Unraveling Pathways of Health and Lifespan with Integrated Multiomics Approaches

Methods Mol Biol. 2022:2399:193-218. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1831-8_9.

Abstract

Distinct and shared pathways of health and lifespan can be untangled following a concerted approach led by experimental design and a rigorous analytical strategy where the confounding effects of diet and feeding regimens can be dissected. In this chapter, we use integrated analysis of multiomics (transcriptomics-metabolomics) data in liver from mice to gain insight into pathways associated with improved health and survival. We identify a unique metabolic hub involving glycine-serine-threonine metabolism at the core of lifespan, and a pattern of shared pathways related to improved health.

Keywords: Computational systems biology; Diet; Gene and functional ontologies; Healthy aging; Integrated pathway analysis; Time-restricted feeding; Topology-based pathway network analysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Diet
  • Longevity*
  • Metabolomics*
  • Mice
  • Serine
  • Threonine

Substances

  • Threonine
  • Serine