New approaches to moderate CRISPR-Cas9 activity: Addressing issues of cellular uptake and endosomal escape

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Deepm5C: A deep-learning-based hybrid framework for identifying human RNA N5-methylcytosine sites using a stacking strategy

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脂质纳米粒-mRNA递送系统及其在嵌合抗原受体T细胞治疗中的应用

尽管嵌合抗原受体（CAR）T细胞治疗在血液系统恶性肿瘤患者中取得了显著的临床疗效，但需要进一步优化。脂质纳米粒（LNP）-信使核糖核酸（mRNA）递送系统作为一种非病毒性基因载体运用于CAR-T细胞治疗研究中，一方面通过LNP将密封蛋白-6 mRNA靶向递送至抗原提呈细胞，从而实现抗原提呈细胞辅助性增强密封蛋白-6靶向的CAR-T细胞的功能，以进一步诱导对实体瘤的清除；另一方面，通过LNP将成纤维细胞激活蛋白（FAP）CARmRNA靶向递送至T细胞，实现体内FAP靶向的CAR-T细胞的制备，以通过阻断心脏纤维化过程达到治疗急性心肌损伤的目的。在CAR-T细胞研究和治疗中，LNP-mRNA递送系统具有不与细胞基因组整合、价格便宜、毒副作用小及可修饰等优点，亦存在蛋白瞬时表达导致调控细胞功能的持久性不足及制备等方面的技术局限性。本文综述了LNP-mRNA递送系统及其在CAR-T细胞治疗中的应用研究。     

lncRNA-FTX与脑胶质瘤病人预后的相关性分析

目的 探讨长链非编码RNA（lncRNA）FTX表达水平与脑胶质瘤病人预后的相关性。方法 前瞻性收集2016年1月~2018年1月手术切除的脑胶质瘤88例（46例获得瘤旁组织），采用实时逆转录PCR检测lncRNA FTX表达水平，以脑胶质瘤组织lncRNA FTX表达水平均值为界分为高表达组（n=57）和低表达组（n=31）。术后随访3年，主要观察指标为无进展生存期、总生存期。结果 脑胶质瘤组织lncRNA FTX表达水平[（7.54±2.15）]明显高于瘤旁组织[（2.65±0.69）；P<0.001]。多因素Cox比例回归风险模型分析显示，lncRNA FTX高表达是脑胶质瘤生存预后不良的独立危险因素（RR=1.589；95% CI 1.004~2.515；P=0.048）。生存曲线分析显示，高表达组无进展生存期（15.10个月）和总生存期（20.24个月）较低表达组（分别为18.96和25.53个月）明显缩短（P<0.05）。结论 脑胶质瘤lncRNA FTX呈高表达，与病人不良生存预后有关。     

Cold‐inducible RNA‐binding protein (CIRP) in inflammatory diseases: Molecular insights of its associated signalling pathways

Cold‐inducible RNA‐binding protein (CIRP) was previously identified as an intracellular stress‐response protein, which can respond to a variety of stress conditions by changing its expression and regulating mRNA stability through its binding site on the 3′‐UTR of its targeted mRNAs. Recently, extracellular CIRP (eCIRP) was discovered to be present in various inflammatory conditions and could act as a pro‐inflammatory factor. Genetic studies have demonstrated a key role for eCIRP in inflammatory conditions that led to the importance of targeting eCIRP in these diseases. Currently, the underlying mechanism of eCIRP‐induced inflammation is under intensive investigation and several signalling pathways are being explored. Here, we epitomized various signalling pathways that mediate the pro‐inflammatory effects of CIRP and also recapitulated all the CIRP‐derived peptides that can block the interaction between CIRP and its receptors in inflammatory setting.     

Redox active or thiol reactive? Optimization of rapid screens to identify less evident nuisance compounds

Compounds that exhibit assay interference or undesirable mechanisms of bioactivity are routinely encountered in assays at various stages of drug discovery. We observed that assays for the investigation of thiol-reactive and redox-active compounds have not been collected in a comprehensive review. Here, we review these assays and subject them to experimental optimization to improve their reliability. We demonstrate the usefulness of our assay cascade by assaying a library of bioactive compounds, chemical probes, and a set of approved drugs. These high-throughput assays should complement the array of wet-lab and in silico assays during the initial stages of hit discovery campaigns to pursue only hit compounds with tractable mechanisms of action.