Heat FLiPs a Hormonal Switch for Longevity

Abstract

Temperature-sensing neurons in C. elegans reduce the life-shortening effects of high temperatures via steroid signaling. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Chen et al. (2016) elucidate the underlying mechanisms by which the transcription factor CREB induces the neuropeptide FLP-6 in the temperature-sensing neurons to counteract the life-shortening effects of high temperature.