Neuroscience bulletinPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-02-14DOI: 10.1007/s12264-025-01355-x
Zhongmou Xu, Haiying Li, Xiang Li, Jinxin Lu, Chang Cao, Lu Peng, Lianxin Li, John Zhang, Gang Chen
{"title":"Fto-dependent Vdac3 m6A Modification Regulates Neuronal Ferroptosis Induced by the Post-ICH Mass Effect and Transferrin.","authors":"Zhongmou Xu, Haiying Li, Xiang Li, Jinxin Lu, Chang Cao, Lu Peng, Lianxin Li, John Zhang, Gang Chen","doi":"10.1007/s12264-025-01355-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12264-025-01355-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During the hyperacute phase of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), the mass effect and blood components mechanically lead to brain damage and neurotoxicity. Our findings revealed that the mass effect and transferrin precipitate neuronal oxidative stress and iron uptake, culminating in ferroptosis in neurons. M6A (N6-methyladenosine) modification, the most prevalent mRNA modification, plays a critical role in various cell death pathways. The Fto (fat mass and obesity-associated protein) demethylase has been implicated in numerous signaling pathways of neurological diseases by modulating m6A mRNA levels. Regulation of Fto protein levels in neurons effectively mitigated mass effect-induced neuronal ferroptosis. Applying nanopore direct RNA sequencing, we identified voltage-dependent anion channel 3 (Vdac3) as a potential target associated with ferroptosis. Fto influenced neuronal ferroptosis by regulating the m6A methylation of Vdac3 mRNA. These findings elucidate the intricate interplay between Fto, Vdac3, m6A methylation, and ferroptosis in neurons during the hyperacute phase post-ICH and suggest novel therapeutic strategies for ICH.</p>","PeriodicalId":19314,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"970-986"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12158900/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143414750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neuroscience bulletinPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-03-02DOI: 10.1007/s12264-025-01369-5
Huimin Nie, Boyi Liu
{"title":"Follistatin, A Novel Therapeutic Target for Chronic Pain.","authors":"Huimin Nie, Boyi Liu","doi":"10.1007/s12264-025-01369-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12264-025-01369-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19314,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"1119-1122"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12158894/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143537489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neuroscience bulletinPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-11-28DOI: 10.1007/s12264-024-01323-x
Zhuoran Ma, Yan Xu, Piaopiao Lian, Yi Wu, Ke Liu, Zhaoyuan Zhang, Zhicheng Tang, Xiaoman Yang, Xuebing Cao
{"title":"Alpha-synuclein Fibrils Inhibit Activation of the BDNF/ERK Signaling Loop in the mPFC to Induce Parkinson's Disease-like Alterations with Depression.","authors":"Zhuoran Ma, Yan Xu, Piaopiao Lian, Yi Wu, Ke Liu, Zhaoyuan Zhang, Zhicheng Tang, Xiaoman Yang, Xuebing Cao","doi":"10.1007/s12264-024-01323-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12264-024-01323-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Depression (Dep) is one of the most common concomitant symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), but there is a lack of detailed pathologic evidence for the occurrence of PD-Dep. Currently, the management of symptoms from both conditions using conventional pharmacological interventions remains a formidable task. In this study, we found impaired activation of extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK), reduced levels of transcription and translation, and decreased expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) of PD-Dep rats. We demonstrated that the abnormal phosphorylation of α-synuclein (pS129) induced tropomyosin-related kinase receptor type B (TrkB) retention at the neuronal cell membrane, leading to BDNF/TrkB signaling dysfunction. We chose SEW2871 as an ameliorator to upregulate ERK phosphorylation. The results showed that PD-Dep rats exhibited improvement in behavioral manifestations of PD and depression. In addition, a reduction in pS129 was accompanied by a restoration of the function of the BDNF/ERK signaling loop in the mPFC of PD-Dep rats.</p>","PeriodicalId":19314,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"951-969"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12158912/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142751432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neuroscience bulletinPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-02-06DOI: 10.1007/s12264-025-01360-0
Huamin Yin, Zhendong Wang, Wenhang Wang, Jiaxin Liu, Yirui Xue, Li Liu, Jingling Shen, Lian Duan
