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Coordination of mitochondrial and lysosomal homeostasis mitigates inflammation and muscle atrophy during aging
Author(s) -
Irazoki Andrea,
MartinezVicente Marta,
Aparicio Pilar,
Aris Cecilia,
Alibakhshi Esmaeil,
RubioValera Maria,
Castellanos Juan,
Lores Luis,
Palacín Manuel,
Gumà Anna,
Zorzano Antonio,
Sebastián David
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
aging cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1474-9726
pISSN - 1474-9718
DOI - 10.1111/acel.13583
Subject(s) - mitophagy , inflammation , biology , inflammasome , muscle atrophy , sarcopenia , downregulation and upregulation , microbiology and biotechnology , pyrin domain , mitochondrion , atrophy , autophagy , immunology , endocrinology , genetics , apoptosis , gene
Abstract Sarcopenia is one of the main factors contributing to the disability of aged people. Among the possible molecular determinants of sarcopenia, increasing evidences suggest that chronic inflammation contributes to its development. However, a key unresolved question is the nature of the factors that drive inflammation during aging and that participate in the development of sarcopenia. In this regard, mitochondrial dysfunction and alterations in mitophagy induce inflammatory responses in a wide range of cells and tissues. However, whether accumulation of damaged mitochondria (MIT) in muscle could trigger inflammation in the context of aging is still unknown. Here, we demonstrate that BCL2 interacting protein 3 (BNIP3) plays a key role in the control of mitochondrial and lysosomal homeostasis, and mitigates muscle inflammation and atrophy during aging. We show that muscle BNIP3 expression increases during aging in mice and in some humans. BNIP3 deficiency alters mitochondrial function, decreases mitophagic flux and, surprisingly, induces lysosomal dysfunction, leading to an upregulation of Toll‐like receptor 9 (TLR9)‐dependent inflammation and activation of the NLRP3 (nucleotide‐binding oligomerization domain (NOD)‐, leucine‐rich repeat (LRR)‐, and pyrin domain‐containing protein 3) inflammasome in muscle cells and mouse muscle. Importantly, downregulation of muscle BNIP3 in aged mice exacerbates inflammation and muscle atrophy, and high BNIP3 expression in aged human subjects associates with a low inflammatory profile, suggesting a protective role for BNIP3 against age‐induced muscle inflammation in mice and humans. Taken together, our data allow us to propose a new adaptive mechanism involving the mitophagy protein BNIP3, which links mitochondrial and lysosomal homeostasis with inflammation and is key to maintaining muscle health during aging.

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