Comparative analysis of adenosine 1 receptor expression and function in hippocampal and hypothalamic neurons.

Background: Adenosine, an ATP degradation product, is a sleep pressure factor. The adenosine 1 receptor (A1R) reports sleep need. Histaminergic neurons (HN) of the tuberomamillary nucleus (TMN) fire exclusively during wakefulness and promote arousal.

Time-resolved fluorescence of ANS dye as a sensor of proteins LLPS.

The explosive growth in the number of works addressing the phase separation of intrinsically disordered proteins has driven both the development of new approaches and the optimization of existing methods for biomolecular condensate visualization. In this work, we studied the potential use of the fluorescent dye ANS as a sensor for liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS), focusing on visualizing condensates formed by the stress-granules scaffold protein G3BP1. Using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), we demonstrated that ANS can accumulate in RNA-induced G3BP1 condensates in aqueous solutions, but not in G3BP1 condensates formed under macromolecular crowding conditions in highly concentrated PEG solutions.

Searching for Protein Off-Targets of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-Targeting Radioligands in the Salivary Glands.

Prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted radioligand therapies represent a highly effective treatment for metastatic prostate cancer. However, high and sustain uptake of PSMA-ligands in the salivary glands led to dose limiting dry mouth (xerostomia), especially with α-emitters. The expression of PSMA and histologic analysis couldn't directly explain the toxicity, suggesting a potential off-target mediator for uptake.

Repeated liver resections for recurrent intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Objective: To evaluate the safety and advisability of repeated liver resection (RLR) for recurrent intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC).

Material And Methods: The results of RLR for ICC recurrence (=10) were retrospectively analyzed between 1999 and 2023. The control group consisted of patients undergoing primary liver resection for ICC (=195).

Structure-activity relationship study of mesyl and busyl phosphoramidate antisense oligonucleotides for unaided and PSMA-mediated uptake into prostate cancer cells.

Phosphorothioate (PS) group is a key component of a majority of FDA approved oligonucleotide drugs that increase stability to nucleases whilst maintaining interactions with many proteins, including RNase H in the case of antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs). At the same time, uniform PS modification increases nonspecific protein binding that can trigger toxicity and pro-inflammatory effects, so discovery and characterization of alternative phosphate mimics for RNA therapeutics is an actual task. Here we evaluated the effects of the introduction of several -alkane sulfonyl phosphoramidate groups such as mesyl (methanesulfonyl) or busyl (1-butanesulfonyl) phosphoramidates into gapmer ASOs on the efficiency and pattern of RNase H cleavage, cellular uptake , and intracellular localization.