Xiaoying Li, Shenggui Liu, Siqi Wang, Xinghui Ai, Lin Wei
{"title":"1-Deoxynojirimycin affects high glucose-induced pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction through regulating CEBPA expression and AMPK pathway.","authors":"Xiaoying Li, Shenggui Liu, Siqi Wang, Xinghui Ai, Lin Wei","doi":"10.1139/bcb-2024-0128","DOIUrl":"10.1139/bcb-2024-0128","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aims to explore the role of 1-deoxynojirimycin (DNJ) in high glucose-induced β-cells and to further explore the molecular mechanism of DNJ effect on β-cells through network pharmacology. In the study, high glucose treatment of mouse INS-1 cells inhibited cell proliferation and insulin secretion, decreased the expression of Bcl-2 protein and Ins1 and Ins2 genes, promoted apoptosis, and increased cleaved caspase-3 and cleaved caspase-9 expression levels as well as intracellular reactive oxygen species production. DNJ treatment significantly restored the dysfunction of INS-1 cells induced by high glucose, and DNJ showed no toxicity to normal INS-1 cells. Silencing CEBPA promoted, while overexpression of CEBPA relieved the dysfunction of pancreatic β-cells induced by high glucose. DNJ treatment partially restored the pancreatic β-cell dysfunction caused by silencing CEBPA. In conclusion, DNJ can inhibit high glucose-induced pancreatic β-cell dysfunction by promoting the expression of CEBPA.</p>","PeriodicalId":8775,"journal":{"name":"Biochemistry and Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142638318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Establishment of immortalized porcine intramuscular preadipocytes for the study of lipid metabolism.","authors":"Briana Locke, Ray Lu","doi":"10.1139/bcb-2024-0174","DOIUrl":"10.1139/bcb-2024-0174","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intramuscular adipose tissue is associated with an increased risk for the development of metabolic syndrome. A cellular model of adipogenesis in muscular tissues would be an invaluable tool for studying regulatory factors in this important process. Cellular stress can impact the homeostasis of various metabolic pathways, including lipid metabolism. In this study, a porcine intramuscular preadipocyte cell line was established, which displayed mature adipocyte attributes such as lipid accumulation and increased expression of adipogenic gene markers. Since it is well established that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi stress impact adipogenesis, we sought to investigate the effects of ER/Golgi stress and an associated protein, CREB3, in this cell line model. We found that this novel model maintains robust adipogenic capabilities, and that ER stress can negatively affect adipogenic markers. Overall, these findings demonstrate the strength of the new cell model for studying adipogenesis, and highlight the impact of ER stress on lipid metabolism.</p>","PeriodicalId":8775,"journal":{"name":"Biochemistry and Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143699617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retraction: MicroRNA-24 alleviates isoflurane-induced neurotoxicity in rat hippocampus via attenuation of oxidative stress.","authors":"","doi":"10.1139/bcb-2025-0018","DOIUrl":"10.1139/bcb-2025-0018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8775,"journal":{"name":"Biochemistry and Cell Biology","volume":"103 ","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143498114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mathew Tempel, Kari Green, Dhanvi Prajapati, Angela Duaqui, Mahboobeh Norouzi, Hedieh Sattarifard, Ahmed Ashraf, Elly Wu, Athanasios Zovoilis, Ted M Lakowski, James R Davie
{"title":"Doxorubicin, a DNA intercalator, inhibits transcription elongation.","authors":"Mathew Tempel, Kari Green, Dhanvi Prajapati, Angela Duaqui, Mahboobeh Norouzi, Hedieh Sattarifard, Ahmed Ashraf, Elly Wu, Athanasios Zovoilis, Ted M Lakowski, James R Davie","doi":"10.1139/bcb-2024-0264","DOIUrl":"10.1139/bcb-2024-0264","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Doxorubicin is a chemotherapeutic drug for cancer that intercalates into nucleosome-free regions at promoters. Doxorubicin was reported to result in loss of histone H3 trimethylated lysine 4 (H3K4me3). To further explore doxorubicin's mechanism of action, we determined the genomic location of the binding sites of doxorubicin in leukemic cells. The effect of doxorubicin intercalation into the chromatin of leukemic cells on histone modifications was also determined. We show that doxorubicin binding sites were present in the nucleosome-free regions associated with regulatory regions (promoters, enhancers, and super-enhancers) and in the gene body (introns). Doxorubicin treatment did not alter the levels of H3K4me3 and many other histone modifications but significantly lowered H2B ubiquitinated at lysine 120 (H2BK120ub), an elongation-dependent modification. Lastly, we demonstrate that doxorubicin results in the degradation of the largest subunit (RPB1) of RNA polymerase II.