PMID- 27619151 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170605 LR - 20231213 IS - 1474-9726 (Electronic) IS - 1474-9718 (Print) IS - 1474-9718 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 1 DP - 2017 Feb TI - Caloric restriction increases brain mitochondrial calcium retention capacity and protects against excitotoxicity. PG - 73-81 LID - 10.1111/acel.12527 [doi] AB - Caloric restriction (CR) protects against many cerebral pathological conditions that are associated with excitotoxic damage and calcium overload, although the mechanisms are still poorly understood. Here we show that CR strongly protects against excitotoxic insults in vitro and in vivo in a manner associated with significant changes in mitochondrial function. CR increases electron transport chain activity, enhances antioxidant defenses, and favors mitochondrial calcium retention capacity in the brain. These changes are accompanied by a decrease in cyclophilin D activity and acetylation and an increase in Sirt3 expression. This suggests that Sirt3-mediated deacetylation and inhibition of cyclophilin D in CR promote the inhibition of mitochondrial permeability transition, resulting in enhanced mitochondrial calcium retention. Altogether, our results indicate that enhanced mitochondrial calcium retention capacity underlies the beneficial effects of CR against excitotoxic conditions. This protection may explain the many beneficial effects of CR in the aging brain. CI - (c) 2016 The Authors. Aging Cell published by the Anatomical Society and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Amigo, Ignacio AU - Amigo I AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Menezes-Filho, Sergio Luiz AU - Menezes-Filho SL AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Luevano-Martinez, Luis Alberto AU - Luevano-Martinez LA AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Chausse, Bruno AU - Chausse B AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Kowaltowski, Alicia J AU - Kowaltowski AJ AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160913 PL - England TA - Aging Cell JT - Aging cell JID - 101130839 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Peptidyl-Prolyl Isomerase F) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 0 (Neurotoxins) RN - 0 (PPIF protein, mouse) RN - 3KX376GY7L (Glutamic Acid) RN - EC 5.2.1.- (Cyclophilins) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Acetylation/drug effects MH - Animals MH - Antioxidants/pharmacology MH - Brain/drug effects/metabolism MH - Calcium/*metabolism MH - *Caloric Restriction MH - Cell Death/drug effects MH - Peptidyl-Prolyl Isomerase F MH - Cyclophilins/metabolism MH - Electron Transport/drug effects MH - Glutamic Acid/toxicity MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mitochondria/*metabolism MH - Neuroprotective Agents/*metabolism MH - Neurotoxins/*toxicity MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Serum/metabolism PMC - PMC5242290 OTO - NOTNLM OT - aging OT - brain OT - calcium OT - caloric restriction OT - mitochondria EDAT- 2016/09/14 06:00 MHDA- 2017/06/06 06:00 PMCR- 2017/02/01 CRDT- 2016/09/14 06:00 PHST- 2016/08/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/09/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/06/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/09/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ACEL12527 [pii] AID - 10.1111/acel.12527 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Aging Cell. 2017 Feb;16(1):73-81. doi: 10.1111/acel.12527. Epub 2016 Sep 13.