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Cardioprotection and lifespan extension by the natural polyamine spermidine

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Eisenberg, Tobias, Abdellatif, Mahmoud, Schroeder, Sabrina, Primessnig, Uwe, Stekovic, Slaven, Pendl, Tobias, Harger, Alexandra, Schipke, Julia +51 more·2016·Nature Medicine

Abstract

Aging is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death. Here we show that oral supplementation of the natural polyamine spermidine extends the lifespan of mice and exerts cardioprotective effects, reducing cardiac hypertrophy and preserving diastolic function in old mice. Spermidine feeding enhanced cardiac autophagy, mitophagy and mitochondrial respiration, and it also improved the mechano-elastical properties of cardiomyocytes in vivo, coinciding with increased titin phosphorylation and suppressed subclinical inflammation. Spermidine feeding failed to provide cardioprotection in mice that lack the autophagy-related protein Atg5 in cardiomyocytes. In Dahl salt-sensitive rats that were fed a high-salt diet, a model for hypertension-induced congestive heart failure, spermidine feeding reduced systemic blood pressure, increased titin phosphorylation and prevented cardiac hypertrophy and a decline in diastolic function, thus delaying the progression to heart failure. In humans, high levels of dietary spermidine, as assessed from food questionnaires, correlated with reduced blood pressure and a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease. Our results suggest a new and feasible strategy for protection against cardiovascular disease.

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  • Spermidine inhibits histone acetyltransferases, resulting in higher resistance to oxidative stress, increased autophagy, and markedly reduced subclinical inflammation and rates of cell necrosis during aging.

    “Spermidine is known to inhibit histone acetyltransferases, which results in higher resistance to oxidative stress, to increase autophagy as well as to markedly reduce subclinical inflammation and the rates of cell necrosis during aging (60).”
  • Spermidine, contained in the germ of whole grains, has been shown to extend chronological life span in flies, nematodes, rodents, and human cells.

    “Moreover, the germ of whole grains contain a polyamine, called spermidine, which has been shown to extend chronological life span in flies, nematodes, rodents, and human cells (60).”
  • Conditional cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of Atg5 exacerbates cardiac abnormalities and premature death, linked to increased ubiquitination and mitochondrial misalignment.

    “| Cardiomyopathies | Conditional cardiomyocyte‐specific deletion of Atg5 | Exacerbated cardiac abnormalities and premature death, linked to increased ubiquitination and mitochondrial misalignment | Nakai et al (2007), Taneike et al (2010), Eisenberg et al (2016) |”

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  • Spermidine provides cardioprotection and extends life in mice through activation of autophagy and mitophagy.

    “It was shown to provide cardioprotection and to extend life in mice through the activation of autophagy and mitophagy [276].”
  • Spermidine is an effective antiaging agent.

    “and has been shown to be an effective antiaging agent [275,276,277].”

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Eisenberg, T., Abdellatif, M., Schroeder, S., Primessnig, U., Stekovic, S., Pendl, T., Harger, A., Schipke, J., Zimmermann, A., Schmidt, A., Tong, M., Ruckenstuhl, C., Dammbrueck, C., Gross, A. S., Herbst, V., Magnes, C., Trausinger, G., Narath, S., Meinitzer, A., Hu, Z., Kirsch, A., Eller, K., Carmona-Gutierrez, D., Büttner, S., Pietrocola, F., Knittelfelder, O., Schrepfer, E., Rockenfeller, P., Simonini, C., Rahn, A., Horsch, M., Moreth, K., Beckers, J., Fuchs, H., Gailus-Durner, V., Neff, F., Janik, D., Rathkolb, B., Rozman, J., de Angelis, M. H., Moustafa, T., Haemmerle, G., Mayr, M., Willeit, P., von Frieling-Salewsky, M., Pieske, B., Scorrano, L., Pieber, T., Pechlaner, R., Willeit, J., Sigrist, S. J., Linke, W. A., Mühlfeld, C., Sadoshima, J., Dengjel, J., Kiechl, S., Kroemer, G., Sedej, S., & Madeo, F.
Affiliations
  • University of Graz (AT)
  • Medical University of Graz (AT)
  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
  • Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (US)
  • Joanneum Research (AT)
  • University of Fribourg (CH)
  • Inserm (FR)
  • University of Padua (IT)
  • Helmholtz Munich (DE)
  • King's College London (GB)
  • Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
  • Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
  • Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
  • Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
Corresponding author
  • Kroemer, Guido
  • Sedej, Simon
  • Madeo, Frank
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2016-11-14
Volume
22
Issue
12
Pages
1428-1438
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W2554740475
Cited by
1,168
References
91
Citations by year
2026: 127 · 2025: 116 · 2024: 124 · 2023: 112 · 2022: 146 · 2021: 148 · 2020: 139 · 2019: 96 · 2018: 96 · 2017: 54 · 2016: 5 · 2012: 1
FWCI
43.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Site cant be reached (submittedVersion)
  • PuSH - Publication Server of Helmholtz Zentrum München (submittedVersion)
  • Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • Harvard University
  • INFRAFRONTIER (01KX1012)
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • British Heart Foundation (FS/13/2/29892, FS/11/29/28759)
  • King's College London
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CRC1140, SFB 1002, 01KX1012)
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-10-LABX-0015)
  • Fondation Leducq
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (27893, 31003A-166482/1, 31003A, 166482)
  • Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01GQ1420A, 01KX1012)
  • Austrian Science Fund (P27183, P 27637, P 24381, P 27893, I1000, P 23490, J 3742)
  • Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft (843536)
  • Vetenskapsrådet (2015-05468)
  • Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (843536)
  • Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie (843536)
  • Institut National Du Cancer
  • Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
  • Medizinische Universität Graz
  • Standortagentur Tirol (843536)
  • Wirtschaftsagentur Wien (843536)
  • Labex Immuno-Oncology
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
Keywords
spermidine, polyamines, lifespan extension, cardioprotection, cardiac hypertrophy, diastolic function, cardiac autophagy, mitophagy, mitochondrial respiration, titin phosphorylation, subclinical inflammation, ATG5, Dahl salt-sensitive rats, hypertension, congestive heart failure, high-salt diet, dietary intake, blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, aging
MeSH terms
Autophagy-Related Protein 5, Adult, Aged, Aging, Animals, Autophagy, Blood Pressure, Cardiotonic Agents, Cardiovascular Diseases, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Diastole, Diet, Echocardiography, Female, Glucose Tolerance Test, Heart, Cardiomegaly, Heart Failure, Humans, Inflammation, Longevity, Male, Middle Aged, Mitochondria, Heart, Phosphorylation, Prospective Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Mass Spectrometry, Spermidine, Immunoblotting, Gene Expression, Cytokines, Rats, Inbred Dahl, Myocytes, Cardiac, Mice, Rats, Mitophagy, Connectin

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