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Activation mechanism and novel binding sites of the BK_Ca channel activator CTIBD. BKCa 通道激活剂 CTIBD 的激活机制和新的结合位点。

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Print Date: 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202402621

Narasaem Lee, Subin Kim, Na Young Lee, Heeji Jo, Pyeonghwa Jeong, Haushabhau S Pagire, Suvarna H Pagire, Jin Hee Ahn, Mi Sun Jin, Chul-Seung Park

{"title":"Activation mechanism and novel binding sites of the BKCa channel activator CTIBD.","authors":"Narasaem Lee, Subin Kim, Na Young Lee, Heeji Jo, Pyeonghwa Jeong, Haushabhau S Pagire, Suvarna H Pagire, Jin Hee Ahn, Mi Sun Jin, Chul-Seung Park","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202402621","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202402621","url":null,"abstract":"The large-conductance calcium-activated potassium (BKCa) channel, which is crucial for urinary bladder smooth muscle relaxation, is a potential target for overactive bladder treatment. Our prior work unveiled CTIBD as a promising BKCa channel activator, altering V 1/2 and G max This study investigates CTIBD's activation mechanism, revealing its independence from the Ca2+ and membrane voltage sensing of the BKCa channel. Cryo-electron microscopy disclosed that two CTIBD molecules bind to hydrophobic regions on the extracellular side of the lipid bilayer. Key residues (W22, W203, and F266) are important for CTIBD binding, and their replacement with alanine reduces CTIBD-mediated channel activation. The triple-mutant (W22A/W203A/F266A) channel showed the smallest V 1/2 shift with a minimal impact on activation and deactivation kinetics by CTIBD. At the single-channel level, CTIBD treatment was much less effective at increasing P o in the triple mutant, mainly because of a drastically increased dissociation rate compared with the WT. These findings highlight CTIBD's mechanism, offering crucial insights for developing small-molecule treatments for BKCa-related pathophysiological conditions.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11294680/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141875271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Transcriptional and methylation outcomes of didehydro-cortistatin A use in HIV-1-infected CD4⁺ T cells. 在受 HIV-1 感染的 CD4+ T 细胞中使用双脱氢可的松 A 的转录和甲基化结果。

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Print Date: 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202402653

Luisa P Mori, Michael J Corley, Andrew T McAuley, Alina Pang, Thomas Venables, Lishomwa C Ndhlovu, Matthew E Pipkin, Susana T Valente

{"title":"Transcriptional and methylation outcomes of didehydro-cortistatin A use in HIV-1-infected CD4+ T cells.","authors":"Luisa P Mori, Michael J Corley, Andrew T McAuley, Alina Pang, Thomas Venables, Lishomwa C Ndhlovu, Matthew E Pipkin, Susana T Valente","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202402653","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202402653","url":null,"abstract":"Ongoing viral transcription from the reservoir of HIV-1 infected long-lived memory CD4+ T cells presents a barrier to cure and associates with poorer health outcomes for people living with HIV, including chronic immune activation and inflammation. We previously reported that didehydro-cortistatin A (dCA), an HIV-1 Tat inhibitor, blocks HIV-1 transcription. Here, we examine the impact of dCA on host immune CD4+ T-cell transcriptional and epigenetic states. We performed a comprehensive analysis of genome-wide transcriptomic and DNA methylation profiles upon long-term dCA treatment of primary human memory CD4+ T cells. dCA prompted specific transcriptional and DNA methylation changes in cell cycle, histone, interferon-response, and T-cell lineage transcription factor genes, through inhibition of both HIV-1 and Mediator kinases. These alterations establish a tolerogenic Treg/Th2 phenotype, reducing viral gene expression and mitigating inflammation in primary CD4+ T cells during HIV-1 infection. In addition, dCA suppresses the expression of lineage-defining transcription factors for Th17 and Th1 cells, critical HIV-1 targets, and reservoirs. dCA's benefits thus extend beyond viral transcription inhibition, modulating the immune cell landscape to limit HIV-1 acquisition and inflammatory environment linked to HIV infection.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11294679/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141875272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Rit1-TBC1D10B signaling modulates FcγR-mediated phagosome formation in RAW264 macrophages. Rit1-TBC1D10B 信号调节 RAW264 巨噬细胞中 FcγR 介导的吞噬体形成。

