Glia as Functional Barriers and Signaling Intermediaries

VM Fernandes, V Auld… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2024 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Glia play a crucial role in providing metabolic support to neurons across different species. To
do so, glial cells isolate distinct neuronal compartments from systemic signals and …

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 …

Live imaging reveals the cellular events downstream of SARM1 activation

KW Ko, L Devault, Y Sasaki, J Milbrandt, A DiAntonio - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
SARM1 is an inducible NAD+ hydrolase that triggers axon loss and neuronal cell death in
the injured and diseased nervous system. While SARM1 activation and enzyme function are …

LC3-associated phagocytosis promotes glial degradation of axon debris after injury in Drosophila models

Á Szabó, V Vincze, AS Chhatre, A Jipa… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Glial engulfment of neuron-derived debris after trauma, during development, and in
neurodegenerative diseases supports nervous system functions. However, mechanisms …

Multicore fiber optic imaging reveals that astrocyte calcium activity in the mouse cerebral cortex is modulated by internal motivational state

YTA Gau, ET Hsu, RJ Cha, RW Pak, LL Looger… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Astrocytes are a direct target of neuromodulators and can influence neuronal activity on
broad spatial and temporal scales in response to a rise in cytosolic calcium. However, our …

SARM1 signaling mechanisms in the injured nervous system

S Sambashivan, MR Freeman - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Axon degeneration is a prominent feature of the injured nervous system, occurs across
neurological diseases, and drives functional loss in neural circuits. We have seen a …

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 …

Loss of IRF2BPL impairs neuronal maintenance through excess Wnt signaling

PC Marcogliese, D Dutta, SS Ray, NDP Dang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
De novo truncations in Interferon Regulatory Factor 2 Binding Protein Like (IRF2BPL) lead to
severe childhood-onset neurodegenerative disorders. To determine how loss of IRF2BPL …

A critical role for DLK and LZK in axonal repair in the mammalian spinal cord

JM Saikia, CL Chavez-Martinez, ND Kim… - Journal of …, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
The limited ability for axonal repair after spinal cord injury underlies long-term functional
impairment. Dual leucine-zipper kinase [DLK; MAP kinase kinase kinase 12; MAP3K12] is …

Activation of the CaMKII-Sarm1-ASK1-p38 MAP kinase pathway protects against axon degeneration caused by loss of mitochondria

C Ding, Y Wu, H Dabas, M Hammarlund - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Mitochondrial defects are tightly linked to axon degeneration, yet the underlying cellular
mechanisms remain poorly understood. In Caenorhabditis elegans, PVQ axons that lack …