Does NAM inhibit Sirt1? This paper argues that while it is an inhibitor invitro this imay not be the case invivo.
"once administered to cells, NAM is rapidly converted to NAD+ and, therefore, the cellular concentration of NAM decreases rapidly while that of NAD+ increases. The result would be an inhibition of SIRT1 for a limited duration, followed by an increase in the activity."
"To understand better the effects of cellular administration of NAM, we reviewed published literature in which treatment with NAM was used to inhibit SIRT1 and found that the expected inhibitory effect of NAM was either unreliable or muted in many cases. In addition, studies demonstrated NAM administration stimulates SIRT1 activity and improves the functions of cells and organs."
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This paper says that while it is a sirt1 inhibitor at larger concentrations at 5mM it is an activator.
"In the cells pulsed with 5 mM NAM, cellular NAD+ concentration increased by close to 40% in 12 h, and this increase was maintained throughout the 21 days of the investigation."
"NAM at 5 mM but Not at Higher Concentrations Causes the Activation of SIRT1 and the Decrease of Mitochondrial Content"
"NAM at a 10 or 20 mM dose caused an increase of [NAD+] to the levels almost identical to that in the cells treated with 5 mM NAM but resulted in an inhibition of SIRT1 activity during the early time period."
https://www.ncbi.nlm...les/PMC5471864/
It seems the sensible thing would be to aim for a concentration of 5mM.
How does 5mM NAM invtro convert to an appropriate dosage per kg of bodyweight?
Edited by p75213, 10 June 2020 - 12:28 PM.