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Origins and spread of the vaccine-derived viruses remain mysterious

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an aging-related neurodegenerative disorder that results in progressively impaired memory and is often associated with amyloid plaques. Previous studies implicate the deacetylases SIRT1 and SIRT2 in regulating the processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP). Here, we investigated whether APP is regulated by the related deacetylase SIRT6, which shows aging-associated decreases in activity. We found that the abundance of SIRT6 was reduced in the cortex and hippocampus...

Cardiomyocyte (CM) nuclei are constantly exposed to mechanical stress, but how they maintain their nuclear shape remains unknown. In this study, we found that ventricular CM nuclei acquire characteristic prominent spatial organizations of heterochromatin (SOH), which are disrupted by high-level expression of H2B-mCherry in mice. SOH disruption was associated with nuclear softening, leading to extreme elongation and rupture under unidirectional mechanical stress. Loosened chromatin then leaks...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an aging-related neurodegenerative disorder that results in progressively impaired memory and is often associated with amyloid plaques. Previous studies implicate the deacetylases SIRT1 and SIRT2 in regulating the processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP). Here, we investigated whether APP is regulated by the related deacetylase SIRT6, which shows aging-associated decreases in activity. We found that the abundance of SIRT6 was reduced in the cortex and hippocampus...

In a comprehensive study to decipher the multi-layered response to the chemotherapeutic agent temozolomide (TMZ), we analyzed 427 genomes and determined mutational patterns in a collection of ∼40 isogenic DNA repair-deficient human TK6 lymphoblast cell lines. We first demonstrate that the spontaneous mutational background is very similar to the aging-associated mutational signature SBS40 and mainly caused by polymerase zeta-mediated translesion synthesis (TLS). MSH2-/- mismatch repair (MMR)...

Metaxins are a family of evolutionarily conserved proteins that reside on the mitochondria outer membrane (MOM) and participate in the protein import into the mitochondria. Metaxin-2 (Mtx2), a member of this family, has been identified as a key component in the machinery for mitochondrial transport in both C. elegans and human neurons. To deepen our understanding of Mtx2's role in neurons, we examined the homologous genes CG5662 and CG8004 in Drosophila. The CG5662 is a non-essential gene while...

The gene inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase D (INPP5D), which encodes the lipid phosphatase SH2-containing inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase 1 (SHIP1), is associated with the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). How it influences microglial function and brain physiology is unclear. Here, we showed that SHIP1 was enriched in early stages of healthy brain development. By combining in vivo loss-of-function approaches and proteomics, we discovered that mice conditionally lacking microglial SHIP1...

Chronological age is a crucial risk factor for diseases and disabilities among older adults. However, individuals of the same chronological age often exhibit divergent biological aging states, resulting in distinct individual risk profiles. Chronological age estimators based on omics data and machine learning techniques, known as aging clocks, provide a valuable framework for interpreting molecular-level biological aging. Metabolomics is an intriguing and rapidly growing field of study,...