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Loss of physical contact in space alters the dopamine system in C. elegans

iScience, 2022
Summary: Progressive neuromuscular decline in microgravity is a prominent health concern preventing interplanetary human habitation. We establish functional dopamine-mediated impairments as a consistent feature across multiple spaceflight exposures and ...
Surabhi Sudevan, Kasumi Muto, Nahoko Higashitani, Toko Hashizume, Akira Higashibata, Rebecca A. Ellwood, Colleen S. Deane, Mizanur Rahman, Siva A. Vanapalli, Timothy Etheridge, Nathaniel J. Szewczyk, Atsushi Higashitani   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring lipid diversity and minimalism to define membrane requirements for synthetic cells

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Designing the lipid membrane of synthetic cells is a complex task, in which its various roles (among them solute transport, membrane protein support, and self‐replication) should all be integrated. In this review, we report the latest top‐down and bottom‐up advances and discuss compatibility and complexity issues of current engineering approaches ...
Sergiy Gan, Victoria Scarpelli, Marten Exterkate   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building a One Country One Licensure Framework: Applications for the Future of Canadian Space Physicians

IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2023
Space medicine provides care in the most extreme environment known to humankind. The global space economy is forecast to be a $1 trillion industry by 2040. Its increased utilization will require additional legal healthcare support frameworks.
Alex Zhou, Valerie Nwaokoro, Valerie Oosterveld, Adam Sirek   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microbial exopolysaccharide production by polyextremophiles in the adaptation to multiple extremes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Polyextremophiles are microorganisms that endure multiple extreme conditions by various adaptation strategies that also include the production of exopolysaccharides (EPSs). This review provides an integrated perspective on EPS biosynthesis, function, and regulation in these organisms, emphasizing their critical role in survival and highlighting their ...
Tracey M Gloster, Ebru Toksoy Öner
wiley   +1 more source

Single cis‐elements in brassinosteroid‐induced upregulated genes are insufficient to recruit both redox states of the BIL1/BZR1 DNA‐binding domain

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Phytohormone brassinosteroid‐induced gene regulation by the transcription factor BIL1/BZR1 involves redox‐dependent DNA‐binding alternation and interaction with the transcription factor PIF4. The reduced BIL1/BZR1 dimer binds preferred cis‐elements, while oxidation alters its oligomerization state and disrupts DNA‐binding ability.
Shohei Nosaki, Masae Ohtsuka, Takeshi Nakano, Masaru Tanokura, Takuya Miyakawa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanistic basis for inhibition of the extended‐spectrum β‐lactamase GES‐1 by enmetazobactam and tazobactam

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is of huge importance, resulting in over 1 million deaths each year. Here, we describe how a new drug, enmetazobactam, designed to help fight resistant bacterial diseases, inhibits a key enzyme (GES‐1) responsible for AMR. Our data show it is a more potent inhibitor than the related tazobactam, with high‐level computation
Michael Beer, Philip Hinchliffe, Marko Hanževački, Christopher R. Bethel, Catherine L. Tooke, Marc W. Van der Kamp, Krisztina M. Papp‐Wallace, Robert A. Bonomo, Stuart Shapiro, Adrian J. Mulholland, James Spencer   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Novel and unscrutinized immune entities of the zebrafish gut

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Understudied cells of the zebrafish immune system include bona fide immune cells and epithelial (‐derived) cells with immune functions. Research focusing on zebrafish cells which demonstrate similarities to mammalian immune cell counterparts may help us understand the pathologies in which they are implicated. Currently available and advanced tools make
Audrey Inge Schytz Andersen‐Civil, Marine Mantel, Julia Soh, Serge Mostowy, Sylvia Brugman, Gilles Claude Vanwalleghem   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proximity-Based Modalities for Biology and Medicine

ACS Central Science, 2023
Molecular proximity orchestrates biological function, and blocking existing proximities is an established therapeutic strategy. By contrast, strengthening or creating neoproximity with chemistry enables modulation of biological processes with high ...
Xingui Liu, A. Ciulli
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Imeglimin attenuates liver fibrosis by inhibiting vesicular ATP release from hepatic stellate cells

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Imeglimin, at clinically relevant concentrations, inhibits vesicular ATP accumulation and release from hepatic stellate cells, thereby attenuating purinergic signaling and reducing fibrogenic activation. This mechanism reveals a newly identified antifibrotic action of imeglimin beyond glycemic control.
Seiji Nomura, Lixiang Wang, Nao Hasuzawa, Ayako Nagayama, Sawako Moriyama, Kenji Ashida, Yoshinori Moriyama, Masatoshi Nomura, Ken Yamamoto   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Computational modeling of heart failure in microgravity transitions

Frontiers in Physiology
The space tourism industry is growing due to advances in rocket technology. Privatised space travel exposes non-professional astronauts with health profiles comprising underlying conditions to microgravity.
Stefan L. Wilson, Klaus-Martin Schulte, Anne Steins, Russell L. Gruen, Emma M. Tucker, Lex M. van Loon   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source