De novo NAD+ biosynthetic impairment in acute kidney injury in humans

A Poyan Mehr, MT Tran, KM Ralto, DE Leaf… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) extends longevity in experimental organisms,
raising interest in its impact on human health. De novo NAD+ biosynthesis from tryptophan …

[HTML][HTML] Cell stress response impairs de novo NAD+ biosynthesis in the kidney

Y Bignon, A Rinaldi, Z Nadour, V Poindessous… - JCI insight, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The biosynthetic routes leading to de novo nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)
production are involved in acute kidney injury (AKI), with a critical role for quinolinate …

PGC1α drives NAD biosynthesis linking oxidative metabolism to renal protection

MT Tran, ZK Zsengeller, AH Berg, EV Khankin… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
The energetic burden of continuously concentrating solutes against gradients along the
tubule may render the kidney especially vulnerable to ischaemia. Acute kidney injury (AKI) …

NAD+ homeostasis in renal health and disease

KM Ralto, EP Rhee, SM Parikh - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2020 - nature.com
The mammalian kidney relies on abundant mitochondria in the renal tubule to generate
sufficient ATP to provide the energy required for constant reclamation of solutes from crude …

[HTML][HTML] A reduced form of nicotinamide riboside defines a new path for NAD+ biosynthesis and acts as an orally bioavailable NAD+ precursor

J Giroud-Gerbetant, M Joffraud, MP Giner… - Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective A decay in intracellular NAD+ levels is one of the hallmarks of physiological
decline in normal tissue functions. Accordingly, dietary supplementation with NAD+ …

NAD+ homeostasis in health and disease

E Katsyuba, M Romani, D Hofer, J Auwerx - Nature metabolism, 2020 - nature.com
The conceptual evolution of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) from being seen as
a simple metabolic cofactor to a pivotal cosubstrate for proteins regulating metabolism and …

[HTML][HTML] Nicotinamide improves aspects of healthspan, but not lifespan, in mice

SJ Mitchell, M Bernier, MA Aon, S Cortassa, EY Kim… - Cell metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
The role in longevity and healthspan of nicotinamide (NAM), the physiological precursor of
NAD+, is elusive. Here, we report that chronic NAM supplementation improves healthspan …

Nicotinamide riboside is uniquely and orally bioavailable in mice and humans

SAJ Trammell, MS Schmidt, BJ Weidemann… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Nicotinamide riboside (NR) is in wide use as an NAD+ precursor vitamin. Here we
determine the time and dose-dependent effects of NR on blood NAD+ metabolism in …

[HTML][HTML] NAD+ biosynthesis, aging, and disease

S Johnson, S Imai - F1000Research, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) biosynthesis and its regulation have recently
been attracting markedly increasing interest. Aging is marked by a systemic decrease in …

NAD+ in aging, metabolism, and neurodegeneration

E Verdin - Science, 2015 - science.org
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is a coenzyme found in all living cells. It serves
both as a critical coenzyme for enzymes that fuel reduction-oxidation reactions, carrying …