Pancreatic Cell News Volume 14.16 | May 2 2023

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    2023-05-02 | PACN 14.16


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    Vol. 14.16 – 2 May, 2023
    TOP STORY

    Simultaneous Targeting of PD-1 and IL-2Rβγ with Radiation Therapy Inhibits Pancreatic Cancer Growth and Metastasis

    The bispecific PD1-IL2v is a PD-1-targeted interleukin-2 variant (IL-2v) immunocytokine with engineered IL-2 cis targeted to PD-1 and abolished IL-2Rα binding, which enhanced tumor-antigen-specific T cell activation while reducing regulatory T cell suppression.
    [Cancer Cell]

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    Single-Nucleus RNA Sequencing of Human Pancreatic Islets Identifies Novel Gene Sets and Distinguishes β-Cell Subpopulations with Dynamic Transcriptome Profiles

    Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis showed that the top four differentially and selectively expressed genes in human islet endocrine cells in vitro and in vivo were not the canonical genes but a new set of non-canonical gene markers.
    [Genome Medicine]

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    Cordycepin Protects Islet β-Cells against Glucotoxicity and Lipotoxicity via Modulating Related Proteins of ROS/JNK Signaling Pathway

    The authors explored the effect of cordycepin, a natural adenosine isolated from Cordyceps militaris, on high glucose/lipid-induced glucotoxicity and lipotoxicity in INS-1 cells.
    [Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy]

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    Deubiquitinase USP1 Influences the Dedifferentiation of Mouse Pancreatic β-Cells

    Inhibition of USP1 either by genetic intervention or small molecule inhibitor ML323 restored epithelial phenotype of β-cells, but not with inhibition of other deubiquitinases.
    [iScience]

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    Pancreatic Tumor-Targeting Stemsome Therapeutics

    By gaining the targeting ability of stem cells against pancreatic tumor cells, stem cell membranes encapsulated nano polylactide-co-glycolide loaded with doxorubicin to target and reduce deep pancreatic tumor tissues.
    [Advanced Materials]

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    YAP/BRD4-Controlled ROR1 Promotes Tumor-Initiating Cells and Hyperproliferation in Pancreatic Cancer

    Researchers showed that a cellular subpopulation with a partial epithelial-mesenchymal transition-like signature marked by high expression of receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 1 (ROR1) was the origin of heterogeneous tumor cells in PDAC.
    [Embo Journal]

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    Chemotherapeutic Drugs-Induced Pyroptosis Mediated by Gasdermin E Promotes the Progression and Chemoresistance of Pancreatic Cancer

    Scientists explored the mechanism of chemotherapy-induced pyroptosis and elucidated the role of pyroptosis in mediating PDAC progression and chemoresistance.
    [Cancer Letters]

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    Retinoic Acid Receptor β Modulates Mechanosensing and Invasion in Pancreatic Cancer Cells via Myosin Light Chain 2

    Researchers demonstrated that retinoic acid receptor β transcriptionally repressed myosin light chain 2 expression in pancreatic cancer cells.
    [Oncogenesis]

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    VNN1 Overexpression in Pancreatic Cancer Cells Inhibits Paraneoplastic Islet Function by Increasing Oxidative Stress and Inducing β-Cell Dedifferentiation

    The authors observed that both cysteamine and exosomes secreted by VNN1‑overexpressing pancreatic cancer cells aggravated the dysfunction of mouse primary islets.
    [Oncology Reports]

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    REVIEWS

    Functional Roles of SRC Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer: Recent Insights Provide Novel Therapeutic Opportunities

    Investigators discuss the molecular and immunological mechanisms by which aberrant tyrosine kinase c-SRC (SRC) activity promotes PDAC tumorigenesis.
    [Oncogene]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    White House to Tap Cancer Leader Monica Bertagnolli as New NIH Director

    Long-awaited decision comes more than a year after Francis Collins resigned as director of the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world.
    [Nature]

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    University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden – Dresden, Germany

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