The development of new routes of administration and new formulations of Cur with better bioavailability could be fundamental for future therapeutic strategies. Initial research revealed a significant role of SIRT1 signaling in mediating the antioxidant effect of BBR in diabetes (Pang et al., 2015) and in lipid metabolism (Hasanein et al., 2017). Patients were subjected to five different Cur doses (500, 1,000, 2,000, 4,000, and 8,000 mg) every day for 3 months, and data showed that Cur treatment up to 8,000 mg/day is not toxic (Hsu and Cheng, 2007). Diabetes 61 (12), 32853293. RSV has an effect on blood vessels, reduces inflammation, and prevents thrombus formation and platelet oxidation (Zordoky et al., 2015). Berberine Protects Secondary Injury in Mice with Traumatic Brain Injury Through Anti-oxidative and Anti-inflammatory Modulation. SIRT1 is also able to regulate the expression of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (Sun et al., 2018). Fucoidan can be extracted from various brown seaweeds; an Agriculture and Food Development Authority study into seaweed discovered that Fucus distichus, Fucus vesiculous and Cytoseira tamariscofolia all yielded significantly enhanced SIRT6 activity, and the effect was most pronounced for F. distichus [6]. 45, 42. doi: 10.1007/s12038-020-9997-9, Hasanein, P., Ghafari-Vahed, M., Khodadadi, I. In this context, another study showed that in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, Que (100 mg/kg) inhibits oxidative damage by increasing SIRT1 expression and decreasing levels of NF-B, a SIRT1 substrate (Iskender et al., 2017). (2013). 9:19:19. doi:10.3389/fphar.2018.00019, Svajger, U., Jeras, M. (2012). B. 595, 471480. *Correspondence: Angela Nebbioso, angela.nebbioso@unicampania.it; Lucia Altucci, lucia.altucci@unicampania.it, Natural Product Epigenetic Modulators and Inhibitors, View all A recent in vitro study showed that RSV reduces hypoxia-induced apoptosis in H9C2 cells through activation of SIRT1/miR-30d-5p/NF-B axis (Han et al., 2020). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). Berberine binds RXRalpha to suppress beta-catenin signaling in colon cancer cells. Oxidative injuries promote ROS generation in human endothelial cells and SIRT1 regulates endothelial function. Med. J. Biosci. SIRT1 is required for AMPK activation and the beneficial effects of resveratrol on mitochondrial function. Due to its poor solubility, short half-life, and low bioavailability, its medical use is limited (Konrad and Nieman, 2015). SIRT1 stimulation by polyphenols is affected by their stability and metabolism. Mutat. (2016). Future scientific research should focus on identifying actual metabolites or mediators of these observed effects. It can also reduce cardiac dysfunction, oxidative stress, fibrosis, and apoptosis in the heart (Gupta et al., 2014; Yamagata, 2019). 2016:8492780. doi:10.1155/2016/8492780, Zhang, H., Zhao, Z., Pang, X., Yang, J., Yu, H., Zhang, Y., et al. Quercetin, a flavonoid phytoestrogen, ameliorates experimental allergic encephalomyelitis by blocking IL-12 signaling through JAK-STAT pathway in T lymphocyte. A greater insight into the selectivity and specificity of natural SIRT activators may help understand the myriad beneficial effects described to date. Curr. BioMed. In recent years, the scientific community has focused on the role of apoptosis in cardiovascular disease, showing that oxidative stress, myocardial ischemia, hypoxia, and ischemia/reperfusion injury may induce myocardial apoptosis (Donniacuo et al., 2019). (2007). Specifically, in a study to develop a therapeutic strategy for osteoarthritis, Que was shown to increase expression levels of SIRT1, PGC-1, NRF1 and NFR2, TFAM, and phospho-AMPK in osteoarthritis rats, confirming the hypothesis that Que might act via the AMPK/SIRT1 signaling pathway (Qiu et al., 2018). Biochim. In addition, since mitochondrial dysfunction leads to the activation of apoptosis, SIRT1 can directly regulate the apoptotic process by modulating acetylation of PGC-1 (Zhang et al., 2019). Des. doi:10.1111/acel.12685, Pang, B., Zhao, L. H., Zhou, Q., Zhao, T. Y., Wang, H., Gu, C. J., et al. Small Molecules as SIRT Modulators. In addition, Que is known to exert a modulating action on immunity (Galleggiante et al., 2019). Redox Signal 18 (14), 18181892. Redox Biol.
