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Calorie restriction extends life-span in a wide variety of
organisms. Although it has been suggested that calorie restrictionmay
work by reducing the levels of reactive oxygen species producedduring
respiration, the mechanism by which this regimen slowsaging is
uncertain. Here, we mimicked calorie restriction in yeastby
physiological or genetic means and showed a substantial extensionin
life-span. This extension was not observed in strains mutantfor
SIR2 (which encodes the silencing protein Sir2p) or
NPT1 (agene in a pathway in the synthesis of NAD, the
oxidized form ofnicotinamide adenine dinucleotide). These findings
suggest thatthe increased longevity induced by calorie restriction
requiresthe activation of Sir2p by NAD.
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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These authors contributed equally to this report.
To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
leng{at}mit.edu
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