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https://read.qxmd.com/read/37733806/cell-senescence-the-senescence-associated-secretory-phenotype-and-cancers
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Larissa G P Langhi Prata, Tamar Tchkonia, James L Kirkland
Cellular senescence is a cell fate caused by multiple stresses. A 2008 article in PLOS Biology reported a senescence-associated secretory phenotype that can promote inflammation and cancer, eventually enabling the development of senolytic drugs.
September 21, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37733785/construction-of-an-artificial-phosphoketolase-pathway-that-efficiently-catabolizes-multiple-carbon-sources-to-acetyl-coa
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Yiqun Yang, Yuwan Liu, Haodong Zhao, Dingyu Liu, Jie Zhang, Jian Cheng, Qiaoyu Yang, Huanyu Chu, Xiaoyun Lu, Mengting Luo, Xiang Sheng, Yi-Heng P J Zhang, Huifeng Jiang, Yanhe Ma
The canonical glycolysis pathway is responsible for converting glucose into 2 molecules of acetyl-coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) through a cascade of 11 biochemical reactions. Here, we have designed and constructed an artificial phosphoketolase (APK) pathway, which consists of only 3 types of biochemical reactions. The core enzyme in this pathway is phosphoketolase, while phosphatase and isomerase act as auxiliary enzymes. The APK pathway has the potential to achieve a 100% carbon yield to acetyl-CoA from any monosaccharide by integrating a one-carbon condensation reaction...
September 21, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37733772/inhibitory-feedback-from-the-motor-circuit-gates-mechanosensory-processing-in-caenorhabditis-elegans
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sandeep Kumar, Anuj K Sharma, Andrew Tran, Mochi Liu, Andrew M Leifer
Animals must integrate sensory cues with their current behavioral context to generate a suitable response. How this integration occurs is poorly understood. Previously, we developed high-throughput methods to probe neural activity in populations of Caenorhabditis elegans and discovered that the animal's mechanosensory processing is rapidly modulated by the animal's locomotion. Specifically, we found that when the worm turns it suppresses its mechanosensory-evoked reversal response. Here, we report that C. elegans use inhibitory feedback from turning-associated neurons to provide this rapid modulation of mechanosensory processing...
September 21, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37721959/asymmetric-connections-with-starburst-amacrine-cells-underlie-the-upward-motion-selectivity-of-j-type-retinal-ganglion-cells
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bo Wang, Yifeng Zhang
Motion is an important aspect of visual information. The directions of visual motion are encoded in the retina by direction-selective ganglion cells (DSGCs). ON-OFF DSGCs and ON DSGCs co-stratify with starburst amacrine cells (SACs) in the inner plexiform layer and depend on SACs for their direction selectivity. J-type retinal ganglion cells (J-RGCs), a type of OFF DSGCs in the mouse retina, on the other hand, do not co-stratify with SACs, and how direction selectivity in J-RGCs emerges has not been understood...
September 18, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37721958/selective-retention-of-dysfunctional-mitochondria-during-asymmetric-cell-division-in-yeast
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Xenia Chelius, Veronika Bartosch, Nathalie Rausch, Magdalena Haubner, Jana Schramm, Ralf J Braun, Till Klecker, Benedikt Westermann
Decline of mitochondrial function is a hallmark of cellular aging. To counteract this process, some cells inherit mitochondria asymmetrically to rejuvenate daughter cells. The molecular mechanisms that control this process are poorly understood. Here, we made use of matrix-targeted D-amino acid oxidase (Su9-DAO) to selectively trigger oxidative damage in yeast mitochondria. We observed that dysfunctional mitochondria become fusion-incompetent and immotile. Lack of bud-directed movements is caused by defective recruitment of the myosin motor, Myo2...
