T. Tezil, Manish Chamoli, Che-Ping Ng, Roman P. Simon, Victoria J. Butler, M. Jung, J. Andersen, A. Kao, E. Verdin
{"title":"Lifespan-increasing drug nordihydroguaiaretic acid inhibits p300 and activates autophagy","authors":"T. Tezil, Manish Chamoli, Che-Ping Ng, Roman P. Simon, Victoria J. Butler, M. Jung, J. Andersen, A. Kao, E. Verdin","doi":"10.1038/s41514-019-0037-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41514-019-0037-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19334,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Aging and Mechanisms of Disease","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1038/s41514-019-0037-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46721784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maricela Robles-Murguia, Liam C Hunt, David Finkelstein, Yiping Fan, Fabio Demontis
{"title":"Tissue-specific alteration of gene expression and function by RU486 and the GeneSwitch system.","authors":"Maricela Robles-Murguia, Liam C Hunt, David Finkelstein, Yiping Fan, Fabio Demontis","doi":"10.1038/s41514-019-0036-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41514-019-0036-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The GeneSwitch (GS) is a modified Gal4/UAS system, whereby transgene expression is induced in <i>Drosophila</i> by adding the drug RU486 to food. The GS system is routinely used in <i>Drosophila</i> aging and behavioral studies to avoid confounding effects related to genetic background mutations. Here, we report transcriptional and functional defects that are induced by RU486 in a stock- and tissue-dependent manner, such as defects in flight and mitochondrial gene expression. In addition to including proper controls, our findings suggest that context-specific side effects induced by RU486 should be considered in the experimental design and when interpreting the observed phenotypes.</p>","PeriodicalId":19334,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Aging and Mechanisms of Disease","volume":"5 ","pages":"6"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1038/s41514-019-0036-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37270829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum: Publisher Correction: Epigenetic silencing of <i>Lgr5</i> induces senescence of intestinal epithelial organoids during the process of aging.","authors":"Ryoei Uchida, Yoshimasa Saito, Kazuki Nogami, Yohei Kajiyama, Yukana Suzuki, Yasuhiro Kawase, Toshiaki Nakaoka, Toshihide Muramatsu, Masaki Kimura, Hidetsugu Saito","doi":"10.1038/s41514-019-0035-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41514-019-0035-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/s41514-018-0031-5.].</p>","PeriodicalId":19334,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Aging and Mechanisms of Disease","volume":"5 ","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1038/s41514-019-0035-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37041539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Caveolin-1 as a pathophysiological factor and target in psoriasis.","authors":"Ilja L Kruglikov, Philipp E Scherer","doi":"10.1038/s41514-019-0034-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41514-019-0034-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Low expression of caveolin-1 (Cav-1) is typical in psoriatic lesions and overexpression of Cav-1 leads to a reduction of inflammation and suppression of epidermal hyperproliferation, thus ameliorating these two well-known hallmarks of psoriasis. At the same time, the interfacial layers of the white adipose tissue (WAT) adjacent to psoriatic lesions demonstrate much higher stiffness, which also points to a modification of Cav-1 expression in this tissue. These processes are connected with each other and regulated via exosomal exchange. Here we discuss the role of Cav-1 expression in inflammatory and hyperproliferative processes and analyze the ways to provide spatially different modulation of Cav-1 expression in the skin and WAT. Such modulation can be induced by different pharmacological and physical factors. These include application of mechanical stress and supra-physiological temperatures. Cav-1 should therefore be considered as an important target in treatment of psoriasis.</p>","PeriodicalId":19334,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Aging and Mechanisms of Disease","volume":"5 ","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1038/s41514-019-0034-x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36936091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jaymie R Voorhees, Matthew T Remy, Claire M Erickson, Laura M Dutca, Daniel J Brat, Andrew A Pieper
{"title":"Occupational-like organophosphate exposure disrupts microglia and accelerates deficits in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease.","authors":"Jaymie R Voorhees, Matthew T Remy, Claire M Erickson, Laura M Dutca, Daniel J Brat, Andrew A Pieper","doi":"10.1038/s41514-018-0033-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41514-018-0033-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Occupational exposure to organophosphate pesticides, such as chlorpyrifos (CPF), increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD), though the mechanism is unclear. To investigate this, we subjected 4-month-old male and female wild-type (WT) and TgF344-AD rats, a transgenic AD model, to an occupational CPF exposure paradigm that recapitulates biomarkers and behavioral impairments experienced by agricultural workers. Subsequent cognition and neuropathology were analyzed over the next 20 months. CPF exposure caused chronic microglial dysregulation and accelerated neurodegeneration in both males and females. The effect on neurodegeneration was more severe in males, and was also associated with accelerated cognitive impairment. Females did not exhibit accelerated cognitive impairment after CPF exposure, and amyloid deposition and tauopathy were unchanged in both males and females. Microglial dysregulation may mediate the increased risk of AD associated with occupational organophosphate exposure, and future therapies to preserve or restore normal microglia might help prevent AD in genetically vulnerable individuals exposed to CPF or other disease-accelerating environmental agents.