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Plant J ; 118(4): 1174-1193, 2024 May.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38430515

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Host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) is an inherent mechanism of plant resistance to fungal pathogens, resulting from cross-kingdom RNA interference (RNAi) mediated by small RNAs (sRNAs) delivered from plants into invading fungi. Introducing artificial sRNA precursors into crops can trigger HIGS of selected fungal genes, and thus has potential applications in agricultural disease control. To investigate the HIGS of apple (Malus sp.) during the interaction with Botryosphaeria dothidea, the pathogenic fungus causing apple ring rot disease, we evaluated whether apple miRNAs can be transported into and target genes in B. dothidea. Indeed, miR159a from Malus hupehensis, a wild apple germplasm with B. dothidea resistance, silenced the fungal sugar transporter gene BdSTP. The accumulation of miR159a in extracellular vesicles (EVs) of both infected M. hupehensis and invading B. dothidea suggests that this miRNA of the host is transported into the fungus via the EV pathway. Knockout of BdSTP caused defects in fungal growth and proliferation, whereas knockin of a miR159a-insensitive version of BdSTP resulted in increased pathogenicity. Inhibition of miR159a in M. hupehensis substantially enhanced plant sensitivity to B. dothidea, indicating miR159a-mediated HIGS against BdSTP being integral to apple immunity. Introducing artificial sRNA precursors targeting BdSTP and BdALS, an acetolactate synthase gene, into M. hupehensis revealed that double-stranded RNAs were more potent than engineered MIRNAs in triggering HIGS alternative to those natural of apple and inhibiting infection. These results provide preliminary evidence for cross-kingdom RNAi in the apple-B. dothidea interaction and establish HIGS as a potential disease control strategy in apple.


Asunto(s)
Ascomicetos , Resistencia a la Enfermedad , Silenciador del Gen , Malus , MicroARNs , Enfermedades de las Plantas , Malus/microbiología , Malus/genética , Malus/inmunología , Ascomicetos/patogenicidad , Ascomicetos/fisiología , Enfermedades de las Plantas/microbiología , Enfermedades de las Plantas/genética , Enfermedades de las Plantas/inmunología , Resistencia a la Enfermedad/genética , MicroARNs/genética , Interacciones Huésped-Patógeno , Interferencia de ARN
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Plant Sci ; 341: 112008, 2024 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38307352

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miRNAs govern gene expression and regulate plant defense. Alternaria alternata is a destructive fungal pathogen that damages apple. The wild apple germplasm Malus hupehensis is highly resistant to leaf spot disease caused by this fungus. Herein, we elucidated the regulatory and functional role of miR393a in apple resistance against A. alternata by targeting Transport Inhibitor Response 1. Mature miR393 accumulation in infected M. hupehensis increased owing to the transcriptional activation of MIR393a, determined to be a positive regulator of A. alternata resistance to either 'Orin' calli or 'Gala' leaves. 5' RLM-RACE and co-transformation assays showed that the target of miR393a was MhTIR1, a gene encoding a putative F-box auxin receptor that compromised apple immunity. RNA-seq analysis of transgenic calli revealed that MhTIR1 upregulated auxin signaling gene transcript levels and influenced phytohormone pathways and plant-pathogen interactions. miR393a compromised the sensitivity of several auxin-signaling genes to A. alternata infection, whereas MhTIR1 had the opposite effect. Using exogenous indole-3-acetic acid or the auxin synthesis inhibitor L-AOPP, we clarified that auxin enhances apple susceptibility to this pathogen. miR393a promotes SA biosynthesis and impedes pathogen-triggered ROS bursts by repressing TIR1-mediated auxin signaling. We uncovered the mechanism underlying the miR393a-TIR1 module, which interferes with apple defense against A. alternata by modulating the auxin signaling pathway.


