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Refining the NaV1.7 pharmacophore of a class of venom‐derived peptide inhibitors via a combination of in silico screening and rational engineering

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Venom peptides have shown promise in treating pain. Our study uses computer screening to identify a peptide that targets a sodium channel (NaV1.7) linked to chronic pain. We produced the peptide in the laboratory and refined its design, advancing the search for innovative pain therapies.
Gagan Sharma, Jennifer R. Deuis, Xinying Jia, Theo Crawford, Sassan Rahnama, Eivind A. B. Undheim, Irina Vetter, Yanni K. ‐Y. Chin, Mehdi Mobli   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Parallelized Nanofluidic Device for High-Throughput Optical DNA Mapping of Bacterial Plasmids

Micromachines, 2021
Optical DNA mapping (ODM) has developed into an important technique for DNA analysis, where single DNA molecules are sequence-specifically labeled and stretched, for example, in nanofluidic channels.
Sriram KK, Yii-Lih Lin, Tsegaye Sewunet, Marie Wrande, Linus Sandegren, Christian G. Giske, Fredrik Westerlund   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae amino acid transporter Lyp1 has a broad substrate spectrum

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Yeast Amino acid Transporter family members mediate the import of amino acids, ranging from substrate specialists to generalists. Here, we show that the specialist transporter, Lyp1, has a broader substrate spectrum than previously described, with affinity constants spanning from micromolar to millimolar.
Foteini Karapanagioti, Sebastian Obermaier, Dirk J. Slotboom, Bert Poolman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brazilian Ironstone Plant Communities as Reservoirs of Culturable Bacteria With Diverse Biotechnological Potential

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Extensive mineral extractivism in the Brazilian Iron Quadrangle (IQ) region has destroyed large areas of land, decimating plant species, and their associated microbiota.
Washington L. Caneschi, Érica B. Felestrino, Natasha P. Fonseca, Morghana M. Villa, Camila G. de C. Lemes, Isabella F. Cordeiro, Renata de A. B. Assis, Angélica B. Sanchez, Izadora T. Vieira, Luciana H. Y. Kamino, Flávio F. do Carmo, Camila C. M. Garcia, Camila C. M. Garcia, Leandro M. Moreira, Leandro M. Moreira   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Obesity alters the fitness of peritumoral adipose tissue, exacerbating tumor invasiveness in renal cancer through the induction of ADAM12 and CYP1B1

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Tumor microenvironment drives cancer formation and progression. We analyzed the role of human cancer‐associated adipocytes from patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) stratified as lean, overweight, or obese. RNA‐seq demonstrated that, among the most altered genes involved in the tumor–stroma crosstalk, are ADAM12 and CYP1B1, which were proven to be ...
Sepehr Torabinejad, Caterina Miro, Annarita Nappi, Francesco Del Giudice, Annunziata Gaetana Cicatiello, Serena Sagliocchi, Lucia Acampora, Federica Restolfer, Melania Murolo, Emery Di Cicco, Federico Capone, Ciro Imbimbo, Monica Dentice, Felice Crocetto   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Progressive Rearrangement of Telomeric Sequences Added to Both the ITR Ends of the Yeast Linear pGKL Plasmid

Biological Procedures Online, 2003
Relocation into the nucleus of the yeast cytoplasmic linear plasmids was studied using a monitor plasmid pCLU1. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the nuclearly-relocated pCLU1 replicated in a linear form (termed pTLU-type plasmid) which carried the host ...
Gunge Norio, Takata Hideki, Matsuura Akira, Fukuda Kohsai   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

TRPM4 contributes to cell death in prostate cancer tumor spheroids, and to extravasation and metastasis in a zebrafish xenograft model system

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Transient receptor potential melastatin‐4 (TRPM4) is overexpressed in prostate cancer (PCa). Knockout of TRPM4 resulted in reduced PCa tumor spheroid size and decreased PCa tumor spheroid outgrowth. In addition, lack of TRPM4 increased cell death in PCa tumor spheroids.
Florian Bochen, Saurav Subedi, Federico La Manna, Sofia Jarrin, Irida Papapostolou, Marianna Kruithof‐de Julio, Christine Peinelt   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cystatin A promotes the antitumor activity of T helper type 1 cells and dendritic cells in murine models of pancreatic cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a disease with very poor prognosis due to therapeutic limitations. We investigated the antitumor effects of cystatin A (CSTA) in PDAC murine models. We are first to confirm that CSTA enhances T helper type 1‐mediated antitumor effects through promotion of dendritic cells and M1 macrophage activity. CSTA can be
Alessandro Nasti, Shingo Inagaki, Tuyen Thuy Bich Ho, Akihiro Seki, Keiko Yoshida, Kosuke Satomura, Yoshio Sakai, Shuichi Kaneko, Taro Yamashita   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

MET variants with activating N‐lobe mutations identified in hereditary papillary renal cell carcinomas still require ligand stimulation

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
MET variants in the N‐lobe of the kinase domain, found in hereditary papillary renal cell carcinoma, require ligand stimulation to promote cell transformation, in contrast to other RTK variants. This suggests that HGF expression in the microenvironment is important for tumor growth in such patients. Their sensitivity to MET inhibitors opens the way for
Célia Guérin, Audrey Vinchent, Marie Fernandes, Isabelle Damour, Agathe Laratte, Rémi Tellier, Gabriella O. Estevam, Jean‐Pascal Meneboo, Céline Villenet, Clotilde Descarpentries, James S. Fraser, Martin Figeac, Alexis B. Cortot, Etienne Rouleau, David Tulasne   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Respiratory complex I‐mediated NAD+ regeneration regulates cancer cell proliferation through the transcriptional and translational control of p21Cip1 expression by SIRT3 and SIRT7

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
NAD+ regeneration by mitochondrial complex I NADH dehydrogenase is important for cancer cell proliferation. Specifically, NAD+ is necessary for the activities of NAD+‐dependent deacetylases SIRT3 and SIRT7, which suppress the expression of p21Cip1 cyclin‐dependent kinase inhibitor, an antiproliferative molecule, at the translational and transcriptional
Masato Higurashi, Kazunori Mori, Hidetsugu Nakagawa, Momoko Uchida, Fumihiro Ishikawa, Motoko Shibanuma   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source