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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

GreenPhos,a universal method for in-depth measurement of plant phosphoproteomes with high quantitative reproducibility

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molecular Plant 2024年第1期17卷 199-213页

作者： Xiaoxiao Duan Yuanya Zhang Xiahe Huang Xiao Ma Hui Gao Yan Wang Zhen Xiao Chengcheng Huang Zhongshu Wang Bolong Li Wenqiang Yang Yingchun Wang State Key laboratory of molecular developmental biology Institute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBejing 100101China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Bejing 100049China Key laboratory of Photobiology Instute of BotanyChinese Academy of SciencesBejing 100093China

Protein phosphorylation regulates a variety of important cellular and physiological processes in plants.In-depth profiling of plant phosphoproteomes has been more technically challenging than that of animal phosphoproteomes.This is largely due to the need to improve protein extraction efficiency from plant cells,which have a dense cell wall,and to minimize sample loss resulting from the stringent sample clean-up steps required for the removal of a large amount of biomolecules interfering with phosphopeptide purification and mass spectrometry analysis.To this end,we developed a method with a streamlined workflow for highly efficient purification of phosphopeptides from tissues of various green organisms including Arabidopsis,rice,tomato,and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii,enabling in-depth identification with high quantitative reproducibility of about 11000 phosphosites,the greatest depth achieved so far with single liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry(LC-MS)runs operated in a data-dependent acquisition(DDA)mode.The mainstay features of the method are the minimal sample loss achieved through elimination of sample clean-up before protease digestion and of desalting before phosphopeptide enrichment and hence the dramatic increases of time-and cost-effectiveness.The method,named GreenPhos,combined with single-shot LC-MS,enabled in-depth quantitative identification of Arabidopsis phosphoproteins,including differentially phosphorylated spliceosomal proteins,at multiple time points during salt stress and a number of kinase substrate motifs.GreenPhos is expected to serve as a universal method for purification of plant phosphopeptides,which,if samples are further fractionated and analyzed by multiple LC-MS runs,could enable measurement of plant phosphoproteomes with an unprecedented depth using a given mass spectrometry technology.

关键词： plant phosphoproteomics phosphopeptides LC–MS Arabidopsis salt stress

Emerging roles and therapeutic potentials of sphingolipids in pathophysiology:emphasis on fatty acyl heterogeneity

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Journal of Genetics and Genomics 2024年第3期51卷 268-278页

作者： Jinming Mu Sin Man Lam Guanghou Shui State Key laboratory of molecular developmental biology Institute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100101China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100101China Lipidall Technologies Company Limited ChangzhouJiangsu 213000China

Sphingolipids not only exert structural roles in cellular membranes,but also act as signaling molecules in various physiological and pathological processes.A myriad of studies have shown that abnormal levels of sphingolipids and their metabolic enzymes are associated with a variety of human diseases.Moreover,blood sphingolipids can also be used as biomarkers for disease diagnosis.This review summarizes the biosynthesis,metabolism,and pathological roles of sphingolipids,with emphasis on the biosynthesis of ceramide,the precursor for the biosynthesis of complex sphingolipids with different fatty acyl chains.The possibility of using sphingolipids for disease prediction,diagnosis,and treatment is also discussed.Targeting endogenous ceramides and complex sphingolipids along with their specific fatty acyl chain to promote future drug development will also be discussed.

关键词： Sphingolipids Ceramide Therapeutic targets Microdomain Biomarker

Pyruvate kinase M in germ cells is essential for sperm motility and male fertility but not spermatogenesis

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Asian Journal of Andrology 2024年第2期26卷 212-219页

作者： Gao-Qing Qian Xiao-Chen Wang Xi Zhang Bin Shen Qiang Liu State Key laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjing 211166China Shanghai Key laboratory of Reproductive Medicine Department of HistoembryologyGenetics and Developmental BiologyShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghai 200025China State Key laboratory of molecular biology Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular AndrologyShanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell BiologyCenter for Excellence in Molecular Cell ScienceChinese Academy of SciencesUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesShanghai 200031China

Male germ cells employ specific metabolic pathways throughout their developmental stages.In a previous study,we discovered heightened expression of pyruvate kinase M(PKM),a pivotal glycolytic enzyme,in spermatogonia and spermatids.To gain deeper insights into PKM's roles in spermatogenesis,sperm function,and male fertility,we engineered a conditional-knockout mouse model(Pkm-vkO mice)to selectively disrupt the Pkm gene within germ cells.Despite maintaining regular testicular histology and sperm morphology,the male Pkm-vko mice were infertility,characterized by significant impairments in sperm motility and adenosine triphosphate(ATP)generation.In addition,Pkm-null spermatozoa exhibited similar deficits in protein tyrosine phosphorylation linked to capacitation,as well as compromised performance in in vitro fertilization experiments.To conclude,PKM's presence is not obligatory for the entirety of spermatogenesis in male germ cells;however,it emerges as a critical factor influencing sperm motility and overall male fertility.

