Communications Biology (Feb 2021)

Quercetin 3,5,7,3′,4′-pentamethyl ether from Kaempferia parviflora directly and effectively activates human SIRT1

  • Mimin Zhang,
  • Peng Lu,
  • Tohru Terada,
  • Miaomiao Sui,
  • Haruka Furuta,
  • Kilico Iida,
  • Yukie Katayama,
  • Yi Lu,
  • Ken Okamoto,
  • Michio Suzuki,
  • Tomiko Asakura,
  • Kentaro Shimizu,
  • Fumihiko Hakuno,
  • Shin-Ichiro Takahashi,
  • Norimoto Shimada,
  • Jinwei Yang,
  • Tsutomu Ishikawa,
  • Jin Tatsuzaki,
  • Koji Nagata

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01705-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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A compound from Thai black ginger, KPMF-8, was previously found to dramatically promote activation of SIRT1 towards a peptide substrate. Zhang et al. now show that KPMF-8 can be taken up by cells through culture media, directly interacts with SIRT1, and promotes its deacetylation activity toward native substrate more effectively than resveratrol.