title: Emerging roles of SIRT6 on telomere maintenance, DNA repair, metabolism and mammalian aging.
abstract: With the characterization of Sir2 gene in yeast aging, its mammalian homologs Sirtuins 1–7 have been attracting attention from scientists with various research backgrounds. Among Sirtuins, SIRT1 is the most extensively studied. Recent progress on mammalian Sirtuins has shown that SIRT6 as a histone deacetylase may also play a critical role in regulating mammalian aging. This review summarizes recent advances on SIRT6 as a key modulator of telomere structure, DNA repair, metabolism, and NF-kappa B pathway in aging. In addition, we discuss the challenges that remain to be studied in SIRT6 biology.
authors.affiliation: Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Cells and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, South Building, Room 103, 27 Shanda South Road, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Gaoxiang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singhal
authors.forename: Xiangguo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001343:Autophagy / Q000235:genetics; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals / Q000235:genetics; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D037761:Sirtuins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D016615:Telomere / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B; C516592:SIRT6 protein, human; D037761:Sirtuins