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Sebaceous glands synthesize and secrete sebum, a melange of lipids and other cellular products that safeguards the mammalian integument. Differentiating sebocytes delaminate from the basal membrane and … dislodge towards the gland's middle, where they eventually undergo a poorly understood death mode in which the whole cell becomes a secretion product (holocrine secretion). Supported by recent transcriptomics data, this review examines the idea that peripheral sebocytes have a remarkable ability to draw nutrients from the blood and become committed to unrestrainedly invest all available resources into synthetic processes for accomplishing sebum synthesis, thereby exploiting core metabolic fluxes as glycogen turnover, glutamine-directed anaplerosis, the pentose phosphate pathway and de novo lipogenesis. Finally, we propose that metabolic-driven processes are an important mechanistic component of holocrine secretion. A deeper understanding of these metabolic adaptations could indicate novel strategies for modulating sebum synthesis, a key pathogenic factor in acne and other skin diseases.

Authors: M. Schmidt, H. Binder, M. R. Schneider

Date Published: 27th Apr 2025

Publication Type: Journal

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Authors: A. Stubenvoll, M. Schmidt, J. Moeller, M. A. L. Chango, C. Schultz, O. Antoniadou, H. Loeffler-Wirth, S. Bernhart, F. Grosse, B. Thier, A. Paschen, U. Anderegg, J. C. Simon, M. Ziemer, C. T. Schoeder, H. Binder, M. Kunz

Date Published: 15th Jan 2025

Publication Type: Journal

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Mechanisms underlying grapevine responses to water(-deficient) stress (WS) are crucial for viticulture amid escalating climate change challenges. Reanalysis of previous transcriptome data uncovered … disparities among isohydric and anisohydric grapevine cultivars in managing water scarcity. By using a self-organizing map (SOM) transcriptome portrayal, we elucidate specific gene expression trajectories, shedding light on the dynamic interplay of transcriptional programs as stress duration progresses. Functional annotation reveals key pathways involved in drought response, pinpointing potential targets for enhancing drought resilience in grapevine cultivation. Our results indicate distinct gene expression responses, with the isohydric cultivar favoring plant growth and possibly stilbenoid synthesis, while the anisohydric cultivar engages more in stress response and water management mechanisms. Notably, prolonged WS leads to converging stress responses in both cultivars, particularly through the activation of chaperones for stress mitigation. These findings underscore the importance of understanding cultivar-specific WS responses to develop sustainable viticultural strategies in the face of changing climate.

Authors: T. Konecny, A. Asatryan, M. Nikoghosyan, H. Binder

Date Published: 6th Sep 2024

Publication Type: Journal

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In the proposed study three major issues have been addressed: Firstly, the diversity of grapevine accessions worldwide and particularly in Armenia, a small country located in the largely volcanic … Armenian Highlands, is incredibly rich in cultivated and especially wild grapes; secondly, the information hidden in their (whole) genomes, e.g., about the domestication history of grapevine over the last 11,000 years and phenotypic traits such as cultivar utilization and a putative resistance against powdery mildew, and, thirdly machine learning methods to extract and to visualize this information in an easy to percept way. We shortly describe the Self Origanizing Maps (SOM) portrayal method called “SOMmelier” (as the vine-genome “waiter”) and illustrate its power by applying it to whole genome data of hundreds of grapevine accessions. We also give a short outlook on possible future directions of machine learning in grapevine transcriptomics and ampelogaphy.

Authors: Kristina Magaryan, Maria Nikogհosyan, Anush Baloyan, Hripsime Gasoyan, Emma Hovhannisyan, Levon Galstyan, Tomas Konecny, Arsen Arakelyan, Hans Binder

Date Published: 6th Dec 2023

Publication Type: Journal

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