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Walker MA, Tian R. NAD metabolism and heart failure: Mechanisms and therapeutic potentials. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2024; 195:45-54. [PMID: 39096536 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2024.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2024] [Revised: 06/19/2024] [Accepted: 07/24/2024] [Indexed: 08/05/2024]
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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide provides the critical redox pair, NAD+ and NADH, for cellular energy metabolism. In addition, NAD+ is the precursor for de novo NADP+ synthesis as well as the co-substrates for CD38, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and sirtuins, thus, playing a central role in the regulation of oxidative stress and cell signaling. Declines of the NAD+ level and altered NAD+/NADH redox states have been observed in cardiometabolic diseases of various etiologies. NAD based therapies have emerged as a promising strategy to treat cardiovascular disease. Strategies that reduce NAD+ consumption or promote NAD+ production have repleted intracellular NAD+ or normalized NAD+/NADH redox in preclinical studies. These interventions have shown cardioprotective effects in multiple models suggesting a great promise of the NAD+ elevating therapy. Mechanisms for the benefit of boosting NAD+ level, however, remain incompletely understood. Moreover, despite the robust pre-clinical studies there are still challenges to translate the therapy to clinic. Here, we review the most up to date literature on mechanisms underlying the NAD+ elevating interventions and discuss the progress of human studies. We also aim to provide a better understanding of how NAD metabolism is changed in failing hearts with a particular emphasis on types of strategies employed and methods to target these pathways. Finally, we conclude with a comprehensive assessment of the challenges in developing NAD-based therapies for heart diseases, and to provide a perspective on the future of the targeting strategies.
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- Matthew A Walker
- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
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- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Brown EE, Scandura MJ, Pierce E. Role of Nuclear NAD + in Retinal Homeostasis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2023; 1415:235-239. [PMID: 37440039 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-27681-1_34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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The retina is one of the most metabolically active tissues and maintenance of metabolic homeostasis is critical for retinal function. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is a cofactor that is required for key processes, including the electron transport chain, glycolysis, fatty acid oxidation, and redox reactions. NAD+ also acts as a co-substrate for enzymes involved in maintaining genomic DNA integrity and cellular homeostasis, including poly-ADP ribose polymerases (PARPs) and Sirtuins. This review highlights the importance of NAD+ in the retina, including the role of enzymes involved in NAD+ production in the retina and how NAD+-consuming enzymes may play a role in disease pathology. We also suggest a cell death pathway that may be common in multiple models of photoreceptor degeneration and highlight the role that NAD+ likely plays in this process. Finally, we explore future experimental approaches to enhance our understanding of the role of NAD+ in the retina.
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- Emily E Brown
- Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Cambronne XA, Kraus WL. Location, Location, Location: Compartmentalization of NAD + Synthesis and Functions in Mammalian Cells. Trends Biochem Sci 2020; 45:858-873. [PMID: 32595066 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2020.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The numerous biological roles of NAD+ are organized and coordinated via its compartmentalization within cells. The spatial and temporal partitioning of this intermediary metabolite is intrinsic to understanding the impact of NAD+ on cellular signaling and metabolism. We review evidence supporting the compartmentalization of steady-state NAD+ levels in cells, as well as how the modulation of NAD+ synthesis dynamically regulates signaling by controlling subcellular NAD+ concentrations. We further discuss potential benefits to the cell of compartmentalizing NAD+, and methods for measuring subcellular NAD+ levels.
