The Autophagy Inducer Spermidine Protects Against Metabolic Dysfunction During Overnutrition.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
; 76(10): 1714-1725, 2021 09 13.
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ABSTRACT
Autophagy, a process catabolizing intracellular components to maintain energy homeostasis, impacts aging and metabolism. Spermidine, a natural polyamine and autophagy activator, extends life span across a variety of species, including mice. In addition to protecting cardiac and liver tissue, spermidine also affects adipose tissue through unexplored mechanisms. Here, we examined spermidine in the links between autophagy and systemic metabolism. Consistently, daily injection of spermidine delivered even at late life is sufficient to cause a trend in life-span extension in wild-type mice. We further found that spermidine has minimal metabolic effects in young and old mice under normal nutrition. However, spermidine counteracts high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity by increasing lipolysis in visceral fat. Mechanistically, spermidine increases the hepatokine fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) expression in liver without reducing food intake. Spermidine also modulates FGF21 in adipose tissues, elevating FGF21 expression in subcutaneous fat, but reducing it in visceral fat. Despite this, FGF21 is not required for spermidine action, since Fgf21-/- mice were still protected from HFD. Furthermore, the enhanced lipolysis by spermidine was also independent of autophagy in adipose tissue, given that adipose-specific autophagy-deficient (Beclin-1flox/+Fabp4-cre) mice remained spermidine-responsive under HFD. Our results suggest that the metabolic effects of spermidine occur through systemic changes in metabolism, involving multiple mechanistic pathways.
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Espermidina
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Fatores de Crescimento de Fibroblastos
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Animals
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En
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J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
Assunto da revista:
GERIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos