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Although the gut microbiota can influence central nervous system (CNS) autoimmune diseases, the contribution of the intestinal epithelium to CNS autoimmunity is less clear. Here, we showed that intestinal epithelial dopamine D2 receptors (IEC DRD2) promoted sex-specific disease progression in an animal model of multiple sclerosis. Female mice lacking Drd2 selectively in intestinal epithelial cells showed a blunted inflammatory response in the CNS and reduced disease progression. In contrast, overexpression or activation of IEC DRD2 by phenylethylamine administration exacerbated disease severity. This was accompanied by altered lysozyme expression and gut microbiota composition, including reduced abundance of Lactobacillus species. Furthermore, treatment with N2-acetyl-L-lysine, a metabolite derived from Lactobacillus, suppressed microglial activation and neurodegeneration. Taken together, our study indicates that IEC DRD2 hyperactivity impacts gut microbial abundances and increases susceptibility to CNS autoimmune diseases in a female-biased manner, opening up future avenues for sex-specific interventions of CNS autoimmune diseases.
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Enfermedades Autoinmunes del Sistema Nervioso , Esclerosis Múltiple , Masculino , Femenino , Ratones , Animales , Esclerosis Múltiple/metabolismo , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Transducción de Señal , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Receptores DopaminérgicosRESUMEN
Cross-regulation of Toll-like receptor (TLR) responses by cytokines is essential for effective host defense, avoidance of toxicity and homeostasis, but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Our comprehensive epigenomics approach to the analysis of human macrophages showed that the proinflammatory cytokines TNF and type I interferons induced transcriptional cascades that altered chromatin states to broadly reprogram responses induced by TLR4. TNF tolerized genes encoding inflammatory molecules to prevent toxicity while preserving the induction of genes encoding antiviral and metabolic molecules. Type I interferons potentiated the inflammatory function of TNF by priming chromatin to prevent the silencing of target genes of the transcription factor NF-κB that encode inflammatory molecules. The priming of chromatin enabled robust transcriptional responses to weak upstream signals. Similar chromatin regulation occurred in human diseases. Our findings reveal that signaling crosstalk between interferons and TNF is integrated at the level of chromatin to reprogram inflammatory responses, and identify previously unknown functions and mechanisms of action of these cytokines.
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Epigénesis Genética , Inflamación/etiología , Inflamación/metabolismo , Interferón Tipo I/metabolismo , Macrófagos/inmunología , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa/metabolismo , Sitios de Unión , Ensamble y Desensamble de Cromatina , Inmunoprecipitación de Cromatina , Análisis por Conglomerados , Biología Computacional/métodos , Citocinas/genética , Citocinas/metabolismo , Epigenómica/métodos , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Secuenciación de Nucleótidos de Alto Rendimiento , Humanos , Lipopolisacáridos/inmunología , Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico/genética , Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico/inmunología , Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico/metabolismo , Monocitos/inmunología , Monocitos/metabolismo , Motivos de Nucleótidos , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas , Unión Proteica , Transporte de Proteínas , Transducción de Señal , Receptor Toll-Like 4/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismoRESUMEN
Benefiting from high energy density (2,600 Wh kg-1) and low cost, lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are considered promising candidates for advanced energy-storage systems1-4. Despite tremendous efforts in suppressing the long-standing shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides5-7, understanding of the interfacial reactions of lithium polysulfides at the nanoscale remains elusive. This is mainly because of the limitations of in situ characterization tools in tracing the liquid-solid conversion of unstable lithium polysulfides at high temporal-spatial resolution8-10. There is an urgent need to understand the coupled phenomena inside Li-S batteries, specifically, the dynamic distribution, aggregation, deposition and dissolution of lithium polysulfides. Here, by using in situ liquid-cell electrochemical transmission electron microscopy, we directly visualized the transformation of lithium polysulfides over electrode surfaces at the atomic scale. Notably, an unexpected gathering-induced collective charge transfer of lithium polysulfides was captured on the nanocluster active-centre-immobilized surface. It further induced an instantaneous deposition of nonequilibrium Li2S nanocrystals from the dense liquid phase of lithium polysulfides. Without mediation of active centres, the reactions followed a classical single-molecule pathway, lithium polysulfides transforming into Li2S2 and Li2S step by step. Molecular dynamics simulations indicated that the long-range electrostatic interaction between active centres and lithium polysulfides promoted the formation of a dense phase consisting of Li+ and Sn2- (2 < n ≤ 6), and the collective charge transfer in the dense phase was further verified by ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. The collective interfacial reaction pathway unveils a new transformation mechanism and deepens the fundamental understanding of Li-S batteries.