September 18, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37721949/sec14-like-condensate-phase-transitions-at-plasma-membranes-regulate-root-growth-in-arabidopsis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Chen Liu, Andriani Mentzelopoulou, Fotini Papagavriil, Prashanth Ramachandran, Artemis Perraki, Lucas Claus, Sebastian Barg, Peter Dörmann, Yvon Jaillais, Philipp Johnen, Eugenia Russinova, Electra Gizeli, Gabriel Schaaf, Panagiotis Nikolaou Moschou
Protein function can be modulated by phase transitions in their material properties, which can range from liquid- to solid-like; yet, the mechanisms that drive these transitions and whether they are important for physiology are still unknown. In the model plant Arabidopsis, we show that developmental robustness is reinforced by phase transitions of the plasma membrane-bound lipid-binding protein SEC14-like. Using imaging, genetics, and in vitro reconstitution experiments, we show that SEC14-like undergoes liquid-like phase separation in the root stem cells...
September 18, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37713449/a-new-polymodal-gating-model-of-the-proton-activated-chloride-channel
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Piao Zhao, Cheng Tang, Yuqin Yang, Zhen Xiao, Samantha Perez-Miller, Heng Zhang, Guoqing Luo, Hao Liu, Yaqi Li, Qingyi Liao, Fan Yang, Hao Dong, Rajesh Khanna, Zhonghua Liu
The proton-activated chloride (PAC) channel plays critical roles in ischemic neuron death, but its activation mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we investigated the gating of PAC channels using its novel bifunctional modulator C77304. C77304 acted as a weak activator of the PAC channel, causing moderate activation by acting on its proton gating. However, at higher concentrations, C77304 acted as a weak inhibitor, suppressing channel activity. This dual function was achieved by interacting with 2 modulatory sites of the channel, each with different affinities and dependencies on the channel's state...
September 15, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37713439/azyx-1-is-a-new-gene-that-overlaps-with-zyxin-and-affects-its-translation-in-c-elegans-impacting-muscular-integrity-and-locomotion
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bhavesh S Parmar, Amanda Kieswetter, Ellen Geens, Elke Vandewyer, Christina Ludwig, Liesbet Temmerman
Overlapping genes are widely prevalent; however, their expression and consequences are poorly understood. Here, we describe and functionally characterize a novel zyx-1 overlapping gene, azyx-1, with distinct regulatory functions in Caenorhabditis elegans. We observed conservation of alternative open reading frames (ORFs) overlapping the 5' region of zyxin family members in several animal species, and find shared sites of azyx-1 and zyxin proteoform expression in C. elegans. In line with a standard ribosome scanning model, our results support cis regulation of zyx-1 long isoform(s) by upstream initiating azyx-1a...
September 15, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37713428/transient-eco-evolutionary-dynamics-early-in-a-phage-epidemic-have-strong-and-lasting-impact-on-the-long-term-evolution-of-bacterial-defences
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bridget Nora Janice Watson, Elizabeth Pursey, Sylvain Gandon, Edze Rients Westra
Organisms have evolved a range of constitutive (always active) and inducible (elicited by parasites) defence mechanisms, but we have limited understanding of what drives the evolution of these orthogonal defence strategies. Bacteria and their phages offer a tractable system to study this: Bacteria can acquire constitutive resistance by mutation of the phage receptor (surface mutation, sm) or induced resistance through their CRISPR-Cas-adaptive immune system. Using a combination of theory and experiments, we demonstrate that the mechanism that establishes first has a strong advantage because it weakens selection for the alternative resistance mechanism...
September 15, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37695771/applying-an-evolutionary-mismatch-framework-to-understand-disease-susceptibility
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Amanda J Lea, Andrew G Clark, Andrew W Dahl, Orrin Devinsky, Angela R Garcia, Christopher D Golden, Joseph Kamau, Thomas S Kraft, Yvonne A L Lim, Dino J Martins, Donald Mogoi, Päivi Pajukanta, George H Perry, Herman Pontzer, Benjamin C Trumble, Samuel S Urlacher, Vivek V Venkataraman, Ian J Wallace, Michael Gurven, Daniel E Lieberman, Julien F Ayroles
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are on the rise worldwide. Obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes are among a long list of "lifestyle" diseases that were rare throughout human history but are now common. The evolutionary mismatch hypothesis posits that humans evolved in environments that radically differ from those we currently experience; consequently, traits that were once advantageous may now be "mismatched" and disease causing. At the genetic level, this hypothesis predicts that loci with a history of selection will exhibit "genotype by environment" (GxE) interactions, with different health effects in "ancestral" versus "modern" environments...
