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ArticleNature communications2025

Dietary lipid content modifies wah-1/AIFM1-associated phenotypes via LRK-1 and DRP-1 expression in C. elegans.

Mrityunjoy Mondal, Enzo Scifo, Rossella Erminia Ciliberti, Lena Wischhof, Tannaz Norizadeh Abbariki, Joshua Jackson, Ioanna-Maria Menegatou, Viktoria Zeisler-Diehl, Jan Riemer, Benjamin Jussila and 6 more

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Mrityunjoy MondalGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.
Enzo ScifoGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0450-6573
Rossella Erminia CilibertiGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-3408-7182
Lena WischhofGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.
Tannaz Norizadeh AbbarikiGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-0980-8639
Joshua JacksonGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3515-5593
Ioanna-Maria MenegatouGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.
Viktoria Zeisler-DiehlInstitute of Cellular and Molecular Botany (IZMB), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Jan RiemerInstitute for Biochemistry and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Benjamin JussilaInVivo Biosystems, Eugene, OR, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9764-0482
Christopher E HopkinsInVivo Biosystems, Eugene, OR, USA.
Sylwia KierszniowskametaSysX GmbH, Am Mühlenberg 11, Postdam-Golm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4736-9222
Lukas SchreiberInstitute of Cellular and Molecular Botany (IZMB), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7003-9929
Pierluigi NicoteraGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.
Dan EhningerGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7464-1335
Daniele BanoGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany. daniele.bano@dzne.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-5504

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 541647076Helmholtz Association core funding
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eukaryotic cells rely on mitochondria to fine-tune their metabolism in response to environmental and nutritional changes. However, how mitochondria adapt to nutrient availability and how diets impact mitochondrial disease progression, remain unclear. Here, we show that lipid-derived diets influence the survival of Caenorhabditis elegans carrying a hypomorphic wah-1/AIFM1 mutation that compromises mitochondrial Complex I assembly. Comparative proteomic and lipidomic analyses reveal that the overall metabolic profile of wah-1/AIFM1 mutants varies with bacterial diet. Specifically, high-lipid diets extend lifespan by promoting mitochondrial network maintenance and lipid accumulation, whereas low-lipid diets shorten animal survival via overactivation of LRK-1 and DRP-1. We demonstrate that LRK-1 inhibition downregulates DRP-1 expression, reduces mitochondrial network fragmentation, and attenuates excessive autophagy, thereby rescuing the survival defects of wah-1 mutants maintained on low-lipid diets. Together, these findings suggest that nutrition, and particularly lipid intake, may ameliorate certain disease phenotypes associated with an inherited mutation that disrupts mitochondrial bioenergetics.

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Caenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsDietary FatsDynaminsAnimalsAutophagyLongevityMitochondriaMutationPhenotypeCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsDietary Fatsdynamin-related protein 1, C elegansDynamins

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