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Most of the known regulatory mechanisms that curb inflammatory gene expression target pre-transcription-initiation steps, and evidence for post-initiation regulation of inflammatory gene expression remains scarce. We found that the transcriptional repressor Hes1 suppressed production of CXCL1, a chemokine that is crucial for recruiting neutrophils. Hes1 negatively regulated neutrophil recruitment in vivo in a manner that was dependent on macrophage-produced CXCL1, and it attenuated the severity of inflammatory arthritis. Mechanistically, inhibition of Cxcl1 expression by Hes1 did not involve modification of transcription initiation. Instead, Hes1 inhibited signal-induced recruitment of the positive transcription-elongation complex P-TEFb and thereby prevented phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II at Ser2 and productive elongation. Thus, our results identify Hes1 as a homeostatic suppressor of inflammatory responses that exerts its suppressive function by regulating transcription elongation.
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Artritis/genética , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Inflamación/genética , Macrófagos/inmunología , Factor de Transcripción HES-1/metabolismo , Animales , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Células Cultivadas , Quimiocina CXCL1/genética , Quimiocina CXCL1/metabolismo , Regulación de la Expresión Génica/inmunología , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Ratones Noqueados , Mutación/genética , Infiltración Neutrófila/genética , Factor B de Elongación Transcripcional Positiva/genética , Factor B de Elongación Transcripcional Positiva/metabolismo , ARN Polimerasa II/metabolismo , Elongación de la Transcripción Genética , Factor de Transcripción HES-1/genéticaRESUMEN
Mechanisms by which interferon (IFN)-γ activates genes to promote macrophage activation are well studied, but little is known about mechanisms and functions of IFN-γ-mediated gene repression. We used an integrated transcriptomic and epigenomic approach to analyze chromatin accessibility, histone modifications, transcription-factor binding, and gene expression in IFN-γ-primed human macrophages. IFN-γ suppressed basal expression of genes corresponding to an "M2"-like homeostatic and reparative phenotype. IFN-γ repressed genes by suppressing the function of enhancers enriched for binding by transcription factor MAF. Mechanistically, IFN-γ disassembled a subset of enhancers by inducing coordinate suppression of binding by MAF, lineage-determining transcription factors, and chromatin accessibility. Genes associated with MAF-binding enhancers were suppressed in macrophages isolated from rheumatoid-arthritis patients, revealing a disease-associated signature of IFN-γ-mediated repression. These results identify enhancer inactivation and disassembly as a mechanism of IFN-γ-mediated gene repression and reveal that MAF regulates the macrophage enhancer landscape and is suppressed by IFN-γ to augment macrophage activation.
