Sirtuins as regulators of metabolism and healthspan (Nature Review) - The group of Johan Auwerx (Nestlé Chair in Energy Metabolism) has published a review covering the role of sirtuins as regulators of metabolism and healthspan. Since the beginning of the century, the mammalian sirtuin protein family (comprising SIRT1-SIRT7) has received much attention for its regulatory role, mainly in metabolism and ageing. Sirtuins act in different cellular compartments: they deacetylate histones and several transcriptional regulators in the nucleus, but also specific proteins in other cellular compartments, such as in the cytoplasm and in mitochondria. As a consequence, sirtuins regulate fat and glucose metabolism in response to physiological changes in energy levels, thereby acting as crucial regulators of the network that controls energy homeostasis and as such determines healthspan. Riekelt H. Houtkooper, Eija Pirinen & Johan Auwerx, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 13, 225-238, doi:10.1038/nrm3293 (2012)
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