• DOI:10.18632/AGING.100683
Corpus ID: 36271989

D-beta-hydroxybutyrate extends lifespan in C. elegans

@article{Edwards2014DbetahydroxybutyrateEL,
  title={D-beta-hydroxybutyrate extends lifespan in C. elegans},
  author={Clare B. Edwards and John Canfield and Neil Copes and M. Rehan and David B Lipps and P. Bradshaw},
  journal={Aging (Albany NY)},
  year={2014},
  volume={6},
  pages={621 - 644}
}

• Clare B. Edwards, John Canfield, +3 authors P. Bradshaw
• Published 2014
• Biology, Medicine
• Aging (Albany NY)

The ketone body beta-hydroxybutyrate (βHB) is a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor and has been shown to be protective in many disease models, but its effects on aging are not well studied. Therefore we determined the effect of βHB supplementation on the lifespan of C. elegans nematodes. βHB supplementation extended mean lifespan by approximately 20%. RNAi knockdown of HDACs hda-2 or hda-3 also increased lifespan and further prevented βHB-mediated lifespan extension. βHB-mediated lifespan… Expand

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