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Artritis Reumatoide/inmunología , Ensamble y Desensamble de Cromatina , Interferón gamma/metabolismo , Macrófagos/inmunología , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-maf/metabolismo , Diferenciación Celular , Linaje de la Célula , Células Cultivadas , Citocinas/metabolismo , Elementos de Facilitación Genéticos/genética , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Histonas/metabolismo , Humanos , Unión Proteica , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-maf/genética , TranscriptomaRESUMEN
Hypoxia augments inflammatory responses and osteoclastogenesis by incompletely understood mechanisms. We identified COMMD1 as a cell-intrinsic negative regulator of osteoclastogenesis that is suppressed by hypoxia. In human macrophages, COMMD1 restrained induction of NF-κB signaling and a transcription factor E2F1-dependent metabolic pathway by the cytokine RANKL. Downregulation of COMMD1 protein expression by hypoxia augmented RANKL-induced expression of inflammatory and E2F1 target genes and downstream osteoclastogenesis. E2F1 targets included glycolysis and metabolic genes including CKB that enabled cells to meet metabolic demands in challenging environments, as well as inflammatory cytokine-driven target genes. Expression quantitative trait locus analysis linked increased COMMD1 expression with decreased bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis. Myeloid deletion of Commd1 resulted in increased osteoclastogenesis in arthritis and inflammatory osteolysis models. These results identify COMMD1 and an E2F-metabolic pathway as key regulators of osteoclastogenic responses under pathological inflammatory conditions and provide a mechanism by which hypoxia augments inflammation and bone destruction.
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Proteínas Adaptadoras Transductoras de Señales/metabolismo , Artritis Reumatoide/inmunología , Macrófagos/inmunología , Osteogénesis/genética , Proteínas Adaptadoras Transductoras de Señales/genética , Animales , Células Cultivadas , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Factor de Transcripción E2F1/metabolismo , Femenino , Humanos , Hipoxia/metabolismo , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Ratones Noqueados , Persona de Mediana Edad , FN-kappa B/metabolismo , ARN Interferente Pequeño/genética , Transducción de SeñalRESUMEN
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder. Loss or degeneration of the dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and development of Lewy bodies in dopaminergic neurons were the defining pathologic changes. MiRNAs fine-tune the protein levels by posttranscriptional gene regulation. MiR-7019-3p is encoded within the fifth intron of PD-associated protein PINK1. In present study, we firstly demonstrated miR-7019-3p expression is significantly upregulated in PD mice model and neuron cell models, miR-7019-3p mainly existed in mitochondria, miR-7019-3p could regulate the structure, and function of mitochondria in neuronal cells. We predicted and verified that mitochondria-associated protein optic atrophy 1 and 12s rRNA, 16s rRNA, and polycistronic RNA are target genes of miR-7019-3p. Finally, we proved that SP1 protein could independently regulate the expression of miR-7019-3p at the upstream. The evidences in the study suggest the role miR-7019-3p in the regulation of mitochondrial structure and function, and this kind of regulation could be implemented or promoted through the pathway of SP1-miR-7019-3p-optic atrophy 1/12s rRNA, 16s rRNA, and polycistronic RNA. Our results have suggested a promising and potential therapeutic target for reversing mitochondria dysregulation in neuronal cells during PD process.
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Directed protein evolution applies repeated rounds of genetic mutagenesis and phenotypic screening and is often limited by experimental throughput. Through in silico prioritization of mutant sequences, machine learning has been applied to reduce wet lab burden to a level practical for human researchers. On the other hand, robotics permits large batches and rapid iterations for protein engineering cycles, but such capacities have not been well exploited in existing machine learning-assisted directed evolution approaches. Here, we report a scalable and batched method, Bayesian Optimization-guided EVOlutionary (BO-EVO) algorithm, to guide multiple rounds of robotic experiments to explore protein fitness landscapes of combinatorial mutagenesis libraries. We first examined various design specifications based on an empirical landscape of protein G domain B1. Then, BO-EVO was successfully generalized to another empirical landscape of an Escherichia coli kinase PhoQ, as well as simulated NK landscapes with up to moderate epistasis. This approach was then applied to guide robotic library creation and screening to engineer enzyme specificity of RhlA, a key biosynthetic enzyme for rhamnolipid biosurfactants. A 4.8-fold improvement in producing a target rhamnolipid congener was achieved after examining less than 1% of all possible mutants after four iterations. Overall, BO-EVO proves to be an efficient and general approach to guide combinatorial protein engineering without prior knowledge.