{"title":"Dysregulated Pathways During Pregnancy Predict Drug Candidates in Neurodevelopmental Disorders.","authors":"Huamin Yin, Zhendong Wang, Wenhang Wang, Jiaxin Liu, Yirui Xue, Li Liu, Jingling Shen, Lian Duan","doi":"10.1007/s12264-025-01360-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12264-025-01360-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Maternal health during pregnancy has a direct impact on the risk and severity of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in the offspring, especially in the case of drug exposure. However, little progress has been made to assess the risk of drug exposure during pregnancy due to ethical constraints and drug use factors. We collected and manually curated sub-pathways and pathways (sub-/pathways) and drug information to propose an analytical framework for predicting drug candidates. This framework linked sub-/pathway activity and drug response scores derived from gene transcription data and was applied to human fetal brain development and six NDDs. Further, specific and pleiotropic sub-/pathways/drugs were identified using entropy, and sex bias was analyzed in conjunction with logistic regression and random forest models. We identified 19 disorder-associated and 256 regionally pleiotropic and specific candidate drugs that targeted risk sub-/pathways in NDDs, showing temporal or spatial changes across fetal development. Moreover, 5443 differential drug-sub-/pathways exhibited sex-biased differences after filling in the gender labels. A user-friendly NDDP visualization website ( https://ndd-lab.shinyapps.io/NDDP ) was developed to allow researchers and clinicians to access and retrieve data easily. Our framework overcame data gaps and identified numerous pleiotropic and specific candidates across six disorders and fetal developmental trajectories. This could significantly contribute to drug discovery during pregnancy and can be applied to a wide range of traits.</p>","PeriodicalId":19314,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"987-1002"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12158899/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143256184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neuroscience bulletinPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-03-18DOI: 10.1007/s12264-025-01385-5
Jingjing Gao, Heping Tang, Zhengning Wang, Yanling Li, Na Luo, Ming Song, Sangma Xie, Weiyang Shi, Hao Yan, Lin Lu, Jun Yan, Peng Li, Yuqing Song, Jun Chen, Yunchun Chen, Huaning Wang, Wenming Liu, Zhigang Li, Hua Guo, Ping Wan, Luxian Lv, Yongfeng Yang, Huiling Wang, Hongxing Zhang, Huawang Wu, Yuping Ning, Dai Zhang, Tianzi Jiang
{"title":"Graph Neural Networks and Multimodal DTI Features for Schizophrenia Classification: Insights from Brain Network Analysis and Gene Expression.","authors":"Jingjing Gao, Heping Tang, Zhengning Wang, Yanling Li, Na Luo, Ming Song, Sangma Xie, Weiyang Shi, Hao Yan, Lin Lu, Jun Yan, Peng Li, Yuqing Song, Jun Chen, Yunchun Chen, Huaning Wang, Wenming Liu, Zhigang Li, Hua Guo, Ping Wan, Luxian Lv, Yongfeng Yang, Huiling Wang, Hongxing Zhang, Huawang Wu, Yuping Ning, Dai Zhang, Tianzi Jiang","doi":"10.1007/s12264-025-01385-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12264-025-01385-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Schizophrenia (SZ) stands as a severe psychiatric disorder. This study applied diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data in conjunction with graph neural networks to distinguish SZ patients from normal controls (NCs) and showcases the superior performance of a graph neural network integrating combined fractional anisotropy and fiber number brain network features, achieving an accuracy of 73.79% in distinguishing SZ patients from NCs. Beyond mere discrimination, our study delved deeper into the advantages of utilizing white matter brain network features for identifying SZ patients through interpretable model analysis and gene expression analysis. These analyses uncovered intricate interrelationships between brain imaging markers and genetic biomarkers, providing novel insights into the neuropathological basis of SZ. In summary, our findings underscore the potential of graph neural networks applied to multimodal DTI data for enhancing SZ detection through an integrated analysis of neuroimaging and genetic features.