Discovery of chemical compounds with high aging-delaying, health-improving and lifespan-extending efficiencies and characterization of their action mechanisms

利用NSERC Engage和Engage Plus资助提供的资金，我们筛选了一个植物提取物（PEs）库，以寻找可以延缓酵母（Saccharomyces cerevisiae）按时间顺序老化的提取物。这个**库是由蒙特利尔地区的一家公司Idunn Technologies Inc.提供的。我们的初步筛选显示，6种pe比目前已知的任何延长寿命的化合物都能显著地延长酵母的寿命。我们证明了最初发现的6种pe中的每一种都是一种衰老保护剂，它可以引发应激反应，影响一组不同的决定寿命的细胞过程，并通过不同的信号通路和蛋白激酶减缓酵母的时间衰老，这些信号通路和蛋白激酶会聚成一个进化保守的网络。我们最近对Idunn Technologies Inc.提供的** pe库进行了筛选，发现了15种其他延缓酵母时间老化的提取物。**根据目前的研究计划，我们申请为期3年的研究发展补助金。这里提出的CRD**项目将：1)确定我们发现的21种pe中每一种对延缓衰老负责的化合物；2)评估最近发现的15种延缓衰老的pe如何影响一组不同的决定寿命的细胞过程；3)研究最近发现的15种延缓衰老植物提取物如何影响决定寿命的信号通路和蛋白激酶网络；4)检验21种pe的某些组合是否对**的延缓衰老效率具有相加或协同效应。本文提出的研究项目将：1)促进目前对生物衰老复杂性机制**的理解；2)促进两名研究生的专业发展；**3)开发具有最大延缓衰老和**延年益寿效果的天然保健品新配方；4)让Idunn技术公司获得我们在康考迪亚大学实验室提供的独特知识、专业知识和教育资源；5)对Idunn Technologies Inc.的商业成功产生重大的有益**影响。

Using funding provided by the NSERC Engage and Engage Plus grants, we have screened a library of plant**extracts (PEs) for extracts that can delay chronological aging of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The**library was provided by Idunn Technologies Inc., a company in the Montreal area. Our initial screen has**revealed 6 PEs that increase yeast chronological lifespan to a significantly greater extent than any of the**presently known longevity-extending chemical compounds. We demonstrated that each of the 6 initially**discovered PEs is a geroprotector which elicits a hormetic stress response, affects a distinct set of**longevity-defining cellular processes, and slows yeast chronological aging through different signaling pathways**and protein kinases that converge into an evolutionarily conserved network. Our recent screen of the library of**PEs provided by Idunn Technologies Inc. has revealed 15 other extracts that delay yeast chronological aging.**With the present research proposal, we seek the CRD Grant for the period of 3 years. The proposed here CRD**project will: 1) identify chemical compounds responsible for the delay of aging by each of the 21 PEs we**discovered; 2) assess how the 15 recently discovered aging-delaying PEs influence a distinct set of**longevity-defining cellular processes; 3) investigate how the 15 recently discovered aging-delaying plant**extracts impact a longevity-defining network of signaling pathways and protein kinases; and 4) examine if**some combinations of the 21 PEs may have additive or synergistic effects on the aging-delaying efficiencies of**each other. The proposed here research project will: 1) advance current understanding of mechanisms**underlying the complexity of biological aging; 2) stimulate professional development of two graduate students;**3) enable to develop new formulations of natural health products with the maximal aging-delaying and**lifespan-extending effects; 4) give Idunn Technologies Inc. access to the unique knowledge, expertise and**educational resources available in our laboratory at Concordia University; and 5) have a major beneficial**impact on the commercial success of Idunn Technologies Inc.