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- Xiaolu A Cambronne
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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- Laboratory of Signaling and Gene Regulation, Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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Pieper AA, McKnight SL. Benefits of Enhancing Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Levels in Damaged or Diseased Nerve Cells. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2019; 83:207-217. [PMID: 30787047 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2018.83.037622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Three unbiased lines of research have commonly pointed to the benefits of enhanced levels of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) to diseased or damaged neurons. Mice carrying a triplication of the gene encoding the culminating enzyme in NAD+ salvage from nicotinamide, NMNAT, are protected from a variety of insults to axons. Protection from Wallerian degeneration of axons is also observed in flies and mice bearing inactivating mutations in the SARM1 gene. Functional studies of the SARM1 gene product have revealed the presence of an enzymatic activity directed toward the hydrolysis of NAD+ Finally, an unbiased drug screen performed in living mice led to the discovery of a neuroprotective chemical designated P7C3. Biochemical studies of the P7C3 chemical show that it can enhance recovery of NAD+ from nicotinamide by activating NAMPT, the first enzyme in the salvage pathway. In combination, these three unrelated research endeavors offer evidence of the benefits of enhanced NAD+ levels to damaged neurons.
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- Andrew A Pieper
- Harrington Discovery Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centers, Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Di Stefano M, Conforti L. Diversification of NAD biological role: the importance of location. FEBS J 2013; 280:4711-28. [PMID: 23848828 DOI: 10.1111/febs.12433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2012] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Over 100 years after its first discovery, several new aspects of the biology of the redox co-factor NAD are rapidly emerging. NAD, as well as its precursors, its derivatives, and its metabolic enzymes, have been recently shown to play a determinant role in a variety of biological functions, from the classical role in oxidative phosphorylation and redox reactions to a role in regulation of gene transcription, lifespan and cell death, from a role in neurotransmission to a role in axon degeneration, and from a function in regulation of glucose homeostasis to that of control of circadian rhythm. It is also becoming clear that this variety of specialized functions is regulated by the fine subcellular localization of NAD, its related nucleotides and its metabolic enzymatic machinery. Here we describe the known NAD biosynthetic and catabolic pathways, and review evidence supporting a specialized role for NAD metabolism in a subcellular compartment-dependent manner.
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- Michele Di Stefano
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, UK
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Wang CH, Wang B, Wendu RLE, Bi HE, Cao GF, Ji C, Jiang Q, Yao J. Protective role of Wallerian degeneration slow (Wld(s)) gene against retinal ganglion cell body damage in a Wallerian degeneration model. Exp Ther Med 2012; 5:621-625. [PMID: 23403739 PMCID: PMC3570087 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2012.844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Accepted: 11/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Nerve distal axon injury-induced Wallerian degeneration is significantly delayed in Wallerian degeneration slow (Wlds) mutant mice, although the associated mechanisms are not completely clear and the role of Wlds in retinal ganglion cell (RGC) body damage is not fully understood. In the present study, a Wallerian degeneration model was established in wild-type (WT) and Wlds mutant mice by creating mechanical injury in the optic nerves. Wallerian degeneration and RGC body collapse were observed to be significantly delayed in the Wlds mice. Electroretinograms (ERG) and visual evoked potentials (VEPs) in Wlds mice were also significantly improved at the earlier stages (one week) following injury. The retina immunohistochemistry results showed that Wlds mice had more ordered cells and improved inner granular cell layer arrangement compared with the WT mice. Optic nerve Luxol Fast Blue (LFB) staining showed greater axon demyelination in WT mice than in Wlds mice. A large number of apoptotic cells were also observed in the WT mice. The present results suggest that the Wlds gene may also protect the RGC body following nerve injury.
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- Cheng-Hu Wang
- The Affiliated Eye Hospital of Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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White AT, Schenk S. NAD(+)/NADH and skeletal muscle mitochondrial adaptations to exercise. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012; 303:E308-21. [PMID: 22436696 PMCID: PMC3423123 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00054.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2012] [Accepted: 03/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The pyridine nucleotides, NAD(+) and NADH, are coenzymes that provide oxidoreductive power for the generation of ATP by mitochondria. In skeletal muscle, exercise perturbs the levels of NAD(+), NADH, and consequently, the NAD(+)/NADH ratio, and initial research in this area focused on the contribution of redox control to ATP production. More recently, numerous signaling pathways that are sensitive to perturbations in NAD(+)(H) have come to the fore, as has an appreciation for the potential importance of compartmentation of NAD(+)(H) metabolism and its subsequent effects on various signaling pathways. These pathways, which include the sirtuin (SIRT) proteins SIRT1 and SIRT3, the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) proteins PARP1 and PARP2, and COOH-terminal binding protein (CtBP), are of particular interest because they potentially link changes in cellular redox state to both immediate, metabolic-related changes and transcriptional adaptations to exercise. In this review, we discuss what is known, and not known, about the contribution of NAD(+)(H) metabolism and these aforementioned proteins to mitochondrial adaptations to acute and chronic endurance exercise.
