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Charles Brenner (biochemist)

Charles Brenner (born October 30, 1961) is the inaugural Alfred E Mann Family Foundation Chair of the Department of Diabetes & Cancer Metabolism at the Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope National Medical Center. Brenner previously held the Roy J. Carver Chair in Biochemistry and was head of biochemistry at the University of Iowa.[1][2]

Charles Brenner
Born(1961-10-30)October 30, 1961
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWesleyan University (BA)
Stanford University (PhD)
Brandeis University
Known forDiscovery and characterization of nicotinamide riboside as a vitamin
AwardsFellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Scientific career
FieldsEnzymology
Metabolism
InstitutionsCity of Hope National Medical Center
University of Iowa
Dartmouth Medical School
Thomas Jefferson University
ThesisSpecificity and Activity of the Kex2 Protease: From Yeast Genetics to Enzyme Kinetics (1993)
Doctoral advisorRobert S. Fuller
Other academic advisorsGregory A. Petsko
Dagmar Ringe
Notable studentsPeter A. Belenky, Samuel A.J. Trammell
Websitebrennerlab.net

Brenner is a major contributor in the field of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) metabolism and has developed targeted, quantitative methods for NAD metabolomics.[3] Brenner discovered eukaryotic nicotinamide riboside (NR) kinase and nucleosidase pathways to NAD. [4][5] Brenner's work includes the first human trial of NR, which demonstrated safe oral availability as an NAD+ precursor.[6][4] He has characterized ways in which NAD is disrupted by diseases and metabolic stress.[2]

Education and career edit

Brenner graduated from Wesleyan University with a bachelor's degree in biology in 1983. After working for the biotechnology companies Chiron Corporation and DNAX Research Institute, Brenner attended graduate school at Stanford University School of Medicine. At Stanford he worked with Robert S. Fuller, receiving his Ph.D. in Cancer Biology in 1993. Brenner conducted post-doctoral research at Brandeis University with Gregory Petsko and Dagmar Ringe.[7][8]

Brenner then joined the faculty at Thomas Jefferson University, where he worked from 1996-2003, becoming Director of the Structural Biology & Bioinformatics Program in 2000. He moved to Dartmouth Medical School in 2003, serving as Associate Director for Basic Sciences at Norris Cotton Cancer Center (now named Dartmouth Cancer Center) from 2003-2009. In 2009 he joined the University of Iowa (UI) as Professor and Departmental Executive Officer (DEO) of Biochemistry. In 2010 he became the Roy J. Carver Chair of Biochemistry at UI, holding that position until 2020.[9][2][10]

In 2020, Brenner joined City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California as the inaugural Alfred E Mann Family Foundation Chair in Diabetes and Cancer Metabolism. City of Hope created the position and the associated Department of Diabetes & Cancer Metabolism to focus on underlying metabolism and the intersection of metabolic disturbances with diseases such as cancer and diabetes.[2][1]

Brenner has been funded by agencies including the March of Dimes,[11] the Burroughs Wellcome Fund,[11] the Beckman Foundation,[12] the Lung Cancer Research Foundation,[13] the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,[14] the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the National Science Foundation. and the National Institutes of Health.[15]

Research contributions edit

Brenner has made multiple contributions to molecular biology and biochemistry, beginning with purification and characterization of the Kex2 proprotein convertase at Stanford.[16][17] Significant research projects include the role of Ap3A bindings in the function of the FHIT tumor suppressor gene,[18] characterization and inhibition of DNA methylation,[19][20] and discovery of new steps in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) metabolism.[21]

Notably, the Brenner laboratory discovered that eukaryotes use nicotinamide riboside (NR) to make NAD+. Bieganowski and Brenner (2004) found that NR is converted to NAD+ through the action of nicotinamide ribose kinases including Nrk1 (yeast and human) and Nrk2 (human). Belenky et al (Cell, 2007) reported another pathway which turns NR into NAM through the action of nucleosidases Urh1/Pnp1/Meu1 and is Nrk1 independent.[4][22][6][23]

