Publication Date:
2004-06-19
Description:
A major cause of aging is thought to result from the cumulative effects of cell loss over time. In yeast, caloric restriction (CR) delays aging by activating the Sir2 deacetylase. Here we show that expression of mammalian Sir2 (SIRT1) is induced in CR rats as well as in human cells that are treated with serum from these animals. Insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) attenuated this response. SIRT1 deacetylates the DNA repair factor Ku70, causing it to sequester the proapoptotic factor Bax away from mitochondria, thereby inhibiting stress-induced apoptotic cell death. Thus, CR could extend life-span by inducing SIRT1 expression and promoting the long-term survival of irreplaceable cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Cohen, Haim Y -- Miller, Christine -- Bitterman, Kevin J -- Wall, Nathan R -- Hekking, Brian -- Kessler, Benedikt -- Howitz, Konrad T -- Gorospe, Myriam -- de Cabo, Rafael -- Sinclair, David A -- AG19719-03/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- AG19972-02/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- F32 CA097802/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01 AG027916/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- R01 AG019719/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- R01 AG019972/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- R01 AG028730/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM068072/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R37 AG028730/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jul 16;305(5682):390-2. Epub 2004 Jun 17.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15205477" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Acetylation
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Adipose Tissue/metabolism
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Alleles
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Animals
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Antigens, Nuclear/metabolism
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*Apoptosis
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*Caloric Restriction
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Cell Line
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*Cell Survival
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DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
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Histone Deacetylases/genetics/*metabolism
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Humans
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Insulin/metabolism/pharmacology
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Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/metabolism/pharmacology
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Kidney/metabolism
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Liver/metabolism
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Male
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Mitochondria/metabolism
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Mutation
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
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*Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
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RNA, Small Interfering
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Rats
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Rats, Inbred F344
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Sirtuin 1
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Sirtuins/genetics/*metabolism
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bcl-2-Associated X Protein
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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