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Experimental localization of metal-binding sites reveals the role of metal ions in type II DNA topoisomerases

Wagner A, Govada L, Chayen NE, Fisher LM, Sanderson MR.

Prof Mark L. Fisher’s group and collaborators have used a new ultra-high precision x-ray scattering technique to unveil the location and identity of metal ions in bacteria that are crucial for antibiotics to work optimally. The researchers say that this breakthrough could initiate the development of new antibacterial drugs for an array of diseases. 

 

 DNA topoisomerases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure: Metal ions in the delafloxacin-stabilized S. pneumoniae topo IV-DNA cleavage complex. (Two delafloxacins and ions in full van de Waals radius.) 

 

The research, published in PNAS, was co-led by Professor Mark Fisher from the Neuroscience and Cell Biology Research Institute at City St George’s, University of London, in collaboration with scientists at Imperial College London and the Diamond Light Source. 

This greater understanding of fluoroquinolones, their topoisomerase targets and the role of magnesium, potassium and chloride ions will hopefully aid the design of drugs to counter the growing problem of drug-resistant diseases.

Professor Mark Fisher

This work follows a long-standing collaboration with structural biologist and co-lead Professor Mark Sanderson at Imperial College London, who together, have solved the structure of many topoisomerase-drug complexes that are vital for advancing antibacterial drug development. 

This research was supported by the Medical Research Council (MRC).


 

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2024 publications

Dalee Zhou, Zuhal Eraslan, Dawson Miller, Isobel Taylor, Jaewon You, Samuel J. Grondin, Martha Vega, Prashiela Manga, Philip S. Goff, Elena V. Sviderskaya, Steven S. Gross, Qiuying Chen, Jonathan H. Zippin. Two-pore channel 2 is required for soluble adenylyl cyclase-dependent regulation of melanosomal pH and melanin synthesis. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/pcmr.13177

Oanh Tran, Sara Bertelli, Holly J. Hughes, Luka Lozo, Andrew Plested, Katalin Török. Novel iGluSnFR3 variants with improved kinetics and dynamic range for tracking high frequency firing at glutamatergic synapses. bioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.30.610471

Philip S. Goff, Shyamal Patel, Tom Carter, Michael S. Marks, Elena V. Sviderskaya. Enhanced MC1R-signalling and pH modulation facilitate melanogenesis within late endosomes of BLOC-1-deficient melanocytes. bioRxiv.org - the preprint server for Biology

Constantinou SM & DC Bennett. Cell senescence and the genetics of melanoma development. Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer. (Accepted.)

Bryant D, S Barberan-Martin, R Maeshima, I del Valle Torres, M Rabii, W Baird, A Sauvadet, C Demetriou, P Jones, N Knöpfel, F Michailidis, M Riachi, DC Bennett, D Zecchin, A Pittman, S Polubothu, S Hart, VA Kinsler. RNA therapy for oncogenic NRAS-driven nevi induces apoptosis. J. Invest. Dermatol. (Online early.) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2024.04.031

Wang D, Woodcock E, Yang X, Nishikawa H, Sviderskaya EV, Oshima M, Edwards C, Zhang Y and Korchev Y. Exploration of individual colorectal cancer cell responses to H2O2 eustress using hopping probe scanning ion conductance microscopy. Science Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2024.04.004

Lamoreux ML & DC Bennett Perspective: Scientists’ Warning on the problem with overpopulation and living systems. J. Popul. Sustainabil. (2024) 8(1), 95-111. https://doi.org/10.3197/JPS.63799953906873

Bennett, DC. Review: Are moles senescent? Pigm. Cell Melanoma Res 2024 May;37(3):391-402. https://doi.org/10.1111/pcmr.13163

Chikh A, Raimondi C. Endothelial Neuropilin-1: a multifaced signal transducer with an emerging role in inflammation and atherosclerosis beyond angiogenesis. Biochem Soc Trans. 2024 Feb 28;52(1):137-150.

Dulloo I, Tellier M, Levet C, Chikh A, Zhang B, Blaydon DC, Webb CM, Kelsell DP, Freeman M. Cleavage of the pseudoprotease iRhom2 by the signal peptidase complex reveals an ER-to-nucleus signaling pathway. Mol Cell. 2024 Jan 18;84(2):277-292.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.12.012.

Hordijk S, Carter T, Bierings R. A new look at an old body: molecular determinants of Weibel-Palade body composition and VWF exocytosis. J Thromb Haemost. 2024: S1538-7836(24)00055-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtha.2024.01.015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38307391.

