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SARM1 is responsible for calpain-dependent dendrite degeneration in mouse hippocampal neurons.

ABSTRACT: Sterile alpha and toll/interleukin receptor motif-containing 1 (SARM1) is a critical regulator of axon degeneration that acts through hydrolysis of NAD⁺ following injury. Recent work has defined the mechanisms underlying SARM1's catalytic activity and advanced our understanding of SARM1 function in axons, yet the role of SARM1 signaling in other compartments of neurons is still not well understood. Here, we show in cultured hippocampal neurons that endogenous SARM1 is present in axons, dendrites, and cell bodies and that direct activation of SARM1 by the neurotoxin Vacor causes not just axon degeneration, but degeneration of all neuronal compartments. In contrast to the axon degeneration pathway defined in dorsal root ganglia, SARM1-dependent hippocampal axon degeneration in vitro is not sensitive to inhibition of calpain proteases. Dendrite degeneration downstream of SARM1 in hippocampal neurons is dependent on calpain 2, a calpain protease isotype enriched in dendrites in this cell type. In summary, these data indicate SARM1 plays a critical role in neurodegeneration outside of axons and elucidates divergent pathways leading to degeneration in hippocampal axons and dendrites.

SUBMITTER: Miyamoto T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10862016 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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SARM1 is responsible for calpain-dependent dendrite degeneration in mouse hippocampal neurons.

Miyamoto Takashi T Kim Chaeyoung C Chow Johann J Dugas Jason C JC DeGroot Jack J Bagdasarian Alex L AL Thottumkara Arun P AP Larhammar Martin M Calvert Meredith Ek ME Fox Brian M BM Lewcock Joseph W JW Kane Lesley A LA

The Journal of biological chemistry 20240108 2

Sterile alpha and toll/interleukin receptor motif-containing 1 (SARM1) is a critical regulator of axon degeneration that acts through hydrolysis of NAD<sup>+</sup> following injury. Recent work has defined the mechanisms underlying SARM1's catalytic activity and advanced our understanding of SARM1 function in axons, yet the role of SARM1 signaling in other compartments of neurons is still not well understood. Here, we show in cultured hippocampal neurons that endogenous SARM1 is present in axons ...[more]

PMID: 38199568

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SARM1 is responsible for calpain-dependent dendrite degeneration in mouse hippocampal neurons.

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SARM1 is responsible for calpain-dependent dendrite degeneration in mouse hippocampal neurons.

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