PMID- 35868542 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220809 LR - 20220817 IS - 1872-6216 (Electronic) IS - 0047-6374 (Linking) VI - 206 DP - 2022 Sep TI - Long-term caloric restriction ameliorates T cell immunosenescence in mice. PG - 111710 LID - S0047-6374(22)00092-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.mad.2022.111710 [doi] AB - Aging is associated with a decrease in the function of the immune system, a phenomenon known as immunosenescence, which results in reduced resistance to infection. Caloric restriction (CR) is known to prolong lifespan and to regulate immune function. However, whether and how CR affects immunosenescence remains unclear. Here, we evaluated the effect of long- and short-term CR on immunosenescence by subjecting wild-type mice to CR between 6 and 18 months of age or between 17 and 18 months of age, respectively. Compared with a normal diet or short-term CR, long-term CR induced marked or complete attenuation of age-related decreases in the frequency of spleen NK cells and NKT cells; naive CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells; and cytokine- and granzyme B-secreting T cells. In contrast, both long- and short-term CR significantly suppressed age-related upregulation of the T cell exhaustion markers PD-1, Tim-3, and KLRG1, as well as the transcription factors NR4A1 and TOX, which regulate the expression of genes associated with the T cell exhaustion phenotype. These results suggest that CR might suppress age-associated immunosenescence by regulating the expression of transcription factors and target genes that control T cell exhaustion. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Asami, Takuya AU - Asami T AD - Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Minamiminowa, Nagano 399-4598, Japan. FAU - Endo, Katsunori AU - Endo K AD - Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Minamiminowa, Nagano 399-4598, Japan. FAU - Matsui, Rina AU - Matsui R AD - Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Minamiminowa, Nagano 399-4598, Japan. FAU - Sawa, Toko AU - Sawa T AD - Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Minamiminowa, Nagano 399-4598, Japan. FAU - Tanaka, Yuna AU - Tanaka Y AD - Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Minamiminowa, Nagano 399-4598, Japan. FAU - Saiki, Takeru AU - Saiki T AD - Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Minamiminowa, Nagano 399-4598, Japan. FAU - Tanba, Naotaka AU - Tanba N AD - Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Minamiminowa, Nagano 399-4598, Japan. FAU - Haga, Hadsuki AU - Haga H AD - Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Minamiminowa, Nagano 399-4598, Japan. FAU - Tanaka, Sachi AU - Tanaka S AD - Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Minamiminowa, Nagano 399-4598, Japan. Electronic address: tanakasa@shinshu-u.ac.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220720 PL - Ireland TA - Mech Ageing Dev JT - Mechanisms of ageing and development JID - 0347227 RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Aging/physiology MH - Animals MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes MH - Caloric Restriction MH - *Immunosenescence MH - Mice MH - Transcription Factors OTO - NOTNLM OT - Aging OT - Caloric restriction OT - Immunosenescence OT - T cell exhaustion EDAT- 2022/07/23 06:00 MHDA- 2022/08/10 06:00 CRDT- 2022/07/22 19:33 PHST- 2022/03/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/06/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/07/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/07/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/08/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/07/22 19:33 [entrez] AID - S0047-6374(22)00092-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.mad.2022.111710 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mech Ageing Dev. 2022 Sep;206:111710. doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2022.111710. Epub 2022 Jul 20.