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Experiment #00000139
Foundational Dietary Theory: The dietary synergy between Hi-Maize and 6x Spermidine Yeast creates a potential cellular supply-and-clearance loop within the brain's astrocytes. Circulating spermidine metabolites utilize documented astrocytic polyamine uptake systems to access the central nervous system. Once inside, this exogenous spermidine drives FAM134B-mediated ER-phagy, clearing the endoplasmic reticulum matrix. This clearance removes the ER-stress bottleneck, allowing newly transcribed astrocytic EAAT2—upregulated by gut-derived butyrate from Hi-Maize fermentation—to successfully traffic to the plasma membrane and mitigate synaptic glutamate excitotoxicity.
Starch, Resistant
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Butyric Acid
_gates_to_butyric_acid
_gates_from_butyric_acid
Glutamate Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
_gates_to_glutamate_plasma_membrane_transport_proteins
Spermidine
_gates_from_spermidine
Autophagy
_gates_to_autophagy
_gates_from_autophagy
_gates_from_glutamate_plasma_membrane_transport_proteins
Glutamate Excitotoxicity
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Experiment #00000138
Dietary butyrate from resistant starch may synergize with sulforaphane-driven Nrf2 activation and spermidine-mediated FAM134B ER-phagy in order to restore astrocytic EAAT2 membrane trafficking and potentially clear synaptic glutamate excitotoxicity in neurodegeneration. (Literature Based Discovery)
Starch, Resistant
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Butyrate
_gates_to_butyrate
_gates_from_butyrate
NF-E2-Related Factor 2
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Sulforaphane
_gates_from_sulforaphane
Spermidine
_gates_from_spermidine
FAM134B protein
_gates_to_fam134b_protein
_gates_from_fam134b_protein
Homeostasis
_gates_to_homeostasis
Glutamate Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
_gates_from_glutamate_plasma_membrane_transport_proteins
Excitotoxins
_gates_to_excitotoxins
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Experiment #00000128
Discovered Hypothesis: Spermidine-mediated autophagic activation may serve as an upstream regulator of lysosomal TMEM175 activity to prevent proteinopathy in C9orf72-ALS/FTD models.
Spermidine
_gates_from_spermidine
Autophagy
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Lysosomal Integrity
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_gates_from_lysosomal_integrity
TMEM175
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Experiment #00000126
Hypothesis: Intranasal delivery of Spermidine-modified Ginseng Extracellular Vesicles (S-GEVs) loaded with multi-targeted mRNA suppresses MARK2-eIF2α-driven RAN translation to prevent dipeptide repeat clogging of FG-nucleoporins, synergizing with progranulin-mediated lysosomal clearance to arrest TMEM106B amyloid accumulation and block the execution of p38-Lamin B1-dependent Karyoptosis in motor neurons.
Spermidine
_gates_from_spermidine
Lysosomal Degradation
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Protein Aggregates
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_gates_from_protein_aggregates
Cell Death
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Administration, Intranasal
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Brain Neurons
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Progranulins
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TMEM106B protein, human
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Amyloid
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Active Nuclear Transport
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Drug Delivery Systems
_gates_to_drug_delivery_systems
Microtubule-Affinity-Regulating Kinase Proteins
_gates_from_microtubule_affinity_regulating_kinase_proteins
RAN Translation
_gates_to_ran_translation
Amyloidosis
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Experiment #00000125
Discovery: Considering PubMed #37563705, #42012729, and #42541426, Spermidine is a known inducer of autophagy through EP300 inhibition and TFEB activation. Since TMEM106B amylofilaments induce lysosomal dysfunction, TFEB-driven restoration of lysosomal capacity would logically prevent the accumulation of these filaments.
Spermidine
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Transcription Factor EB
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Lysosomes
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TMEM106B protein
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Experiment #00000124
Hypothesis: Intranasal delivery of Spermidine-modified Ginseng Extracellular Vesicles (S-GEVs) loaded with GRN mRNA exploits the cribriform plate anatomy to bypass the blood-brain barrier, providing a neuro-targeted delivery system for progranulin gene therapy that acts synergistically with spermidine-induced autophagy to suppress pathological TMEM106B amyloid accumulation and restore endolysosomal homeostasis.
Administration, Intranasal
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Olfactory Bulb
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Progranulins
_gates_from_progranulins
_gates_to_progranulins
RNA, Messenger
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PGRN protein
_gates_to_pgrn_protein
Autophagy
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TMEM106B Protein
_gates_to_tmem106b_protein
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Experiment #00000123
Hypothesis: Intranasal delivery of Spermidine-modified Ginseng Extracellular Vesicles (S-GEVs) loaded with GRN mRNA exploits the cribriform plate anatomy to bypass the blood-brain barrier, providing a neuro-targeted delivery system for progranulin gene therapy that acts synergistically with spermidine-induced autophagy to suppress pathological TMEM106B amyloid accumulation and restore endolysosomal homeostasis.
Administration, Intranasal
_gates_from_administration__intranasal
Olfactory Bulb
_gates_to_olfactory_bulb
Progranulins
_gates_from_progranulins
_gates_to_progranulins
RNA, Messenger
_gates_from_rna__messenger
PGRN protein
_gates_to_pgrn_protein
Autophagy
_gates_from_autophagy
TMEM106B Protein
_gates_to_tmem106b_protein
+5 more
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Experiment #00000120
Discovery: Considering PubMed #41177462 and PubMed #41231952, Spermidine-modified extracellular vesicles can mitigate ALS-related C9orf72 RAN translation by modulating the MARK2-eIF2α stress-sensing axis.
C9orf72 Protein
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EIF2A
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Nanoparticles
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Experiment #00000119
Hypothesis: Considering PubMed #41177462, Intranasally administered GDEVs, specifically spermidine-modified ginger extracellular vesicles, may offer a multi-target therapeutic strategy for C9orf72-associated ALS by crossing the blood-brain barrier via olfactory routes to potentially deliver gene-editing components, support axonal translation, restore STMN2 expression, and attenuate neuroinflammation.
Spermidine
_gates_from_spermidine
Olfactory Bulb
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Drug Delivery Systems
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Stathmin 2
_gates_to_stathmin_2
Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-5A
_gates_from_eukaryotic_initiation_factor_5a
C9orf72 Protein
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