Longevity FAQ — Laura Deming

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95 things that make mice live longer Ordered by citations/year
Intervention Median lifespan increase (treated/control) Year Published Notes Reference
Senescent cell removal 135% 2016 Does not affect rotarod performance, object discrimination. Slight delay in wound closure. 1
Rapamycin 110% 2009 Late-life rapamyicn treatment extends lifespan (pooled females from multiple-site NIA study) 2
NR 105% 2016 Claim an increase in running distance 3
Catalase 117% 2005 Mitochondrially-targeted catalase expression extended mouse lifespan compared to control 4
Sirt6 overexpression 115% 2012 Sirt6-overexpression increases male mouse lifespan 5
Metformin 106% 2013 In males, small but significant lifespan extension after metformin application 6
DN-IκBα 110% 2013 Dominant negative to downregulate IKK-beta activity, delivered to hypothalamus of middle-aged mice 7
Klotho 120% 2005 Overexpression under human elongation factor 1α promoter increases lifespan, slight fertility loss 8
S6K1 118% 2009 KO of S6K1 extends lifspan compared to wildtype mice 9
p66 128% 1999 Mutation of a p66shc, member of proto-oncogene locus SHC, extends lifespan. May be just due to cancer effect. 10
Lowering protein:carbohydrate ratio 128% 2014 Varied protein, carbohydrate, and total energy levels. 11
Fat-specific insulin receptor knockout mice 111% 2003 Fat-specific insulin receptor knockout mice show a significant increase in lifespan 12
C57BL/6 mice with NZB/OlaHsd mitochondrial mutations 120% 2016 Same nuclear, different mitochondrial DNA. 13
Fasting mimicking diet 112% 2015 FMD followed by 10 days of normal, then repeat 14
Rapamycin 127% 2014 Rapamycin from 9 months of age, weight decreased ~30% at highest dose 15
Brain-specific Sirt1 expression 116% 2013 Brain-specific Sirt1 expression in female mice increases lifespan over wildtype 16
SRT1720 104% 2014 Start diet at 28 weeks of age, very small increase on lifespan 17
Spermidine 111% 2016 Polyamine, administered in drinking water 18
Atg5 overexpression 117% 2013 Transgenic mice ubiquitously expressing Atg5 (crucial for autophagasome confirmation) live longer. 19
Telomerase 124% 2012 Paper showing telomerase therapy increasing life 20
Insulin receptor substrate null 132% 2008 Insulin receptor substrate 1 null mouse lifespan extension in females 21
Snell Dwarf Mice 142% 2001 Snell dwarf mouse paper showing life extension 22
Ames Dwarf Mice 168% 1996 Original Ames dwarf mouse paper showing life extension 23
s-Arf/p53 113% 2007 An extra copy of p53 and upstream regulator Arf/p16Ink4a increases lifespan 24
Slow growth during lactation 106% 2004 Male mice suckled by dams fed a low-protein diet lived longer than their control cohort 25
Methionine restriction 111% 2005 Methionine restriction increases mouse lifespan, here median lifespan increase in mice that survived at least 1 yr. 26
Rapamycin (3 months) 114% 2016 Lifespan given from time of treatment which was 23-24 mo, used 24 mo to get percentage so this is an estimate 27
GHR-BP 138% 2000 Mice deficient in growth hormone receptor / binding protein live longer (female mean, not median, lifespan shown here) 28
mTOR 116% 2013 mTOR depletion extends lifespan 29
PTEN overexpression 112% 2012 Overexpression of PTEN, a tumor suppressor which counteracts PI3K, extends mouse lifespan 30
Myc (+/-) 121% 2015 Claim no correlation between weight and lifespan 31
