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ArticleCell reports2021

Neurotoxins subvert the allosteric activation mechanism of SARM1 to induce neuronal loss.

Tong Wu, Jian Zhu, Amy Strickland, Kwang Woo Ko, Yo Sasaki, Caitlin B Dingwall, Yurie Yamada, Matthew D Figley, Xianrong Mao, Alicia Neiner and 3 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Direct activation of SARM1 by dsDNA is not supported by biochemical and cellular evidence.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  3. Quantification of SARM1 NADase Activity in Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  6. A metabolic cell death program downstream of SARM1 couples NADProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  8. Stepwise activation of SARM1 for cell death and axon degeneration revealed by a biosynthetic NMN mimic.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  11. SARM1-Dependent Axon Degeneration: Nucleotide Signaling, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Toxicity, and Therapeutic Opportunities.The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2024
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  15. Adaptation of a Commercial NADMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  16. SARM1 detection in myelinating glia:Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2023
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  17. A duplex structure of SARM1 octamers stabilized by a new inhibitor.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2022
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  18. Selective inhibitors of SARM1 targeting an allosteric cysteine in the autoregulatory ARM domain.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  19. Axon Biology in ALS: Mechanisms of Axon Degeneration and Prospects for Therapy.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tong WuDepartment of Genetics, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Jian ZhuDepartment of Genetics, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Needleman Center for Neurometabolism and Axonal Therapeutics, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO 63114, USA.
Amy StricklandDepartment of Genetics, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Kwang Woo KoDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Yo SasakiDepartment of Genetics, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Caitlin B DingwallDepartment of Genetics, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Yurie YamadaDepartment of Genetics, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Matthew D FigleyDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Xianrong MaoDepartment of Genetics, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Alicia NeinerDepartment of Genetics, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
A Joseph BloomDepartment of Genetics, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Needleman Center for Neurometabolism and Axonal Therapeutics, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO 63114, USA.
Aaron DiAntonioDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Needleman Center for Neurometabolism and Axonal Therapeutics, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO 63114, USA. Electronic address: diantonio@wustl.edu.
Jeffrey MilbrandtDepartment of Genetics, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Needleman Center for Neurometabolism and Axonal Therapeutics, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO 63114, USA. Electronic address: jmilbrandt@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

DISSECTION OF SARM1-INDUCED AXON DEGENERATION AND CELL DEATHR01NS087632 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Aaron Diantonio, JEFFREY D MILBRANDT · 2014 to 2026
$6.4M
Regulating NAD Metabolism to Inhibit Axon Degeneration in Neurodegenerative DiseasesRF1AG013730 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MILBRANDT, JEFFREY D · 2017 to 2017
$2.8M
(PQ#9) Promoting Axon Stability to Prevent Therapy-induced Peripheral NeuropathyR01CA219866 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DIANTONIO, AARON, MILBRANDT, JEFFREY D · 2017 to 2021
$2.3M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA219866NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG013730NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS087632
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARM1 is an inducible TIR-domain NAD

Indexed as

Nerve DegenerationActivation, MetabolicAllosteric RegulationAnimalsArmadillo Domain ProteinsAxonsCatalytic DomainCell DeathCytokinesCytoskeletal ProteinsEnzyme ActivationFemaleGanglia, SpinalHEK293 CellsHumansMale3-acetylpyridineArmadillo Domain ProteinsCytokinesCytoskeletal ProteinsNeurotoxinsNicotinamide-Nucleotide AdenylyltransferaseNicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferasenicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, mouseNmnat1 protein, mousePyridinesSARM1 protein, mousebase exchange reactionmass spectrometrymetabolismmyelinNAMPTneurolytic blockNMNATsciatic nervetibial nerveVacor

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PMID34686345
PMCPMC8638332
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