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Methionine Restriction Greatly Reduces Measures of Cognitive Decline in Mice


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Posted 06 April 2021 - 10:22 AM


Researchers here applied three months of a methionine restricted diet to old mice, and found that it greatly reduced age-related cognitive decline, as measured in maze tests. The methionine restricted animals perform more like young animals than like their unrestricted peers. Methionine is an essential amino acid essential to all protein synthesis. Methionine sensing is one of the more important triggers by which the beneficial response to calorie restriction is activated. Near every aspect of metabolism shifts into a more healthy, life-span-prolonging mode of operation. A methionine restricted diet thus mimics a sizable fraction of calorie restriction without eating less. The methionine restricted mice actually ate more food than their unrestricted counterparts, while having a lower body weight.

Methionine restriction (MR) extends lifespan and delays the onset of aging-associated pathologies. However, the effect of MR on age-related cognitive decline remains unclear. Here, we find that a 3-month MR ameliorates working memory, short-term memory, and spatial memory in 15-month-old and 18-month-old mice by preserving synaptic ultrastructure, increasing mitochondrial biogenesis, and reducing the brain malondialdehyde (MDA) level in aged mice hippocampi.

Transcriptome data suggest that the receptor of fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21)-related gene expressions were altered in the hippocampi of MR-treated aged mice. MR increased FGF21 expression in serum, liver, and brain. Integrative modelling reveals strong correlations among behavioral performance, MR altered nervous structure-related genes, and circulating FGF21 levels.

Recombinant FGF21 treatment in cell culture balanced the cellular redox status, prevented mitochondrial structure damages, and upregulated antioxidant enzymes HO-1 and NQO1 expression by transcriptional activation of Nrf2. Moreover, knockdown of Fgf21 by injection of adeno-associated virus abolished the neuroprotective effects of MR in aged mice.

In conclusion, the MR exhibited the protective effects against age-related behavioral disorders, which could be partly explained by activating circulating FGF21 and promoting mitochondrial biogenesis, and consequently suppressing the neuroinflammation and oxidative damages. These results demonstrate that FGF21 can be used as a potential nutritional factor in dietary restriction-based strategies for improving cognition associated with neurodegeneration disorders.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1...dox.2021.101940


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#2 timedilation

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Posted 06 April 2021 - 02:29 PM

How difficult would it be for a human to maintain a methionine-free diet?  What are the best protein sources without it?



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Posted 06 April 2021 - 02:40 PM

Increasing glycine likely has more benefits and fewer side effects than decreasing methionine.

 

https://onlinelibrar...1111/acel.12953

 

Glycine supplementation extends lifespan of male and female mice

 

https://chrismasterj...nel-discussion/



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Posted 08 April 2021 - 08:13 AM

Increasing glycine likely has more benefits and fewer side effects than decreasing methionine.

https://onlinelibrar...1111/acel.12953
Glycine supplementation extends lifespan of male and female mice

https://chrismasterj...nel-discussion/


More on glycine combined with N-Acetyl Cysteine: https://www.longecit...view=getnewpost




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