FGF-21 139% 2012 Hepatic-specific expression of FGF-21 (which suppresses growth hormone and reduces the production of IGF) increases lifespan, female lifespan shown here 32
BubR1 overexpression 114% 2012 Kinase which localizes to kinetochore, overexpression increases lifespan 33
AC5 KO 132% 2007 AC5 knockount mice lived longer than control, potentially linked to effects on cAMP production and beta-adrenergic receptor signaling. 34
17-alpha-estradiol 112% 2013 17-alpha-estradiol extended lifespan in males, but not females (as expected) 35
Acarbose 122% 2013 Acarbose extended male more than female lifespan 36
TRPV1 -/- 114% 2014 Resting exchange ratio similar at 16 mo to 3 mo 37
SRT2104 106% 2014 Start diet at 28 weeks of age, very small increase if there 38
Hcrt-UCP2 128% 2006 UCP2 under hypocretin promoter lowers core body temp, increases lifespan 39
G6PD overexpression 114% 2016 Reduces NADP+ 40
IGF-1 Receptor Brain KO (+/-) 109% 2008 Brain-specific IGF-1 Receptor +/- mice live longer than WT 41
SURF-1 KO 121% 2007 Mutations in SURF1, a cytochrome c oxidase assembly factor, extend lifespan. Mitochondrial. 42
Litter enlargemnet (CR) 118% 2009 50% enlargement of litter in first 20 days, to induce caloric restriction 43
mclk-1 heterozygous 115% 2005 A heterozygous knockout of mclk1 (important in mitochondrial respiration) results in mouse lifespan extension compared to wildtype 44
Nordihydroguairaitic acid 112% 2008 NDGA and aspirin extend lifespan by a little bit. Small molecule. 45
Aspirin 108% 2008 NDGA and aspirin extend lifespan by a little bit. Small molecule. 46
SOD mimetic carboxyfullerene 115% 2008 Carboxyfullerene, described as an SOD mimetic, increased the lifespan of treated mice compared to wildtype control 47
Removal of visceral fat tissue 108% 2008 Removal of visceral fat tissue increases lifespan over control 48
Low glycotoxin diet 112% 2007 Low glycotoxin (low levels of AGE's) shown to extend lifespan 49
Per2 (-/-) 118% 2016 Lifespan study incomplete 50
Neonatal metformin 120% 2015 Animals recieved on 3, 5, 7th day after birth - bad for females, good for males. 51
GHRH KO 146% 2013 GHRH (Growth-Hormone Releasing Hormone) disruption extends lifespan, presumably through the insulin/IGF pathway axis 52
Sod-2 overexpresion 104% 2007 Overexpression of SOD-2 targeted to the mitochondrion increases mouse lifespan relative to wildtype 53
Metallothionein cardiac-specific expression 114% 2006 Cardiac-specific expression of antioxidant metallothionein extended the lifespan of wildtype mice compared to WT FVB control. 54
IGF1R(+/-) 121% 2013 Tyrosine kinase receptor activated by IGF1/2 55
Ink4a/Arf/Ink4b 116% 2009 Encodes 2 CDKs (p16 and p15), and Arf (upstream of p53) 56
Adult-onset Ghr (-/-) 100% 2016 Male mice have >2x higher insulin than female mice 57
Ovary Transplantation 117% 2003 Original paper showing that transplantation of young ovaries into old animals could result in lifespan increase 58
UCP-1 transgenic 111% 2007 Transgenic mice with skeletal muscle-specific UCP1 had increased longevity. Small increase if there. 59
PAPP 131% 2010 Knockout of PAPP-A (which enhances IGF-1 activity by degrading the inhibitory IGF-binding protein) increases lifespan over wildtype, female lifespan shown here 60
CR diet with lard 132% 2015 40% decrease starting at 4 months 61
loss of function of Riib (PKA subunit) 114% 2009 Knockout of RIIbeta, a subunit of PKA, increased lifespan in mice compared to wildtype 62
Myostatin (+/-) 109% 2015 Knockout induces double-muscle mice 63
