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Enhancement of endogenous midbrain neurogenesis by microneurotrophin BNN-20 after neural progenitor grafting in a mouse model of nigral degeneration

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Neural Regeneration Research 2024年第6期19卷 1318-1324页

作者： Theodora Mourtzi Nasia Antoniou Christina Dimitriou Panagiotis Gkaravelas Georgia Athanasopoulou Panagiota Nti Kostantzo Olga Stathi Efthymia Theodorou Maria Anesti Rebecca Matsas Fevronia Angelatou Georgia Kouroupi Ilias Kazanis laboratory of Developmental Biology Department of Biology University of Patras laboratory of cellular and molecular Neurobiology-Stem Cells Hellenic Pasteur Institute 3. Department of Physiology School of Medicine University of Patras

We have previously shown the neuroprotective and pro-neurogenic activity of microneurotrophin BNN-20 in the substantia nigra of the “weaver” mouse, a model of progressive nigrostriatal degeneration. Here, we extended our investigation in two clinically-relevant ways. First, we assessed the effects of BNN-20 on human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural progenitor cells and neurons derived from healthy and parkinsonian donors. Second, we assessed if BNN-20 can boost the outcome of mouse neural progenitor cell intranigral transplantations in weaver mice, at late stages of degeneration. We found that BNN-20 has limited direct effects on cultured human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural progenitor cells, marginally enhancing their differentiation towards neurons and partially reversing the pathological phenotype of dopaminergic neurons generated from parkinsonian donors. In agreement, we found no effects of BNN-20 on the mouse neural progenitor cells grafted in the substantia nigra of weaver mice. However, the graft strongly induced an endogenous neurogenic response throughout the midbrain, which was significantly enhanced by the administration of microneurotrophin BNN-20. Our results provide straightforward evidence of the existence of an endogenous midbrain neurogenic system that can be specifically strengthened by BNN-20. Interestingly, the lack of major similar activity on cultured human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural progenitors and their progeny reveals the in vivo specificity of the aforementioned pro-neurogenic effect.

关键词： adult neurogenesis BNN-20 brain-derived neurotrophic factor cell replacement induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) neurotrophic factors Parkinson’s disease substantia

Heat Shock Factor A1s are required for phytochrome-interacting factor 4-mediated thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis

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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2024年第1期66卷 20-35页

作者： Bingjie Li Shimeng Jiang Liang Gao Wenhui Wang Haozheng Luo Yining Dong Zhihua Gao Shuzhi Zheng Xinye Liu Wenqiang Tang Key laboratory of molecular and cellular Biology of Ministry of Education Hebei Research Center of the Basic Discipline of Cell BiologyHebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell SignalingHebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular BiologyCollege of Life SciencesHebei Normal UniversityShijiazhuang 050024China School of Information Technology Hebei University of Economics and BusinessShijiazhuang 050061China

Thermomorphogenesis and the heat shock(HS)response are distinct thermal responses in plants that are regulated by PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4(PIF4)and HEAT SHOCK FACTOR A1s(HSFA1s),respectively.Little is known about whether these responses are interconnected and whether they are activated by similar mechanisms.An analysis of transcriptome dynamics in response to warm temperature(28℃)treatment revealed that 30 min of exposure activated the expression of a subset of HSFA1 target genes in Arabidopsis thaliana.Meanwhile,a loss-of-function HSFA1 quadruple mutant(hsfa1-cq)was insensitive to warm temperature-induced hypocotyl growth.In hsfa1-cq plants grown at 28℃,the protein and transcript levels of PIF4 were greatly reduced,and the circadian rhythm of many thermomorphogenesis-related genes(including PIF4)was disturbed.Additionally,the nuclear localization of HSFA1s and the binding of HSFA1d to the PIF4 promoter increased following warm temperature exposure,whereas PIF4 overexpression in hsfa1-cq partially rescued the altered warm temperature-induced hypocotyl growth of the mutant.Taken together,these results suggest that HSFA1s are required for PIF4 accumulation at a warm temperature,and they establish a central role for HSFA1s in regulating both thermomorphogenesis and HS responses in Arabidopsis.

