de Cavanagh EM, Inserra F, Ferder L. Angiotensin II blockade: how its molecular targets may signal to mitochondria and slow aging. Coincidences with calorie restriction and mTOR inhibition. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 309: H15-H44, 2015. First published May 1, 2015; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00459.2014, renin angiotensin system blockade (RAS-bl), and rapamycin-mediated mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibition increase survival and retard aging across species. Previously, we have summarized CR and RAS-bl's converging effects, and the mitochondrial function changes associated with their physiological benefits. mTOR inhibition and enhanced sirtuin and KLOTHO signaling contribute to the benefits of CR in aging. mTORC1/mTORC2 complexes contribute to cell growth and metabolic regulation. Prolonged mTORC1 activation may lead to age-related disease progression; thus, rapamycin-mediated mTOR inhibition and CR may extend lifespan and retard aging through mTORC1 interference. Sirtuins by deacetylating histone and transcription-related proteins modulate signaling and survival pathways and mitochondrial functioning. CR regulates several mammalian sirtuins favoring their role in aging regulation. KLOTHO/fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) contribute to control Ca 2ϩ , phosphate, and vitamin D metabolism, and their dysregulation may participate in age-related disease. Here we review how mTOR inhibition extends lifespan, how KLOTHO functions as an aging suppressor, how sirtuins mediate longevity, how vitamin D loss may contribute to age-related disease, and how they relate to mitochondrial function. Also, we discuss how RAS-bl downregulates mTOR and upregulates KLOTHO, sirtuin, and vitamin D receptor expression, suggesting that at least some of RAS-bl benefits in aging are mediated through the modulation of mTOR, KLOTHO, and sirtuin expression and vitamin D signaling, paralleling CR actions in age retardation. Concluding, the available evidence endorses the idea that RAS-bl is among the interventions that may turn out to provide relief to the spreading issue of age-associated chronic disease. mechanistic target of rapamycin; vitamin D; caloric restriction; renin-angiotensin system EFFORTS AIMED AT DECIPHERING the mechanisms that underlie the aging process have unveiled three interventions that can increase survival and retard age-related diseases from lower organisms to mammals, i.e., caloric restriction (CR) (84,85,140,160,334), mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR; originally mammalian TOR) inhibition by rapamycin (173,196,281), and renin-angiotensin system blockade (RAS-bl) (20, 21, 26,63,253,284,354), although the latter has been less studied. In light of these findings, some intriguing questions come to mind: Do these interventions attenuate aging by interfering with common mechanisms? Do the mechanisms that are interfered with by CR, rapamycin, and RAS-bl mutually affect each other? Are there any pathways involved exclusively with a certain intervention?Previously (101), we have discussed the converging effects d...