Evolutionarily conserved and nonconserved cellular localizations and functions of human SIRT proteins.
Sir2 is a NAD+-dependent protein deacetylase that extends lifespan in yeast and worms. This study examines seven human proteins homologous to Sir2 (SIRT1 through SIRT7) for cellular localization, expression profiles, protein deacetylation activity, and effects on human cell lifespan. We found that: 1) three nuclear SIRT proteins (SIRT1, SIRT6, and SIRT7) show different subnuclear localizations: SIRT6 and SIRT7 are associated with heterochromatic regions and nucleoli, respectively, where yeast Sir2 functions; 2) SIRT3, SIRT4, and SIRT5 are localized in mitochondria, an organelle that links aging and energy metabolism; 3) cellular p53 is a major in vivo substrate of SIRT1 deacetylase, but not the other six SIRT proteins; 4) SIRT1, but not the other two nuclear SIRT proteins, shows an in vitro deacetylase activity on histone H4 and p53 peptides; and 5) overexpression of any one of the seven SIRT proteins does not extend cellular replicative lifespan in normal human fibroblasts or prostate epithelial cells. This study supports the notion that multiple human SIRT proteins have evolutionarily conserved and nonconserved functions at different cellular locations and reveals that the lifespan of normal human cells, in contrast to that of lower eukaryotes, cannot be manipulated by increased expression of a single SIRT protein.
Michishita
Eriko
E
Laboratory of Biosystems and Cancer, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Park
Jean Y
JY
Burneskis
Jenna M
JM
Barrett
J Carl
JC
Horikawa
Izumi
I
D002460:Cell Line; D002466:Cell Nucleolus / Q000378:metabolism; D016922:Cellular Senescence; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D037761:Sirtuins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism
D006570:Heterochromatin; D006657:Histones; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D037761:Sirtuins