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Röpke G, Dornheim T, Vorberger J, Blaschke D, Mahato B. Virial coefficients of the uniform electron gas from path-integral Monte Carlo simulations. Phys Rev E 2024; 109:025202. [PMID: 38491663 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.109.025202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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The properties of plasmas in the low-density limit are described by virial expansions. Analytical expressions are known from Green's function approaches only for the first three virial coefficients. Accurate path-integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) simulations have recently been performed for the uniform electron gas, allowing the virial expansions to be analyzed and interpolation formulas to be derived. The exact expression for the second virial coefficient is used to test the accuracy of the PIMC simulations and the range of validity of the interpolation formula of Groth et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 135001 (2017)0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.119.135001], and we discuss the fourth virial coefficient, which is not exactly known yet. Combining PIMC simulations with benchmarks from exact virial expansion results would allow us to obtain more accurate representations of the equation of state for parameter ranges of conditions which are of interest, e.g., for helioseismology.
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- G Röpke
- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23-24, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), D-02826 Görlitz, Germany
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- Institute for Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), D-01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), D-02826 Görlitz, Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw, 50-204 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw, 50-204 Wroclaw, Poland
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Mahato B, Kaya KD, Fan Y, Sumien N, Shetty RA, Zhang W, Davis D, Mock T, Batabyal S, Ni A, Mohanty S, Han Z, Farjo R, Forster MJ, Swaroop A, Chavala SH. Pharmacologic fibroblast reprogramming into photoreceptors restores vision. Nature 2020; 581:83-88. [PMID: 32376950 PMCID: PMC7469946 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2201-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Photoreceptor loss is the final common endpoint in most retinopathies that lead to irreversible blindness, and there are no effective treatments to restore vision1,2. Chemical reprogramming of fibroblasts offers an opportunity to reverse vision loss; however, the generation of sensory neuronal subtypes such as photoreceptors remains a challenge. Here we report that the administration of a set of five small molecules can chemically induce the transformation of fibroblasts into rod photoreceptor-like cells. The transplantation of these chemically induced photoreceptor-like cells (CiPCs) into the subretinal space of rod degeneration mice (homozygous for rd1, also known as Pde6b) leads to partial restoration of the pupil reflex and visual function. We show that mitonuclear communication is a key determining factor for the reprogramming of fibroblasts into CiPCs. Specifically, treatment with these five compounds leads to the translocation of AXIN2 to the mitochondria, which results in the production of reactive oxygen species, the activation of NF-κB and the upregulation of Ascl1. We anticipate that CiPCs could have therapeutic potential for restoring vision.
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- Biraj Mahato
- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Laboratory for Retinal Rehabilitation, North Texas Eye Research Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Neurobiology, Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Laboratory for Retinal Rehabilitation, North Texas Eye Research Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Laboratory for Retinal Rehabilitation, North Texas Eye Research Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Laboratory for Retinal Rehabilitation, North Texas Eye Research Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Neurobiology, Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Laboratory for Retinal Rehabilitation, North Texas Eye Research Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
- CIRC Therapeutics, Inc., Dallas, TX, USA.
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Mahato B, Home P, Rajendran G, Paul A, Saha B, Ganguly A, Ray S, Roy N, Swerdlow RH, Paul S. Regulation of mitochondrial function and cellular energy metabolism by protein kinase C-λ/ι: a novel mode of balancing pluripotency. Stem Cells 2015; 32:2880-92. [PMID: 25142417 DOI: 10.1002/stem.1817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2014] [Revised: 06/27/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) contain functionally immature mitochondria and rely upon high rates of glycolysis for their energy requirements. Thus, altered mitochondrial function and promotion of aerobic glycolysis are key to maintain and induce pluripotency. However, signaling mechanisms that regulate mitochondrial function and reprogram metabolic preferences in self-renewing versus differentiated PSC populations are poorly understood. Here, using murine embryonic stem cells (ESCs) as a model system, we demonstrate that atypical protein kinase C isoform, PKC lambda/iota (PKCλ/ι), is a key regulator of mitochondrial function in ESCs. Depletion of PKCλ/ι in ESCs maintains their pluripotent state as evident from germline offsprings. Interestingly, loss of PKCλ/ι in ESCs leads to impairment in mitochondrial maturation, organization, and a metabolic shift toward glycolysis under differentiating condition. Our mechanistic analyses indicate that a PKCλ/ι-hypoxia-inducible factor 1α-PGC1α axis regulates mitochondrial respiration and balances pluripotency in ESCs. We propose that PKCλ/ι could be a crucial regulator of mitochondrial function and energy metabolism in stem cells and other cellular contexts.
