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Molecular and Cellular Biology, October 2008, p. 6384-6401, Vol. 28, No. 20
0270-7306/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.00426-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

SIRT3 Is a Stress-Responsive Deacetylase in Cardiomyocytes That Protects Cells from Stress-Mediated Cell Death by Deacetylation of Ku70{triangledown}

Nagalingam R. Sundaresan, Sadhana A. Samant, Vinodkumar B. Pillai, Senthilkumar B. Rajamohan, and Mahesh P. Gupta*

University of Chicago Medical Center, Committee on Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Biological Science Division, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

Received 14 March 2008/ Returned for modification 15 April 2008/ Accepted 6 August 2008

There are seven SIRT isoforms in mammals, with diverse biological functions including gene regulation, metabolism, and apoptosis. Among them, SIRT3 is the only sirtuin whose increased expression has been shown to correlate with an extended life span in humans. In this study, we examined the role of SIRT3 in murine cardiomyocytes. We found that SIRT3 is a stress-responsive deacetylase and that its increased expression protects myocytes from genotoxic and oxidative stress-mediated cell death. We show that, like human SIRT3, mouse SIRT3 is expressed in two forms, a ~44-kDa long form and a ~28-kDa short form. Whereas the long form is localized in the mitochondria, nucleus, and cytoplasm, the short form is localized exclusively in the mitochondria of cardiomyocytes. During stress, SIRT3 levels are increased not only in mitochondria but also in the nuclei of cardiomyocytes. We also identified Ku70 as a new target of SIRT3. SIRT3 physically binds to Ku70 and deacetylates it, and this promotes interaction of Ku70 with the proapoptotic protein Bax. Thus, under stress conditions, increased expression of SIRT3 protects cardiomyocytes, in part by hindering the translocation of Bax to mitochondria. These studies underscore an essential role of SIRT3 in the survival of cardiomyocytes in stress situations.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. Phone: (773) 834-7811. Fax: (773) 702-4187. E-mail: mgupta{at}surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 18 August 2008.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, October 2008, p. 6384-6401, Vol. 28, No. 20
0270-7306/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.00426-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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