Boosting NAD ameliorates hematopoietic impairment linked to short telomeres in vivo

作者：Amanda J. Stock, Saipriya Ayyar, Amogh Kashyap, Yunong Wang, Hagai Yanai, Matthew F. Starost, Mayuri Tanaka-Yano, Monica Bodogai, Chongkui Sun, Yajun Wang, Yi Gong, Chandrakala Puligilla, Evandro Fei Fang, Vilhelm A. Bohr, Yie Liu, Isabel Beerman · 发表于：GeroScience · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1007/s11357-023-00752-2 · 被引用次数：18 · 研究领域：Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence、Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine、Autophagy in Disease and Therapy

Abstract Short telomeres are a defining feature of telomere biology disorders (TBDs), including dyskeratosis congenita (DC), for which there is no effective general cure. Patients with TBDs often experience bone marrow failure. NAD, an essential metabolic coenzyme, is decreased in models of DC. Herein, using telomerase reverse transcriptase null ( Tert −/− ) mice with critically short telomeres, we investigated the effect of NAD supplementation with the NAD precursor, nicotinamide riboside (NR), on features of health span disrupted by telomere impairment. Our results revealed that NR ameliorated body weight loss in Tert −/− mice and improved telomere integrity and telomere dysfunction-induced systemic inflammation. NR supplementation also mitigated myeloid skewing of Tert −/− hematopoietic stem cells. Furthermore, NR alleviated villous atrophy and inflammation in the small intestine of Tert −/− transplant recipient mice. Altogether, our findings support NAD intervention as a potential therapeutic strategy to enhance aspects of health span compromised by telomere attrition.