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Circadian and Feeding Rhythms Orchestrate the Diurnal Liver Acetylome

Felix Naef, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Frédéric Bruno Martin Gachon, Loïc Dayon, Daniel Alain Dominique Marie Mauvoisin, Joanna Ratajczak, Jingkui Wang

Lysine acetylation is involved in various biological processes and is considered a key reversible post-translational modification in the regulation of gene expression, enzyme activity, and subcellular localization. This post-translational modification is t ...

Elsevier2017

NCoR1 Is a Conserved Physiological Modulator of Muscle Mass and Oxidative Function

Johan Auwerx, Kristina Schoonjans, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Laurent Mouchiroud, Evan Graehl Williams, Hiroyasu Yamamoto

Transcriptional coregulators control the activity of many transcription factors and are thought to have wide-ranging effects on gene expression patterns. We show here that muscle-specific loss of nuclear receptor corepressor 1 (NCoR1) in mice leads to enha ...

2011

Nicotinamide Riboside and Dihydronicotinic Acid Riboside Synergistically Increase Intracellular NAD(+) by Generating Dihydronicotinamide Riboside

Carlos Canto Alvarez

Through evolution, eukaryote organisms have developed the ability to use different molecules as independent precursors to generate nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+)), an essential molecule for life. However, whether these different precursors act i ...

MDPI2022

Enhanced Respiratory Chain Supercomplex Formation in Response to Exercise in Human Skeletal Muscle

Johan Auwerx, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Xu Wang, Pooja Jha, Chiara Greggio

Mitochondrial dysfunction is a hallmark of multiple metabolic complications. Physical activity is known to increase mitochondrial content in skeletal muscle, counteracting age-related decline in muscle function and protecting against metabolic and cardiova ...

Cell Press2017

Mitochondrial Post-translational Modifications and Metabolic Control: Sirtuins and Beyond

Carlos Canto Alvarez

Introduction: In order to maintain metabolic homeostasis, organisms adjust the capacity and efficiency of ATP generation to changes in energetic demand and supply. While the transcriptional control of mitochondrial biogenesis allows to adapt mitochondrial ...

Bentham Science Publ Ltd2017

Nicotinamide riboside kinases display redundancy in mediating nicotinamide mononucleotide and nicotinamide riboside metabolism in skeletal muscle cells

Carlos Canto Alvarez, Joanna Ratajczak

Objective: Augmenting nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+)) availability may protect skeletal muscle from age-related metabolic decline. Dietary supplementation of NAD(+) precursors nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) and nicotinamide riboside (NR) appe ...

Elsevier Science Bv2017

Pharmacological Inhibition of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerases Improves Fitness and Mitochondrial Function in Skeletal Muscle

Johan Auwerx, Kristina Schoonjans, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Laurent Mouchiroud, Evan Graehl Williams, Norman Lionel Moullan, Hongbo Zhang, Keir Joe Menzies, Eija Riitta Pirinen, Laia Morato Fornaguera

We previously demonstrated that the deletion of the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (Parp)-1 gene in mice enhances oxidative metabolism, thereby protecting against diet-induced obesity. However, the therapeutic use of PARP inhibitors to enhance mitochondrial f ...

Cell Press2014

Endogenous nicotinamide riboside metabolism protects against diet-induced liver damage

Carlos Canto Alvarez, Joanna Ratajczak, Miriam Valera Alberni

Supplementation with the NAD(+) precursor nicotinamide riboside (NR) ameliorates and prevents a broad array of metabolic and aging disorders in mice. However, little is known about the physiological role of endogenous NR metabolism. We have previously show ...

Nature Research2019

SIRT1 Gain of Function Does Not Mimic or Enhance the Adaptations to Intermittent Fasting

Carlos Canto Alvarez, Patrick Descombes

Caloric restriction (CR) has been shown to prevent the onset of insulin resistance and to delay age-related physiological decline in mammalian organisms. SIRT1, a NAD(+) -dependent deacetylase enzyme, has been suggested to mediate the adaptive responses to ...

