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Exploring lipid diversity and minimalism to define membrane requirements for synthetic cells

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Designing the lipid membrane of synthetic cells is a complex task, in which its various roles (among them solute transport, membrane protein support, and self‐replication) should all be integrated. In this review, we report the latest top‐down and bottom‐up advances and discuss compatibility and complexity issues of current engineering approaches ...
Sergiy Gan, Victoria Scarpelli, Marten Exterkate   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microbial exopolysaccharide production by polyextremophiles in the adaptation to multiple extremes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Polyextremophiles are microorganisms that endure multiple extreme conditions by various adaptation strategies that also include the production of exopolysaccharides (EPSs). This review provides an integrated perspective on EPS biosynthesis, function, and regulation in these organisms, emphasizing their critical role in survival and highlighting their ...
Tracey M Gloster, Ebru Toksoy Öner
wiley   +1 more source

An ancestral interaction module promotes oligomerization in divergent mitochondrial ATP synthases

Nature Communications, 2022
Mitochondrial ATP synthase assemble into oligomers. Here, authors resolve the structure of trypanosomal ATP synthase, showing that its dimerization is essential for function and evolutionary conserved.
Ondřej Gahura, Alexander Mühleip, Carolina Hierro-Yap, Brian Panicucci, Minal Jain, David Hollaus, Martina Slapničková, Alena Zíková, Alexey Amunts   +8 more
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RKIP overexpression reduces lung adenocarcinoma aggressiveness and sensitizes cells to EGFR‐targeted therapies

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
RKIP, a metastasis suppressor protein, modulates key oncogenic pathways in lung adenocarcinoma. In silico analyses linked low RKIP expression to poor survival. Functional studies revealed RKIP overexpression reduces tumor aggressiveness and enhances sensitivity to EGFR‐targeted therapies, while its loss promotes resistance.
Ana Raquel‐Cunha, Joana Pinheiro, Rui F. Marques, Patrícia Fontão, Diana Cardoso‐Carneiro, Adriana Mendes, Izabela N. F. Gomes, Ana Carolina Laus, Renato J. da Silva‐Oliveira, Rui Manuel Reis, Olga Martinho   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying prognostic targets in metastatic prostate cancer beyond AR

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Genome‐wide functional screens combined with a large gene expression database and clinical outcomes can identify new therapeutic vulnerabilities in prostate cancer. Eight potentially druggable targets demonstrated strong dependency in cell lines, were associated with worse prognosis clinically, and showed evidence of protein expression in prostate ...
Emily Feng, Eric Feng, Tracy Berg, Isabella S. Nguyen, Lilac G. Nguyen, William Chen, Meng Zhang, David Quigley, Marina Sharifi, Haolong Li, Ilsa Coleman, Peter S. Nelson, Martin Sjöström, Shuang G. Zhao   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the regulation of undecaprenyl diphosphate dephosphorylation in Escherichia coli

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
BacA, PgpB, and YbjG phosphatases are involved in undecaprenyl phosphate (C55P) synthesis in Escherichia coli. We analyzed the lipid contents and the gene expression in the gene‐disruption strains. Undecaprenyl diphosphate (C55PP) level increased in the bacA, ybjG double‐disruption strain, but C55P levels were similar in all strains.
Tomotaka Jitsukawa, Yasushi Shigeri, Shingo Fujisaki   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Matrix: a complex amalgam of structures and functions in tumor microenvironment

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The matrix is a dynamic, intricate three‐dimensional mesh of biomolecules with both structural and functional properties. This review deals with the complexity of this ‘molecular amalgam’ in the tumor microenvironment and highlights its importance in the maintenance and evolution of tumors by describing certain matrix biomolecules, such as ...
Spyros S. Skandalis, Evgenia Tsoukala, Theodora D. Sarantopoulou, Maria‐Elpida Christopoulou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phenotypic plasticity in a novel set of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor‐adapted non‐small cell lung cancer cell lines

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Phenotypic plasticity in a newly established set of EGFR inhibitor‐adapted NSCLC cell lines during adaptation and in established cell lines. Here, we introduce novel sublines of the EGFR‐mutant non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines HCC827 and HCC4006 adapted to the EGFR kinase inhibitors gefitinib (HCC827rGEFI2μm, HCC4006rGEFI1μm), erlotinib ...
Tharsagini V. Nanthaprakash, Campbell W. Gourlay, Ina Oehme, Michelle D. Garrett, Jindrich Cinatl Jr, Mark N. Wass, Martin Michaelis   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liver‐specific lncRNAs associated with liver cancers

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Long non‐coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are regulatory molecules with various functions. They are more tissue‐specific than proteins and can be used as potential biomarkers, particularly in cancer diagnostics and prognosis. In this review, we have systematically compiled all lncRNAs with exclusive expression in the human liver, verified their liver specificity ...
Olga Y. Burenina, Roman K. Makarchenko, Maria P. Rubtsova, Olga A. Dontsova   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inhibition of the ATP synthase sensitizes Staphylococcus aureus towards human antimicrobial peptides

Scientific Reports, 2020
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an important part of the human innate immune system for protection against bacterial infections, however the AMPs display varying degrees of activity against Staphylococcus aureus. Previously, we showed that inactivation
Liping Liu, Christian Beck, Katrine Nøhr-Meldgaard, Andreas Peschel, Dorothee Kretschmer, Hanne Ingmer, Martin Vestergaard   +6 more
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