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A methionine‐lined active site governs carbocation stabilization and product specificity in a bacterial terpene synthase

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study reveals a unique active site enriched in methionine residues and demonstrates that these residues play a critical role by stabilizing carbocation intermediates through novel sulfur–cation interactions. Structure‐guided mutagenesis further revealed variants with significantly altered product profiles, enhancing pseudopterosin formation. These
Marion Ringel, Carl P. O. Helmer, Shani Zev, Ronja Driller, Emily Buhr, Markus Reinbold, Renana Schwartz, Gabriel Foley, Mikael Boden, Daniel Garbe, Gerhard Schenk, Dan Thomas Major, Bernhard Loll, Thomas Brück   +13 more
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Aggressive prostate cancer is associated with pericyte dysfunction

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Tumor‐produced TGF‐β drives pericyte dysfunction in prostate cancer. This dysfunction is characterized by downregulation of some canonical pericyte markers (i.e., DES, CSPG4, and ACTA2) while maintaining the expression of others (i.e., PDGFRB, NOTCH3, and RGS5).
Anabel Martinez‐Romero, Ane Martinez‐Larrinaga, Joaquim Grego‐Bessa, Saioa Garcia‐Longarte, Hielke van Splunder, Ianire Astobiza, Amaia Ercilla, Laura Bozal‐Basterra, Isabel Mendizabal, Pilar Villacampa, Arkaitz Carracedo, Mariona Graupera   +11 more
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Cytoplasmic p21 promotes stemness of colon cancer cells via activation of the NFκB pathway

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Cytoplasmic p21 promotes colorectal cancer stem cell (CSC) features by destabilizing the NFκB–IκB complex, activating NFκB signaling, and upregulating BCL‐xL and COX2. In contrast to nuclear p21, cytoplasmic p21 enhances spheroid formation and stemness transcription factor CD133.
Arnatchai Maiuthed, Kerstin Huebner, Katharina Erlenbach‐Wuensch, Chuanpit Hampel, Daniela Thalheim, Adriana Vial‐Roehe, Bodee Nutho, Susanne Merkel, Arndt Hartmann, Pithi Chanvorachote, Regine Schneider‐Stock   +10 more
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In vitro models of cancer‐associated fibroblast heterogeneity uncover subtype‐specific effects of CRISPR perturbations

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Development of therapies targeting cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) necessitates preclinical model systems that faithfully represent CAF–tumor biology. We established an in vitro coculture system of patient‐derived pancreatic CAFs and tumor cell lines and demonstrated its recapitulation of primary CAF–tumor biology with single‐cell transcriptomics ...
Elysia Saputra, Shamsudheen Karuthedath Vellarikkal, Lixia Li, Hong Sun, Khoa Nguyen, Amber Montano, Suchitra Natarajan, Federica Piccioni, Alex Michael Tamburino, Xin Yu, Aleksandra Katarzyna Olow   +10 more
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Cis‐regulatory and long noncoding RNA alterations in breast cancer – current insights, biomarker utility, and the critical need for functional validation

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The noncoding region of the genome plays a key role in regulating gene expression, and mutations within these regions are capable of altering it. Researchers have identified multiple functional noncoding mutations associated with increased cancer risk in the genome of breast cancer patients.
Arnau Cuy Saqués, Aracele Martinez‐Mendez, John Crown, Alex Eustace   +3 more
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Detection of circulating tumor DNA in colorectal cancer patients using a methylation‐specific droplet digital PCR multiplex

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We developed a cost‐effective methylation‐specific droplet digital PCR multiplex assay containing tissue‐conserved and tumor‐specific methylation markers. The assay can detect circulating tumor DNA with high accuracy in patients with localized and metastatic colorectal cancer.
Luisa Matos do Canto, Louise Raunkilde, Jan Lindebjerg, Mads Malik Aagaard, Christina Therkildsen, Jakob Kleif, Lars Henrik Jensen, Torben Frøstrup Hansen, Rikke Fredslund Andersen   +8 more
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Transcriptional network analysis of PTEN‐protein‐deficient prostate tumors reveals robust stromal reprogramming and signs of senescent paracrine communication

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Combining PTEN protein assessment and transcriptomic profiling of prostate tumors, we uncovered a network enriched in senescence and extracellular matrix (ECM) programs associated with PTEN loss and conserved in a mouse model. We show that PTEN‐deficient cells trigger paracrine remodeling of the surrounding stroma and this information could help ...
Ivana Rondon‐Lorefice, Jose I. Lopez, Aitziber Ugalde‐Olano, Maite Zufiaurre, Ianire Astobiza, Natalia Martin‐Martin, Laura Bozal‐Basterra, Saioa Garcia‐Longarte, Amaia Zabala‐Letona, Sofia Rey, Aida Santos‐Martin, Miguel Unda, Ana Loizaga‐Iriarte, Mariona Graupera, Paolo Nuciforo, Arkaitz Carracedo, Isabel Mendizabal   +16 more
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Next‐generation proteomics improves lung cancer risk prediction

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This is one of very few studies that used prediagnostic blood samples from participants of two large population‐based cohorts. We identified, evaluated, and validated an innovative protein marker model that outperformed an established risk prediction model and criteria employed by low‐dose computed tomography in lung cancer screening trials.
Megha Bhardwaj, Clara Frick, Ben Schöttker, Bernd Holleczek, Hermann Brenner   +4 more
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Monitoring of circulating tumor DNA allows early detection of disease relapse in patients with operable breast cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Monitoring circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in patients with operable breast cancer can reveal disease relapse earlier than radiology in a subset of patients. The failure to detect ctDNA in some patients with recurrent disease suggests that ctDNA could serve as a supplement to other monitoring approaches.
Kristin Løge Aanestad, Marie Austdal, Oddmund Nordgård, Gunnar Mellgren, Satu Oltedal, Marie L. Austbø, Ylva H. Vignes, Thomas Helland, Kristin Jonsdottir, Tone H. Lende, Emilius A. M. Janssen, Bjørnar Gilje, Kjersti Tjensvoll, PBCB study group, Gunnar Mellgren, Tone Hoel Lende, Anette Heie, Kristin Viste, Anita Røyneberg Alvheim, Emiel AM Janssen, Kristin Jonsdottir, Ann Cathrine Kroksveen, Thomas Helland, Einar Gudlaugsson, Oddmund Nordgård, Satu Oltedal, Kristin Løge Aanestad, Jan Terje Kvaløy, Kirsten Lode, Kari Britt Hagen, Marie Austdal, Ylva H. Vignes, Siri Tungland Sola, Nina Egeland Amundsen, Finn Magnus Eliassen, Emeritus Ernst A Lien   +35 more
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Plecstatin inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis and invasion through cytolinker plectin

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The ruthenium‐based metallodrug plecstatin exerts its anticancer effect in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) primarily through selective targeting of plectin. By disrupting plectin‐mediated cytoskeletal organization, plecstatin inhibits anchorage‐dependent growth, cell polarization, and tumor cell dissemination.
Zuzana Outla, Jan Kosla, Magdalena Prechova, Lukas Frick, Patricia Bortel, Yasmin Borutzki, Andrea Bileck, Christopher Gerner, Samuel M. Meier‐Menches, Selma Osmanagic‐Myers, Martin Gregor   +10 more
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