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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 285, Issue 10, Pages 7097-7110Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M109.038604
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2005CB522402, 2006CB503801]
- National 863 Project [2006AA02A406]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30721063]
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SIRT1 (Sirtuin type 1), a mammalian orthologue of yeast SIR2 (silent information regulator 2), has been shown to mediate a variety of calorie restriction (CR)-induced physiological events, such as cell fate regulation via deacetylation of the substrate proteins. However, whether SIRT1 deacetylates activator protein-1 (AP-1) to influence its transcriptional activity and target gene expression is still unknown. Here we demonstrate that SIRT1 directly interacts with the basic leucine zipper domains of c-Fos and c-Jun, the major components of AP-1, by which SIRT1 suppressed the transcriptional activity of AP-1. This process requires the deacetylase activity of SIRT1. Notably, SIRT1 reduced the expression of COX-2, a typical AP-1 target gene, and decreased prostaglandin E-2 (PGE(2)) production of peritoneal macrophages (pM Phi s). pM Phi s with SIRT1 overexpression displayed improved phagocytosis and tumoricidal functions, which are associated with depressed PGE(2). Furthermore, SIRT1 protein level was up-regulated in CR mouse pM Phi s, whereas elevated SIRT1 decreased COX-2 expression and improved PGE(2)-related macrophage functions that were reversed following inhibition of SIRT1 deacetylase activity. Thus, our results indicate that SIRT1 may be a mediator of CR-induced macrophage regulation, and its deacetylase activity contributes to the inhibition of AP-1 transcriptional activity and COX-2 expression leading to amelioration of macrophage function.
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