关键词： HSFA1 PIF4 thermomorphogenesis

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AtVQ25 promotes salicylic acid-related leaf senescence by fine-tuning the self-repression of AtWRKY53

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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2024年第6期66卷 1126-1147页

作者： Qi Tan Mingming Zhao Jingwei Gao Ke Li Mengwei Zhang Yunjia Li Zeting Liu Yujia Song Xiaoyue Lu Zhengge Zhu Rongcheng Lin Pengcheng Yin Chunjiang Zhou Geng Wang Ministry of Education Key laboratory of molecular and cellular Biology Hebei Research Center of the Basic Discipline of Cell BiologyHebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling and Environmental Adaptation Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology College of Life Sciences Hebei Normal University College of Chemical Engineering Shijiazhuang University Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences

Most mechanistic details of chronologically ordered regulation of leaf senescence are unknown.Regulatory networks centered on AtWRKY53 are crucial for orchestrating and integrating various senescence-related signals. Notably, AtWRKY53binds to its own promoter and represses transcription of AtWRKY53, but the biological significance and mechanism underlying this selfrepression remain unclear. In this study, we identified the VQ motif-containing protein AtVQ25as a cooperator of AtWRKY53. The expression level of AtVQ25 peaked at mature stage and was specifically repressed after the onset of leaf senescence. AtVQ25-overexpressing plants and atvq25 mutants displayed precocious and delayed leaf senescence, respectively. Importantly, we identified AtWRKY53 as an interacting partner of AtVQ25. We determined that interaction between AtVQ25 and AtWRKY53 prevented AtWRKY53from binding to W-box elements on the AtWRKY53promoter and thus counteracted the selfrepression of AtWRKY53. In addition, our RNA-sequencing data revealed that the AtVQ25-AtWRKY53 module is related to the salicylic acid(SA) pathway. Precocious leaf senescence and SA-induced leaf senescence in AtVQ25-overexpressing lines were inhibited by an SA pathway mutant, atsid2, and Nah G transgenic plants; AtVQ25-overexpressing/atwrky53 plants were also insensitive to SA-induced leaf senescence. Collectively, we demonstrated that AtVQ25 directly attenuates the self-repression of AtWRKY53 during the onset of leaf senescence,which is substantially helpful for understanding the timing of leaf senescence onset modulated by AtWRKY53.

关键词： AtWRKY53 leaf senescence salicylic acid transcriptional regulation VQ motif-containing proteins

Transcriptomic and pathological profiling of a new congenic mouse model with Lepr mutation:Evaluating susceptibility to the development of obesity and NAFLD

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Genes & Diseases 2024年第3期11卷 34-38页

作者： MJ Mahesh Kumar Shailendra Arindkar Masum Saini Perumal Nagarajan National Institute of immunology New Delhi 100067India Center for cellular and molecular Biology Hyderabad 500007India Regional Center for Biotechnology Faridabad 121001India

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)and type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM)are two disease conditions for which obesity is a risk factor.^(1)Due to the close relationship between the three pathologies,researchers frequently use the same mouse models to identify the underlying processes of obesity,NAFLD,and T2DM.For instance,leptin(Lep)-null(ob/ob)and leptin receptor(Lepr)-deficient(db/db)mice spontaneously develop NAFLD and show different phenotypes of extreme obesity and diabetes,respectively.