Poch A, Dougherty MP, Roman RA, Chorich L, Hawkins Z, Kim SH, Kim HG, Layman LC. Prevalence of pathogenic variants and digenic disease in patients diagnosed with normosmic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism/Kallmann Syndrome. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2024 Apr 7;589:112224. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2024.112224

2023 publications

Soo JK, JT Castle & DC Bennett (2023). Preferential killing of melanoma cells by a p16-related peptide. Biol. Open, 12(8): bio059965. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.059965

Lee J, Kim Y, Ataliotis P, Kim HG, Kim DW, Bennett DC, Brown NA, Layman LC, Kim SH. Coordination of canonical and noncanonical Hedgehog signalling pathways mediated by WDR11 during primordial germ cell development. Sci Rep. 2023 Jul 29;13(1):12309. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38017-9

Ozek G, Aksoylar S, Uçar SK, Canda E, Akcan M, Cartı O, Siviş ZO, Oymak Y, Yazıcı H, Bax B, Bulut FD, Yoldaş Çelik M, Erdem F, Çoker M, Kansoy S. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with reduced toxicity conditioning regimen in mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 Jul;70(7):e30334. doi: 10.1002/pbc.30334.

Cotterill S, Yamaguchi M. Role of Drosophila in Human Disease Research 3.0. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Dec 25;25(1):292.

Bosseboeuf E, Chikh A, Chaker AB, Mitchell TP, Vignaraja D, Rajendrakumar R, Khambata RS, Nightingale TD, Mason JC, Randi AM, Ahluwalia A, Raimondi C. Neuropilin-1 interacts with VE-cadherin and TGFBR2 to stabilize adherens junctions and prevent activation of endothelium under flow. Sci Signal. 2023 May 23;16(786):eabo4863

Garima Jain, Parimal Das, Prashant Ranjan, Neha, Ferran Valderrama and Clara Cieza-Borrella. Urinary extracellular vesicles miRNA—A new era of prostate cancer biomarkers. Front. Genet. 2023 14:1065757. https://doi:10.3389/fgene.2023.1065757

Tran, O.; Kerruth, S.; Coates, C.; Kaur, H.; Peracchia, C.; Carter, T.; Török, K. Ca2+-Dependent and-Independent Calmodulin Binding to the Cytoplasmic Loop of Gap Junction Connexins. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 4153. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24044153

Meli, A.; McCormack, A.; Conte, I.; Chen, Q.; Streetley, J.; Rose, M.L.; Bierings, R.; Hannah, M.J.; Molloy, J.E.; Rosenthal, P.B. Carter T. Altered Storage and Function of von Willebrand Factor in Human Cardiac Microvascular Endothelial Cells Isolated from Recipient Transplant Hearts. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 4553. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24054553

Tran, O., Hughes, H., Carter, T. & Török T. (2023) Development and characterisation of novel jGCaMP8f calcium sensor variants with improved kinetics and fluorescence response range. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience article collection on 'The Development and Application of Genetically Encoded Sensors for Resolving the Physiology or Pathogenesis in Various Behaviours and Diseases' (2023) 17:1155406. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1155406

Maurice Swinkels, Sophie Hordijk, Petra E. Bürgisser, Johan A. Slotman, Tom Carter, Frank W.G. Leebeek, A.J. Gerard Jansen, Jan Voorberg, Ruben Bierings (2023). Quantitative super-resolution imaging of platelet degranulation reveals differential release of von Willebrand factor and von Willebrand factor propeptide from alpha-granules. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, In press https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtha.2023.03.041

Isolation, culture, and transfection of melanocytes. Goff, PS, Castle, JT, Kohli, JS, Sviderskaya, EV, & Bennett, DC (2023). Current Protocols, 3, e774. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpz1.774

S. Yaganoglu, K. Kalyviotis, N. Helassa, C. Vagena-Pantoula, D. Jülich, B.M. Gaub, M. Welling, T. Lopes, D. Lachowski, S.S. Tang, A. Del Rio Hernandez, V. Salem, D.J. Müller, S.A. Holley, J. Vermot, J. Shi, K. Török, P. Pantazis. Highly specific and non-invasive imaging of Piezo1-dependent activity across scales using GenEPi. Nature Communications (2023) 14, 4352. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40134-y

Testing the cognitive effects of tadalafil. Neuropsychological secondary outcomes from the PASTIS trial.Pauls MM, Fish J, Binnie LR, Benjamin P, Betteridge S, Clarke B, Dhillon MK, Ghatala R, Hainsworth FA, Howe FA, Khan U, Kruuse C, Madigan JB, Moynihan B, Patel B, Pereira AC, Rostrup E, Shtaya AB, Spilling CA, Trippier S, Williams R, Young R, Barrick TR, Isaacs JD, Hainsworth AH. Cereb Circ Cogn Behav. 2023 Sep 26;5:100187. doi: 10.1016/j.cccb.2023.100187. eCollection 2023.PMID: 37811523

PDE5 inhibitor drugs for use in dementia. Hainsworth AH, Arancio O, Elahi FM, Isaacs JD, Cheng F.Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2023 Sep 25;9(3):e12412. doi: 10.1002/trc2.12412.

One-health approach to canine cognitive decline: Dogs Overcoming Geriatric Memory and Aging Initiative for early detection of cognitive decline.Hunter RP, Ehrenzweig J, Hainsworth A, Crawford A, Dagan A, Sage J, Araujo J.Am J Vet Res. 2023 Sep 26:1-5.

