RNA modifications regulating cell fate in cancer

S Delaunay, M Frye - Nature cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
The deposition of chemical modifications into RNA is a crucial regulator of temporal and
spatial gene expression programs during development. Accordingly, altered RNA …

Human transfer RNA modopathies: diseases caused by aberrations in transfer RNA modifications

T Chujo, K Tomizawa - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
tRNA molecules are post‐transcriptionally modified by tRNA modification enzymes.
Although composed of different chemistries, more than 40 types of human tRNA …

INT-777 attenuates NLRP3-ASC inflammasome-mediated neuroinflammation via TGR5/cAMP/PKA signaling pathway after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats

X Hu, J Yan, L Huang, C Araujo, J Peng, L Gao… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Inflammasome-mediated neuroinflammation plays an important role in the
pathogenesis of early brain injury (EBI) following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The …

Intrathecal AAV9/AP4M1 gene therapy for hereditary spastic paraplegia 50 shows safety and efficacy in preclinical studies

X Chen, T Dong, Y Hu, R De Pace, R Mattera… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - jci.org
Spastic paraplegia 50 (SPG50) is an ultrarare childhood-onset neurological disorder caused
by biallelic loss-of-function variants in the AP4M1 gene. SPG50 is characterized by …

Cryo-EM structures of the human Elongator complex at work

NH Abbassi, M Jaciuk, D Scherf, P Böhnert… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract tRNA modifications affect ribosomal elongation speed and co-translational folding
dynamics. The Elongator complex is responsible for introducing 5-carboxymethyl at wobble …

Mitochondria at the interface between neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation

V Bader, KF Winklhofer - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are essential organelles for the maintenance of neuronal integrity, based on
their manifold functions in regulating cellular metabolism and coordinating cell death and …

A novel ELP1 mutation impairs the function of the Elongator complex and causes a severe neurodevelopmental phenotype

M Kojic, NEH Abbassi, TY Lin, A Jones… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Background Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are heterogeneous,
debilitating conditions that include motor and cognitive disability and social deficits. The …

MFG-E8 attenuates inflammation in subarachnoid hemorrhage by driving microglial M2 polarization

YY Gao, T Tao, D Wu, Z Zhuang, Y Lu, LY Wu… - Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence suggests that microglial polarization plays an important role in the
pathological processes of neuroinflammation following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) …

Elp2 mutations perturb the epitranscriptome and lead to a complex neurodevelopmental phenotype

M Kojic, T Gawda, M Gaik, A Begg… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are the most common
neurodevelopmental disorders and are characterized by substantial impairment in …

Cryo-EM structure of the fully assembled Elongator complex

M Jaciuk, D Scherf, K Kaszuba, M Gaik… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules are essential to decode messenger RNA codons during
protein synthesis. All known tRNAs are heavily modified at multiple positions through post …