{"title":"Drug repurposing screening and mechanism analysis based on human colorectal cancer organoids.","authors":"Yunuo Mao, Wei Wang, Jingwei Yang, Xin Zhou, Yongqu Lu, Junpeng Gao, Xiao Wang, Lu Wen, Wei Fu, Fuchou Tang","doi":"10.1093/procel/pwad038","DOIUrl":"10.1093/procel/pwad038","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a highly heterogeneous cancer and exploring novel therapeutic options is a pressing issue that needs to be addressed. Here, we established human CRC tumor-derived organoids that well represent both morphological and molecular heterogeneities of original tumors. To efficiently identify repurposed drugs for CRC, we developed a robust organoid-based drug screening system. By combining the repurposed drug library and computation-based drug prediction, 335 drugs were tested and 34 drugs with anti-CRC effects were identified. More importantly, we conducted a detailed transcriptome analysis of drug responses and divided the drug response signatures into five representative patterns: differentiation induction, growth inhibition, metabolism inhibition, immune response promotion, and cell cycle inhibition. The anticancer activities of drug candidates were further validated in the established patient-derived organoids-based xenograft (PDOX) system in vivo. We found that fedratinib, trametinib, and bortezomib exhibited effective anticancer effects. Furthermore, the concordance and discordance of drug response signatures between organoids in vitro and pairwise PDOX in vivo were evaluated. Our study offers an innovative approach for drug discovery, and the representative transcriptome features of drug responses provide valuable resources for developing novel clinical treatments for CRC.</p>","PeriodicalId":20790,"journal":{"name":"Protein & Cell","volume":" ","pages":"285-304"},"PeriodicalIF":21.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10984622/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9665176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Protein & CellPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwad052
Jia-Hao Dai, Xi-Rong Tan, Han Qiao, Na Liu
{"title":"Emerging clinical relevance of microbiome in cancer: promising biomarkers and therapeutic targets.","authors":"Jia-Hao Dai, Xi-Rong Tan, Han Qiao, Na Liu","doi":"10.1093/procel/pwad052","DOIUrl":"10.1093/procel/pwad052","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The profound influence of microbiota in cancer initiation and progression has been under the spotlight for years, leading to numerous researches on cancer microbiome entering clinical evaluation. As promising biomarkers and therapeutic targets, the critical involvement of microbiota in cancer clinical practice has been increasingly appreciated. Here, recent progress in this field is reviewed. We describe the potential of tumor-associated microbiota as effective diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, respectively. In addition, we highlight the relationship between microbiota and the therapeutic efficacy, toxicity, or side effects of commonly utilized treatments for cancer, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy. Given that microbial factors influence the cancer treatment outcome, we further summarize some dominating microbial interventions and discuss the hidden risks of these strategies. This review aims to provide an overview of the applications and advancements of microbes in cancer clinical relevance.</p>","PeriodicalId":20790,"journal":{"name":"Protein & Cell","volume":" ","pages":"239-260"},"PeriodicalIF":21.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10984626/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72015227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Protein & CellPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwad058
Han Chen, Mehar Monga, Qinghua Fang, Loujin Slitin, Jakob Neef, Shashank S Chepurwar, Regina Célia Mingroni Netto, Karina Lezirovitz, Alfredo Tabith, Fritz Benseler, Nils Brose, Kathrin Kusch, Carolin Wichmann, Nicola Strenzke, Barbara Vona, Julia Preobraschenski, Tobias Moser
{"title":"Ca2+ binding to the C2E domain of otoferlin is required for hair cell exocytosis and hearing.","authors":"Han Chen, Mehar Monga, Qinghua Fang, Loujin Slitin, Jakob Neef, Shashank S Chepurwar, Regina Célia Mingroni Netto, Karina Lezirovitz, Alfredo Tabith, Fritz Benseler, Nils Brose, Kathrin Kusch, Carolin Wichmann, Nicola Strenzke, Barbara Vona, Julia Preobraschenski, Tobias Moser","doi":"10.1093/procel/pwad058","DOIUrl":"10.1093/procel/pwad058","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20790,"journal":{"name":"Protein & Cell","volume":" ","pages":"305-312"},"PeriodicalIF":21.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10984619/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138807223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Protein & CellPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwad053
{"title":"Correction to: Low-dose chloroquine treatment extends the lifespan of aged rats.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/procel/pwad053","DOIUrl":"10.1093/procel/pwad053","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20790,"journal":{"name":"Protein & Cell","volume":" ","pages":"313"},"PeriodicalIF":21.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10984618/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138482897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Protein & CellPub Date : 2024-02-29DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwad045
Xiangpeng Sheng, Zhixiong Xia, Hanting Yang, Ronggui Hu