Akt1 +/- 113% 2013 Haploinsufficiency of Akt1 increases mouse lifespan relative to wildtype. Insulin/IGF-1 pathway. 64
miR-17 117% 2014 Not clear if there is a main function for miR-17 65
NDGA 111% 2015 Makes up ~12.5% of the dry weight of leaves 66
FAT10ko 119% 2014 Ubiquitin-like protein which can signal for protein to go to proteasome. 67
Intranasal Hsp70 116% 2015 Seemed to extend lifespan when started at 17 months 68
RasGRF1(-/-) 120% 2011 Ras-guanine nucleotide exchange factor (Ras-GRF1) -/- mice displayed increased lifespan compared to wildtype. 69
Lmna-Lcs (Lamin C alone) 113% 2014 Body weight and tumor incidence increase in mice expressing only Lamin-C 70
Cisd2 overexpression 119% 2011 Cisd2 transgenic mice (expressing more of it) lived longer than wildtype. Cisd2 is a transmembrane protein expressed on the mitochondrial outer membrane and associated with a human longevity locus. 71
metoprolol 110% 2013 Administration of the beta-adrenerginc receptor blocker metoprolol to mice increased lifespan compared to wildtype 72
nebivolol 106% 2013 Administration of the beta-adrenerginc receptor blocker nebivolol to mice increased lifespan compared to wildtype 73
uPA (in ocular lens/CNS nerve cells) 118% 1997 uPA expression under alpha-crystallin promoter increases lifespan, small/eat less 74
MIF-1 KO 116% 2010 MIF-1 knockout mutant (T-cell derived cytokine) extends lifespan 75
mGsta4-null 113% 2009 Enzyme protects against lipid peroxidation, weird that less of its activity might increase lifespan 76
Muscle-specific GHRKO 109% 2015 Knockout under muscle creatinine kinase promoter 77
CAM-α(1A)AR mice 110% 2011 Mice with a constitutively active mutant form of the alpha1-adrenergic receptor (CAM-alpha1aAR) lived longer than wildtype control 78
Cardiac-specific catalase overexpression 113% 2007 Overexpression of catalase specifically in the heart in mice 79
Icariin 108% 2015 Flavonoid 80
miR-29 brain-specific KO 112% 2016 miR-29 highly expresed in brain during development 81
Bi-maternal mice 128% 2010 Mice prepared to be bi-maternal were found longer-lived than their normal cohort 82
RNase-L(-/-) 127% 2007 Knockout of RNase-L, which accelerates cell senescence when expressed, increases lifespan in mice compared to wildtype 83
hMTH1-Tg 116% 2013 Express high levels of hMTH1 hydrolase, thought to degrade 8-oxodGTP and 8-oxoGTP. Oxidative stress. 84
DGAT-1 -/- 126% 2012 Knockout of DGAT1, which catalyzes triglyceride synthesis, extends mouse lifespan relative to wildtype 85
IGFBP-2 overexpression 105% 2016 Proteins bind IGF1/2, degraded during pregnancy, delay in sexual maturity 86
PAPP-A on high-fat diet 105% 2015 Males chosen so no adverse developmental effect on fat depots 87
clk-1(-/-) with clk-1 transgene 128% 2014 clk-1 functions in ubiquinone synthesis, but levels weren't very affected. 88
AgRP -/- 110% 2006 Neuropeptide that is appetite stimulator, overexpression leads to hyperphagia and obesity. 89
Bone marrow transplantation 106% 2013 Bone marrow transplantation from young to old mice was claimed to extend lifespan 90
Young blood injections 94% 2014 Resulted in decreased lifespan 91
Nas(-/-) mice 125% 2011 Hyposulfatemic NaS1 null mice (Nas1 -/-) had an increased lifespan compared to wildtype control. 92
Cyclophilin D (+/-) 119% 2017 Decrease in maximum lifespan 93
PAPP-A in adults 120% 2017 Tamoxifen-induced knockdown 94
Mtbp (+/-) 120% 2016 Rotarod, open field, blood glucose, insulin, IGF-1 were the same. 95