Neural Cell News Volume 16.08 | Mar 2 2022

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    TDP-43 Represses Cryptic Exon Inclusion in the FTD–ALS Gene UNC13A

    Loss of TDP-43 from the nucleus in human brain, neuronal cell lines and motor neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells resulted in the inclusion of a cryptic exon in UNC13A mRNA and reduced UNC13A protein expression.
    [Nature]

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    ATAD3A Oligomerization Promotes Neuropathology and Cognitive Deficits in Alzheimer’s Disease Models

    In neuronal models of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the 5XFAD mouse model and post-mortem AD brains, ATAD3A was oligomerized and accumulated at the mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum membranes.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Increased Expression of SLC25A1/CIC Causes an Autistic-Like Phenotype with Altered Neuron Morphology

    Investigators reinforced the connection between aberrant cytosolic-to-endoplasmic reticulum acetyl-CoA flux and the development of an autistic-like phenotype.
    [Brain]

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    Landscape of Surfaceome and Endocytome in Human Glioma Is Divergent and Depends on Cellular Spatial Organization

    The authors developed a platform integrated with a newly curated tumor surfaceome classifier that allowed profiling of primary 3D cultures and intact patient glioma tumors with preserved tissue architecture.
    [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America]

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    PCLAF Promotes Neuroblastoma G1/S Cell Cycle Progression via the E2F1/PTTG1 Axis

    Scientists revealed the mechanism by which PCNA clamp-associated factor (PCLAF) facilitated cell cycle progression and recommended that the PCLAF/E2F1/PTTG1 axis was a therapeutic target in neuroblastoma.
    [Cell Death & Disease]

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    Rapamycin and Resveratrol Modulate the Gliotic and Pro-Angiogenic Response in Müller Glial Cells Under Hypoxia

    Beneficial effects were observed with rapamycin treatment as it decreased the gliotic response and prevented the development of newly formed blood vessels.
    [Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology]

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    LncRNA RP5-998N21.4 Promotes Immune Defense through Upregulation of IFIT2 and IFIT3 in Schizophrenia

    The authors suggested that lncRNA RP5-998N21.4 was a critical regulator of immune defense, providing etiological and therapeutic implications for schizophrenia.
    [npj Schizophrenia]

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    Anti-Glioblastoma Effects of Phenolic Variants of Benzoylphenoxyacetamide (BPA) with High Potential for Blood Brain Barrier Penetration

    Nine compounds demonstrated desirable glioblastoma cell toxicity in cell culture, and two of them, HR51, and HR59, demonstrated significantly improved capability of crossing the model blood–brain-barrier composed of endothelial cells, astrocytes and pericytes.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Metabolites of Soil Microorganisms Modulate Amyloid β Production in Alzheimer’s Neurons

    Researchers established a library of secondly metabolites produced in microorganisms to investigate the potential effect of microorganisms on the production of amyloid β, one of the most representative pathogens of Alzheimer’s disease.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Impaired Insulin Signaling and Allostatic Load in Alzheimer Disease

    The authors review evidence showing that brain inflammation and activation of cellular stress response mechanisms comprise molecular underpinnings of impaired brain insulin signaling in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and integrate impaired insulin signaling with AD pathology.
    [Nature Reviews Neuroscience]

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    Mitochondrial-Derived Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns Amplify Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases

    Investigators describe in detail the damage-associated molecular patterns that induce or aggravate neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases including mitochondrial DNA, mitochondrial unfolded protein response, mitochondrial reactive oxygen species, and adenosine triphosphate.
    [Acta Pharmacologica Sinica]

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    Angioregulatory Role of miRNAs and Exosomal miRNAs in Glioblastoma Pathogenesis

    Scientists provide recent findings and insights about miRNAs’ angioregulatory role and exosomal miRNAs in glioblastoma.
    [Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    LEXEO Therapeutics Announces Positive Initial Data from Ongoing Phase I/II Clinical Trial of AAV-based Gene Therapy Candidate LX1001 in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

    LEXEO Therapeutics announced positive initial expression and biomarker data from the low-dose cohort of its ongoing Phase I/II clinical trial of LX1001, an adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based investigational gene therapy.
    [LEXEO Therapeutics]

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