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Sarcosine Is Uniquely Modulated by Aging and Dietary Restriction in Rodents and Humans.

Cell reports | 2018

A hallmark of aging is a decline in metabolic homeostasis, which is attenuated by dietary restriction (DR). However, the interaction of aging and DR with the metabolome is not well understood. We report that DR is a stronger modulator of the rat metabolome than age in plasma and tissues. A comparative metabolomic screen in rodents and humans identified circulating sarcosine as being similarly reduced with aging and increased by DR, while sarcosine is also elevated in long-lived Ames dwarf mice. Pathway analysis in aged sarcosine-replete rats identify this biogenic amine as an integral node in the metabolome network. Finally, we show that sarcosine can activate autophagy in cultured cells and enhances autophagic flux in vivo, suggesting a potential role in autophagy induction by DR. Thus, these data identify circulating sarcosine as a biomarker of aging and DR in mammalians and may contribute to age-related alterations in the metabolome and in proteostasis.

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Associated grants

  • Agency: NIA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R00 AG037574
  • Agency: NIA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 AG023475
  • Agency: NIA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P01 AG001751
  • Agency: NIA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R37 AG021904
  • Agency: NIA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R37 AG018381
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 GM007491
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 DK020541
  • Agency: NIA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 AG038072
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 DK026687
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 CA013330
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 DK041296
  • Agency: NIA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R56 AG052981
  • Agency: NIA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 AG013280
  • Agency: NIA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AG049494
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 GM108646
  • Agency: NIA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P01 AG031782

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