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-07-31 Print Date: 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202402651

Youhei Egami, Katsuhisa Kawai, Nobukazu Araki

{"title":"Rit1-TBC1D10B signaling modulates FcγR-mediated phagosome formation in RAW264 macrophages.","authors":"Youhei Egami, Katsuhisa Kawai, Nobukazu Araki","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202402651","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202402651","url":null,"abstract":"Phagocytosis is an important immune response that protects the host from pathogen invasion. Rit1 GTPase is known to be involved in diverse cellular processes. However, its role in FcγR-mediated phagocytosis remains unclear. Our live-cell imaging analysis revealed that Rit1 was localized to the membranes of F-actin-rich phagocytic cups in RAW264 macrophages. Rit1 knockout and expression of the GDP-locked Rit1 mutant suppressed phagosome formation. We also found that TBC1D10B, a GAP for the Rab family GTPases, colocalizes with Rit1 in the membranes of phagocytic cups. Expression and knockout studies have shown that TBC1D10B decreases phagosome formation in both Rab-GAP activity-dependent and -independent manners. Notably, the expression of the GDP-locked Rit1 mutant or Rit1 knockout inhibited the dissociation of TBC1D10B from phagocytic cups. In addition, the expression of the GTP-locked Rit1 mutant promoted the dissociation of TBC1D10B in phagocytic cups and restored the rate of phagosome formation in TBC1D10B-expressing cells. These data suggest that Rit1-TBC1D10B signaling regulates FcγR-mediated phagosome formation in macrophages.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11291910/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141860198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Differential roles of lysosomal cholesterol transporters in the development of C. elegans NMJs. 溶酶体胆固醇转运体在秀丽隐杆线虫 NMJ 发育过程中的不同作用

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-07-31 Print Date: 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202402584

Amin Guo, Qi Wu, Xin Yan, Kanghua Chen, Yuxiang Liu, Dingfa Liang, Yuxiao Yang, Qunfeng Luo, Mingtao Xiong, Yong Yu, Erkang Fei, Fei Chen

{"title":"Differential roles of lysosomal cholesterol transporters in the development of C. elegans NMJs.","authors":"Amin Guo, Qi Wu, Xin Yan, Kanghua Chen, Yuxiang Liu, Dingfa Liang, Yuxiao Yang, Qunfeng Luo, Mingtao Xiong, Yong Yu, Erkang Fei, Fei Chen","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202402584","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202402584","url":null,"abstract":"Cholesterol homeostasis in neurons is critical for synapse formation and maintenance. Neurons with impaired cholesterol uptake undergo progressive synapse loss and eventual degeneration. To investigate the molecular mechanisms of neuronal cholesterol homeostasis and its role during synapse development, we studied motor neurons of Caenorhabditis elegans because these neurons rely on dietary cholesterol. Combining lipidomic analysis, we discovered that NCR-1, a lysosomal cholesterol transporter, promotes cholesterol absorption and synapse development. Loss of ncr-1 causes smaller synapses, and low cholesterol exacerbates the deficits. Moreover, NCR-1 deficiency hinders the increase in synapses under high cholesterol. Unexpectedly, NCR-2, the NCR-1 homolog, increases the use of cholesterol and sphingomyelins and impedes synapse formation. NCR-2 deficiency causes an increase in synapses regardless of cholesterol concentration. Inhibiting the degradation or synthesis of sphingomyelins can induce or suppress the synaptic phenotypes in ncr-2 mutants. Our findings indicate that neuronal cholesterol homeostasis is differentially controlled by two lysosomal cholesterol transporters and highlight the importance of neuronal cholesterol homeostasis in synapse development.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11291935/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141860197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Golgi pH homeostasis stabilizes the lysosomal membrane through N-glycosylation of membrane proteins. 高尔基体 pH 平衡通过膜蛋白的 N-糖基化稳定溶酶体膜。

