Sirt6 reprograms myofibers to oxidative type through CREB-dependent Sox6 suppression

Mi-Young Song, Chang Yeob Han, Young Jae Moon, Ju Hyung Lee, Eun Ju Bae () and Byung-Hyun Park ()
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Mi-Young Song: Chonbuk National University Medical School
Chang Yeob Han: Chonbuk National University
Young Jae Moon: Chonbuk National University Medical School
Ju Hyung Lee: Chonbuk National University Medical School
Eun Ju Bae: Chonbuk National University
Byung-Hyun Park: Chonbuk National University Medical School

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract Expanding the exercise capacity of skeletal muscle is an emerging strategy to combat obesity-related metabolic diseases and this can be achieved by shifting skeletal muscle fibers toward slow-twitch oxidative type. Here, we report that Sirt6, an anti-aging histone deacetylase, is critical in regulating myofiber configuration toward oxidative type and that Sirt6 activator can be an exercise mimetic. Genetic inactivation of Sirt6 in skeletal muscle reduced while its transgenic overexpression increased mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise performance in mice. Mechanistically, we show that Sirt6 downregulated Sox6, a key repressor of slow fiber specific gene, by increasing the transcription of CREB. Sirt6 expression is elevated in chronically exercised humans, and mice treated with an activator of Sirt6 showed an increase in exercise endurance as compared to exercise-trained controls. Thus, the current study identifies Sirt6 as a molecular target for reprogramming myofiber composition toward the oxidative type and for improving muscle performance.

Date: 2022
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