关键词： obesity NAFLD Lep

Generation and characterization of nanobodies targeting GPCR

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Biophysics Reports 2024年第1期10卷 22-30页

作者： Shenglan Zhang Zhiran Fan Jianfeng Liu Bioland laboratory (Guangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health Guangdong laboratory) cellular Signaling laboratory International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of MOST Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of MOE College of Life Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and Technology

G protein-coupled receptors(GPCRs) are a large family of cell membrane proteins that are important targets for drug discovery. Nanobodies, also known as VHH(variable domains of heavy chain-only antibodies, HcAbs) antibodies, are small antibody fragments derived from camelids that have gained significant attention as potential therapeutics for targeting GPCRs due to their advantages over conventional antibodies. However, there are challenges in developing nanobodies targeting GPCRs, among which epitope accessibility is the most significant because the cell membrane partially shields the GPCR surface. We developed a universal protocol for making nanobodies targeting GPCRs using the cell membrane extract of GPCR-overexpressing HEK293 cells as the llama/alpaca immunization antigen. We constructed an immune VHH library and identified nanobodies by phage display bio-panning. The monoclonal nanobodies were recombinantly expressed in Escherichia coli(E. coli) and purified to characterize their binding potency.

关键词： Nanobody Single domain antibody Heavy chain-only antibody GPCR G protein-coupled receptor

Site-specific incorporation of reduction-controlled guest amino acids into proteins for cucurbituril recognition

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Chinese Chemical Letters 2024年第5期35卷 193-196页

作者： Zhen Dai Linzhi Tan Yeyu Su Kerui Zhao Yushun Tian Yu Liu Tao Liu College of Chemistry State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic ChemistryNankai UniversityTianjin 300071China State Key laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs Department of Molecular and Cellular PharmacologySchool of Pharmaceutical SciencesPeking UniversityBeijing 100191China

Protein recognition using host-guest recognition approach is of great interest but has been limited mainly to the protein N-terminal residues.Here,we site-specific incorporated two novel non-canonical amino acids containing supramolecular guest motifs into protein via an expanded genetic code.Through Staudinger reduction reactions,the encoded unnatural residues on protein becoming activated and can be specifically recognized by cucurbit[7]uril(CB[7])and cucurbit[8]uril(CB[8]).We demonstrated that enzyme containing guest amino acid incorporated near the active site can be reversibly regulated by CB[7]recognition,and CB[8]recognition induces protein dimerization.These amino acids will make useful addition to the supramolecular toolbox for protein targeting using molecular recognition approaches.

关键词： Protein recognition Host-guest recognition Non-canonical amino acids Staudinger reduction Expanded genetic code

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Two distinct subpopulations of marginal zone B cells exhibit differential antibody-producing capacities and radioresistance

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cellular & molecular immunology 2024年第4期21卷 393-408页

作者： Sujin Lee Yeunjung Ko Hyun Woo Lee Won Joon Oh Hun Gi Hong Dinuka Ariyaratne Se Jin Im Tae Jin Kim Department of immunology Graduate School of Basic Medical ScienceSungkyunkwan University School of MedicineSuwon16419Republic of Korea Department of immunology and molecular Medicine Faculty of Medical SciencesUniversity of Sri JayewardenepuraNugegodaSri Lanka Present address:immunology and Microbiology Graduate Program Baylor College of MedicineHoustonTX77030USA