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Print Date: 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202402677

Yu-Shin Sou, Junji Yamaguchi, Keisuke Masuda, Yasuo Uchiyama, Yusuke Maeda, Masato Koike

{"title":"Golgi pH homeostasis stabilizes the lysosomal membrane through N-glycosylation of membrane proteins.","authors":"Yu-Shin Sou, Junji Yamaguchi, Keisuke Masuda, Yasuo Uchiyama, Yusuke Maeda, Masato Koike","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202402677","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202402677","url":null,"abstract":"Protein glycosylation plays a vital role in various cellular functions, many of which occur within the Golgi apparatus. The Golgi pH regulator (GPHR) is essential for the proper functioning of the Golgi apparatus. The lysosomal membrane contains highly glycosylated membrane proteins in abundance. This study investigated the role of the Golgi luminal pH in N-glycosylation of lysosomal membrane proteins and the effect of this protein modification on membrane stability using Gphr-deficient MEFs. We showed that Gphr deficiency causes an imbalance in the Golgi luminal pH, resulting in abnormal protein N-glycosylation, indicated by a reduction in sialylated glycans and markedly reduced molecular weight of glycoproteins. Further experiments using FRAP and PLA revealed that Gphr deficiency prevented the trafficking dynamics and proximity condition of glycosyltransferases in the Golgi apparatus. In addition, incomplete N-glycosylation of lysosomal membrane proteins affected lysosomal membrane stability, as demonstrated by the increased susceptibility to lysosomal damage. Thus, this study highlights the critical role of Golgi pH regulation in controlling protein glycosylation and the impact of Golgi dysfunction on lysosomal membrane stability.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11289521/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141855907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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pyRBDome: a comprehensive computational platform for enhancing RNA-binding proteome data. pyRBDome：用于增强 RNA 结合蛋白质组数据的综合计算平台。

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Print Date: 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202402787

Liang-Cui Chu, Niki Christopoulou, Hugh McCaughan, Sophie Winterbourne, Davide Cazzola, Shichao Wang, Ulad Litvin, Salomé Brunon, Patrick Jb Harker, Iain McNae, Sander Granneman

{"title":"pyRBDome: a comprehensive computational platform for enhancing RNA-binding proteome data.","authors":"Liang-Cui Chu, Niki Christopoulou, Hugh McCaughan, Sophie Winterbourne, Davide Cazzola, Shichao Wang, Ulad Litvin, Salomé Brunon, Patrick Jb Harker, Iain McNae, Sander Granneman","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202402787","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202402787","url":null,"abstract":"High-throughput proteomics approaches have revolutionised the identification of RNA-binding proteins (RBPome) and RNA-binding sequences (RBDome) across organisms. Yet, the extent of noise, including false positives, associated with these methodologies, is difficult to quantify as experimental approaches for validating the results are generally low throughput. To address this, we introduce pyRBDome, a pipeline for enhancing RNA-binding proteome data in silico. It aligns the experimental results with RNA-binding site (RBS) predictions from distinct machine-learning tools and integrates high-resolution structural data when available. Its statistical evaluation of RBDome data enables quick identification of likely genuine RNA-binders in experimental datasets. Furthermore, by leveraging the pyRBDome results, we have enhanced the sensitivity and specificity of RBS detection through training new ensemble machine-learning models. pyRBDome analysis of a human RBDome dataset, compared with known structural data, revealed that although UV-cross-linked amino acids were more likely to contain predicted RBSs, they infrequently bind RNA in high-resolution structures. This discrepancy underscores the limitations of structural data as benchmarks, positioning pyRBDome as a valuable alternative for increasing confidence in RBDome datasets.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11289467/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141855908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Kinesins regulate the heterogeneity in centrosome clustering after whole-genome duplication. 驱动蛋白调节全基因组复制后中心体集群的异质性

