Neural Cell News Volume 16.01 | Jan 12 2022

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    TOP STORY

    Glioblastoma Stem Cells Reprogram Chromatin In Vivo to Generate Selective Therapeutic Dependencies on DPY30 and Phosphodiesterases

    Scientists identified Dpy-30 histone methyltransferase complex regulatory subunit (DPY30), a regulator of histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation, as a driver of glioblastoma growth in vivo but not in vitro.
    [Science Translational Medicine]

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    Organoids: Experts Talk Standardization at Nature Research Round Table
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    Quiescent Human Glioblastoma Cancer Stem Cells Drive Tumor Initiation, Expansion, and Recurrence Following Chemotherapy

    F3-antibody-sorted glioblastoma cells exhibited stem cell gene expression, enhanced self-renewal in culture, drove tumor initiation and serial transplantation, and reconstituted tumor heterogeneity.
    [Developmental Cell]

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    FASN-Dependent De Novo Lipogenesis Is Required for Brain Development

    Scientists established a role of de novo lipogenesis for mouse and human brain development and identified a link between progenitor-cell polarity and lipid metabolism.
    [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America]

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    TMEM158 Promotes the Proliferation and Migration of Glioma Cells via STAT3 Signaling in Glioblastomas

    Researchers found that TMEM158 expression in human glioma cells in the tumor core was significantly higher than that in noncancerous cells at the tumor edge using bioinformatics analysis.
    [Cancer Gene Therapy]

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    SMURF2 Phosphorylation at Thr249 Modifies Glioma Stemness and Tumorigenicity by Regulating TGF-β Receptor Stability

    The authors demonstrated that SMAD specific E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 2 (SMURF2)Thr249 phosphorylation played an essential role in maintaining glioma stem cell (GSC) stemness and tumorigenicity.
    [Communications Biology]

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    TWIST1 Expression Is Associated with High-Risk Neuroblastoma and Promotes Primary and Metastatic Tumor Growth

    Investigators identified a TWIST1-mediated transcriptional program associated with dismal outcome in neuroblastoma and involved in the control of pathways mainly linked to the signaling, migration, adhesion, the organization of the extracellular matrix, and the tumor cells versus tumor stroma crosstalk.
    [Communications Biology]

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    Accumulation of APP-CTF Induces Mitophagy Dysfunction in the iNSCs Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

    Scientists demonstrated the effects of amyloid precursor protein-derived C-terminal fragments (APP-CTFs)-related pathology using induced neural stem cells (iNSCs) from Alzheimer’s disease patient-derived fibroblasts.
    [Cell Death Discovery]

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    Sertad1 Induces Neurological Injury after Ischemic Stroke via the CDK4/p-Rb Pathway

    The authors’ results showed that the expression of SERTA domain-containing protein 1 (Sertad1) was upregulated in a mouse middle cerebral artery occlusion and reperfusion model and in HT22 cells after oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation.
    [Molecules and Cells]

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    GFAP Splice Variants Fine-Tune Glioma Cell Invasion and Tumor Dynamics by Modulating Migration Persistence

    Investigators showed that the glial fibrillary acidic protein δ (GFAPδ) and GFAPα isoforms differentially regulated the tumor dynamics of glioma cells. Depletion of either isoform increased the migratory capacity of glioma cells.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Effects of Intracellular Calcium Accumulation on Proteins Encoded by the Major Genes Underlying Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Researchers found a relationship between the proteins coded by the most relevant genes associated with ALS and intracellular Ca2+ accumulation.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Explore Antibodies for Epithelial Cell Markers
    REVIEWS

    Neurodegenerative Diseases Associated with Non-Coding CGG Tandem Repeat Expansions

    Scientists propose that CGG repeat expansion diseases may represent manifestations of a single underlying neuromyodegenerative syndrome in which different organs are affected to different extents depending on the gene location of the repeat expansion.
    [Nature Reviews Neurology]

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    Gaps and Roadmap of Novel Neuromodulation Targets for Treatment of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease

    The authors describe approaches, especially neuromodulation procedures, and emerging challenges to address Parkinson’s disease gait issues beyond subthalamic nucleus and the globus pallidus internus stimulation.
    [npj Parkinson’s Disease]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Vaxxinity Announces First Parkinson’s Disease Patient Dosed in Part B of Phase I Clinical Trial of UB-312

    Vaxxinity, Inc. announced that the first patient with Parkinson’s disease has been dosed with UB-312 in Part B of a double-blinded, placebo-controlled Phase I clinical trial, following completion of Part A of the Phase I trial in healthy volunteers.
    [Vaxxinity, Inc.]

    Press Release

    PharmaTher Announces FDA Approval of Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for Ketamine to Treat ALS

    PharmaTher Holdings Ltd. announced that the US FDA has accepted an investigator-initiated IND application to proceed with a Phase II clinical trial evaluating ketamine in the treatment of ALS.
    [PharmaTher Holdings Ltd.]

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    Queen Mary University of London – London, United Kingdom

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    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – Guangzhou, China

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