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Stable Protein‐Based G‐Quadruplex‐Derived Supramolecular Bioinks as Tunable ECM‐Mimetic Constructs Assembled by Combining Non‐Covalent and Covalent Strategies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Harnessing the synergistic interplay of supramolecular self‐assembly, under macromolecular crowding conditions, and enzymatic‐mediated covalent crosslinking toward a stable protein‐based G‐quadruplex‐derived supramolecular bioink. This bioinspired strategy enables the biofabrication of complex and tunable ECM‐mimetic constructs, providing a platform ...
Vera Sousa, Rita Sobreiro‐Almeida, Bart W. L. van den Bersselaar, E. W. Meijer, Ghislaine Vantomme, João Borges, João F. Mano   +6 more
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Voltage-gated sodium channels assemble and gate as dimers

Nature Communications, 2017
Voltage-gated sodium channels are expressed in excitable tissues and mutations have been linked to cardiac arrhythmias and channelopathies. Here the authors show that the sodium channel α-subunits interact to form a dimer and gate as dimer and that this ...
Jérôme Clatot, Malcolm Hoshi, Xiaoping Wan, Haiyan Liu, Ankur Jain, Krekwit Shinlapawittayatorn, Céline Marionneau, Eckhard Ficker, Taekjip Ha, Isabelle Deschênes   +9 more
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Inherited disorders of voltage-gated sodium channels [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2005
A variety of inherited human disorders affecting skeletal muscle contraction, heart rhythm, and nervous system function have been traced to mutations in genes encoding voltage-gated sodium channels. Clinical severity among these conditions ranges from mild or even latent disease to life-threatening or incapacitating conditions.
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Intimate Interaction Between Nucleic Acid and Conjugated Polymers in Organic Electrochemical Transistors Enables Ultrasensitive Biomarker Detection

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The intimate interaction between negatively charged RNA molecules and conjugated polymers in organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) in aqueous electrolytes is investigated. It demonstrates that RNA binding reduces the volumetric capacitance of the polymer channel, enabling the development of an ultrasensitive biosensing platform capable of ...
Hong Liu, Naixiang Wang, Anneng Yang, Jiajun Song, Li Li, Iain McCulloch, Helen Ka‐wai Law, Feng Yan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resolving Heterogeneity of Targeted Lipid Nanoparticles Through Solution‐Based Biophysical Analyses

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
AF4‐UV‐DLS‐MALS‐SAXS resolves previously inaccessible targeted lipid nanoparticle (tLNP) subpopulations that differ in size, shape, and composition. Correlation of subpopulation‐resolved biophysical properties with in vivo RNA delivery reveals that targeted placental transfection is associated with distinct tLNP subpopulations rather than ensemble ...
Hannah C. Geisler, Hannah C. Safford, Ajay S. Thatte, Marshall S. Padilla, Elisa Battistini, Hannah M. Yamagata, Violet M. Ullman, Alex Chan, Benjamin E. Nachod, Anushka Agrawal, Maxwell B. Watkins, Jesse B. Hopkins, Andrew Tsourkas, Kushol Gupta, Michael J. Mitchell   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differential lipid dependence of the function of bacterial sodium channels.

PLoS ONE, 2013
The lipid bilayer is important for maintaining the integrity of cellular compartments and plays a vital role in providing the hydrophobic and charged interactions necessary for membrane protein structure, conformational flexibility and function.
Nazzareno D'Avanzo, Emily C McCusker, Andrew M Powl, Andrew J Miles, Colin G Nichols, B A Wallace   +5 more
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Voltage-gated sodium channels in the mammalian heart

Global Cardiology Science and Practice, 2014
Mammalian species express nine functional voltage-gated Na(+) channels. Three of them, the cardiac-specific isoform Nav1.5 and the neuronal isoforms Nav1.8 and Nav1.9, are relatively resistant to the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX; IC50 ≥ 1 μM). The other six isoforms are highly sensitive to TTX with IC50 values in the nanomolar range. These isoforms are
Zimmer, Thomas, Haufe, Volker, Blechschmidt, Steve   +2 more
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Boolean Logic‐Based Control Over Recombinant Protein Biomaterial Degradability and Therapeutic Delivery

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Fully recombinant protein‐based biomaterials execute complex Boolean logic for user‐programmable material degradation and concomitant therapeutic cargo release. Biologics, such as growth factors, can be incorporated within the crosslinkers as “drugamers”, while encapsulated cells can be released according to nested YES/OR/AND‐type logical operations ...
Murial L. Ross, Ryan Gharios, Shivani Kottantharayil, Cole A. DeForest   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Computational drug repositioning approach to predict multi-target therapeutics for epilepsy

Scientific Reports
Epilepsy affects millions of people globally, with approximately one-third of patients experiencing drug-resistant seizures. Developing new anti-epileptic drugs is time-intensive and costly, prompting interest in computational drug repositioning ...
Pawan Kumar, Vivek Kumar, Raveena Chauhan, Vandana Saini, Ajit Kumar   +4 more
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Ca2+ entry through NaV channels generates submillisecond axonal Ca2+ signaling

eLife, 2020
Calcium ions (Ca2+) are essential for many cellular signaling mechanisms and enter the cytosol mostly through voltage-gated calcium channels. Here, using high-speed Ca2+ imaging up to 20 kHz in the rat layer five pyramidal neuron axon we found that ...
Naomi AK Hanemaaijer, Marko A Popovic, Xante Wilders, Sara Grasman, Oriol Pavón Arocas, Maarten HP Kole   +5 more
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