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le isoform, we studied excitatory climbing fiber synaptic function onto Purkinje cells in Cacna2d2 knockout mice. Using optical and electrophysiological analysis, we provide a detailed description of the changes in Purkinje cells lacking α2δ-2, and provide a comprehensive mechanistic explanation for how functional synaptic phenotypes contribute to the altered cerebellar output. Copyright © 2020 the authors.Hair cells in both the auditory and vestibular systems receive efferent innervation. A number of prior studies have indicated that efferent regulation serves to diminish the overall sensitivity of the auditory system. The efferent pathway is believed to affect the sensitivity and frequency selectivity of the hair cell by modulating its membrane potential. However, its effect on the mechanical response of the hair cell has not been established. We explored how stimulation of the efferent neurons affects the mechanical responsiveness of an individual hair bundle. We tested this effect on in vitro preparations of hair cells in the sacculi of American bullfrogs of both genders. Efferent stimulation routinely resulted in an immediate increase of the frequency of hair bundle spontaneous oscillations for the duration of the stimulus. Enlarging the stimulus amplitude and pulse length, or conversely, decreasing the inter-pulse interval led to oscillation suppression. Additionally, we tested the effects of efference onauthors.Natural killer (NK) cells, cytolytic lymphocytes of the innate immune system, play a crucial role in the immune response against infection and cancer. NK cells kill target cells through exocytosis of lytic granules that contain cytotoxic proteins, such as perforin and granzymes. Formation of a functional immune synapse, i.e. the interface between the NK cell and its target cell enhances lysis through accumulation of polymerized F-actin at the NK cell synapse, leading to convergence of lytic granules to the microtubule organizing center (MTOC) and its subsequent polarization along microtubules to deliver the lytic granules to the synapse. In this review, we focus on the molecular mechanisms regulating the cellular processes that occur after the lytic granules are delivered to the cytotoxic synapse. We outline how - once near the synapse - the granules traverse the clearings created by F-actin remodeling to dock, tether and fuse with the plasma membrane in order to secrete their lytic content into the synaptic cleft through exocytosis. Further emphasis is given to the role of Ca2+ mobilization during degranulation and, whenever applicable, we compare these mechanisms in NK cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) as adaptive immune system effectors. © 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.Because of β-lactamase-mediated resistance, β-lactam antibiotics were long considered ineffective drugs for tuberculosis (TB) treatment. However, some β-lactams, including meropenem and faropenem, are being re-evaluated in patients infected with TB. Penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 3, or ftsI, is an essential transpeptidase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) required for cell division, and thus it is an important drug target. Structures of apo MtbPBP3 and of complexes with five β-lactams, including meropenem and faropenem, reveal how they cause inactivation via formation of hydrolytically stable acyl-enzyme complexes. The structures reveal unique features of the antibiotic interactions, both in terms of differences in their binding to MtbPBP3 and in comparison with structures of other PBPs and serine β-lactamases, including the tautomerization status of the carbapenem-derived acyl-enzyme complexes. The results suggest that rather than hoping PBP inhibitors developed for other infections will work against TB, work should focus on developing PBP inhibitors specialized for treating TB. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The structures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis penicillin-binding protein 3, an essential protein in M. tuberculosis, in complex with a number of widely used β-lactam antibiotics (e.g., meropenem, aztreonam, and amoxicillin) were solved. These data provide new insights for next-generation rational approaches to design tuberculosis (TB)-specific β-lactam or nonlactam antibiotics. This manuscript is a seminal article in the field of anti-TB drug discovery and suitable for the broad readership. Copyright © 2020 by The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.Stem cell apoptosis exists widely in embryonic development, tissue regeneration, repair, aging and pathophysiology of disease. The molecular mechanism of stem cell apoptosis has been extensively investigated. However, alterations in biomechanics and nanomorphology have rarely been studied. Therefore, an apoptosis model was established for bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and the reconstruction of the mechanical properties and nanomorphology of the cells were investigated in detail. Atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM), flow cytometry and Cell Counting Kit-8 analysis were applied to assess the cellular elasticity modulus, geometry, nanomorphology, cell surface ultrastructure, biological viability and early apoptotic signal (phosphatidylserine, PS). The results indicated that the cellular elastic modulus and volume significantly decreased, whereas the cell surface roughness obviously increased during the first 3 h of cytochalasin B (CB) treatment. Moreover, these alterations preceded the exposure of biological apoptotic signal PS. These findings suggested that cellular mechanical damage is connected with the apoptosis of BMSCs, and the alterations in mechanics and nanomorphology may be a sensitive index to detect alterations in cell viability during apoptosis. The results contribute to a further understanding of the apoptosis from the perspective of cell mechanics. © 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) is an essential Ca2+ signaling mechanism present in most animal cells. SOCE refers to Ca2+ influx that is activated by depletion of sarco/endoplasmic reticulum (S/ER) Ca2+ stores. The main components of SOCE are STIM and Orai. STIM proteins function as S/ER Ca2+ sensors, and upon S/ER Ca2+ depletion STIM rearranges to S/ER-plasma membrane junctions and activates Orai Ca2+ influx channels. Studies have implicated SOCE in cardiac hypertrophy pathogenesis, but SOCE's role in normal heart physiology remains poorly understood. Importazole clinical trial We therefore analyzed heart-specific SOCE function in Drosophila, a powerful animal model of cardiac physiology. We show that heart-specific suppression of Stim and Orai in larvae and adults resulted in reduced contractility consistent with dilated cardiomyopathy. Myofibers were also highly disorganized in Stim and Orai RNAi hearts, reflecting possible decompensation or upregulated stress signaling. Furthermore, we show that reduced heart function due to SOCE suppression adversely affected animal viability, as heart specific Stim and Orai RNAi animals exhibited significant delays in post-embryonic development and adults died earlier than controls.
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