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DEVELOPMENTAL CELL
Volume 57, Issue 3, Pages 361-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.12.016
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- NIH [P40 OD010440, 5R01GM047869, 1R35GM139631]
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This study identifies the beneficial role of muropeptides produced by commensal bacteria on mitochondrial homeostasis, development, and behaviors in host animals. These molecules enter intestinal-cell mitochondria to repress oxidative stress by binding to and promoting the activity of ATP synthase. This finding presents a major conceptual modification regarding the impact of bacterial cell metabolites on animal physiology.
The symbiotic relationship between commensal microbes and host animals predicts unidentified beneficial impacts of individual bacterial metabolites on animal physiology. Peptidoglycan fragments (muropeptides) from the bacterial cell wall are known for their roles in pathogenicity and for inducing host immune responses. However, the potential beneficial usage of muropeptides from commensal bacteria by the host needs exploration. We identified a striking role for muropeptides in supporting mitochondrial homeostasis, development, and behaviors in Caenorhabditis elegans. We determined that the beneficial molecules are disaccharide muropeptides containing a short AA chain, and they enter intestinal-cell mitochondria to repress oxidative stress. Further analyses indicate that muropeptides execute this role by binding to and promoting the activity of ATP synthase. Therefore, given the exceptional structural conservation of ATP synthase, the role of muropeptides as a rare agonist of the ATP synthase presents a major conceptual modification regarding the impact of bacterial cell metabolites on animal physiology.
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