Wallerian degeneration: an emerging axon death pathway linking injury and disease

L Conforti, J Gilley, MP Coleman - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2014 - nature.com
Axon degeneration is a prominent early feature of most neurodegenerative disorders and
can also be induced directly by nerve injury in a process known as Wallerian degeneration …

NAD metabolism: Implications in aging and longevity

K Yaku, K Okabe, T Nakagawa - Ageing research reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is an important co-factor involved in numerous
physiological processes, including metabolism, post-translational protein modification, and …

Genomic deletion of malic enzyme 2 confers collateral lethality in pancreatic cancer

P Dey, J Baddour, F Muller, CC Wu, H Wang, WT Liao… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The genome of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) frequently contains deletions of
tumour suppressor gene loci, most notably SMAD4, which is homozygously deleted in …

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 …

Location, location, location: compartmentalization of NAD+ synthesis and functions in mammalian cells

XA Cambronne, WL Kraus - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2020 - cell.com
The numerous biological roles of NAD+ are organized and coordinated via its
compartmentalization within cells. The spatial and temporal partitioning of this intermediary …

The neuroimmunology of degeneration and regeneration in the peripheral nervous system

A DeFrancesco-Lisowitz, JA Lindborg, JP Niemi… - Neuroscience, 2015 - Elsevier
Peripheral nerves regenerate following injury due to the effective activation of the intrinsic
growth capacity of the neurons and the formation of a permissive pathway for outgrowth due …

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 …

Metabolic profiling of alternative NAD biosynthetic routes in mouse tissues

V Mori, A Amici, F Mazzola, M Di Stefano, L Conforti… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
NAD plays essential redox and non-redox roles in cell biology. In mammals, its de novo and
recycling biosynthetic pathways encompass two independent branches, the “amidated” and …

[HTML][HTML] Diverse biological effects of the essential oil from Iranian Trachyspermum ammi

LA Vitali, D Beghelli, PCB Nya, O Bistoni… - Arabian Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Trachyspermum ammi (Apiaceae) is a plant with a good reputation in the traditional Persian
and Ayurvedic medicine. The hydrodistilled essential oil from the fruits of T. ammi, known as …

Rescue of peripheral and CNS axon defects in mice lacking NMNAT2

J Gilley, R Adalbert, G Yu… - Journal of Neuroscience, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
NMNAT2 is an NAD+-synthesizing enzyme with an essential axon maintenance role in
primary culture neurons. We have generated an Nmnat2 gene trap mouse to examine the …