Ben-Mahmoud A, Kishikawa S, Gupta V, Leach NT, Shen Y, Moldovan O, Goel H, Hopper B, Ranguin K, Gruchy N, Maas SM, Lacassie Y, Kim SH, Kim WY, Quade BJ, Morton CC, Kim CH, Layman LC, Kim HG. A cryptic microdeletion del(12)(p11.21p11.23) within an unbalanced translocation t(7;12)(q21.13;q23.1) implicates new candidate loci for intellectual disability and Kallmann syndrome. Sci Rep. 2023 Aug 10;13(1):12984.

2022 publications

P-selectin mobility undergoes a sol-gel transition as it diffuses from exocytosis sites into the cell membrane. Hellen N, Mashanov GI, Conte IL, le Trionnaire S, Babich V, Knipe L, Mohammed A, Ogmen K, Martin-Almedina S, Török K, Hannah MJ, Molloy JE, Carter T. Nat Commun. (2022).13(1):3031. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30669-x. PMID: 35641503 

What does aducanumab treatment of Alzheimer's disease mean for research on vascular cognitive disorders? Wallin A, Alladi S, Black SE, Chen C, Greenberg SM, Gustafson D, Isaacs JD, Jokinen H, Kalaria R, Mok V, Pantoni L, Pasquier F, Roman GC, Rosenberg GA, Schmidt R, Smith EE, Hainsworth AH. Cereb Circ Cogn Behav. 2022 Feb 11;3:100044.

Test-retest reliability of arterial spin labelling for cerebral blood flow in older adults with small vessel disease. Binnie LR, Pauls MMH, Benjamin P, Dhillon MK, Betteridge S, Clarke B, Ghatala R, Hainsworth FAH, Howe FA, Khan U, Kruuse C, Madigan JB, Moynihan B, Patel B, Pereira AC, Rostrup E, Shtaya ABY, Spilling CA, Trippier S, Williams R, Isaacs JD, Barrick TR, Hainsworth AH. Transl Stroke Res. 2022 Aug;13(4):583-594. doi: 10.1007/s12975-021-00983-5. Epub 2022 Jan 26. PMID: 35080734

Vascular cognitive impairment and dementia: An early career researcher perspective. Silva NCBS, Bracko O, Nelson AR, de Oliveira FF, Robison LS, Shaaban CE, Hainsworth AH, Price BR. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2022 Apr 27;14(1):e12310. doi: 10.1002/dad2.12310. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35496373

The epidemiology is promising, but the trial evidence is weak. Why pharmacological dementia risk reduction trials haven't lived up to expectations, and where do we go from here? Peters R, Dodge HH, James S, Jicha GA, Meyer PF, Richards M, Smith AD, Yassine HN, Abner E, Hainsworth AH, Kehoe PG, Beckett N, Anderson CS, Anstey KJ. Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Mar;18(3):507-512. doi: 10.1002/alz.12393. Epub 2021 Nov 2. PMID: 34726352

Vasculocentric Axonal NfH in Small Vessel Disease. Anad A, Barker MK, Katanga JA, Arfanakis K, Bridges LR, Esiri MM, Isaacs JD, Prpar Mihevc S, Pereira AC, Schneider JA, Hainsworth AH. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2022 Feb 24;81(3):182-192. doi: 10.1093/jnen/nlab134. PMID: 35086142

The PASTIS trial: Testing tadalafil for possible use in vascular cognitive impairment. Pauls MMH, Binnie LR, Benjamin P, Betteridge S, Clarke B, Dhillon MK, Ghatala R, Hainsworth FAH, Howe FA, Khan U, Kruuse C, Madigan JB, Moynihan B, Patel B, Pereira AC, Rostrup E, Shtaya ABY, Spilling CA, Trippier S, Williams R, Young R, Barrick TR, Isaacs JD, Hainsworth AH. Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Feb 8. doi: 10.1002/alz.12559. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35135037

Biomarkers in Rare Diseases 2.0. Bax BE. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Apr 21;23(9):4582. doi: 10.3390/ijms23094582. PMID: 35562973

Loss of thymidine phosphorylase activity disrupts adipocyte differentiation and induces insulin-resistant lipoatrophic diabetes. Gautheron J, Lima L, Akinci B, Zammouri J, Auclair M, Ucar SK, Ozen S, Altay C, Bax BE, Nemazanyy I, Lenoir V, Prip-Buus C, Acquaviva-Bourdain C, Lascols O, Fève B, Vigouroux C, Noel E, Jéru I. BMC Med. 2022 Mar 28;20(1):95. doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02296-2. PMID: 35341481

The role of insulators and transcription in 3D chromatin organization of flies. Chathoth KT, Mikheeva LA, Crevel G, Wolfe JC, Hunter I, Beckett-Doyle S, Cotterill S, Dai H, Harrison A, Zabet NR. Genome Res. 2022 Apr;32(4):682-698. doi: 10.1101/gr.275809.121. Epub 2022 Mar 30. PMID: 35354608.