(2004). Biochem. Mediterranean Diet and Prevention of Chronic Diseases. The editor and reviewer's affiliations are the latest provided on their Loop research profiles and may not reflect their situation at the time of review. Med. Recent research showed that oxidized LDL (oxLDL) induces oxidative stress (Lara-Guzman et al., 2018). Redox Rep. 22 (1), 4250. RSV was shown to be involved in the activation of macrophages, T cells, and natural killer cells, as well as in the suppression processes of CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells (Yang et al., 2008; Svajger and Jeras, 2012). BioMed. (2017). doi:10.1016/j.mrrev.2011.11.001, Price, N. L., Gomes, A. P., Ling, A. J., Duarte, F. V., Martin-Montalvo, A., North, B. J., et al. (2016). Adv. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1681.2011.05648.x, Gupta, P. K., DiPette, D. J., Supowit, S. C. (2014). In humans, Que bioavailability is very low (~ 2%) and absorption varies from 3% to 17% in subjects receiving 100 mg/die (Costa et al., 2016). However, the sea is cruel mistress, and the majority of Fucus Vesiculosus tested by DoNotAge had the opposite effect to the one they wanted and actually inhibited SIRT6. J. Inflammation Res. NF-B deregulation can influence other mechanisms in which SIRT1 and AMPK are involved, such as glucose absorption in skeletal muscle. 36 (12), 23582368. Biofactors 46 (1), 168179. Novel insights of dietary polyphenols and obesity. Am. Med. (2017). Clin. Fisetin was shown to have neuroprotective activity in various Huntingtons disease models through ERK activation and to inhibit melanoma growth by suppressing Akt/mTOR1 pathway (Sechi et al., 2018).
B., Zhang, S. J.. (2020). 15, 111. SIRT1, Sirtuin 1; HATs, Histone acetyl transferases; HDACs, Histone deacetylases; ROS, Reactive oxygen species; PPAR, Receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor; NRF, Nuclear respiratory factor; TFAM, Mitochondrial transcription factor A; SOD, Superoxide dismutase; TNF-, Tumor necrosis factor ; IAP, Apoptosis protein inhibitor; Bcl-2, B-cell lymphoma-2 family; MnSOD, Manganese superoxide dismutase; RSV, Resveratrol; Que, Quercetin; oxLDL, Oxidized LDL; BBR, Berberine; Cur, Curcumin; COX, Cytochrome c oxidase; T2D, Type II diabetes; NAFLD, Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; CRM, Caloric restriction mimetic. Figure 1 Basic mechanisms and effects of SIRT1 activation by polyphenol and non-polyphenol molecules. Combination of Berberine with Resveratrol Improves the Lipid-Lowering Efficacy. Med. Antagonistic crosstalk between NF-kappaB and SIRT1 in the regulation of inflammation and metabolic disorders. Mech. Med. Data suggested that fisetin may be a suitable therapeutic candidate for aging and neurological diseases. Specifically, a phase 2 clinical trial (NCT01839344) measured the effect of Que on glucose tolerance and postprandial endothelial function in subjects with T2D compared to the effect of an alpha-glusidase inhibitor, acarbose. 58 (10), 13091317. Nrf2 is a transcription factor involved in cellular stress response. BMC Complement Altern. Food Res. Cardioprotective effect of a moderate and prolonged exercise training involves sirtuin pathway. DoNotAge has chosen to market fucoidan from. Mol. Many clinical studies conducted in healthy patients and volunteers using both high and low doses of RSV highlight its potential cardioprotective benefit through improvement of endothelial function, inflammatory markers, and glucose metabolism. Biochem. (2019). Biol. Resveratrol improves left ventricular remodeling in chronic kidney disease via Sirt1-mediated regulation of FoxO1 activity and MnSOD expression. Endocr. Pharmacother. As an antioxidant, Cur is able to eliminate ROS and RNS by increasing the expression of antioxidant proteins via induction of upstream coding genes such as nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1), and antioxidant response element (ARE) (Abdelsamia et al., 2019). doi:10.1002/jcb.27371, Zhang, X., Wu, J., Ye, B., Wang, Q., Xie, X., Shen, H. (2016a). doi:10.1126/science.1098014, Bai, X., Yao, L., Ma, X., Xu, X. A phase 2 clinical study (NCT01925547) investigated the effect of Cur micelles on inflammation and lipid metabolism markers in subjects at risk for metabolic syndrome. Med. 24 (5), 542552. In addition, some natural SIRT modulators, such as Cur, display poor bioavailability and