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Malus , Malus/metabolismo , Alternaria/fisiología , Ácidos Indolacéticos/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas
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J Pediatr Nurs ; 74: 1-9, 2024.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37979333

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PURPOSE: This study aimed to examine the relationship of stress, mental resilience, and coping style, and the mediation effect of mental resilience between stress and coping style among parents of children with cochlear implants. DESIGN AND METHODS: A cross-sectional design was used. A total of 231 parents of children with cochlear implants were recruited from May 1, 2022, to February 28, 2023 at a comprehensive tertiary hospital and a cochlear implant rehabilitation center in China. Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF), the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire(SCSQ) were used to measure stress, mental resilience, and coping style respectively. RESULTS: The mean score observed for PSI-SF, CD-RISC, active coping, and passive coping was 87.85 ± 24.59, 55.63 ± 16.11, 21.36 ± 6.73, and 9.05 ± 4.52, respectively. Mental resilience was a significant mediator explaining the effect of stress on active coping (ß = -0.294; 95% bias-corrected bootstrap CI: -0.358 to -0.164). CONCLUSIONS: Attention should be paid to the status of stress, mental resilience and coping style in parents of children with cochlear implants. Mental resilience mediated stress and coping style. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: This study provides a theoretical basis for establishing an active coping care program for parents of children with cochlear implants. There is a need to identify strategies that can help increase the level of mental resilience of parents of children with cochlear implants and more subjective and objective social support should be provided to reduce their stress and to encourage active coping style.


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Implantes Cocleares , Pruebas Psicológicas , Resiliencia Psicológica , Niño , Humanos , Adaptación Psicológica , Estudios Transversales , Padres
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Eur J Med Res ; 28(1): 122, 2023 Mar 14.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36918990

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BACKGROUNDS: The association between obesity and asthma has been of interest, but whether the duration of asthma has an effect on obesity is still limitedly studied. AIM: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between asthma duration and obesity-related indexes, where obesity-related indexes include Body mass index (BMI) and Weight-adjusted-waist index (WWI). METHODS: Data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2009-2018 were obtained to conduct this cross-sectional study. Duration of asthma was used as the independent variable and obesity-related indexes as the response variables. Multiple linear regression was used to assess the association between the independent variable and the response variables, and subsequently smoothed curve fitting and threshold effect analysis were performed to clarify whether there was a nonlinear correlation between the independent variable and the response variables. Finally, subgroup analysis was conducted to find sensitive populations. RESULTS: A total of 9170 participants were included in the analysis. Asthma duration was statistically different between the two groups when all participants were grouped by median WWI (Q1 < 11.65, Q2 ≥ 11.65) (P < 0.001), but not by median BMI (Q1 < 31.8, Q2 ≥ 31.8) (P = 0.130). There was a positive association between asthma duration and WWI [ß = 0.016, 95% CI (0.016, 0.017)], but a negative one with BMI [ß = - 0.098, 95% CI (- 0.112, - 0.085)], and the correlations between the independent and response variables became more pronounced with increasing asthma duration (P for trend < 0.01). In addition, there were nonlinear relationships between asthma duration with BMI and WWI (log likelihood ratio < 0.001), with the best valid inflection points for asthma duration being 2 years (with WWI as the response variable) and 3 years (with BMI as the response variable), respectively. In the subgroup analysis, the positive association between asthma duration and WWI was more pronounced in the participants who were male, aged less than 40 years, and had asthma onset before 12 years of age. In contrast, when BMI was used as the response variable, the negative association between it and asthma duration was more pronounced among participants of female, aged 60 years or older, and with asthma onset less than 12 years of age. CONCLUSIONS: In US adults, asthma duration might cause changes in obesity-related indexes. Longer asthma duration might cause weight loss, but might increase the risk of abdominal obesity.


