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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Small molecule SARM1 inhibitors recapitulate the SARM1−/− phenotype and allow recovery of a metastable pool of axons fated to degenerate

RO Hughes, T Bosanac, X Mao, TM Engber… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Axonal degeneration is responsible for disease progression and accumulation of disability
in many neurodegenerative conditions. The axonal degenerative process can generate a …

Dynamic recruitment and activation of ALS-associated TBK1 with its target optineurin are required for efficient mitophagy

AS Moore, ELF Holzbaur - Proceedings of the National …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Mitochondria play an essential role in maintaining cellular homeostasis. The removal of
damaged or depolarized mitochondria occurs via mitophagy, in which damaged …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Axon self-destruction: new links among SARM1, MAPKs, and NAD+ metabolism

J Gerdts, DW Summers, J Milbrandt, A DiAntonio - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Wallerian axon degeneration is a form of programmed subcellular death that promotes axon
breakdown in disease and injury. Active degeneration requires SARM1 and MAP kinases …

SARM1 activation triggers axon degeneration locally via NAD+ destruction

J Gerdts, EJ Brace, Y Sasaki, A DiAntonio, J Milbrandt - Science, 2015 - science.org
Axon degeneration is an intrinsic self-destruction program that underlies axon loss during
injury and disease. Sterile alpha and TIR motif–containing 1 (SARM1) protein is an essential …

Targeting synapse function and loss for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

B Dejanovic, M Sheng, JE Hanson - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
Synapse dysfunction and loss are hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases that correlate
with cognitive decline. However, the mechanisms and therapeutic strategies to prevent or …

Structural basis for SARM1 inhibition and activation under energetic stress

M Sporny, J Guez-Haddad, T Khazma, A Yaron… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
SARM1, an executor of axonal degeneration, displays NADase activity that depletes the key
cellular metabolite, NAD+, in response to nerve injury. The basis of SARM1 inhibition and its …

[HTML][HTML] Pathological axonal death through a MAPK cascade that triggers a local energy deficit

J Yang, Z Wu, N Renier, DJ Simon, K Uryu, DS Park… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Axonal death disrupts functional connectivity of neural circuits and is a critical feature of
many neurodegenerative disorders. Pathological axon degeneration often occurs …