solubility. (2006). Metab. (2016). Substantial amounts of the compounds and their metabolites are degraded in the colon by intestinal microbiota, giving rise to small phenolic acids and aromatic catabolises which are absorbed by the circulatory system (Del Rio et al., 2013). Bioactive compounds in the diet can act as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agents, thereby reducing the negative effects of oxidative stress and the incidence of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disorders (Wang et al., 2014). Here, we focus on the natural molecules resveratrol, quercetin, fisetin, curcumin, and berberine, and elucidate their effect on SIRT1 activation and their potential to treat and/or prevent several human pathologies, mainly associated with metabolic disorders (Figure 2). Durgaprasad, S., Pai, C. G., Vasanthkumar, Alvres, J. F., Namitha, S. (2005). This effect did not occur if H9c2 cells were treated with the SIRT1 inhibitor EX-527 (Bai et al., 2018), indicating that BBR action was dependent on SIRT1 (Wu et al., 2019). There are many researchers looking for chemical activators of sirtuin 6, including my group, but of course these chemical activators have to be very safe, explains Professor Gorbunova. doi:10.1089/ars.2012.4901, Kim, S. C., Kim, Y. H., Son, S. W., Moon, E. Y., Pyo, S., Um, S. H. (2015). (2013). B. Rep. 8 (1), 15726. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-33879-w, Serafini, M. M., Catanzaro, M., Fagiani, F., Simoni, E., Caporaso, R., Dacrema, M., et al. 222, 140147. J. Neurochem. 120 (6), 97479757. Protective effect of quercetin against sodium fluoride induced oxidative stress in rats heart. doi:10.2337/db16-0153, Yamagata, K. (2019). Med. The most studied member of this enzymatic class is SIRT1. Effects of resveratrol, curcumin, berberine and other nutraceuticals on aging, cancer development, cancer stem cells and microRNAs. Ageing Dev. Mol. Resveratrol provides neuroprotection by inhibiting phosphodiesterases and regulating the cAMP/AMPK/SIRT1 pathway after stroke in rats. doi:10.1007/s00204-015-1583-9. Oxidative stress plays a key role in the pathogenesis of these conditions. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Pharmacother. Increased fatty acid synthesis and hepatocyte accumulation is associated with metabolic disorder (Liou et al., 2018).
2016:1689602. doi:10.1155/2016/1689602, Yu, Y., Sun, J., Wang, R., Liu, J., Wang, P., Wang, C. (2019). It has the already known benefits including improved immune response to vaccines, reduced inflammation and improved survival of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, but importantly it has been specifically tested to potently activate SIRT6 by Professor Gorbunova and her team at Rochester Aging Research Centre, he told us. Nevertheless, the mechanisms of action are not yet well defined. Fisetin targets YB-1/RSK axis independent of its effect on ERK signaling: insights from in vitro and in vivo melanoma models. The protective effect of RSV is associated with an increase in SIRT1 activity, which deacetylates FOXO1 and activates MnSOD downstream. Cur may have positive effects in T2D by mediating the reduction of NF-B expression in inflammatory pathway (Zendedel et al., 2018). Lett. Modulation of NF-kappaB-dependent transcription and cell survival by the SIRT1 deacetylase. doi:10.1007/s11064-018-2597-5, Hung, C. H., Chan, S. H., Chu, P. M., Tsai, K. L. (2015). (2010). Molecules 19 (12), 2009120112. 19 (12), 3903. doi:10.3390/ijms19123903, Zordoky, B. N., Robertson, I. M., Dyck, J. R. (2015). As a polyphenol, fisetin can counteract oxidative stress and mediate immune response via AMPK/SIRT1 and Nfr2 pathways (see Figure 1). A nutraceutical combination reduces left ventricular mass in subjects with metabolic syndrome and left ventricular hypertrophy: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Caloric restriction and its mimetics. Pathol. Arch. doi:10.1007/s11684-019-0724-6, Sun, T., Zhang, Y., Zhong, S., Gao, F., Chen, Y., Wang, B., et al. Data obtained in diabetic mice models showed that supplementation of Cur for 8 weeks might promote indirect activation of SIRT1 through AMPK (Jimenez-Flores et al., 2014). (2020b). We will also discuss the potential therapeutic effects of these natural compounds in the prevention and treatment of human disorders, with particular emphasis on their metabolic impact.