Asunto(s)
Asma , Obesidad , Adulto , Humanos , Masculino , Femenino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Índice de Masa Corporal , Encuestas Nutricionales , Estudios Transversales , Obesidad/epidemiología , Obesidad/complicaciones , Asma/epidemiología , Asma/complicaciones
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Plant Sci ; 330: 111635, 2023 May.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36787851

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Apple leaf spot disease caused by Alternaria alternata apple pathotype (A. alternata AP) is one of the most severe fungal diseases affecting apple cultivation. Transcription factors are involved in various disease-resistance responses, and many of them are regulated by miRNAs. Here, we performed RNA-Seq to investigate gene expression changes during the defense response of Malus hupehensis against A. alternata AP. NAC21/22 was induced upon A. alternata AP infection and silenced by miR164 via direct mRNA cleavage. Contrasting expression patterns were noted between mature miR164 and NAC21/22 during infection. Contrary to NAC21/22 silencing, transiently overexpressing NAC21/22 in M. hupehensis alleviated disease symptoms on 'gala' leaves, impeded A. alternata AP growth, and promoted jasmonic acid (JA) signaling-related gene expression. Importantly, transient miR164f overexpression in 'gala' leaves enhanced A. alternata AP sensitivity, due perhaps to NAC21/22 downregulation, whereas miR164 suppression produced an opposite effect. In summary, the miR164-NAC21/22 module plays a pivotal role in apple resistance against A. alternata AP by regulating JA signaling.


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Malus , Proteínas de Plantas , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Malus/metabolismo , Alternaria/fisiología
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Front Psychol ; 13: 964952, 2022.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36578675

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Background: Studies have reported that empathy had a positive effect on professional identity (PI) in nursing students. However, little was known about the mechanism underlying this relationship between empathy and professional identity in nursing students. Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze in depth the mediating effect of workplace violence (WVP) between empathy and professional identity in nursing students. Methods: A total of 405 nursing students participated and were investigated using the Chinese version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professional (JSE-HP), the scale of professional identity about nursing students, and the workplace violence Incident Survey in this study. Hierarchical regression was used to analyze the mediating effect of workplace violence on the relationship between empathy and professional identity among nursing students. Results: The score of nursing students' professional identity was 103.69 ± 17.79. Workplace violence had a significant negative correlation with empathy (r = -0.449, P < 0.001) and professional identity (r = -0.330, P < 0.001). Workplace violence accounted for 14.59% of the total mediating effect on the relationship between empathy and professional identity for nursing students. Conclusions: In this study, the level of professional identity of nursing students was low. Workplace violence had a partially significantly mediating effect on the relationship between empathy and professional identity. Maybe, it was suggested that nursing students' professional identity might be improved and driven by a decrease in workplace violence. Targeted interventions at reducing nursing students' workplace violence should be developed and implemented. In addition, nursing managers and educators should be aware of the importance of empathy and improve professional identity in nursing students.

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Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35649264

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Obtaining homogeneous blends of two covalently cross-linked polymers by mechanical mixing is not possible due to their permanent network topologies. Here, we demonstrate an effective route to prepare polymer blends from the common cross-linked epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) and epoxy resin vitrimer (EV) by mechanical mixing. Interfacial exchange reactions between these two networks occur by a dynamic transesterification. The as-prepared ENR-EV blends show excellent mechanical strength, extensibility, and thermal stability. Moreover, they also show typical vitrimeric properties, including self-healing, welding, and reprocessability. This work demonstrates a large-scale preparation of vitrimeric materials with high performance and versatility from commercially available polymers and affords a promising strategy to recycle both waste rubbers and resins.

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Plant Physiol ; 189(3): 1814-1832, 2022 06 27.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35512059

