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METABOLITES
Volume 12, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/metabo12111129
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BAM15; mitochondrial uncoupler; neurodegeneration; aging; C; elegans
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BAM15 can reduce neuronal defects and neurodegeneration in aging C. elegans, potentially through mitochondrial uncoupling mechanism.
BAM15 was recently screened as a protonophore uncoupler specifically for the mitochondrial membrane but not the plasma membrane. It is equally as potent as FCCP, but less toxic. Previously, mitochondrial uncoupling via DNP alleviates neurodegeneration in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans during aging. Therefore, we investigated whether BAM15 uncouplers could phenotypically and functionally reduce neuronal defects in aged nematodes. We observed green fluorescence protein-tagged mechanosensory neurons and performed touch and chemotaxis assays during aging. Wild-type animals treated with both 50 mu M BAM15 and 10 mu M DNP showed reduced mechanosensory neuronal defects during aging, which correlates with the maintenance of touch responses and short-term memory during aging. Uncoupler mutant ucp-4 also responded the same way as the wild-type, reducing neurodegeneration in 50 mu M BAM15 and 10 mu M DNP-treated animals compared to the DMSO control. These results suggest that 50 mu M BAM15 alleviates neurodegeneration phenotypically and functionally in C. elegans during aging, potentially through mitochondrial uncoupling. In accordance with the preserved neuronal shape and function in aged C. elegans, 50 mu M BAM15 extended the mean lifespan of both wild-type and ucp-4 mutants.
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