Hypomyelination leukodystrophies constitute a group of heritable white matter disorders exhibiting defective myelin development.Initially identified as a lysosomal protein,the TMEM106B D252N mutant has recently been a...
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Hypomyelination leukodystrophies constitute a group of heritable white matter disorders exhibiting defective myelin development.Initially identified as a lysosomal protein,the TMEM106B D252N mutant has recently been associated with hypomyelination.However,how lysosomal TMEM106B facilitates myelination and how the D252N mutation disrupts that process are poorly understood.We used superresolution Hessian structured illumination microscopy(Hessian-SIM)and spinning discconfocal structured illumination microscopy(SD-SIM)to find that the wild-type TMEM106B protein is targeted to the plasma membrane,filopodia,and lysosomes in human oligodendrocytes.The D252N mutation reduces the size of lysosomes in oligodendrocytes and compromises lysosome changes upon starvation stress.Most importantly,we detected reductions in the length and number of filopodia in cells expressing the D252N mutant.PLP1 is the most abundant myelin protein that almost entirely colocalizes with TMEM106B,and coexpressing PLP1 with the D252N mutant readily rescues the lysosome and filopodia phenotypes of cells.Therefore,interactions between TMEM106B and PLP1 on the plasma membrane are essential for filopodia formation and myelination in oligodendrocytes,which may be sustained by the delivery of these proteins from lysosomes via exocytosis.
Terahertz(THz)technology offers novel opportunities in biology and medicine,thanks to the unique features of THzwave interactions with tissues and cells.Among them,we particularly notice strong sensitivity of THz wave...
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Terahertz(THz)technology offers novel opportunities in biology and medicine,thanks to the unique features of THzwave interactions with tissues and cells.Among them,we particularly notice strong sensitivity of THz waves to the tissue water,as a medium for biochemical reactions and a main endogenous marker for THz spectroscopy and imaging.Tissues of the brain have an exceptionally high content of water.This factor,along with the features of the structural organization and biochemistry of neuronal and glial tissues,makes the brain an exciting subject to study in the THz range.In this paper,progress and prospects of THz technology in neurodiagnostics are overviewed,including diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease,myelin deficit,tumors of the central nervous system(with an emphasis on brain gliomas),and traumatic brain injuries.Fundamental and applied challenges in study of the THz-wave–brain tissue interactions and development of the THz biomedical tools and systems for neurodiagnostics are discussed.
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