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MicroRNA (miRNA)-mediated gene silencing is a master gene regulatory pathway in plant-pathogen interactions. The differential accumulation of miRNAs among plant varieties alters the expression of target genes, affecting plant defense responses and causing resistance differences among varieties. Botryosphaeria dothidea is an important phytopathogenic fungus of apple (Malus domestica). Malus hupehensis (Pamp.) Rehder, a wild apple species, is highly resistant, whereas the apple cultivar "Fuji" is highly susceptible. Here, we identified a 22-nt miRNA candidate named miRcand137 that compromises host resistance to B. dothidea infection and whose processing was affected by precursor sequence variation between M. hupehensis and "Fuji." miRcand137 guides the direct cleavage of and produced target-derived secondary siRNA against Ethylene response factor 14 (ERF14), a transcriptional activator of pathogenesis-related homologs that confers disease resistance to apple. We showed that miRcand137 acts as an inhibitor of apple immunity by compromising ERF14-mediated anti-fungal defense and revealed a negative association between miRcand137 expression and B. dothidea sensitivity in both resistant and susceptible apples. Furthermore, MIRCAND137 was transcriptionally activated by the invading fungi but not by the fungal elicitor, implying B. dothidea induced host miRcand137 as an infection strategy. We propose that the inefficient miRcand137 processing in M. hupehensis decreased pathogen-initiated miRcand137 accumulation, leading to higher resistance against B. dothidea.


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Malus , MicroARNs , Ascomicetos , Malus/metabolismo , MicroARNs/genética , MicroARNs/metabolismo , Enfermedades de las Plantas/microbiología , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo
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J Healthc Eng ; 2022: 9274060, 2022.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35368942

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Background: Hyperplasia of mammary glands (HMG) is the breast disease with the highest clinical incidence. Many traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) doctors suggest that the treatment of HMG should be based on the left and right breast pain difference. However, these views are based on case reports, and an objective basis has not been established for treatment according to left-side and right-side differences. Methods: We enrolled 150 patients who met the clinical diagnostic criteria of HMG. The incidence bias was determined according to the score difference between bilateral breast pain and mass in patients with HMG. A left group, right group, and bilateral group were included, and TCM constitution was investigated in each group. Blood biochemical indicators were measured for 120 fasting patients. We conducted a network pharmacology study of the key herb qingpi and chenpi, which are used by TCM doctors to treat different lateral HMG. Results: In patients with biased onset of HMG, the results showed that the frequency and constitution score of stagnant blood in the L group were higher than those of the R group, and the frequency and constitution score of phlegm-dampness in the R group were higher than those of the L group. Both the L and R groups had high proportion of stagnant Qi. The results indicated that the concentration of coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) was higher in the L group than that in the R group, and the concentration of lipoprotein a (Lp-α) was higher in the R group than that in the L group. The results showed that sinensetin and neohesperidin contained in qingpi might interfere with platelet activation, thrombogenesis, prolactin signaling pathway, and atherosclerosis process, in removing "blood stasis" and eventually treating the left-leaning group of HMG patients. Sitosterol and citromitin contained in chenpi could regulate lipid metabolism by interfering with regulation of lipolysis in adipocytes, salivary secretion, estrogen signaling pathway, and thyroid hormone signaling pathway. Chenpi could eliminate "phlegm turbidity" and treat HMG patients in the right-leaning group. Conclusions: We preliminarily confirmed that the clinical pathogenesis of HMG is not a left-right equilibrium and TCM constitution, coagulation function, and lipid metabolism may be used as the objective basis for the difference between the left and right in HMG pathogenesis. For left-sided HMG patients, the doctor can consider qingpi, herb of activating blood and removing stasis, to treat HMG. However, for right-sided HMG, we think doctors should apply herb of activating Qi and eliminating phlegm, such as chenpi.


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Medicina Tradicional China , Biomarcadores , China/epidemiología , Humanos , Hiperplasia , Medicina Tradicional China/métodos
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Planta ; 254(6): 113, 2021 Nov 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34739601

