Insights into 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase-inhibitor interactions from comparative structural biology

HY Lin, J Dong, J Dong, WC Yang, GF Yang - Trends in Biochemical …, 2023 - cell.com
4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) plays a key role in tyrosine metabolism and
has been identified as a promising target for herbicide and drug discovery. The structures of …

Biology of Pellino1: a potential therapeutic target for inflammation in diseases and cancers

L Yan, Y Cui, J Feng - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pellino1 (Peli1) is a highly conserved E3 Ub ligase that exerts its biological functions by
mediating target protein ubiquitination. Extensive evidence has demonstrated the crucial …

Methionine-SAM metabolism-dependent ubiquinone synthesis is crucial for ROS accumulation in ferroptosis induction

C Xia, P Peng, W Zhang, X Xing, X Jin, J Du… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a cell death modality in which iron-dependent lipid peroxides accumulate on
cell membranes. Cysteine, a limiting substrate for the glutathione system that neutralizes …

Discovery of subnanomolar inhibitors of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase via structure-based rational design

J Dong, J Dong, XH Yu, YC Yan, JX Nan… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
High-potency 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors are usually featured
by time-dependent inhibition. However, the molecular mechanism underlying time …

Context-dependent impact of the dietary non-essential amino acid tyrosine on Drosophila physiology and longevity

H Kosakamoto, C Sakuma, R Okada, M Miura… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Dietary protein intake modulates growth, reproduction, and longevity by stimulating amino
acid (AA)–sensing pathways. Essential AAs are often considered as limiting nutrients during …

Key enzyme in charge of ketone reabsorption of renal tubular SMCT1 may be a new target in diabetic kidney disease

Z Guo, F Zhong, M Hou, J Xie, AZ Zhang… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objective A ketogenic diet or mildly increased ketone body levels are beneficial for diabetic
kidney disease (DKD) patients. Our previous study has found that sodium-coupled …

Genetically blocking HPD via CRISPR-Cas9 protects against lethal liver injury in a pig model of tyrosinemia type I

P Gu, Q Yang, B Chen, Y Bie, W Liu, Y Tian… - … Therapy Methods & …, 2021 - cell.com
Hereditary tyrosinemia type I (HT1) results from the loss of fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase
(FAH) activity and can lead to lethal liver injury (LLI). Therapeutic options for HT1 remain …

Single-cell reconstruction and mutation enrichment analysis identifies dysregulated cardiomyocyte and endothelial cells in congenital heart disease

R Tambi, B Zehra, S Nandkishore… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the most prevalent neonatal congenital
anomalies. To catalog the putative candidate CHD risk genes, we collected 16,349 variants …

Study on the prognostic values of TTC36 correlated with immune infiltrates and its methylation in hepatocellular carcinoma

W Jing, R Peng, X Li, S Lv, Y Duan… - Journal of Immunology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains an incurable disease with a very poor clinical
outcome. The purpose of this article was to investigate whether the expression or …

Changes in the composition of the fecal metabolome and gut microbiota contribute to intervertebral disk degeneration in a rabbit model

S Cheng, J Yu, M Cui, H Su, Y Cao - Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Lower back pain (LBP), mainly caused by intervertebral disk (IVD) degeneration
(IDD), is widely prevalent worldwide and is a serious socioeconomic burden. Numerous …