关键词： glycolysis male fertility pyruvate kinase M sperm motility spermatogenesis

KLF4 facilitates chromatin accessibility remodeling in porcine early embryos

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Science China(Life Sciences) 2024年第1期67卷 96-112页

作者： Wei Zhu Guowei Bu Ruifeng Hu Jixiang Zhang Lianyong Qiao Kai Zhou Tingting Wang Qiao Li Jingjing Zhang Linhui Wu Yali Xie Taotao Hu Shichun Yang Jiaqi Guan Xiaoyu Chu Juanjuan Shi Xia Zhang Falong Lu Xin Liu Yi-Liang Miao Institute of Stem Cell and Regenerative biology College of Animal Science and Veterinary MedicineHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan 430070China Key laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics Breeding and Reproduction(Huazhong Agricultural University)Ministry of EducationWuhan 430070China State Key laboratory of molecular developmental biology Institute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy of Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100101China Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan 430070China Hubei Hongshan laboratory Wuhan 430070China

Chromatin accessibility remodeling driven by pioneer factors is critical for the development of early embryos.Current studies have illustrated several pioneer factors as being important for agricultural animals,but what are the pioneer factors and how the pioneer factors remodel the chromatin accessibility in porcine early embryos is not clear.By employing low-input DNase-seq(liDNase-seq),we profiled the landscapes of chromatin accessibility in porcine early embryos and uncovered a unique chromatin accessibility reprogramming pattern during porcine preimplantation development.Our data revealed that KLF4 played critical roles in remodeling chromatin accessibility in porcine early embryos.Knocking down of KLF4 led to the reduction of chromatin accessibility in early embryos,whereas KLF4 overexpression promoted the chromatin openness in porcine blastocysts.Furthermore,KLF4 deficiency resulted in mitochondrial dysfunction and developmental failure of porcine embryos.In addition,we found that overexpression of KLF4 in blastocysts promoted lipid droplet accumulation,whereas knockdown of KLF4 disrupted this process.Taken together,our study revealed the chromatin accessibility dynamics and identified KLF4 as a key regulator in chromatin accessibility and cellular metabolism during porcine preimplantation embryo development.

关键词： porcine embryos liDNase-seq chromatin accessibility KLF4 mitochondrion lipid droplets

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Phase separation of GRP7 facilitated by FERONIAmediated phosphorylation inhibits mRNA translation to modulate plant temperature resilience

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molecular Plant 2024年第3期17卷 460-477页

作者： Fan Xu Long Wang Yingbin Li Junfeng Shi Dorothee Staiger Feng Yu state Key laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics College of Biologyand Hunan Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental RegulationHunanUniversityChangsha 410082P.R.China State Key laboratory of Hybrid Rice Hunan Agricultural Biotechnology Research InstituteHunan Academy of Agricultural SciencesChangsha 410125P.R.China RNA biology and molecular Physiology Faculty of BiologyBielefeld University33615 BielefeldGermany

Changes in ambient temperature profoundly affect plant growth and performance.Therefore,the molecu-larbasis of plant acclimation to temperature fluctuation is of great interest.In this study,we discovered that GLYCINE-RICH RNA-BINDING PROTEIN 7(GRP7)contributes to cold and heat tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana.We found that exposure to a warm temperature rapidly induces GRP7 condensates in planta,which can be reversed by transfer to a lower temperature.Cell biology and biochemical assays revealed that GRP7 undergoes liquid-liquid phase separation(LLPS)in vivo and in vitro.LLPS of GRP7 in the cyto-plasm contributes to the formation of stress granules that recruit RNA,along with the translation machinery component eukaryotic initiation factor 4E1(elF4E1)and the mRNA chaperones COLD SHOCK PROTEIN 1(CSP1)and CSP3,to inhibit translation.Moreover,natural variations in GRP7 affecting the residue phos-phorylated by the receptorkinase FERONIA alter its capacity to undergo LLPS and correlate with the adap-tation of some Arabidopsis accessions to a widertemperature range.Taken together,ourfindings illustrate the role of translational control mediated by GRP7 LLPS to confer plants with temperature resilience.

关键词： fluctuating temperature glycine-rich RNA-binding protein phase separation cold shock proteins translation

Mitogenome-based phylogeny of mosquitoes(Diptera:Culicidae)

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Insect Science 2024年第2期31卷 599-612页

作者： De-Hong Chen Shu-Lin He Wen-Bo Fu Zhen-Tian Yan Yun-Jian Hu Huan Yuan Ming-Bin Wang Bin Chen Chongqing Key laboratory of Vector Insects Institute of Entomology and Molecular BiologyChongqing Normal UniversityChongqingChina

