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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Nikhil Agrawal, Adam A. Skelton, Emilio Parisini
Summary: Alzheimer's disease, characterized by the misfolding and aggregation of amyloid-beta (A beta) peptides, remains poorly understood in terms of its molecular mechanism of interaction with cell membranes. In this study, simulations were conducted to investigate the interaction between A beta 1-40 fibrils and different bilayers composed of DPPC and cholesterol. The results show the involvement of hydrophobic amino acid clusters, lysine residues, and C-terminal hydrophobic residues in the binding process. Furthermore, the data suggest that the binding affinity of A beta 1-40 fibrils to the membrane increases with the presence of cholesterol. These findings provide insights into potential target regions for the development of inhibitors against A beta oligomer/fibril-membrane interaction.
COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(2023)
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Physiology
Hefei Ruan, Chunlin Zou, Yanni Xu, Xiaohong Fang, Tie Xia, Yan Shi
Summary: The mammalian plasma membrane is a complex structure with lipid-ordered domains playing a crucial role. Current tools for disrupting these domains are limited, with the small signaling molecule 3oc showing potential as an efficient alternative. This finding could provide essential advancements in membrane biophysics research.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Xi Zhao, Xinyu Lian, Jianlan Xie, Guoquan Liu
Summary: Tumor cells can use accumulated cholesterol to inhibit lipid peroxidation (LPO) and ferroptosis, providing a new strategy for tumor treatment.
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Plant Sciences
Shuo Zhang, Ya-Ning Shi, Jia Gu, Peng He, Qi-Di Ai, Xu-Dong Zhou, Wei Wang, Li Qin
Summary: This study investigates the mechanism of DMY against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), revealing that it inhibits the proliferation, migration, and invasion of HCC cells by reducing cholesterol to disrupt lipid rafts.
PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Michela Codini, Mercedes Garcia-Gil, Elisabetta Albi
Summary: Lipid rafts are critical cell membrane platforms enriched in sphingolipids and cholesterol, playing roles in various cellular processes, including cancer. Recent findings on cholesterol, sphingolipids, and lipid rafts in cellular and nuclear membranes provide insights into using lipid rafts as biomolecular targets for developing innovative therapeutic strategies in cancer.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Shuo Zhang, Neng Zhu, Jia Gu, Hong-Fang Li, Yun Qiu, Duan-Fang Liao, Li Qin
Summary: With the global population rapidly aging, delaying aging has become a hot research topic. Lipid rafts (LRs), which are microdomains in the plasma membrane containing sphingolipids and cholesterol, have been found to have an interesting interplay with aging. The components of LRs are altered with aging, and LRs strongly influence the aging process. Therefore, targeting LRs is a promising strategy for delaying aging.
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Cell Biology
Hiroshi Tachibana, Kodai Minoura, Tomohiro Omachi, Kohjiro Nagao, Takafumi Ichikawa, Yasuhisa Kimura, Nozomu Kono, Yuta Shimanaka, Hiroyuki Arai, Kazumitsu Ueda, Noriyuki Kioka
Summary: This study reveals that the lipid composition of the plasma membrane at FAs is locally distinct, with an enrichment of cholesterol and phosphatidylcholine with saturated fatty acid chains.
JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Cell Biology
Yagmur Azbazdar, Mustafa Karabicici, Esra Erdal, Gunes Ozhan
Summary: Wnt signaling pathway plays a crucial role in physiological activities and has significant implications in cancer development and progression. By regulating plasma membrane composition and lipid organization, Wnt signaling can be activated or inhibited, leading to the development of more targeted anticancer drugs.
FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2021)
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Biophysics
Melvin Wei Shern Goh, Ryugo Tero
Summary: This study investigated the effects of PE unsaturation and double bond distribution on the formation of submicron domains in lipid bilayers. The results showed that submicron domains enriched with polyunsaturated PE increased in area fraction with higher PE concentration and unsaturation levels. The segregation of polyunsaturated PE from Chol-containing regions played a key role in the formation of these domains.
