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  • Basal mitophagy is crucial for cellular health, but its regulation during healthy brain aging is poorly understood.
  • Previous studies established mitophagy reporter mice but lacked cell-type and region-specific aging data in the brain.

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  • To comprehensively analyze mitophagy and macroautophagy dynamics in diverse aging brain cell types.
  • To identify region- and cell-specific changes in autophagy during healthy mammalian brain aging.
  • To determine if midlife represents a critical inflection point for brain autophagy regulation.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study using mitophagy reporter mice.
  • Spatiotemporal analysis of mitophagy and macroautophagy dynamics.
  • Single-cell level mapping of autophagy in various brain cell types (neurons, microglia, astrocytes).

Main Results:

  • Mitophagy significantly increases in the cerebellum and hippocampus but not the prefrontal cortex (PFC) during midlife.
  • Macroautophagy decreases in the hippocampus and PFC, while remaining stable in the cerebellum.
  • Emergent lysosomal heterogeneity and accumulation of acidified lysosomes were observed in the aging brain.
  • Midlife was identified as a critical inflection point for autophagy regulation.

Conclusions:

  • Autophagy regulation in the aging mammalian brain is complex, cell-specific, and dynamic.
  • Midlife changes in brain autophagy may underlie region-specific vulnerability and resilience to aging.
  • Findings provide a framework for understanding brain aging and potential therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative diseases.