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- Amanda T White
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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White AT, Schenk S. NAD(+)/NADH and skeletal muscle mitochondrial adaptations to exercise. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY. ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM 2012. [PMID: 22436696 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00054.2012.] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The pyridine nucleotides, NAD(+) and NADH, are coenzymes that provide oxidoreductive power for the generation of ATP by mitochondria. In skeletal muscle, exercise perturbs the levels of NAD(+), NADH, and consequently, the NAD(+)/NADH ratio, and initial research in this area focused on the contribution of redox control to ATP production. More recently, numerous signaling pathways that are sensitive to perturbations in NAD(+)(H) have come to the fore, as has an appreciation for the potential importance of compartmentation of NAD(+)(H) metabolism and its subsequent effects on various signaling pathways. These pathways, which include the sirtuin (SIRT) proteins SIRT1 and SIRT3, the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) proteins PARP1 and PARP2, and COOH-terminal binding protein (CtBP), are of particular interest because they potentially link changes in cellular redox state to both immediate, metabolic-related changes and transcriptional adaptations to exercise. In this review, we discuss what is known, and not known, about the contribution of NAD(+)(H) metabolism and these aforementioned proteins to mitochondrial adaptations to acute and chronic endurance exercise.
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- Amanda T White
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Yamazaki S, Ema H, Karlsson G, Yamaguchi T, Miyoshi H, Shioda S, Taketo MM, Karlsson S, Iwama A, Nakauchi H. Nonmyelinating Schwann cells maintain hematopoietic stem cell hibernation in the bone marrow niche. Cell 2012; 147:1146-58. [PMID: 22118468 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.09.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 550] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2010] [Revised: 04/12/2011] [Accepted: 09/06/2011] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) reside and self-renew in the bone marrow (BM) niche. Overall, the signaling that regulates stem cell dormancy in the HSC niche remains controversial. Here, we demonstrate that TGF-β type II receptor-deficient HSCs show low-level Smad activation and impaired long-term repopulating activity, underlining the critical role of TGF-β/Smad signaling in HSC maintenance. TGF-β is produced as a latent form by a variety of cells, so we searched for those that express activator molecules for latent TGF-β. Nonmyelinating Schwann cells in BM proved responsible for activation. These glial cells ensheathed autonomic nerves, expressed HSC niche factor genes, and were in contact with a substantial proportion of HSCs. Autonomic nerve denervation reduced the number of these active TGF-β-producing cells and led to rapid loss of HSCs from BM. We propose that glial cells are components of a BM niche and maintain HSC hibernation by regulating activation of latent TGF-β.