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Ingeniería de Proteínas , Proteínas , Humanos , Teorema de Bayes , Proteínas/genética , Evolución Biológica , AlgoritmosRESUMEN
Hard carbon (HC) is a promising anode candidate for Na-ion batteries (NIBs) because of its excellent Na-storage performance, abundance, and low cost. However, a precise understanding of its Na-storage behavior remains elusive. Herein, based on the D2O/H2SO4-based TMS results collected on charged/discharged state HC electrodes, detailed Na-storage mechanisms (the Na-storage states and active sites in different voltage regions), specific SEI dynamic evolution process (formation, rupture, regeneration and loss), and irreversible capacity contribution (dead Na0, NaH, etc.) were elucidated. Moreover, by employing the online electrochemical mass spectrometry (OEMS) to monitor the gassing behavior of HC-Na half-cell during the overdischarging process, a surprising rehydrogen evolution reaction (re-HER) process at around 0.02 V vs Na+/Na was identified, indicating the occurrence of Na-plating above 0 V vs Na+/Na. Additionally, the typical fluorine ethylene carbonate (FEC) additive was demonstrated to reduce the accumulation of dead Na0 and inhibit the re-HER process triggered by plated Na.
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Understanding the connection between senescence phenotypes and mitochondrial dysfunction is crucial in aging and premature aging diseases. Loss of mitochondrial function leads to a decline in T cell function, which plays a significant role in this process. However, more research is required to determine if improving mitochondrial homeostasis alleviates senescence phenotypes. Our research has shown an association between NAD+ and senescent T cells through the cGAS-STING pathway, which can lead to an inflammatory phenotype. Further research is needed to fully understand the role of NAD+ in T-cell aging and how it can be utilized to improve mitochondrial homeostasis and alleviate senescence phenotypes. We demonstrate here that mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular senescence with a senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) occur in senescent T cells and tumor-bearing mice. Senescence is mediated by a stimulator of interferon genes (STING) and involves ectopic cytoplasmic DNA. We further show that boosting intracellular NAD+ levels with nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) prevents senescence and SASP by promoting mitophagy. NMN treatment also suppresses senescence and neuroinflammation and improves the survival cycle of mice. Encouraging mitophagy may be a useful strategy to prevent CD8+ T cells from senescence due to mitochondrial dysfunction. Additionally, supplementing with NMN to increase NAD+ levels could enhance survival rates in mice while also reducing senescence and inflammation, and enhancing mitophagy as a potential therapeutic intervention.
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Enfermedades Mitocondriales , NAD , Ratones , Animales , NAD/metabolismo , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/metabolismo , Mitocondrias/metabolismo , Senescencia Celular/fisiología , Homeostasis , Enfermedades Mitocondriales/metabolismo , Suplementos DietéticosRESUMEN
Understanding the interfacial hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is crucial to regulate the electrochemical behavior in aqueous zinc batteries. However, the mechanism of HER related to solvation chemistry remains elusive, especially the time-dependent dynamic evolution of the hydrogen bond (H-bond) under an electric field. Herein, we combine in situ spectroscopy with molecular dynamics simulation to unravel the dynamic evolution of the interfacial solvation structure. We find two critical change processes involving Zn-electroplating/stripping, including the initial electric double layer establishment to form an H2O-rich interface (abrupt change) and the subsequent dynamic evolution of an H-bond (gradual change). Moreover, the number of H-bonds increases, and their strength weakens in comparison with the bulk electrolyte under bias potential during Zn2+ desolvation, forming a diluted interface, resulting in massive hydrogen production. On the contrary, a concentrated interface (H-bond number decreases and strength enhances) is formed and produces a small amount of hydrogen during Zn2+ solvation. The insights on the above results contribute to deciphering the H-bond evolution with competition/corrosion HER during Zn-electroplating/stripping and clarifying the essence of electrochemical window widened and HER suppression by high concentration. This work presents a new strategy for aqueous electrolyte regulation by benchmarking the abrupt change of the interfacial state under an electric field as a zinc performance-enhancement criterion.
