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ArticleNature communications2025

Hypoxia-induced conversion of sensory Schwann cells into repair cells is regulated by HDAC8.

Nadège Hertzog, Mert Duman, Maëlle Bochud, Valérie Brügger-Verdon, Maren Gerhards, Felicia Schön, Franka Dorndecker, Dies Meijer, Robert Fledrich, Ruth Stassart and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Macrophage Dab1 Links Early Hypoxia to Adaptive Angiogenesis to Drive Peripheral Nerve Repair.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Nadège HertzogInstitute of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-4598-6953
Mert Duman *Institute of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4277-6272
Maëlle Bochud *Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-2433-8705
Valérie Brügger-Verdon *Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6009-6719
Maren GerhardsInstitute of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-6271-7545
Felicia SchönInstitute of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-0430-6623
Franka DorndeckerInstitute of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Dies MeijerCenter for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8461-6341
Robert FledrichPaul Flechsig Institute, Center of Neuropathology and Brain Sciences, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5323-7958
Ruth StassartPaul Flechsig Institute, Center of Neuropathology and Brain Sciences, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5919-1652
Devanarayanan Siva SankarDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-3133-7691
Jörn DengjelDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9453-4614
Sofía Raigón LópezInstitute of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-3194-9734
Claire JacobInstitute of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany. cjacob@uni-mainz.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9567-3950

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) JA 3019/6-1Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) PP00P3_1139163, PP00P3_163759, 31003A_173072
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

After a peripheral nerve injury, Schwann cells (SCs), the myelinating glia of the peripheral nervous system, convert into repair cells that foster axonal regrowth, and then remyelinate or re-ensheath regenerated axons, thereby ensuring functional recovery. The efficiency of this mechanism depends however on the time needed for axons to regrow. Here, we show that ablation of histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8) in SCs accelerates the regrowth of sensory axons and sensory function recovery. We found that HDAC8 is specifically expressed in sensory SCs and regulates the E3 ubiquitin ligase TRAF7, which destabilizes hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF1α) and counteracts the phosphorylation and upregulation of c-Jun, a major inducer of the repair SC phenotype. Our study indicates that this phenotype switch is regulated by different mechanisms in sensory and motor SCs and is accelerated by HDAC8 downregulation, which promotes sensory axon regeneration and sensory function recovery.

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Histone DeacetylasesHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitNerve RegenerationSchwann CellsAnimalsAxonsCell HypoxiaHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPeripheral Nerve InjuriesPhosphorylationProto-Oncogene Proteins c-junSensory Receptor CellsHDAC8 protein, mouseHif1a protein, mouseHistone DeacetylasesHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitProto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun

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PMID39779705
PMCPMC11711395

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