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Therapeutic Potential of NAD-Boosting Molecules: The In Vivo Evidence

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Rajman, Luis, Chwalek, Karolina, Sinclair, David A.·2018·Cell Metabolism

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), the cell's hydrogen carrier for redox enzymes, is well known for its role in redox reactions. More recently, it has emerged as a signaling molecule. By modulating NAD+-sensing enzymes, NAD+ controls hundreds of key processes from energy metabolism to cell survival, rising and falling depending on food intake, exercise, and the time of day. NAD+ levels steadily decline with age, resulting in altered metabolism and increased disease susceptibility. Restoration of NAD+ levels in old or diseased animals can promote health and extend lifespan, prompting a search for safe and efficacious NAD-boosting molecules that hold the promise of increasing the body's resilience, not just to one disease, but to many, thereby extending healthy human lifespan.

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  • NAD+ or NAD precursors can increase healthspan in experimental animals.

    “NAD+ or NAD precursors can increase healthspan in experimental animals141.”

    From Cellular senescence and senolytics: the path to the clinic (2022) · cites this paper as [141]

  • NAD+ precursor administration is a simple and convenient strategy to activate NAD+ synthesis and increase NAD+ levels.

    “NAD+ precursor administration is a simple and convenient strategy to activate NAD+ synthesis and increase NAD+ levels (9).”
  • NR and NMN have a protective effect in a number of age-related disease models, by increasing the pool of precursors and thus NAD+ levels in the body.

    “According to reports, NR and NMN have a protective effect in a number of age-related disease models, by increasing the pool of precursors and thus NAD+ levels in the body, both of which have been tested in murine and invertebrate aging studies [195, 197, 199].”

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  • NAD+ declines in many tissues during the aging process, including adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, brain, liver, pancreas, heart, spleen, kidney, and lungs, leading to various age-related pathophysiology developments.

    “Much of the literature suggests that NAD+ declines in many tissues during the aging process, including adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, brain, liver, pancreas, heart, spleen, kidney, and lungs, leading to various age-related pathophysiology developments [195–197].”

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  • Systematic NAD+ decline and decreased sirtuin activity are considered molecular events of ageing that may underlie the increase in age-related diseases limiting lifespan.

    “Systematic NAD+ decline and decreased sirtuin activity are considered among the molecular events that occur during ageing, possibly underlying the increase in age-related diseases that limit organismal lifespan251.”

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Authors
Rajman, L., Chwalek, K., & Sinclair, D. A.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Sinclair, David A.
Venue
Cell Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-03
Volume
27
Issue
3
Pages
529-547
ISSN
1550-4131 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2791758888
Cited by
865
References
270
Citations by year
2026: 81 · 2025: 105 · 2024: 132 · 2023: 113 · 2022: 122 · 2021: 123 · 2020: 106 · 2019: 56 · 2018: 25
FWCI
8.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell Metabolism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Aging (DP1AG058605, R37AG028730, R01AG019719)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK100263)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Biochemical and Molecular Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Keywords
NAD+, NAD+ precursors, aging, lifespan extension, healthy aging, in vivo evidence, metabolic resilience
MeSH terms
Animals, Energy Metabolism, Humans, Longevity, NAD, Signal Transduction

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