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Injured adult neurons regress to an embryonic transcriptional growth state 期刊论文
NATURE, 2020, 581 (7806) : 77-+
作者:  Wang, Ruicong;  Li, Hongda;  Wu, Jianfeng;  Cai, Zhi-Yu;  Li, Baizhou;  Ni, Hengxiao;  Qiu, Xingfeng;  Chen, Hui;  Liu, Wei;  Yang, Zhang-Hua;  Liu, Min;  Hu, Jin;  Liang, Yaoji;  Lan, Ping;  Han, Jiahuai;  Mo, Wei
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Grafts of spinal-cord-derived neural progenitor cells (NPCs) enable the robust regeneration of corticospinal axons and restore forelimb function after spinal cord injury(1)  however, the molecular mechanisms that underlie this regeneration are unknown. Here we perform translational profiling specifically of corticospinal tract (CST) motor neurons in mice, to identify their '  regenerative transcriptome'  after spinal cord injury and NPC grafting. Notably, both injury alone and injury combined with NPC grafts elicit virtually identical early transcriptomic responses in host CST neurons. However, in mice with injury alone this regenerative transcriptome is downregulated after two weeks, whereas in NPC-grafted mice this transcriptome is sustained. The regenerative transcriptome represents a reversion to an embryonic transcriptional state of the CST neuron. The huntingtin gene (Htt) is a central hub in the regeneration transcriptome  deletion of Htt significantly attenuates regeneration, which shows that Htt has a key role in neural plasticity after injury.


In mouse models of central nervous system injury, Htt is shown to be a key component of the regulatory program associated with reversion of the neuronal transcriptome to a less-mature state.


  
Structure and mechanism of human diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1 期刊论文
NATURE, 2020, 581 (7808) : 329-+
作者:  Wu, Fan;  Zhao, Su;  Yu, Bin;  Chen, Yan-Mei;  Wang, Wen;  Song, Zhi-Gang;  Hu, Yi;  Tao, Zhao-Wu;  Tian, Jun-Hua;  Pei, Yuan-Yuan;  Yuan, Ming-Li;  Zhang, Yu-Ling;  Dai, Fa-Hui;  Liu, Yi;  Wang, Qi-Min;  Zheng, Jiao-Jiao;  Xu, Lin;  Holmes, Edward C.;  Zhang, Yong-Zhen
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The structure of human diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1, a membrane protein that synthesizes triacylglycerides, is solved with cryo-electron microscopy, providing insight into its function and mechanism of enzymatic activity.


Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1) synthesizes triacylglycerides and is required for dietary fat absorption and fat storage in humans(1). DGAT1 belongs to the membrane-bound O-acyltransferase (MBOAT) superfamily, members of which are found in all kingdoms of life and are involved in the acylation of lipids and proteins(2,3). How human DGAT1 and other mammalian members of the MBOAT family recognize their substrates and catalyse their reactions is unknown. The absence of three-dimensional structures also hampers rational targeting of DGAT1 for therapeutic purposes. Here we present the cryo-electron microscopy structure of human DGAT1 in complex with an oleoyl-CoA substrate. Each DGAT1 protomer has nine transmembrane helices, eight of which form a conserved structural fold that we name the MBOAT fold. The MBOAT fold in DGAT1 forms a hollow chamber in the membrane that encloses highly conserved catalytic residues. The chamber has separate entrances for each of the two substrates, fatty acyl-CoA and diacylglycerol. DGAT1 can exist as either a homodimer or a homotetramer and the two forms have similar enzymatic activity. The N terminus of DGAT1 interacts with the neighbouring protomer and these interactions are required for enzymatic activity.


  
The online competition between pro- and anti-vaccination views 期刊论文
NATURE, 2020, 582 (7811) : 230-+
作者:  Wu, Fan;  Zhao, Su;  Yu, Bin;  Chen, Yan-Mei;  Wang, Wen;  Song, Zhi-Gang;  Hu, Yi;  Tao, Zhao-Wu;  Tian, Jun-Hua;  Pei, Yuan-Yuan;  Yuan, Ming-Li;  Zhang, Yu-Ling;  Dai, Fa-Hui;  Liu, Yi;  Wang, Qi-Min;  Zheng, Jiao-Jiao;  Xu, Lin;  Holmes, Edward C.;  Zhang, Yong-Zhen
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Insights into the interactions between pro- and anti-vaccination clusters on Facebook can enable policies and approaches that attempt to interrupt the shift to anti-vaccination views and persuade undecided individuals to adopt a pro-vaccination stance.