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Table 2 Resveratrol in clinical trials for metabolic disorders. Antioxidant or not? doi:10.2174/1381612825666190722100504, Yang, Y., Paik, J. H., Cho, D., Cho, J. Cur was also shown to exert immunomodulatory activity by interacting with elements involved in inflammatory response including JAK/STAT pathway, suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) expression, and TLR4/MyD88/NF-B axis.
Sci. 120 (3), 461472. 2018:9173436. doi:10.1155/2018/9173436, Shentu, T. P., He, M., Sun, X., Zhang, J., Zhang, F., Gongol, B., et al. doi:10.1007/s13105-016-0492-6, Lara-Guzman, O. J., Gil-Izquierdo, A., Medina, S., Osorio, E., Alvarez-Quintero, R., Zuluaga, N., et al. In recent years, scientific interest focusing on the identification of SIRT1 modulators has led to the discovery of novel small molecules targeting SIRT1 activity. Protective effects of quercetin and quercetin-5,8-disulfonate against carbon tetrachloride-caused oxidative liver injury in mice. Z., Zhang, L., Wu, Z. X., Shan, T. T., Xiong, C. (2019). 5, 253295. 39 (3), 283299. A list of clinical studies investigating the beneficial effects of BBR in inflammatory and metabolic diseases is reported in Table 4. Two clinical trials tested the anti-diabetic effect of BBR in patients with diabetes or diabetes and dyslipidemia (NCT00425009 and NCT00462046). Pharmacol. Quercetin attenuates mitochondrial dysfunction and biogenesis via upregulated AMPK/SIRT1 signaling pathway in OA rats. Berberine attenuated the cytotoxicity induced by t-BHP via inhibiting oxidative stress and mitochondria dysfunction in PC-12 cells. Nature 434 (7029), 113118. Nutrients 11 (1), 105. doi:10.3390/nu11010105, Galleggiante, V., De Santis, S., Liso, M., Verna, G., Sommella, E., Mastronardi, M., et al. Molecules 24 (6), 1123. doi:10.3390/molecules24061123, Xue, M., Weickert, M. O., Qureshi, S., Kandala, N. B., Anwar, A., Waldron, M., et al. Biol. Prod. Berberine Attenuates Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Reducing Oxidative Stress and Inflammation Response: Role of Silent Information Regulator 1. Biophys. doi:10.18632/aging.101250, Mercurio, V., Pucci, G., Bosso, G., Fazio, V., Battista, F., Iannuzzi, A., et al. In particular, two phase 4 clinical trials (NCT02422927 and NCT03470376) tested the ability of a nutraceutical combination containing 500 mg BBR to ameliorate inflammation lipid profile and endothelial injury markers in patients with elevated levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and in HIV-infected patients receiving stable antiretroviral therapy. doi:10.1038/onc.2017.296, Sampaio, S. F., Branco, A. F., Wojtala, A., Vega-Naredo, I., Wieckowski, M. R., Oliveira, P. J. 10:1597:1597. doi:10.3389/fphar.2019.01597, Shanmugam, K., Ravindran, S., Kurian, G. A., Rajesh, M. (2018). Oxidation can lead to harmful damage to DNA, and SIRT6 recruits. Fucoidan supplements are widely available, and claim to aid digestion, strengthen the immune system, support chemotherapy by reducing cancer-related inflammation and improve circulation [5]. Epigenetic modifications are associated with genome stability, gene transcription, and metabolic regulation. Comparison between red wine and isolated trans-resveratrol on the prevention and regression of atherosclerosis in LDLr ((-/-)) mice. Cur can downregulate expression of growth factor receptors, transcription factors, TNFs, and nitric oxide synthase, and increase AMPK levels. 