Protein liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS), a pivotal phenomenon intricately linked to cellular processes, is regulated by various other proteins. However, there is still a lack of high-throughput methods for screening protein regulators of LLPS in target proteins. Here, we developed a CRISPR/Cas9-based screening method to identify protein phase separation regulators by integrating bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). Using this newly developed method, we screened the RNA-binding proteins that regulate PABPN1 phase separation and identified the tumor suppressor QKI as a promoter of PABPN1 phase separation. Furthermore, QKI exhibits decreased expression levels and diminished nuclear localization in colorectal cancer cells, resulting in reduced PABPN1 phase separation, which, in turn, promotes alternative polyadenylation (APA), cell proliferation, and migration in colorectal cancer.
Humans ; Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics* ; RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics* ; Poly(A)-Binding Protein I/genetics* ; CRISPR-Cas Systems ; Flow Cytometry ; Cell Proliferation ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cell Movement

Objective To investigate the current situation of community health service requirements and health-seeking behaviors of the elderly in Yuzhong District of Chongqing City and analyse its mainly influencing factors,in order to provide references for further promoting hierarchical medical pattern.Methods A total of 410 elderly persons aged 60 year old or older treated in four community health service centers in Yuzhong district of Chongqing city in June 2015 were recruited by using multi-stage random sampling technique.The basic information about demography,cognitions and requirements of community health service,cost of health service and health-seeking behaviors were surveyed via questionnaire,and were analysed.Results A total of 402 effective questionnaires were returned,and the effective response rate was 98.05％.There were 76.37％ of elderly persons firstly selected community health service centers for disease treatment.The main factors affected health-seeking behaviors of the elderly were suffering from the coronary heart disease,the waiting time in community health service centers,the medical costs per month,facilities and environment of the community health service centers and whether to pay for health insurance.Conclusion Community health centers should make full use of their own advantages and convenience.It is necessary to provide characteristic services for the corresponding elderly patients,and increase the public health input.All of these are intended to raise the synthesized level of diagnosis and treatment in community health service centers,and change health-seeking behaviors of elderly patients fundamentally.

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the response in health-related epidemiological investigation among Chinese population aged 15 and over.We analyzed the specific causes of non-response,and explored the effective ways to improve the response rate,so as to provide reference for future epidemiological studies of this kind.Methods Two modes of studies regarding the prevalence of important cardiovascular diseases were used in Chongqing,during the 12th Five-Year Plan period in oder to find out the cause related to non-response.Intervention programs were carried out to evaluate the effects.Results When using the concentrated mode (CM),the completion rate to the questionnaires was only 20.00％ in the pre-investigation,with the response rate as 13.48％.In the deconcentrated mode (DM),the completion rate was 31.16％,with the response rate as 25.19％.After a series of incentives provided to both the respondents and the project-related core staff in the two modes,response rates of the two modes increased to the expected 60％.Conclusions CM appeared having advantages on quality control,but was more time consuming,with higher cost,and without effective follow-up measures to improve the response rate.However,DM had the advantages on controlling the cost and could increase the response rate through making advanced appointment with the households but quality control remained difficult.Two key points should be strengthened to improve the response rates,which including:Precisely finding out the research objects and providing incentives to the respondents to attract their interests of participating in the investigation.