Distrust in scientific expertise(1-14) is dangerous. Opposition to vaccination with a future vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the causal agent of COVID-19, for example, could amplify outbreaks(2-4), as happened for measles in 2019(5,6). Homemade remedies(7,8) and falsehoods are being shared widely on the Internet, as well as dismissals of expert advice(9-11). There is a lack of understanding about how this distrust evolves at the system level(13,14). Here we provide a map of the contention surrounding vaccines that has emerged from the global pool of around three billion Facebook users. Its core reveals a multi-sided landscape of unprecedented intricacy that involves nearly 100 million individuals partitioned into highly dynamic, interconnected clusters across cities, countries, continents and languages. Although smaller in overall size, anti-vaccination clusters manage to become highly entangled with undecided clusters in the main online network, whereas pro-vaccination clusters are more peripheral. Our theoretical framework reproduces the recent explosive growth in anti-vaccination views, and predicts that these views will dominate in a decade. Insights provided by this framework can inform new policies and approaches to interrupt this shift to negative views. Our results challenge the conventional thinking about undecided individuals in issues of contention surrounding health, shed light on other issues of contention such as climate change(11), and highlight the key role of network cluster dynamics in multi-species ecologies(15).


  
The gut-brain axis mediates sugar preference 期刊论文
NATURE, 2020, 580 (7804) : 511-+
作者:  Wang, Ruicong;  Li, Hongda;  Wu, Jianfeng;  Cai, Zhi-Yu;  Li, Baizhou;  Ni, Hengxiao;  Qiu, Xingfeng;  Chen, Hui;  Liu, Wei;  Yang, Zhang-Hua;  Liu, Min;  Hu, Jin;  Liang, Yaoji;  Lan, Ping;  Han, Jiahuai;  Mo, Wei
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The taste of sugar is one of the most basic sensory percepts for humans and other animals. Animals can develop a strong preference for sugar even if they lack sweet taste receptors, indicating a mechanism independent of taste(1-3). Here we examined the neural basis for sugar preference and demonstrate that a population of neurons in the vagal ganglia and brainstem are activated via the gut-brain axis to create preference for sugar. These neurons are stimulated in response to sugar but not artificial sweeteners, and are activated by direct delivery of sugar to the gut. Using functional imaging we monitored activity of the gut-brain axis, and identified the vagal neurons activated by intestinal delivery of glucose. Next, we engineered mice in which synaptic activity in this gut-to-brain circuit was genetically silenced, and prevented the development of behavioural preference for sugar. Moreover, we show that co-opting this circuit by chemogenetic activation can create preferences to otherwise less-preferred stimuli. Together, these findings reveal a gut-to-brain post-ingestive sugar-sensing pathway critical for the development of sugar preference. In addition, they explain the neural basis for differences in the behavioural effects of sweeteners versus sugar, and uncover an essential circuit underlying the highly appetitive effects of sugar.


Experiments in mice show that a population of neurons in the vagal ganglia respond to the presence of glucose in the gut and connect to neurons in the brainstem, revealing the circuit that underlies the neural basis for the behavioural preference for sugar.


  
Power generation from ambient humidity using protein nanowires 期刊论文
NATURE, 2020, 578 (7796) : 550-+
作者:  Luong, Duy X.;  Bets, Ksenia V.;  Algozeeb, Wala Ali;  Stanford, Michael G.;  Kittrell, Carter;  Chen, Weiyin;  Salvatierra, Rodrigo V.;  Ren, Muqing;  McHugh, Emily A.;  Advincula, Paul A.;  Wang, Zhe;  Bhatt, Mahesh;  Guo, Hua;  Mancevski, Vladimir;  Shahsavari, Rouzbeh;  Yakobson, Boris I.;  Tour, James M.
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Harvesting energy from the environment offers the promise of clean power for self-sustained systems(1,2). Known technologies-such as solar cells, thermoelectric devices and mechanical generators-have specific environmental requirements that restrict where they can be deployed and limit their potential for continuous energy production(3-5). The ubiquity of atmospheric moisture offers an alternative. However, existing moisture-based energy-harvesting technologies can produce only intermittent, brief (shorter than 50 seconds) bursts of power in the ambient environment, owing to the lack of a sustained conversion mechanism(6-12). Here we show that thin-film devices made from nanometre-scale protein wires harvested from the microbe Geobacter sulfurreducens can generate continuous electric power in the ambient environment. The devices produce a sustained voltage of around 0.5 volts across a 7-micrometre-thick film, with a current density of around 17 microamperes per square centimetre. We find the driving force behind this energy generation to be a self-maintained moisture gradient that forms within the film when the film is exposed to the humidity that is naturally present in air. Connecting several devices linearly scales up the voltage and current to power electronics. Our results demonstrate the feasibility of a continuous energy-harvesting strategy that is less restricted by location or environmental conditions than other sustainable approaches.


A new type of energy-harvesting device, based on protein nanowires from the microbe Geobacter sulforreducens, can generate a sustained power output by producing a moisture gradient across the nanowire film using natural humidity.


  
A self-activating orphan receptor 期刊论文
NATURE, 2020, 579 (7797) : 35-35
作者:  Wang, Lin;  Wu, Juehui;  Li, Jun;  Yang, Hua;  Tang, Tianqi;  Liang, Haijiao;  Zuo, Mianyong;  Wang, Jie;  Liu, Haipeng;  Liu, Feng;  Chen, Jianxia;  Liu, Zhonghua;  Wang, Yang;  Peng, Cheng;  Wu, Xiangyang;  Zheng, Ruijuan;  Huang, Xiaochen;  Ran, Yajun;  Rao, Zihe;  Ge, Baoxue
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The first 3D structure of a full-length G-protein-coupled receptor whose natural activator is unknown has been determined, providing insights into an unusual mode of activation and a basis for discovering therapeutics.


