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Favorable outcome was defined as a 90 day modified Rankin Scale score of 0-2.

Of 1823 patients, we included 128 (33 underwent CA, 35 SR, 35 SR +CA, and 25 switch techniques). Complete revascularization was achieved in 83/140 (59%) primarily analyzed patients. SR +CA was associated with higher odds of complete revascularization (adjusted OR 3.04, 95% CI 1.077 to 8.593, p=0.04) which was an independent predictor of favorable outcome (adjusted OR 2.73. 95% CI 1.152 to 6.458, p=0.02). No significant differences were observed for symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage, functional outcome, or mortality rate.

Among BAO patients, the combined technique effectively contributed to complete revascularization that showed a 90 day favorable outcome with an equivalent complication rate after thrombectomy.

Among BAO patients, the combined technique effectively contributed to complete revascularization that showed a 90 day favorable outcome with an equivalent complication rate after thrombectomy.The placenta is a highly evolved, specialized organ in mammals. It differs from other organs in that it functions only for fetal maintenance during gestation. Therefore, there must be intrinsic mechanisms that guarantee its unique functions. To address this question, we comprehensively analyzed epigenomic features of mouse trophoblast stem cells (TSCs). Our genome-wide, high-throughput analyses revealed that the TSC genome contains large-scale (>1-Mb) rigid heterochromatin architectures with a high degree of histone H3.1/3.2-H3K9me3 accumulation, which we termed TSC-defined highly heterochromatinized domains (THDs). Importantly, depletion of THDs by knockdown of CAF1, an H3.1/3.2 chaperone, resulted in down-regulation of TSC markers, such as Cdx2 and Elf5, and up-regulation of the pluripotent marker Oct3/4, indicating that THDs maintain the trophoblastic nature of TSCs. Furthermore, our nuclear transfer technique revealed that THDs are highly resistant to genomic reprogramming. However, when H3K9me3 was removed, the TSC genome was fully reprogrammed, giving rise to the first TSC cloned offspring. Interestingly, THD-like domains are also present in mouse and human placental cells in vivo, but not in other cell types. Thus, THDs are genomic architectures uniquely developed in placental lineage cells, which serve to protect them from fate reprogramming to stably maintain placental function.There is a continued need to identify novel therapeutic targets to prevent the mortality associated with prostate cancer. In this context, mitochondrial Rho GTPase 2 (MIRO2) mRNA was upregulated in metastatic prostate cancer compared with localized tumors, and higher MIRO2 levels were correlated with poor patient survival. Using human cell lines that represent androgen-independent or -sensitive prostate cancer, we showed that MIRO2 depletion impaired cell growth, colony formation, and tumor growth in mice. Network analysis of MIRO2's binding partners identified metabolism and cellular responses to extracellular stimuli as top overrepresented pathways. The top hit on our screen, General Control Nonderepressible 1 (GCN1), was overexpressed in prostate cancer, and interacted with MIRO2 in prostate cancer cell lines and in primary prostate cancer cells. Functional analysis of MIRO2 mutations present in patients with prostate cancer led to the identification of MIRO2 159L, which increased GCN1 binding. Importantly, MIRO2 was necessary for efficient GCN1-mediated GCN2 kinase signaling and induction of the transcription factor activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) levels. Further, MIRO2's effect on regulating prostate cancer cell growth was mediated by ATF4. Finally, levels of activated GCN2 and ATF4 were correlated with MIRO2 expression in prostate cancer xenografts. MLN8054 chemical structure Both MIRO2 and activated GCN2 levels were higher in hypoxic areas of prostate cancer xenografts. Overall, we propose that targeting the MIRO2-GCN1 axis may be a valuable strategy to halt prostate cancer growth.

MIRO2/GCN1/GCN2 constitute a novel mitochondrial signaling pathway that controls androgen-independent and androgen-sensitive prostate cancer cell growth.

MIRO2/GCN1/GCN2 constitute a novel mitochondrial signaling pathway that controls androgen-independent and androgen-sensitive prostate cancer cell growth.Uveal melanoma is a rare melanoma subtype different from cutaneous melanoma, with high incidence of liver metastasis and poor prognosis. Cancer cell-derived extracellular vesicles have been shown to induce proinflammatory and prometastatic signaling in the tumor microenvironment and at distant sites. The characterization of uveal melanoma exosome cargo and its role in metastatic spread is essential to identify targets and intervene in the early stages of metastatic development. Our study characterizes the proteomic content of uveal melanoma exosomes and identified the presence of markers with metastatic properties. We demonstrated that uveal melanoma exosomes induce activation of cell signaling pathways and the release of cytokines and growth factors from hepatocytes. These exosome-stimulated liver cells could in turn induce migration of uveal melanoma cells, confirming that the exosomes have a functional role in the cross-talk between these two cell types. We found that the proinflammatory cytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) was a major player in these mechanisms and its blockade inhibited cell migration in coculture with exosome-stimulated hepatocytes and prevented the development of metastases in vivo. Targeting MIF in the early stages of metastasis may represent a novel adjuvant drug therapy to prevent metastatic spread in uveal melanoma.

This study provides the first in vivo evidence that MIF inhibition may serve as a novel adjuvant drug therapy to prevent metastasis in uveal melanoma.