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MAIN CONCLUSION: High-throughput sequencing and yeast one and two-hybrid library screening reveal that DKGA2ox1 and miR171f_3 are involved in the regulation of scion dwarfing with 'Nan-tong-xiao-fang-shi' as interstocks. Diospyros kaki Thunb. cv. Nan-tong-xiao-fang-shi ('Nan-tong-xiao-fang-shi') interstocks play a critical role in the scion dwarfing. However, the understanding of the molecular signaling pathways that regulate the scion dwarfing with 'Nan-tong-xiao-fang-shi' as interstocks remain unclear. In this work, the regulatory network in the scion dwarfing with 'Nan-tong-xiao-fang-shi' as interstocks was identified. Using a yeast one-hybrid library screening, luciferase activity analysis, luciferase complementation imaging assays and GFP signal detection, a SPL transcription factor named Diospyros kaki SPL (DKSPL), potentially functioning as a transcriptional activator of the Diospyros kaki GA2ox1 (DKGA2ox1) gene, was identified as a key stimulating factor in the persimmon growth and development. The DKSPL was found in the nucleus, and might play a role in the transcriptional regulation system. A microRNA named miR171f_3 was identified, which might act as a negative regulator of Diospyros kaki SCR (DKSCR) in persimmon. The interactions between DKSCR and seven proteins were experimentally validated with a yeast two-hybrid library screening. Compared to the non-grafted wildtype persimmon, the tissue section of graft union healed well due to the increased expression of cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase. These results indicate that DKGA2ox1 and miR171f_3 may co-promote the scion dwarfing by plant hormone signal transduction pathways.


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Diospyros , MicroARNs , Diospyros/genética , Frutas , MicroARNs/genética , Reguladores del Crecimiento de las Plantas , Factores de Transcripción
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Hortic Res ; 8(1): 225, 2021 Oct 11.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34629466

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The Alternaria alternata apple pathotype adversely affects apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) cultivation. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying enhanced resistance to this pathogen in apple remain poorly understood. We have previously reported that MdWRKY75 expression is upregulated by A. alternata infection in 'Sushuai' apples. In this study, we discovered that overexpression of MdWRKY75e increased the resistance of transgenic apple lines to A. alternata infection, whereas silencing this gene enhanced susceptibility to A. alternata infection. Furthermore, we found that MdWRKY75e directly binds to the MdLAC7 promoter to regulate the biosynthesis of laccase and increase the biosynthesis of lignin during A. alternata infection. Moreover, the thickening of the cell wall enhanced the mechanical defense capabilities of apple. In addition, we found that jasmonic acid remarkably induced MdWRKY75e expression, and its levels in transgenic apple lines were elevated. These results indicate that MdWRKY75e confers resistance to the A. alternata apple pathotype mainly via the jasmonic acid pathway and that pathogenesis-related genes and antioxidant-related enzyme activity are involved in the disease resistance of MdWRKY75e transgenic plants. In conclusion, our findings provide insights into the importance of MdWRKY75e for resistance to A. alternata infection in apples.

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Psychol Health Med ; 26(7): 911-916, 2021 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32703019

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Previous studies have suggested that depression, anxiety, and somatization disorder are strongly associated with diminished functional status. However, research has not tested the mediational models of how depression and anxiety lead to functional impairment. The aim of this study was to examine whether somatization disorder mediates the association of depression and anxiety with functional impairment in heart failure (HF) patients. The self-reported questionnaires were applied to measure depression, anxiety, and somatization disorder. Functional status was evaluated by the NYHA Class. Ordinal logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the association of depression, anxiety, and somatization disorder with functional status. Mediation analysis was conducted to determine indirect effects. Functional impairment was both related to depression (OR = 2.257, 95% CI = 1.534-3.322, P < 0.001) and elevated somatization severity (OR = 1.042, 95% CI = 1.003-1.082, P = 0.032) in HF patients, whereas anxiety was not associated with functional impairment (OR = 0.659, 95% CI = 0.429-1.012, P > 0.05). Mediation analysis indicated that both depression and anxiety have indirect effects on functional impairment as mediated by somatization disorder in HF patients. Additionally, depression has direct effect on functional impairment of the patients.


