| 2002 |
Sema7A, expressed as a GPI-anchored cell-surface protein on monocytes and likely released through proteolysis, acts as a potent autocrine activator of monocytes, stimulating chemotaxis at 0.1 pM and inducing inflammatory cytokine production (IL-1β, TNF-α, IL-6, IL-8) and superoxide release at 1–10 pM; it also induced monocyte differentiation toward a dendritic cell morphology. No stimulation of B or T cells was detected. |
Recombinant protein stimulation of primary human monocytes, cytokine ELISA, superoxide assay, chemotaxis assay, morphological analysis |
Scandinavian journal of immunology |
Medium |
12193228
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| 2018 |
Sema7A is expressed in olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) in an activity-dependent manner and signals through its receptor PlexinC1 (localized to mitral/tufted cell dendrites in the first postnatal week) to promote post-synaptic assembly and dendrite selection in mitral/tufted cells; Sema7A or PlxnC1 knockout mice showed defective synapse initiation and dendrite selection, which was rescued by reconstitution experiments demonstrating that Sema7A–PlxnC1 interaction is essential. |
Knockout mouse models (Sema7A-KO, PlxnC1-KO), reconstitution experiments, rescue experiments, immunohistochemistry, pharmacological blocking |
Nature communications |
High |
29743476 33780330
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| 2021 |
Sema7A orchestrates macrophage chemotaxis/chemokinesis, promotes M2 proresolving polarization, and regulates macrophage metabolic reprogramming via mTOR and AKT2 signaling pathways; peritoneal macrophages from Sema7A-/- mice showed reduced fatty acid oxidation and oxidative phosphorylation, increased glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathway activity, truncated TCA cycle, and decreased citrate/prostaglandin synthesis, impairing lipid-mediator class switching and generation of specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators. |
Sema7A-/- macrophage metabolomics, lipid mediator profiling, signaling pathway analysis, murine peritonitis and polymicrobial sepsis models, recombinant Sema7A administration |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
33637648
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| 2023 |
SEMA7A regulates integrin signaling through cis-coupling with active integrin α5β1 on the plasma membrane, enabling rapid integrin adhesion strengthening to fibronectin and normal downstream mechanotransduction; loss of SEMA7A impairs fibroblast adhesion, cytoskeletal organization, migration, ECM assembly, and results in significantly delayed tissue repair in vivo. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (cis-coupling), integrin adhesion strengthening assays, fibroblast KD/KO phenotyping (migration, ECM assembly), in vivo wound healing model, transcriptomic/chromatin analyses |
Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology |
High |
37422024
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| 2023 |
Sema7A inhibits adipogenesis of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells and lipogenesis of mature adipocytes through its receptor integrin β1 and downstream FAK signaling; Sema7A-/- mice showed enhanced adipogenesis and aggravated HFD-induced obesity and hepatic steatosis, while administration of recombinant Sema7A protected against diet-induced obesity. |
Sema7A-/- mouse model, recombinant Sema7A treatment, primary ADSC adipogenesis assays, integrin β1 pathway analysis, in vivo HFD model |
Molecular metabolism |
High |
36842496
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| 2024 |
FUT8 catalyzes aberrant core fucosylation of SEMA7A at five N-linked glycosylation sites (Asn 105, 157, 258, 330, and 602) via direct protein–protein interaction; this glycosylated state is necessary for intracellular trafficking of SEMA7A from cytoplasm to cell membrane. EGF increases SEMA7A-FUT8 binding affinity, while TGF-β1 promotes abnormal glycosylation via EMT induction. |
Mass spectrometry glycosylation site mapping, Co-IP (FUT8-SEMA7A direct interaction), subcellular fractionation/trafficking assays, deglycosylation experiments, cytokine stimulation assays |
International journal of oral science |
High |
38548747
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| 2020 |
PfRipr (Plasmodium falciparum Rh5 interacting protein) interacts with SEMA7A on the erythrocyte surface as part of the invasion machinery; antibodies against PfRipr truncate 5 (C720-D934, within C-terminal EGF-like domains) block both PfRipr/Rh5 and PfRipr/SEMA7A interactions, inhibiting merozoite invasion. |
Recombinant protein expression, ELISA binding assays, invasion inhibition assays, antibody blockade |
Scientific reports |
Medium |
32313230
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| 2007 |
Missense mutations in the semaphorin domain of SEMA7A (affecting codons 207 and 460/461) underlie variant JMH blood group phenotypes, resulting in reduced surface expression or qualitative changes; topological modeling showed SEMA7A polymorphisms are located on the top and bottom of the semaphorin domain, suggesting functional relevance for ligand-binding surfaces. |
Sanger sequencing, flow cytometry, Western blot, recombinant Sema7A protein expression, 3D structural modeling, genotype-phenotype correlation in 44 individuals |
Transfusion |
Medium |
17207242
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| 2025 |
In gallbladder cancer, fibroblast-secreted SEMA7A binds integrin β1 (not PlexinC1) on cancer cells, inducing phosphorylation of the transcriptional coactivator p300 at S1834 via Akt activation (p-Akt at S473), thereby promoting EMT and cancer stem-like traits. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, Western blot, mutation assays, ELISA, Transwell/tumorsphere assays, subcutaneous tumor co-injection model |
