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QBP1 Peptide as a Potential Anti‐Amyloidogenic Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes: An In Vitro Study

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The anti‐amyloidogenic peptide QBP1 effectively halts human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) aggregation, preventing the formation of toxic β‐structured intermediates. Through a combination of biophysical assays, molecular dynamics, and cell‐based studies, QBP1 is shown to preserve β‐cell viability and metabolic homeostasis, positioning it as a ...
María M. Tejero‐Ojeda, Ada Bernaus Vives, Michał Wojciechowski, Dinh Quoc Huy Pham, Mateusz Chwastyk, Mario Vallejo, Anna Novials, Douglas V. Laurents, Mariano Carrión‐Vázquez   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genome of Drosophila suzukii, the spotted wing drosophila. [PDF]

, 2013
Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (spotted wing drosophila) has recently become a serious pest of a wide variety of fruit crops in the United States as well as in Europe, leading to substantial yearly crop losses.
Begun, David J, Chiu, Joanna C, Cridland, Julie M, Hamby, Kelly A, Hamm, Christopher A, Jiang, Xuanting, Kwok, Rosanna S, Lee, Ernest K, Saelao, Perot, Walton, Vaughn M, Zalom, Frank G, Zhang, Guojie, Zhao, Li   +12 more
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Temporal and Cell‐Specific Regulation of Synaptic Homeostasis by the Chromatin Remodeler Chd1

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Chd1, the Drosophila homologue of mammalian CHD2 ‐ a gene linked to autism, epilepsy, and intellectual disability, is required for synaptic homeostatic plasticity. Chd1 in glia is necessary for the rapid induction of synaptic homeostasis, whereas Chd1 in motoneurons, muscle, and glia is critical for long‐term maintenance.
Danielle T. Morency, Tao Cui, Yimei Cai, Chloe Lok, Rachel E. Nokku, Ruoxian Huang, Grace L. Chu, Yumeng Xie, Saleem W. Abu‐Tayeh, Kaikai He, Chengjie Qiu, Junyi Wang, Paxton M. Paganelli, Ting Wang, Gabrielle Williams, Sreejith Nair, Huadong Pei, Dion K. Dickman, Stefano Vicini, Tingting Wang   +19 more
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Drosophila CG3303 is an essential endoribonuclease linked to TDP-43-mediated neurodegeneration [PDF]

, 2017
Endoribonucleases participate in almost every step of eukaryotic RNA metabolism, acting either as degradative or biosynthetic enzymes. We previously identified the founding member of the Eukaryotic EndoU ribonuclease family, whose components display ...
BOZZONI, Irene, CAFFARELLI, ELISA, CAPAUTO, DAVIDE, CAPPUCCI, UGO, CASALE, ASSUNTA MARIA, DI CARLO, VALERIO, DI FRANCO, Carmela Antonia, DI MICCO, PATRIZIO, GIOIA, UBALDO, LANEVE, Pietro, Morea, Veronica, PIACENTINI, Lucia   +11 more
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Endocytic Control of Cell‐Autonomous and Non‐Cell‐Autonomous Functions of p53

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
NUMB Ex3‐containing isoforms localize to the plasma membrane, where they recruit p53 through SNX9 and direct it to multivesicular bodies and exosomes. Exported p53 is taken up by neighboring cells and activates nuclear programs, revealing an intercellular, exosome‐based pathway that might help establish a tumor‐suppressive microenvironment.
Roberta Cacciatore, Andrea Basile, Stefano Freddi, Irene Schiano Lomoriello, Carlo Ribelle Zucca, Giuseppe Ciossani, Luigi Scietti, Alessandro Cuomo, Simona Ronzoni, Simone Pelicci, Mario Faretta, Elena Zaccheroni, Giuliana Pelicci, Vittoria Matafora, Angela Bachi, Rosalind Helen Gunby, Salvatore Pece, Sara Sigismund, Letizia Lanzetti, Ivan Nicola Colaluca, Pier Paolo Di Fiore   +20 more
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A Central Somatic Transmission Mediates Proprioceptive Facilitation of Muscle Pain

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Zhang et al. uncover a novel central mechanism for persistent muscle pain, in which TRPA1 sensitization in MeV proprioceptive neurons enhances somatic secretion. This, in turn, disinhibits descending pain control from neighboring noradrenergic locus coeruleus neurons via local GABAergic circuits, thereby promoting inflammatory muscle pain.
Xiaoyu Zhang, Jiale Yang, Xi Wu, Jie Li, Fujian Lu, Yiman Li, Xingyu Du, Rong Huang, Jamila Asgar, Jing Wang, Ke Ren, Feipeng Zhu, Changhe Wang, Yehua Gan, Feng Wei, Zhuan Zhou   +15 more
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Sulfakinin Signaling Sense Circulating Fructose and Suppresses Food Consumption via Insulin‐Like Peptide in Bactrocera Dorsalis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study discovered a new pathway that tells fruit flies when to stop eating. It found that rising blood sugar (fructose) is detected by a sensor called GR43a. This triggers a chain reaction involving the satiety signal sulfakinin and its receptor, ultimately activating a final satiety signal, ILP5.
Hong‐Fei Li, Bao Dong, Zheng‐Lin Ren, Xue‐Guang Zhu, Quan Lei, Yoonseong Park, Jin‐Jun Wang, Hong‐Bo Jiang   +7 more
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Phosphorylation of Pnut in the Early Stages of Drosophila Embryo Development Affects Association of the Septin Complex with the Membrane and Is Important for Viability

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2018
Septin proteins are polymerizing GTPases that are found in most eukaryotic species. Septins are important for cytokinesis and participate in many processes involving spatial modifications of the cell cortex. In Drosophila, septin proteins Pnut, Sep1, and
Katarina Akhmetova, Maxim Balasov, Anton Svitin, Elena Chesnokova, Matthew Renfrow, Igor Chesnokov   +5 more
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Embedded CRISPRi Enhances Gene‐Silencing Efficiency in Drosophila

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Current CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) technology in Drosophila has limited efficiency. This study introduces the emCRISPRi platform, which significantly enhances transcriptional silencing efficacy by embedding inhibitory domains within the dCas9 architecture.
Pengchong Fu, Xuedi Zhang, Ying Zhou, Jie Zheng, Angyang Sun, Kailong Zhuang, Weiwei Bao, Guanjun Gao   +7 more
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The Drosophila melanogaster LEM-domain protein MAN1

European Journal of Cell Biology, 2006
Here we describe the Drosophila melanogaster LEM-domain protein encoded by the annotated gene CG3167 which is the putative ortholog to vertebrate MAN1. MAN1 of Drosophila (dMAN1) and vertebrates have the following properties in common. Firstly, both molecules are integral membrane proteins of the inner nuclear membrane (INM) and share the same ...
Nicole, Wagner, Birgit, Kagermeier, Silke, Loserth, Georg, Krohne   +3 more
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