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Depresión , Insuficiencia Cardíaca , Ansiedad/epidemiología , Trastornos de Ansiedad/epidemiología , Depresión/epidemiología , Insuficiencia Cardíaca/epidemiología , Humanos , Trastornos Somatomorfos/epidemiología
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Autism Res ; 13(12): 2073-2082, 2020 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33215882

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex disease involving multiple genes and multiple sites, and it is closely related to environmental factors. It has been gradually revealed that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) may regulate the pathogenesis of ASD at the epigenetic level. In neuronal cells, the lncRNA moesin pseudogene 1 antisense (MSNP1AS) forms a double-stranded RNA with moesin (MSN) to suppress moesin protein expression. MSNP1AS overexpression can activate the RhoA pathway and inhibit the Rac1 and PI3K/Akt pathways; however, the regulation of Rac1 by MSNP1AS is not associated with MSN, and the effect on the RhoA pathway may also be associated with other factors. MSNP1AS can decrease the number and length of neurites, inhibit neuronal cell viability and migration, and promote apoptosis. Downregulation of MSN expression functions similarly to MSNP1AS, and its overexpression can block the above functions of MSNP1AS. In addition, in vivo experiments show that MSN improves social interactions and reduces repetitive behaviors in BTBR mice, decreases the activity of RhoA and restores the activity of PI3K/Akt pathway. Therefore, the abnormal expression of MSNP1AS in ASD patients might influence the structure and survival of neuronal cells through the regulation of moesin protein expression to facilitate the development and progression of ASD. These findings provide new evidence for studying the mechanisms of lncRNAs in ASD. LAY SUMMARY: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a common neurodevelopmental disease and its neurodevelopmental mechanisms have not been elucidated. More and more studies have found that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) can regulate the development of central nervous system in many ways and affect the pathogenic process of ASD. Moesin pseudogene 1 antisense (MSNP1AS) is an up-regulated lncRNA in ASD patients. In-depth functional experiments showed that MSNP1AS inhibited moesin protein expression and regulated the activation of multiple signaling pathways, thus decreasing the number and length of neurites, inhibiting neuronal cell viability and migration, and promoting apoptosis. Therefore, MSNP1AS is an important lncRNA related to ASD and can regulate the biological function of neurons.


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Trastorno del Espectro Autista , Trastorno Autístico , Animales , Trastorno del Espectro Autista/genética , Humanos , Ratones , Proteínas de Microfilamentos , Neuronas/metabolismo , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinasas , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-akt/metabolismo , ARN Largo no Codificante/genética , Proteína de Unión al GTP rac1 , Proteína de Unión al GTP rhoA/genética
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Food Sci Nutr ; 8(3): 1729-1738, 2020 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32180980

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Moisture migration is considered to be one of the most important influencer on crop quality during storage, which is easily affected by storage conditions, such as ambient humidity and temperature. The aim of this work was to determine the effect of storage condition on moisture content of Chinese naked oat by simulating 9 equilibrium relative humidity (ERH) and 5 temperatures. The equilibrium moisture content (EMC) of dry sample was achieved by adsorption, while EMC of wet one was achieved by desorption. EMC of oat increased with the increase in ERH and decreased when temperature increased. The sorption isotherm was a typical "S" shape and fitted using current EMC/ERH models. Modified Chung-Pfost (MCPE) model was the most suitable for describing the dynamic sorption process of Chinese naked oat during storage with a ERH range from 10% to 90%. There was an obvious hysteresis between adsorption and desorption isotherms, whose range decreased with the increase of temperature. High temperature accelerated moisture migration by increasing the hydrophilicity of oat surface. Moreover, dynamic moisture migration was imaged by low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), showing that moisture migrated between ambient environment and oat mainly through endosperm where most moisture accumulated. During sorption, free water migrated firstly, followed by bound water and the change in content of bound water was more stable than that of free water. The results of this study can provide a useful information for future work on quality control of oat during storage.