{"title":"The ubiquitin codes in cellular stress responses.","authors":"Xiangpeng Sheng, Zhixiong Xia, Hanting Yang, Ronggui Hu","doi":"10.1093/procel/pwad045","DOIUrl":"10.1093/procel/pwad045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ubiquitination/ubiquitylation, one of the most fundamental post-translational modifications, regulates almost every critical cellular process in eukaryotes. Emerging evidence has shown that essential components of numerous biological processes undergo ubiquitination in mammalian cells upon exposure to diverse stresses, from exogenous factors to cellular reactions, causing a dazzling variety of functional consequences. Various forms of ubiquitin signals generated by ubiquitylation events in specific milieus, known as ubiquitin codes, constitute an intrinsic part of myriad cellular stress responses. These ubiquitination events, leading to proteolytic turnover of the substrates or just switch in functionality, initiate, regulate, or supervise multiple cellular stress-associated responses, supporting adaptation, homeostasis recovery, and survival of the stressed cells. In this review, we attempted to summarize the crucial roles of ubiquitination in response to different environmental and intracellular stresses, while discussing how stresses modulate the ubiquitin system. This review also updates the most recent advances in understanding ubiquitination machinery as well as different stress responses and discusses some important questions that may warrant future investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":20790,"journal":{"name":"Protein & Cell","volume":" ","pages":"157-190"},"PeriodicalIF":21.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10903993/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9837931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-term in vivo chimeric cells tracking in non-human primate.","authors":"Junmo Wu, Yu Kang, Xiang Luo, Shaoxing Dai, Yuxi Shi, Zhuoyao Li, Zengli Tang, Zhenzhen Chen, Ran Zhu, Pengpeng Yang, Zifan Li, Hong Wang, Xinglong Chen, Ziyi Zhao, Weizhi Ji, Yuyu Niu","doi":"10.1093/procel/pwad049","DOIUrl":"10.1093/procel/pwad049","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Non-human primates (NHPs) are increasingly used in preclinical trials to test the safety and efficacy of biotechnology therapies. Nonetheless, given the ethical issues and costs associated with this model, it would be highly advantageous to use NHP cellular models in clinical studies. However, developing and maintaining the naïve state of primate pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) remains difficult as does in vivo detection of PSCs, thus limiting biotechnology application in the cynomolgus monkey. Here, we report a chemically defined, xeno-free culture system for culturing and deriving monkey PSCs in vitro. The cells display global gene expression and genome-wide hypomethylation patterns distinct from monkey-primed cells. We also found expression of signaling pathways components that may increase the potential for chimera formation. Crucially for biomedical applications, we were also able to integrate bioluminescent reporter genes into monkey PSCs and track them in chimeric embryos in vivo and in vitro. The engineered cells retained embryonic and extra-embryonic developmental potential. Meanwhile, we generated a chimeric monkey carrying bioluminescent cells, which were able to track chimeric cells for more than 2 years in living animals. Our study could have broad utility in primate stem cell engineering and in utilizing chimeric monkey models for clinical studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":20790,"journal":{"name":"Protein & Cell","volume":" ","pages":"207-222"},"PeriodicalIF":21.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10903985/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41163976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Protein & CellPub Date : 2024-02-29DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwad048
Li Chen, Liping Zhang, Xujun Ye, Zixin Deng, Changming Zhao
{"title":"Ergothioneine and its congeners: anti-ageing mechanisms and pharmacophore biosynthesis.","authors":"Li Chen, Liping Zhang, Xujun Ye, Zixin Deng, Changming Zhao","doi":"10.1093/procel/pwad048","DOIUrl":"10.1093/procel/pwad048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ergothioneine, Ovothiol, and Selenoneine are sulfur/selenium-containing histidine-derived natural products widely distributed across different organisms. They exhibit significant antioxidant properties, making them as potential lead compounds for promoting health. Increasing evidence suggests that Ergothioneine is positively correlated with healthy ageing and longevity. The mechanisms underlying Ergothioneine's regulation of the ageing process at cellular and molecular levels are beginning to be understood. In this review, we provide an in-depth and extensive coverage of the anti-ageing studies on Ergothioneine and discuss its possible intracellular targeting pathways. In addition, we highlight the recent efforts in elucidating the biosynthetic details for Ergothioneine, Ovothiol, and Selenoneine, with a particular focus on the study of their pharmacophore-forming enzymology.</p>","PeriodicalId":20790,"journal":{"name":"Protein & Cell","volume":" ","pages":"191-206"},"PeriodicalIF":21.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10903977/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10320971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Protein & CellPub Date : 2024-02-23DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwae002
{"title":"Correction to: EGFR signaling augments TLR4 cell surface expression and function in macrophages via regulation of Rab5a activation.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/procel/pwae002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/procel/pwae002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20790,"journal":{"name":"Protein & Cell","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":21.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139940702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}