PMID- 32344591 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210119 LR - 20210119 IS - 2072-6643 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6643 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 4 DP - 2020 Apr 24 TI - Mechanisms of Lifespan Regulation by Calorie Restriction and Intermittent Fasting in Model Organisms. LID - 10.3390/nu12041194 [doi] LID - 1194 AB - Genetic and pharmacological interventions have successfully extended healthspan and lifespan in animals, but their genetic interventions are not appropriate options for human applications and pharmacological intervention needs more solid clinical evidence. Consequently, dietary manipulations are the only practical and probable strategies to promote health and longevity in humans. Caloric restriction (CR), reduction of calorie intake to a level that does not compromise overall health, has been considered as being one of the most promising dietary interventions to extend lifespan in humans. Although it is straightforward, continuous reduction of calorie or food intake is not easy to practice in real lives of humans. Recently, fasting-related interventions such as intermittent fasting (IF) and time-restricted feeding (TRF) have emerged as alternatives of CR. Here, we review the history of CR and fasting-related strategies in animal models, discuss the molecular mechanisms underlying these interventions, and propose future directions that can fill the missing gaps in the current understanding of these dietary interventions. CR and fasting appear to extend lifespan by both partially overlapping common mechanisms such as the target of rapamycin (TOR) pathway and circadian clock, and distinct independent mechanisms that remain to be discovered. We propose that a systems approach combining global transcriptomic, metabolomic, and proteomic analyses followed by genetic perturbation studies targeting multiple candidate pathways will allow us to better understand how CR and fasting interact with each other to promote longevity. FAU - Hwangbo, Dae-Sung AU - Hwangbo DS AD - Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA. FAU - Lee, Hye-Yeon AU - Lee HY AD - Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea. FAU - Abozaid, Leen Suleiman AU - Abozaid LS AD - Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA. FAU - Min, Kyung-Jin AU - Min KJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5829-6842 AD - Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea. LA - eng GR - 60570-01/Inha University/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20200424 PL - Switzerland TA - Nutrients JT - Nutrients JID - 101521595 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) SB - IM MH - Aging MH - Animals MH - Biomarkers MH - *Caloric Restriction MH - Diet MH - Energy Intake MH - *Fasting MH - Humans MH - *Longevity MH - Models, Animal MH - Species Specificity PMC - PMC7230387 OTO - NOTNLM OT - aging OT - calorie restriction OT - fasting OT - lifespan OT - longevity COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/04/30 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/20 06:00 PMCR- 2020/04/01 CRDT- 2020/04/30 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/04/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/04/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/04/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nu12041194 [pii] AID - nutrients-12-01194 [pii] AID - 10.3390/nu12041194 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nutrients. 2020 Apr 24;12(4):1194. doi: 10.3390/nu12041194.