Jie Pan

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• Deregulation of ER-mitochondria contact formation and mitochondrial calcium homeostasis mediated by VDAC in fragile X syndrome. Developmental cell Geng, J., Khaket, T. P., Pan, J., Li, W., Zhang, Y., Ping, Y., Cobos Sillero, M. I., Lu, B. 2023; 58 (7): 597-615.e10

  Abstract

  Loss of fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein (FMRP) causes fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most prevalent form of inherited intellectual disability. Here, we show that FMRP interacts with the voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) to regulate the formation and function of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-mitochondria contact sites (ERMCSs), structures that are critical for mitochondrial calcium (mito-Ca2+) homeostasis. FMRP-deficient cells feature excessive ERMCS formation and ER-to-mitochondria Ca2+ transfer. Genetic and pharmacological inhibition of VDAC or other ERMCS components restored synaptic structure, function, and plasticity and rescued locomotion and cognitive deficits of the Drosophila dFmr1 mutant. Expressing FMRP C-terminal domain (FMRP-C), which confers FMRP-VDAC interaction, rescued the ERMCS formation and mito-Ca2+ homeostasis defects in FXS patient iPSC-derived neurons and locomotion and cognitive deficits in Fmr1 knockout mice. These results identify altered ERMCS formation and mito-Ca2+ homeostasis as contributors to FXS and offer potential therapeutic targets.

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.03.002

  View details for PubMedID 37040696

• Molecular signatures underlying neurofibrillary tangle susceptibility in Alzheimer's disease. Neuron Otero-Garcia, M., Mahajani, S. U., Wakhloo, D., Tang, W., Xue, Y., Morabito, S., Pan, J., Oberhauser, J., Madira, A. E., Shakouri, T., Deng, Y., Allison, T., He, Z., Lowry, W. E., Kawaguchi, R., Swarup, V., Cobos, I. 2022

  Abstract

  Tau aggregation in neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) is closely associated with neurodegeneration and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the molecular signatures that distinguish between aggregation-prone and aggregation-resistant cell states are unknown. We developed methods for the high-throughput isolation and transcriptome profiling of single somas with NFTs from the human AD brain, quantified the susceptibility of 20 neocortical subtypes for NFT formation and death, and identified both shared and cell-type-specific signatures. NFT-bearing neurons shared a marked upregulation of synaptic transmission-related genes, including a core set of 63 genes enriched for synaptic vesicle cycling. Oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial dysfunction were highly cell-type dependent. Apoptosis was only modestly enriched, and the susceptibilities of NFT-bearing and NFT-free neurons for death were highly similar. Our analysis suggests that NFTs represent cell-type-specific responses to stress and synaptic dysfunction. We provide a resource for biomarker discovery and the investigation of tau-dependent and tau-independent mechanisms of neurodegeneration.

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.06.021

  View details for PubMedID 35882228

• Whole-Transcriptome Profiling and circRNA-miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Networks in B-Cell Development. Frontiers in immunology Pan, J., Hu, S., Ren, X., Hu, H., Deng, X., Yu, B., Cobos, I., Chen, X., Zhang, W. 2022; 13: 812924

  Abstract

  The generation and differentiation of B lymphocytes (B cells) is a flexible process with many critical regulatory factors. Previous studies indicated that non-coding RNAs play multiple roles in the development of lymphocytes. However, little has been known about the circular RNA (circRNA) profiles and their competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) networks in B-cell development and differentiation. Here, four B-cell subsets were purified from single-cell suspensions of mouse bone marrow. Then RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) was used to display expression profiles of circRNAs, miRNAs and mRNAs during B-cell differentiation. 175, 203, 219 and 207 circRNAs were specifically expressed in pro-B cells, pre-B cells, immature B cells and mature B cells, respectively. The circRNA-associated ceRNA networks constructed in two sequential stages of B-cell differentiation revealed the potential mechanism of circRNAs in these processes. This study is the first to explore circRNA profiles and circRNA-miRNA-mRNA networks in different B-cell developmental stages of mouse bone marrow, which contribute to further research on their mechanism in B-cell development and differentiation.

  View details for DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2022.812924

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