PMID- 31839667 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200415 LR - 20200415 IS - 1880-313X (Electronic) IS - 0388-6107 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 6 DP - 2019 TI - T-cell activation-inhibitory assay: a proposed novel method for screening caloric restriction mimetics. PG - 235-241 LID - 10.2220/biomedres.40.235 [doi] AB - Caloric restriction (CR) is a major contributor to good health and longevity. CR mimetics (CRMs) are a group of plant-derived compounds capable of inducing the benefits of CR. Since a longevity gene, SIRT1, inhibits T-cell activation and SIRT1 loss results in increased T-cell activation, we hypothesized that compounds capable of activating SIRT1 signaling can inhibit T-cell activation and function as CRMs. Thus we propose, in the present study, the application of a T-cell activation-inhibitory assay to screen candidate CRMs. Well-known CRMs, such as resveratrol, butein, and fisetin, suppressed the anti-CD3/CD28 antibody-induced activation of mouse spleen T-cells. We next randomly assessed 68 plant-derived compounds for screening novel candidate CRMs using this bioassay and found that all four compounds showing IC(50) values <5 muM, such as curcumin, alpha-mangostin, nobiletin, and heptamethoxyflavone, have beneficial functions for health such as anti-inflammatory effect. These results suggest that the T-cell activation-inhibitory assay can be used to screen candidate CRMs. FAU - Iura, Shu AU - Iura S AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Matsuyama University. FAU - Ojima, Yuusei AU - Ojima Y AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Matsuyama University. FAU - Amakura, Yoshiaki AU - Amakura Y AD - Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Matsuyama University. FAU - Yoshimura, Morio AU - Yoshimura M AD - Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Matsuyama University. FAU - Sawamoto, Atsushi AU - Sawamoto A AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Matsuyama University. FAU - Okuyama, Satoshi AU - Okuyama S AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Matsuyama University. FAU - Furukawa, Yoshiko AU - Furukawa Y AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Matsuyama University. FAU - Nakajima, Mitsunari AU - Nakajima M AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Matsuyama University. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Japan TA - Biomed Res JT - Biomedical research (Tokyo, Japan) JID - 8100317 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biomarkers MH - Caloric Restriction MH - Drug Evaluation, Preclinical MH - Female MH - *Immunoassay/methods MH - Leukocytes/immunology/metabolism MH - Lymphocyte Activation/*immunology MH - Mice MH - RAW 264.7 Cells MH - Signal Transduction MH - T-Lymphocytes/drug effects/*immunology/*metabolism EDAT- 2019/12/17 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/16 06:00 CRDT- 2019/12/17 06:00 PHST- 2019/12/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/12/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/16 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.2220/biomedres.40.235 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biomed Res. 2019;40(6):235-241. doi: 10.2220/biomedres.40.235.