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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 150, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2022.106264
Keywords
Axon; Axonal degeneration; Phospholipids; Phosphatidylserine
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- Canada Research Chairs program
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research [CIHR PJT-162396]
- National Institutes of Health
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Membrane phospholipids are essential for signaling pathways and their trafficking can be influenced by various events. The trafficking of phospholipids in the axonal membrane may play a role in axonal degeneration, regeneration and other processes.
Membrane phospholipids are critical components of several signaling pathways. Maintained in a variety of asymmetric distributions, their trafficking across the membrane can be induced by intra-, extra-, and intercellular events. A familiar example is the externalization of phosphatidylserine from the inner leaflet to the outer leaflet in apoptosis, inducing phagocytosis of the soma. Recently, it has been recognized that phospholipids in the axonal membrane may be a signal for axonal degeneration, regeneration, or other processes.This review focuses on key recent developments and areas for ongoing investigations. Key facts: Phosphatidylserine externalization propagates along an axon after axonal injury and is delayed in the Wallerian degeneration slow (WldS) mutant. The ATP8A2 flippase mutant has spontaneous axonal degeneration. Microdomains of axonal degeneration in spheroid bodies have differential externalization of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine.Phospholipid trafficking could represent a mechanism for coordinated axonal degeneration and elimination, i.e. axoptosis, analogous to apoptosis of the cell body.
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