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
(2022)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xinyuan Zhao, Bing Guo, Wenjuan Sun, Jinhua Yu, Li Cui
Summary: Cisplatin resistance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is driven by squalene epoxidase (SQLE), which operates through a cholesterol-dependent pathway. SQLE stabilizes c-Myc protein and prevents its degradation, leading to the activation of c-Myc transcriptional activity. Inhibition of SQLE disrupts the binding of Akt to lipid rafts, deactivates Akt, and destabilizes c-Myc. In a mouse model, SQLE is found to be critical for HNSCC initiation and progression. The combination of terbinafine and cisplatin shows promising synergistic effects in arresting tumor growth. These findings provide insights into SQLE-mediated cisplatin resistance and propose a potential therapeutic avenue for HNSCC patients.
Review
Neurosciences
Vladimir Rudajev, Jiri Novotny
Summary: Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the production and aggregation of amyloid beta, which leads to cell membrane disruption and cell death. Cholesterol, as a major component of cell membranes, plays a significant role in the progression of AD, although its effects are inconsistent.
FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Bin Du, Mei Zheng, Huizhen Ma, Jingshu Huang, Qingqing Jiao, Yimeng Bai, Mengmeng Zhao, Jie Zhou
Summary: This study established a new nanosystem to reverse multidrug resistance by using cascade catalytic consumption of cholesterol. By encapsulating CD44 targeting chondroitin sulfate gel shell, drugs can be accurately and efficiently delivered to the tumor site, improving the effect of reversing drug resistance.
JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Vladimir D. Krasnobaev, Yaroslav V. Bershatsky, Olga V. Bocharova, Eduard V. Bocharov, Oleg V. Batishchev
Summary: One of the characteristics of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the accumulation of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides in the brain, which is dependent on the location of amyloid precursor protein (APP) in the membrane and the presence of lipid rafts. This study used atomic force microscopy (AFM) to investigate the interaction between a transmembrane fragment of APP and membranes with different lipid phases. The results showed that most of the APP fragment was located in the liquid-disordered phase or at the boundary between ordered and disordered phases, and cholesterol played a role in regulating membrane structure changes induced by APP.
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Food Science & Technology
Jianfeng Chen, Yongsui Li, Minyu Chen, Xinwei Liu, Jinghong Chen, Xinlu Li, Chao Wang, Guohui Wan, Jing Tian
Summary: This study investigates the potential therapeutic effect of pantethine on cognitive deficits and pathology in a triple transgenic Alzheimer's disease (AD) mouse model. The results show that oral administration of pantethine improves spatial learning and memory ability, reduces anxiety, and mitigates the production of amyloid-beta, neuronal damage, and inflammation in the AD mice. Pantethine also reduces body weight, body fat, and cholesterol production by inhibiting specific signal pathways and expression of certain proteins.
MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Nouara Yahi, Coralie Di Scala, Henri Chahinian, Jacques Fantini
Summary: Parkinson's disease is a major neurodegenerative disorder that requires a treatment targeting the root cause of the disease. This article highlights the role of lipid rafts in forming alpha-synuclein pore-like oligomers, which trigger a cascade of neurotoxic events, proposing blocking alpha-synuclein-ganglioside interactions as a potential therapeutic avenue for PD.