Marginal zone(MZ)B cells,which are splenic innate-like B cells that rapidly secrete antibodies(Abs)against blood-borne pathogens,are composed of heterogeneous subpopulations.Here,we showed that MZ B cells can be divided into two distinct subpopulations according to their CD80 expression levels.CD80^(high)MZ B cells exhibited greater Ab-producing,proliferative,and IL-10-secreting capacities than did CD80^(low)MZ B cells.Notably,CD80^(high)MZ B cells survived 2-Gy whole-body irradiation,whereas CD80^(low)MZ B cells were depleted by irradiation and then repleted with one month after irradiation.Depletion of CD80^(low)MZ B cells led to accelerated development of type II collagen(CII)-induced arthritis upon immunization with bovine CII.CD80^(high)MZ B cells exhibited higher expression of genes involved in proliferation,plasma cell differentiation,and the antioxidant response.CD80^(high)MZ B cells expressed more autoreactive B cell receptors(BCRs)that recognized double-stranded DNA or CII,expressed more immunoglobulin heavy chain sequences with shorter complementarity-determining region 3 sequences,and included more clonotypes with no N-nucleotides or with B-1a BCR sequences than CD80^(low)MZ B cells.Adoptive transfer experiments showed that CD21^(+)CD23^(+)transitional 2 MZ precursors preferentially generated CD80^(low)MZ B cells and that a proportion of CD80^(low)MZ B cells were converted into CD80^(high)MZ B cells;in contrast,CD80^(high)MZ B cells stably remained CD80^(high)MZ B cells.In summary,MZ B cells can be divided into two subpopulations according to their CD80 expression levels,Ab-producing capacity,radioresistance,and autoreactivity,and these findings may suggest a hierarchical composition of MZ B cells with differential stability and BCR specificity.

关键词： Marginal Zone B Cell CD80 Autoreactivity Radioresistance

The dual role of striatal interneurons: circuit modulation and trophic support for the basal ganglia

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Neural Regeneration Research 2024年第6期19卷 1277-1283页

作者： Elliot Wegman Marlena Wosiski-Kuhn Yu Luo Department of molecular and cellular Biosciences University of Cincinnati 2. Department of Emergency Medicine at the School of Medicine University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Graduate Program University of Cincinnati

Striatal interneurons play a key role in modulating striatal-dependent behaviors, including motor activity and reward and emotional processing. Interneurons not only provide modulation to the basal ganglia circuitry under homeostasis but are also involved in changes to plasticity and adaptation during disease conditions such as Parkinson’s or Huntington’s disease. This review aims to summarize recent findings regarding the role of striatal cholinergic and GABAergic interneurons in providing circuit modulation to the basal ganglia in both homeostatic and disease conditions. In addition to direct circuit modulation, striatal interneurons have also been shown to provide trophic support to maintain neuron populations in adulthood. We discuss this interesting and novel role of striatal interneurons, with a focus on the maintenance of adult dopaminergic neurons from interneuronderived sonic-hedgehog.

关键词： cholinergic dopamine GABAergic interneuron levodopa-induced dyskinesia parvalbumin sonic hedgehog striatum trophic factor

Metabolic plasticity of T cell fate decision

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中华医学杂志(英文版) 2024年第7期137卷 762-775页

作者： Pan Xiaoli Wang Jiajia Zhang Lianjun Li Guideng Huang Bo Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Beijing 100005 National Key laboratory of Immunity and Inflammation Suzhou Institute of Systems Medicine Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 China Department of immunology & National Key laboratory of Medical molecular Biology

The efficacy of adaptive immune responses in cancer treatment relies heavily on the state of the T cells. Upon antigen exposure, T cells undergo metabolic reprogramming, leading to the development of functional effectors or memory populations. However, within the tumor microenvironment (TME), metabolic stress impairs CD8+ T cell anti-tumor immunity, resulting in exhausted differentiation. Recent studies suggested that targeting T cell metabolism could offer promising therapeutic opportunities to enhance T cell immunotherapy. In this review, we provide a comprehensive summary of the intrinsic and extrinsic factors necessary for metabolic reprogramming during the development of effector and memory T cells in response to acute and chronic inflammatory conditions. Furthermore, we delved into the different metabolic switches that occur during T cell exhaustion, exploring how prolonged metabolic stress within the TME triggers alterations in cellular metabolism and the epigenetic landscape that contribute to T cell exhaustion, ultimately leading to a persistently exhausted state. Understanding the intricate relationship between T cell metabolism and cancer immunotherapy can lead to the development of novel approaches to improve the efficacy of T cell-based treatments against cancer.

关键词： T cell immunotherapy T cell differentiation T cell exhaustion Metabolic reprogramming Tumor microenvironment