CCR2+ monocyte-derived macrophages, recruited to the neuromuscular junction by motor neuron-secreted CCL2, selectively infiltrate and strip fast-fatigable (IIb/IIx fibre) NMJs via matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) cleavage of the laminin alpha-5/beta-2 NMJ scaffold. Fast motor neurons express higher CCL2 and lower TIMP-1 (MMP-9 inhibitor) than slow motor units, creating a chemokine gradient that explains selective NMJ vulnerability. Genetic or pharmacological MMP-9 blockade should preferentiall
EIF2S1,eIF2α,PERK,GCN2,ATF4,TOMM20,TIMM23,NDUFS1,NDUFS3,COX4I1,COX5A,mitochondrial protein import · ALS · mechanistic
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The Integrated Stress Response (ISR) controls cellular protein synthesis through eIF2α phosphorylation, but this hypothesis proposes that chronic ISR activation in ALS motor neurons creates a pathological cascade that specifically disrupts mitochondrial protein homeostasis and bioenergetics. In ALS, chronic eIF2α~P elevation (>0.7 normalized phosphorylation) caused by proteostatic stress from TDP-43/FUS aggregates selectively impairs synthesis of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins, including
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Theorist position for analysis f7f8019f-08f6-428b-adff-85e8ea202b60: CCL2-CCR2 Axis at NMJ: Mechanism of Selective Motor Neuron Vulnerability in ALS
Source basis: The CCL2-CCR2 axis drives neuromuscu...
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"title": "CCL2-CCR2 myeloid signaling as a selective driver of fast-fatigable motor-neuron denervation as proximal driver in CCL2-CCR2 Axis at NMJ: Mechanism of ...