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. 2022 Mar 18;9:850340. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.850340

Table 3.

Activators of SIRT3.

SIRT3 activator Source Model system Physiological effects of activator treatment Cardiac phenotype References
Phytochemicals
Resveratrol Vitis vinifera, Morus rubra, Vaccinum spp., Polygonum cuspidatum, Artocarpus sp., Rheum raponticum, Pinus sylvestris, Cassia sp., Arachis hypogea, Picea sp. Mice with cardiac hypertrophy TGF-β/α-SMA signaling (↓) Cardiac fibrosis (↓) (145, 163)
Polydatin Polygonium cuspidatum Mice with myocardial infarction Mitochondrial biogenesis (↑),
autophagy (↑),
apoptosis (↓)
Cardiac function (↑) (148)
Dihydromyricetin Ampelopsis grossedentata Mice with myocardial ischemia/reperfusion Mitochondrial function (↑),
Oxidative stress (↓)
Cardiac IR injury (↓) (149)
Berberine Berberis vulgaris Doxorubicin-treated cardiomyocytes Mitochondrial biogenesis (↑),
Mitochondrial fragmentation (↓),
Oxidative stress (↓),
Apoptosis (↓)
DOX-induced cardiotoxicity (↓) (150)
Honokiol Magnolia officinalis Doxorubicin-treated mice hearts Mitochondrial function (↑),
Mitochondrial DNA damage (↓),
Oxidative stress (↓),
Apoptosis (↓)
DOX-induced cardiotoxicity (↓) (38, 151, 164)
Salidroside Rhodiola rosea HFD + Streptozocin-induced diabetic mice; High fat and High glucose-conditioned neonatal rat cardiomyocytes AMPK activity (↑),
PGC-1α expression (↑),
Mitochondrial mass (↑),
Mitochondrial superoxide production (↓)
Cardiac fibrosis (↓),
Cardiac function (↑)
(154)
Licoisoflavone A Glycyrrhiza uralensis Phenylephrine (PE)-induced hypertrophy in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes ANF and BNP expression (↓) PE-induced hypertrophy (↓) (155)
Quercetin Morus alba, Moringa oleifera, Brassica sp., Prunus domestica etc. Angiotensin II-induced hypertrophy in cardiomyocytes Mitochondrial function (↑),
Oxidative stress (↓)
Angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy (↓) (156, 165)
Other molecules
Exogenous NAD+ Isoproterenol-induced cardiac hypertrophy in mice; Phenylephrine (PE)-induced hypertrophy in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes LKB1-AMPK signaling (↑),
Anf expression (↓),
Collagen-α expression (↓)
Cardiac fibrosis (↓),
Isoproterenol-induced cardiac hypertrophy (↓),
Cardiac function (↑)
(105)
Nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) Friedreich's ataxia cardiomyopathy (FXN) mouse model Glycolytic flux (↓) Cardiac function (↑) (160)
Metformin Mice with myocardial infarction Mitochondrial function (↑),
PGC-1α activity (↑),
Apoptosis (↓)
Cardiac function (↑) (90)
Melatonin Mice with myocardial ischemia/reperfusion, H9C2 cardiomyocytes Apoptosis (↓),
Oxidative stress (↓)
Infarct size (↓),
Post-ischemic contractile function (↑)
(161)
Choline Abdominal Aortic Banding (AAB) rats; Angiotensin II-induced hypertrophy in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes AMPK activity (↑),
mtUPR (↑),
Mitochondrial function (↑),
Ketone body metabolism (↑),
BNP expression (↓)
Cardiac function (↑) (60)
Elabela Streptozotocin-induced type I diabetic mouse model SOD-2 and MnSOD expression (↑),
Apoptosis (↓),
Oxidative stress (↓),
Interstitial collagen deposition (↓)
Cardiac fibrosis (↓),
Cardiac function (↑)
(162)