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Intron retention (IR) is an important regulatory mechanism that affects gene expression and protein functions. Using klotho mice at the pre-symptomatic state, we discovered that retained-introns accumulated in several organs including the liver and that among these retained introns in the liver a subset was recovered to the normal state by a Japanese traditional herbal medicine. This is the first report of IR recovery by a medicine. IR-recovered genes fell into two categories those involved in liver-specific metabolism and in splicing. Metabolome analysis of the liver showed that the klotho mice were under starvation stress. In addition, our differentially expressed gene analysis showed that liver metabolism was actually recovered by the herbal medicine at the transcriptional level. By analogy with the widespread accumulation of intron-retained pre-mRNAs induced by heat shock stress, we propose a model in which retained-introns in klotho mice were induced by an aging stress and in which this medicine-related IR recovery is indicative of the actual recovery of liver-specific metabolic function to the healthy state. Accumulation of retained-introns was also observed at the pre-symptomatic state of aging in wild-type mice and may be an excellent marker for this state in general.Pharmaceutical agents in oncology currently have high attrition rates from early to late phase clinical trials. Recent advances in computational methods, notably causal artificial intelligence, and availability of rich clinico-genomic databases have made it possible to simulate the efficacy of cancer drug protocols in diverse patient populations, which could inform and improve clinical trial design. Here, we review the current and potential use of in silico trials and causal AI to increase the efficacy and safety of traditional clinical trials. We conclude that in silico trials using causal AI approaches can simulate control and efficacy arms, inform patient recruitment and regimen titrations, and better enable subgroup analyses critical for precision medicine.Cerebral ischemia is a disease of ischemic necrosis of brain tissue caused by intracranial artery stenosis or occlusion and cerebral artery embolization. Angiogenesis inhibitor Neuroinflammation plays an important role in the pathophysiology of cerebral ischemia. Microglia, astrocytes, leukocytes and other cells that release a variety of inflammatory factors involved in neuroinflammation may play a damaging or protective role during the process of cerebral ischemia. TP53-induced glycolysis and apoptotic regulators (TIGAR) may facilitate the production of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphoric acid (NADPH) via the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) to inhibit oxidative stress and neuroinflammation. TIGAR can also directly inhibit NF-κB to inhibit neuroinflammation. TIGAR thus protect against cerebral ischemic injury. Exogenous NADPH can inhibit neuroinflammation by inhibiting oxidative stress and regulating a variety of signals. However, since NADPH oxidase (NOX) may use NADPH as a substrate to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) to mediate neuroinflammation, the combination of NADPH and NOX inhibitors may produce more powerful anti-neuroinflammatory effects. Here, we review the cells and regulatory signals involved in neuroinflammation during cerebral ischemia, and discuss the possible mechanisms of targeting neuroinflammation in the treatment of cerebral ischemia with TIGAR/NADPH axis, so as to provide new ideas for the prevention and treatment of cerebral ischemia.Oxidative stress in neurodegenerative disease leads to poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1) overactivation and subsequent cell death via excessive generation of Poly(ADP-ribose) polymer (PAR). PAR binds to neurodegenerative disease linked protein TAR DNA binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43). However, the consequence of this interaction is not yet fully understood. TDP-43 translocates from the nucleus to the cytoplasm in response to oxidative stress, but the mechanism of stress-induced translocation remains unknown. We used N-methyl-N-nitroso-N'-nitroguanidine (MNNG) and oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) in mouse neuronal cultures to activate PARP-1 and observed that pharmacological inhibition of PARP-1 blocked the cytosolic translocation of TDP-43. PARP-1 inhibition is also neuroprotective against both MNNG and OGD, suggesting that PARP inhibitors could play a role in the neuroprotective role in neurodegenerative diseases involving TDP-43. Together, these data present the novel finding that TDP-43 translocation depends on PARP-1 activation and set a ground for future research of how PARP-1 activation or PAR binding to TDP-43 may facilitate its cytosolic accumulation.Since their discovery, small non-coding RNAs have emerged as powerhouses in the regulation of numerous cellular processes. In addition to guarding the integrity of the reproductive system, small non-coding RNAs play critical roles in the maintenance of the soma. Accumulating evidence indicates that small non-coding RNAs perform vital functions in the animal nervous system such as restricting the activity of deleterious transposable elements, regulating nerve regeneration, and mediating learning and memory. In this review, we provide an overview of the current understanding of the contribution of two major classes of small non-coding RNAs, piRNAs and endo-siRNAs, to the nervous system development and function, and present highlights on how the dysregulation of small non-coding RNA pathways can assist in understanding the neuropathology of human neurological disorders.

Mag-Fluo-4 is increasingly employed for studying Ca

signaling in skeletal muscle; however, the lack of information on the Ca

-Mag-Fluo-4 reaction limits its wider usage.

Fluorescence and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) experiments were performed to determine the binding stoichiometry (n) and thermodynamics (enthalpy (ΔH) and entropy (ΔS) changes), as well as the in vitro and in situ K

of the Ca

-Mag-Fluo-4 reaction. Rate constants (k

, k

), fluorescence maximum (F

), minimum (F

), and the dye compartmentalization were also estimated. Experiments in cells used enzymatically dissociated flexor digitorum brevis fibres of C57BL6, adult mice, loaded at room temperature for 8min, with 6μM Mag-Fluo-4, AM, and permeabilized with saponin or ionomycin. All measurements were done at 20°C.

The in vitro fluorescence assays showed a binding stoichiometry of 0.5 for the Ca

/Mag-Fluo-4 (n=5) reaction. ITC results (n=3) provided ΔH and ΔS values of 2.3 (0.7) kJ/mol and 97.8 (5.9) J/mol.K, respectively.