Physiology

Fibronectin meshwork controls epithelial stem cell fate

1. Soline Estrach
2. Lionel Tosello
3. Floriane S. Tissot
4. Laurence Cailleteau
5. Ludovic Cervera
6. Kim B Jensen
7. Chloé C. Féral

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Post-translational modification patterns on β-myosin heavy chain are altered in ischemic and nonischemic human hearts

1. Maicon Landim-Vieira
2. Matthew C Childers
3. Amanda L Wacker
4. Michelle Rodriquez Garcia
5. Huan He
6. Rakesh Singh
7. Elizabeth A Brundage
8. Jamie R Johnston
9. Bryan A Whitson
10. P Bryant Chase
11. Paul ML Janssen
12. Michael Regnier
13. Brandon J Biesiadecki
14. J Renato Pinto
15. Michelle S Parvatiyar

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This study reports new post-translational modifications (PTMs) to β-myosin heavy chain, using tissue samples from normal and failing human hearts. Atomistic simulations of myosin molecular dynamics suggest that these PTMs lead to meaningful alterations in structure, solvent exposure, and dynamics of certain regions of the protein. These data and simulations provide a foundation for further work to determine the precise functional significance of β-myosin heavy chain PTMs. The work will be of interest to cell biologists and cardiologists.

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Genetic variation of putative myokine signaling is dominated by biological sex and sex hormones

1. Leandro M Velez
2. Cassandra Van
3. Timothy Moore
4. Zhenqi Zhou
5. Casey Johnson
6. Andrea L Hevener
7. Marcus M Seldin

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This elegantly performed systems-genetics paper on the predicted human skeletal muscle secretome highlights the importance of sex and sex hormones in regulating myokine expression and predicted cross-tissue effects. Male and female mice lacking estrogen receptor α (Esr1) were used to understand how estrogen signalling affects myokine genes expression. The methods used and data presented in this manuscript can serve as an important resource for other researchers in the field.

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Inhibition of the sodium-dependent HCO3- transporter SLC4A4, produces a cystic fibrosis-like airway disease phenotype

1. Vinciane Saint-Criq
2. Anita Guequén
3. Amber R Philp
4. Sandra Villanueva
5. Tábata Apablaza
6. Ignacio Fernández-Moncada
7. Agustín Mansilla
8. Livia Delpiano
9. Iván Ruminot
10. Cristian Carrasco
11. Michael A Gray
12. Carlos A Flores

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This paper is of interest to scientists and clinicians within the field of muco-obstructive diseases in the airways, such as cystic fibrosis (CF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It identifies the sodium-bicarbonate cotransporter SLC4A4 as a key component of the mechanism by which normal airways prevent the formation of sticky mucus and defend theirselves against bacterial and viral infections.

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Adiponectin receptor agonist AdipoRon improves skeletal muscle function in aged mice

1. Priya Balasubramanian
2. Anne E Schaar
3. Grace E Gustafson
4. Alex B Smith
5. Porsha R Howell
6. Angela Greenman
7. Scott Baum
8. Ricki J Colman
9. Dudley W Lamming
10. Gary M Diffee
11. Rozalyn M Anderson

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  Evaluation Summary:

  In this manuscript, the authors provide promising results for the treatment of age-related sarcopenia with AdipoRon, a drug that targets the receptors for adiponectin. This is a well done study using an agonist (AdipoRon) involved in lipid and mitochondrial metabolism regulation to mitigate age related muscle loss in mice.

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Ca2+ inactivation of the mammalian ryanodine receptor type 1 in a lipidic environment revealed by cryo-EM

1. Ashok R Nayak
2. Montserrat Samsó

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  Evaluation Summary:

  Inactivation of ryanodine receptors (RyR1) is an important physiologic phenomenon disruption of which leads to skeletal muscle and heart diseases. By comparing cryoEM structures of RyR1 in closed, open, and inactivated states, this study provides structural insights into RyR1 calcium-dependent inactivation (CDI). The results rationalize how some disease-causing mutations in RyR1 eliminate CDI of the channel. The study will be of interest to ion channel structural biologists and physiologists studying skeletal muscle pathologies.

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A plasma membrane-localized polycystin-1/polycystin-2 complex in endothelial cells elicits vasodilation

1. Charles E MacKay
2. Miranda Floen
3. M Dennis Leo
4. Raquibul Hasan
5. Tessa AC Garrud
6. Carlos Fernández-Peña
7. Purnima Singh
8. Kafait U Malik
9. Jonathan H Jaggar

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This study is potentially of high significance to a broad audience of scientists working on vascular reactivity and the role of ion channels in controlling endothelial cell signaling and vessel contractility. The study uses novel Endothelial cell specific knockout mice of Polycystin-1 and 2 (PC1 and PC2) proteins to show the requirement of PC1 and PC2 in flow-mediated vasodilation, how PC-1 and PC-2 interact and that their functions are interdependent. The findings from this study are novel and significant. The animal models used in this study are state of the art and the data overall are of high quality. However, additional data are needed to support the conclusions of the study. Further, additional controls and clarifications are required.

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Distinct roles for two Caenorhabditis elegans acid-sensing ion channels in an ultradian clock

1. Eva Kaulich
2. Trae Carroll
3. Brian D Ackley
4. Yi-Quan Tang
5. Iris Hardege
6. Keith Nehrke
7. William R Schafer
8. Denise S Walker

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This study investigates the role of acid sensing channels in pH homeostasis required for normal rhythmic muscle contractions in the defecation cycle of C .elegans. It is of importance to scientists with interest in ASIC channel function, pH homeostasis and the cellular mechanisms underlying generation of ultradian rhythms.

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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on a human research islet program

1. Tina J. Dafoe
2. Theodore Dos Santos
3. Aliya F. Spigelman
4. James Lyon
5. Nancy Smith
6. Austin Bautista
7. Patrick E. MacDonald
8. Jocelyn E. Manning Fox

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The role of action potential changes in depolarization-induced failure of excitation contraction coupling in mouse skeletal muscle

1. Xueyong Wang
2. Murad Nawaz
3. Chris DuPont
4. Jessica H Myers
5. Steve RA Burke
6. Roger A Bannister
7. Brent D Foy
8. Andrew A Voss
9. Mark M Rich

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This addresses an important area of excitation contraction coupling failure of potential clinical translational importance. They report that progressive depolarization of the resting potential upon excitation contraction coupling results in a persistence of action potential generation in the face of a failure of Ca2+ release.

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