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Long-Term Administration of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide Mitigates Age-Associated Physiological Decline in Mice

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Mills, Kathryn F., Yoshida, Shohei, Stein, Liana R., Grozio, Alessia, Kubota, Shunsuke, Sasaki, Yo, Redpath, Philip, Migaud, Marie E. +4 more·2016·Cell Metabolism

Abstract

NAD+ availability decreases with age and in certain disease conditions. Nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), a key NAD+ intermediate, has been shown to enhance NAD+ biosynthesis and ameliorate various pathologies in mouse disease models. In this study, we conducted a 12-month-long NMN administration to regular chow-fed wild-type C57BL/6N mice during their normal aging. Orally administered NMN was quickly utilized to synthesize NAD+ in tissues. Remarkably, NMN effectively mitigates age-associated physiological decline in mice. Without any obvious toxicity or deleterious effects, NMN suppressed age-associated body weight gain, enhanced energy metabolism, promoted physical activity, improved insulin sensitivity and plasma lipid profile, and ameliorated eye function and other pathophysiologies. Consistent with these phenotypes, NMN prevented age-associated gene expression changes in key metabolic organs and enhanced mitochondrial oxidative metabolism and mitonuclear protein imbalance in skeletal muscle. These effects of NMN highlight the preventive and therapeutic potential of NAD+ intermediates as effective anti-aging interventions in humans.

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  • Treatment with nicotinamide mononucleotide improves mitochondrial respiration and prevents aging-associated gene expression changes in muscles of mice and humans.

    “Recently, treatment with nicotinamide mononucleotide, which enhances NAD + production, has been shown to improve mitochondrial respiration and to prevent aging-associated gene expression changes in muscles of mice and humans92.”
  • Long-term (1-year) NMN feeding in mice starting at 5 months increased whole-body insulin sensitivity, energy metabolism and physical activity and improved lipid profiles with no obvious toxic effects.

    “long-term (1-year) feeding of mice with NMN starting at 5 months of age increased whole-body insulin sensitivity, energy metabolism and physical activity and improved lipid profiles with no obvious toxic effects199.”
  • NMN has a significant effect on improving disease conditions and reducing age-related physiological decline.

    “These studies also documented that NMN has a significant effect on improving disease conditions and reducing age-related physiological decline [203–206].”

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  • NMN can effectively alleviate age-related physiological decline in wild-type mice fed with conventional feed.

    “Previous studies have demonstrated that NMN can effectively alleviate age-related physiological decline in wild-type mice fed with conventional feed [205]”

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  • NAD+ availability and NAD+-dependent enzyme activity regulate many of these aging phenotypes.

    “many of these phenotypes are regulated by NAD+ availability and the activity of NAD+-dependent enzymes”

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Mills, K. F., Yoshida, S., Stein, L. R., Grozio, A., Kubota, S., Sasaki, Y., Redpath, P., Migaud, M. E., Apte, R. S., Uchida, K., Yoshino, J., & Imai, S.-I.
Affiliations
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Oriental Yeast Co., Ltd. (Japan) (JP)
  • Queen's University Belfast (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Yoshino, Jun
  • Imai, Shin-ichiro
Venue
Cell Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-12
Volume
24
Issue
6
Pages
795-806
ISSN
1550-4131 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2546015443
Cited by
930
References
45
Citations by year
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FWCI
29.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell Metabolism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Diabetes Research Center (P30 DK020579)
  • Nutrition Obesity Research Center (P30 DK56341)
  • Research to Prevent Blindness Physician Scientist Award
  • Research to Prevent Blindness Unrestricted Grant to Department of Ophthalmology
  • Hope Center for Neurological Disorders
  • Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC; BB/N001842/1)
  • Washington University
  • Oriental Yeast Co.
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Keywords
nicotinamide mononucleotide, NAD biosynthesis, aging, anti-aging interventions, energy metabolism, insulin sensitivity, plasma lipid profile, weight gain, physical activity, eye function, mitochondrial oxidative metabolism, skeletal muscle
MeSH terms
Administration, Oral, Aging, Animals, Darkness, Drinking, Eating, Energy Metabolism, Food, Gene Expression Regulation, Insulin, Lipids, Lymphocytes, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mitochondria, NAD, Nicotinamide Mononucleotide, Physical Conditioning, Animal, Time Factors, Weight Gain, Bone Density, Muscle, Skeletal, Cell Respiration, Myeloid Cells

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