A mini review of nervonic acid: Source, production, and biological functions

Q Li, J Chen, X Yu, JM Gao - Food chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Nervonic acid (NA) has attracted considerable attention because of its close relationship
with brain development. Sources of NA include oil crop seeds, oil-producing microalgae …

Nervonic acid and its sphingolipids: Biological functions and potential food applications

NV Phung, F Rong, WY Xia, Y Fan, XY Li… - Critical reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Nervonic acid, a 24-carbon fatty acid with only one double bond at the 9th carbon (C24: 1n-
9), is abundant in the human brain, liver, and kidney. It not only functions in free form but …

Combining orthogonal plant and non-plant fatty acid biosynthesis pathways for efficient production of microbial oil enriched in nervonic acid in Yarrowia lipolytica

K Wang, L Lin, P Wei, R Ledesma-Amaro, XJ Ji - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Nervonic acid has proven efficacy in brain development and the prevention of
neurodegenerative diseases. Here, an alternative and sustainable strategy for nervonic acid …

The major TMEM106B dementia risk allele affects TMEM106B protein levels, fibril formation, and myelin lipid homeostasis in the ageing human hippocampus

JY Lee, DJ Harney, JD Teo, JB Kwok… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Background The risk for dementia increases exponentially from the seventh decade of life.
Identifying and understanding the biochemical changes that sensitize the ageing brain to …

A review of nervonic acid production in plants: prospects for the genetic engineering of high nervonic acid cultivars plants

F Liu, P Wang, X Xiong, X Zeng, X Zhang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Nervonic acid (NA) is a very-long-chain monounsaturated fatty acid that plays crucial roles in
brain development and has attracted widespread research interest. The markets …

Endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial dysfunction during aging: role of sphingolipids

Q Chen, A Kovilakath, J Allegood, J Thompson… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2023 - Elsevier
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) plays a key role in the regulation of protein folding, lipid
synthesis, calcium homeostasis, and serves as a primary site of sphingolipid biosynthesis …

Brain areas lipidomics in female transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

L Ferré-González, Á Balaguer, M Roca, A Ftara… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Lipids are the major component of the brain with important structural and functional
properties. Lipid disruption could play a relevant role in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Some …

Fatty acids and beyond: Age and Alzheimer's disease related changes in lipids reveal the neuro-nutraceutical potential of lipids in cognition

KLM Ooi, K Vacy, WC Boon - Neurochemistry International, 2021 - Elsevier
Lipids are essential in maintaining brain function, and lipid profiles have been reported to be
altered in aged and Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains as compared to healthy mature brains …

The cross-talk between sphingolipids and insulin-like growth factor signaling: significance for aging and neurodegeneration

H Jęśko, A Stępień, WJ Lukiw, RP Strosznajder - Molecular Neurobiology, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Bioactive sphingolipids: sphingosine, sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), ceramide,
and ceramide-1-phosphate (C1P) are increasingly implicated in cell survival, proliferation …

Inhibition of nSMase2 reduces the transfer of oligomeric α-synuclein irrespective of hypoxia

V Sackmann, MS Sinha, C Sackmann… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Recently, extracellular vesicles (EVs), such as exosomes, have been proposed to play an
influential role in the cell-to-cell spread of neurodegenerative diseases, including the …