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AMPK regulates energy expenditure by modulating NAD+ metabolism and SIRT1 activity

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Cantó, Carles, Gerhart-Hines, Zachary, Feige, Jerome N., Lagouge, Marie, Noriega, Lilia, Milne, Jill C., Elliott, Peter J., Puigserver, Pere +1 more·2009·Nature

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AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a metabolic fuel gauge conserved along the evolutionary scale in eukaryotes that senses changes in the intracellular AMP/ATP ratio. Recent evidence indicated an important role for AMPK in the therapeutic benefits of metformin, thiazolidinediones and exercise, which form the cornerstones of the clinical management of type 2 diabetes and associated metabolic disorders. In general, activation of AMPK acts to maintain cellular energy stores, switching on catabolic pathways that produce ATP, mostly by enhancing oxidative metabolism and mitochondrial biogenesis, while switching off anabolic pathways that consume ATP. This regulation can take place acutely, through the regulation of fast post-translational events, but also by transcriptionally reprogramming the cell to meet energetic needs. Here we demonstrate that AMPK controls the expression of genes involved in energy metabolism in mouse skeletal muscle by acting in coordination with another metabolic sensor, the NAD+-dependent type III deacetylase SIRT1. AMPK enhances SIRT1 activity by increasing cellular NAD+ levels, resulting in the deacetylation and modulation of the activity of downstream SIRT1 targets that include the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1alpha and the forkhead box O1 (FOXO1) and O3 (FOXO3a) transcription factors. The AMPK-induced SIRT1-mediated deacetylation of these targets explains many of the convergent biological effects of AMPK and SIRT1 on energy metabolism.

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  • Mitochondrial synthesis in myocytes is upregulated to meet the demands of increased capillary density, leading to greater oxygen extraction and metabolism through calcium and metabolic signalling pathways such as AMPK and sirtuins.

    “The synthesis of mitochondria in myocytes is upregulated to meet the demands associated with an increase in capillary density, which in turn leads to increased oxygen extraction and metabolism122 through the induction of calcium and metabolic signalling pathways such as those involving 5’-AMP-activated serine/threonine-protein kinase (AMPK) and sirtuins123.”

    From Sarcopenic obesity in older adults: aetiology, epidemiology and treatment strategies (2018) · cites this paper as [123]

    The passages labelled Abstract (page unavailable) link AMPK and SIRT1 activity to mitochondrial gene expression and oxygen consumption in myotubes and skeletal muscle. They do not establish calcium signalling or say that increased capillary density drives mitochondrial synthesis; the paper measures cellular oxygen consumption, not oxygen extraction associated with capillary density. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • SIRT1 increases mitochondrial activity and biogenesis by deacetylating and activating PGC1α.

    “SIRT1 increases mitochondrial activity and biogenesis by deacetylating and activating PGC1α (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ co-activator 1α) [102].”

    From NAD+ Precursors Nicotinamide Mononucleotide (NMN) and Nicotinamide Riboside (NR): Potential Dietary Contribution to Health (2023) · cites this paper as [102]

    The paper’s main text (indexed under Abstract; page unavailable) shows that SIRT1-mediated deacetylation activates PGC-1α and helps mediate AMPK-induced mitochondrial gene expression and oxygen consumption. It does not establish an increase in mitochondrial biogenesis itself, and its findings concern SIRT1’s role in the response to AMPK activation rather than an unqualified effect of SIRT1. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • AMPK senses changes in intracellular AMP/ATP ratio; during energy limitation, low ATP activates AMPK to maintain cellular energy stores.

    “The adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a cellular energy regulator which senses changes in the intracellular AMP/ATP ratio. During energy limitation, low levels of ATP activate AMPK, which acts to maintain cellular energy stores.”
  • AMPK enhances SIRT1 activity by increasing cellular NAD+ levels, resulting in deacetylation and modulation of energy metabolism-related downstream SIRT1 targets including PGC1α, FOXO1, and FOXO3a.

    “Thus, AMPK enhances the SIRT1 activity by increasing cellular NAD+ levels, resulting in the deacetylation and modulation of the activity of energy metabolism-related downstream SIRT1 targets, which include the PGC1α, the forkhead box O1 (FOXO1) and O3 (FOXO3a) transcription factors [102].”
  • In mammalian systems, lifespan-extending metabolic manipulations such as exercise, caloric restriction, time-restricted feeding, a ketogenic diet, and healthy circadian rhythms work in part by increasing NAD+ levels, which leads to activation of sirtuins.

    “In support of this hypothesis, it has now been demonstrated in mammalian systems that lifespan-extending metabolic manipulations, such as exercise75–77, caloric restriction78, time-restricted feeding and a ketogenic diet79, as well as healthy circadian rhythms1,11 (including regular sleep patterns80), work in part by increasing NAD+ levels, which leads to the activation of sirtuins.”

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Authors
Cantó, C., Gerhart-Hines, Z., Feige, J. N., Lagouge, M., Noriega, L., Milne, J. C., Elliott, P. J., Puigserver, P., & Auwerx, J.
Affiliations
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Auwerx, Johan
Venue
Nature
Published
2009-03-04
Volume
458
Issue
7241
Pages
1056-1060
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2022267544
Cited by
3,300
References
33
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FWCI
71.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
  • Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK-59820, DK069966, R01DK069966, P01DK059820)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Keywords
AMPK, SIRT1, NAD+ metabolism, energy expenditure, skeletal muscle, PGC-1α, FOXO1, FOXO3, deacetylation, mitochondrial biogenesis, oxidative metabolism, type 2 diabetes, transcriptional regulation
MeSH terms
Forkhead Box Protein O1, Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha, Forkhead Box Protein O3, Acetylation, Aminoimidazole Carboxamide, Animals, Cell Line, Energy Metabolism, Enzyme Activation, Gene Expression Regulation, Male, Mutation, NAD, Oxygen Consumption, Phosphorylation, Ribonucleotides, Transcription Factors, Transcription, Genetic, Trans-Activators, Muscle, Skeletal, Sirtuins, Genes, Mitochondrial, Mice, Forkhead Transcription Factors, AMP-Activated Protein Kinases, Sirtuin 1

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