Epigenetics and aging

S Pal, JK Tyler - Science advances, 2016 - science.org
Over the past decade, a growing number of studies have revealed that progressive changes
to epigenetic information accompany aging in both dividing and nondividing cells …

Post-translational protein acetylation: an elegant mechanism for bacteria to dynamically regulate metabolic functions

DG Christensen, X Xie, N Basisty, J Byrnes… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Post-translational modifications (PTM) decorate proteins to provide functional heterogeneity
to an existing proteome. The large number of known PTMs highlights the many ways that …

Irisin inhibits hepatic gluconeogenesis and increases glycogen synthesis via the PI3K/Akt pathway in type 2 diabetic mice and hepatocytes

TY Liu, CX Shi, R Gao, HJ Sun, XQ Xiong… - Clinical …, 2015 - portlandpress.com
Increased glucose production and reduced hepatic glycogen storage contribute to metabolic
abnormalities in diabetes. Irisin, a newly identified myokine, induces the browning of white …

[HTML][HTML] Replicative and chronological aging in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

VD Longo, GS Shadel, M Kaeberlein, B Kennedy - Cell metabolism, 2012 - cell.com
Saccharomyces cerevisiae has directly or indirectly contributed to the identification of
arguably more mammalian genes that affect aging than any other model organism. Aging in …

COVID-19-related hyperglycemia is associated with infection of hepatocytes and stimulation of gluconeogenesis

EA Barreto, AS Cruz, FP Veras… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Occurrence of hyperglycemia upon infection is associated with worse clinical outcome in
COVID-19 patients. However, it is still unknown whether SARS-CoV-2 directly triggers …

[HTML][HTML] Brown remodeling of white adipose tissue by SirT1-dependent deacetylation of Pparγ

L Qiang, L Wang, N Kon, W Zhao, S Lee, Y Zhang… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) can disperse stored energy as heat. Promoting BAT-like
features in white adipose (WAT) is an attractive, if elusive, therapeutic approach to staunch …

A two-way street: reciprocal regulation of metabolism and signalling

KE Wellen, CB Thompson - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
It is becoming increasingly clear that cellular signalling and metabolism are not just separate
entities but rather are tightly linked. Although nutrient metabolism is known to be regulated …

Hormonal regulation of hepatic glucose production in health and disease

HV Lin, D Accili - Cell metabolism, 2011 - cell.com
We review mechanisms that regulate production of glucose by the liver, focusing on areas of
budding consensus, and endeavoring to provide a candid assessment of lingering …

Acetylation of metabolic enzymes coordinates carbon source utilization and metabolic flux

Q Wang, Y Zhang, C Yang, H Xiong, Y Lin, J Yao, H Li… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Lysine acetylation regulates many eukaryotic cellular processes, but its function in
prokaryotes is largely unknown. We demonstrated that central metabolism enzymes in …

Histone H4 lysine 16 acetylation regulates cellular lifespan

W Dang, KK Steffen, R Perry, JA Dorsey, FB Johnson… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Cells undergoing developmental processes are characterized by persistent non-genetic
alterations in chromatin, termed epigenetic changes, represented by distinct patterns of DNA …