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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-21
pubmed:abstractText
Sir2 is a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)-dependent protein deacetylase involved in gene silencing and longevity. Cellular stresses affect Sir2 activity, but the mechanisms of Sir2 regulation are debated. Nicotinamide has been proposed as a physiological regulator that inhibits Sir2 deacetylase activity by chemical reversal of a covalent reaction intermediate. We demonstrate a chemical strategy to activate Sir2-dependent transcriptional silencing and present evidence that the endogenous level of nicotinamide limits Sir2 activity in wild-type (wt) yeast cells. Nicotinamide inhibition of Sir2 is antagonized in vitro by isonicotinamide, which causes an increase in Sir2 deacetylation activity. Isonicotinamide also substantially increases transcriptional silencing at Sir2-regulated loci in wt strains and in strains lacking key NAD+ salvage pathway enzymes (PNC1 and NPT1). Thus, a nicotinamide antagonist is a Sir2 agonist in vitro and in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Histone Deacetylases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NAD, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Niacinamide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nicotinamidase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PNC1 protein, S cerevisiae, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pentosyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SIR2 protein, S cerevisiae, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Silent Information Regulator..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sirtuin 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sirtuins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/isonicotinamide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/nicotinate phosphoribosyltransferase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1097-2765
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
595-601
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Chemical activation of Sir2-dependent silencing by relief of nicotinamide inhibition.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.