AMPK: restoring metabolic homeostasis over space and time

E Trefts, RJ Shaw - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
The evolution of AMPK and its homologs enabled exquisite responsivity and control of
cellular energetic homeostasis. Recent work has been critical in establishing the …

Mechanisms that regulate the activities of TET proteins

K Joshi, S Liu, P Breslin SJ, J Zhang - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2022 - Springer
The ten–eleven translocation (TET) family of dioxygenases consists of three members,
TET1, TET2, and TET3. All three TET enzymes have Fe+ 2 and α-ketoglutarate (α-KG) …

The function and regulation of TET2 in innate immunity and inflammation

B Cong, Q Zhang, X Cao - Protein & cell, 2021 - academic.oup.com
TET2, a member of ten-eleven translocation (TET) family as α-ketoglutarate-and Fe2+-
dependent dioxygenase catalyzing the iterative oxidation of 5-methylcytosine (5mC), has …

The functions and mechanisms of post-translational modification in protein regulators of RNA methylation: Current status and future perspectives

Y Chen, Z Jiang, Y Yang, C Zhang, H Liu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
RNA methylation, an epigenetic modification that does not alter gene sequence, may be
important to diverse biological processes. Protein regulators of RNA methylation include …

[HTML][HTML] The TGF-β/HDAC7 axis suppresses TCA cycle metabolism in renal cancer

H Nam, A Kundu, S Karki, GJ Brinkley… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mounting evidence points to alterations in mitochondrial metabolism in renal cell carcinoma
(RCC). However, the mechanisms that regulate the TCA cycle in RCC remain …

[HTML][HTML] The integration of proteome-wide PTM data with protein structural and sequence features identifies phosphorylations that mediate 14-3-3 interactions

CM Egbert, LR Warr, KL Pennington… - Journal of molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
3-3s are abundant proteins that regulate essentially all aspects of cell biology, including cell
cycle, motility, metabolism, and cell death. 14-3-3s work by docking to phosphorylated …

The role of host cell DNA methylation in the immune response to bacterial infection

W Qin, BP Scicluna, T van der Poll - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Host cells undergo complex transcriptional reprogramming upon infection. Epigenetic
changes play a key role in the immune response to bacteria, among which DNA …

Gadd45g, a novel antidepressant target, mediates metformin-induced neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells via DNA demethylation

L Zhang, Q Li, H Wang, Y Wu, X Ye, Z Gong, Q Li… - Stem Cells, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Increased neurogenesis elicits antidepressive-like effects. The antidiabetic drug metformin
(Met) reportedly promotes hippocampal neurogenesis, which ameliorates spatial memory …

Increased iron uptake by splenic hematopoietic stem cells promotes TET2-dependent erythroid regeneration

YJ Tseng, Y Kageyama, RL Murdaugh, A Kitano… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are capable of regenerating the blood system, but the
instructive cues that direct HSCs to regenerate particular lineages lost to the injury remain …

[HTML][HTML] Small heat shock protein 22 improves cognition and learning in the tauopathic brain

S Rodriguez Ospina, DM Blazier… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The microtubule-associated protein tau pathologically accumulates and aggregates in
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other tauopathies, leading to cognitive dysfunction and …