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SUBMITTER: Kleinecke S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5417850 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kleinecke Sandra S Richert Sarah S de Hoz Livia L Brügger Britta B Kungl Theresa T Asadollahi Ebrahim E Quintes Susanne S Blanz Judith J McGonigal Rhona R Naseri Kobra K Sereda Michael W MW Sachsenheimer Timo T Lüchtenborg Christian C Möbius Wiebke W Willison Hugh H Baes Myriam M Nave Klaus-Armin KA Kassmann Celia Michèle CM
eLife 20170504
Impairment of peripheral nerve function is frequent in neurometabolic diseases, but mechanistically not well understood. Here, we report a novel disease mechanism and the finding that glial lipid metabolism is critical for axon function, independent of myelin itself. Surprisingly, nerves of Schwann cell-specific <i>Pex5</i> mutant mice were unaltered regarding axon numbers, axonal calibers, and myelin sheath thickness by electron microscopy. In search for a molecular mechanism, we revealed enhan ...[more]