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Title:		Xenohormetic and anti-aging activity of secoiridoid polyphenols present in extra virgin olive oil: a new family of gerosuppressant agents
Author(s):		Menendez JA; Joven J; Aragones G; Barrajon-Catalan E; Beltran-Debon R; Borras-Linares I; Camps J; Corominas-Faja B; Cufi S; Fernandez-Arroyo S; Garcia-Heredia A; Hernandez-Aguilera A; Herranz-Lopez M; Jimenez-Sanchez C; Lopez-Bonet E; Lozano-Sanchez J; Luciano-Mateo F; Martin-Castillo B; Martin-Paredero V; Perez-Sanchez A; Oliveras-Ferraros C; Riera-Borrull M; Rodriguez-Gallego E; Quirantes-Pine R; Rull A; Tomas-Menor L; Vazquez-Martin A; Alonso-Villaverde C; Micol V; Segura-Carretero A;
Address:		"Metabolism and Cancer Group, Translational Research Laboratory, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Girona, Spain. jmenendez@idibgi.org"
Journal Title:		Cell Cycle
Year:		2013
Volume:		20130131
Issue:		4
Page Number:		555 - 578
DOI:		10.4161/cc.23756
ISSN/ISBN:		1551-4005 (Electronic) 1538-4101 (Print) 1551-4005 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Aging can be viewed as a quasi-programmed phenomenon driven by the overactivation of the nutrient-sensing mTOR gerogene. mTOR-driven aging can be triggered or accelerated by a decline or loss of responsiveness to activation of the energy-sensing protein AMPK, a critical gerosuppressor of mTOR. The occurrence of age-related diseases, therefore, reflects the synergistic interaction between our evolutionary path to sedentarism, which chronically increases a number of mTOR activating gero-promoters (e.g., food, growth factors, cytokines and insulin) and the 'defective design' of central metabolic integrators such as mTOR and AMPK. Our laboratories at the Bioactive Food Component Platform in Spain have initiated a systematic approach to molecularly elucidate and clinically explore whether the 'xenohormesis hypothesis,' which states that stress-induced synthesis of plant polyphenols and many other phytochemicals provides an environmental chemical signature that upregulates stress-resistance pathways in plant consumers, can be explained in terms of the reactivity of the AMPK/mTOR-axis to so-called xenohormetins. Here, we explore the AMPK/mTOR-xenohormetic nature of complex polyphenols naturally present in extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), a pivotal component of the Mediterranean style diet that has been repeatedly associated with a reduction in age-related morbid conditions and longer life expectancy. Using crude EVOO phenolic extracts highly enriched in the secoiridoids oleuropein aglycon and decarboxymethyl oleuropein aglycon, we show for the first time that (1) the anticancer activity of EVOO secoiridoids is related to the activation of anti-aging/cellular stress-like gene signatures, including endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and the unfolded protein response, spermidine and polyamine metabolism, sirtuin-1 (SIRT1) and NRF2 signaling; (2) EVOO secoiridoids activate AMPK and suppress crucial genes involved in the Warburg effect and the self-renewal capacity of 'immortal' cancer stem cells; (3) EVOO secoiridoids prevent age-related changes in the cell size, morphological heterogeneity, arrayed cell arrangement and senescence-associated beta-galactosidase staining of normal diploid human fibroblasts at the end of their proliferative lifespans. EVOO secoiridoids, which provide an effective defense against plant attack by herbivores and pathogens, are bona fide xenohormetins that are able to activate the gerosuppressor AMPK and trigger numerous resveratrol-like anti-aging transcriptomic signatures. As such, EVOO secoiridoids constitute a new family of plant-produced gerosuppressant agents that molecularly 'repair' the aimless (and harmful) AMPK/mTOR-driven quasi-program that leads to aging and aging-related diseases, including cancer"
Keywords:		"AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases Aging/*drug effects/genetics Animals Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/*drug effects/genetics Diet, Mediterranean Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/drug effects Fibroblasts/cytology/drug effects/metabolism Gene Expression Reg;"
Notes:		"MedlineMenendez, Javier A Joven, Jorge Aragones, Gerard Barrajon-Catalan, Enrique Beltran-Debon, Raul Borras-Linares, Isabel Camps, Jordi Corominas-Faja, Bruna Cufi, Silvia Fernandez-Arroyo, Salvador Garcia-Heredia, Anabel Hernandez-Aguilera, Anna Herranz-Lopez, Maria Jimenez-Sanchez, Cecilia Lopez-Bonet, Eugeni Lozano-Sanchez, Jesus Luciano-Mateo, Fedra Martin-Castillo, Begona Martin-Paredero, Vicente Perez-Sanchez, Almudena Oliveras-Ferraros, Cristina Riera-Borrull, Marta Rodriguez-Gallego, Esther Quirantes-Pine, Rosa Rull, Anna Tomas-Menor, Laura Vazquez-Martin, Alejandro Alonso-Villaverde, Carlos Micol, Vicente Segura-Carretero, Antonio eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2013/02/02 Cell Cycle. 2013 Feb 15; 12(4):555-78. doi: 10.4161/cc.23756. Epub 2013 Jan 31"