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<p>Mitochondrial stress activates the integrated stress response (ISR) and triggers cell–cell communication through the secretion of the metabokine growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15). However, the gene network underlying the ISR remains poorly defined across metabolically diverse cellular states and tissues. Using RNAseq data from fibroblasts subjected to eleven metabolic perturbations, including genetic and pharmacological mitochondrial OxPhos defects, we show that the ISR has multiple arms. To quantify the GDF15 arm of ISR activation in human cells, we developed an <i>ISR</i><sup><i>GDF15</i></sup> index. We validate the <i>ISR</i><sup><i>GDF15</i></sup> index in datasets from optogenetic and small molecule activation of ISR kinases, demonstrating its rapid kinetics preceding to <i>GDF15</i> gene expression. We then deploy the <i>ISR</i><sup><i>GDF15</i></sup> index across 44 postmortem human tissues, confirm its correlation with age, and report that the <i>ISR</i><sup><i>GDF15</i></sup> is upregulated in the heart of individuals with acute causes of death in the emergency room, whereas it was upregulated in the brain of individuals who died after protracted hospital inpatient stays. These data highlight distinct arms of the ISR and clarify genes related to the GDF15 ISR arm, yielding an <i>ISR</i><sup><i>GDF15</i></sup> index that can be used to investigate tissue-specific and age-related ISR activation in both in vitro cultures and human tissues.</p>

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Mapping the GDF15 arm of the integrated stress response in human cells and tissues

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    2026年5月27日

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  • Janell L. M. Smith,
  • Kamaryn T. Tanner,
  • Jack Devine,
  • Anna S. Monzel,
  • Taivan Batjargal,
  • Maxwell Z. Wilson,
  • Alan A. Cohen,
  • Martin Picard

摘要

Mitochondrial stress activates the integrated stress response (ISR) and triggers cell–cell communication through the secretion of the metabokine growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15). However, the gene network underlying the ISR remains poorly defined across metabolically diverse cellular states and tissues. Using RNAseq data from fibroblasts subjected to eleven metabolic perturbations, including genetic and pharmacological mitochondrial OxPhos defects, we show that the ISR has multiple arms. To quantify the GDF15 arm of ISR activation in human cells, we developed an ISRGDF15 index. We validate the ISRGDF15 index in datasets from optogenetic and small molecule activation of ISR kinases, demonstrating its rapid kinetics preceding to GDF15 gene expression. We then deploy the ISRGDF15 index across 44 postmortem human tissues, confirm its correlation with age, and report that the ISRGDF15 is upregulated in the heart of individuals with acute causes of death in the emergency room, whereas it was upregulated in the brain of individuals who died after protracted hospital inpatient stays. These data highlight distinct arms of the ISR and clarify genes related to the GDF15 ISR arm, yielding an ISRGDF15 index that can be used to investigate tissue-specific and age-related ISR activation in both in vitro cultures and human tissues.