</p>","PeriodicalId":19314,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"933-950"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12158903/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143657992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Interact with Schwann Cells for Tumor Perineural Invasion by Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.","authors":"Xinwen Zhang, Yijia He, Shixin Xie, Yuxian Song, Xiaofeng Huang, Qingang Hu, Yanhong Ni, Yi Wang, Yong Fu, Liang Ding","doi":"10.1007/s12264-025-01364-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12264-025-01364-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Perineural invasion (PNI) by tumor cells is a key phenotype of highly-invasive oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Since Schwann cells (SCs) and fibroblasts maintain the physiological homeostasis of the peripheral nervous system, and we have focused on cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) for decades, it's imperative to elucidate the impact of CAFs on SCs in PNI<sup>+</sup> OSCCs. We describe a disease progression-driven shift of PNI<sup>-</sup> towards PNI<sup>+</sup> during the progression of early-stage OSCC (31%, n = 125) to late-stage OSCC (53%, n = 97), characterized by abundant CAFs and nerve demyelination. CAFs inhibited SC proliferation/migration and reduced neurotrophic factors and myelin in vitro, and this involved up-regulated ER stress and decreased MAPK signals. Moreover, CAFs also aggravated the paralysis of the hind limb and PNI in vivo. Unexpectedly, leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) was exclusively expressed on CAFs and up-regulated in metastatic OSCC. The LIF inhibitor EC330 restored CAF-induced SC inactivation. Thus, OSCC-derived CAFs inactivate SCs to aggravate nerve injury and PNI development.</p>","PeriodicalId":19314,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"1003-1020"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12158880/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143493135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manyu Chen, Youqi Li, Juan Huang, Yilong Wang, Hu Zhao
{"title":"Generation of the Ci1 Reporter Mouse Strain with Enhanced Fluorescence for Tissue Clearing Applications.","authors":"Manyu Chen, Youqi Li, Juan Huang, Yilong Wang, Hu Zhao","doi":"10.1007/s12264-025-01421-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-025-01421-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The advancement of tissue clearing technology has significantly propelled neuroscience research. Nevertheless, the fluorescent proteins used in traditional transgenic mouse strains were not specifically optimized for tissue clearing procedures, resulting in a substantial decrease in fluorescent intensity after clearing. In this study, we developed the Ci1 reporter mouse strain (where Ci stands for the Chinese Institute for Brain Research, CIBR) based on the bright red fluorescent protein mScarlet. The Ci1 reporter exhibits no fluorescence leakage in various organs or tissue types and can be readily crossed with multiple tissue-specific Cre lines. Compared to the Ai14 mouse strain, the Ci1 reporter strain demonstrates lower non-specific leakage, stronger fluorescence intensity in different tissues, and better preservation of fluorescence following tissue clearing treatment. The creation of the Ci1 reporter provides a more effective tool for both neuroscience and other biomedical research applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":19314,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144199747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neuroscience bulletinPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-04-22DOI: 10.1007/s12264-025-01370-y
Shasha Zhang, Hairong Xiao, Yanqin Lin, Xujun Tang, Wei Tong, Buwei Shao, He Li, Lei Xu, Xiaoqiong Ding, Renjie Chai
{"title":"Targeting Programmed Cell Death in Acquired Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Ferroptosis, Necroptosis, and Pyroptosis.","authors":"Shasha Zhang, Hairong Xiao, Yanqin Lin, Xujun Tang, Wei Tong, Buwei Shao, He Li, Lei Xu, Xiaoqiong Ding, Renjie Chai","doi":"10.1007/s12264-025-01370-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12264-025-01370-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), the most commonly-occurring form of hearing loss, is caused mainly by injury to or the loss of hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons in the cochlea. Numerous environmental and physiological factors have been shown to cause acquired SNHL, such as ototoxic drugs, noise exposure, aging, infections, and diseases. Several programmed cell death (PCD) pathways have been reported to be involved in SNHL, especially some novel PCD pathways that have only recently been reported, such as ferroptosis, necroptosis, and pyroptosis. Here we summarize these PCD pathways and their roles and mechanisms in SNHL, aiming to provide new insights and potential therapeutic strategies for SNHL by targeting these PCD pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":19314,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience bulletin","volume":" ","pages":"1085-1102"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12158909/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144029613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}