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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 29.
Published in final edited form as: Nature. 2010 Mar 25;464(7288):513–519. doi: 10.1038/nature08981

Figure 2. Carbon metabolism and yeast ageing.

Figure 2

Yeast cells are typically aged in synthetic medium containing 2% glucose. Under these conditions, cells ferment pyruvate to ethanol. After glucose depletion, ethanol is metabolized leading to the production of acetic acid, which is toxic to yeast cells and induces an apoptosis-like response that limits CLS. Under conditions of dietary restriction, the glucose concentration of the growth medium is reduced to 0.5% or lower, resulting in direct use of pyruvate by mitochondrial respiration, decreased acetic acid production and increased CLS.