Vascular Collagen Type-IV in Hypertension and Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. Kumar AA, Yeo N, Whittaker M, Attra P, Barrick TR, Bridges LR, Dickson DW, Esiri MM, Farris CW, Graham D, Lin WL, Meijles DN, Pereira AC, Perry G, Rosene DL, Shtaya AB, Van Agtmael T, Zamboni G, Hainsworth AH. Stroke. 2022 Dec;53(12):3696-3705.

Vesicular release probability sets the strength of individual Schaffer collateral synapses.C.D. Dürst, J.S. Wiegert, C. Schulze, N. Helassa, K. Török and T.G. Oertner. Nature Communications (2022) 13, 6126. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33565-6

Kalkan Uçar S, Yazıcı H, Canda E, Er E, Bulut FD, Eraslan C, Onay H, Bax BE, Çoker M. Clinical spectrum of early onset "Mediterranean" (homozygous p.P131L mutation) mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy. JIMD Rep. 2022 Jul 10;63(5):484-493. doi: 10.1002/jmd2.12315

2021 publications

Mark Mencias, Michelle Levene, Kevin Blighe, Bridget E. Bax. (2021)Circulating miRNAs as Biomarkers for Mitochondrial Neuro-Gastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy. Int. J. Mol. Sci, 22(7), 3681.

Bax B (2021) Biomarkers in Rare Diseases. Int J Mol Sci. 22(2): 673. (Published online 2021 Jan 12. doi: 10.3390/ijms22020673 )

Guillaume Lapointe, Colin K. Skepper*, Lauren M. Holder, Duncan Armstrong, et al (2021) Discovery and optimization of DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV inhibitors with potent activity against fluoroquinolone-resistant Gram-positive bacteria. Lapointe et al. J Med Chem. (in Press, published online ahead of print; doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00375.)

Kinyo On, Gilles Crevel, Sue Cotterill, Masanobu Itoh, Yasuko Kato (2021). Drosophila telomere capping protein HOAP interacts with DSB sensor proteins Mre11 and NbsGenes to Cells, 26 (4) pp 219-229. First published: 08 February 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/gtc.12836

Mapping mechanical properties of living cells at nanoscale using intrinsic nanopipette-sample force interactions. Vasilii S Kolmogorov , Alexander S Erofeev, Emily Woodcock, et al. (2021), Nanoscale 13(13):6558-6568 doi: 10.1039/d0nr08349f. Epub 2021 Mar 31Sirés-Campos J, Lambertos A, Delevoye C, Raposo G, Bennett DC, Sviderskaya E, Jiménez-Cervantes C, Olivares C, García-Borrón JC (2021) Mahogunin Ring Finger 1 regulates pigmentation by controlling the pH of melanosomes in melanocytes and melanoma cells. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2021 Dec 18. Online ahead of print.

Atticus H. Hainsworth, Fanny M. Elahic & Roderick A. Corriveaud (2021). An introduction to therapeutic approaches to vascular cognitive impairment. Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior, 2, 100033 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb.2021.100033

Peters R, Dodge HH, James S, Jicha GA, Meyer PF, Richards M, Smith AD, Yassine HN, Abner E, Hainsworth AH, Kehoe PG, Beckett N, Anderson CS, Anstey KJ. (2021). The epidemiology is promising, but the trial evidence is weak. Why pharmacological dementia risk reduction trials haven't lived up to expectations, and where do we go from here?

Alzheimers Dement. doi: 10.1002/alz.12393. Online ahead of print.Alakbarzade V, French JM, Howlett DR, Attems J, Francis PT, Stratton S, Clark CN, Pereira AC, Hainsworth AH. 2021 Cerebral amyloid angiopathy distribution in older people: A cautionary note. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2021 Feb 16;7(1):e12145. doi: 10.1002/trc2.12145. eCollection 2021. PMID: 33644295

Chen Q, Zhou D, Abdel-Malek Z, Zhang F, Goff PS, Sviderskaya EV, Wakamatsu K, Ito S, Gross SS, Zippin JH. (2021). Measurement of Melanin Metabolism in Live Cells by [U-13C]-L-Tyrosine Fate Tracing Using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. J Invest Dermatol. 141(7):1810-1818.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.01.007. Epub 2021 Feb 5. PMID: 33549605

Soriano I, Vazquez E, De Leon N, Bertrand S, Heitzer E, Toumazou S, Bo Z, Palles C, Pai CC, Humphrey TC, Tomlinson I, Cotterill S, Kearsey SE. (2021). Expression of the cancer-associated DNA polymerase ε P286R in fission yeast leads to translesion synthesis polymerase dependent hypermutation and defective DNA replication. PLoS Genet. 17(7):e1009526. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009526. eCollection 2021 Jul. PMID: 34228709

Kat M, Bürgisser PE, Janssen H, De Cuyper IM, Conte IL, Hume AN, Carter T, Voorberg J, Margadant C, Bierings R. (2021). GDP/GTP exchange factor MADD drives activation and recruitment of secretory Rab GTPases to Weibel-Palade bodies. Blood Adv. 5(23):5116-5127. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004827.

