Abstract
Calorie restriction (CR) is an effective strategy to delay the onset and progression of aging phenotypes in a variety of organisms. Several molecular players are involved in the anti-aging effects of CR, but mechanisms of regulation are poorly understood. Cellular senescence-a cellular state of irreversible growth arrest-is considered a basic mechanism of aging. Senescent cells accumulate with age and promote a number of age-related pathologies. Whether environmental conditions such as diet affect the accumulation of cellular senescence with age is still unclear. Here, we show that a number of classical transcriptomic markers of senescent cells are reduced in adult but relatively young mice under CR. Moreover, we demonstrate that such senescence markers are not induced in the colon of middle-age human volunteers under CR in comparison with age-matched volunteers consuming normal Western diets. Our data support the idea that the improvement in health span observed in different organisms under CR might be partly due to a reduction in the number of senescent cells.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e12746 |
Journal | Aging Cell |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 25 Mar 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Funding information: National Center for Research Resources, Grant/Award Number: UL1 RR024992; National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant/Award Number: 91649108; Biotechnology and Biological SciencesResearch Council, Grant/Award Number: G009953/1; Bakewell Foundation; Longer
Life Foundation
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: The mouse work was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) of the UK (Standard Grant BB/
G009953/1 and a China partnering award (BB/JO20028/1) plus an award from the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC: Aging initiative: grant reference number 91649108). Human work was supported by grants from the Bakewell Foundation, the Longer Life Foundation (an RGA/Washington University Partnership), and the National Center for Research Resources (UL1 RR024992). The funding agencies had no role in the analysis or interpretation of the data
or in the decision to submit the report for publication. The authors declare no competing financial interests.
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