 
NRK1/2 mediated pathway from NR to NAD+

Brenner has developed targeted, quantitative analysis of the NAD+ metabolome[3][24] and made fundamental contributions to NAD metabolism including discovery of nicotinic acid riboside-dependent NAD synthesis,[25] elucidating the mechanism of synthesis of nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate,[26] and discovering multiple conditions in which NAD metabolism is dysregulated in disease.[27][28][29][30][31][32]

Brenner is active in translating NR technologies to treat and prevent human conditions that disturb the NAD system including cancer[29] diabetic and chemotherapeutic peripheral neuropathy,[33][34] heart failure,[28] central brain injury,[30] inflammation,[31] mitochondrial myopathy[32] pellagra, and infections[27] such as coronavirus infection[6][35] Brenner's work included the first human trial of NR in 2016, which demonstrated safe oral availability as an NAD+ precursor.[6][4] Though Brenner was the first to show that NR increases SIR2 activity, improves gene silencing, and can extend yeast lifespan,[6][36] his work has not emphasized sirtuins or nonspecific anti-aging claims and instead emphasizes how NR repairs metabolic stresses that dysregulate NAD+[28][30] and NADPH.[6][37]

External videos
  “Combating Postpartum Metabolic Stress/Cell Reports, Jan. 22, 2019 (Vol. 22, Issue 4)”.

Examining rodents and their offspring, Brenner has showed that rodent postpartum mothers are under severe metabolic stress to their NAD system. Supplementing rodent mothers with NR increases maternal weight loss, advances juvenile development and provides long lasting neurodevelopmental advantages into adulthood.[38][39][14]

Brenner is an author of more than 200 peer-reviewed publications.[40] He was the senior editor of the 2004 book, Oncogenomics: Molecular Approaches to Cancer.[41]

Brenner is both cautious and critical of research that promotes claims of anti-aging and longevity.[42][43][44] After writing a favorable review of Steven Austad's book Methuselah's Zoo,[45] he reviewed Lifespan: Why We Age – and Why We Don't Have To by David A. Sinclair, summarizing it as "an influential source of misinformation on longevity, featuring counterfactual claims about longevity genes being conserved between yeast and humans, the existence of supposed activators of these genes, and claimed successful age reversal in mice based on partial reprogramming."[46] Brenner published a major review of sirtuins in 2022 entitled "Sirtuins are not conserved longevity genes".[47]

Educational contributions edit

External videos
  “Charles Brenner: ASBMB Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education Lecture”, May 25, 2016.

In 2012, Brenner and Dagmar Ringe developed pre-medical curriculum recommendations that would be consistent with a revised Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), following a request from the President of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Suzanne Pfeffer.[48][49] The recommendations, which include development of inorganic, organic and biochemistry coursework that is more geared toward the chemistry of bioorganic functional groups, have been further refined in academic journals. Brenner's contribution to this area was recognized by the 2016 ASBMB Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education.[50]

Industrial collaborations edit

Brenner is a former member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Sirtris Pharmaceuticals.[51] He was a co-founder of ProHeathspan prior to its acquisition by ChromaDex, and serves as member of the scientific advisory board and chief scientific advisor to ChromaDex.[7][52]