September 11, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37656748/morphological-evolution-of-language-relevant-brain-areas
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Guillermo Gallardo, Cornelius Eichner, Chet C Sherwood, William D Hopkins, Alfred Anwander, Angela D Friederici
Human language is supported by a cortical network involving Broca's area, which comprises Brodmann Areas 44 and 45 (BA44 and BA45). While cytoarchitectonic homolog areas have been identified in nonhuman primates, it remains unknown how these regions evolved to support human language. Here, we use histological data and advanced cortical registration methods to precisely compare the morphology of BA44 and BA45 in humans and chimpanzees. We found a general expansion of Broca's areas in humans, with the left BA44 enlarging the most, growing anteriorly into a region known to process syntax...
September 1, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37651504/functional-geometry-of-auditory-cortical-resting-state-networks-derived-from-intracranial-electrophysiology
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Matthew I Banks, Bryan M Krause, D Graham Berger, Declan I Campbell, Aaron D Boes, Joel E Bruss, Christopher K Kovach, Hiroto Kawasaki, Mitchell Steinschneider, Kirill V Nourski
Understanding central auditory processing critically depends on defining underlying auditory cortical networks and their relationship to the rest of the brain. We addressed these questions using resting state functional connectivity derived from human intracranial electroencephalography. Mapping recording sites into a low-dimensional space where proximity represents functional similarity revealed a hierarchical organization. At a fine scale, a group of auditory cortical regions excluded several higher-order auditory areas and segregated maximally from the prefrontal cortex...
August 31, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37651461/auditory-cortex-ensembles-jointly-encode-sound-and-locomotion-speed-to-support-sound-perception-during-movement
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Carlos Arturo Vivaldo, Joonyeup Lee, MaryClaire Shorkey, Ajay Keerthy, Gideon Rothschild
The ability to process and act upon incoming sounds during locomotion is critical for survival and adaptive behavior. Despite the established role that the auditory cortex (AC) plays in behavior- and context-dependent sound processing, previous studies have found that auditory cortical activity is on average suppressed during locomotion as compared to immobility. While suppression of auditory cortical responses to self-generated sounds results from corollary discharge, which weakens responses to predictable sounds, the functional role of weaker responses to unpredictable external sounds during locomotion remains unclear...
August 31, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37651441/autism-related-klhl17-and-synpo-act-in-concert-to-control-activity-dependent-dendritic-spine-enlargement-and-the-spine-apparatus
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Hsiao-Tang Hu, Yung-Jui Lin, Ueh-Ting Tim Wang, Sue-Ping Lee, Yae-Huei Liou, Bi-Chang Chen, Yi-Ping Hsueh
Dendritic spines, the tiny and actin-rich protrusions emerging from dendrites, are the subcellular locations of excitatory synapses in the mammalian brain that control synaptic activity and plasticity. Dendritic spines contain a specialized form of endoplasmic reticulum (ER), i.e., the spine apparatus, required for local calcium signaling and that is involved in regulating dendritic spine enlargement and synaptic plasticity. Many autism-linked genes have been shown to play critical roles in synaptic formation and plasticity...
August 31, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37651423/inhibition-of-ribosome-biogenesis-in-the-epidermis-is-sufficient-to-trigger-organism-wide-growth-quiescence-independently-of-nutritional-status-in-c-elegans
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Qiuxia Zhao, Rekha Rangan, Shinuo Weng, Cem Özdemir, Elif Sarinay Cenik
Interorgan communication is crucial for multicellular organismal growth, development, and homeostasis. Cell nonautonomous inhibitory cues, which limit tissue-specific growth alterations, are not well characterized due to cell ablation approach limitations. In this study, we employed the auxin-inducible degradation system in C. elegans to temporally and spatially modulate ribosome biogenesis, through depletion of essential factors (RPOA-2, GRWD-1, or TSR-2). Our findings reveal that embryo-wide inhibition of ribosome biogenesis induces a reversible early larval growth quiescence, distinguished by a unique gene expression signature that is different from starvation or dauer stages...
