abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains several prion elements, which are epigenetically transmitted as self-perpetuating protein conformations. One such prion is [SWI + ], whose protein determinant is Swi1, a subunit of the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex. We previously rep...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Valtierra S,Du Z,Li L

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of Raf kinases by the small GTPase Ras requires two major sets of phosphorylations. One set lies within the activation loop, and the other lies within the N-terminal acidic region (N region). In the most abundant isoform of Raf, C-Raf, N-region phosphorylations occur on serine 338 (S338) and tyrosine 34...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Takahashi M,Li Y,Dillon TJ,Kariya Y,Stork PJS

更新日期：2017-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:FOXN1 is a prodifferentiation transcription factor in the skin epithelium. Recently, it has also emerged as an important player in controlling the skin wound healing process, as it actively participates in reepithelialization and is thought to be responsible for scar formation. FOXN1 positivity is also a feature of pi...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Grabowska AI,Wilanowski T

更新日期：2017-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ki-67 protein is widely used as a tumor proliferation marker. However, whether Ki-67 affects cell cycle progression has been controversial. Here we demonstrate that depletion of Ki-67 in human hTERT-RPE1, WI-38, IMR90, and hTERT-BJ cell lines and primary fibroblast cells slowed entry into S phase and coordinately ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Sun X,Bizhanova A,Matheson TD,Yu J,Zhu LJ,Kaufman PD

更新日期：2017-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:White adipose tissue (WAT) serves as a reversible energy storage depot in the form of lipids in response to nutritional status. Cavin-1, an essential component in the biogenesis of caveolae, is a positive regulator of lipolysis in adipocytes. However, molecular mechanisms of cavin-1 in the modulation of lipolysis rema...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Zhou SR,Guo L,Wang X,Liu Y,Peng WQ,Liu Y,Wei XB,Dou X,Ding M,Lei QY,Qian SW,Li X,Tang QQ

更新日期：2017-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammation plays important roles in cancer initiation and progression. Resolving chronic inflammation or blocking inflammatory signal transduction may prevent cancer development. Here, we report that the combined low-dose use of two anti-inflammatory drugs, aspirin and triptolide, reduces spontaneous lung ca...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Zheng L,Jia J,Dai H,Wan L,Liu J,Hu L,Zhou M,Qiu M,Chen X,Chang L,Kim JY,Reckamp K,Raz DJ,Xia Z,Shen B

更新日期：2017-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone methylation at H3K4 and H3K36 is commonly associated with genes actively transcribed by RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) and is catalyzed by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Set1 and Set2, respectively. Here we report that both methyltransferases can be UV cross-linked to RNA in vivo High-throughput sequencing of the bound ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Sayou C,Millán-Zambrano G,Santos-Rosa H,Petfalski E,Robson S,Houseley J,Kouzarides T,Tollervey D

更新日期：2017-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) is a master cytokine in many biological processes, including tissue homeostasis, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, and wound repair. Here, we report that four and a half LIM-only protein 2 (FHL2) is a critical regulator of TGF-β1 expression. Devoid of a DNA-binding domain, FH...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Dahan J,Levillayer F,Xia T,Nouët Y,Werts C,Fanton d'Andon M,Adib-Conquy M,Cassard-Doulcier AM,Khanna V,Chen J,Tordjmann T,Buendia MA,Jouvion G,Wei Y

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early phase of bone damage, low concentrations of the cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) favor osteoblast differentiation. In contrast, chronic high doses of the same cytokine contribute to bone loss, demonstrating opposite effects depending on its concentration and on the time of exposure. In the bon...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Daniele S,Natali L,Giacomelli C,Campiglia P,Novellino E,Martini C,Trincavelli ML

更新日期：2017-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:As a prominent characteristic of cell life, the regulation of cell quiescence is important for proper development, regeneration, and stress resistance and may play a role in certain degenerative diseases. However, the mechanism underlying quiescence remains largely unknown. Encysted embryos of Artemia are useful for s...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Dai L,Ye S,Li HW,Chen DF,Wang HL,Jia SN,Lin C,Yang JS,Yang F,Nagasawa H,Yang WJ

