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Protocols

MOTS-c

A 16-amino-acid mitochondrial messenger that mimics exercise at the cellular level — activating AMPK, reprogramming metabolism, and writing survival instructions directly into the nucleus. The science is striking. The stability problem is brutal.

MOTS-c is a mitochondrial-derived peptide (mitokine) that acts as an exercise mimetic through the Folate-AICAR-AMPK axis. It translocates to the nucleus under metabolic stress, enhances glucose uptake via GLUT4, promotes white-to-brown fat conversion, and reprograms immune cells toward anti-inflammatory phenotypes. A natural longevity variant (K14Q) exists in East Asian populations. Clinical translation is hampered by extreme instability (85–90% activity loss in 2–3 hours at room temperature) and a circulating half-life of only 1–2 hours.

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Epitalon

A four-amino-acid peptide that activates telomerase, remodels chromatin, and restores melatonin synthesis from the pineal gland — addressing five hallmarks of aging simultaneously. The Russian clinical data spans 12–15 years. Independent Western replication barely exists.

Epitalon (AEDG) is a synthetic tetrapeptide modeled after the bovine pineal extract Epithalamin. It upregulates hTERT to activate telomerase, remodels heterochromatin to re-access silenced genes, restores endogenous melatonin production (160% increase in clinical trials), and demonstrated a 28% decrease in overall mortality over a 12-year human follow-up. A 2025 study revealed selective ALT pathway activation in cancer cells. The compound remains investigational — nearly all positive data originates from a single institutional network in St. Petersburg, and independent Western replication is virtually absent.

epitalon

Protocols

PeptidesPeptide

MOTS-c

A 16-amino-acid mitochondrial messenger that mimics exercise at the cellular level — activating AMPK, reprogramming metabolism, and writing survival instructions directly into the nucleus. The science is striking. The stability problem is brutal.

MOTS-c is a mitochondrial-derived peptide (mitokine) that acts as an exercise mimetic through the Folate-AICAR-AMPK axis. It translocates to the nucleus under metabolic stress, enhances glucose uptake via GLUT4, promotes white-to-brown fat conversion, and reprograms immune cells toward anti-inflammatory phenotypes. A natural longevity variant (K14Q) exists in East Asian populations. Clinical translation is hampered by extreme instability (85–90% activity loss in 2–3 hours at room temperature) and a circulating half-life of only 1–2 hours.

mots-cmitochondriamitokineexercise-mimeticampk+7

PeptidesPeptide

Epitalon

A four-amino-acid peptide that activates telomerase, remodels chromatin, and restores melatonin synthesis from the pineal gland — addressing five hallmarks of aging simultaneously. The Russian clinical data spans 12–15 years. Independent Western replication barely exists.

Epitalon (AEDG) is a synthetic tetrapeptide modeled after the bovine pineal extract Epithalamin. It upregulates hTERT to activate telomerase, remodels heterochromatin to re-access silenced genes, restores endogenous melatonin production (160% increase in clinical trials), and demonstrated a 28% decrease in overall mortality over a 12-year human follow-up. A 2025 study revealed selective ALT pathway activation in cancer cells. The compound remains investigational — nearly all positive data originates from a single institutional network in St. Petersburg, and independent Western replication is virtually absent.

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