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Pharmacological hallmarks of allostery at the M4 muscarinic receptor elucidated through structure and dynamics

eLife, 2023
Allosteric modulation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is a major paradigm in drug discovery. Despite decades of research, a molecular-level understanding of the general principles that govern the myriad pharmacological effects exerted by GPCR ...
Ziva Vuckovic, Jinan Wang, Vi Pham, Jesse I Mobbs, Matthew J Belousoff, Apurba Bhattarai, Wessel AC Burger, Geoff Thompson, Mahmuda Yeasmin, Vindhya Nawaratne, Katie Leach, Emma T van der Westhuizen, Elham Khajehali, Yi-Lynn Liang, Alisa Glukhova, Denise Wootten, Craig W Lindsley, Andrew Tobin, Patrick Sexton, Radostin Danev, Celine Valant, Yinglong Miao, Arthur Christopoulos, David M Thal   +23 more
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Engineered extracellular vesicles enriched with the miR‐214/199a cluster enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy in ovarian cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Loss of the miR‐214/199a cluster is associated with recurrence in ovarian cancer. Engineered small extracellular vesicles (m214‐sEVs) elevate miR‐214‐3p/miR‐199a‐5p in tumor cells, suppress β‐catenin, TLR4, and YKT6 signaling, reprogram tumor‐derived sEV cargo, reduce chemoresistance and migration, and enhance carboplatin efficacy and survival in ...
Weida Wang, Ayesha Alvero, Yi Qin, Mingjin Wang, Alexandra Fox, Yanfeng Li, Michael Millman, Amy Kemper, Gil Mor, Xian Shuang Liu, Michael Chopp, Zheng Gang Zhang, Yi Zhang   +12 more
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Interpreting the effects of DNA polymerase variants at the structural level

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Using MAVISp and molecular dynamics simulations, we analyzed over 60 000 missense variants in POLE and POLD1 from ClinVar, COSMIC, cBioPortal, and saturation mutagenesis. Identified mechanistic indicators, including stability, binding, and long‐range, enable structural interpretation, providing ACMG‐like evidence for possible reclassification of VUS ...
Matteo Arnaudi, Karolina Krzesińska, Ludovica Beltrame, Pablo Sánchez‐Izquierdo Besora, Matteo Tiberti, Mef Nilbert, Anna Rohlin, Elena Papaleo   +7 more
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Cryo-Electron Microscopy for Cancer

International Journal of Trends in OncoScience, 2023
A review paper on cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is essential to assess the recent advancements in this revolutionary imaging technique. As cryo-EM continues to revolutionize structural biology, a comprehensive review can consolidate the knowledge, highlight technical challenges, and offer insights into future developments, promoting better ...
Dr Bablee Jyoti, Dr Anand Mohan Jha, Dr Jagadeesh Dhamodharan, Dr Aswinprakash Subramanian   +3 more
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A light‐triggered Time‐Resolved X‐ray Solution Scattering (TR‐XSS) workflow with application to protein conformational dynamics

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Time‐resolved X‐ray solution scattering captures how proteins change shape in real time under near‐native conditions. This article presents a practical workflow for light‐triggered TR‐XSS experiments, from data collection to structural refinement. Using a calcium‐transporting membrane protein as an example, the approach can be broadly applied to study ...
Fatemeh Sabzian‐Molaei, Fredrik Orädd, Konstantinos Magkakis, Magnus Andersson   +3 more
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Recent Advances in Cryo Electron Microscopy and Tomography [PDF]

Structural Dynamics
In the recent years, cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) single-particle analysis (SPA) has greatly benefited from a multitude of technological advances cumulating in breaking the atomic-resolution barrier for biological macromolecules.
Eliza Nieweglowska, Marc M. H. Storms, Matt Joens   +2 more
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From energy provision to protein synthesis: Tunnelling nanotubes as mediators of intercellular metabolic cooperation in cancer

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The cytoskeleton‐mediated transport of mitochondria via tunnelling nanotubes restores respiration, increases ATP production, rescues cells from apoptosis, activates the AKT/mTOR signalling pathway, promotes cell migration and invasiveness, contributes to cancer progression and treatment resistance.
Stanislava Martínková, Jan Trnka
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Cryo-electron microscopy structures of VCP/p97 reveal a new mechanism of oligomerization regulation [PDF]

, 2021
Guimei Yu, Yunpeng Bai, Kunpeng Li, Ovini Amarasinghe, Wen Jiang, Zhong‐Yin Zhang   +5 more
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Optimizing weighting functions for cryo-electron microscopy

Biophysics Reports, 2021
The frequency-dependent signal to noise ratio of cryo-electron microscopy data varies dramatically with the frequency and with the type of the data. During different steps of data processing, data with distinct SNR are used for calculations. Thus, specific weighting function based on the particular SNR should be designed to optimize the corresponding ...
Cheng, Jing, Zhang, Xinzheng
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Engineered protein subunit COVID19 vaccine is as immunogenic as nanoparticles in mouse and hamster models

Scientific Reports
Initial studies on the immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 (CoV-2) S glycoprotein (“spike”) as a protein subunit vaccine suggested sub-optimal efficacy in mammals.
Melissa M. Matthews, Tae Gyun Kim, Keon Young Kim, Vladimir Meshcheryakov, Higor Alves Iha, Miho Tamai, Daiki Sasaki, Paola Laurino, Saacnicteh Toledo-Patiño, Mary Collins, Tzung-Yang Hsieh, Satoshi Shibata, Noriko Shibata, Fumiko Obata, Jun Fujii, Toshihiro Ito, Hiroshi Ito, Hiroki Ishikawa, Matthias Wolf   +18 more
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