</p>","PeriodicalId":8775,"journal":{"name":"Biochemistry and Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143416942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gallein, G protein βγ subunits inhibitor, suppresses the TGF-α-induced migration of hepatocellular carcinoma cells via inhibition of the c-<i>Jun</i> N-terminal kinase.","authors":"Rie Matsushima-Nishiwaki, Yoh Honda, Haruhiko Tokuda, Osamu Kozawa","doi":"10.1139/bcb-2024-0141","DOIUrl":"10.1139/bcb-2024-0141","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling regulates a wide range of pathophysiological cell functions via G protein α and βγ subunits. Small molecules targeting the subunits of Gα and Gβγ have been developed as cancer therapeutics. We have previously reported that transforming growth factor-α (TGF-α) induces the migration of human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) HuH7 cells through the activation of AKT, p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), Rho-kinase, and c-<i>Jun</i> N-terminal kinase (JNK). This study aims to determine whether Gβγ subunits regulate the TGF-α-induced migration of HCC HuH7 cells using gallein, a Gβγ subunits inhibitor. The Janus family of tyrosine kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling pathway was also involved in the regulation of the migration. Gallein significantly reduced the TGF-α-induced cell migration. In contrast, fluorescein, a gallein-related compound that has no effect on Gβγ subunits, failed to affect the cell migration. Gallein suppressed the TGF-α-stimulated phosphorylation of JNK without affecting the phosphorylation of epidermal growth factor receptor, AKT, p38 MAPK, target protein of Rho-kinase, and STAT3. Conversely, fluorescein did not attenuate the phosphorylation of JNK. These results strongly suggest that Gβγ subunits act as positive regulators in TGF-α-induced migration of HCC cells via the JNK signaling pathway.</p>","PeriodicalId":8775,"journal":{"name":"Biochemistry and Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142614083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retraction: PYGB facilitates cell proliferation and invasiveness in non-small cell lung cancer by activating the Wnt-β-catenin signaling pathway.","authors":"","doi":"10.1139/bcb-2025-0022","DOIUrl":"10.1139/bcb-2025-0022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8775,"journal":{"name":"Biochemistry and Cell Biology","volume":"103 ","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143522583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mengmeng Liu, Yingrui Li, Xin Yuan, Shunkang Rong, Jianlin Du
{"title":"Novel insights into RNA polymerase II transcription regulation: transcription factors, phase separation, and their roles in cardiovascular diseases.","authors":"Mengmeng Liu, Yingrui Li, Xin Yuan, Shunkang Rong, Jianlin Du","doi":"10.1139/bcb-2024-0094","DOIUrl":"10.1139/bcb-2024-0094","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transcription factors (TFs) are specialized proteins that bind DNA in a sequence-specific manner and modulate RNA polymerase II (Pol II) in multiple steps of the transcription process. Phase separation is a spontaneous or driven process that can form membrane-less organelles called condensates. By creating different liquid phases at active transcription sites, the formation of transcription condensates can reduce the water content of the condensate and lower the dielectric constant in biological systems, which in turn alters the structure and function of proteins and nucleic acids in the condensate. In RNA Pol II transcription, phase separation formation shortens the time at which TFs bind to target DNA sites and promotes transcriptional bursting. RNA Pol II transcription is engaged in developing several diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, by regulating different TFs and mediating the occurrence of phase separation. This review aims to summarize the advances in the molecular mechanisms of RNA Pol II transcriptional regulation, in particular the effect of TFs and phase separation. The role of RNA Pol II transcriptional regulation in cardiovascular disease will be elucidated, providing potential therapeutic targets for the management and treatment of cardiovascular disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":8775,"journal":{"name":"Biochemistry and Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142614125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TRIM3 modulates cisplmatin-resistant of cervical squamous cell carcinoma via endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling in vitro.","authors":"Meiya Mao, Tianzi You, Kejun Xu, Huiqing Ding","doi":"10.1139/bcb-2024-0154","DOIUrl":"10.1139/bcb-2024-0154","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>TRIM3 is widely recognized as a tumor suppressor gene. However, its precise role in cervical squamous cell carcinoma (CESC) remains elusive. Here, we observed a significant decrease in the expression of TRIM3 in CESC cells. Overexpression of TRIM3 suppresses cell proliferation and clonal formation. Through the establishment of cisplatin (cDDP)-resistant CESC cell lines, we discovered that the expression of TRIM3 was further downregulated in cDDP-resistant cells, while overexpression of TRIM3 enhanced cellular sensitivity to cDDP. Mechanistic investigations revealed that TRIM3 directly interacts with GRP78, a crucial protein involved in endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) pathway, promoting its ubiquitination degradation. Under cDDP treatment, the overexpression of TRIM3 in cDDP-resistant cells suppressed cell proliferation and downregulated the expression of drug-resistant genes, while simultaneously enhancing the activation of apoptosis signaling pathways. However, co-expression of TRIM3 and GRP78 restored cellular sensitivity to cDDP back to normal levels. Consequently, overexpressing TRIM3 in drug-resistant cells facilitates PERK activation and subsequent induction of apoptosis through inhibition of GRP78, ultimately suppressing drug resistance and inducing apoptosis in CESC cells. In conclution, our study suggests that the TRIM3/GRP78 axis regulates cDDP resistance in CESC cells by modulating the downstream apoptotic pathway of ERS.</p>","PeriodicalId":8775,"journal":{"name":"Biochemistry and Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142766033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G Pauline Padilla-Meier, Yeshika Bhatia, Suresh Mishra
{"title":"<i>O</i>-GlcNAcylation of epidermal growth factor receptor and glucose transporter 1 prevents their intrinsic down regulation in breast cancer cells.","authors":"G Pauline Padilla-Meier, Yeshika Bhatia, Suresh Mishra","doi":"10.1139/bcb-2025-0055","DOIUrl":"10.1139/bcb-2025-0055","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) is upregulated in many cancer cell types leading to upregulation of post-translational modification of proteins by β-<i>N-</i>acetylglucosamine (<i>O</i>-GlcNAc), the product of HBP. However, our knowledge of the identity of proteins that undergo <i>O</i>-GlcNAcylation in cancer cells and consequently their roles is very limited. We investigated the <i>O</i>-GlcNAcylation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) in T47D and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell models. We examined the effect of the loss of putative <i>O</i>-GlcNAcylation sites in EGFR and GLUT1 on cell-signaling pathways and their functional consequences on cell cycle progression and cell metabolism using fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis and in vitro assays. EGFR and GLUT1 undergo <i>O</i>-GlcNAcylation in T47D and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells, which enhances their functions and prevents their intrinsic downregulation. This appears to involve an interplay between phosphorylation, <i>O</i>-GlcNAcylation, and ubiquitination in both proteins. Importantly, perturbing the putative <i>O</i>-GlcNAcylation sites in both proteins adversely affected their stability, functions, and metabolic status of breast cancer cells, including glucose uptake and lactate production. In conclusion, the reprogrammed metabolism in cancer cells extends beyond energy and macromolecule requirements and contributes to cell-signaling events that support the stability and function of cancer promoting proteins.</p>","PeriodicalId":8775,"journal":{"name":"Biochemistry and Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144075765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retraction: Active vitamin D activates chondrocyte autophagy to reduce osteoarthritis via mediating the AMPK-mTOR signaling pathway.","authors":"","doi":"10.1139/bcb-2025-0020","DOIUrl":"10.1139/bcb-2025-0020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8775,"journal":{"name":"Biochemistry and Cell Biology","volume":"103 ","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143497611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}