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Age-related myelin degradation burdens the clearance function of microglia during aging
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Myelin is synthesized as a multilamellar membrane, but the mechanisms of membrane turnover are unknown. We found that myelin pieces were gradually released from aging myelin sheaths and were subsequently cleared by microglia. Myelin fragmentation increased with age and led to the formation of insoluble, lipofuscin-like lysosomal inclusions in microglia. Thus, age-related myelin fragmentation is substantial, leading to lysosomal storage and contributing to microglial senescence and immune dysfunction in aging.
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“Dysregulation of microglial phagocytosis of synapses has been implicated in the pathology of diverse neurological diseases (Hong et al., 2016; Lui et al., 2016; Vasek et al., 2016), failure to clear myelin debris contributes to CNS regenerative failure (Vargas and Barres, 2007), and problems with microglial uptake and clearance may contribute to aging-associated cognitive decline (Safaiyan et al.,”
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“Cholesterol-rich lysosomes and LDs in dysfunctional microglia have also been observed in the context of demyelination mouse models and human iPS cell models9–12.”
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“Age decreases microglia-mediated clearance of myelin fragments [329], but white matter-restricted microglia (WAM) are an age-dependent state able to clear age-associated damaged myelin [330].”
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“Microglial dysfunction is a hallmark of the aging brain, as cells accumulate excessive myelin debris and acquire a DAM transcriptional state”
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“Removal of damaged myelin components and apoptotic cells is a requisite for remyelination (4, 5).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Safaiyan, S., Kannaiyan, N., Snaidero, N., Brioschi, S., Biber, K., Yona, S., Edinger, A. L., Jung, S., Rossner, M. J., & Simons, M.
- Affiliations
- Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Simons, Mikael
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature Neuroscience
- Published
- 2016-08
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 995-998
- ISSN
- 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-1726
- PMC
- PMC7116794
- OpenAlex
- W2439312023
- Cited by
- 604
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 61 · 2025: 77 · 2024: 71 · 2023: 65 · 2022: 66 · 2021: 74 · 2020: 52 · 2019: 51 · 2018: 49 · 2017: 33 · 2016: 4
- FWCI
- 25.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- DZNE Pub (submittedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
- Keywords
- microglia, aging, myelin debris clearance, lysosomal storage, lipofuscin, microglial senescence, neuroinflammation
- MeSH terms
- Aging, Animals, Brain, Demyelinating Diseases, Lipofuscin, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Myelin Sheath, Microglia
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