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Caloric Restriction Reprograms the Single-Cell Transcriptional Landscape of Rattus Norvegicus Aging

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Ma, Shuai, Sun, Shuhui, Geng, Lingling, Song, Moshi, Wang, Wei, Ye, Yanxia, Ji, Qianzhao, Zou, Zhiran +12 more·2020·Cell

Abstract

Aging causes a functional decline in tissues throughout the body that may be delayed by caloric restriction (CR). However, the cellular profiles and signatures of aging, as well as those ameliorated by CR, remain unclear. Here, we built comprehensive single-cell and single-nucleus transcriptomic atlases across various rat tissues undergoing aging and CR. CR attenuated aging-related changes in cell type composition, gene expression, and core transcriptional regulatory networks. Immune cells were increased during aging, and CR favorably reversed the aging-disturbed immune ecosystem. Computational prediction revealed that the abnormal cell-cell communication patterns observed during aging, including the excessive proinflammatory ligand-receptor interplay, were reversed by CR. Our work provides multi-tissue single-cell transcriptional landscapes associated with aging and CR in a mammal, enhances our understanding of the robustness of CR as a geroprotective intervention, and uncovers how metabolic intervention can act upon the immune system to modify the process of aging.

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  • Multiple tissues exhibited an increase in the numbers and percentages of pro-inflammatory immune cells as a function of age, a conclusion independently drawn in single cell transcriptomic surveys of 7 tissues in aging rats and 3 tissues in aging mice.

    “Notably, multiple tissues exhibited an increase in the numbers and percentages of pro-inflammatory immune cells as a function of age, a conclusion independently drawn in single cell transcriptomic surveys of 7 tissues in aging rats and 3 tissues in aging mice.50,51”

    From Asynchronous, contagious and digital aging (2021) · cites this paper as [50]

  • Aging is associated with changes in the population of immune cell infiltrates, and caloric restriction can reverse those trends.

    “Aging is associated with changes in the population of immune cells infiltrates,51 and caloric restriction can reverse those trends.50”

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  • Dietary restriction can generally reprogramme both the transcriptome and the proteome in ageing rats and mice.

    “Dietary restriction can generally ‘reprogramme’ both the transcriptome and the proteome in ageing rats and mice210,211.”

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Ma, S., Sun, S., Geng, L., Song, M., Wang, W., Ye, Y., Ji, Q., Zou, Z., Wang, S., He, X., Li, W., Esteban, C. R., Long, X., Guo, G., Chan, P., Zhou, Q., Belmonte, J. C. I., Zhang, W., Qu, J., & Liu, G.-H.
Affiliations
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Capital Medical University (CN)
  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN)
  • Zhejiang University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Zhang, Weiqi
  • Qu, Jing
  • Liu, Guang-Hui
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-03
Volume
180
Issue
5
Pages
984-1001.e22
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3007560401
Cited by
349
References
88
Citations by year
2026: 35 · 2025: 60 · 2024: 51 · 2023: 64 · 2022: 53 · 2021: 51 · 2020: 35
FWCI
16.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China Stem Cell and Translational Research
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine
Keywords
caloric restriction, aging, single-cell transcriptomics, single-nucleus transcriptomics, Rattus norvegicus, cell type composition, immune cells, pro-inflammatory signaling, intercellular communication, transcriptional regulatory networks, geroprotective interventions, tissue aging
MeSH terms
Aging, Animals, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Immune System, Caloric Restriction, Rats, Gene Regulatory Networks, Single-Cell Analysis, Transcriptome, Cellular Reprogramming

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