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Table 4 The effects of amino acids on lifespan of rsks-1 , gcn-2 , ife-2 , gas-1 , and mev-1 mutants

From: Mechanisms of amino acid-mediated lifespan extension in Caenorhabditis elegans

Strain

Treatment

% of N2 control mean lifespan

% of untreated mean lifespan

p-value

# of worms

Replicates

rsks-1(ok1255)

Control

109

 

<0.001

362

4

1 mM tryptophan

 

71

<0.001

130

2

5 mM histidine

 

93

0.031

135

2

5 mM proline

 

94

0.042

140

2

10 mM serine

 

101

0.236

162

2

gcn-2(ok871)

Control

90

 

<0.001

479

4

1 mM tryptophan

 

99

0.489

160

2

5 mM histidine

 

100

0.335

163

2

5 mM proline

 

107

0.001

205

2

10 mM serine

 

104

0.006

183

2

Ife-2(ok306)

Control

97

 

0.245

112

2

1 mM tryptophan

 

94

0.029

138

2

5 mM histidine

 

98

0.597

110

2

5 mM proline

 

102

0.352

117

2

10 mM serine

 

99

0.791

96

2

gas-1(fc21)

Control

69

 

<0.001

119

2

5 mM histidine

 

104

0.092

110

2

10 mM serine

 

98

0.327

106

2

5 mM proline

 

109

0.003

115

2

mev-1(kn1)

Control

69

 

<0.001

273

2

5 mM histidine

 

104

0.021

215

2

10 mM serine

 

109

<0.001

258

2

5 mM proline

 

102

0.102

256

2