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. 2022 Mar 10;322(5):R347–R359. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00238.2021

Table 1.

Deacetylated targets of sirtuins relevant to the polyol-fructose-uric acid pathway

Deacetylation Target (Refs.) Sirtuins How Sirtuins Acts Result
PTP1B (33) SIRT1 Inactivates PTP1B (negative regulator of insulin receptor) Increases insulin signaling and prevents leptin resistance
FoXO1 (34, 35, 36) SIRT1, SIRT2,SIRT6 Translocates FoXO1 to nucleus with transcription of target genes Improves insulin signaling, suppresses lipogenesis, and increases lipolysis
FoXO3a (37) SIRT2 Activates antioxidant response Suppresses oxidative stress
P3K/AKT pathway (38) SIRT1 Translocation of Akt to cell membrane and activation Improves cell signaling and metabolism
Complex I and II (39) SIRT1-SIRT3 Activation of electron transfer chain Improves insulin sensitivity and reduces oxidative stress
CRCT2 (40, 41) SIRT1 Ubiquitination of deacetylated CRCT2 Suppresses lipogenesis
SREBP-1 (42) SIRT1 Inhibits transactivation Suppresses lipogenesis
PPARγ (43) SIRT1, SIRT2 Reduced PPARγ activity Increases lipid oxidation
PGC-1α (44, 45) SIRT1, SIRT2, Activates transcriptional activity and modulates mitochondrial biogenesis Stimulates autophagy and reduces oxidative stress
Stearoyl-CoA desaturaselong chain acy-CoA dehydrogenase (46) SIRT3 Inactivation Reduces lipogenesis
LXR (47) SIRT1 Upregulation Reduces lipogenesis
NRF2 (48, 49) SIRT1, SIRT2 Transactivation of target antioxidant genes (MnSOD, catalase, heme oxygenase) Reduces oxidative stress
NF-κB RelA/p65 (50, 51,52) SIRT1, SIRT3 Inactivation and ubiquitination of NF-κB Anti-inflammatory effect and suppression of NLRP3 inflammasome activation
AP1 (53) SIRT1 Suppresses AP1 transcriptional activity and reduces COX2 and PGE production in macrophages Anti-inflammatory effect
LKB1 (42, 41) SIRT1 Activates AMPK Increases lipid oxidation
HIF-1α (54, 55) SIRT1, SIRT6 Suppresses glycolytic enzymes Switch from aerobic glycolysis to lipid oxidation
AMPK (31) Activation of AMPK and PGC1-α Improves mitochondrial function and metabolism
P53 (56) SIRT6 Repression of p53activity and inhibition of Fas/FaL signaling Reduces apoptosis and reduces oxidative stress
STAT3 (57) SIRT1 Suppression of IL-6/ STAT pathway Reduces inflammation
HSP90 (58) SIRT2 Disassociation of HSP90 with glucocorticoid receptor Reduces inflammatory cytokines

Sirtuin targets for deacetylation and how they improve features of metabolic syndrome and inflammation are shown. AkT, protein kinase B; AMP, adenosine monophosphate; AMPK, AMP-activated protein kinase; AP1, activator protein 1; CRTC2, CREBP-regulated transcription co-activator 2; HIF1-α, hypoxia inducible factor 1-α; FoxO, forkhead transcription factor O; HSP90, heat shock protein 90; LKB1, liver kinase B1; LXR, liver X receptor; NRF2, nuclear factor E2-related factor 2; PGC1-α, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1-α; PPARγ, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ; PTP1B, protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B; SREBP-1, sterol regulatory element binding protein 1; STAT3, activator of transcription 3.