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ArticleCell death & disease2026

The PM20D1-OLE pathway induces microglia rewiring to ameliorate Alzheimer disease.

Victoria Pozzi-Ruiz, Aida Giner de Gracia, Liliane Glauser, Mario Romani, Fatima Gunter-Rahman, Alejandro González-Ramón, Mahmood Haj-Yahya, Rajasekhar Kolla, Allison M Burns, Hilal A Lashuel and 3 more

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Victoria Pozzi-RuizLaboratory of Functional Epi-Genomics of Aging and Alzheimer's disease, Instituto de Neurociencias, Universidad Miguel Hernández-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UMH-CSIC), Alicante, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7672-357X
Aida Giner de GraciaLaboratory of Functional Epi-Genomics of Aging and Alzheimer's disease, Instituto de Neurociencias, Universidad Miguel Hernández-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UMH-CSIC), Alicante, Spain.
Liliane GlauserLaboratory of Neuroepigenetics, School of Life Sciences, Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mario RomaniLaboratory of Integrative Systems Physiology, Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9292-8807
Fatima Gunter-RahmanLaboratory of Neuroepigenetics, School of Life Sciences, Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2382-3945
Alejandro González-RamónLaboratory of Functional Epi-Genomics of Aging and Alzheimer's disease, Instituto de Neurociencias, Universidad Miguel Hernández-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UMH-CSIC), Alicante, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2472-8533
Mahmood Haj-YahyaLaboratory of Molecular and Chemical Biology of Neurodegeneration, School of Life Sciences, Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Rajasekhar KollaLaboratory of Molecular and Chemical Biology of Neurodegeneration, School of Life Sciences, Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Allison M BurnsLaboratory of Neuroepigenetics, School of Life Sciences, Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-3160
Hilal A LashuelLaboratory of Molecular and Chemical Biology of Neurodegeneration, School of Life Sciences, Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Johan AuwerxLaboratory of Integrative Systems Physiology, Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Johannes GräffLaboratory of Neuroepigenetics, School of Life Sciences, Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. johannes.graeff@epfl.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3219-3578
Jose V Sanchez-MutLaboratory of Functional Epi-Genomics of Aging and Alzheimer's disease, Instituto de Neurociencias, Universidad Miguel Hernández-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UMH-CSIC), Alicante, Spain. j.sanchezm@umh.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9292-8521

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) ERC-AdG-787702Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación) PID2022-143263OB-I00Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación) PRE2020-093389Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación) PRE2020-093825Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) SNSF 31003A_179435
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is increasing evidence of microglia participation in Alzheimer's disease (AD), which incentives their modulation to intercept the disease. Here, we describe a new mechanism by which the recently AD-associated Peptidase M20 Domain Containing 1 (PM20D1) instructs microglia to tackle AD. We show that the PM20D1-derived N-oleoyl-Leucine (OLE) improves AD pathologies in two animal models of AD. OLE induces microglia association with amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques, reduce their size, number and toxicity, and leads to enhanced neuroprotection and cognition. Furthermore, OLE also increases Aβ chemotaxis and clearance in microglia cultures and enhances cell viability in neurons subjected to AD-related stressors. Finally, we also find evidence for a PM20D1- and OLE-mediated microglia association with amyloid plaques and neuroprotection in human AD brains. In sum, our results provide further insight into the protective role of PM20D1 in AD and support the use of OLE as a microglia-modifying treatment for AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmidohydrolasesLeucineMicrogliaSignal TransductionAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsBrainCaenorhabditis elegansCell Line, TumorChemotaxisDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGene Expression RegulationHumansMaleAmidohydrolasesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorLeucinePM20D1 protein, mouse

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