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-07-29 Print Date: 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202402670

Thomas Ty Lau, Hoi Tang Ma, Randy Yc Poon

{"title":"Kinesins regulate the heterogeneity in centrosome clustering after whole-genome duplication.","authors":"Thomas Ty Lau, Hoi Tang Ma, Randy Yc Poon","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202402670","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202402670","url":null,"abstract":"After whole-genome duplication (WGD), tetraploid cells can undergo multipolar mitosis or pseudo-bipolar mitosis with clustered centrosomes. Kinesins play a crucial role in regulating spindle formation. However, the contribution of kinesin expression levels to the heterogeneity in centrosome clustering observed across different cell lines after WGD remains unclear. We identified two subsets of cell lines: \"BP\" cells efficiently cluster extra centrosomes for pseudo-bipolar mitosis, and \"MP\" cells primarily undergo multipolar mitosis after WGD. Diploid MP cells contained higher levels of KIF11 and KIF15 compared with BP cells and showed reduced sensitivity to centrosome clustering induced by KIF11 inhibitors. Moreover, partial inhibition of KIF11 or depletion of KIF15 converted MP cells from multipolar to bipolar mitosis after WGD. Multipolar spindle formation involved microtubules but was independent of kinetochore-microtubule attachment. Silencing KIFC1, but not KIFC3, promoted multipolar mitosis in BP cells, indicating the involvement of specific kinesin-14 family members in counteracting the forces from KIF11/KIF15 after WGD. These findings highlight the collective role of KIF11, KIF15, and KIFC1 in determining the polarity of the mitotic spindle after WGD.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11287020/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141792858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Quantitative assessment of the nanoanatomy of the contractile vacuole complex in Trypanosoma cruzi. 定量评估克氏锥虫收缩液泡复合体的纳米结构。

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-07-29 Print Date: 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202402826

Ingrid Augusto, Wendell Girard-Dias, Alejandra Schoijet, Guillermo Daniel Alonso, Rodrigo V Portugal, Wanderley de Souza, Veronica Jimenez, Kildare Miranda

{"title":"Quantitative assessment of the nanoanatomy of the contractile vacuole complex in Trypanosoma cruzi.","authors":"Ingrid Augusto, Wendell Girard-Dias, Alejandra Schoijet, Guillermo Daniel Alonso, Rodrigo V Portugal, Wanderley de Souza, Veronica Jimenez, Kildare Miranda","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202402826","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202402826","url":null,"abstract":"Trypanosoma cruzi uses various mechanisms to cope with osmotic fluctuations during infection, including the remodeling of organelles such as the contractile vacuole complex (CVC). Little is known about the morphological changes of the CVC during pulsation cycles occurring upon osmotic stress. Here, we investigated the structure-function relationship between the CVC and the flagellar pocket domain where fluid discharge takes place-the adhesion plaque-during the CVC pulsation cycle. Using TcrPDEC2 and TcVps34 overexpressing mutants, known to have low and high efficiency for osmotic responses, we described a structural phenotype for the CVC that matches their corresponding physiological responses. Quantitative tomography provided data on the volume of the CVC and spongiome connections. Changes in the adhesion plaque during the pulsation cycle were also quantified and a dense filamentous network was observed. Together, the results suggest that the adhesion plaque mediates fluid discharge from the central vacuole, revealing new aspects of the osmoregulatory system in T. cruzi.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11287019/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141792859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Gene expression and chromatin conformation of microglia in virally suppressed people with HIV. 病毒抑制型艾滋病患者小胶质细胞的基因表达和染色质构象。

