SIRT2 and NAD<sup>+</sup> Boosting Broadly Suppress Aging-Associated Inflammation.

Barthez, Marine; Song, Zehan; Feng, Yufan; Wang, Yifei; Wang, Chih-Ling; Chen, Danica · Aging Cell · 2025

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Aging leads to chronic inflammation that is linked to aging-associated conditions and diseases. Multiple immune pathways become activated during aging, posing a challenge to effectively reduce aging-associated inflammation. SIRT2, an NAD<sup>+</sup>-dependent deacetylase, suppresses several immune pathways that become activated during aging and may represent an attractive target to broadly dampen aging-associated inflammation. Here, we show that SIRT2 deficiency leads to increased inflammation governed by multiple immune pathways and tissue function decline at an old age, while NAD<sup>+</sup> boosting with 78c suppresses aging-associated inflammation and improves tissue function. These findings highlight SIRT2 as a master regulator of aging-associated inflammation and support NAD<sup>+</sup> boosting as an effective strategy to counteract aging-associated inflammation and tissue function decline.

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