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The NAD+ Precursor Nicotinamide Riboside Enhances Oxidative Metabolism and Protects against High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity

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Cantó, Carles, Houtkooper, Riekelt H., Pirinen, Eija, Youn, Dou Y., Oosterveer, Maaike H., Cen, Yana, Fernandez-Marcos, Pablo J., Yamamoto, Hiroyasu +7 more·2012·Cell Metabolism

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As NAD(+) is a rate-limiting cosubstrate for the sirtuin enzymes, its modulation is emerging as a valuable tool to regulate sirtuin function and, consequently, oxidative metabolism. In line with this premise, decreased activity of PARP-1 or CD38-both NAD(+) consumers-increases NAD(+) bioavailability, resulting in SIRT1 activation and protection against metabolic disease. Here we evaluated whether similar effects could be achieved by increasing the supply of nicotinamide riboside (NR), a recently described natural NAD(+) precursor with the ability to increase NAD(+) levels, Sir2-dependent gene silencing, and replicative life span in yeast. We show that NR supplementation in mammalian cells and mouse tissues increases NAD(+) levels and activates SIRT1 and SIRT3, culminating in enhanced oxidative metabolism and protection against high-fat diet-induced metabolic abnormalities. Consequently, our results indicate that the natural vitamin NR could be used as a nutritional supplement to ameliorate metabolic and age-related disorders characterized by defective mitochondrial function.

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  • NR prevents and improves metabolic disorders such as high-fat diet-induced obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

    “Additionally, NR has been shown to prevent and improve metabolic disorders such as high-fat diet- induced obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).”

    From NAD+ Precursors Nicotinamide Mononucleotide (NMN) and Nicotinamide Riboside (NR): Potential Dietary Contribution to Health (2023) · cites this paper as [95]

    In Results, under “NR supplementation enhances energy expenditure” (page unavailable), NR significantly attenuated high-fat-diet-induced weight gain in mice, and their livers contained 40% less triglyceride. The paper does not establish that NR prevents or improves diagnosed NAFLD, nor does this prevention study show improvement of an existing disorder. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • NR supplementation (400 mg/kg/day) in mice increased NAD+ levels in liver and muscle, stimulated SIRT1 and SIRT3 activity, and enhanced mitochondrial function, oxidative metabolism, energy expenditure, and endurance performance.

    “By increasing NAD+ levels in mice’s liver and muscle, NR supplementation (400 mg/kg/day) stimulated SIRT1 and SIRT3 activity, enhancing the mitochondrial function, oxidative metabolism, energy expenditure, and endurance performance [95].”

    From NAD+ Precursors Nicotinamide Mononucleotide (NMN) and Nicotinamide Riboside (NR): Potential Dietary Contribution to Health (2023) · cites this paper as [95]

    The Results sections report that 400 mg/kg/day NR increased liver and muscle NAD+, increased readouts of SIRT1 and SIRT3 activity, and improved measures of mitochondrial function and oxidative metabolism (page numbers unavailable). The energy-expenditure and endurance Results qualify the performance findings: both showed a tendency on chow but a significant improvement on a high-fat diet. The sentence omits that condition and presents sirtuin activity as the established cause of all the outcomes, whereas the Discussion notes that other NR actions may contribute. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • NR promoted metabolic flexibility by enhancing energy expenditure, attenuating high-fat diet-induced body weight gain and decreasing fat mass, with liver triglyceride levels decreasing by 40%.

    “It promoted metabolic flexibility by enhancing energy expenditure, leading to a significant attenuation of high-fat diet-induced body weight gain and a decrease in fat mass, particularly in the liver, where triglyceride levels decreased by 40% [95].”
  • NR protected against detrimental metabolic effects of a high-fat diet including hyperinsulinemia, elevated total and LDL cholesterol, and weight gain, but had no effect on body weight when given with a normal chow diet.

    “In addition, NR protected against the detrimental metabolic effects of a high-fat diet, including hyperinsulinemia, elevated levels of total and LDL cholesterol, and weight gain, although it had no effect on body weight when given with a normal chow diet [95].”
  • Higher NAD+ levels promote the deacetylase and deacylase activity of nuclear SIRT1 and mitochondrial SIRT3, which regulate mitochondrial function and protect from high-fat diet-induced metabolic disease.

    “Additionally, higher NAD+ levels can promote the deacetylase and deacylase activity of both nuclear SIRT1 and mitochondrial SIRT3, which regulate mitochondrial function and protect from high-fat diet-induced metabolic disease42,81,85–88.”

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Authors
Cantó, C., Houtkooper, R. H., Pirinen, E., Youn, D. Y., Oosterveer, M. H., Cen, Y., Fernandez-Marcos, P. J., Yamamoto, H., Andreux, P. A., Cettour-Rose, P., Gademann, K., Rinsch, C., Schoonjans, K., Sauve, A. A., & Auwerx, J.
Affiliations
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
  • University of Eastern Finland (FI)
  • Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
  • University of Basel (CH)
  • Amazentis (Switzerland) (CH)
Corresponding author
Auwerx, Johan
Venue
Cell Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-06
Volume
15
Issue
6
Pages
838-847
ISSN
1550-4131 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2082393205
Cited by
1,238
References
42
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FWCI
28.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
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  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
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  • Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
  • Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Biochemical and Molecular Research
Keywords
nicotinamide riboside, NAD+ precursors, SIRT1, SIRT3, sirtuins, oxidative metabolism, high-fat diet-induced obesity, PARP1, CD38, mitochondrial function, metabolic disorders, dietary supplementation, aging
MeSH terms
Superoxide Dismutase 2, Acetylation, Animals, Brain, Adipose Tissue, Brown, Energy Metabolism, Humans, Liver, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mitochondria, NAD, Niacinamide, Obesity, Organ Specificity, Oxidation-Reduction, Oxygen Consumption, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Pyridinium Compounds, Receptors, Nicotinic, Superoxide Dismutase, Weight Gain, Muscle, Skeletal, Dietary Supplements, Electron Transport Complex I, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, Mice, Sirtuin 1, Sirtuin 3, HEK293 Cells, Diet, High-Fat

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