更新日期：2017-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Mrc1 is a conserved checkpoint mediator protein that transduces the replication stress signal to the downstream effector kinase. The loss of mrc1 checkpoint activity results in the aberrant activation of late/dormant origins in the presence of hydroxyurea. Mrc1 was also suggested to regulate orders of early origin fir...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Matsumoto S,Kanoh Y,Shimmoto M,Hayano M,Ueda K,Fukatsu R,Kakusho N,Masai H

更新日期：2017-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:mTOR coordinates growth signals with metabolic pathways and protein synthesis and is hyperactivated in many human cancers. mTOR exists in two complexes: mTORC1, which stimulates protein, lipid, and ribosome biosynthesis, and mTORC2, which regulates cytoskeleton functions. While mTOR is known to be involved in the DNA ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Silvera D,Ernlund A,Arju R,Connolly E,Volta V,Wang J,Schneider RJ

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The erythropoietin (Epo) gene is under tissue-specific inducible regulation. Because the kidney is the primary EPO-producing tissue in adults, impaired EPO production in chronic kidney disorders results in serious renal anemia. The Epo gene contains a liver-specific enhancer in the 3' region, but the kidney-specific e...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Hirano I,Suzuki N,Yamazaki S,Sekine H,Minegishi N,Shimizu R,Yamamoto M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RBM4 promotes differentiation of neuronal progenitor cells and neurite outgrowth of cultured neurons via its role in splicing regulation. In this study, we further explored the role of RBM4 in neuronal differentiation. During neuronal differentiation, energy production shifts from glycolysis to oxidative phosphorylati...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Su CH,Hung KY,Hung SC,Tarn WY

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The Werner syndrome protein (WRN) suppresses the loss of telomeres replicated by lagging-strand synthesis by a yet to be defined mechanism. Here, we show that whereas either WRN or the Bloom syndrome helicase (BLM) stimulates DNA polymerase δ progression across telomeric G-rich repeats, only WRN promotes sequential st...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Li B,Reddy S,Comai L

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of our knowledge on adipogenesis comes from cell culture models of preadipocyte differentiation. Adipogenesis is induced by treating confluent preadipocytes with the adipogenic cocktail, which activates transcription factors (TFs) glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and CREB within minutes and increases expression of TF...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Park YK,Wang L,Giampietro A,Lai B,Lee JE,Ge K

更新日期：2017-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:EYA1 is known to be overexpressed in human breast cancer, in which the Myc protein is also accumulated in association with decreased phospho-T58 (pT58) levels. We have recently reported that EYA1 functions as a unique protein phosphatase to dephosphorylate Myc at pT58 to regulate Myc levels. However, it remains unclea...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Li J,Rodriguez Y,Cheng C,Zeng L,Wong EYM,Xu CY,Zhou MM,Xu PX

更新日期：2016-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor Nrf2 (NF-E2-related-factor 2) is essential for the oxidative and electrophilic stress responses. Keap1 (Kelch-like-ECH-associated-protein 1), an adaptor for a cullin-3 (Cul3)-based ubiquitin ligase, regulates Nrf2 activity through proteasomal degradation, and acts as a sensor for oxidative and...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Iso T,Suzuki T,Baird L,Yamamoto M

更新日期：2016-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Although RNA and RNA-binding proteins have been linked to double-strand breaks (DSBs), little is known regarding their roles in the cellular response to DSBs and, if any, in the repair process. Here, we provide direct evidence for the presence of RNA-DNA hybrids at DSBs and suggest that binding of RNA to DNA at DSBs m...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Li L,Germain DR,Poon HY,Hildebrandt MR,Monckton EA,McDonald D,Hendzel MJ,Godbout R

更新日期：2016-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The common complications in obesity and type 2 diabetes include hepatic steatosis and disruption of glucose-glycogen homeostasis, leading to hyperglycemia. Fatty acid translocase (FAT/CD36), whose expression is inducible in obesity, is known for its function in fatty acid uptake. Previous work by us and others suggest...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Garbacz WG,Lu P,Miller TM,Poloyac SM,Eyre NS,Mayrhofer G,Xu M,Ren S,Xie W

