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Moreover, knockdown of TEAD4 led to the down-regulation of pERK, which maybe the potential TEAD4-targeted signaling pathway to play the pro-tumorigenic function.
The expression level of TEAD4 is high in lung adenocarcinoma tumor tissues and positively associated with worse prognosis. Up-regulation of TEAD4 may lead to excessive transcription and phosphorylation of ERK proteins and therefore accelerates the process of tumor development. Our results demonstrate that overexpression of TEAD4 is a new mechanism of dysregulation of Hippo pathway.
The expression level of TEAD4 is high in lung adenocarcinoma tumor tissues and positively associated with worse prognosis. Up-regulation of TEAD4 may lead to excessive transcription and phosphorylation of ERK proteins and therefore accelerates the process of tumor development. Our results demonstrate that overexpression of TEAD4 is a new mechanism of dysregulation of Hippo pathway.Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expansion of 55-200 CGG repeats at 5UTR of FMR1 gene, known as premutation. The main clinical and neuropathological features of FXTAS include progressive intention tremor, gait ataxia, neuronal cell loss and presence of ubiquitin-positive intranuclear inclusions in neurons and astrocytes. Various mitochondrial dysfunctions are reported in in vitro/vivo models of FXTAS; however, the molecular mechanisms underlying such mitochondrial dysfunctions are unclear. CGG expansions are pathogenic through distinct mechanisms involving RNA gain of function, impaired DNA damage repair and FMRpolyG toxicity. Here, we have systematically reviewed the reports of mitochondrial dysfunctions under premutation condition. We have also focused on potential emerging mechanisms to understand mitochondrial associated pathology in FXTAS. This review highlights the important role of mitochondria in FXTAS and other related disorders; and suggests focus of future studies on mitochondrial dysfunction along with other prevailing mechanisms to alleviate neurodegeneration.
To investigate the role of circHIPK3 in melanoma.
Bioinformatics analysis and experiments including RT-qPCR, Pearson's correlation analysis, luciferase reporter, Western blot, and RIP assays were applied to explore the function and mechanism of circHIPK3 in melanoma.
CircHIPK3 expression was strikingly upregulated while miR-215-5p was downregulated in melanoma tissues and cell lines. Pearson's correlation analysis unveiled circHIPK3 expression was positively correlated with Ki-67 (a marker of proliferation), which implied that circHIPK3 may play a vital role in the progression of melanoma. In mechanism, luciferase reporter and RIP assays validated that circHIPK3 was able to bind with miR-215-5p. Moreover, we confirmed that overexpression of circHIPK3 could facilitate cell proliferation and depress cell apoptosis in melanoma while overexpression of miR-215-5p exerted opposite effects. Besides, our findings indicated that miR-215-5p overexpression significantly reversed the circHIPK3 overexpressing-mediated promotive effect on cell proliferation and inhibitory effect on cell apoptosis. Furthermore, we found that miR-215-5p could directly target YY1. Upregulation of YY1 could notably offset the inhibitory effect of circHIPK3 downregulation on cell proliferation and the promotive effect on cell apoptosis.
Our study corroborated that circHIPK3 regulated melanoma cell behaviors via the miR-215-5p/YY1 axis, which might provide a novel insight for the treatment of melanoma patients.
Our study corroborated that circHIPK3 regulated melanoma cell behaviors via the miR-215-5p/YY1 axis, which might provide a novel insight for the treatment of melanoma patients.Lack of a conventional quantitative characterization method for filament printability has been recognized as a critical barrier to fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing application. Olaparib manufacturer In this study, a small molecule drug, indomethacin, was utilized as a model compound. Polymers with various solubility were mixed with model drug and extruded into filaments using hot melt extrusion method. Thirty-two filaments with or without indomethacin were evaluated by texture analyzer to study the correlation between mechanical properties and the printability. Three different texture analysis methods were utilized and compared, and a parameter "toughness" calculated by stiffness test was identified to quantitatively describe the printability of filaments in the FDM 3D printer. The toughness threshold value of printable filament was defined as a process window of certain FDM printing. This study provides a quantitative way to evaluate and predict filament printability, and it has great potential to be applied to FDM filament development and quality control in the pharmaceutical industry.The purpose of this study is to improve in vitro dissolution and in vivo bioavailability of the poorly soluble drug cilostazol (CLT) through amorphous solid dispersion technology, and this study prepared a stable supersaturated drug-loaded system to improve the problem of high free energy and instability of traditional solid dispersions. The optimized formulation of the solid dispersion is CLT Syloid®244FP Kolliphor®P188 = 11.51.5 (CLT-SD), where the co-loading of Syloid®244FP and Kolliphor®P188 has the synergistic effect. Drug polymers interactions and drug morphology were estimated by the physicochemical characterization, including DSC XRD, SEM, TEM, FT-IR, and Specific area analysis. Optimized formulation kept most drug in an amorphous state without significant change in dissolution, which could be maintained for at least 1 year. The solid dispersion was further prepared into osmotic pump tablets for the purpose of the controlled-release of drugs. The bioavailability of the three preparations (CLT, CLT-SD, osmotic pump tablets) was evaluated in Beagle dogs, which results clarified that the oral bioavailability of CLT-SD improved as compared with the CLT powder and osmotic pump tablets achieved controlled-release of drugs. In conclusion, co-loading drugs with mesoporous silica and hydrophilic polymer compounds can be a guiding future modification method for delivering supersaturated drug loading systems.