  
Wafer-scale single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride monolayers on Cu (111) 期刊论文
NATURE, 2020, 579 (7798) : 219-+
作者:  Luong, Duy X.;  Bets, Ksenia V.;  Algozeeb, Wala Ali;  Stanford, Michael G.;  Kittrell, Carter;  Chen, Weiyin;  Salvatierra, Rodrigo V.;  Ren, Muqing;  McHugh, Emily A.;  Advincula, Paul A.;  Wang, Zhe;  Bhatt, Mahesh;  Guo, Hua;  Mancevski, Vladimir;  Shahsavari, Rouzbeh
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Ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) semiconducting layered materials offer great potential for extending Moore'  s law of the number of transistors in an integrated circuit(1). One key challenge with 2D semiconductors is to avoid the formation of charge scattering and trap sites from adjacent dielectrics. An insulating van der Waals layer of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) provides an excellent interface dielectric, efficiently reducing charge scattering(2,3). Recent studies have shown the growth of single-crystal hBN films on molten gold surfaces(4) or bulk copper foils(5). However, the use of molten gold is not favoured by industry, owing to its high cost, cross-contamination and potential issues of process control and scalability. Copper foils might be suitable for roll-to-roll processes, but are unlikely to be compatible with advanced microelectronic fabrication on wafers. Thus, a reliable way of growing single-crystal hBN films directly on wafers would contribute to the broad adoption of 2D layered materials in industry. Previous attempts to grow hBN monolayers on Cu (111) metals have failed to achieve mono-orientation, resulting in unwanted grain boundaries when the layers merge into films(6,7). Growing single-crystal hBN on such high-symmetry surface planes as Cu (111)(5,8) is widely believed to be impossible, even in theory. Nonetheless, here we report the successful epitaxial growth of single-crystal hBN monolayers on a Cu (111) thin film across a two-inch c-plane sapphire wafer. This surprising result is corroborated by our first-principles calculations, suggesting that the epitaxial growth is enhanced by lateral docking of hBN to Cu (111) steps, ensuring the mono-orientation of hBN monolayers. The obtained single-crystal hBN, incorporated as an interface layer between molybdenum disulfide and hafnium dioxide in a bottom-gate configuration, enhanced the electrical performance of transistors. This reliable approach to producing wafer-scale single-crystal hBN paves the way to future 2D electronics.


  
China takes centre stage in global biodiversity push 期刊论文
NATURE, 2020, 578 (7795) : 345-346
作者:  Wang, Lin;  Wu, Juehui;  Li, Jun;  Yang, Hua;  Tang, Tianqi;  Liang, Haijiao;  Zuo, Mianyong;  Wang, Jie;  Liu, Haipeng;  Liu, Feng;  Chen, Jianxia;  Liu, Zhonghua;  Wang, Yang;  Peng, Cheng;  Wu, Xiangyang;  Zheng, Ruijuan;  Huang, Xiaochen;  Ran, Yajun;  Rao, Zihe;  Ge, Baoxue
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A major United Nations summit could see China push for ambitious targets and spotlights the country'  s own conservation efforts.


A major United Nations summit could see China push for ambitious targets and spotlights the country'  s own conservation efforts.


  
The evolutionary history of vertebrate RNA viruses 期刊论文
NATURE, 2018, 556 (7700) : 197-+
作者:  Shi, Mang;  Lin, Xian-Dan;  Chen, Xiao;  Tian, Jun-Hua;  Chen, Liang-Jun;  Li, Kun;  Wang, Wen;  Eden, John-Sebastian;  Shen, Jin-Jin;  Liu, Li;  Holmes, Edward C.;  Zhang, Yong-Zhen
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Ground-to-satellite quantum teleportation 期刊论文
NATURE, 2017, 549 (7670) : 70-+
作者:  Ren, Ji-Gang;  Xu, Ping;  Yong, Hai-Lin;  Zhang, Liang;  Liao, Sheng-Kai;  Yin, Juan;  Liu, Wei-Yue;  Cai, Wen-Qi;  Yang, Meng;  Li, Li;  Yang, Kui-Xing;  Han, Xuan;  Yao, Yong-Qiang;  Li, Ji;  Wu, Hai-Yan;  Wan, Song;  Liu, Lei;  Liu, Ding-Quan;  Kuang, Yao-Wu;  He, Zhi-Ping;  Shang, Peng;  Guo, Cheng;  Zheng, Ru-Hua;  Tian, Kai;  Zhu, Zhen-Cai;  Liu, Nai-Le;  Lu, Chao-Yang;  Shu, Rong;  Chen, Yu-Ao;  Peng, Cheng-Zhi;  Wang, Jian-Yu;  Pan, Jian-Wei
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