Review Article

Renal Protective Effect of Sirtuin 1

Table 1

Biological effects of SIRTs.

SubstratesBiological effects

FOXO, p53 Regulating cell cycle
Histones H1/H3/H4, Ku70 Alleviating cell apoptosis
FOXO1, PGC-1αAlleviating glucose metabolism, lipid metabolism, and insulin secretion
FOXO1 Alleviating antioxidant
NF-κB Alleviating inflammatory reaction

p53: protein 53; FOXO: forkhead-box transcription factor; PGC-1α: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-coactivator-1 α; NF-κB: nuclear factor-κB.