle Engkvist Byggmastare (194-0681 and 207-0527 to SB), the Austrian Science Fund FWF (J4398-B to AA) and Junta de Andalucia (CTS-554 to FAR). IA was a Young Research Staff of the "Sistema de Garantia Juvenil, Fase II" (Junta de Andalucia). DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz RD 12-nov-2026