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ArticleNature communications2023

Pregnane X receptor agonist nomilin extends lifespan and healthspan in preclinical models through detoxification functions.

Shengjie Fan, Yingxuan Yan, Ying Xia, Zhenyu Zhou, Lingling Luo, Mengnan Zhu, Yongli Han, Deqiang Yao, Lijun Zhang, Minglv Fang and 11 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shengjie Fan *School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0184-5641
Yingxuan Yan *School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Ying Xia *Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implant, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China.
Zhenyu Zhou *School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Lingling Luo *School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Mengnan Zhu *School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China.
Yongli HanSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Deqiang YaoiHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China.
Lijun ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Minglv FangSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Lina PengSchool of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China.
Jing YuSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Ying LiuSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Xiaoyan GaoSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Huida GuanInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Hongli LiSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Changhong WangInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7578-4856
Xiaojun WuInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Huanhu ZhuSchool of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China. zhuhh1@shanghaitech.edu.cn.
Yu CaoDepartment of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implant, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China. yu.cao@shsmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-1409-2068
Cheng HuangSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China. chuang@shutcm.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-0704-2943
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNShanghaiTech University · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Citrus fruit has long been considered a healthy food, but its role and detailed mechanism in lifespan extension are not clear. Here, by using the nematode C. elegans, we identified that nomilin, a bitter-taste limoloid that is enriched in citrus, significantly extended the animals' lifespan, healthspan, and toxin resistance. Further analyses indicate that this ageing inhibiting activity depended on the insulin-like pathway DAF-2/DAF-16 and nuclear hormone receptors NHR-8/DAF-12. Moreover, the human pregnane X receptor (hPXR) was identified as the mammalian counterpart of NHR-8/DAF-12 and X-ray crystallography showed that nomilin directly binds with hPXR. The hPXR mutations that prevented nomilin binding blocked the activity of nomilin both in mammalian cells and in C. elegans. Finally, dietary nomilin supplementation improved healthspan and lifespan in D-galactose- and doxorubicin-induced senescent mice as well as in male senescence accelerated mice prone 8 (SAMP8) mice, and induced a longevity gene signature similar to that of most longevity interventions in the liver of bile-duct-ligation male mice. Taken together, we identified that nomilin may extend lifespan and healthspan in animals via the activation of PXR mediated detoxification functions.

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Caenorhabditis elegans ProteinsLongevityAnimalsBenzoxepinsCaenorhabditis elegansForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansLimoninsMaleMammalsMicePregnane X ReceptorBenzoxepinsCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsForkhead Transcription FactorsLimoninsnomilinPregnane X Receptor

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