Hirano M, Carelli V, De Giorgio R, Pironi L, Accarino A, Cenacchi G, D'Alessandro R, Filosto M, Martí R, Nonino F, Pinna AD, Baldin E, Bax BE, Bolletta A, Bolletta R, Boschetti E, Cescon M, D'Angelo R, Dotti MT, Giordano C, Gramegna LL, Levene M, Lodi R, Mandel H, Morelli MC, Musumeci O, Pugliese A, Scarpelli M, Siniscalchi A, Spinazzola A, Tal G, Torres-Torronteras J, Vignatelli L, Zaidman I, Zoller H, Rinaldi R, Zeviani M. (2021). Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE): Position paper on diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment by the MNGIE International Network. J Inherit Metab Dis. 44(2):376-387. doi: 10.1002/jimd.12300. Epub 2020 Sep 8.

Bowman SL, Le L, Zhu Y, Harper DC, Sitaram A, Theos AC, Sviderskaya EV, Bennett DC, Raposo-Benedetti G, Owen DJ, Dennis MK, Marks MS. (2021). A BLOC-1-AP-3 super-complex sorts a cis-SNARE complex into endosome-derived tubular transport carriers. J Cell Biol. 220(7):e202005173. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202005173.

Elif Damla Arisan 1 , Ozge Rencuzogullari 2 , Clara Cieza-Borrella 3 , Francesc Miralles Arenas 3 , Miriam Dwek 4 , Sigrun Lange 5 , Pinar Uysal-Onganer . (2021). MiR-21 Is Required for the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells.Int J Mol Sci. ;22(4):1557. doi: 10.3390/ijms22041557

2020 publications

Hirano, M; Carelli, V; De Giorgio, R; Pironi, L; Accarino, A; Cenacchi, G; D'Alessandro, R; Filosto, M; Martí, R; Nonino, F; et al. (Bax, BE) (2020) Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy (MNGIE): Position Paper on Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment by the MNGIE International Network. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. ISSN 0141-8955 https://doi.org/10.1002/jimd.12300

Bax, BE (2020) Erythrocytes as Carriers of Therapeutic Enzymes. Pharmaceutics, 12 (5). ISSN 1999-4923 https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12050435

Kipper, K; Hecht, M; Antunes, NJ; Fairbanks, LD; Levene, M; Kalkan Uçar, S; Schaefer, A; Blakely, EL; Bax, BE (2020) Quantification of Plasma and Urine Thymidine and 2'-

Deoxyuridine by LC-MS/MS for the Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Erythrocyte Encapsulated Thymidine Phosphorylase in Patients with Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy. J Clin Med, 9 (3). p. 788. ISSN 2077-0383 https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9030788

Martínez-Vicente, I; Abrisqueta, M; Herraiz, C; Sirés-Campos, J; Castejón-Griñán, M; Bennett, DC; Olivares, C; García-Borrón, JC; Jiménez-Cervantes, C (2020) Mahogunin Ring Finger 1 Is Required for Genomic Stability and Modulates the Malignant Phenotype of Melanoma Cells. Cancers (Basel), 12 (10). p. 2840. ISSN 2072-6694 https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12102840

Maurichi, A; Miceli, R; Patuzzo, R; Barretta, F; Gallino, G; Mattavelli, I; Barbieri, C; Leva, A; Cortinovis, U; Tolomio, E; et al. (2020) Analysis of Sentinel Node Biopsy and Clinicopathologic Features as Prognostic Factors in Patients With Atypical Melanocytic Tumors. J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 18 (10). pp. 1327-1336. ISSN 1540-1413 https://doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2020.7582

Le, L; Escobar, IE; Ho, T; Lefkovith, AJ; Latteri, E; Haltaufderhyde, KD; Dennis, MK; Plowright, L; Sviderskaya, EV; Bennett, DC; et al. (2020) SLC45A2 protein stability and regulation of melanosome pH determine melanocyte pigmentation. Mol Biol Cell. mbcE20030200. ISSN 1939-4586 https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E20-03-0200

Maurichi, A; Miceli, R; Eriksson, H; Newton-Bishop, J; Nsengimana, J; Chan, M; Hayes, AJ; Heelan, K; Adams, D; Patuzzo, R; et al. (2020) Factors Affecting Sentinel Node Metastasis in Thin (T1) Cutaneous Melanomas: Development and External Validation of a Predictive Nomogram. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 38 (14). pp. 1591-1601. ISSN 0732-183X https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.19.01902

Marygold, SJ; Attrill, H; Speretta, E; Warner, K; Magrane, M; Berloco, M; Cotterill, S; McVey, M; Rong, Y; Yamaguchi, M (2020) The DNA polymerases of Drosophila melanogaster. Fly (Austin). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1933-6942 https://doi.org/10.1080/19336934.2019.1710076