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Intelligent utilization of the anionic redox reaction (ARR) in Li-rich cathodes is an advanced strategy for the practical implementation of next-generation high-energy-density rechargeable batteries. However, due to the intrinsic complexity of ARR (e.g., nucleophilic attacks), the instability of the cathode-electrolyte interphase (CEI) on a Li-rich cathode presents more challenges than typical high-voltage cathodes. Here, we manipulate CEI interfacial engineering by introducing an all-fluorinated electrolyte and exploiting its interaction with the nucleophilic attack to construct a gradient CEI containing a pair of fluorinated layers on a Li-rich cathode, delivering enhanced interfacial stability. Negative/detrimental nucleophilic electrolyte decomposition has been efficiently evolved to further reinforce CEI fabrication, resulting in the construction of LiF-based indurated outer shield and fluorinated polymer-based flexible inner sheaths. Gradient interphase engineering dramatically improved the capacity retention of the Li-rich cathode from 43 to 71% after 800 cycles and achieved superior cycling stability in anode-free and pouch-type full cells (98.8% capacity retention, 220 cycles), respectively.
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BACKGROUND: CHRDL1 belongs to a novel class of mRNA molecules. Nonetheless, the specific biological functions and underlying mechanisms of CHRDL1 in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remain largely unexplored. METHODS: RT-qPCR and immunohistochemical staining were employed to assess the mRNA and protein expression levels of the MED29 gene in clinical samples of OSCC. Additionally, RT-qPCR and Western Blot analyses were conducted to investigate the mRNA and protein expression levels of the MED29 gene specifically in OSCC. The impact of MED29 on epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), invasion, and migration of OSCC was evaluated through scratch assay, transwell assay, and immunofluorescence staining. Furthermore, wound healing assay and Transwell assay were utilized to examine whether CHRDL1 influences the malignant behavior of OSCC by modulating MED29 in vitro. The regulatory role of CHRDL1 on MED29 was further elucidated in vivo through a tail vein lung metastasis model in nude mice. RESULTS: MED29 expression was elevated in tumor tissues of OSCC patients compared with adjacent cancer tissues. Moreover, in CAL27 and SCC25 cell lines, MED29 was upregulated and associated with increased cell migration and invasion abilities. Overexpression of MED29 facilitated EMT in OSCC cell lines, whereas knockdown of MED29 impeded EMT, resulting in diminished cell migration and invasion capacities. CHRDL1 exerted inhibitory effects on the expression of MED29, thereby suppressing EMT progression and consequently restraining the invasion and migration of OSCC cells. Furthermore, CHRDL1 mediated the inhibition of migration of OSCC cell lines to the OSCC through its regulation of MED29. CONCLUSIONS: MED29 facilitated the epithelial-mesenchymal transition process in OSCC, thereby promoting migration and invasion. On the other hand, CHRDL1 exerted inhibitory effects on the invasion and metastasis of OSCC by suppressing MED29 through the inhibition of the MAPK signaling pathway.
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Movimiento Celular , Transición Epitelial-Mesenquimal , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Complejo Mediador , Neoplasias de la Boca , Humanos , Animales , Línea Celular Tumoral , Neoplasias de la Boca/patología , Neoplasias de la Boca/genética , Neoplasias de la Boca/metabolismo , Ratones , Transición Epitelial-Mesenquimal/genética , Movimiento Celular/genética , Complejo Mediador/metabolismo , Complejo Mediador/genética , Sistema de Señalización de MAP Quinasas , Femenino , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/genética , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patología , Masculino , Ratones Desnudos , Metástasis de la Neoplasia , Persona de Mediana EdadRESUMEN
The safety, low cost, and high power density of aqueous Zn-based devices (AZDs) appeal to large-scale energy storage. Yet, the presence of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and chemical corrosion in the AZDs leads to local OH- concentration increasement and the formation of ZnxSOy(OH)zâ¢nH2O (ZHS) by-products at the Zn/electrolyte interface, causing instability and irreversibility of the Zn-anodes. Here, a strategy is proposed to regulate OH- by introducing a bio-sourced/renewable polypeptide (É-PL) as a pH regulator in electrolyte. The consumption of OH- species is evaluated through in vitro titration and cell in vivo in situ attenuated total reflection surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy at a macroscopic and molecular level. The introduction of É-PL is found to significantly suppress the formation of ZHS and associated side reactions, and reduce the local coordinated H2O of the Zn2+ solvation shell, widening electrochemical stable window and suppressing OH- generation during HER. As a result, the inclusion of É-PL improves the cycle time of Zn/Zn symmetrical cells from 15 to 225 h and enhances the cycle time of aqueous Zn- I2 cells to 1650 h compared to those with pristine electrolytes. This work highlights the potential of kinetical OH- regulation for by-product and dendrite-free AZDs.