Biology direct |
Medium |
40830485
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| 2025 |
The SEMA7A N559Y mutation strengthens its interaction with integrin β1, triggering the PI3K/Akt pathway and increasing ROS production, which activates the NLRP3 inflammasome and promotes hepatic cell pyroptosis, worsening metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. |
Heterozygous Sema7aN557Y knockin mice on HFD, Western blotting, biochemical/histological assays, Co-IP (enhanced SEMA7A-integrin β1 interaction) |
Metabolism: clinical and experimental |
Medium |
41429256
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| 2025 |
In colorectal cancer, SEMA7A activates the RAP1/AKT signaling pathway through its high-affinity receptor PlexinC1 in tumor-associated macrophages, promoting M2 polarization; rescue experiments with recombinant SEMA7A confirmed that blocking PlexinC1 suppresses M2-like TAM conversion. |
SEMA7A knockdown in CRC cell lines, transcriptomic analysis, recombinant SEMA7A rescue experiments, PlexinC1 blockade, in vivo AOM/DSS colitis-associated CRC model |
Biochemical pharmacology |
Medium |
41407164
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| 2025 |
In endometrial cancer, SEMA7A binds the PI3K regulatory subunit p85, activating the PI3K-AKT signaling pathway; NCAPG promotes SEMA7A transcription by facilitating LEF1 binding to chromatin, establishing an NCAPG/LEF1/SEMA7A/PI3K-AKT axis that drives cancer cell proliferation, migration and invasion. |
ATAC-seq, ChIP-qPCR, Co-immunoprecipitation (SEMA7A-p85 interaction), functional cell assays |
Journal of Cancer |
Medium |
39744480
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| 2024 |
In pancreatic cancer, SEMA7A expressed on tumor cell membranes (facilitated by ATP1A1) acts in juxtacrine fashion by binding fibroblasts and inducing IGFBP-3 secretion, which in turn increases IL-17RB expression via SNAI2 to promote tumor invasion. |
Co-culture experiments (tumor cell-fibroblast), knockdown/overexpression assays, IGFBP-3 secretion measurement, IL-17RB/SNAI2 signaling analysis |
Cancer gene therapy |
Medium |
39448803
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| 2026 |
RBC-derived Sema7A interacts with platelet integrin αIIb (identified by mass spectrometry and Co-IP), promoting recruitment of Talin1 and Lims1 and facilitating integrin-dependent signaling to enhance platelet activation and adhesion, thereby accelerating arterial thrombosis under disturbed flow; erythrocyte-specific Sema7A deletion reduced thrombus size and delayed vessel occlusion. |
Mass spectrometry, co-immunoprecipitation, global and erythrocyte-specific Sema7A KO mice, arterial thrombosis model (partial carotid ligation + FeCl3), flow chamber analysis, recombinant human Sema7A platelet activation assays, antibody blockade |
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH |
High |
42173291
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| 2022 |
Sema7A mediates osteogenic responses to hierarchical Ti6Al4V implant surface topography through the ITGB1/FAK/ERK signaling pathway, as revealed by RNA-seq with downstream pathway validation. |
RNA-seq of cells on implant surfaces, pathway validation (ITGB1/FAK/ERK), in vitro and in vivo osseointegration assays |
ACS applied materials & interfaces |
Low |
35776897
|
| 2019 |
Knockdown of SEMA7A in MPP+-stimulated BV2 microglia reduced apoptosis and inflammation via PPAR-γ activation and MAPK signaling pathway inactivation; PPAR-γ inhibitor and MAPK activator blocked the protective effects of SEMA7A knockdown, placing SEMA7A upstream of these two pathways. |
SEMA7A knockdown (siRNA) in BV2 cells, PPAR-γ inhibitor and MAPK activator pharmacological epistasis, ELISA for cytokines, Western blot for iNOS/COX-2, viability and apoptosis assays |
Immunity, inflammation and disease |
Low |
36705403
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| 2025 |
In breast cancer, loss of Sema7A reduced KDM4A expression, induced DNA replication stress, and activated the cGAS-STING signaling pathway, increasing IFN-β and CXCL10 secretion and enhancing CD8+ T cell chemotaxis; KDM4A overexpression reversed these antitumor effects, establishing a Sema7A-KDM4A axis regulating the immunosuppressive microenvironment. |
SEMA7A loss-of-function in breast cancer cell lines, KDM4A overexpression rescue, cGAS-STING pathway measurement (IFN-β, CXCL10), CD8+ T cell chemotaxis assays, in vivo tumor growth/metastasis |
Communications biology |
Medium |
41366110
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| 2025 |
SEMA7A binds integrins β1 and β4 via its RGD domain and activates AKT-mediated pro-survival signaling, contributing to endocrine therapy resistance in ER+ breast cancer; direct inhibition with an anti-SEMA7A monoclonal antibody (SmAbH1) significantly reduced tumor growth and, combined with fulvestrant, showed enhanced efficacy. |
Binding assays (integrin β1/β4), AKT pathway analysis, syngeneic ER+ mouse tumor models, PI3K inhibitor treatment, anti-SEMA7A antibody (SmAbH1) treatment in vivo |
bioRxivpreprint |
Low |
bio_10.1101_2025.05.21.655360
|
| 2021 |
The olfactory critical period is determined by Sema7A/PlxnC1 signaling: activity-induced Sema7A in OSNs signals through PlxnC1 on mitral/tufted cell dendrites (restricted to the first postnatal week) to promote glomerular enlargement and increase sensitivity to experienced odors; this signaling operates independently from oxytocin-mediated positive imprinting of odor memory. |
Sema7A-KO and PlxnC1-KO mice, oxytocin-KO mice, knockout and rescue experiments, behavioral odor preference assays, glomerular morphology analysis |
eLife |
High |
33780330
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