Schwann cell mitochondria as key regulators in the development and maintenance of peripheral nerve axons

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• 作者：Daisuke Ino ; Masamitsu Iino
• 关键词：Schwann cell ; Myelin sheath ; Axon ; Mitochondria ; Peripheral neuropathy
• 刊名：Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：74
• 期：5
• 页码：827-835
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• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Cell Biology; Biomedicine, general; Life Sciences, general; Biochemistry, general;
• 出版者：Springer International Publishing
• ISSN：1420-9071
• 卷排序：74

文摘

Formation of myelin sheaths by Schwann cells (SCs) enables rapid and efficient transmission of action potentials in peripheral axons, and disruption of myelination results in disorders that involve decreased sensory and motor functions. Given that construction of SC myelin requires high levels of lipid and protein synthesis, mitochondria, which are pivotal in cellular metabolism, may be potential regulators of the formation and maintenance of SC myelin. Supporting this notion, abnormal mitochondria are found in SCs of neuropathic peripheral nerves in both human patients and the relevant animal models. However, evidence for the importance of SC mitochondria in myelination has been limited, until recently. Several studies have recently used genetic approaches that allow SC-specific ablation of mitochondrial metabolic activity in living animals to show the critical roles of SC mitochondria in the development and maintenance of peripheral nerve axons. Here, we review current knowledge about the involvement of SC mitochondria in the formation and dysfunction of myelinated axons in the peripheral nervous system.