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Nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation reverses vascular dysfunction and oxidative stress with aging in mice
Aging Cell
March 11, 2016
de Picciotto, Natalie E.
Summary
We tested the hypothesis that supplementation of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), a key NAD+ intermediate, increases arterial SIRT1 activity and reverses age-associated arterial dysfunction and oxidative stress. Old control mice (OC) had impaired carotid artery endothelium-dependent dilation (EDD)...Supplementation with NMN in old mice restored EDD (86 ± 2%) and NO-mediated EDD (61 ± 5%), reduced aPWV (359 ± 14 cm s−1) and EM (3694 ± 315 kPa)...decreased nitrotyrosine, reversed collagen-I, increased elastin, and restored vascular SIRT1 activity. Acute NMN incubation in isolated aortas increased NAD+ threefold and manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) by 50%. NMN supplementation may represent a novel therapy to restore SIRT1 activity and reverse age-related arterial dysfunction by decreasing oxidative stress.