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Plant Sci ; 292: 110390, 2020 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32005395

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MicroRNA (miRNA)-mediated post-transcriptional regulation plays a vital role in the response of plants to pathogens. Although the microRNA397 family has been implicated in physiological processes as an important regulator, little is known about its function in the resistance of plants to pathogens. Here, Malus hupehensis miR397, which was induced by Botryosphaeria dothidea infection, was identified to directly target M. hupehensis Laccase7 (MhLAC7). The expression analysis of mature Mh-miR397 and MhLAC7 revealed their partly opposite expression patterns. The coexpression of Mh-miR397b in MhLAC7 overexpressing Nicotiana benthamiana suppressed the accumulation of exogenous MhLAC7 and endogenous NbLAC7, which led to decreased lignin content and reduced plant resistance to Botrytis cinerea. As reflected by increasing disease severity and pathogen growth, overexpression of miR397b in both the resistant M. hupehensis and susceptible M. domestica 'Gala' resulted in an increased sensitivity to B. dothidea infection, owing to reduced LAC7 expression and lignin content; however, the inhibition of miR397 had opposite effects. MicroRNA397 functions as a negative regulator in the resistance of Malus to B. dothidea by modulating the LAC7 expression and lignin biosynthesis.


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Ascomicetos/fisiología , Malus/genética , MicroARNs/genética , Enfermedades de las Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , ARN de Planta/genética , Resistencia a la Enfermedad , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Lignina/biosíntesis , Lignina/genética , Malus/metabolismo , Malus/microbiología , MicroARNs/metabolismo , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/genética , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/metabolismo , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/microbiología , ARN de Planta/metabolismo , Nicotiana/genética , Nicotiana/metabolismo , Nicotiana/microbiología
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Am J Transl Res ; 11(9): 5988-5997, 2019.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31632566

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths worldwide, CRC was estimated to be the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and a leading cause of cancer deaths in developed countries due to therapy resistance and metastasis. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) were found in a variety of malignant tumors, including colorectal cancer. miR-27b play pivotal roles in the acquisition of CSC properties such as tumor initiation, drug resistance and asymmetric cell division. The aim of the present study was to investigate the underlying mechanisms that miR-27b inhibits proliferation, invasion and migration of CSCs. In present study, miR-27b were found to be significantly upregulated in CSCs. Overexpression of miR-27b inhibit CSCs proliferation and migration. In addition, overexpression of miR-27b suppress the character expression of CSCs, including of CD44, CD133, Sox2 and Oct4. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that miR-27b is directly targeted by PIK3CA and miR-27b overexpression can effectively attenuate the expression of Phosphor-PI3K p110α and phosphor-Akt. In conclusion, these results reveal that PIK3CA is significantly downregulated by miR-27b expression in CSCs. Thus, we presume that miR-27b may be a therapeutic anti-tumor agent for CRC via targeting PI3K p110α.

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Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi ; 36(7): 2144-7, 2016 Jul.
Artículo en Chino | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30035914

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The use of the mineral oil is an important cause of air pollution such as fog. The effectiveness and rapidity of the de-noising processing in mineral oil fluorescence spectroscopy detection system is a hot issue of the online real-time monitoring system. The de-noising method of the lifting wavelet transform (LWT) in the application of mineral oil fluorescence spectrum is proposed. Compared with traditional discrete wavelet transform (DWT), this wavelet transform method decomposes the existing wavelet filter module into the basic construction modules and steps to complete the transform with simplicity and a fast speed. There are characteristics of low computational complexity, in situ operation and the easy implement in the denoising process of mineral oil fluorescence spectra. The LWT can effectively solve the problems in these respects. The three methods of LWT, DWT and EMD are applied to the fluorescence spectra of 0# diesel oil, 97# gasoline and kerosene. The indicators evaluating de-noising effect such as the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), Mean Squared Error (MSE) and Normalied Correlation Coefficient (NCC) of the three kinds of mineral oil in the fluorescence spectra denoising prove the effectiveness of the lifting scheme wavelet transform in the application of mineral oil fluorescence spectrum. Meanwhile, the lifting scheme transform can improve the flexibility of structure and operation simplicity that makes the de-noising time reduced by 62%, validating the speediness of the de-noising method of the LWT in the application of mineral oil fluorescence spectrum and it is suitable for mineral oil fast de-noising processing system in real time.

