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We recently reported that polyethylenimine (PEI; molecular weight of 600 Da) acted as a vaccine adjuvant for liposomal group A Streptococcus (GAS) vaccines, eliciting immune responses in vivo with IgG antibodies giving opsonic activity against five Australian GAS clinical isolates. However, to date, no investigation comparing the structure-activity relationship between the molecular weight of PEI and its adjuvanting activity in vaccine development has been performed. We hypothesized that the molecular weight and quantity of PEI in a liposomal vaccine will impact its adjuvanting properties. In this study, we successfully formulated liposomes containing different molecular weights of PEI (600, 1800, 10k and 25k Da) and equivalents of PEI (0.5, 1 and 2) of branched PEI. Outbred mice were administrated the vaccine formulations intranasally, and the mice that received a high ratio of PEI 600 reported a stronger immune response than the mice that received a lower ratio of PEI 600. Interestingly, mice that received the same quantity of PEI 600, PEI 10k and PEI 25k showed similar immune responses in vivo and in vitro. This comparative study highlights the ratio of PEI present in the liposome vaccines impacts adjuvanting activity, however, PEI molecular weight did not significantly enhance its adjuvanting properties. We also report that the stability of PEI liposomes is critical for vaccines to elicit the desired immune response.Screening of a small chemical library (Medicines for Malaria Venture Pathogen Box) identified two structurally related pyrazolone (inhibitor 1) and pyridazine (inhibitor 2) DNMT3A inhibitors with low micromolar inhibition constants. The uncompetitive and mixed type inhibition patterns with DNA and AdoMet suggest these molecules act through an allosteric mechanism, and thus are unlikely to bind to the enzyme's active site. Unlike the clinically used mechanism based DNMT inhibitors such as decitabine or azacitidine that act via the enzyme active site, the inhibitors described here could lead to the development of more selective drugs. Both inhibitors show promising selectivity for DNMT3A in comparison to DNMT1 and bacterial DNA cytosine methyltransferases. With further study, this could form the basis of preferential targeting of de novo DNA methylation over maintenance DNA methylation.Due to advancement in nanomaterials and increasing use of functionalized gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) in different biomedical applications, better understanding of their potential cytotoxicity is necessary. Interactions of ultra-small fluorescent AuNCs with mammalian cells remains up to this day poorly understood, therefore, cytotoxic evaluation of thoroughly characterized ca. 2.5 nm spherical water-soluble 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid coated AuNCs (AuNC@M) with diverse fluorescent properties in variety of mammalian cancer cell lines was performed. Cell viability was assessed by traditional MTT assay and xCELLigence real time cell analyzer. Cell apoptosis was evaluated via an Annexin V-FITC/propidium iodide (PI) assay. Confocal fluorescence imaging confirmed that tested AuNC@M entered live cells and were homogeneously distributed in their cytoplasm. Lapatinib nmr The results suggested that the cytotoxicity of tested nanoclusters was very low, or near the control level at concentrations 0.1 and 0.5 mg/mL in the cell lines after 24 h exposition. The purity of tested AuNC@M had no relevant effect on cell viability and no differences were observed after 24 h in our study. The low toxicity toward cancer cells further strengthens our view that AuNC@M are promising label-free fluorescent probes for bio-labelling and bio-imaging, or they can even serve as platforms for antitumor drug delivery systems.(3α)-3-(tiglinoyloxy)-ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid (WT-26) is an ent-kaurane dieterpenoid extracted from Wedelia trilobata L., a widely cultivated ornamental plant with several scientific reports supporting its anti-inflammatory activity. WT-26 has better anti-inflammatory activity than its analog Kaurenoic acid (ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid). Nevertheless, the participation of WT-26 in the main signaling pathway associated with inflammation is lack of study. We aimed to study the anti-inflammatory effect of WT-26 and related signaling cascade in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated macrophages. Here, we showed that WT-26 suppressed nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production in LPS-stimulated macrophages by downregulating the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in mRNA and protein level. WT-26 down-regulated tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-1β production as well. Moreover, WT-26 inhibited the activation of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) p65 and its upstream signaling. WT-26 also reduced phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and mTOR. Besides, WT-26 decreased the overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and protected the mitochondrial integrity in stimulated macrophages. Our study also demonstrated that the autophagy induced by LPS was attenuated by WT-26. Collectively, our data indicated that WT-26 has the potential to be developed as a novel therapeutic agent for inflammatory-related diseases.Chronic activation of microglia is a driving factor in the progression of neuroinflammatory diseases, and mechanisms that regulate microglial inflammatory signaling are potential targets for novel therapeutics. Regulator of G protein Signaling 10 is the most abundant RGS protein in microglia, where it suppresses inflammatory gene expression and reduces microglia-mediated neurotoxicity. In particular, microglial RGS10 downregulates the expression of pro-inflammatory mediators including cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) following stimulation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). However, the mechanism by which RGS10 affects inflammatory signaling is unknown and is independent of its canonical G protein targeted mechanism. Here, we sought to identify non-canonical RGS10 interacting partners that mediate its anti-inflammatory mechanism. Through RGS10 co-immunoprecipitation coupled with mass spectrometry, we identified STIM2, an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) localized calcium sensor and a component of the store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) machinery, as a novel RGS10 interacting protein in microglia.
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