</p>","PeriodicalId":19334,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Aging and Mechanisms of Disease","volume":"5 ","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1038/s41514-018-0033-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36912992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sergei Vatolin, Tomas Radivoyevitch, Jaroslaw P Maciejewski
{"title":"New drugs for pharmacological extension of replicative life span in normal and progeroid cells.","authors":"Sergei Vatolin, Tomas Radivoyevitch, Jaroslaw P Maciejewski","doi":"10.1038/s41514-018-0032-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41514-018-0032-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A high-throughput anti-aging drug screen was developed that simultaneously measures senescence-associated β-galactosidase activity and proliferation. Applied to replicatively pre-aged fibroblasts, this screen yielded violuric acid (VA) and 1-naphthoquinone-2-monoxime (N2N1) as its top two hits. These lead compounds extended the replicative life spans of normal and progeroid human cells in a dose-dependent manner and also extended the chronological life spans of mice and C. elegans. They are further shown here to function as redox catalysts in oxidations of NAD(P)H. They thus slow age-related declines in NAD(P)<sup>+</sup>/NAD(P)H ratios. VA participates in non-enzymatic electron transfers from NAD(P)H to oxidized glutathione or peroxides. N2N1 transfers electrons from NAD(P)H to cytochrome c or CoQ<sub>10</sub> via NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (quinone) 1 (NQO1). Our results indicate that pharmacologic manipulation of NQO1 activity via redox catalysts may reveal mechanisms of senescence and aging.</p>","PeriodicalId":19334,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Aging and Mechanisms of Disease","volume":"5 ","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1038/s41514-018-0032-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36891308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epigenetic silencing of <i>Lgr5</i> induces senescence of intestinal epithelial organoids during the process of aging.","authors":"Ryoei Uchida, Yoshimasa Saito, Kazuki Nogami, Yohei Kajiyama, Yukana Suzuki, Yasuhiro Kawase, Toshiaki Nakaoka, Toshihide Muramatsu, Masaki Kimura, Hidetsugu Saito","doi":"10.1038/s41514-018-0031-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41514-018-0031-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To understand the molecular features underlying stem cell aging, we established intestinal epithelial organoids derived from both young and aged mice and investigated alterations in their senescence and epigenetic status. Senescence-related changes including accumulation of senescence-associated β-galactosidase and up-regulation of <i>Cdkn1a</i> (<i>p21)</i> by DNA demethylation were observed in intestinal epithelial organoids derived from aged mice. We also demonstrated that the important stem cell marker <i>Lgr5</i> was epigenetically silenced by trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27, inducing suppression of Wnt signaling and a decrease of cell proliferation in organoids from aged mice. We further treated intestinal epithelial organoids from aged mice with nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), a key NAD<sup>+</sup> intermediate. As a result, the organoids showed a higher NAD<sup>+</sup> level, increased cell proliferative ability, activation of <i>Lgr5</i> and suppression of senescence-associated genes, indicating that treatment with NMN could ameliorate senescence-related changes in intestinal epithelia. These findings suggest that organoids derived from aged animals could be a powerful research tool for investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying stem cell aging and for development of some form of anti-aging intervention, thus contributing to prolongation of healthy life expectancy.</p>","PeriodicalId":19334,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Aging and Mechanisms of Disease","volume":"5 ","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1038/s41514-018-0031-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36813363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mari Yamagami, Motoyuki Otsuka, Takahiro Kishikawa, Kazuma Sekiba, Takahiro Seimiya, Eri Tanaka, Tatsunori Suzuki, Rei Ishibashi, Motoko Ohno, Kazuhiko Koike
