Sirtuin 1 serum concentration in healthy children - dependence on sex, age, stage of puberty, body weight and diet

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2024 Mar 11:15:1356612. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1356612. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

Introduction: Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) is known to be involved in sensing cellular energy levels and regulating energy metabolism. This study aimed to evaluate fasting serum SIRT1 levels in healthy children, and to analyse the influence of age, sex, puberty, body weight, height, and diet on its concentration.

Methods: 47 healthy children aged 4-14 with weight and height within normal range and no chronic disease were included into the study. Fasting serum SIRT1 concentrations were estimated by Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA).

Results: Results showed that serum SIRT1 concentrations in healthy children did not differ with respect to sex, age, height, weight and puberty. Whereas, it appeared that a higher frequency of fruits, vegetables and dairy products consumption was associated with an increase in serum SIRT1 levels.

Discussion: Studying SIRT1 in the context of children's health may have implications for a broader understanding of growth processes, pubertal development, metabolic disorders and nutrition.

Keywords: IGF-1; diet; growth; healthy children; puberty; sirtuin 1.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Body Mass Index
  • Body Weight
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Fasting
  • Humans
  • Puberty* / physiology
  • Sirtuin 1*

Substances

  • Sirtuin 1

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Study was funded by the Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital – Research Institute Internal Grant No. 15GW/2021 financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education subsidy.