title: Metabolic Control of Longevity.
abstract: Several metabolic alterations accumulate over time along with a reduction in biological fitness, suggesting the existence of a "metabolic clock" that controls aging. Multiple inborn defects in metabolic circuitries accelerate aging, whereas genetic loci linked to exceptional longevity influence metabolism. Each of the nine hallmarks of aging is connected to undesirable metabolic alterations. The main features of the "westernized" lifestyle, including hypercaloric nutrition and sedentariness, can accelerate aging as they have detrimental metabolic consequences. Conversely, lifespan-extending maneuvers including caloric restriction impose beneficial pleiotropic effects on metabolism. The introduction of strategies that promote metabolic fitness may extend healthspan in humans.
authors: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Instituto Universitario de Oncología (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo 33006, Spain. Electronic address: clo@uniovi.es.
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: López-Otín
authors: Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA; Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 75006 Paris, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1138, 75006 Paris, France; Université Paris Descartes/Paris V, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75006 Paris, France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie/Paris VI, 75006 Paris, France; Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, 94805 Villejuif, France.
authors: Lorenzo
authors: L
authors: Galluzzi
authors: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Instituto Universitario de Oncología (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo 33006, Spain.
authors: José M P
authors: JMP
authors: Freije
authors: Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria; BioTechMed-Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.
authors: Frank
authors: F
authors: Madeo
authors: Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 75006 Paris, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1138, 75006 Paris, France; Université Paris Descartes/Paris V, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75006 Paris, France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie/Paris VI, 75006 Paris, France; Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, 75015 Paris, France; Karolinska Institute, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden; Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, 94805 Villejuif, France. Electronic address: kroemer@orange.fr.
authors: Guido
authors: G
authors: Kroemer
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D031204:Caloric Restriction; D016922:Cellular Senescence; D004032:Diet; D066273:Diet, Western; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008136:Longevity; D008687:Metformin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D013312:Stress, Physiological
chemical_list: D008687:Metformin