Skepper, CK; Armstrong, D; Balibar, CJ; Bauer, D; Bellamacina, C; Benton, BM; Bussiere, D; De Pascale, G; De Vicente, J; Dean, CR; et al. (2020) Topoisomerase Inhibitors Addressing Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria. J Med Chem, 63 (14). pp. 7773-7816. ISSN 1520-4804 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00347

Carare, RO; Aldea, R; Agarwal, N; Bacskai, BJ; Bechman, I; Boche, D; Bu, G; Bulters, D; Clemens, A; Counts, SE; et al. (2020) Clearance of interstitial fluid (ISF) and CSF (CLIC) group-part of Vascular Professional Interest Area (PIA): Cerebrovascular disease and the failure of elimination of Amyloid-β from the brain and retina with age and Alzheimer's disease-Opportunities for Therapy. Alzheimers Dement (Amst), 12 (1). e12053. ISSN 2352-8729 https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12053

Moroni, F; Ammirati, E; Hainsworth, AH; Camici, PG (2020) Association of white matter hyperintensities and cardiovascular disease. Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging, 13 (8). e010460. ISSN 1941-9651 https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.010460 SGUL Authors: Hainsworth, Atticus Henry

McFall, A; Hietamies, TM; Bernard, A; Aimable, M; Allan, SM; Bath, PM; Brezzo, G; Carare, RO; Carswell, HV; Clarkson, AN; et al. (2020) UK consensus on pre-clinical vascular cognitive impairment functional outcomes assessment: Questionnaire and workshop proceedings. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 40 (7). pp. 1402-1414. ISSN 1559-7016 https://doi.org/10.1177/0271678X20910552

Kim, Y; Kim, S-H (2020) WD40-Repeat Proteins in Ciliopathies and Congenital Disorders of Endocrine System. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul), 35 (3). pp. 494-506. ISSN 2093-5978 https://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2020.302

Kim, Y; Lee, J; Seppala, M; Cobourne, MT; Kim, S-H (2020) Ptch2/Gas1 and Ptch1/Boc differentially regulate Hedgehog signalling in murine primordial germ cell migration. Nat Commun, 11 (1). p. 1994. ISSN 2041-1723 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15897-3

Coates, C; Kerruth, S; Helassa, N; Török, K (2020) Kinetic Mechanisms of Fast Glutamate Sensing by Fluorescent Protein Probes. Biophys J, 118 (1). pp. 117-127. ISSN 1542-0086 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2019.11.006

Strokectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: experience and meta-analysis of current evidence. Moughal S, Trippier S, Al-Mousa A, Hainsworth AH, Pereira AC, Minhas PS, Shtaya A. (2022) J Neurol.;269(1):149-158. doi: 10.1007/s00415-020-10358-9. Epub 2020 Dec 19. PMID: 33340332

2019 publications

Streetley J, Fonseca A, Turner J, Kiskin N, Knipe L, Rosenthal P, Carter T (2019) Stimulated release of intraluminal vesicles from Weibel-Palade bodies Blood (2019) 133 (25): 2707–2717. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2018-09-874552

Dilaver, N; Pellatt, L; Jameson, E; Ogunjimi, M; Bano, G; Homburg, R; D Mason, H; Rice, S (2019) The regulation and signalling of anti-Müllerian hormone in human granulosa cells: relevance to polycystic ovary syndrome. Hum Reprod, 34 (12). pp. 2467-2479. ISSN 1460-2350 https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dez214

Boltze, J; Ferrara, F; Hainsworth, AH; Bridges, LR; Zille, M; Lobsien, D; Barthel, H; McLeod, DD; Gräßer, F; Pietsch, S; et al. (2019) Lesional and perilesional tissue characterization by automated image processing in a novel gyrencephalic animal model of peracute intracerebral hemorrhage. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 39 (12). pp. 2521-2535. ISSN 1559-7016 https://doi.org/10.1177/0271678X18802119

Norton, EJ; Bridges, LR; Kenyon, LC; Esiri, MM; Bennett, DC; Hainsworth, AH (2019) Cell Senescence and Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in the Brains of People Aged 80 Years and Older. JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY, 78 (11). pp. 1066-1072. ISSN 0022-3069 https://doi.org/10.1093/jnen/nlz088

Shtaya, A; Bridges, LR; Esiri, MM; Lam-Wong, J; Nicoll, JAR; Boche, D; Hainsworth, AH (2019) Rapid neuroinflammatory changes in human acute intracerebral hemorrhage. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 6 (8). pp. 1465-1479. ISSN 2328-9503 https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.50842

Shamim Nassrally, M; Lau, A; Wise, K; John, N; Kotecha, S; Lee, KL; Brooks, RF (2019) Cell cycle arrest in replicative senescence is not an immediate consequence of telomere dysfunction. Mech Ageing Dev, 179. pp. 11-22. ISSN 1872-6216 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2019.01.009

Gorgoulis, V; Adams, PD; Alimonti, A; Bennett, DC; Bischof, O; Bishop, C; Campisi, J; Collado, M; Evangelou, K; Ferberyre, G; et al. (2019) Cellular senescence: defining a path forward. CELL, 179 (4). pp. 813-827. ISSN 0092-8674 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.10.005