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Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi ; 36(7): 2162-8, 2016 Jul.
Artículo en Chino | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30035921

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The oil pollutants detector is designed in this paper. The pulse xenon lamp is used as light source; the step type multi-mode pure silica fiber is chosen to transmit the excitation and emission light. The asymmetric Czemy-Turner light path of high precision grating monochromator is adopted. The detector is applied to determine the fluorescence spectrum of diesel, gasoline and kerosene. The optimal excitation /emission wavelengths are: 290/330 nm (diesel),270/300 nm (gasoline) and 280/330 nm (kerosene). The detection limits are: diesel (0.025 mg·L-1), gasoline (0.042 mg·L-1) and kerosene(0.054 mg·L-1). The relative errors are: diesel(2.55%), gasoline(2.06%) and kerosene(1.71%). Experiment results show that the designed detector has high accuracy of measurement. The different concentration of diesel, gasoline and kerosene mixed solution is configured, and three dimensional fluorescence spectra being measured. The self-weighted alternating trilinear decomposition is adopted to decompose the spectrum data. The predicted concentration and recovery rate show that self-weighted alternating trilinear decomposition has high resolution for mixed oil substance.

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Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi ; 36(9): 2780-3, 2016 Sep.
Artículo en Chino | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30084594

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Based on Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy (FT - Raman), the effective medicinal composition and its content change of Qi chrysanthemum are directly and quickly determined among the virus-free breeding and sulfur smoked samples of three different groups. FTIR and FT-Raman spectra of three groups of Qi chrysanthemum sample are compared and analyzed. The results show that the intensities of multiple infrared absorption peaks are obvious different within the range of 1 800~500 cm-1 and the characteristic peak shapes are slightly different in the FTIR spectra of the three groups with obvious differences of characteristic peak shapes in FT - Raman spectrum have. FTIR and FT - Raman spectrum directly reflect that the stem tip virus-free breeding will make the volatile oil, flavonoids and other medicinal component content increase in Qi Chrysanthemum, but the sulfur smoked reduce. The FTIR, FT Raman spectroscopy for detection of effective medicinal composition changes in Qi Chrysanthemum caused by virus-free breeding or sulfur smoked establishes a scientific basis, also an effective method to test their component content.

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Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi ; 36(9): 2901-5, 2016 Sep.
Artículo en Chino | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30084623

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There are four major problems related to fuel consumption, "large consumption", "low quality", "lack of front-end clean" and "lack of end emission control", which needs to address urgently for our country. More than 60 percent of the air pollution is due to the burning of coal and oil in our country, so the haze problem depends on how much we can deal with energy issues. We should achieve the identification and measurement of gasoline, diesel, kerosene and other refined oil products rapidly and accurately, which is important for the implementation of air pollution monitoring and controlling. in order to characterize the type information of the refined oil accurately and to improve the efficiency of the network model identification, it is effective to use principal component analysis method which could achieve the data dimension reductionwhile reducing the complexity of the problem. With principal component analysis of the most commonly used three-dimensional fluorescence spectra based on excitation-emission matrix (Excitation-Emission Matrix, EEM) data, we could obtain finer, deeper characteristic parameters. During the process of classification, it could avoid the "over-fitting" phenomenon because of the application of the cross-validation method, A neural network capable of both qualitative and quantitative analysis is designed. The neural network pattern recognition result becomes feedback to the input of the concentration network, together with the relative slope, the comprehensive background parameters, and the relative fluorescence intensity, we could achieve the measurement of the concentration of the corresponding types, then use the extension neural network pattern recognition technology to achieve identification and measurement of kerosene, diesel, gasoline and other refined oil products. The results of the study show that the average recognition rate reaches 0.99, the average recovery rate of concentration reaches 0.95, the average time of pattern recognition is 2.5 seconds and this time is 48.5% of the time used by PARAFAC model analysis method. The method significantly improves the operation speed with ideal application effect . It should be pointed out that, in order to ensure the accuracy and precision of the analysis, we should make corresponding calibration samples for specific analytes in terms of the analysis of complex mixtures such as refined oil, pesticides, tea, etc.

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