Small molecule metabolites: discovery of biomarkers and therapeutic targets

S Qiu, Y Cai, H Yao, C Lin, Y Xie, S Tang… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Metabolic abnormalities lead to the dysfunction of metabolic pathways and metabolite
accumulation or deficiency which is well-recognized hallmarks of diseases. Metabolite …

[HTML][HTML] Regulatory roles of mitochondria and metabolism in neurogenesis

R Iwata, P Vanderhaeghen - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Neural stem cells (NSCs) undergo massive molecular and cellular changes during neuronal
differentiation. These include mitochondria and metabolism remodelling, which were …

Mitochondrial RNA modifications shape metabolic plasticity in metastasis

S Delaunay, G Pascual, B Feng, K Klann, M Behm… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Aggressive and metastatic cancers show enhanced metabolic plasticity, but the precise
underlying mechanisms of this remain unclear. Here we show how two NOP2/Sun RNA …

[HTML][HTML] Xuanfei Baidu formula alleviates impaired mitochondrial dynamics and activated NLRP3 inflammasome by repressing NF-κB and MAPK pathways in LPS …

Z Li, H Pan, J Yang, D Chen, Y Wang, H Zhang… - Phytomedicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Xuanfei Baidu Formula (XBF) is an effective traditional Chinese
medicine (TCM) remedy for treating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China. This …

Light-activated mitochondrial fission through optogenetic control of mitochondria-lysosome contacts

K Qiu, W Zou, H Fang, M Hao, K Mehta, Z Tian… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles whose fragmentation by fission is critical to their
functional integrity and cellular homeostasis. Here, we develop a method via optogenetic …

Metabolic determinants of tumour initiation

JS Brunner, LWS Finley - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2023 - nature.com
Tumours exhibit notable metabolic alterations compared with their corresponding normal
tissue counterparts. These metabolic alterations can support anabolic growth, enable …

Acquired miR-142 deficit in leukemic stem cells suffices to drive chronic myeloid leukemia into blast crisis

B Zhang, D Zhao, F Chen, D Frankhouser… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The mechanisms underlying the transformation of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) from
chronic phase (CP) to blast crisis (BC) are not fully elucidated. Here, we show lower levels of …

Epigenetic induction of mitochondrial fission is required for maintenance of liver cancer–initiating cells

M Tang, M Yang, G Wu, S Mo, X Wu, S Zhang, R Yu… - Cancer Research, 2021 - AACR
Mitochondrial dynamics play vital roles in the tumorigenicity and malignancy of various types
of cancers by promoting the tumor-initiating potential of cancer cells, suggesting that …

Reverse electron transfer is activated during aging and contributes to aging and age‐related disease

S Rimal, I Tantray, Y Li, T Pal Khaket, Y Li, S Bhurtel… - EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Mechanisms underlying the depletion of NAD+ and accumulation of reactive oxygen species
(ROS) in aging and age‐related disorders remain poorly defined. We show that reverse …

[HTML][HTML] Novel insight into metabolic reprogrammming in cancer radioresistance: A promising therapeutic target in radiotherapy

Y Yu, J Yu, S Ge, Y Su, X Fan - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Currently, cancer treatment mainly consists of surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy,
immunotherapy, and molecular targeted therapy, of which radiotherapy is one of the major …