Neural Cell News Volume 17.17 | May 03 2023

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    Metabolism-Based Targeting of MYC via MPC-SOD2 Axis-Mediated Oxidation Promotes Cellular Differentiation in Group 3 Medulloblastoma

    Scientists investigated the concept of leveraging metabolism-targeting interventions as an indirect means of modulating MYC abundance and activity in group 3 medulloblastoma.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Targeting Fatty Acid Oxidation via Acyl-CoA Binding Protein Hinders Glioblastoma Invasion

    Researchers showed that acyl-CoA binding protein downregulation results in wide transcriptional changes affecting invasion-related genes.
    [Cell Death & Disease]

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    NSC-Derived Exosomes Enhance Therapeutic Effects of NSC Transplantation on Cerebral Ischemia in Mice

    Scientists employed neural stem cells (NSCs) derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells together with exosomes extracted from NSCs to treat cerebral ischemia induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion in mice.
    [eLife]

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    Differentiated Embryonic Neurospheres from Familial Alzheimer’s Disease Model Show Innate Immune and Glial Cell Responses

    Researchers studied genome-wide gene expression profiles of differentiated neural progenitor cells from wild-type and APPswe/PS1dE9 mouse embryo telencephalon.
    [Stem Cell Reviews And Reports]

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    Regulation of Synaptic Connectivity in Schizophrenia Spectrum by Mutual Neuron-Microglia Interaction

    Investigators presented a co-culture model of neurons and microglia, both of human origin, to show increased susceptibility of neurons to microglia-like cells derived from schizophrenia spectrum patients.
    [Communications Biology]

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    Investigating Trans-Differentiation of Glioblastoma Cells in an In Vitro 3D Model of the Perivascular Niche

    Scientists designed a 3D in vitro model of the perivascular niche comprising either collagen Type 1 or HyStem-C, human umbilical vein endothelial cells, and LN229 cells.
    [ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering]

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    N, N-Dimethylacetamide Targets Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease in In Vitro and Ex Vivo Models

    Researchers investigated the effect of N,N-dimethylacetamide on neuroinflammation and its mechanism of action in in vitro and ex vivo models of Alzheimer’s disease.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Mycoplasma fermentans Infection Induces Human Necrotic Neuronal Cell Death via IFITM3-Mediated Amyloid-β (1–42) Deposition

    Investigators found that M. fermentans could infect and replicate in human neuronal cells, inducing necrotic cell death.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Posttreatment with Ospemifene Attenuates Hypoxia- and Ischemia-Induced Apoptosis in Primary Neuronal Cells via Selective Modulation of Estrogen Receptors

    Scientists demonstrated that posttreatment with ospemifene in primary neocortical cell cultures subjected to 18 h of hypoxia and/or ischemia followed by 6 h of reoxygenation had robust neuroprotective potential.
    [Neurotoxicity Research]

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    The Complexities Underlying Epilepsy in People With Glioblastoma

    Advances in novel therapies provide some promise for people with glioblastoma; however, the effects of these therapies on seizures are yet to be fully determined. Insights into electrical activity as a driver of tumor cell growth may present useful targets for treatment and disease modification.
    [Lancet Neurology]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Erasca Granted FDA Fast Track Designation for CNS-Penetrant EGFR Inhibitor ERAS-801 in Patients With Glioblastoma

    Erasca, Inc. announced the US FDA granted Fast Track Designation to ERAS-801 for the treatment of adult patients with glioblastoma with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene alterations.
    [Erasca, Inc.]

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