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Bingfeng Guan, Xiaofeng Dai, Yan Zhu, Qing Geng
Summary: M2 macrophage-derived exosomal miR-1911-5p facilitates the migration and invasion of lung adenocarcinoma cells.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Atul Kumar Singh, Shiv Verma, Prem Prakash Kushwaha, Kumari Sunita Prajapati, Mohd Shuaib, Shashank Kumar, Sanjay Gupta
Summary: ZBTB7A is a pleiotropic transcription factor that plays a crucial role in various stages of cell proliferation and differentiation. Its overexpression is associated with tumorigenesis and metastasis in different types of cancer, while its downregulation can lead to tumor progression.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS
(2021)
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Biology
Silvia Chafino, Panagiotis Giannios, Jordi Casanova, David Martin, Xavier Franch-Marro
Summary: During development, organisms go through different morphological stages, such as larva, pupa, and adult, and the sequential expression of transcription factors chinmo, Br-C, and E93 play a crucial role in determining the identity of these stages. Chinmo promotes growth in larval and imaginal tissues, while Br-C and E93 act as tumor suppressors. The role of chinmo as a juvenile specifier is conserved in hemimetabolous insects.
Review
Biology
Abdurrahman Pharmacy Yusuf, Murtala Bello Abubakar, Ibrahim Malami, Kasimu Ghandi Ibrahim, Bilyaminu Abubakar, Muhammad Bashir Bello, Naeem Qusty, Sara T. Elazab, Mustapha Umar Imam, Athanasios Alexiou, Gaber El-Saber Batiha
Summary: Zinc was established more than half a century ago as an essential micronutrient for normal human physiology, with around 10% of the human proteome potentially binding zinc. Proteins with zinc-binding domains play key roles in epigenetic modifications, such as DNA methylation and histone modifications, regulating transcription under physiological and pathological conditions. Zinc metalloproteins in epigenetics, mainly zinc metalloenzymes and zinc finger proteins, interact as writers, erasers, readers, editors, and feeders to maintain the epigenome's functioning.
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Mayukh Banerjee, Kavitha Yaddanapudi, J. Christopher States
Summary: This study demonstrates that environmentally relevant exposure to inorganic arsenic (iAs) can disrupt the cell cycle and induce mitotic accumulation of cells. This effect may be mediated by the displacement of zinc from the RING finger subunit of the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (ANAPC11), leading to the stabilization of cyclin B1 and securin. Zinc supplementation can prevent this cell cycle disruption caused by iAs exposure.
TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Koollawat Chupradit, Wannisa Khamaikawin, Supachai Sakkhachornphop, Chaniporn Puaninta, Bruce E. Torbett, Suparerk Borwornpinyo, Suradej Hongeng, Methichit Wattanapanitch, Chatchai Tayapiwatana
Summary: The study demonstrates the efficacy and safety of using 2LTRZFP in human CD34(+) HSPCs for gene therapy in HIV-1-infected individuals. The 2LTRZFPmCherry-transduced macrophages showed normal function and phenotype, and exhibited resistance to HIV-1 integration.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Qing Ye, Rehab Mohamed, Duaa Dakhlallah, Marieta Gencheva, Gangqing Hu, Martin C. Pearce, Siva Kumar Kolluri, Clay B. Marsh, Timothy D. Eubank, Alexey V. Ivanov, Nancy Lan Guo
Summary: This study demonstrated that high expression of ZNF71 KRAB is associated with poor survival outcomes in NSCLC patients, as well as with epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and chemotherapy resistance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Rosita Russo, Veronica Russo, Francesco Cecere, Mariangela Valletta, Maria Teresa Gentile, Luca Colucci-D'Amato, Claudia Angelini, Andrea Riccio, Paolo Vincenzo Pedone, Angela Chambery, Ilaria Baglivo
Summary: ZBTB2, a protein from the BTB/POZ zinc-finger family, plays a crucial role in cell proliferation, human cancers, and DNA methylation regulation. Through mass spectrometry analysis, ZBTB2 is found to interact with various components of chromatin remodeling complexes and the NuRD complex.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2021)
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Cell Biology
Hongsheng Liu, Yingzhi Qin, Na Zhou, Dongjie Ma, Yingyi Wang
Summary: ZNF280A plays a tumor-promoting role in LUAD, with a positive correlation with tumor grade, pathological stage, and lymphatic metastasis, and a negative relationship with patient survival. Its effects on cell proliferation, apoptosis, cell cycle, and cell migration may contribute to the development of LUAD.