{"title":"ISGF3 with reduced phosphorylation is associated with constitutive expression of interferon-induced genes in aging cells.","authors":"Mari Yamagami, Motoyuki Otsuka, Takahiro Kishikawa, Kazuma Sekiba, Takahiro Seimiya, Eri Tanaka, Tatsunori Suzuki, Rei Ishibashi, Motoko Ohno, Kazuhiko Koike","doi":"10.1038/s41514-018-0030-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41514-018-0030-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During cellular aging, many changes in cellular functions occur. A hallmark of aged cells is secretion of inflammatory mediators, which collectively is referred to as the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). However, the mechanisms underlying such changes are unclear. Canonically, the expression of interferon (IFN)-stimulated genes (ISGs) is induced by IFNs through the formation of the tripartite transcriptional factor ISGF3, which is composed of IRF9 and the phosphorylated forms of STAT1 and STAT2. However, in this study, the constitutive expression of ISGs in human-derived senescent fibroblasts and in fibroblasts from a patient with Werner syndrome, which leads to premature aging, was mediated mainly by the unphosphorylated forms of STATs in the absence of INF production. Under homeostatic conditions, STAT1, STAT2, and IRF9 were localized to the nucleus of aged cells. Although knockdown of JAK1, a key kinase of STAT1 and STAT2, did not affect ISG expression or IFN-stimulated response element (ISRE)-mediated promoter activities in these senescent cells, knockdown of STAT1 or STAT2 decreased ISG expression and ISRE activities. These results suggest that the ISGF3 complex without clear phosphorylation is required for IFN-independent constitutive ISG transcription in senescent cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":19334,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Aging and Mechanisms of Disease","volume":" ","pages":"11"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1038/s41514-018-0030-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36700152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CA1 <i>Nampt</i> knockdown recapitulates hippocampal cognitive phenotypes in old mice which nicotinamide mononucleotide improves.","authors":"Sean Johnson, David F Wozniak, S Imai","doi":"10.1038/s41514-018-0029-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41514-018-0029-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cognitive dysfunction is one of the most concerning outcomes in global population aging. However, the mechanisms by which cognitive functions are impaired during aging remain elusive. It has been established that NAD<sup>+</sup> levels are reduced in multiple tissues and organs, including the brain. We found that NAD<sup>+</sup> levels declined in the hippocampus of mice during the course of aging, and whereas we observed minimal age-related effects on spatial learning/memory capabilities in old mice, we discovered that they developed cognitive hypersensitivity in response to aversive stimulation during contextual fear conditioning tests. This cognitive hypersensitivity appears to be associated with alterations in emotionality (fear/anxiety) and sensory processing (shock sensitivity), rather than reflect genuine conditioning/retention effects, during aging. Supplementation of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) improved the sensory processing aspect of the hypersensitivity and possibly other related behaviors. Specific knockdown of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (<i>Nampt</i>) in the CA1 region, but not in the dentate gyrus, recapitulates this cognitive hypersensitivity observed in old mice. We identified calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase (<i>Cask</i>) as a potential downstream effector in response to age-associated NAD<sup>+</sup> reduction in the hippocampus. <i>Cask</i> expression is responsive to NAD<sup>+</sup> changes and also reduced in the hippocampus during aging. Short-term NMN supplementation can enhance <i>Cask</i> expression in the hippocampus of old mice. Its promoter activity is regulated in a Sirt1-dependent manner. Taken together, NAD<sup>+</sup> reduction in the CA1 region contributes to development of age-associated cognitive dysfunction, aspects of which may be prevented or treated by enhancing NAD<sup>+</sup> availability through supplementation of NAD<sup>+</sup> intermediates, such as NMN.</p>","PeriodicalId":19334,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Aging and Mechanisms of Disease","volume":" ","pages":"10"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1038/s41514-018-0029-z","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36665165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raji R Nair, Shreyas V Madiwale, Deepak Kumar Saini
{"title":"Clampdown of inflammation in aging and anticancer therapies by limiting upregulation and activation of GPCR, CXCR4.","authors":"Raji R Nair, Shreyas V Madiwale, Deepak Kumar Saini","doi":"10.1038/s41514-018-0028-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41514-018-0028-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>One of the major pathological outcomes of DNA damage during aging or anticancer therapy is enhanced inflammation. However, the underlying signaling mechanism that drives this is not well understood. Here, we show that in response to DNA damage, ubiquitously expressed GPCR, CXCR4 is upregulated through the ATM kinase-HIF1α dependent DNA damage response (DDR) signaling, and enhances inflammatory response when activated by its ligand, chemokine CXCL12. A pharmacologically active compound screen revealed that this increased inflammation is dependent on reduction in cAMP levels achieved through activation of Gαi through CXCR4 receptor and PDE4A. Through in vivo analysis in mice where DNA damage was induced by irradiation, we validated that CXCR4 is induced systemically after DNA damage and inhibition of its activity or its induction blocked inflammation as well as tissue injury. We thus report a unique DNA damage-linked inflammatory cascade, which is mediated by expression level changes in a GPCR and can be targeted to counteract inflammation during anticancer therapies as well as aging.</p>","PeriodicalId":19334,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Aging and Mechanisms of Disease","volume":" ","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1038/s41514-018-0028-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36457804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}