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The secretion of TGF-β3 by adipose-derived stem cells inhibits melanin synthesis and its impact on the cAMP/PKA signaling pathway.
Arch Dermatol Res
January 2025
Burn and Wound Repair Center, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, No. 139, Ziqiang Road, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, 050035, China.
This study aimed to investigate the role of transforming growth factor-beta 3 (TGF-β3) secreted by adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) in suppressing melanin synthesis during the wound healing process, particularly in burn injuries, and to explore the underlying mechanisms involving the cAMP/PKA signaling pathway. ADSCs were isolated from C57BL/6 mice and characterized using flow cytometry and differentiation assays. A burn injury model was established in mice, followed by UVB irradiation to induce hyperpigmentation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnidirectional MCM translocation away from ORC drives origin licensing.
Nat Commun
January 2025
Macromolecular Machines Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK.
The MCM motor of the eukaryotic replicative helicase is loaded as a double hexamer onto DNA by the Origin Recognition Complex (ORC), Cdc6, and Cdt1. ATP binding supports formation of the ORC-Cdc6-Cdt1-MCM (OCCM) helicase-recruitment complex where ORC-Cdc6 and one MCM hexamer form two juxtaposed rings around duplex DNA. ATP hydrolysis by MCM completes MCM loading but the mechanism is unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProgrammed neurite degeneration in human central nervous system neurons driven by changes in NAD metabolism.
Cell Death Dis
January 2025
In vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine, Dept. inaugurated by the Doerenkamp-Zbinden foundation, University of Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany.
Neurite degeneration (ND) precedes cell death in many neurodegenerative diseases. However, it remains unclear how this compartmentalized cell death process is orchestrated in the central nervous system (CNS). The establishment of a CNS axotomy model (using modified 3D LUHMES cultures) allowed us to study metabolic control of ND in human midbrain-derived neurons without the use of toxicants or other direct disturbance of cellular metabolism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman P2X4 receptor gating is modulated by a stable cytoplasmic cap and a unique allosteric pocket.
Sci Adv
January 2025
Department of Chemical Physiology & Biochemistry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
P2X receptors (P2XRs) are adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP)-gated ion channels comprising homomeric and heteromeric trimers of seven subtypes (P2X1-P2X7) that confer different rates of desensitization. The helical recoil model of P2XR desensitization proposes stability of the cytoplasmic cap sets the rate of desensitization, but timing of its formation is unclear for slow-desensitizing P2XRs. We report cryo-electron microscopy structures of full-length wild-type human P2X4 receptor in apo closed, antagonist-bound inhibited, and ATP-bound desensitized states.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMechanistic determinants and dynamics of cA6 synthesis in type III CRISPR-Cas effector complexes.
Nucleic Acids Res
January 2025
Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrass 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
Type III clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated (Cas) systems (type III CRISPR-Cas systems) use guide RNAs to recognize RNA transcripts of foreign genetic elements, which triggers the generation of cyclic oligoadenylate (cOA) second messengers by the Cas10 subunit of the type III effector complex. In turn, cOAs bind and activate ancillary effector proteins to reinforce the host immune response. Type III systems utilize distinct cOAs, including cyclic tri- (cA3), tetra- (cA4) and hexa-adenylates (cA6).
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