Review Article

Altered Gene Expression, Mitochondrial Damage and Oxidative Stress: Converging Routes in Motor Neuron Degeneration

Table 2

Effects of class II HDACs (Sirtuins) on redox-related proteins.

SirtuinTargetEffectReference

SIRT1 (nucleus and mitochondria)FOXO3a↑ Transcriptional activity[82]
PGC-1α↑ Transcriptional coactivation[83, 84]
HIF1α Transcriptional activity[85]
HIF2α↑ Transcriptional activity[86]
eNOS↑ Enzyme activity[87]
p53Mediates transcriptional activity, depending on SIRT1 expression level[88, 89]
SIRT2 (cytoplasm)FOXO3a↑ Transcriptional activity[90]
SIRT3 (mitochondria)HIF1α Transcriptional activity[91]
SOD2↑ Enzyme activity[92, 93]
OTC↑ Enzyme activity[94]
NDUFA9↑ Enzyme activity[95]
GDH↑ Enzyme activity[96]
IDH2↑ Enzyme activity[97]
SIRT4 (mitochondria)GDH Enzyme activity[98]
SIRT5 (mitochondria)CPS1↑ Enzyme activity[99]
SIRT6 (mitochondria)HIF1α Transcriptional activity[100]
SIRT7 (nucleoli)p53Mediates transcriptional activity, depending on SIRT7 expression level[101]

CPS1: carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1; eNOS: endothelial nitric oxide synthase; FOXO3a: Forkhead box O3 a; GDH: glutamate dehydrogenase; HIF1α: hypoxia-inducible factor 1, alpha subunit; HIF2α: hypoxia-inducible factor 2, alpha subunit; IDH2: isocitrate dehydrogenase 2; NDUFA9: NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 9; OTC: ornithine transcarbamylase; PGC-1α: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha; SOD2: superoxide dismutase 2.