更新日期：2016-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple organ systems require epithelial barriers for normal function, and barrier loss is a hallmark of diseases ranging from inflammation to epithelial cancers. However, the molecular processes regulating epithelial barrier maturation are not fully elucidated. After contact, epithelial cells undergo size-reductive ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Bolinger MT,Ramshekar A,Waldschmidt HV,Larsen SD,Bewley MC,Flanagan JM,Antonetti DA

更新日期：2016-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose and oxygen are two of the most important molecules transferred from mother to fetus during eutherian pregnancy, and the metabolic fates of these nutrients converge at the transport and metabolism of pyruvate in mitochondria. Pyruvate enters the mitochondrial matrix through the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (M...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Bowman CE,Zhao L,Hartung T,Wolfgang MJ

更新日期：2016-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2α (eIF2α) controls transcriptome-wide changes in mRNA translation in stressed cells. While phosphorylated eIF2α (P-eIF2α) attenuates global protein synthesis, mRNAs encoding stress proteins are more efficiently translated. Two eIF2α phosphatases, containing GADD34 and C...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Reid DW,Tay AS,Sundaram JR,Lee IC,Chen Q,George SE,Nicchitta CV,Shenolikar S

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms underlying lymphatic vascular development and function are not well understood. Recent studies have suggested a role for endothelial cell (EC) mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 4 (Map4k4) in developmental angiogenesis and atherosclerosis. Here, we show that constitutive los...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Roth Flach RJ,Guo CA,Danai LV,Yawe JC,Gujja S,Edwards YJ,Czech MP

更新日期：2016-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant activation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway and polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) overexpression represent two common events in prostate cancer with relevant functional implications. This minireview analyzes their potential therapeutic significance in prostate cancer based on their role as androgen receptor (AR) signalin...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Cristóbal I,Rojo F,Madoz-Gúrpide J,García-Foncillas J

更新日期：2016-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell fate specification requires precise coordination of transcription factors and their regulators to achieve fidelity and flexibility in lineage allocation. The transcriptional repressor growth factor independence 1 (GFI1) is comprised of conserved Snail/Slug/Gfi1 (SNAG) and zinc finger motifs separated by a linker ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Andrade D,Velinder M,Singer J,Maese L,Bareyan D,Nguyen H,Chandrasekharan MB,Lucente H,McClellan D,Jones D,Sharma S,Liu F,Engel ME

更新日期：2016-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Tristetraprolin (TTP) acts by binding to AU-rich elements in certain mRNAs, such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) mRNA, and increasing their decay rates. TTP knockout mice exhibit a profound inflammatory syndrome that is largely due to increased TNF levels. Although TTP's effects on gene expression have been well studie...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Patial S,Stumpo DJ,Young WS 3rd,Ward JM,Flake GP,Blackshear PJ

更新日期：2016-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of the nuclear receptor 4A1 (NR4A1) in breast cancer patients is a prognostic factor for decreased survival and increased metastasis, and this has been linked to NR4A1-dependent regulation of transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) signaling. Results of RNA interference studies demonstrate that basal migra...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Hedrick E,Lee SO,Doddapaneni R,Singh M,Safe S

更新日期：2016-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) plays key roles in RNA silencing to generate double-stranded RNAs. In model organisms, such as Caenorhabditis elegans and Neurospora crassa, two types of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), primary siRNAs and secondary siRNAs, are expressed; RdRP produces secondary siRNAs de novo, with...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Maida Y,Yasukawa M,Masutomi K

更新日期：2016-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoinositides (PIPs) are present in very small amounts but are essential for cell signaling, morphogenesis, and polarity. By mass spectrometry, we demonstrated that some PIPs with stearic acyl chains were strongly disturbed in a psi1Δ Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strain deficient in the specific incorporation of...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Doignon F,Laquel P,Testet E,Tuphile K,Fouillen L,Bessoule JJ