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- Satoshi Yamazaki
- Japan Science and Technology Agency, ERATO, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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Conforti L, Janeckova L, Wagner D, Mazzola F, Cialabrini L, Di Stefano M, Orsomando G, Magni G, Bendotti C, Smyth N, Coleman M. Reducing expression of NAD+ synthesizing enzyme NMNAT1 does not affect the rate of Wallerian degeneration. FEBS J 2011; 278:2666-79. [PMID: 21615689 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08193.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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NAD(+) synthesizing enzyme NMNAT1 constitutes most of the sequence of neuroprotective protein Wld(S), which delays axon degeneration by 10-fold. NMNAT1 activity is necessary but not sufficient for Wld(S) neuroprotection in mice and 70 amino acids at the N-terminus of Wld(S), derived from polyubiquitination factor Ube4b, enhance axon protection by NMNAT1. NMNAT1 activity can confer neuroprotection when redistributed outside the nucleus or when highly overexpressed in vitro and partially in Drosophila. However, the role of endogenous NMNAT1 in normal axon maintenance and in Wallerian degeneration has not been elucidated yet. To address this question we disrupted the Nmnat1 locus by gene targeting. Homozygous Nmnat1 knockout mice do not survive to birth, indicating that extranuclear NMNAT isoforms cannot compensate for its loss. Heterozygous Nmnat1 knockout mice develop normally and do not show spontaneous neurodegeneration or axon pathology. Wallerian degeneration after sciatic nerve lesion is neither accelerated nor delayed in these mice, consistent with the proposal that other endogenous NMNAT isoforms play a principal role in Wallerian degeneration.
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Brunetti L, Di Stefano M, Ruggieri S, Cimadamore F, Magni G. Homology modeling and deletion mutants of human nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase isozyme 2: new insights on structure and function relationship. Protein Sci 2011; 19:2440-50. [PMID: 20954240 DOI: 10.1002/pro.526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase (NMNAT) catalyzes the formation of NAD by means of nucleophilic attack by 5'-phosphoryl of NMN on the α-phosphoryl group of ATP. Humans possess three NMNAT isozymes (NMNAT1, NMNAT2, and NMNAT3) that differ in size and sequence, gene expression pattern, subcellular localization, oligomeric state and catalytic properties. Of these, NMNAT2, the least abundant isozyme, is the only one whose much-needed crystal structure has not been solved as yet. To fill this gap, we used the crystal structures of human NMNAT1 and NMNAT3 as templates for homology-based structural modeling of NMNAT2, and the resulting raw structure was then refined by molecular dynamics simulations in a water box to obtain a model of the final folded structure. We investigated the importance of NMNAT2's central domain, which we postulated to be dispensable for catalytic activity, instead representing an isozyme-specific control domain within the overall architecture of NMNAT2. Indeed, we experimentally confirmed that removal of different-length fragments from this central domain did not compromise the enzyme's catalytic activity or the overall tridimensional structure of the active site.
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- Lucia Brunetti
- Dipartimento di Patologia Molecolare e Terapie Innovative, sezione di Biochimica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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Houtkooper RH, Cantó C, Wanders RJ, Auwerx J. The secret life of NAD+: an old metabolite controlling new metabolic signaling pathways. Endocr Rev 2010; 31:194-223. [PMID: 20007326 PMCID: PMC2852209 DOI: 10.1210/er.2009-0026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 660] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A century after the identification of a coenzymatic activity for NAD(+), NAD(+) metabolism has come into the spotlight again due to the potential therapeutic relevance of a set of enzymes whose activity is tightly regulated by the balance between the oxidized and reduced forms of this metabolite. In fact, the actions of NAD(+) have been extended from being an oxidoreductase cofactor for single enzymatic activities to acting as substrate for a wide range of proteins. These include NAD(+)-dependent protein deacetylases, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases, and transcription factors that affect a large array of cellular functions. Through these effects, NAD(+) provides a direct link between the cellular redox status and the control of signaling and transcriptional events. Of particular interest within the metabolic/endocrine arena are the recent results, which indicate that the regulation of these NAD(+)-dependent pathways may have a major contribution to oxidative metabolism and life span extension. In this review, we will provide an integrated view on: 1) the pathways that control NAD(+) production and cycling, as well as its cellular compartmentalization; 2) the signaling and transcriptional pathways controlled by NAD(+); and 3) novel data that show how modulation of NAD(+)-producing and -consuming pathways have a major physiological impact and hold promise for the prevention and treatment of metabolic disease.
