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ArticleLife medicine2023

Deubiquitination of SARM1 by USP13 regulates SARM1 activation and axon degeneration.

Wenkai Yue, Kai Zhang, Mingsheng Jiang, Wenjing Long, Jihong Cui, Yunxia Li, Yaoyang Zhang, Ang Li, Yanshan Fang

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Article in Life medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  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. Hyperglycemia promotes SIRT3-mediated deacetylation of SARM1 to exacerbate diabetic peripheral neuropathy in mice.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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Wenkai YueInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China.
Kai ZhangInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China.
Mingsheng JiangInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China.
Wenjing LongInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China.
Jihong CuiInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China.
Yunxia LiInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China.
Yaoyang ZhangInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China.
Ang LiKey Laboratory of CNS Regeneration (Ministry of Education), Guangdong Key Laboratory of Non-human Primate Research, GHM Institute of CNS Regeneration, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Yanshan FangInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4123-0174

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sterile alpha and Toll/interleukin 1 receptor motif-containing protein 1 (SARM1) is regarded as a key protein and a central executor of the self-destruction of injured axons. To identify novel molecular players and understand the mechanisms regulating SARM1 function, we investigated the interactome of SARM1 by proximity labeling and proteomic profiling. Among the SARM1-associated proteins, we uncovered that overexpression (OE) of ubiquitin-specific peptidase 13 (USP13) delayed injury-induced axon degeneration. OE of an enzyme-dead USP13 failed to protect injured axons, indicating that the deubiquitinase activity of USP13 was required for its axonal protective effect. Further investigation revealed that USP13 deubiquitinated SARM1, which increased the inhibitory interaction between the N-terminal armadillo repeat motif (ARM) and C-terminal Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domains of the SARM1 protein, thereby suppressing SARM1 activation in axon injury. Collectively, these findings suggest that increase of USP13 activity enhances the self-inhibition of SARM1, which may provide a strategy to mitigate axon degeneration in injury and disease.

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axon injurydeubiquitinationSARM1USP13Wallerian degeneration

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PMCPMC11749472

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