This study provides the first in vivo evidence that MIF inhibition may serve as a novel adjuvant drug therapy to prevent metastasis in uveal melanoma.Increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) and hyperstabilized mutant p53 are common in cancer. Hyperstabilized mutant p53 contributes to its gain of function (GOF) which confers resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Targeting mutant p53 degradation is a promising cancer therapeutic strategy. We used a small-molecule NSC59984 to explore elimination of mutant p53 in cancer cells, and identified an inducible ROS-ERK2-MDM2 axis as a vulnerability for induction of mutant p53 degradation in cancer cells. NSC59984 treatment promotes a constitutive phosphorylation of ERK2 via ROS in cancer cells. The NSC59984-sustained ERK2 activation is required for MDM2 phosphorylation at serine-166. NSC59984 enhances phosphorylated-MDM2 binding to mutant p53, which leads to mutant p53 ubiquitination and degradation. High cellular ROS increases the efficacy of NSC59984 targeting mutant p53 degradation and antitumor effects. Our data suggest that mutant p53 stabilization has a vulnerability under high ROS cellular conditions, which can be exploited by compounds to target mutant p53 protein degradation through the activation of a ROS-ERK2-MDM2 axis in cancer cells.

An inducible ROS-ERK2-MDM2 axis exposes a vulnerability in mutant p53 stabilization and can be exploited by small-molecule compounds to induce mutant p53 degradation for cancer therapy.

An inducible ROS-ERK2-MDM2 axis exposes a vulnerability in mutant p53 stabilization and can be exploited by small-molecule compounds to induce mutant p53 degradation for cancer therapy.Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) delivers cholesterol to mammalian cells through receptor-mediated endocytosis. The LDL cholesterol is liberated in lysosomes and transported to the plasma membrane (PM) and from there to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Excess ER cholesterol is esterified with a fatty acid for storage as cholesteryl esters. Recently, we showed that PM-to-ER transport of LDL cholesterol requires phosphatidylserine (PS). Others showed that PM-to-ER transport of cholesterol derived from other sources requires Asters (also called GRAMD1s), a family of three ER proteins that bridge between the ER and PM by binding to PS. Here, we use a cholesterol esterification assay and other measures of ER cholesterol delivery to demonstrate that Asters participate in PM-to-ER transport of LDL cholesterol in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Knockout of the gene encoding PTDSS1, the major PS-synthesizing enzyme, lowered LDL-stimulated cholesterol esterification by 85%, whereas knockout of all three Aster genes lowered esterification by 65%. The reduction was even greater (94%) when the genes encoding PTDSS1 and the three Asters were knocked out simultaneously. We conclude that Asters participate in LDL cholesterol delivery from PM to ER, and their action depends in large part, but not exclusively, on PS. The data also indicate that PS participates in another delivery pathway, so far undefined, that is independent of Asters.Bacterial behavior and virulence during human infection is difficult to study and largely unknown, as our vast knowledge of infection microbiology is primarily derived from studies using in vitro and animal models. Here, we characterize the physiology of Porphyromonas gingivalis, a periodontal pathogen, in its native environment using 93 published metatranscriptomic datasets from periodontally healthy and diseased individuals. P. gingivalis transcripts were more abundant in samples from periodontally diseased patients but only above 0.1% relative abundance in one-third of diseased samples. During human infection, P. gingivalis highly expressed genes encoding virulence factors such as fimbriae and gingipains (proteases) and genes involved in growth and metabolism, indicating that P. gingivalis is actively growing during disease. A quantitative framework for assessing the accuracy of model systems showed that 96% of P. gingivalis genes were expressed similarly in periodontitis and in vitro midlogarithmic growth, while significantly fewer genes were expressed similarly in periodontitis and in vitro stationary phase cultures (72%) or in a murine abscess infection model (85%). This high conservation in gene expression between periodontitis and logarithmic laboratory growth is driven by overall low variance in P. gingivalis gene expression, relative to other pathogens including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus Together, this study presents strong evidence for the use of simple test tube growth as the gold standard model for studying P. gingivalis biology, providing biological relevance for the thousands of laboratory experiments performed with logarithmic phase P. gingivalis Furthermore, this work highlights the need to quantitatively assess the accuracy of model systems.Saccharibacteria are a group of widespread and genetically diverse ultrasmall bacteria with highly reduced genomes that belong to the Candidate Phyla Radiation. Comparative genomic analyses suggest convergent evolution of key functions enabling the adaptation of environmental Saccharibacteria to mammalian microbiomes. Currently, our understanding of this environment-to-mammal niche transition within Saccharibacteria and their obligate episymbiotic association with host bacteria is limited. Here, we identified a complete arginine deiminase system (ADS), found in further genome streamlined mammal-associated Saccharibacteria but missing in their environmental counterparts, suggesting acquisition during environment-to-mammal niche transition. Using TM7x, the first cultured Saccharibacteria strain from the human oral microbiome and its host bacterium Actinomyces odontolyticus, we experimentally tested the function and impact of the ADS. We demonstrated that by catabolizing arginine and generating adenosine triphosphate, the ADS allows metabolically restrained TM7x to maintain higher viability and infectivity when disassociated from the host bacterium.