Neural Cell News Volume 16.26 | Jul 6 2022

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    MECP2-Related Pathways Are Dysregulated in a Cortical Organoid Model of Myotonic Dystrophy

    Scientists showed that CUG foci found early in the maturation of 3D cortical organoids from dystrophy type 1 patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells caused hyperphosphorylation of CUGBP Elav-like family member 2 protein.
    [Science Translational Medicine]

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    MYCN-Driven Fatty Acid Uptake Is a Metabolic Vulnerability in Neuroblastoma

    Using multi-dimensional metabolic profiling in MYCN expression systems and primary patient tumors, researchers comprehensively characterized the metabolic landscape driven by MYCN in neuroblastoma.
    [Nature Communications]

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    GBP3 Promotes Glioblastoma Resistance to Temozolomide by Enhancing DNA Damage Repair

    Investigators demonstrated that temozolomide (TMZ) treatment significantly upregulated the expression of guanylate binding protein 3 and stimulator of interferon genes, both of which increased TMZ-induced DNA damage repair and reduced cell apoptosis of glioblastoma cells.
    [Oncogene]

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    Galectin-1 Activates Carbonic Anhydrase IX and Modulates Glioma Metabolism

    Using Biolog microplate-1 mitochondrial functional assay, scientists confirmed that the depletion of Galectin-1 increased the expression levels of the enzymes from the tricarboxylic acid cycle, suggesting a reversal of the Warburg phenotype.
    [Cell Death & Disease]

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    TNF-α Promotes α-Synuclein Propagation Through Stimulation of Senescence-Associated Lysosomal Exocytosis

    Using in vitro cultures, the authors discovered that soluble factors secreted from activated microglia promoted cell-to-cell propagation of α-synuclein and further showed that among these soluble factors, TNF-α had the most robust stimulatory activity.
    [Experimental and Molecular Medicine]

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    Stanniocalcin 2 Drives Malignant Transformation of Human Glioblastoma Cells by Targeting SNAI2 and Matrix Metalloproteinases

    Scientists reported an association between human glycoprotein stanniocalcin-2 and aggressive glioblastoma multiforme progression and demonstrated the underlying mechanism.
    [Cell Death Discovery]

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    The Impact of Temozolomide and Lonafarnib on the Stemness Marker Expression of Glioblastoma Cells in Multicellular Spheroids

    Researchers investigated how drug treatments impacted stemness marker expression of glioblastoma multiforme cells in multicellular tumor spheroid models.
    [Biotechnology Progress]

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    Cerebral Organoids as an In Vitro Model To Study Autism Spectrum Disorders

    The authors discuss the development of cerebral organoids, their recent applications in the study of both syndromic and idiopathic autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), their use as an ASD drug development platform, as well as limitations of their use in ASD research.
    [Gene Therapy]

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    Roles of Circular RNAs in Regulating the Development of Glioma

    Investigators summarize the roles and mechanisms of circRNAs in the development of glioma.
    [Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology]

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    Molecular Signaling Pathway Targeted Therapeutic Potential of Thymoquinone in Alzheimer’s Disease

    Scientists summarize the potential aspects and mechanisms by which thymoquinone imparts its action in Alzheimer’s disease.
    [Heliyon]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Pyramid Biosciences Receives Orphan Drug Designation for PBI-200 From FDA

    Pyramid Biosciences, Inc. announced that the US FDA has granted orphan drug designation for PBI-200, a highly brain penetrant inhibitor of the neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase (NTRK) currently in clinical development for the treatment of NTRK fusion-positive solid tumors.
    [Pyramid Biosciences, Inc.]

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    Intravacc and DZNE Awarded EU Funding to Develop Vaccine against Genetic ALS Variant

    Intravacc and the German Center for Neurogenerative Diseases (DZNE), have been awarded funding of €2.5 million from the European Union to further develop a prototype ALS vaccine, including process development, scale-up, and toxicology study.
    [Intravacc]

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