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Print Date: 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202402736

Johannes Cm Schlachetzki, Sara Gianella, Zhengyu Ouyang, Addison J Lana, Xiaoxu Yang, Sydney O'Brien, Jean F Challacombe, Peter J Gaskill, Kelly L Jordan-Sciutto, Antoine Chaillon, David Moore, Cristian L Achim, Ronald J Ellis, Davey M Smith, Christopher K Glass

{"title":"Gene expression and chromatin conformation of microglia in virally suppressed people with HIV.","authors":"Johannes Cm Schlachetzki, Sara Gianella, Zhengyu Ouyang, Addison J Lana, Xiaoxu Yang, Sydney O'Brien, Jean F Challacombe, Peter J Gaskill, Kelly L Jordan-Sciutto, Antoine Chaillon, David Moore, Cristian L Achim, Ronald J Ellis, Davey M Smith, Christopher K Glass","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202402736","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202402736","url":null,"abstract":"The presence of HIV in sequestered reservoirs is a central impediment to a functional cure, allowing HIV to persist despite life-long antiretroviral therapy (ART), and driving a variety of comorbid conditions. Our understanding of the latent HIV reservoir in the central nervous system is incomplete, because of difficulties in accessing human central nervous system tissues. Microglia contribute to HIV reservoirs, but the molecular phenotype of HIV-infected microglia is poorly understood. We leveraged the unique \"Last Gift\" rapid autopsy program, in which people with HIV are closely followed until days or even hours before death. Microglial populations were heterogeneous regarding their gene expression profiles but showed similar chromatin accessibility landscapes. Despite ART, we detected occasional microglia containing cell-associated HIV RNA and HIV DNA integrated into open regions of the host's genome (∼0.005%). Microglia with detectable HIV RNA showed an inflammatory phenotype. These results demonstrate a distinct myeloid cell reservoir in the brains of people with HIV despite suppressive ART. Strategies for curing HIV and neurocognitive impairment will need to consider the myeloid compartment to be successful.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11282357/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141766476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Global huntingtin knockout in adult mice leads to fatal neurodegeneration that spares the pancreas. 在成年小鼠体内全面敲除亨廷汀基因会导致致命的神经变性，但胰腺不会受到影响。

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Life Science Alliance Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Print Date: 2024-09-01 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202402571

Robert M Bragg, Ella W Mathews, Andrea Grindeland, Jeffrey P Cantle, David Howland, Tom Vogt, Jeffrey B Carroll

{"title":"Global huntingtin knockout in adult mice leads to fatal neurodegeneration that spares the pancreas.","authors":"Robert M Bragg, Ella W Mathews, Andrea Grindeland, Jeffrey P Cantle, David Howland, Tom Vogt, Jeffrey B Carroll","doi":"10.26508/lsa.202402571","DOIUrl":"10.26508/lsa.202402571","url":null,"abstract":"Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expanded CAG tract in the huntingtin (HTT) gene, leading to toxic gains of function. HTT-lowering treatments are in clinical trials, but the risks imposed are unclear. Recent studies have reported on the consequences of widespread HTT loss in mice, where one group described early HTT loss leading to fatal pancreatitis, but later loss as benign. Another group reported no pancreatitis but found widespread neurological phenotypes including subcortical calcification. To better understand the liabilities of widespread HTT loss, we knocked out Htt with two separate tamoxifen-inducible Cre lines. We find that loss of HTT at 2 mo of age leads to progressive tremors and severe subcortical calcification at examination at 14 mo of age but does not result in acute pancreatitis or histological changes in the pancreas. We, in addition, report that HTT loss is followed by sustained induction of circulating neurofilament light chain. These results confirm that global loss of HTT in mice is associated with pronounced risks, including progressive subcortical calcification and neurodegeneration.","PeriodicalId":18081,"journal":{"name":"Life Science Alliance","volume":"7 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11272958/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141759604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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