Levene, M; Bain, MD; Moran, NF; Nirmalananthan, N; Poulton, J; Scarpelli, M; Filosto, M; Mandel, H; MacKinnon, AD; Fairbanks, L; et al. (2019) Safety and Efficacy of Erythrocyte Encapsulated Thymidine Phosphorylase in Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy. J Clin Med, 8 (4). p. 457. ISSN 2077-0383 https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8040457

Zhang Y, Takahashi Y, Hong HP, Liu F, Bednarska J, Goff PS, Novak P, Shevchuk A, Gopal S, Barozzi IG, Magnani L, Sakai H, Suguru Y, Fujii T, Erofeev A, Gorelkin P, Majouga A, Weiss DJ, Edwards C, Ivanov A, Klenerman D, Sviderskaya EV*, Edel JB*, Korchev YE*. High-resolution label-free 3D mapping of extracellular pH of single living cells.

Kinetic mechanisms of fast glutamate sensing by fluorescent protein probes. C. Coates, S. Kerruth, N. Helassa and K. Török. Biophysical J. (2020) doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2019.11.006

High-speed imaging of glutamate release with genetically encoded sensors. C.D. Dürst, J.S. Wiegert, C. Schulze, N. Helassa, S. Kerruth, C. Coates, M. Geeves, K Török and T.G. Oertner. Nature Protocols (2019) 14(5):1401-1424. doi: 10.1038/s41596-019-0143-9

Carter T, Bierings R. (2019). WPBs: making a mark and leaving a trail. Blood. 134 (12)909-910. DOI: 10.1182/blood.2019002322

Anton Dvorzhak, Nordine Helassa, Katalin Török, Dietmar Schmitz and Rosemarie Grantyn. Single Synapse Indicators of Impaired Glutamate Clearance Derived from Fast iGluu Imaging of Cortical Afferents in the Striatum of Normal and Huntington (Q175) Mice. Journal of Neuroscience (2019), 39, 3970-3982; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2865-18.2019

Streetley J, Fonseca AV, Turner J, Kiskin NI, Knipe L, Rosenthal PB, Carter T. Stimulated release of intraluminal vesicles from Weibel-Palade bodies. Blood. (2019) 133:2707-2717. doi: 10.1182/blood-2018-09-874552. Epub 2019 Feb 13.

Hernando B, Swope VB, Guard S, Starner RJ, Choi K, Anwar A, Cassidy P, Leachman S, Kadekaro AL, Bennett DC, Abdel-Malek ZA. In vitro behavior and UV response of melanocytes derived from carriers of CDKN2A mutations and MC1R

variants. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. (2019) 32:259-268. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12732. Epub 2018 Sep 5

Yasmeen S, Akram BH, Hainsworth AH, Kruuse C. Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) and endothelial function in ischaemic stroke. A review. Cell Signal. (2019) 61:108-119. doi: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2019.05.011. Epub 2019 May 24.

Alber J, Alladi S, Bae HJ, Barton DA, Beckett LA, Bell JM, Berman SE, Biessels GJ, Black SE, Bos I, Bowman GL, Brai E, Brickman AM, Callahan BL, Corriveau RA, Fossati S, Gottesman RF, Gustafson DR, Hachinski V, Hayden KM, Helman AM, Hughes TM, Isaacs JD, Jefferson AL, Johnson SC, Kapasi A, Kern S, Kwon JC, Kukolja J, Lee A, Lockhart SN, Murray A, Osborn KE, Power MC, Price BR, Rhodius-Meester HFM, Rondeau JA, Rosen AC, Rosene DL, Schneider JA, Scholtzova H, Shaaban CE, Silva NCBS, Snyder HM, Swardfager W, Troen AM, van Veluw SJ, Vemuri P, Wallin A, Wellington C, Wilcock DM, Xie SX, Hainsworth AH. White matter hyperintensities in vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID): Knowledge gaps and opportunities. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). (2019) 5:107-117. doi: 10.1016/j.trci.2019.02.001. eCollection 2019.

Hainsworth AH. White matter lesions in cerebral small vessel disease: Underperfusion or leaky vessels? Neurology. (2019) 9;92:687-688. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007258. Epub 2019 Mar 13.

Berry C, Sidik N, Pereira AC, Ford TJ, Touyz RM, Kaski JC, Hainsworth AH. Small-Vessel Disease in the Heart and Brain: Current Knowledge, Unmet Therapeutic Need, and Future Directions. J Am Heart Assoc. (2019) 5;8:e011104. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.011104. No abstract available.

Vasita E, Yasmeen S, Andoh J, Bridges LR, Kruuse C, Pauls MMH, Pereira AC, Hainsworth AH. The cGMP-Degrading Enzyme Phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) in Cerebral Small Arteries of Older People. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. (2019) 78:191-194. doi: 10.1093/jnen/nly117.

