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Increasing prion propensity by hydrophobic insertion.

PLoS ONE, 2014
Prion formation involves the conversion of proteins from a soluble form into an infectious amyloid form. Most yeast prion proteins contain glutamine/asparagine-rich regions that are responsible for prion aggregation.
Aaron C Gonzalez Nelson, Kacy R Paul, Michelina Petri, Noe Flores, Ryan A Rogge, Sean M Cascarina, Eric D Ross   +6 more
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Developing a Functional Polyelectrolyte Hybrid Layer Scaffold Coating and Evaluation of Its Performance for Interaction With Neural Cells

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Polyelectrolyte scaffold coatings modified with Cu and Fe3O4 nanoparticles regulate neural stem cell behavior in vitro. Increased Fe3O4 content enhances mitochondrial activity and neuronal differentiation, whereas higher Cu levels reduce cell viability.
Anna Grzeczkowicz, Agata Lipko, Angelika Kwiatkowska, Marcin Strawski, Monika Drabik, Ludomira H. Granicka   +5 more
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Ecological Adaptation Mechanisms Underlying Successful Plant Reproduction

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
During floral induction, various environmental and endogenous signals converge to regulate the florigen protein, which is transported from leaves to the SAM to initiate flowering. Within the SAM, a complex network of receptor kinases and small peptides orchestrates floral development with high spatiotemporal precision.
Hang Zhao, Shenghui Huo, Yue Xing, Shuxin Zhang, Guilin Li, Yihui Liu, Chongyang Jin, Fuguang Li, Xiaoyang Ge   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prion protein E219K polymorphism: from the discovery of the KANNO blood group to interventions for human prion disease

Frontiers in Neurology
KANNO is a new human blood group that was recently discovered. The KANNO antigen shares the PRNP gene with the prion protein and the prion protein E219K polymorphism determines the presence or absence of the KANNO antigen and the development of anti ...
Si-Si Wang, Zhao-Li Meng, Yi-Wen Zhang, Yi-Shuang Yan, Ling-Bo Li   +4 more
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Protein Misfolding, Signaling Abnormalities and Altered Fast Axonal Transport: Implications for Alzheimer and Prion Diseases

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2019
Histopathological studies revealed that progressive neuropathies including Alzheimer, and Prion diseases among others, include accumulations of misfolded proteins intracellularly, extracellularly, or both.
Emiliano Zamponi, Gustavo F. Pigino
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Redox‐Dependent Chaperoning of GBF1 Condensates Regulates Seed Germination in Arabidopsis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In dormant seeds (low ROS), GBF1 forms liquid condensates to repress the germination gene CathB3, and the chaperone GIP1 maintains condensate liquidity and repressive activity. Upon imbibition (high ROS), ROS oxidize GIP1 during germination, impairing its chaperone function.
Yunying Wang, Xiaofeng Fang
wiley   +1 more source

A Skull Bone Marrow‐to‐Brain Axis Links Osteoblastic Activity to Myeloid Cell Trafficking, Cerebral Blood Flow, and Cognition in Alzheimer's Progression

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reveals that Alzheimer's disease–linked APP expression in bone‐forming cells drives skull bone marrow remodeling and alters its vascular connections to the brain. These changes disrupt immune cell trafficking, cerebral blood flow, and cognition. Targeting bone marrow macrophages restores brain function, highlighting a previously unrecognized
Lei Xiong, Dong Sun, Hao‐Han Guo, Daehoon Lee, Zhipeng Liu, Lin Mei, Wen‐Cheng Xiong   +6 more
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Yeast Models of Prion-Like Proteins That Cause Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Reveal Pathogenic Mechanisms

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2018
Many proteins involved in the pathogenic mechanisms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are remarkably similar to proteins that form prions in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These ALS-associated proteins are not orthologs of yeast prion proteins,
Zachary T. Monahan, Shannon N. Rhoads, Debra S. Yee, Frank P. Shewmaker   +3 more
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Aptamer‐Targeted PrPC Drives Colorectal Cancer Metastasis via a LYN‐STAT3 Complex and Enables Liquid Biopsy Detection

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The aptamer WHY‐3E identifies PrPC as a CRC driver. Stabilized by USP18, endocytosed PrPC forms a LYN/STAT3 complex, upregulating MSN transcription to promote metastasis. Crucially, WHY‐3E sensitively detects PrPC‐positive circulating exosomes, establishing a robust theoretical foundation for non‐invasive clinical diagnostics.
Chunlin Wang, Hongyu Wu, Chaojing Zheng, Hao Zhang, Xiaoqiu Wu, Jiaqi Wang, Zewen Chang, Jun Xiang, Yunxiao Liu, Chenkai Zhang, Yuliuming Wang, Hao Jiang, Yuchen Zhong, Jun Luo, Ying Chen, NaNa Zhang, Weiyuan Zhang, Ziming Yuan, ChaoXia Zou, Weihong Tan, Meng Wang, Hanqing Hu, Tao Bing, Guiyu Wang   +23 more
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p300 Degradation by the p53‐SIAH1 Axis Relieves TBK1 Acetylation to Enhance Innate Antiviral Immunity

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identifies p300 as the acetyltransferase that acetylates TBK1 and inhibits its phosphorylation. Activation of the p53‐SIAH1 axis by immune response downregulates p300 expression to sustain innate antiviral immunity. Conditional p300 knockout in alveolar epithelial cells in vivo promotes antiviral responses and suppresses virus replication ...
Huidi Yu, Zhihao Zhan, Xiaoxiang Pan, Xinyue Zhang, Penggang Liu, Jing Sun, Xiulong Xu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source