TY - JOUR
T1 - Calcium Influx through Plasma-Membrane Nanoruptures Drives Axon Degeneration in a Model of Multiple Sclerosis
AU - Witte, Maarten E.
AU - Schumacher, Adrian-Minh
AU - Mahler, Christoph F.
AU - Bewersdorf, Jan P.
AU - Lehmitz, Jonas
AU - Scheiter, Alexander
AU - Sánchez, Paula
AU - Williams, Philip R.
AU - Griesbeck, Oliver
AU - Naumann, Ronald
AU - Misgeld, Thomas
AU - Kerschensteiner, Martin
PY - 2019/2/20
Y1 - 2019/2/20
N2 - Axon loss determines persistent disability in multiple sclerosis patients. Here, we use in vivo calcium imaging in a multiple sclerosis model to show that cytoplasmic calcium levels determine the choice between axon loss and survival. We rule out the endoplasmic reticulum, glutamate excitotoxicity, and the reversal of the sodium-calcium exchanger as sources of intra-axonal calcium accumulation and instead identify nanoscale ruptures of the axonal plasma membrane as the critical path of calcium entry. Witte et al. identify cytoplasmic calcium accumulations as a key driver of axon degeneration in a model of multiple sclerosis. Calcium accumulates in the axoplasm because nanoscale ruptures of the axonal plasma membrane provide an entry path for extracellular calcium.
AB - Axon loss determines persistent disability in multiple sclerosis patients. Here, we use in vivo calcium imaging in a multiple sclerosis model to show that cytoplasmic calcium levels determine the choice between axon loss and survival. We rule out the endoplasmic reticulum, glutamate excitotoxicity, and the reversal of the sodium-calcium exchanger as sources of intra-axonal calcium accumulation and instead identify nanoscale ruptures of the axonal plasma membrane as the critical path of calcium entry. Witte et al. identify cytoplasmic calcium accumulations as a key driver of axon degeneration in a model of multiple sclerosis. Calcium accumulates in the axoplasm because nanoscale ruptures of the axonal plasma membrane provide an entry path for extracellular calcium.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30686733
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.12.023
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.12.023
M3 - Article
C2 - 30686733
SN - 0896-6273
VL - 101
SP - 615-624.e5
JO - Neuron
JF - Neuron
IS - 4
ER -