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An upstream open reading frame regulates expression of the mitochondrial protein Slm35 and mitophagy flux

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study reveals how the mitochondrial protein Slm35 is regulated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The authors identify stress‐responsive DNA elements and two upstream open reading frames (uORFs) in the 5′ untranslated region of SLM35. One uORF restricts translation, and its mutation increases Slm35 protein levels and mitophagy.
Hernán Romo‐Casanueva, Ariann E. Mendoza‐Martínez, P. Abril Medina‐Flores, Carlos Campero‐Basaldua, Alexander DeLuna, Soledad Funes   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simulated Weightlessness Effect on Ovarian Follicular Structure and Estradiol Levels in Rats [PDF]

Iranian South Medical Journal
Background: Long-term human habitation in space, enabled by advances in space travel, may impair the function of various physiological systems. Given the critical need to maintain astronauts’ health during and after missions, this study investigated the ...
Maryam Salavatifar, Amirreza Joorabli, Nasim Hayati Roodbari   +2 more
doaj  

Evaluation of free-floating tracheal intubation in weightlessness via ice-pick position with a direct laryngoscopy and classic approach with indirect videolaryngoscopy

npj Microgravity, 2023
Long duration spaceflights to the Moon or Mars are at risk for emergency medical events. Managing a hypoxemic distress and performing an advanced airway procedure such as oro-tracheal intubation may be complicated under weightlessness due to ergonomic ...
Séamus Thierry, François Jaulin, Clément Starck, Philippe Ariès, Jan Schmitz, Steffen Kerkhoff, Cécile Isabelle Bernard, Matthieu Komorowski, Tobias Warnecke, Jochen Hinkelbein   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural instability impairs function of the UDP‐xylose synthase 1 Ile181Asn variant associated with short‐stature genetic syndrome in humans

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The Ile181Asn variant of human UDP‐xylose synthase (hUXS1), associated with a short‐stature genetic syndrome, has previously been reported as inactive. Our findings demonstrate that Ile181Asn‐hUXS1 retains catalytic activity similar to the wild‐type but exhibits reduced stability, a looser oligomeric state, and an increased tendency to precipitate ...
Tuo Li, Pedro A. Sánchez‐Murcia, Bernd Nidetzky   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Case for Bisphosphonate Use in Astronauts Flying Long-Duration Missions

Cells
Changes in the structure of bone can occur in space as an adaptive response to microgravity and on Earth due to the adaptive effects to exercise, to the aging of bone cells, or to prolonged disuse.
Reece Rosenthal, Victor S. Schneider, Jeffrey A. Jones, Jean D. Sibonga   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

High-Throughput Sequencing Reveals CXCR4 and IGF1 Behave Different Roles in Weightlessness Osteoporosis

Stem Cells International, 2022
Objective. This study is aimed at screening the differential expression profiles of mRNA under weightlessness osteoporosis through high-throughput sequencing technology, as well as investigating the pathogenesis of weightlessness osteoporosis at the ...
Dong Wang, Weihang Li, Ziyi Ding, Quan Shi, Shilei Zhang, Zhuoru Zhang, Zhibin Liu, Xiaocheng Wang, Ming Yan   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of parabolic flight and spaceflight on the endocannabinoid system in humans [PDF]

, 2012
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) plays an important role in the regulation of physiological functions, from stress and memory regulation to vegetative control and immunity.
Chouker, Alexander, Feuerecker, Matthias, Hauer, Daniela, Kaufmann, Ines, Morukov, Boris, Nichiporuk, Igor, Schelling, Gustav, Strewe, Claudia   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial gravity as a countermeasure for mitigating physiological deconditioning during long-duration space missions

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2015
In spite of the experience gained in human space flight since Yuri Gagarin’s historical flight in 1961, there has yet to be identified a completely effective countermeasure for mitigating the effects of weightlessness on humans. Were astronauts to embark
Gilles eClement, Angie eBukley, William ePaloski   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source