Mosquitoes are of great medical significance as vectors of many deadly diseases.Mitogenomes have been widely used in phylogenetic studies,but mitogenome knowledge within the family Culicidae is limited,and Culicidae phylogeny is far from resolved.In this study,we surveyed the mitogenomes of 149 Culicidae species,including 7 newly sequenced species.Comparative analysis of 149 mosquito mitogenomes shows gene composition and order to be identical to that of an ancestral insect,and the AT bias,length variation,and codon usage are all consistent with that of other reported Dipteran mitogenomes.Phylogenetic analyses based on the DNA sequences of the 13 protein-coding genes from the 149 species robustly support the monophyly of the subfamily Anophelinae and the tribes Aedini,Culicini,Mansonini,Sabethini,and Toxorhynchitini.To resolve ambiguous relationships between clades within the subfamily Culicinae,we performed topological tests and show that Aedini is a sister to Culicini and that Uranotaenini is a sister to(Mansonini)+(Toxorhynchitini+Sabethini).In addition,we estimated divergence times using a Bayesian relaxation clock based on the sequence data and 3 fossil calibration points.The results show mosquitoes diverged during the Early Jurassic with massive Culicinae radiations during the Cretaceous,coincident with the emergence of angiosperms and the burst of mammals and birds.Overall,this study,which uses the largest number of Culicidae mitogenomes sequenced to date,comprehensively reveals the mitogenome characteristics and mitogenome-based phylogeny and divergence times of Culicidae,providing information for further studies on the mitogenome,phylogeny,evolution,and taxonomic revision of Culicidae.

关键词： characterization Culicidae evolution mitogenomes mosquitoes phylogeny

Classifying hepatitis B therapies with insights from covalently closed circular DNA dynamics

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Virologica Sinica 2024年第1期39卷 9-23页

作者： Jie-Li Hu Ai-Long Huang Key laboratory of molecular biology on Infectious Diseases Ministry of EducationChongqing Medical UniversityChongqing400016China

The achievement of a functional cure for chronic hepatitis B(CHB)remains limited to a minority of patients treated with currently approved drugs.The primary objective in developing new anti-HBV drugs is to enhance the functional cure rates for CHB.A critical prerequisite for the functional cure of CHB is a substantial reduction,or even eradication of covalently closed circular DNA(cccDNA).Within this context,the changes in cccDNA levels during treatment become as a pivotal concern.We have previously analyzed the factors influencing cccDNA dynamics and introduced a preliminary classification of hepatitis B treatment strategies based on these dynamics.In this review,we employ a systems thinking perspective to elucidate the fundamental aspects of the HBV replication cycle and to rationalize the classification of treatment strategies according to their impact on the dynamic equilibrium of cccDNA.Building upon this foundation,we categorize current anti-HBV strategies into two distinct groups and advocate for their combined use to significantly reduce cccDNA levels within a well-defined timeframe.

关键词： Hepatitis B cccDNA Functional cure Dynamics Treatment Strategy

TRAIL and Celastrol Combinational Treatment Suppresses Proliferation, Migration, and Invasion of Human Glioblastoma Cells via Targeting Wnt/β-catenin Signaling Pathway

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Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 2024年第4期30卷 322-329页

作者： QIN Jing-jing NIU Meng-da CHA Zhe GENG Qing-hua LI Yu-lin REN Chun-guang David P.Molloy YU Hua-rong Research Center of Neuroscience School of Basic Medical SciencesChongqing Medical UniversityChongqing(400016)China laboratory of developmental biology Department of Cell Biology and GeneticsSchool of Basic Medical SciencesChongqing Medical UniversityChongqing(400016)China Department of Biochemistry and molecular biology School of Basic Medical SciencesChongqing Medical UniversityChongqing(400016)China

Objective To investigate the mechanistic basis for the anti-proliferation and anti-invasion effect of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-induced ligand(TRAIL)and celastrol combination treatment(TCCT)in glioblastoma cells.Methods Cell counting kit-8 was used to detect the effects of different concentrations of celastrol(0-16µmol/L)and TRAIL(0-500 ng/mL)on the cell viability of glioblastoma cells.U87 cells were randomly divided into 4 groups,namely control,TRAIL(TRAIL 100 ng/mL),Cel(celastrol 0.5µmol/L)and TCCT(TRAIL 100 ng/mL+celastrol 0.5µmol/L).Cell proliferation,migration,and invasion were detected by colony formation,wound healing,and Transwell assays,respectively.Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting were performed to assess the levels of epithelial-mesenchymal transition(EMT)markers(zona occludens,N-cadherin,vimentin,zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox,Slug,and β-catenin).Wnt pathway was activated by lithium chloride(LiCl,20 mol/L)and the mechanism for action of TCCT was explored.Results Celastrol and TRAIL synergistically inhibited the proliferation,migration,invasion,and EMT of U87 cells(P<0.01).TCCT up-regulated the expression of GSK-3β and down-regulated the expression of β-catenin and its associated proteins(P<0.05 or P<0.01),including c-Myc,Cyclin-D1,and matrix metalloproteinase(MMP)-2.In addition,LiCl,an activator of the Wnt signaling pathway,restored the inhibitory effects of TCCT on the expression of β-catenin and its downstream genes,as well as the migration and invasion of glioblastoma cells(P<0.05 or P<0.01).Conclusions Celastrol and TRAIL can synergistically suppress glioblastoma cell migration,invasion,and EMT,potentially through inhibition of Wnt/β-catenin pathway.This underlies a novel mechanism of action for TCCT as an effective therapy for glioblastoma.

关键词： celastrol Chinese medicine tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-induced ligand glioblastoma β-catenin Tripterygium wilfordii

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