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Spatiotemporal and quantitative analyses of phosphoinositides – fluorescent probe—and mass spectrometry‐based approaches

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Fluorescent probes allow dynamic visualization of phosphoinositides in living cells (left), whereas mass spectrometry provides high‐sensitivity, isomer‐resolved quantitation (right). Their synergistic use captures complementary aspects of lipid signaling. This review illustrates how these approaches reveal the spatiotemporal regulation and quantitative
Hiroaki Kajiho, Shin Morioka, Junko Sasaki, Takehiko Sasaki   +3 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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Short‐chain mono‐carboxylates as negative modulators of allosteric transitions in Gloeobacter violaceus ligand‐gated ion channel, and impact of a pre‐β5 strand (Loop Ω) double mutation on crotonate, not butyrate effect

Physiological Reports
Using the bacterial proton‐activated pentameric receptor‐channel Gloeobacter violaceus ligand‐gated ion channel (GLIC): (1) We characterize saturated, mono‐carboxylates as negative modulators of GLIC (as previously shown for crotonate; Alqazzaz et al ...
Catherine Van Renterghem, Ákos Nemecz, Karima Medjebeur, Pierre‐Jean Corringer   +3 more
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Glutamate Receptor Signaling in Retina Müller Cells: Plausible Role in Neurodegeneration

Receptors
The retinal network relies on glutamate, the primary excitatory neurotransmitter involved in the visual cycle. Glutamate transactions are carried out by an array of distinct receptors and transporters distributed across both pre- and post-synaptic ...
Bolaji Oyetayo, Yurixy Mendoza-Silva, Temitayo Subair, Luisa C Hernández-Kelly, Marie-Paule Felder-Schmittbuhl, Tatiana N. Olivares-Bañuelos, Arturo Ortega   +6 more
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The newfound relationship between extrachromosomal DNAs and excised signal circles

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) contribute to the progression of many human cancers. In addition, circular DNA by‐products of V(D)J recombination, excised signal circles (ESCs), have roles in cancer progression but have largely been overlooked. In this Review, we explore the roles of ecDNAs and ESCs in cancer development, and highlight why these ...
Dylan Casey, Zeqian Gao, Joan Boyes
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Evaluation of [¹²⁵I]α-Bungarotoxin Binding to α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholinergic Receptors in Hippocampus–Subiculum of Postmortem Human Alzheimer’s Disease Brain

Receptors
Background/Objectives: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) severely hinders cognitive function in the hippocampus (HP) and subiculum (SUB), impacting the expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) such as the α7-subtype.
Allyson Ngo, Fariha Karim, Oshini V. Keerthisinghe, Tram B. Danh, Christopher Liang, Jogeshwar Mukherjee   +5 more
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Somatic loss of estrogen receptor beta and p53 synergize to induce breast tumorigenesis

Breast Cancer Research, 2017
Background Upregulation of estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) in breast cancer cells is associated with epithelial maintenance, decreased proliferation and invasion, and a reduction in the expression of the receptor has been observed in invasive breast tumors.
Igor Bado, Fotis Nikolos, Gayani Rajapaksa, Wanfu Wu, Jessica Castaneda, Savitri Krishnamurthy, Paul Webb, Jan-Åke Gustafsson, Christoforos Thomas   +8 more
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Cell wall target fragment discovery using a low‐cost, minimal fragment library

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
LoCoFrag100 is a fragment library made up of 100 different compounds. Similarity between the fragments is minimized and 10 different fragments are mixed into a single cocktail, which is soaked to protein crystals. These crystals are analysed by X‐ray crystallography, revealing the binding modes of the bound fragment ligands.
Kaizhou Yan, Mathew Stanley, Olawale Raimi, Andrew T. Ferenbach, Helge C Dorfmueller, Daan M. F. van Aalten   +5 more
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Mechanistic Insights into the Interaction Between Kinin Receptors and Histamine H2 Receptor Pathways in Oxidative Stress

Receptors
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) encompass various molecular oxygen derivatives naturally produced during aerobic metabolism, including superoxide anions, hydrogen peroxide, and hydroxyl radicals.
Marcos Fernandes Gregnani, Leonardo Martins, Wieslawa Agnieszka Fogel   +2 more
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The (Glg)ABCs of cyanobacteria: modelling of glycogen synthesis and functional divergence of glycogen synthases in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We reconstituted Synechocystis glycogen synthesis in vitro from purified enzymes and showed that two GlgA isoenzymes produce glycogen with different architectures: GlgA1 yields denser, highly branched glycogen, whereas GlgA2 synthesizes longer, less‐branched chains.
Kenric Lee, Dimitrios Bekiari, Sofia Doello, Karl Forchhammer   +3 more
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