[HTML][HTML] Neuroprotection in glaucoma: mechanisms beyond intraocular pressure lowering

JR Tribble, F Hui, H Quintero, S El Hajji, K Bell… - Molecular aspects of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Glaucoma is a common, complex, multifactorial neurodegenerative disease characterized
by progressive dysfunction and then loss of retinal ganglion cells, the output neurons of the …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis of SARM1 activation, substrate recognition, and inhibition by small molecules

Y Shi, PS Kerry, JD Nanson, T Bosanac, Y Sasaki… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
The NADase SARM1 (sterile alpha and TIR motif containing 1) is a key executioner of axon
degeneration and a therapeutic target for several neurodegenerative conditions. We show …

Sarm1-dependent axon degeneration: Nucleotide signaling, neurodegenerative disorders, toxicity, and therapeutic opportunities

HY McGuinness, W Gu, Y Shi, B Kobe… - The …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Axons are an essential component of the nervous system, and axon degeneration is an
early feature of many neurodegenerative disorders. The NAD+ metabolome plays an …

Selective inhibitors of SARM1 targeting an allosteric cysteine in the autoregulatory ARM domain

HC Feldman, E Merlini, C Guijas… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide hydrolase (NADase) sterile alpha toll/interleukin
receptor motif containing-1 (SARM1) acts as a central executioner of programmed axon …

SARM1 is a multi-functional NAD (P) ase with prominent base exchange activity, all regulated bymultiple physiologically relevant NAD metabolites

C Angeletti, A Amici, J Gilley, A Loreto, AG Trapanotto… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Summary SARM1 is an NAD (P) glycohydrolase and TLR adapter with an essential,
prodegenerative role in programmed axon death (Wallerian degeneration). Like other NAD …

Enrichment of SARM1 alleles encoding variants with constitutively hyperactive NADase in patients with ALS and other motor nerve disorders

J Gilley, O Jackson, M Pipis, MA Estiar, A Al-Chalabi… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
SARM1, a protein with critical NADase activity, is a central executioner in a conserved
programme of axon degeneration. We report seven rare missense or in-frame microdeletion …

Neurotoxin-mediated potent activation of the axon degeneration regulator SARM1

A Loreto, C Angeletti, W Gu, A Osborne… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Axon loss underlies symptom onset and progression in many neurodegenerative disorders.
Axon degeneration in injury and disease is promoted by activation of the NAD-consuming …

Multifaceted roles of SARM1 in axon degeneration and signaling

TJ Waller, CA Collins - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Axons are considered to be particularly vulnerable components of the nervous system;
impairments to a neuron's axon leads to an effective silencing of a neuron's ability to …

Augustus Waller's foresight realized: SARM1 in peripheral neuropathies

S Geisler - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Peripheral neuropathy is a common neurodegenerative condition characterized by
numbness, tingling, pain, and weakness that frequently starts in the distal limbs. Arising from …

Nicotinic acid mononucleotide is an allosteric SARM1 inhibitor promoting axonal protection

Y Sasaki, J Zhu, Y Shi, W Gu, B Kobe, T Ve… - Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
SARM1 is an inducible NAD+ hydrolase that is the central executioner of pathological axon
loss. Recently, we elucidated the molecular mechanism of SARM1 activation, demonstrating …