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In this study, state-of-the-art on-line pyrolysis MS (OP-MS) equipped with temperature-controlled cold trap and on-line pyrolysis GC/MS (OP-GC/MS) injected through high-vacuum negative-pressure gas sampling (HVNPGS) programming are originally designed/constructed to identify/quantify the dynamic change of common permanent gases and micromolecule organics from the anode/cathode-electrolyte reactions during thermal runaway (TR) process, and corresponding TR mechanisms are further perfected/complemented. On LiCx anode side, solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) would undergo continuous decomposition and regeneration, and the R-H+ (e.g., HF, ROH, etc.) species derived from electrolyte decomposition would continue to react with Li/LiCx to generate H2. Up to above 200 °C, the O2 would release from the charged NCM cathode and organic radicals would be consumed/oxidized by evolved O2 to form COx, H2O, and more corrosive HF. On the contrary, charged LFP cathode does not present obvious O2 evolution during heating process and the unreacted flammable/toxic organic species would exit in the form of high temperature/high-pressure (HT/HP) vapors within batteries, indicating higher potential safety risks. Additionally, the in depth understanding of the TR mechanism outlined above provides a clear direction for the design/modification of thermostable electrodes and non-flammable electrolytes for safer batteries.
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The accurate diagnosis of non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) and obstructive azoospermia (OA) is crucial for selecting appropriate clinical treatments. This study aimed to investigate the pivotal role of miRNAs in circulating plasma extracellular vesicles (EVs) in distinguishing between NOA and OA, as well as uncovering the signaling pathways involved in azoospermia pathogenesis. In this study, differential expression of EV miR-513c-5p and miR-202-5p was observed between NOA and OA patients, while the selenocompound metabolism pathway could be affected in azoospermia through Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analysis. The predictive power of these microRNAs was evaluated using ROC-AUC analysis, demonstrating promising sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve values. A binomial regression equation incorporating circulating plasma levels of EVs miR-202-5p and miR-513c-5p along with follicle-stimulating hormone was calculated to provide a clinically applicable method for diagnosing NOA and OA. This study presents a potentially non-invasive testing approach for distinguishing between NOA and OA, offering a possibly valuable tool for clinical practice.
