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Selective blockade of Cav1.2 (α1C) versus Cav1.3 (α1D) L-type calcium channels by the black mamba toxin calciseptine

Nature Communications
L-type voltage-gated calcium channels are involved in multiple physiological functions. Currently available antagonists do not discriminate between L-type channel isoforms.
Pietro Mesirca, Jean Chemin, Christian Barrère, Eleonora Torre, Laura Gallot, Arnaud Monteil, Isabelle Bidaud, Sylvie Diochot, Michel Lazdunski, Tuck Wah Soong, Stéphanie Barrère-Lemaire, Matteo E. Mangoni, Joël Nargeot   +12 more
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Cytosolic peptides encoding CaV1 C-termini downregulate the calcium channel activity-neuritogenesis coupling

Communications Biology, 2022
When present in the cytosol, a variety of peptides encoded by the distal carboxyl-termini of the L-type CaV1 calcium channels downregulate channel activity and neurite outgrowth.
Yaxiong Yang, Zhen Yu, Jinli Geng, Min Liu, Nan Liu, Ping Li, Weili Hong, Shuhua Yue, He Jiang, Haiyan Ge, Feng Qian, Wei Xiong, Ping Wang, Sen Song, Xiaomei Li, Yubo Fan, Xiaodong Liu   +16 more
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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
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Prenatal Hypoxia Induced Dysfunction in Cerebral Arteries of Offspring Rats

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017
BackgroundHypoxia during pregnancy could cause abnormal development and lead to increased risks of vascular diseases in adults. This study determined angiotensin II (AII)‐mediated vascular dysfunction in offspring middle cerebral arteries (MCA).
Jiaqi Tang, Na Li, Xueyi Chen, Qinqin Gao, Xiuwen Zhou, Yingying Zhang, Bailin Liu, Miao Sun, Zhice Xu   +8 more
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Phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinase as a target of pathogens—friend or foe?

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This graphical summary illustrates the roles of phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinases (PI4Ks). PI4Ks regulate key cellular processes and can be hijacked by pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites, to support their intracellular replication. Their dual role as essential host enzymes and pathogen cofactors makes them promising drug targets.
Ana C. Mendes, Guilherme M. Azevedo, Amanda P. Barcellos, Diana Bahia   +3 more
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Advanced Atrioventricular Block in Athletes: Prevalence and Role of Anti‐Ro/Sjögren Syndrome–Related Antigen A Antibodies

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Advanced atrioventricular block (AVB), that is, higher than second‐degree Mobitz‐1, is an abnormal finding in athletes. Despite intensive investigation, in several cases the pathogenesis remains unknown, but frequently pacemaker implantation ...
Pietro Enea Lazzerini, Iacopo Bertolozzi, Alessandra Cartocci, Vamsi Krishna Murthy Ginjupalli, Pietro Alberto Teneggi, Davide Pica, Giovanni Merico, Irene Bogazzi, Viola Salvini, Riccardo Accioli, Fabio Salvadori, Tommaso Marzotti, Gabriele Cevenini, Matteo Capecchi, Silvia Cantara, Anna Cantore, Maria Infantino, Stefania Bisogno, Francesco Finizola, Flavio D'ascenzi, Franco Laghi‐Pasini, Maurizio Acampa, Pier Leopoldo Capecchi, Mohamed Boutjdir   +23 more
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Structural insights into lacto‐N‐biose I recognition by a family 32 carbohydrate‐binding module from Bifidobacterium bifidum

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bifidobacterium bifidum establishes symbiosis with infants by metabolizing lacto‐N‐biose I (LNB) from human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). The extracellular multidomain enzyme LnbB drives this process, releasing LNB via its catalytic glycoside hydrolase family 20 (GH20) lacto‐N‐biosidase domain.
Xinzhe Zhang, Naoki Sunagawa, Toma Kashima, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Akimasa Miyanaga, Shinya Fushinobu   +5 more
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Molecular bases of circadian magnesium rhythms across eukaryotes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Circadian rhythms in intracellular [Mg2+] exist across eukaryotic kingdoms. Central roles for Mg2+ in metabolism suggest that Mg2+ rhythms could regulate daily cellular energy and metabolism. In this Perspective paper, we propose that ancestral prokaryotic transport proteins could be responsible for mediating Mg2+ rhythms and posit a feedback model ...
Helen K. Feord, Gerben van Ooijen
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Adaptaquin is selectively toxic to glioma stem cells through disruption of iron and cholesterol metabolism

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Adaptaquin selectively kills glioma stem cells while sparing differentiated brain cells. Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses show Adaptaquin disrupts iron and cholesterol homeostasis, with iron chelation amplifying cytotoxicity via cholesterol depletion, mitochondrial dysfunction, and elevated reactive oxygen species.
Adrien M. Vaquié, Davod R. Shah, Eliane E. S. Brechbühl, Michael McNicholas, Zhaoyang Xu, John H. Stockley, Laura Morcom, Diana Gold Diaz, Gemma C. Girdler, Rachel V. Seear, Gabriel Balmus, Rajiv R. Ratan, Harry Bulstrode, James A. Nathan, Manav Pathania, Kevin M. Brindle, David H. Rowitch   +16 more
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Patient‐specific pharmacogenomics demonstrates xCT as predictive therapeutic target in colon cancer with possible implications in tumor connectivity

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study integrates transcriptomic profiling of matched tumor and healthy tissues from 32 colorectal cancer patients with functional validation in patient‐derived organoids, revealing dysregulated metabolic programs driven by overexpressed xCT (SLC7A11) and SLC3A2, identifying an oncogenic cystine/glutamate transporter signature linked to ...
Marco Strecker, Keren Zohar, Martin Böttcher, Thomas Wartmann, Henry Freudenstein, Maximilian Doelling, Mihailo Andric, Wenjie Shi, Or Kakhlon, Katrin Hippe, Beatrix Jahnke, Dimitrios Mougiakakos, Franziska Baenke, Daniel Stange, Roland S. Croner, Michal Linial, Ulf D. Kahlert   +16 more
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