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- Biraj Mahato
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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Intracellular trafficking of viruses and proteins commonly occurs via the early endosome in a process involving Rab5. The RNA Import Complex (RIC)-RNA complex is taken up by mammalian cells and targeted to mitochondria. Through RNA interference, it was shown that mito-targeting of the ribonucleoprotein (RNP) was dependent on caveolin 1 (Cav1), dynamin 2, Filamin A and NSF. Although a minor fraction of the RNP was transported to endosomes in a Rab5-dependent manner, mito-targeting was independent of Rab5 or other endosomal proteins, suggesting that endosomal uptake and mito-targeting occur independently. Sequential immunoprecipitation of the cytosolic vesicles showed the sorting of the RNP away from Cav1 in a process that was independent of the endosomal effector EEA1 but sensitive to nocodazole. However, the RNP was in two types of vesicle with or without Cav1, with membrane-bound, asymmetrically orientated RIC and entrapped RNA, but no endosomal components, suggesting vesicular sorting rather than escape of free RNP from endosomes. In vitro, RNP was directly transferred from the Type 2 vesicles to mitochondria. Live-cell imaging captured spherical Cav1− RNP vesicles emerging from the fission of large Cav+ particles. Thus, RNP appears to traffic by a different route than the classical Rab5-dependent pathway of viral transport.
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- Joyita Mukherjee
- Genetic Engineering Laboratory, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4 Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Calcutta 700032, India Present address: Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Present address: Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Genetic Engineering Laboratory, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4 Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Calcutta 700032, India Present address: Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Rajendran G, Dutta D, Hong J, Paul A, Saha B, Mahato B, Ray S, Home P, Ganguly A, Weiss ML, Paul S. Inhibition of protein kinase C signaling maintains rat embryonic stem cell pluripotency. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:24351-62. [PMID: 23846691 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.455725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Embryonic stem cell (ESC) pluripotency is orchestrated by distinct signaling pathways that are often targeted to maintain ESC self-renewal or their differentiation to other lineages. We showed earlier that inhibition of PKC signaling maintains pluripotency in mouse ESCs. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the importance of protein kinase C signaling in the context of rat ESC (rESC) pluripotency. Here we show that inhibition of PKC signaling is an efficient strategy to establish and maintain pluripotent rESCs and to facilitate reprogramming of rat embryonic fibroblasts to rat induced pluripotent stem cells. The complete developmental potential of rESCs was confirmed with viable chimeras and germ line transmission. Our molecular analyses indicated that inhibition of a PKCζ-NF-κB-microRNA-21/microRNA-29 regulatory axis contributes to the maintenance of rESC self-renewal. In addition, PKC inhibition maintains ESC-specific epigenetic modifications at the chromatin domains of pluripotency genes and, thereby, maintains their expression. Our results indicate a conserved function of PKC signaling in balancing self-renewal versus differentiation of both mouse and rat ESCs and indicate that targeting PKC signaling might be an efficient strategy to establish ESCs from other mammalian species.
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- Ganeshkumar Rajendran
- Institute for Reproductive Health and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
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Adhya S, Mahato B, Jash S, Koley S, Dhar G, Chowdhury T. Mitochondrial gene therapy: The tortuous path from bench to bedside. Mitochondrion 2011; 11:839-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2011.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2011] [Revised: 05/12/2011] [Accepted: 06/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Mishra T, Hait J, Aman N, Gunjan M, Mahato B, Jana R. Corrigendum to “Surfactant mediated synthesis of spherical binary oxides photocatalyst with enhanced activity in visible light” [J. Colloid Interface Sci. 327 (2008) 377–383]. J Colloid Interface Sci 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2008.08.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mishra T, Hait J, Aman N, Gunjan M, Mahato B, Jana R. Surfactant mediated synthesis of spherical binary oxides photocatalytic with enhanced activity in visible light. J Colloid Interface Sci 2008; 327:377-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2008.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2008] [Revised: 08/19/2008] [Accepted: 08/20/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Mukherjee S, Mahata B, Mahato B, Adhya S. Targeted mRNA degradation by complex-mediated delivery of antisense RNAs to intracellular human mitochondria. Hum Mol Genet 2008; 17:1292-8. [DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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