PMID- 33287232 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210308 LR - 20211204 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 23 DP - 2020 Dec 3 TI - Still Living Better through Chemistry: An Update on Caloric Restriction and Caloric Restriction Mimetics as Tools to Promote Health and Lifespan. LID - 10.3390/ijms21239220 [doi] LID - 9220 AB - Caloric restriction (CR), the reduction of caloric intake without inducing malnutrition, is the most reproducible method of extending health and lifespan across numerous organisms, including humans. However, with nearly one-third of the world's population overweight, it is obvious that caloric restriction approaches are difficult for individuals to achieve. Therefore, identifying compounds that mimic CR is desirable to promote longer, healthier lifespans without the rigors of restricting diet. Many compounds, such as rapamycin (and its derivatives), metformin, or other naturally occurring products in our diets (nutraceuticals), induce CR-like states in laboratory models. An alternative to CR is the removal of specific elements (such as individual amino acids) from the diet. Despite our increasing knowledge of the multitude of CR approaches and CR mimetics, the extent to which these strategies overlap mechanistically remains unclear. Here we provide an update of CR and CR mimetic research, summarizing mechanisms by which these strategies influence genome function required to treat age-related pathologies and identify the molecular fountain of youth. FAU - Almendariz-Palacios, Carla AU - Almendariz-Palacios C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0744-6956 AD - Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 4A8, Canada. FAU - Mousseau, Darrell D AU - Mousseau DD AD - Cell Signalling Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada. FAU - Eskiw, Christopher H AU - Eskiw CH AD - Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 4A8, Canada. AD - Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada. FAU - Gillespie, Zoe E AU - Gillespie ZE AD - Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada. LA - eng GR - UKWN/CAPMC/CIHR/Canada GR - UKWN/Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada/ GR - UKWN/Saskatchewan Research Chair in Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias funded by the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation/ GR - NA/University of Saskatchewan College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies/ GR - NA/Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20201203 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Amino Acids) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Amino Acids/metabolism MH - Animals MH - *Caloric Restriction MH - Cellular Senescence MH - Diet MH - Energy Intake MH - *Health Promotion MH - Humans MH - *Longevity MH - Molecular Mimicry MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism PMC - PMC7729921 OTO - NOTNLM OT - amino acid restriction OT - caloric restriction OT - caloric restriction mimetics OT - general control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2) OT - healthspan OT - lifespan OT - mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/12/09 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/09 06:00 PMCR- 2020/12/01 CRDT- 2020/12/08 01:07 PHST- 2020/11/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/11/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/11/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/08 01:07 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms21239220 [pii] AID - ijms-21-09220 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms21239220 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Dec 3;21(23):9220. doi: 10.3390/ijms21239220.