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Cui Deng1, Mingqin Qu1, Wei Yao1
1Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Laboratory for Clinical Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China.
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Probiotics exert neuroprotective effects against Alzheimer's disease (AD) by modulating gut-brain axis pathways, though disease-modifying therapies remain unavailable. Our study revealed that Escherichia coli (E. coli) strain HB101 ameliorated AD-related phenotypes in Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) models, including learning deficits, neurodegeneration, and paralysis. Mechanistically, HB101 reduced amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregation by enhancing lysosomal activity, autophagy, and mitochondrial/endoplasmic reticulum unfolded protein responses (UPRmt/UPRer). Specifically, HB101 activated UPRmt via atfs-1 and sphk-1, and UPRer through pek-1. Metabolomic screening pinpointed glutarate as a bioactive metabolite that mitigates AD-related pathology through lysosomal activation and autophagy promotion.
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