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 …

Axonal energy metabolism, and the effects in aging and neurodegenerative diseases

S Yang, JH Park, HC Lu - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2023 - Springer
Human studies consistently identify bioenergetic maladaptations in brains upon aging and
neurodegenerative disorders of aging (NDAs), such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's …

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 …

SARM1 acts downstream of neuroinflammatory and necroptotic signaling to induce axon degeneration

KW Ko, J Milbrandt, A DiAntonio - Journal of Cell Biology, 2020 - rupress.org
Neuroinflammation and necroptosis are major contributors to neurodegenerative disease,
and axon dysfunction and degeneration is often an initiating event. SARM1 is the central …

A glycolytic shift in Schwann cells supports injured axons

E Babetto, KM Wong, B Beirowski - Nature neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Axon degeneration is a hallmark of many neurodegenerative disorders. The current
assumption is that the decision of injured axons to degenerate is cell-autonomously …

The axon-myelin unit in development and degenerative disease

RM Stassart, W Möbius, KA Nave… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Axons are electrically excitable, cable-like neuronal processes that relay information
between neurons within the nervous system and between neurons and peripheral target …

Structural and mechanistic regulation of the pro-degenerative NAD hydrolase SARM1

M Bratkowski, T Xie, DA Thayer, S Lad, P Mathur… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
The NADase SARM1 is a central switch in injury-activated axon degeneration, an early
hallmark of many neurological diseases. Here, we present cryo-electron microscopy (cryo …

Neuron-oligodendrocyte interactions in the structure and integrity of axons

GJ Duncan, TJ Simkins, B Emery - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The myelination of axons by oligodendrocytes is a highly complex cell-to-cell interaction.
Oligodendrocytes and axons have a reciprocal signaling relationship in which …

NMNAT2 is a druggable target to drive neuronal NAD production

JR Tribble, M Jöe, C Varricchio, A Otmani… - nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Maintenance of NAD pools is critical for neuronal survival. The capacity to maintain NAD
pools declines in neurodegenerative disease. We identify that low NMNAT2, the critical …