43 (9), 18141825. BBR was observed to exert an apoptotic effect by inducing ROS production and increasing MAPK and JNK activity of p38 in SW620 human colon carcinoma cells, and by increasing Ca+ and cytochrome C release in HSC-3 squamous cells (Song et al., 2020). Most of these studies tested RSV-mediated effects in central nervous system disorders (Friedreich ataxia, Alzheimers disease, Parkinsons disease), metabolic disorders [T2D, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, metabolic syndrome X, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)]. Cell Signal 25 (10), 19391948. There are already some natural compounds that have been identified, a sugar-like molecule that is purified from seaweed, and amazingly, consumption of seaweed is linked to longer lifespan in humans. (2018). Furthermore, BBR can inhibit colon cancer cell growth by activating retinoid X receptor (RXR), which binds RXR, and promoting -catenin degradation (Ruan et al., 2017). Quercetin ameliorates diabetic encephalopathy through SIRT1/ER stress pathway in db/db mice. Int. doi:10.2147/CIA.S158513, Liou, C. J., Wei, C. H., Chen, Y. L., Cheng, C. Y., Wang, C. L., Huang, W. C. (2018). Application of berberine on treating type 2 diabetes mellitus. J. Appl. Oxidative stress occurs following an imbalance of the bodys antioxidant defence mechanisms and excessive generation of free radicals, and is involved in various pathologies such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, hypertension, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammation, and cancer (Oboh et al., 2016).
Pharmacother. 13:1400:1400. doi:10.3389/fnins.2019.01400, Malaguarnera, L. (2019). J. Nutr. (2018). Thromb. Pharmacol. A phase 1 clinical trial (NCT01640197) tested the effects of chronic resveratrol supplementation (500 mg daily for 28 days) in healthy humans and found considerable improvements in cognitive performance, cerebral blood flow, subjective sleep, mood, health, and blood pressure. SIRT1 guards against oxidative stress by activating gene transcription of PGC-1 via deacetylation, and by regulating transcription of factors such as the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR), nuclear respiratory factor (NRF), and mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM), involved in modulation of biogenesis and mitochondrial function (Ren et al., 2019), and metabolism of glucose and lipids (Rodgers et al., 2005). Data obtained in a rat model and in rat H9c2 cardiac cells showed that BBR treatment leads to upregulation of SIRT1 and downregulation of p66shc expression both in vivo and in vitro, resulting in suppression of ROS production, apoptosis, and mitochondrial damage, and improving cardiac dysfunction. Life Sci. In addition, a phase 2 clinical study (NCT03216811) assessed the efficacy of a nutraceutical compound (3 mg containing fermented red rice) in terms of cholesterol, and endothelial and inflammatory parameters in subjects with hypercholesterolemia and low-to-moderate cardiovascular risk. (2018). doi:10.2174/1389557516666160620095103, Biason-Lauber, A., Boni-Schnetzler, M., Hubbard, B. P., Bouzakri, K., Brunner, A., Cavelti-Weder, C., et al. Circulation 122 (21), 21702182. Unfortunately, where it is grown and other conditions tend not to have an effect on the Sirtuin activating properties, so this means we just have to get multiple samples from multiple harvests all around the world. Immune Disord. Oxid. Med. Interventional studies are in fact limited by issues of bioavailability and metabolism. Immunol. In addition, BBR inhibits the proliferation of cancer cells through an anti-inflammatory pathway. (2019). (2016b). Fisetin induces Sirt1 expression while inhibiting early adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 cells. Diabetol. (2010). The dietary flavonoid fisetin (3,3,4,7-tetra-hydroxyflavone) is a natural polyphenol present in plants and fruits such as apples, persimmons, grapes, onions, kiwi, kale, and strawberries, whose daily intake is estimated to be about 0.4mg (Khan et al., 2013). Nutr. A further question is related to the cell/context-specific expression of some SIRTs, cofactor availability, and context-specific action of some of the described modulators. Dietary flavones and flavonoles are inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase-1 in pulmonary epithelial cells. (2018). The effect of resveratrol on hypertension: A clinical trial. 95 (9), E1E8. Although RSV is beneficial in many contexts, its pleiotropic actions need to be better studied in order to understand which of its described activities are directly due to SIRT1 modulation and whether this effect is always direct.