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Endogenous hydrogen sulfide production is essential for dietary restriction benefits

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Hine, Christopher, Harputlugil, Eylul, Zhang, Yue, Ruckenstuhl, Christoph, Lee, Byung Cheon, Brace, Lear, Longchamp, Alban, Treviño-Villarreal, Jose H. +7 more·2015·Cell

Abstract

Dietary restriction (DR) without malnutrition encompasses numerous regimens with overlapping benefits including longevity and stress resistance, but unifying nutritional and molecular mechanisms remain elusive. In a mouse model of DR-mediated stress resistance, we found that sulfur amino acid (SAA) restriction increased expression of the transsulfuration pathway (TSP) enzyme cystathionine γ-lyase (CGL), resulting in increased hydrogen sulfide (H2S) production and protection from hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury. SAA supplementation, mTORC1 activation, or chemical/genetic CGL inhibition reduced H2S production and blocked DR-mediated stress resistance. In vitro, the mitochondrial protein SQR was required for H2S-mediated protection during nutrient/oxygen deprivation. Finally, TSP-dependent H2S production was observed in yeast, worm, fruit fly, and rodent models of DR-mediated longevity. Together, these data are consistent with evolutionary conservation of TSP-mediated H2S as a mediator of DR benefits with broad implications for clinical translation. PAPERFLICK:

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Hine, C., Harputlugil, E., Zhang, Y., Ruckenstuhl, C., Lee, B. C., Brace, L., Longchamp, A., Treviño-Villarreal, J. H., Mejia, P., Ozaki, C. K., Wang, R., Gladyshev, V. N., Madeo, F., Mair, W. B., & Mitchell, J. R.
Affiliations
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • University of Graz (AT)
  • Lakehead University (CA)
Corresponding author
Mitchell, James R.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-01
Volume
160
Issue
1-2
Pages
132-144
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2033461907
Cited by
558
References
52
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 44 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 53 · 2022: 66 · 2021: 66 · 2020: 61 · 2019: 44 · 2018: 56 · 2017: 44 · 2016: 34 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 1
FWCI
15.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • American Heart Association
  • Austrian Science Fund
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG036712, R01AG021518, R01AG044346, R56AG036712)
  • National Cancer Institute (T32CA0093823)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK090629)
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (T32ES016645)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Sulfur Compounds in Biology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Dietary Effects on Health
Keywords
dietary restriction, hydrogen sulfide, transsulfuration pathway, cystathionine gamma-lyase, stress tolerance, longevity, hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury, mTORC1, evolutionary conservation
MeSH terms
Animals, Cystathionine gamma-Lyase, Cysteine, Diet, Drosophila melanogaster, Biological Evolution, Female, Hydrogen Sulfide, Kidney, Life Expectancy, Liver, Male, Methionine, Stress, Physiological, Yeasts, Signal Transduction, Reperfusion Injury, Caenorhabditis elegans, Mice, Knockout, Caloric Restriction, NF-E2-Related Factor 2, Transcriptome

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