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Spermidine inhibits neurodegeneration and delays aging via the PINK1-PDR1-dependent mitophagy pathway in C. elegans.

ABSTRACT: Aging is the primary driver of various diseases, including common neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Currently there is no cure for AD and PD, and the development of novel drug candidates is demanding. Spermidine is a small anti-aging molecule with elimination of damaged mitochondria via the process of mitophagy identified as a molecular mechanism of action. Here, we show that spermidine inhibits memory loss in AD worms and improves behavioral performance, e.g., locomotor capacity, in a PD worm model, both via the PINK1-PDR1-dependent mitophagy pathway. Additionally, spermidine delays accelerated aging and improves healthspan in the DNA repair-deficient premature aging Werner syndrome (WS) worm model. While possible intertwined interactions between mitophagy/autophagy induction and DNA repair by spermidine are to be determined, our data support further translation of spermidine as a possible therapeutic intervention for such diseases.

SUBMITTER: Yang X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7521492 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Spermidine inhibits neurodegeneration and delays aging via the PINK1-PDR1-dependent mitophagy pathway in <i>C. elegans</i>.

Yang Xin X Zhang Mohan M Dai Yuhua Y Sun Yuchao Y Aman Yahyah Y Xu Yuying Y Yu Peilin P Zheng Yifan Y Yang Jun J Zhu Xinqiang X

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Aging is the primary driver of various diseases, including common neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Currently there is no cure for AD and PD, and the development of novel drug candidates is demanding. Spermidine is a small anti-aging molecule with elimination of damaged mitochondria via the process of mitophagy identified as a molecular mechanism of action. Here, we show that spermidine inhibits memory loss in AD worms and improves behavior ...[more]

PMID: 32902411

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Project description:BackgroundThe accumulation of dysfunctional mitochondria is an early feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The impaired turnover of damaged mitochondria increases reactive oxygen species production and lowers ATP generation, leading to cellular toxicity and neurodegeneration. Interestingly, AD exhibits a disruption in the global post-translational modification β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc). O-GlcNAc is a ubiquitous single sugar modification found in the nuclear, cytoplasmic, and mitochondrial proteins. Cells maintain a homeostatic level of O-GlcNAc by cycling the addition and removal of the sugar by O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) or O-GlcNAcase (OGA), respectively.MethodsWe used patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells, a transgenic mouse model of AD, SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell lines to examine the effect of sustained O-GlcNAcase inhibition by Thiamet-G (TMG) or OGT deficiency on mitophagy using biochemical analyses.ResultsHere, we established an essential role for O-GlcNAc in regulating mitophagy (mitochondria-selective autophagy). Stimulating mitophagy using urolithin A (UA) decreases cellular O-GlcNAc and elevates mitochondrial O-GlcNAc. Sustained elevation in O-GlcNAcylation via pharmacologically inhibiting OGA using Thiamet-G (TMG) increases the mitochondrial level of mitophagy protein PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1) and autophagy-related protein light chain 3 (LC3). Moreover, we detected O-GlcNAc on PINK1 and TMG increases its O-GlcNAcylation level. Conversely, decreasing cellular O-GlcNAcylation by knocking down OGT decreases both PINK1 protein expression and LC3 protein expression. Mitochondria isolated from CAMKII-OGT-KO mice also had decreased PINK1 and LC3. Moreover, human brain organoids treated with TMG showed significant elevation in LC3 compared to control. However, TMG-treated AD organoids showed no changes in LC3 expression.ConclusionCollectively, these data demonstrate that O-GlcNAc plays a crucial role in the activation and progression of mitophagy, and this activation is disrupted in AD.

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Spermidine inhibits neurodegeneration and delays aging via the PINK1-PDR1-dependent mitophagy pathway in C. elegans.

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Spermidine inhibits neurodegeneration and delays aging via the PINK1-PDR1-dependent mitophagy pathway in <i>C. elegans</i>.

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