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Abbiategrasso Brain Bank Protocol for Collecting, Processing and Characterizing Aging Brains
Published on: June 3, 2020
BNIP3 as a new tool to promote healthy brain aging
Kit Neikirk1, Andrea G Marshall1, Monica M Santisteban2
1Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Abstract:
The article "Neuronal induction of BNIP3-mediated mitophagy slows systemic aging in Drosophila" reveals BCL2-interacting protein 3 as a therapeutic target to counteract brain aging and prolong overall organismal health with age. In this spotlight, we consider the roles of BNIP3, a mitochondrial outer membrane protein, in the adult nervous system, including its induction of mitophagy and prevention of dysfunctional mitochondria in the aged brain. Implications for other tissue types to reduce the burden of aging are further considered.