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Gain-of-function (GOF) mutations of CTNNB1 and loss-of-function (LOF) mutations of AXIN1 are recurrent genetic alterations in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We aim to investigate the functional contribution of Hippo/YAP/TAZ in GOF CTNNB1 or LOF AXIN1 mutant HCCs. APPROACH AND RESULTS: The requirement of YAP/TAZ in c-Met/ß-Catenin and c-Met/sgAxin1-driven HCC was analyzed using conditional Yap , Taz , and Yap;Taz knockout (KO) mice. Mechanisms of AXIN1 in regulating YAP/TAZ were investigated using AXIN1 mutated HCC cells. Hepatocyte-specific inducible TTR-CreER T2KO system was applied to evaluate the role of Yap;Taz during tumor progression. Cabozantinib and G007-LK combinational treatment were tested in vitro and in vivo . Nuclear YAP/TAZ was strongly induced in c-Met/sgAxin1 mouse HCC cells. Activation of Hippo via overexpression of Lats2 or concomitant deletion of Yap and Taz significantly inhibited c-Met/sgAxin1 driven HCC development, whereas the same approaches had mild effects in c-Met/ß-Catenin HCCs. YAP is the major Hippo effector in c-Met/ß-Catenin HCCs, and both YAP and TAZ are required for c-Met/sgAxin1-dependent hepatocarcinogenesis. Mechanistically, AXIN1 binds to YAP/TAZ in human HCC cells and regulates YAP/TAZ stability. Genetic deletion of YAP/TAZ suppresses already formed c-Met/sgAxin1 liver tumors, supporting the requirement of YAP/TAZ during tumor progression. Importantly, tankyrase inhibitor G007-LK, which targets Hippo and Wnt pathways, synergizes with cabozantinib, a c-MET inhibitor, leading to tumor regression in the c-Met/sgAxin1 HCC model. CONCLUSIONS: Our studies demonstrate that YAP/TAZ are major signaling molecules downstream of LOF AXIN1 mutant HCCs, and targeting YAP/TAZ is an effective treatment against AXIN1 mutant human HCCs.
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Carcinoma Hepatocelular , Neoplasias Hepáticas , Humanos , Ratones , Animales , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/patología , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patología , beta Catenina/genética , Carcinogénesis/genética , Mutación , Vía de Señalización Wnt/genética , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinasas/metabolismo , Proteínas Supresoras de Tumor/metabolismo , Proteína Axina/genéticaRESUMEN
In this study, a low molecular weight poly-d-mannose (LMWM) was separated from a mixed polysaccharide synthesized previously. Monosaccharide composition, Fourier-Transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), periodate oxidation and smith degradation were determined. After safety evaluation, the inhibition of LMWM on the different biofilm formation stages of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) was tested in vitro. Furthermore, the effect of LMWM on the adhesion of S. Typhimurium to Caco-2 cells and cell surface hydrophobicity (CSH) were observed. Results indicated that LMWM was a homopolysaccharide without cytotoxicity and hemolysis, containing both α-mannose and ß-mannose. It showed obvious anti-biofilm activity on S. Typhimurium and mainly activated on the initial adhesion and formation stage, even better than the commercial S. cerevisiae mannan (CM). LMWM inhibited the adhesion of S. Typhimurium on Caco-2 cells with the inhibition rate of 61.04 % at 2 mg/ml. Meanwhile, LMWM decreased the hydrophobicity of S. Typhimurium cell surface. In conclusion, the inhibitory effect on S. Typhimurium biofilm was not caused by bacteriostatic or bactericidal activity of LMWM. The specific anti-adhesion and the decrease of bacterial CSH by LMWM may closely relate to anti-biofilm mechanism. This study provides some supports for the application of LMWM as antibiotics alternative on S. Typhimurium in the future.
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Manosa , Salmonella typhimurium , Humanos , Manosa/metabolismo , Manosa/farmacología , Células CACO-2 , Peso Molecular , Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Espectroscopía Infrarroja por Transformada de Fourier , BiopelículasRESUMEN
Quantum non-Gaussianity, a more potent and highly useful form of nonclassicality, excludes all convex mixtures of Gaussian states and Gaussian parametric processes generating them. Here, for the first time, we conclusively test quantum non-Gaussian coincidences of entangled photon pairs with the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt-Bell factor S=2.328±0.004 from a single quantum dot with a depth up to 0.94±0.02 dB. Such deterministically generated photon pairs fundamentally overcome parametric processes by reducing crucial multiphoton errors. For the quantum non-Gaussian depth of the unheralded (heralded) single-photon state, we achieve the value of 8.08±0.05 dB (19.06±0.29 dB). Our Letter experimentally certifies the exclusive quantum non-Gaussianity properties highly relevant for optical sensing, communication, and computation.