CELL DEATH & DISEASE
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mengwei Zhao, Yu Ge, Zhangyan Xu, Xue Ouyang, Yuling Jia, Jiangtao Liu, Meixiang Zhang, Yuyan An
Summary: This study identifies a negative regulator, NbBTB, which negatively modulates both plant basal defense and effector-triggered immunity (ETI) in response to the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora parasitica. It is specifically involved in the defense against oomycete pathogen and does not affect resistance to bacterial pathogens. NbBTB negatively regulates the hypersensitive response triggered by avirulence proteins and affects effector protein accumulation.
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Scott Frendo-Cumbo, Taoyingnan Li, Dustin A. Ammendolia, Etienne Coyaud, Estelle M. N. Laurent, Yuan Liu, Philip J. Bilan, Gordon Polevoy, Brian Raught, Julie A. Brill, Amira Klip, John H. Brumell
Summary: Cell proliferation is regulated by growth factors insulin and IGF1. The study identified DCAF7 as an interactor of IRS1, a mediator of insulin/IGF1 signaling, that regulates cell proliferation and cell cycle through the IRS1-FOXO1 signaling pathway. DCAF7 knockdown led to cell cycle arrest and reduced cell proliferation.
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Oncology
Mi Zhang, Ling Wu, Xudong Wang, Jiang Chen
Summary: This study identified a novel lncRNA, lncKRT16P6, that is upregulated in TSCC and promotes metastasis and malignancy by regulating miR-3180 and GATAD2A expression. Therefore, lncKRT16P6 may serve as a prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target for TSCC.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY
(2022)
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Horticulture
Fang Cheng, Jinyong Huang, Peipei Tang, Yan Li, Zongli Hu, Baolu Cui, Xiaodong Xie, Qiyan Chen, Jianwei Tian, Huihui Gu, Caipeng Yue, Jingnan Zhang, Yanjie Zhang, Guoping Chen
Summary: During storage, transportation, and sales, the deterioration of tomato ripening fruit caused by mechanical damage and microbial infection leads to significant economic losses. This study isolated and studied the SlCHYR1 gene, which encodes a protein containing a RING and CHY zinc finger domain, showing high expression levels in tomato fruit. Overexpression of SlCHYR1 accelerates fruit ripening, reduces shelf life, and inhibits chlorophyll accumulation in tomato fruit. Further investigation reveals that SlCHYR1 promotes tomato fruit ripening through abscisic acid and ethylene production and signaling.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2022)
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Oncology
Saifei He, Xiaokun Ma, Ni Zheng, Guoyu Wang, Menghan Wang, Wei Xia, Donghai Yu
Summary: PRDM14 expression is associated with therapeutic sensitivity in lung adenocarcinoma, where overexpression reduces sensitivity to cisplatin, while silencing PRDM14 enhances sensitivity. Additionally, PRDM14 may promote glycolysis in human LUAD cells.
MOLECULAR MEDICINE REPORTS
(2021)
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Chemistry, Medicinal
Haijun Gu, Jia He, Yuzhan Li, Dazhao Mi, Tian Guan, Weikai Guo, Bo Liu, Yihua Chen
Summary: B-cell lymphoma 6 (BCL6) is a transcriptional repressor that is highly expressed in malignant cells and drives tumorigenesis. Targeting BCL6 may be a promising therapeutic strategy for treating lymphomas. This review comprehensively discusses the latest development of BCL6 inhibitors in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, including their pharmacophores and efficacies.
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)