Pacitti D, Privolizzi R, Bax BE. Organs to Cells and Cells to Organoids: The Evolution of in vitro Central Nervous System Modelling. Front Cell Neurosci. (2019); 13:129. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00129. eCollection (2019). Review.

Levene M, Bain MD, Moran NF, Nirmalananthan N, Poulton J, Scarpelli M, Filosto M, Mandel H, MacKinnon AD, Fairbanks L, Pacitti D, Bax BE. Safety and Efficacy of Erythrocyte Encapsulated Thymidine Phosphorylase in Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy. J Clin Med. (2019) 5;8. pii: E457. doi: 10.3390/jcm8040457.

Zhang Z, Gong J, Sviderskaya EV, Wei A, Li W. Mitochondrial NCKX5 regulates melanosomal biogenesis and pigment production. J Cell Sci. 2019: jcs.232009. doi: 10.1242/jcs.232009. [Epub ahead of print]

Sanzà P, Evans RD, Briggs DA, Cantero M, Montoliu L, Patel S, Sviderskaya EV, Itzen A, Figueiredo AC, Seabra MC, Hume AN. Nucleotide exchange factor Rab3GEP requires DENN and non-DENN elements for activation and targeting of Rab27a. J Cell Sci. (2019); 132. pii: jc

Lenzi, C., Stevens, J., Osborn, D., Hannah, M. J., Bierings, R. and Carter, T. (2019). Synaptotagmin 5 regulates calcium-dependent Weibel-Palade body exocytosis in human endothelial cells. J Cell Sci. PMID: 30659119

Kerruth, S., Coates, C., Durst, C. D., Oertner, T. G. and Török, K. (2019). The kinetic mechanisms of fast-decay red-fluorescent genetically-encoded calcium indicators. J Biol Chem. PMID: 30651353

2018 publications

Schillemans, M., Karampini, E., van den Eshof, B. L., Gangaev, A., Hofman, M., van Breevoort, D., Meems, H., Janssen, H., Mulder, A. A., Jost, C. R. et al. (2018). Weibel-Palade Body Localized Syntaxin-3 Modulates Von Willebrand Factor Secretion From Endothelial Cells. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 38, 1549-1561. PMID: 29880488

Helassa, N., Durst, C. D., Coates, C., Kerruth, S., Arif, U., Schulze, C., Wiegert, J. S., Geeves, M., Oertner, T. G. and Torok, K. (2018). Ultrafast glutamate sensors resolve high-frequency release at Schaffer collateral synapses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 115, 5594-5599. PMID: 29735711

Hernando, B., Swope, V. B., Guard, S., Starner, R. J., Choi, K., Anwar, A., Cassidy, P., Leachman, S., Kadekaro, A. L., Bennett, D. C. et al. (2018). In vitro behavior and UV response of melanocytes derived from carriers of CDKN2A mutations and MC1R variants. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. PMID: 30117292

Horsburgh, K., Wardlaw, J. M., van Agtmael, T., Allan, S. M., Ashford, M. L. J., Bath, P. M., Brown, R., Berwick, J., Cader, M. Z., Carare, R. O. et al. (2018). Small vessels, dementia and chronic diseases - molecular mechanisms and pathophysiology. Clin Sci (Lond) 132, 851-868. PMID: 29712883

Kim, Y. J., Osborn, D. P., Lee, J. Y., Araki, M., Araki, K., Mohun, T., Kansakoski, J., Brandstack, N., Kim, H. T., Miralles, F. et al. (2018). WDR11-mediated Hedgehog signalling defects underlie a new ciliopathy related to Kallmann syndrome. EMBO Rep 19, 269-289. PMID: 29263200

Laponogov, I., Pan, X. S., Veselkov, D. A., Skamrova, G. B., Umrekar, T. R., Fisher, L. M. and Sanderson, M. R. (2018). Trapping of the transport-segment DNA by the ATPase domains of a type II topoisomerase. Nat Commun 9, 2579. PMID: 29968711

Levene, M., Pacitti, D., Gasson, C., Hall, J., Sellos-Moura, M. and Bax, B. E. (2018). Validation of an Immunoassay for Anti-thymidine Phosphorylase Antibodies in Patients with MNGIE Treated with Enzyme Replacement Therapy. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev 11, 1-8. PMID: 30294618

Pacitti, D. and Bax, B. E. (2018). The development of an in vitro cerebral organoid model for investigating the pathomolecular mechanisms associated with the central nervous system involvement in Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy (MNGIE). Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids, 1-15. PMID: 30587077 

Pacitti, D., Levene, M., Garone, C., Nirmalananthan, N. and Bax, B. E. (2018). Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy: Into the Fourth Decade, What We Have Learned So Far. Front Genet 9, 669. PMID: 30627136

Pauls, M. M., Moynihan, B., Barrick, T. R., Kruuse, C., Madigan, J. B., Hainsworth, A. H. and Isaacs, J. D. (2018). The effect of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors on cerebral blood flow in humans: A systematic review. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 38, 189-203. PMID: 29256324 

 

 

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