LEA proteins during water stress: not just for plants anymore

SC Hand, MA Menze, M Toner… - Annual review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are extremely hydrophilic proteins that were
first identified in land plants. Intracellular accumulation is tightly correlated with acquisition of …

[HTML][HTML] The biology of tardigrade disordered proteins in extreme stress tolerance

C Hesgrove, TC Boothby - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2020 - Springer
Disordered proteins have long been known to help mediate tolerance to different abiotic
stresses including freezing, osmotic stress, high temperatures, and desiccation in a diverse …

[HTML][HTML] Tardigrades use intrinsically disordered proteins to survive desiccation

TC Boothby, H Tapia, AH Brozena, S Piszkiewicz… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Tardigrades are microscopic animals that survive a remarkable array of stresses, including
desiccation. How tardigrades survive desiccation has remained a mystery for more than 250 …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term storage of lipid-like nanoparticles for mRNA delivery

P Zhao, X Hou, J Yan, S Du, Y Xue, W Li, G Xiang… - Bioactive materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Lipid-like nanoparticles (LLNs) have been extensively explored for messenger RNA (mRNA)
delivery in various biomedical applications. However, the long-term storage of these …

Achieving long-term stability of lipid nanoparticles: examining the effect of pH, temperature, and lyophilization

RL Ball, P Bajaj, KA Whitehead - International journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The broadest clinical application of siRNA therapeutics will be facilitated by drug-loaded
delivery systems that maintain stability and potency for long times under ambient conditions …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative genomics of the tardigrades Hypsibius dujardini and Ramazzottius varieornatus

Y Yoshida, G Koutsovoulos, DR Laetsch, L Stevens… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Tardigrada, a phylum of meiofaunal organisms, have been at the center of discussions of the
evolution of Metazoa, the biology of survival in extreme environments, and the role of …

[HTML][HTML] Trehalose and tardigrade CAHS proteins work synergistically to promote desiccation tolerance

K Nguyen, S Kc, T Gonzalez, H Tapia… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Tardigrades are microscopic animals renowned for their ability to survive extreme
desiccation. Unlike many desiccation-tolerant organisms that accumulate high levels of the …

How sugars protect dry protein structure

JA Brom, RG Petrikis, GJ Pielak - Biochemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Extremotolerant organisms and industry exploit sugars as desiccation protectants, with
trehalose being widely used by both. How sugars, in general, and the hydrolytically stable …

[HTML][HTML] Stress-dependent cell stiffening by tardigrade tolerance proteins that reversibly form a filamentous network and gel

A Tanaka, T Nakano, K Watanabe, K Masuda… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Tardigrades are able to tolerate almost complete dehydration by entering a reversible
ametabolic state called anhydrobiosis and resume their animation upon rehydration …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of desiccation tolerance: themes and variations in brine shrimp, roundworms, and tardigrades

JD Hibshman, JS Clegg, B Goldstein - Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Water is critical for the survival of most cells and organisms. Remarkably, a small number of
multicellular animals are able to survive nearly complete drying. The phenomenon of …