2024
Low-input lipidomics reveals lipid metabolism remodelling during early mammalian embryo development
Zhang L, Zhao J, Lam S, Chen L, Gao Y, Wang W, Xu Y, Tan T, Yu H, Zhang M, Liao X, Wu M, Zhang T, Huang J, Li B, Zhou Q, Shen N, Lee H, Ye C, Li D, Shui G, Zhang J. Low-input lipidomics reveals lipid metabolism remodelling during early mammalian embryo development. Nature Cell Biology 2024, 26: 278-293. PMID: 38302721, DOI: 10.1038/s41556-023-01341-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMammalian preimplantation embryo developmentEmbryo developmentIn vitro blastocyst developmentPreimplantation embryo developmentEight-cell embryosMammalian early embryonic developmentMammalian embryo developmentDegree of phospholipid unsaturationEarly embryo developmentApical-basal polarityBlastocyst developmentBlastocyst stageLipid metabolism remodelingHuman early embryo developmentBlastocyst implantationRegulation of embryogenesisEarly embryonic developmentBlastocystLipid landscapeApical proteinsLipid desaturasesMetabolic remodelingCell signalingPlasma membraneLipid signaturesSkeletal muscle TET3 promotes insulin resistance through destabilisation of PGC-1α
Liu B, Xie D, Huang X, Jin S, Dai Y, Sun X, Li D, Bennett A, Diano S, Huang Y. Skeletal muscle TET3 promotes insulin resistance through destabilisation of PGC-1α. Diabetologia 2024, 67: 724-737. PMID: 38216792, PMCID: PMC10904493, DOI: 10.1007/s00125-023-06073-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTen-eleven translocationMuscle insulin sensitivityRNA-seqPGC-1aRegulation of muscle insulin sensitivityType 2 diabetesAnalysis of RNA-seqResponse to environmental cuesGenome-wide expression profilingWild-typeHFD-fedHFD-induced insulin resistanceHigh-fat diet (HFD)-inducedExpression levelsMaintenance of glucoseSkeletal muscle insulin sensitivityAccession numbersSkeletal muscleEnhanced glucose toleranceFamily dioxygenasesMitochondrial respirationSkeletal muscle of humansEnvironmental cuesMitochondrial functionBiological processes
2023
Let-7 suppresses liver fibrosis by inhibiting hepatocyte apoptosis and TGF-β production
Song J, Lv H, Liu B, Hao M, Taylor H, Zhang X, Li D, Huang Y. Let-7 suppresses liver fibrosis by inhibiting hepatocyte apoptosis and TGF-β production. Molecular Metabolism 2023, 78: 101828. PMID: 37898449, PMCID: PMC10641683, DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101828.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFas-mediated apoptosisLet-7Hepatocyte apoptosisNegative feedback loopMouse primary hepatocytesLet-7 miRNAsTGF-b signalingSignaling networksApoptosis of hepatocytesTransient transfectionFas expressionInhibiting hepatocyte apoptosisSiRNA knockdownLet-7 expressionLet-7 overexpressionMouse modelApoptosisPrimary hepatocytesSuppressed hepatocyte apoptosisTET3Liver fibrosisFeedback loopExpressionDriver of liver fibrosisAdeno-associated viral vectorsAtorvastatin rescues vascular endothelial injury in hypertension by WWP2-mediated ubiquitination and degradation of ATP5A
Yin Z, You S, Zhang S, Zhang L, Wu B, Huang X, Lu S, Cao L, Zhang Y, Li D, Zhang X, Liu J, Sun Y, Zhang N. Atorvastatin rescues vascular endothelial injury in hypertension by WWP2-mediated ubiquitination and degradation of ATP5A. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 2023, 166: 115228. PMID: 37557013, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.115228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial pathway of apoptosisRegulate protein ubiquitinationPathway of apoptosisE3 ubiquitin ligaseVascular endothelial injuryDeath of vascular endothelial cellsEndothelial injuryMitochondrial pathwayUbiquitin ligaseWWP2 overexpressionProteasome pathwayProtein ubiquitinationBcl-2/BaxBiological processesWWP2Vascular endotheliumATP5ALipid-lowering drugsUbiquitinEffect of atorvastatinImproving vascular endothelial functionVascular endothelial functionDamaged vascular endotheliumVascular endothelial cellsMechanism of atorvastatin