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Mechanism of mitochondria-induced proteostatic signaling and progressive muscle atrophy during aging.

Award Number: F30AG082400
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: FELLOWSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/STUDENT LOANS
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/14/2023
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/13/2027

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Mechanism of mitochondria-induced proteostatic signaling and progressive muscle atrophy during aging. - Muscle atrophy (or wasting) is defined by reduced myofiber size and number, which increases morbidity and mortality and decreases quality of life. One of the mechanisms of muscle atrophy is the loss of proteostatic balance. When protein degradation exceeds synthesis, protein content is decreased to reduce myofiber size and muscle mass. How the balance between protein synthesis and degradation is disturbed in diseased and aged skeletal muscle in unknown. Mitochondrial dysfunction plays an important role in skeletal muscle atrophy under many disease conditions and during normative aging, with the underlying mechanism remaining poorly understood. Perturbations in oxidative phosphorylation and the subsequent increase in reactive oxygen species production, collectively termed “bioenergetic defects”, have been proposed to drive muscle loss. However, accumulating evidence suggests that substantial levels of bioenergetic deficiency and oxidative stress are insufficient to cause muscle wasting. Therefore, if mitochondrial dysfunction does indeed result in muscle loss, it may involve bioenergetically independent factors. The Chen lab recently found that various forms of mitochondrial damage can reduce mitochondrial protein import. This causes proteostatic stress in the cytosol, termed mitochondrial Precursor Overaccumulation Stress (mPOS), followed by global remodeling of proteostasis. We recently generated a transgenic mouse line that moderately overexpresses the mitochondrial inner membrane protein, Ant1. We found that Ant1-induced mitochondrial protein import stress causes progressive muscle atrophy, accompanied by reduction of mitochondrial respiration. However, whether muscle atrophy is caused by bioenergetic deficiency or bioenergetic-independent stressors remains unknown. Interestingly, RNA-seq analysis revealed a robust activation of the integrated stress response (ISR), which in turn represses global protein synthesis and activates autophagy. ISR activation is commonly found in tissues derived from patients with mitochondrial disease. Using this unique mouse model, we propose to determine the molecular mechanisms of mitochondria-induced muscle atrophy and ISR activation. In Aim 1, we will determine the mechanism by which mitochondrial protein import stress induces muscle wasting. In Aim 2, we will determine whether ISR activation protects skeletal muscle from myofiber death and myopathy in the setting of mPOS. The long-term goal of this project is to understand how bioenergetics-independent mitochondrial stress signaling promotes chronic muscle wasting in normative and non-normative aging. The results of this application may help establish a bioenergetics-independent pathway for treating mitochondria-induced muscle disease and possibly sarcopenia.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $54,538 )
2025	2025	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	750 E ADAMS ST	SYRACUSE	NY	13210	ONONDAGA	USA	Aging Research	000	3	7/30/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$54,538
														Subtotal = $54,538

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $53,974 )
2024	2024	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	750 E ADAMS ST	SYRACUSE	NY	13210	ONONDAGA	USA	Aging Research	000	2	8/28/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$53,974
														Subtotal = $53,974

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $52,694 )
2023	2023	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	750 E ADAMS ST	SYRACUSE	NY	13210	ONONDAGA	USA	Aging Research	001	1	9/14/2023	NEW	$0
2023	2023	RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE	750 E ADAMS ST	SYRACUSE	NY	13210	ONONDAGA	USA	Aging Research	000	1	9/14/2023	NEW	$52,694
														Subtotal = $52,694

Grand Total All Awards = $161,206

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Mechanism of mitochondria-induced proteostatic signaling and progressive muscle atrophy during aging.

Award Number: F30AG082400

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: FELLOWSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/STUDENT LOANS

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/14/2023

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/13/2027

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