GLYCOCONJUGATE JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Alison D. McNeilly, Caroline A. Stewart, Calum Sutherland, David J. K. Balfour
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2015)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Amy R. Cameron, Lisa Logie, Kashyap Patel, Sandra Bacon, Calum Forteath, Jean Harthill, Adam Roberts, Calum Sutherland, Derek Stewart, Benoit Viollet, Kei Sakamoto, Gordon McDougall, Marc Foretz, Graham Rena
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE
(2016)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sharadha Dayalan Naidu, Calum Sutherland, Ying Zhang, Ana Risco, Laureano de la Vega, Christopher J. Caunt, C. James Hastie, Douglas J. Lamont, Laura Torrente, Sudhir Chowdhry, Ivor J. Benjamin, Stephen M. Keyse, Ana Cuenda, Albena T. Dinkova-Kostova
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
(2016)
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Genetics & Heredity
Kaixin Zhou, Sook Wah Yee, Eric L. Seiser, Nienke van Leeuwen, Roger Tavendalel, Amanda J. Bennett, Christopher J. Groves, Ruth L. Coleman, Amber A. van der Heijden, Joline W. Beulens, Catherine E. de Keyser, Linda Zaharenkoll, Daniel M. Rotroff', Mattijs Out, Kathleen A. Jablonski, Ling Chen, Martin Javorsky, Jozef Zidzik, Albert M. Levin, L. Keoki Williams, Tanja Dujic, Sabina Semiz, Michiaki Kubo, Huan-Chieh Chien, Shiro Maeda, John S. Witte, Longyang Wu, Ivan Tkac, Adriaan Kooy, Ron H. N. van Schaik, Coen D. A. Stehouwer, Lisa Logie, Calum Sutherland, Janis Klovins, Valdis Pirags, Albert Hofman, Bruno H. Stricker, Alison A. Motsinger-Reif, Michael J. Wagner, Federico Innocenti, Leen M. 't Hart, Rory R. Holman, Mark I. McCarthy, Monique M. Hedderson, Colin N. A. Palmer, Jose C. Florez, Kathleen M. Giacomini, Ewan R. Pearson
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Psychology, Biological
A. D. McNeilly, A. Gao, A. Y. Hill, T. Gomersall, D. J. K. Balfour, C. Sutherland, C. A. Stewart
PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
(2016)
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Cell Biology
Laura Grasso, Olga Suska, Lindsay Davidson, Thomas Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis, Ritchie Williamson, Lize Wasmus, Simone Wiedlich, Mark Peggie, Marios P. Stavridis, Victoria H. Cowling
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Nithya Selvan, Ritchie Williamson, Daniel Mariappa, David G. Campbell, Robert Gourlay, Andrew T. Ferenbach, Tonia Aristotelous, Iva Hopkins-Navratilova, Matthias Trost, Daan M. F. van Aalten
NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
(2017)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jane Davidson, Timothy McDonald, Calum Sutherland, Mohammod Mostazirm, Lidy VanAalten, Terence Wilkint
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Holly Robertson, John D. Hayes, Calum Sutherland
BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Philip R. Holland, Mercede A. Pannozzo, Mark E. Bastin, Allison D. McNeilly, Karen J. Ferguson, Sarah Caughey, Maurits A. Jansen, Gavin D. Merrifield, Ian Marshall, John J. Mullins, Joanna M. Wardlaw, Calum Sutherland, Karen Horsburgh
JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM
(2015)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lisa Logie, Lidy Van Aalten, Axel Knebel, Thomas Force, C. James Hastie, Hilary MacLauchlan, David G. Campbell, Robert Gourlay, Alan Prescott, Jane Davidson, Will Fuller, Calum Sutherland
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2017)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Christopher J. Schofield, Calum Sutherland
BRITISH JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL MEDICINE
(2019)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Israel Olapeju Bolanle, Kirsten Riches-Suman, Ritchie Williamson, Timothy M. Palmer
Summary: Protein O-GlcNAcylation has emerged as a new mechanism in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases, playing a vital role in modulating vascular homeostasis and cardiac function through altering cellular functions of target proteins. Studying this mechanism may provide new therapeutic targets for the development of more effective medicines.
PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Israel O. Bolanle, Kirsten Riches-Suman, Mahmoud Loubani, Ritchie Williamson, Timothy M. Palmer
Summary: Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) using autologous saphenous vein remains the gold standard for treating CAD patients, but those with T2DM are at higher risk of graft failure. Protein O-GlcNAcylation has emerged as a key mechanism in the pathogenesis of vein graft failure in T2DM, providing potential therapeutic targets for new drug development.
NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Changwei Chen, Jennifer R. Gallagher, Jamie Tarlton, Lidy van Aalten, Susan E. Bray, Michael L. J. Ashford, Rory J. McCrimmon, Ewan R. Pearson, Alison D. McNeilly, Calum Sutherland
Summary: Genotype may influence the therapeutic effects of metformin for type-2 diabetes, and the NPAT gene may play a role in the mechanism of metformin action.