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is designed to examine the cellular functions of human Fas-associated factor 1 (FAF1) containing multiple ubiquitin-related domains. Microarray analyses revealed that interferon-stimulated genes related to the antiviral response are significantly increased in FAF1-knockdown HeLa cells. Silencing FAF1 enhanc...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Song S,Lee JJ,Kim HJ,Lee JY,Chang J,Lee KJ

更新日期：2016-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a negative feedback loop between the signaling protein phospholipase D (PLD), phosphatidic acid (PA), and a specific set of microRNAs (miRNAs) during nutrient starvation of breast cancer cells. We show that PLD expression is increased in four breast cancer cell lines and that hypoxia, cell overcrowding, and ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Fite K,Elkhadragy L,Gomez-Cambronero J

更新日期：2016-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecdysoneless (ECD) is an evolutionarily conserved protein whose germ line deletion is embryonic lethal. Deletion of Ecd in cells causes cell cycle arrest, which is rescued by exogenous ECD, demonstrating a requirement of ECD for normal mammalian cell cycle progression. However, the exact mechanism by which ECD regulat...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Mir RA,Bele A,Mirza S,Srivastava S,Olou AA,Ammons SA,Kim JH,Gurumurthy CB,Qiu F,Band H,Band V

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The tRNA methytransferase NSun2 promotes cell proliferation, but the molecular mechanism has not been elucidated. Here, we report that NSun2 regulates cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1) expression in a cell cycle-dependent manner. Knockdown of NSun2 decreased the CDK1 protein level, while overexpression of NSun2 elevate...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Xing J,Yi J,Cai X,Tang H,Liu Z,Zhang X,Martindale JL,Yang X,Jiang B,Gorospe M,Wang W

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like 3, hepatocyte specific (CREBH), is a hepatic transcription factor that functions as a key regulator of energy homeostasis. Here, we defined a regulatory CREBH posttranslational modification process, namely, lysine-specific acetylation, and its functional involvement...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Kim H,Mendez R,Chen X,Fang D,Zhang K

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurite outgrowth is key to the formation of functional circuits during neuronal development. Neurotrophins, including nerve growth factor (NGF), increase neurite outgrowth in part by altering the function and expression of Ca(2+)-permeable cation channels. Here we report that transient receptor potential vanilloid 2 ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Cohen MR,Johnson WM,Pilat JM,Kiselar J,DeFrancesco-Lisowitz A,Zigmond RE,Moiseenkova-Bell VY

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most mammalian genes produce transcripts whose 3' ends are processed at multiple alternative positions by cleavage/polyadenylation (CPA). Poly(A) site cleavage frequently occurs cotranscriptionally and is facilitated by CPA factor binding to the RNA polymerase II (Pol II) C-terminal domain (CTD) phosphorylated on Ser2...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Fusby B,Kim S,Erickson B,Kim H,Peterson ML,Bentley DL

更新日期：2015-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells respond to environmental stimuli by fine-tuned regulation of gene expression. Here we investigated the dose-dependent modulation of gene expression at high temporal resolution in response to nutrient and stress signals in yeast. The GAL1 activity in cell populations is modulated in a well-defined range of galact...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Rienzo A,Poveda-Huertes D,Aydin S,Buchler NE,Pascual-Ahuir A,Proft M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tristetraprolin (TTP) regulates the expression of AU-rich element-containing mRNAs through promoting the degradation and repressing the translation of target mRNA. While the mechanism for promoting target mRNA degradation has been extensively studied, the mechanism underlying translational repression is not well estab...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Tao X,Gao G

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The G2-to-M transition (or prophase) checkpoint of the cell cycle is a critical regulator of mitotic entry. SIRT2, a tumor suppressor gene, contributes to the control of this checkpoint by blocking mitotic entry under cellular stress. However, the mechanism underlying both SIRT2 activation and regulation of the G2-to-...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biology

authors： Movahedi Naini S,Sheridan AM,Force T,Shah JV,Bonventre JV

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00