Elsevier2016

Balancing NAD(+) deficits with nicotinamide riboside: therapeutic possibilities and limitations

Carlos Canto Alvarez

Alterations in cellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+)) levels have been observed in multiple lifestyle and age-related medical conditions. This has led to the hypothesis that dietary supplementation with NAD(+) precursors, or vitamin B3s, could ...

SPRINGER BASEL AG2022

The Secret Life of NAD+: An Old Metabolite Controlling New Metabolic Signaling Pathways

Johan Auwerx, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Richardus Houtkooper

A century after the identification of a coenzymatic activity for NAD(+), NAD(+) metabolism has come into the spotlight again due to the potential therapeutic relevance of a set of enzymes whose activity is tightly regulated by the balance between the oxidi ...

Endocrine Society2010

Interdependence of AMPK and SIRT1 for Metabolic Adaptation to Fasting and Exercise in Skeletal Muscle

Johan Auwerx, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Chikage Mataki

During fasting and after exercise, skeletal muscle efficiently switches from carbohydrate to lipid as the main energy source to preserve glycogen stores and blood glucose levels for glucose-dependent tissues. Skeletal muscle cells sense this limitation in ...

Cell Press2010

Metabolic implications of organelle-mitochondria communication

Carlos Canto Alvarez

Cellular organelles are not static but show dynamism-a property that is likely relevant for their function. In addition, they interact with other organelles in a highly dynamic manner. In this review, we analyze the proteins involved in the interaction bet ...

WILEY2019

Caloric restriction, SIRT1 and longevity

Johan Auwerx, Carlos Canto Alvarez

More than 70 years after its initial report, caloric restriction stands strong as the most consistent non- pharmacological intervention increasing lifespan and protecting against metabolic disease. Among the different mechanisms by which caloric restrictio ...

2009

AMP-activated protein kinase and its downstream transcriptional pathways

Johan Auwerx, Carlos Canto Alvarez

The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a key regulator of catabolic versus anabolic processes. Its properties as an energy sensor allow it to couple the energy status of the cell to the metabolic environment. These adaptations not only take place throu ...

Birkhäuser-Verlag, Springer2010

Clking on PGC-1alpha to inhibit gluconeogenesis

Johan Auwerx, Carlos Canto Alvarez

The link between Akt activation and gluconeogenic repression remains unclear, despite many years of investigation and remarkable progress. Rodgers and colleagues now introduce us to the Clk2 kinase, an Akt substrate that can directly phosphorylate and inhi ...

Cell Press2010

Glucose restriction: longevity SIRTainly, but without building muscle?

Johan Auwerx, Carlos Canto Alvarez

The two metabolic sensors AMPK and SIRT1 take center stage as Fulco et al. reveal, in this issue of Developmental Cell, the signaling mechanism by which low glucose prevents the correct development of the myogenic program. These observations may hold some ...

Cell Press - Elsevier2008

Interference between PARPs and SIRT1: a novel approach to healthy ageing?

Johan Auwerx, Carlos Canto Alvarez

Poly(ADP-ribosyl) polymerases (PARPs) have traditionally been linked to chromosome maintenance and DNA repair. Recent findings identify PARPs as key modulators of metabolism through their influence on SIRT1 activity, hinting to a possible role of PARPs as ...

2011

CREB and ChREBP oppositely regulate SIRT1 expression in response to energy availability

Johan Auwerx, Carlos Canto Alvarez, Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Lilia Noriega Lopez, Jiujiu Yu, Chikage Mataki

The nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+))-dependent deacetylase SIRT1 is a major metabolic regulator activated by energy stresses such as fasting or calorie restriction. SIRT1 activation during fasting not only relies on the increase in the NAD(+)/NAD ...

2011

SRT1720 improves survival and healthspan of obese mice

Johan Auwerx, Carlos Canto Alvarez

Sirt1 is an NAD1-dependent deacetylase that extends lifespan in lower organisms and improves metabolism and delays the onset of age-related diseases in mammals. Here we show that SRT1720, a synthetic compound that was identified for its ability to activate ...

Nature Publishing Group2011