PMID- 23699506 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130809 LR - 20220309 IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 21 DP - 2013 May 22 TI - A dietary regimen of caloric restriction or pharmacological activation of SIRT1 to delay the onset of neurodegeneration. PG - 8951-60 LID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5657-12.2013 [doi] AB - Caloric restriction (CR) is a dietary regimen known to promote lifespan by slowing down the occurrence of age-dependent diseases. The greatest risk factor for neurodegeneration in the brain is age, from which follows that CR might also attenuate the progressive loss of neurons that is often associated with impaired cognitive capacities. In this study, we used a transgenic mouse model that allows for a temporally and spatially controlled onset of neurodegeneration to test the potentially beneficial effects of CR. We found that in this model, CR significantly delayed the onset of neurodegeneration and synaptic loss and dysfunction, and thereby preserved cognitive capacities. Mechanistically, CR induced the expression of the known lifespan-regulating protein SIRT1, prompting us to test whether a pharmacological activation of SIRT1 might recapitulate CR. We found that oral administration of a SIRT1-activating compound essentially replicated the beneficial effects of CR. Thus, SIRT1-activating compounds might provide a pharmacological alternative to the regimen of CR against neurodegeneration and its associated ailments. FAU - Graff, Johannes AU - Graff J AD - Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. FAU - Kahn, Martin AU - Kahn M FAU - Samiei, Alireza AU - Samiei A FAU - Gao, Jun AU - Gao J FAU - Ota, Kristie T AU - Ota KT FAU - Rei, Damien AU - Rei D FAU - Tsai, Li-Huei AU - Tsai LH LA - eng GR - P01 AG027916/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - HHMI/Howard Hughes Medical Institute/United States GR - P01AG027916/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Neurosci JT - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience JID - 8102140 RN - 0 (Cdk5r1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Piperidines) RN - 0 (Thiazoles) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - 0 (tert-butyl 4-((2-(2-(6-(2-(tert-butoxycarbonyl(methyl)amino)ethylamino)-2-butylpyrimidine-4-carboxamido)phenyl)thiazolo(5,4-b)pyridin-6-yl)methoxy)piperidine-1-carboxylate) RN - 1406-18-4 (Vitamin E) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.- (Phosphotransferases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5) RN - EC 3.5.1.- (Sirt1 protein, mouse) RN - EC 3.5.1.- (Sirtuin 1) RN - EC 4.2.1.11 (Phosphopyruvate Hydratase) SB - IM MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Animals MH - Atrophy/etiology/prevention & control MH - Brain/drug effects/pathology/ultrastructure MH - Caloric Restriction/*methods MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Cognition Disorders/etiology/*therapy MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5/genetics MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Double-Blind Method MH - Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/drug effects/physiology MH - Female MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics MH - Immunoprecipitation MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Long-Term Potentiation/genetics/physiology MH - Male MH - Memory Disorders/etiology/prevention & control MH - Mice MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Microscopy, Electron, Transmission MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics MH - Neurodegenerative Diseases/*complications/pathology MH - Phosphopyruvate Hydratase/metabolism MH - Phosphotransferases MH - Piperidines/therapeutic use MH - Silver Staining MH - Sirtuin 1/genetics/*metabolism MH - Synapses/pathology MH - Thiazoles/therapeutic use MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism MH - Vitamin E/administration & dosage PMC - PMC3775567 MID - NIHMS483495 EDAT- 2013/05/24 06:00 MHDA- 2013/08/10 06:00 PMCR- 2013/11/22 CRDT- 2013/05/24 06:00 PHST- 2013/05/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/05/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/08/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/11/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 33/21/8951 [pii] AID - 5657-12 [pii] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5657-12.2013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 2013 May 22;33(21):8951-60. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5657-12.2013.