Mechanisms and pathology of protein misfolding and aggregation

N Louros, J Schymkowitz, F Rousseau - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite advances in machine learning-based protein structure prediction, we are still far
from fully understanding how proteins fold into their native conformation. The conventional …

The role of biomolecular condensates in protein aggregation

BS Visser, WP Lipiński, E Spruijt - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
There is an increasing amount of evidence that biomolecular condensates are linked to
neurodegenerative diseases associated with protein aggregation, such as Alzheimer's …

HSP40 proteins use class-specific regulation to drive HSP70 functional diversity

O Faust, M Abayev-Avraham, AS Wentink, M Maurer… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The ubiquitous heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) family consists of ATP-dependent molecular
chaperones, which perform numerous cellular functions that affect almost all aspects of the …

The AAA+ chaperone VCP disaggregates Tau fibrils and generates aggregate seeds in a cellular system

I Saha, P Yuste-Checa, M Da Silva Padilha… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyloid-like aggregates of the microtubule-associated protein Tau are associated with
several neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease. The existence of …

Metformin activates chaperone-mediated autophagy and improves disease pathologies in an Alzheimer disease mouse model

X Xu, Y Sun, X Cen, B Shan, Q Zhao, T Xie… - Protein & …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) is a lysosome-dependent selective degradation
pathway implicated in the pathogenesis of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Chaperones directly and efficiently disperse stress-triggered biomolecular condensates

H Yoo, JAM Bard, EV Pilipenko, DA Drummond - Molecular Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Stresses such as heat shock trigger the formation of protein aggregates and the induction of
a disaggregation system composed of molecular chaperones. Recent work reveals that …

Sequence grammar underlying the unfolding and phase separation of globular proteins

KM Ruff, YH Choi, D Cox, AR Ormsby, Y Myung… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Aberrant phase separation of globular proteins is associated with many diseases. Here, we
use a model protein system to understand how the unfolded states of globular proteins drive …

Single residue modulators of amyloid formation in the N-terminal P1-region of α-synuclein

SM Ulamec, R Maya-Martinez, EJ Byrd… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Alpha-synuclein (αSyn) is a protein involved in neurodegenerative disorders including
Parkinson's disease. Amyloid formation of αSyn can be modulated by the 'P1 …

Emerging roles of O-glycosylation in regulating protein aggregation, phase separation, and functions

X Li, Y Du, X Chen, C Liu - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Protein O-glycosylation is widely identified in various proteins involved in diverse biological
processes. Recent studies have demonstrated that O-glycosylation plays crucial and …

[HTML][HTML] Increased ATF2 expression predicts poor prognosis and inhibits sorafenib-induced ferroptosis in gastric cancer

X Xu, Y Li, Y Wu, M Wang, Y Lu, Z Fang, H Wang, Y Li - Redox biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Sorafenib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has an important antitumor effect as a ferroptosis
inducer in multiple cancers, including gastric cancer (GC). However, the status of sorafenib …