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Table 1 Therapeutic potential of NAD+ in rodents ovarian aging

From: Impact of NAD+ metabolism on ovarian aging

Study

Drugs

Concentration

Subjects

Administration pathway

Effects

Lee et al., 2013 [251]

NAM

20 mM

In vitro aging oocytes from 6–8 weeks old mice

Added to medium

cellular fragmentation, spindle elongation and astral microtubules↓

Wu et al., 2019 [236]

NA

50 mM

Oocytes form 42–45 weeks old mice

Added to medium

NAD + content↑ROS levels and the frequency of spindle/chromosome defects↓

Riepsamen et al., 2015 [252]

NAM

10 mM

Oocytes from 7–9 weeks old mice

Added to medium

Disrupted Cdk1 regulation↑ entry into meiosis I and the establishment of metaphase II arrest↓

Li et al., 2023 [247]

NR

0.5 μM

Oocytes or embryos from 6-8 weeks old mice

Added to medium

MII oocytes quality and early embryonic development potential↑normal spindle/chromosome structure↑ mitochondrial dysfunction, ROS levels, DNA damage and apoptosis↓

Bertoldo et al., 2020 [8]

NMN

1 μM

In vivo matured oocytes from 4 weeks or 12 months old mice

Added to medium

Blastocyst formation in embryos derived from aged female oocytes↑ blastocyst cell number in embryos derived from young female oocytes↑

Bertoldo et al., 2020 [8]

NMN

0.5 or 2 g/L

12 to 14 months old mice

Added to drinking water for 4 weeks

NADH levels in oocytes↑spindle assembly, ovulation rate, blastocyst formation rate↑the time to first live birth, the overall proportion of animals achieving live birth↑

Miao et al., 2020 [39]

NMN

200 mg/kg per day

64–68 weeks old mice

Intraperitoneally injection for 10 days

Aged mice oocytes quality, oocytes ovulation rate, fertilization ability↑ meiotic competency, normal spindle/chromosome structure and mitochondrial function↑ROS levels and apoptosis↓

Huang et al., 2022 [253]

NMN

0.5 mg/mL per day

40 weeks old mice

Added to drinking water for 20 weeks

Anti-aging and anti-inflammatory↑estrus cycle condition and endocrine function↑the number of primordial, primary, secondary, antral follicles and corpora luteum of ovary↑mitochondria biogenesis, autophagy level and proteases activity in granulosa cell↑

Yang et al., 2020 [40]

NR

400 mg/kg per day

8 month old mice

Added to drinking water for 4 months

The number of ovarian follicles, ovulatory potential and live birth rate↑ROS levels, spindle anomalies in aging oocytes↓mitochondrial function↑