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Haloperidol induces neuroprotection and enhances neuromuscular function in both murine and human models of spinal muscular atrophy

Experimental and Molecular Medicine
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a severe neuromuscular disorder caused by Survival Motor Neuron 1 (SMN1) gene mutations, leading to reduced SMN protein levels and progressive motor neuron (MN) degeneration.
Giovanna Menduti, Raquel Perez-Gomez, Noémie Berenger-Currias, Cristina Ruatti, Jorge Espinosa-Espinosa, Camille Januel, Piotr Konieczny, Ruben Artero, Cecile Martinat, Marina Boido   +9 more
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DJ-1 knockout augments disease severity and shortens survival in a mouse model of ALS. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive, lethal, neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons. Oxidative stress plays a central role in the disease progression, in concert with an enhanced glutamate ...
Nirit Lev, Yael Barhum, Itay Lotan, Israel Steiner, Daniel Offen   +4 more
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Directed evolution of enzymes at the crossroads of tradition and innovation

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
An iterative cycle of data‐driven enzyme optimization comprising four stages: genetic diversification of a template enzyme, expression of protein variants, high‐throughput evaluation, and machine‐learning‐guided redesign of the next variant library.
Maria Tomkova, Andrej Mirossay, Erik Sedlak   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The contribution of mouse models to understanding the pathogenesis of spinal muscular atrophy

Disease Models & Mechanisms, 2011
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which is caused by inactivating mutations in the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene, is characterized by loss of lower motor neurons in the spinal cord. The gene encoding SMN is very highly conserved in evolution, allowing
James N. Sleigh, Thomas H. Gillingwater, Kevin Talbot   +2 more
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Hyperactive ice‐binding proteins stabilize cell membranes and improve resistance to dehydration stress in Caenorhabditis elegans

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
TisIBP8, a fungal‐derived hyperactive ice‐binding protein, helps Caenorhabditis elegans survive dehydration. It localizes near cell membranes, reduces cell damage, and helps maintain membrane structure during drying. These results suggest that ice‐binding proteins can protect cells from dehydration stress as well as freezing stress.
Daiki Shimose, Kotaro Ozaki, Ryohei Kuriyama, Yuka Ikemoto, Kazuhiro Mio, Yuji C. Sasaki, Tatsuya Arai, Sakae Tsuda, Yoichi Shinkai, Masahiro Kuramochi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Loss of AMBRA1 activates MAPK and angiogenesis signaling pathways in melanoma cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Loss of AMBRA1 in melanoma cells activates multiple oncogenic pathways associated with tumor progression. Transcriptomic and protein network analyses revealed that AMBRA1 depletion enhances MAPK/ERK signaling, angiogenesis, TGF‐β/EMT signaling, and Wnt/axon guidance pathways.
Milad Ibrahim, Marco Corazzari, Iman Osman, Jane Armstrong, Noel Carter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

From energy provision to protein synthesis: Tunnelling nanotubes as mediators of intercellular metabolic cooperation in cancer

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The cytoskeleton‐mediated transport of mitochondria via tunnelling nanotubes restores respiration, increases ATP production, rescues cells from apoptosis, activates the AKT/mTOR signalling pathway, promotes cell migration and invasiveness, contributes to cancer progression and treatment resistance.
Stanislava Martínková, Jan Trnka
wiley   +1 more source

Diverse role of survival motor neuron protein [PDF]

, 2017
The multifunctional Survival Motor Neuron (SMN) protein is required for the survival of all organisms of the animal kingdom. SMN impacts various aspects of RNA metabolism through the formation and/or interaction with ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes ...
Howell, Matthew, Ottesen, Eric, Singh, Natalia, Singh, Ravindra   +3 more
core  

Hsp27 upregulation and phosphorylation is required for injured sensory and motor neuron survival

, 2002
Peripheral nerve transection results in the rapid death by apoptosis of neonatal but not adult sensory and motor neurons. We show that this is due to induction and phosphorylation in all adult axotomized neurons of the small heat shock protein Hsp27 and ...
Decosterd, I., Mannion, R. J., Bakowska, J. C., Benn, S. C., Kato, A. C., Scholz, J., Perrelet, D., Woolf, C. J.   +7 more
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Gene profiling of identified neurons to dissect molecular mechanisms involved in spinal reflex assembly [PDF]

, 2010
The central question during my PhD studies was to understand the molecular mechanisms and genetic cascades controlling the sequential specification of distinct classes of dorsal root ganglia (DRG) sensory neurons, with a particular focus on genes ...
Friese, Andreas
core   +1 more source