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SUBMITTER: Verheijen MH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2795508 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20091130 50
Myelination requires a massive increase in glial cell membrane synthesis. Here, we demonstrate that the acute phase of myelin lipid synthesis is regulated by sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP) cleavage activation protein (SCAP), an activator of SREBPs. Deletion of SCAP in Schwann cells led to a loss of SREBP-mediated gene expression involving cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis. Schwann cell SCAP mutant mice show congenital hypomyelination and abnormal gait. Interestingly, aging ...[more]