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32 Anti-Aging Drugs Flashcards

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What are two ways to define aging?

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  1. Increase in probability of death with increasing chronological age
  2. Characteristic changes in phenotype that occur over time due to limiting processes
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What was the first longevity gene characterized?

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DAF-2

DAF-2 knockout produced temperature-sensitive dauers (worm larva) - worms live twice as long at normal temp

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What effects does caloric restriction have on DAF-2?

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Caloric restriction decreases the DAF-2 pathway (increasing lifespan)

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What is the human gene homolog to DAF-2?

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Insulin/IGF receptor

  • inactivating mutations = increased lifespan
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What is the human gene analog to DAF-16?

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FOXO transcription factor

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What is LY294002 and Wortmannin?

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LY294002:

  • ATP competitive

Wortmannin

  • Non-competitive

Both are small-molecule drugs that inhibit the PI3K enzyme and block IIS signalling

(IIS signalling is activated in tx of type II diabetes so blocking IIS signalling is bad for diabetes)

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What results from the knockout of SIR2?

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Knockout of SIR2 shortens lifespan while overexpression extends lifespan

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SIR2 regulates which post-translational process?

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Acetylation - acetyl group added to lysine residues.

Can regulate protein stability and or structure (eg histones/chromatin structure)

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How is SIR2 related to acetylation?

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SIR2 is a nuclear deacetylase enzyme that removes acetylation from proteins

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What cofactor does SIR2 use for the rxn that removes acetylation from proteins?

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NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide)

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NAD+ is a ___________ which plays a critical role in the __________ and the _________

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NAD+ is a metabolic intermediate which plays a critical role in the glycolysis and the citric acid cycle

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When energy is low, [NAD+] is ______

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When energy is low, [NAD+] is high

Works to form NADH

THEREFORE SIR2 is activated by Caloric restriction

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What is the mammalian homologue to SIR2?

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SIRT1

SIRT1 deacetylates nearly 100 targets (histones, p53, NfkB, PGC1 alpha, FOXO) and regulates many pathways and diseases

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In addition to extending lifespan, overexpression of ____ improves healthspan by preventing age-related diseases

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In addition to extending lifespan, overexpression of SIRT1 improves healthspan by preventing age-related​ diseases

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Provide an example for a synthetic and a natural allosteric Sir2/SIRT1 activator?

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Synthetic: SRT1720

Natural: Resveratrol

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Why would we want to increase base levels of NAD+?

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NAD+ is a necessary cofactor for deacetylation by SIR2/SIRT1 (overexpression of SIRT1 increases lifespan)

  • Boosting levels of NAD+ can provide SIRT1 with more co-substrate and activate SIRT1 pathway
17
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NAD+ doesn’t easily cross the plasma membrane. How might we get NAD+ into the cell?

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Precursors of NAD+ (NR and NMN) can be delivered across the membrane and then assemble to make NAD+

NR = Nicotinamide riboside

NMN = Nicotinamide mononucleotide

18
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What are mTORs?

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TOR1 and TOR2 genes inhibit Sirtuins

TOR1/TOR2 -| SIRTs -> promote lifespan

So inhibition of mTORs increases lifespan

19
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What is the effect of caloric restriction on mTORs?

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Caloric restriction suppresses mTORs (which inhibit SIRTs) therefore increases lifespan

20
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mTORs are ____/____ of the PI3K-related family that regulates cell growth and metabolism in response to nutrients/hormones

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mTORs are serine/threonine-protein kinase of the PI3K-related family that regulates cell growth and metabolism in response to nutrients/hormones

  • Adds Phosphorylation PTM (post transcription mod)
21
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What is Rapamycin?

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Antiaging drug that inhibits mTOR pathway through the formation of bridged ternary complex

  • shown to extend the lifespan of numerous organisms

mTOR -| SIRTs -| lifespan

22
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What results from overexpression of AAK-2?

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Extends lifespan

  • AAK=2 is activated during Caloric restriction
  • integrated with many other pathways involved in aging
23
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AAK-2 = _________ in mammals

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AAK-2 = AMPK in mammals

Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase

24
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What does AMPK (adenosine monophosphate activated kinase) do?

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Adds phosphorylation post translation to proteins

  • activated under low nutrient conditions (high AMP low ATP)
25
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What two drugs activate AMPK?

(Adenosine monophosphate activated kinase)

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Metformin

AICAR

26
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How does metformin work?

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Metformin activates AMPK through an indirect mechanism (still unknown but likely involves ETC complex 1)

  • increases lifespan in worms
  • medication for diabetes due to effects on insulin (increases insulin sensitivity)
27
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How does AICAR work to activate AMPK?

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AICAR mimics AMP and acts as a direct activator

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