August 31, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37651408/the-microbiota-conditions-a-gut-milieu-that-selects-for-wild-type-salmonella-typhimurium-virulence
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ersin Gül, Erik Bakkeren, Guillem Salazar, Yves Steiger, Andrew Abi Younes, Melanie Clerc, Philipp Christen, Stefan A Fattinger, Bidong D Nguyen, Patrick Kiefer, Emma Slack, Martin Ackermann, Julia A Vorholt, Shinichi Sunagawa, Médéric Diard, Wolf-Dietrich Hardt
Salmonella Typhimurium elicits gut inflammation by the costly expression of HilD-controlled virulence factors. This inflammation alleviates colonization resistance (CR) mediated by the microbiota and thereby promotes pathogen blooms. However, the inflamed gut-milieu can also select for hilD mutants, which cannot elicit or maintain inflammation, therefore causing a loss of the pathogen's virulence. This raises the question of which conditions support the maintenance of virulence in S. Typhimurium. Indeed, it remains unclear why the wild-type hilD allele is dominant among natural isolates...
August 31, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37651406/rapid-structural-remodeling-of-peripheral-taste-neurons-is-independent-of-taste-cell-turnover
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zachary D Whiddon, Jaleia B Marshall, David C Alston, Aaron W McGee, Robin F Krimm
Taste bud cells are constantly replaced in taste buds as old cells die and new cells migrate into the bud. The perception of taste relies on new taste bud cells integrating with existing neural circuitry, yet how these new cells connect with a taste ganglion neuron is unknown. Do taste ganglion neurons remodel to accommodate taste bud cell renewal? If so, how much of the structure of taste axons is fixed and how much remodels? Here, we measured the motility and branching of individual taste arbors (the portion of the axon innervating taste buds) in mice over time with two-photon in vivo microscopy...
August 31, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37594988/a-pathogen-specific-isotope-tracing-approach-reveals-metabolic-activities-and-fluxes-of-intracellular-salmonella
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Karin Mitosch, Martin Beyß, Prasad Phapale, Bernhard Drotleff, Katharina Nöh, Theodore Alexandrov, Kiran R Patil, Athanasios Typas
Pathogenic bacteria proliferating inside mammalian host cells need to rapidly adapt to the intracellular environment. How they achieve this and scavenge essential nutrients from the host has been an open question due to the difficulties in distinguishing between bacterial and host metabolites in situ. Here, we capitalized on the inability of mammalian cells to metabolize mannitol to develop a stable isotopic labeling approach to track Salmonella enterica metabolites during intracellular proliferation in host macrophage and epithelial cells...
August 18, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37594983/girk2-potassium-channels-expressed-by-the-agrp-neurons-decrease-adiposity-and-body-weight-in-mice
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Youjin Oh, Eun-Seon Yoo, Sang Hyeon Ju, Eunha Kim, Seulgi Lee, Seyun Kim, Kevin Wickman, Jong-Woo Sohn
It is well known that the neuropeptide Y (NPY)/agouti-related peptide (AgRP) neurons increase appetite and decrease thermogenesis. Previous studies demonstrated that optogenetic and/or chemogenetic manipulations of NPY/AgRP neuronal activity alter food intake and/or energy expenditure (EE). However, little is known about intrinsic molecules regulating NPY/AgRP neuronal excitability to affect long-term metabolic function. Here, we found that the G protein-gated inwardly rectifying K+ (GIRK) channels are key to stabilize NPY/AgRP neurons and that NPY/AgRP neuron-selective deletion of the GIRK2 subunit results in a persistently increased excitability of the NPY/AgRP neurons...
August 18, 2023: PLoS Biology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37590333/target-selective-vertebrate-motor-axon-regeneration-depends-on-interaction-with-glial-cells-at-a-peripheral-nerve-plexus
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lauren J Walker, Camilo Guevara, Koichi Kawakami, Michael Granato
A critical step for functional recovery from peripheral nerve injury is for regenerating axons to connect with their pre-injury targets. Reestablishing pre-injury target specificity is particularly challenging for limb-innervating axons as they encounter a plexus, a network where peripheral nerves converge, axons from different nerves intermingle, and then re-sort into target-specific bundles. Here, we examine this process at a plexus located at the base of the zebrafish pectoral fin, equivalent to tetrapod forelimbs...
August 17, 2023: PLoS Biology
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