The paradoxical roles of orphan nuclear receptor 4A (NR4A) in cancer

S Safe, K Karki - Molecular Cancer Research, 2021 - AACR
The three-orphan nuclear receptor 4A genes are induced by diverse stressors and stimuli,
and there is increasing evidence that NR4A1 (Nur77), NR4A2 (Nurr1), and NR4A3 (Nor1) …

Health benefits of coffee consumption for cancer and other diseases and mechanisms of action

S Safe, J Kothari, A Hailemariam, S Upadhyay… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages worldwide, and epidemiology studies
associate higher coffee consumption with decreased rates of mortality and decreased rates …

Adipose tissue coregulates cognitive function

N Oliveras-Cañellas, A Castells-Nobau… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Obesity is associated with cognitive decline. Recent observations in mice propose an
adipose tissue (AT)–brain axis. We identified 188 genes from RNA sequencing of AT in …

[HTML][HTML] Protective effect of Nr4a2 (Nurr1) against LPS-induced depressive-like behaviors via regulating activity of microglia and CamkII neurons in anterior cingulate …

Y He, Y Wang, H Yu, Y Tian, X Chen, C Chen… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Neuroinflammation is tightly associated with onset of depression. The nuclear receptor
related 1 protein (Nurr1, also called Nr4a2), its roles in dopaminergic neurons is well …

ADRAM is an experience-dependent long noncoding RNA that drives fear extinction through a direct interaction with the chaperone protein 14-3-3

W Wei, Q Zhao, Z Wang, WS Liau, D Basic, H Ren… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Here, we used RNA capture-seq to identify a large population of lncRNAs that are
expressed in the infralimbic prefrontal cortex of adult male mice in response to fear-related …

Targeting acetyl-CoA metabolism attenuates the formation of fear memories through reduced activity-dependent histone acetylation

DC Alexander, T Corman, M Mendoza… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Histone acetylation is a key component in the consolidation of long-term fear memories.
Histone acetylation is fueled by acetyl-coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA), and recently, nuclear …

Mapping the spatial transcriptomic signature of the hippocampus during memory consolidation

Y Vanrobaeys, U Mukherjee, L Langmack… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Memory consolidation involves discrete patterns of transcriptional events in the
hippocampus. Despite the emergence of single-cell transcriptomic profiling techniques …

The melatonin metabolite N1‐acetyl‐5‐methoxykynuramine facilitates long‐term object memory in young and aging mice

H Iwashita, Y Matsumoto, Y Maruyama… - Journal of Pineal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin (MEL) has been reported to enhance cognitive processes, making it a potential
treatment for cognitive decline. However, the role of MEL's metabolites, N1‐acetyl‐N2 …

Orphan nuclear receptor 4A1 (NR4A1) and novel ligands

S Safe, R Shrestha, K Mohankumar - Essays in biochemistry, 2021 - portlandpress.com
The nuclear receptor (NR) superfamily of transcription factors encodes expression of 48
human genes that are important for maintaining cellular homeostasis and in …

[HTML][HTML] Nr4a2 transcription factor in hippocampal synaptic plasticity, memory and cognitive dysfunction: a perspective review

J Català-Solsona, AJ Miñano-Molina… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Long-lasting changes of synaptic efficacy are largely mediated by activity-induced gene
transcription and are essential for neuronal plasticity and memory. In this scenario …