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- Riekelt H Houtkooper
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratory for Integrative and Systems Physiology, Building AI, Station 15, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Neurodegenerative diseases have become a global issue due to the aging population. These disorders affect a vast patient population and represent a huge area of unmet therapeutic need. Axon degeneration is a common pathological character of those neurodegenerative diseases. It results in the loss of communication between neurons. Two decades ago, the Wallerian degeneration slow (Wlds) mouse strain was identified, in which the degeneration of transected axons is delayed. The phenotype is attributed to the overexpression of a chimeric protein Wlds which contains a short fragment of the ubiquitin assembly protein UFD2 and the full-length nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) synthetic enzyme Nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyl-transferase-1 (Nmnat-1). However, the underlying molecular mechanism remains largely unknown. Recently, it's reported by independent researchers that the full length coding sequence of mouse Nmnat-1 could mimic the axonal protective effect of the Wlds gene when overexpressed in primary neural cultures. Together with a significant number of subsequential reports, this finding highlighted the substantial role of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) in the process of axon degeneration. Here we reviewed the history of axon degeneration research from a neurochemical standpoint and discuss the potential involvement of NAD synthesis, NAD consumption and NAD-dependent proteins and small molecules in axon degeneration.
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- Jing Wang
- Curis Inc., Department of In Vitro Biology, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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Bogan KL, Brenner C. Nicotinic acid, nicotinamide, and nicotinamide riboside: a molecular evaluation of NAD+ precursor vitamins in human nutrition. Annu Rev Nutr 2008; 28:115-30. [PMID: 18429699 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.28.061807.155443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 484] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Although baseline requirements for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) synthesis can be met either with dietary tryptophan or with less than 20 mg of daily niacin, which consists of nicotinic acid and/or nicotinamide, there is growing evidence that substantially greater rates of NAD+ synthesis may be beneficial to protect against neurological degeneration, Candida glabrata infection, and possibly to enhance reverse cholesterol transport. The distinct and tissue-specific biosynthetic and/or ligand activities of tryptophan, nicotinic acid, nicotinamide, and the newly identified NAD+ precursor, nicotinamide riboside, reviewed herein, are responsible for vitamin-specific effects and side effects. Because current data suggest that nicotinamide riboside may be the only vitamin precursor that supports neuronal NAD+ synthesis, we present prospects for human nicotinamide riboside supplementation and propose areas for future research.
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- Katrina L Bogan
- Department of Genetics and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA.
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Berger F, Lau C, Dahlmann M, Ziegler M. Subcellular compartmentation and differential catalytic properties of the three human nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase isoforms. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:36334-41. [PMID: 16118205 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m508660200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 372] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase (NMNAT) is the central enzyme of the NAD biosynthetic pathway. Three human NMNAT isoforms have recently been identified, but isoform-specific functions are presently unknown, although a tissue-specific role has been suggested. Analyses of the subcellular localization confirmed NMNAT1 to be a nuclear protein, whereas NMNAT2 and -3 were localized to the Golgi complex and the mitochondria, respectively. This differential subcellular localization points to an organelle-specific, nonredundant function of each of the three proteins. Comparison of the kinetic properties showed that particularly NMNAT3 exhibits a high tolerance toward substrate modifications. Moreover, as opposed to preferred NAD+ synthesis by NMNAT1, the other two isoforms could also form NADH directly from the reduced nicotinamide mononucleotide, supporting a hitherto unknown pathway of NAD generation. A variety of physiological intermediates was tested and exerted only minor influence on the catalytic activities of the NMNATs. However, gallotannin was found to be a potent inhibitor, thereby compromising its use as a specific inhibitor of poly-ADP-ribose glycohydrolase. The presence of substrate-specific and independent nuclear, mitochondrial, and Golgi-specific NAD biosynthetic pathways is opposed to the assumption of a general cellular NAD pool. Their existence appears to be consistent with important compartment-specific functions rather than to reflect simple functional redundance.
