NAD+ metabolism: pathophysiologic mechanisms and therapeutic potential

N Xie, L Zhang, W Gao, C Huang, PE Huber… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) and its metabolites function as critical regulators
to maintain physiologic processes, enabling the plastic cells to adapt to environmental …

NAD+ homeostasis in health and disease

E Katsyuba, M Romani, D Hofer, J Auwerx - Nature metabolism, 2020 - nature.com
The conceptual evolution of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) from being seen as
a simple metabolic cofactor to a pivotal cosubstrate for proteins regulating metabolism and …

Neuronal cell death

M Fricker, AM Tolkovsky, V Borutaite… - Physiological …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Neuronal cell death occurs extensively during development and pathology, where it is
especially important because of the limited capacity of adult neurons to proliferate or be …

Shared TIR enzymatic functions regulate cell death and immunity across the tree of life

K Essuman, J Milbrandt, JL Dangl, MT Nishimura - Science, 2022 - science.org
In the 20th century, researchers studying animal and plant signaling pathways discovered a
protein domain that is shared across diverse innate immune systems: the Toll/interleukin …

Programmed axon degeneration: from mouse to mechanism to medicine

MP Coleman, A Höke - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Wallerian degeneration is a widespread mechanism of programmed axon degeneration. In
the three decades since the discovery of the Wallerian degeneration slow (Wld S) mouse …

NAD+ in aging, metabolism, and neurodegeneration

E Verdin - Science, 2015 - science.org
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is a coenzyme found in all living cells. It serves
both as a critical coenzyme for enzymes that fuel reduction-oxidation reactions, carrying …

The SARM1 toll/interleukin-1 receptor domain possesses intrinsic NAD+ cleavage activity that promotes pathological axonal degeneration

K Essuman, DW Summers, Y Sasaki, X Mao… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
Axonal degeneration is an early and prominent feature of many neurological disorders.
SARM1 is the central executioner of the axonal degeneration pathway that culminates in …

The NAD+-mediated self-inhibition mechanism of pro-neurodegenerative SARM1

Y Jiang, T Liu, CH Lee, Q Chang, J Yang, Z Zhang - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Pathological degeneration of axons disrupts neural circuits and represents one of the
hallmarks of neurodegeneration,,–. Sterile alpha and Toll/interleukin-1 receptor motif …

NAD+ metabolism and the control of energy homeostasis: a balancing act between mitochondria and the nucleus

C Cantó, KJ Menzies, J Auwerx - Cell metabolism, 2015 - cell.com
NAD+ has emerged as a vital cofactor that can rewire metabolism, activate sirtuins, and
maintain mitochondrial fitness through mechanisms such as the mitochondrial unfolded …

The synapse in traumatic brain injury

AAB Jamjoom, J Rhodes, PJD Andrews, SGN Grant - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide and is a risk
factor for dementia later in life. Research into the pathophysiology of TBI has focused on the …