Awards edit

Selected publications edit

References edit

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  24. ^ Trammell, SAJ; Brenner, C (2013). "Targeted, LCMS-based Metabolomics for Quantitative Measurement of NAD(+) Metabolites". Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 4 (5): e201301012. doi:10.5936/csbj.201301012. PMC 3962138. PMID 24688693.
  25. ^ Tempel, W; Rabeh, WM; Bogan, KL; Belenky, P; Wojcik, M; Seidle, HF; Nedyalkova, L; Yang, T; Sauve, AA; Park, HW; Brenner, C (2 October 2007). "Nicotinamide riboside kinase structures reveal new pathways to NAD+". PLOS Biology. 5 (10): e263. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050263. ISSN 1545-7885. PMC 1994991. PMID 17914902.
  26. ^ Nam, TS; Park, DR; Rah, SY; Woo, TG; Chung, HT; Brenner, C; Kim, UH (September 2020). "Interleukin-8 drives CD38 to form NAADP from NADP(+) and NAAD in the endolysosomes to mobilize Ca(2+) and effect cell migration". FASEB Journal. 34 (9): 12565–12576. doi:10.1096/fj.202001249R. ISSN 1530-6860. PMID 32717131.
  27. ^ a b Navas, LE; Carnero, A (1 January 2021). "NAD(+) metabolism, stemness, the immune response, and cancer". Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 6 (1): 2. doi:10.1038/s41392-020-00354-w. ISSN 2059-3635. PMC 7775471. PMID 33384409. S2CID 229935354.
  28. ^ a b c Diguet, N; Trammell, SAJ; Tannous, C; Deloux, R; Piquereau, J; Mougenot, N; Gouge, A; Gressette, M; Manoury, B; Blanc, J; Breton, M; Decaux, JF; Lavery, GG; Baczkó, I; Zoll, J; Garnier, A; Li, Z; Brenner, C; Mericskay, M (22 May 2018). "Nicotinamide Riboside Preserves Cardiac Function in a Mouse Model of Dilated Cardiomyopathy". Circulation. 137 (21): 2256–2273. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.026099. ISSN 1524-4539. PMC 6954688. PMID 29217642.
  29. ^ a b Fons, NR; Sundaram, RK; Breuer, GA; Peng, S; McLean, RL; Kalathil, AN; Schmidt, MS; Carvalho, DM; Mackay, A; Jones, C; Carcaboso, ÁM; Nazarian, J; Berens, ME; Brenner, C; Bindra, RS (22 August 2019). "PPM1D mutations silence NAPRT gene expression and confer NAMPT inhibitor sensitivity in glioma". Nature Communications. 10 (1): 3790. Bibcode:2019NatCo..10.3790F. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11732-6. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 6706443. PMID 31439867.
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  31. ^ a b Covarrubias, AJ; Kale, A; Perrone, R; Lopez-Dominguez, JA; Pisco, AO; Kasler, HG; Schmidt, MS; Heckenbach, I; Kwok, R; Wiley, CD; Wong, HS; Gibbs, E; Iyer, SS; Basisty, N; Wu, Q; Kim, IJ; Silva, E; Vitangcol, K; Shin, KO; Lee, YM; Riley, R; Ben-Sahra, I; Ott, M; Schilling, B; Scheibye-Knudsen, M; Ishihara, K; Quake, SR; Newman, J; Brenner, C; Campisi, J; Verdin, E (November 2020). "Senescent cells promote tissue NAD(+) decline during ageing via the activation of CD38(+) macrophages". Nature Metabolism. 2 (11): 1265–1283. doi:10.1038/s42255-020-00305-3. ISSN 2522-5812. PMC 7908681. PMID 33199924.
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  36. ^ Belenky, P; Racette, FG; Bogan, KL; McClure, JM; Smith, JS; Brenner, C (4 May 2007). "Nicotinamide riboside promotes Sir2 silencing and extends lifespan via Nrk and Urh1/Pnp1/Meu1 pathways to NAD+". Cell. 129 (3): 473–84. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.03.024. PMID 17482543. S2CID 4661723.
  37. ^ Trammell, SAJ; Weidemann, BJ; Chadda, A; Yorek, MS; Holmes, A; Coppey, LJ; Obrosov, A; Kardon, RH; Yorek, MA; Brenner, C (2016). "Nicotinamide Riboside Opposes Type 2 Diabetes and Neuropathy in Mice". Scientific Reports. 6: 26933. Bibcode:2016NatSR...626933T. doi:10.1038/srep26933. PMC 4882590. PMID 27230286.
  38. ^ Ear, PH; Chadda, A; Gumusoglu, SB; Schmidt, MS; Vogeler, S; Malicoat, J; Kadel, J; Moore, MM; Migaud, ME; Stevens, HE; Brenner, C (22 January 2019). "Maternal Nicotinamide Riboside Enhances Postpartum Weight Loss, Juvenile Offspring Development, and Neurogenesis of Adult Offspring". Cell Reports. 26 (4): 969–983.e4. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2019.01.007. ISSN 2211-1247. PMID 30673618.
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