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- Felicitas Berger
- Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biochemie, Thielallee 63, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Yalowitz JA, Xiao S, Biju MP, Antony AC, Cummings OW, Deeg MA, Jayaram HN. Characterization of human brain nicotinamide 5'-mononucleotide adenylyltransferase-2 and expression in human pancreas. Biochem J 2004; 377:317-26. [PMID: 14516279 PMCID: PMC1223862 DOI: 10.1042/bj20030518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2003] [Revised: 09/17/2003] [Accepted: 09/29/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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NMNAT (nicotinamide 5'-mononucleotide adenylyltransferase; EC 2.7.7.1) catalyses the transfer of the adenylyl group from ATP to NMN to form NAD. We have cloned a novel human NMNAT cDNA, designated hNMNAT-2, from human brain. The cDNA contains a 924 bp open reading frame that encodes a 307 amino acid peptide that was expressed as a histidine-patch-containing thioredoxin fusion protein. Expressed hNMNAT-2 shared only 35% amino acid sequence homology with the human NMNAT enzyme (hNMNAT-1), but possessed enzymic activity comparable with hNMNAT-1. Using human genomic databases, hNMNAT-2 was localized to chromosome 1q25 within a 171 kb gene, whereas hNMNAT-1 is on chromosome 1p32-35. Northern blot analysis revealed highly restricted expression of hNMNAT-2 to brain, heart and muscle tissues, which contrasts with the wide tissue expression of hNMNAT-1; different regions of the brain exhibited differential expression of hNMNAT-2. Substitution mutations of either of two invariant residues, His-24 or Trp-92, abolished enzyme activity. Anti-peptide antibody to a unique epitope within hNMNAT-2 was produced, and immunohistochemical analysis of sections of normal adult human pancreas revealed that hNMNAT-2 protein was markedly expressed in the islets of Langerhans. However, the pancreatic exocrine cells exhibited weak expression of hNMNAT-2 protein. Sections of pancreas from insulinoma patients showed strong expression of hNMNAT-2 protein in the insulin-producing tumour cells, whereas acinar cells exhibited relatively low expression of hNMNAT-2 protein. These data suggest that the unique tissue-expression patterns of hNMNAT-2 reflect distinct functions for the isoforms in the regulation of NAD metabolism.
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- Joel A Yalowitz
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center - 151, 1481 West Tenth Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Raffaelli N, Sorci L, Amici A, Emanuelli M, Mazzola F, Magni G. Identification of a novel human nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 297:835-40. [PMID: 12359228 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)02285-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The enzyme nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase is an ubiquitous enzyme catalyzing an essential step in NAD (NADP) biosynthetic pathway. In human cells, the nuclear enzyme, which we will now call NMNAT-1, has been the only known enzyme of this type for over 10 years. Here we describe the cloning and expression of a human cDNA encoding a novel 34.4kDa protein, that shares significant homology with the 31.9kDa NMNAT-1. We propose to call this enzyme NMNAT-2. Purified recombinant NMNAT-2 is endowed with NMN and nicotinic acid mononucleotide adenylyltransferase activities, but differs from NMNAT-1 with regard to chromosomal and cellular localization, tissue-specificity of expression, and molecular properties, supporting the idea that the two enzymes might play distinct physiological roles in NAD homeostasis.
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- Nadia Raffaelli
- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie ed Ambientali, Universitá di Ancona, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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In the C57BL/Wld(S) mouse, a dominant mutation dramatically delays Wallerian degeneration in injury and disease, possibly by influencing multi-ubiquitination. Studies on this mouse show that axons and synapses degenerate by active and regulated mechanisms that are akin to apoptosis. Axon loss contributes to neurological symptoms in disorders as diverse as multiple sclerosis, stroke, traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, peripheral neuropathies and chronic neurodegenerative diseases, but it has been largely neglected in neuroprotective strategies. Defects in axonal transport, myelination or oxygenation could trigger such mechanisms of active axon degeneration. Understanding how these diverse insults might initiate an axon-degeneration process could lead to new therapeutic interventions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michael P Coleman
- Center for Molecular Medicine (ZMMK) and Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Strasse 47, Germany.
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