Influence of spermidine on the mouse brain proteome
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ABSTRACT: Label-free expression proteomics of mouse brain. Three individuals per group, young mice, aged mice, and aged mice treated with spermidine were compared by bottom-up proteomics.
Project description:Advanced age is a primary risk factor for female infertility due to reduced ovarian reserve and declining oocyte quality. However, as an important contributing factor, the role of metabolic regulation during reproductive aging is poorly understood. Here, we applied untargeted metabolomics to identify spermidine as a critical metabolite in ovaries to protect oocytes against aging. In particular, we found that spermidine level was reduced in aged ovaries and supplementation of spermidine promoted follicle development, oocyte maturation, early embryonic development and female fertility of aged mice. By micro-transcriptomic analysis, we further discovered that recovery of oocyte quality by spermidine was mediated by enhancement of mitophagy activity and mitochondrial function in aged mice, and this action mechanism was conserved in porcine oocytes under oxidative stress. Altogether, our findings demonstrate that spermidine supplementation is a potentially effective strategy to ameliorate oocyte quality and reproductive outcome of women at an advanced age.
Project description:Administration of spermidine, a natural polyamine whose intracellular concentration declines during human ageing, markedly extends the lifespan of various model organisms including yeast, flies and worms. In ageing yeast, spermidine treatment triggeres epigenetic deacetylation of histone H3 through inhibition of histone acetyltransferases (HAT), leading to induction of autophagy and thereby suppressing oxidative stress and necrosis. In order to further characterize the effects by spermidine supplementation of aging yeast cultures and to understand how global histone deacetylation affects gene transcription during aging, Affymetrix-based microarray analyses of three day old as well as ten day old cultures with and without administration of spermidine was performed.
Project description:Caloric restriction and intermittent fasting prolong the lifespan and healthspan of model organisms and improve human health 1. The natural polyamine spermidine has been linked to autophagy regulation, geroprotection and reduced incidence of cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases across species borders 2. Here, we report that spermidine levels increase upon acute fasting in yeast, flies, mice and healthy humans. Genetic or pharmacological blockade of endogenous spermidine synthesis reduced fasting-induced autophagy in yeast, worms and human cells. Furthermore, perturbing the polyamine pathway in vivo abrogated the lifespan-extending, cardioprotective and antiarthritic effects of intermittent fasting. Mechanistically, spermidine mediated these effects via hypusination of the autophagy regulator eIF5A. In sum, the polyamine-hypusination axis thus emerges as a bona fide and phylogenetically conserved metabolic control hub for longevity and autophagy induction.
Project description:Aging is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death. Here we show that oral supplementation of the natural polyamine spermidine extends lifespan, while it exerts cardioprotective effects through reduction of cardiac hypertrophy and preservation of diastolic function in old mice. Spermidine feeding enhanced cardiac autophagy, mitophagy, mitochondrial respiration and mechano-elastical properties of cardiomyocytes in vivo, coinciding with increased titin phosphorylation and suppressed subclinical inflammation. Spermidine failed to promote cardioprotection in mice lacking the autophagy-related gene Atg5 in cardiomyocytes. In Dahl salt-sensitive rats fed high-salt diet, a model for hypertension-induced congestive heart failure, spermidine reduced systemic blood pressure, increased titin phosphorylation and prevented cardiac hypertrophy and a decline in diastolic function, thus delaying the progression to heart failure. Finally, high dietary spermidine intake correlated with reduced blood pressure and a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease in humans. Our results suggest a novel and generic strategy against cardiovascular disease.
Project description:To compare the effects of spermidine, key polyamine, on the gene expression profile of organ cultured human hair follicles Vehicle treated Vs. 0.5 µM spermidine treatment. Two control samples, two spermidine treated samples
Project description:Spermidine is involved in a variety of biological processes, including DNA metabolism, autophagy and aging. Previous studies have shown that spermidine can increase the percentage of mouse oocytes developing into blastocysts after in vitro fertilization. However, none of the past studies elucidated the effects of spermidine supplementation on porcine oocyte maturation. Here, we choose appropriate dose of spermidine to be added to the maturation medium during in vitro maturation (IVM) to verify whether spermidine can actively promote the maturation of porcine oocytes. Our study provided substantial evidence that spermidine exposure promoted the porcine oocyte meiotic maturation. In addition, single-cell transcriptome analysis identified the target effectors of spermidine actions in porcine oocytes, further demonstrating that spermidine exposure enhanced mitochondrial distribution and function, leading to a reduced excessive oxidative stress-induced DNA damage and early apoptosis of porcine oocytes. These findings demonstrate that spermidine not only delays ageing and cancer treatment, but also improves the quality of germ cells, which may be less likely to suffer from sterility or infertility in humans and animals.
Project description:To achieve extreme spermidine stress we used DspeG E. coli strain. We identified the pathways that are altered under spermidine stress. Among many changes spermidine altered the iron-sulfur cluster metabolism and redox balance in the cells. Therefore, we have shown that superoxide quencher, NAC and ascorbate mitigates spermidine stress. Overall our data explains the importaance of tight spermidine homeostasisin the cell.
Project description:To achieve extreme spermidine stress we used DspeG E. coli strain. We identified the pathways that are altered under spermidine stress. Among many changes spermidine altered the iron-sulfur cluster metabolism and redox balance in the cells. Therefore, we have shown that superoxide quencher, NAC and ascorbate mitigates spermidine stress. Overall our data explains the importaance of tight spermidine homeostasisin the cell.
Project description:Adult skeletal muscle stem cells, also known satellite cells (SCs), are quiescent and activate in response to injury. However, the activation mechanisms of quiescent SCs (QSCs) remain largely unknown. Here, we investigated the metabolic regulation of SC activation by identifying regulatory metabolites that promote SC activation. Using targeted metabolomics, we found that spermidine acts as a regulatory metabolite to promote SC activation and muscle regeneration in mice. Mechanistically, spermidine activates SCs via generating hypusinated eIF5A. Using SC-specific eIF5A-knockout (KO) and Myod-KO mice, we further found that eIF5A is required for spermidine-mediated SC activation by controlling MyoD translation. More significantly, depletion of eIF5A in SCs results in impaired muscle regeneration in mice. Together, the findings of our study define a novel mechanism that is essential for SC activation and acts via spermidine-eIF5A-mediated MyoD translation. Our findings suggest that the spermidine-eIF5A axis represents a promising pharmacological target in efforts to activate endogenous SCs for the treatment of muscular disease.