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RSC Adv ; 14(43): 31954-31965, 2024 Oct 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39380645

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Self-healing hydrogels have attracted wide attention because of their potential applications in various fields. However, the complex processes, environmental requirements, and insufficient functionality limit their practical application. Herein, we synthesized a chitosan quaternary ammonium salt-oxidized sodium alginate-glycerol-calcium ion (HACC-OSA-Gly-Ca2+) biobased hydrogel with a multi-network structure that exhibits excellent self-healing abilities. This was achieved by utilizing reversible dynamic imine bonding, electrostatic interactions, Ca2+ ions as crosslinking points, and hydrogen bonding. The oxidation of sodium alginate (SA) with sodium periodate was carried out to obtain oxidized sodium alginate (OSA) with varying oxidation degrees. The resulting OSAs were then introduced into a glycerol-water solvent system containing chitosan quaternary ammonium salt (HACC) and calcium chloride, and this reaction successfully prepared the biobased eco-friendly self-healing hydrogel. The impacts of the oxidation degree (OD) of OSA on the microscopic morphology, mechanical properties, viscoelastic properties, swelling properties, and self-healing properties of the corresponding synthetic hydrogels were investigated. The outcomes indicated that the optimal HACC-OSA-Gly-Ca2+ hydrogel possessed good mechanical properties, with a tensile stress of 0.0132 MPa and elongation at break of 551.38%. Furthermore, the multiple bond interactions led to a high self-healing ratio (100%), with an elongation at break of about 614.29%, and excellent adhesion ability (average peel strength of 6.38 kN m-1) on various substrates. Additionally, the composite hydrogels exhibited excellent water retention, thermal stability, and resilience, making them promising for various potential applications. Moreover, the properties of the composite hydrogels could be facilely and finely tuned by varying the oxidation degree of OSA and ratio of each component. Thus, the presented strategy could enrich the construction as well as application of biopolymer-based self-healing hydrogels.

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Cureus ; 16(8): e68191, 2024 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39347332

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Adult intussusception is an unusual condition that is infrequently associated with malignancy. We experienced a rare occurrence of ileocecal intussusception in a 31-year-old male, secondary to metastatic melanoma. The patient, with a medical history of scalp malignant melanoma treated surgically and with chemotherapy, presented with persistent lower abdominal pain. Diagnostic modalities, including computed tomography (CT) and colonoscopy, revealed ileocecal intussusception. Subsequent laparoscopic surgery and pathological examination identified metastatic melanoma as the etiological factor for the intussusception, leading to the surgical resection of the involved bowel segment. The postoperative period was marked by a smooth recovery with no complications. This case shows the importance of considering malignancy in the differential diagnosis of adult intussusception and underscores the urgency of surgical intervention in the management of such cases.

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Sci Rep ; 14(1): 22075, 2024 Sep 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39333301

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Electromagnetic (EM) waves are one of the important carriers for information exchange in seawater. The EM parameters of seawater are important factors that affect the performance of EM wave propagation. In the real marine environment, non-constant EM parameters make it impossible to consider seawater as a homogeneous media in the model. However, there are few targeted analyses in the existing studies. In this paper, an N-layered media model was established to investigate the influence of non-constant EM parameters on EM wave propagation in seawater. A direct global matrix method is proposed to solve the EM fields, whose result accuracy does not decrease with the increasing number of layers. The necessity and correctness of the model and methods are verified through numerical simulations and sea experiments. Combined with the existing marine environment database, the propagation characteristics of EM waves in different EM parameter profiles of seawater were analyzed through numerical experiments. The results indicated that the non-homogeneous seawater has a great impact on the intensity, phase, change rate, and spatial distribution of EM waves. Furthermore, the influence is not only reflected in the underwater EM field but also in the air and increases with frequency.

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Adv Sci (Weinh) ; : e2404622, 2024 Sep 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39225557

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DNA lesions are linked to cancer, aging, and various diseases. The recognition and sequencing of special DNA lesions are of great interest but highly challenging. In this paper, an unnatural-base-pair-promoting method for sequencing highly mutagenic ethenodeoxycytidine (εC) DNA lesions that occurred frequently is developed. First, a promising unnatural base pair of dεC-dNaM to recognize εC lesions is identified, and then a conversion PCR is developed to site-precise transfer dεC-dNaM to dTPT3-dNaM for convenient Sanger sequencing. The low sequence dependence of this method and its capacity for the enrichment of dεC in the abundance of as low as 1.6 × 10-6 nucleotides is also validated. Importantly, the current method can be smoothly applied for recognition, amplification, enrichment, and sequencing of the real biological samples in which εC lesions are generated in vitro or in vivo, thus offering the first sequencing methodology of εC lesions at single-base resolution. Owing to its simple operations and no destruction of inherent structures of DNA, the unnatural-base-pair strategy may provide a new platform to produce general tools for the sequencing of DNA lesions that are hardly sequenced by traditional strategies.

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Int J Biol Macromol ; 280(Pt 4): 136112, 2024 Sep 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39343284

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Development of green packaging materials is essential to replace traditional plastics in fresh agricultural products preservation. Herein, a coated paper was designed by applying chitosan-based composite coating on paper substrate through a facile automatic coating method. The hydroxypropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride chitosan (HACC) was obtained by direct quaternization via the introduction of hydroxypropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride into the amino group of chitosan, then mixed with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to prepare the HACC/PVA coating. Accordingly, the key performance of coated paper were improved ascribed to the synergy effect of HACC/PVA coating and paper substrate. In particular, the minimum oxygen permeability of the coated paper could reach to 0.87 × 10-13 cm3·cm/cm2·s·Pa, and the optimum water vapor permeability and tensile strength of HACC/PVA coated paper was 0.75 × 10-12 g·cm/cm2·s·Pa and 6.88 kN/m, respectively. The coated paper used as packaging material not only reduced weight loss ratio of strawberry and greengrocery, but also exhibited lower chromatic aberration and better sensory evaluation, indicating a favorable effect on fruit and vegetable storage. Taken together, the designed eco-friendly coated paper has shown tremendous potential for green and biodegradable packaging material in agricultural products preservation.

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World J Gastrointest Surg ; 16(7): 2281-2295, 2024 Jul 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39087128

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BACKGROUND: China's most frequent malignancy is gastric cancer (GC), which has a very poor survival rate, and the survival rate for patients with advanced GC is dismal. Pyroptosis has been connected to the genesis and development of cancer. The function of pyroptosis-related long non-coding RNAs (PRLs) in GC, on the other hand, remains uncertain. AIM: To explore the construction and comprehensive analysis of the prognostic characteristics of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) related to pyroptosis in GC patients. METHODS: The TCGA database provided us with 352 stomach adenocarcinoma samples, and we obtained 28 pyroptotic genes from the Reactome database. We examined the correlation between lncRNAs and pyroptosis using the Pearson correlation coefficient. Prognosis-related PRLs were identified through univariate Cox analysis. A predictive signature was constructed using stepwise Cox regression analysis, and its reliability and independence were assessed. To facilitate clinical application, a nomogram was created based on this signature. we analyzed differences in immune cell infiltration, immune function, and checkpoints between the high-risk group (HRG) and low-risk group (LRG). RESULTS: Five hundred and twenty-three PRLs were screened from all lncRNAs (absolute correlation coefficient > 0.4, P < 0.05). Nine PRLs were included in the risk prediction signature that was created through stepwise Cox regression analysis. We determined the risk score for GC patients and employed the median value as the dividing line between HRG and LRG. The ability of the risk signature to predict the overall survival (OS) of GC is demonstrated by the Kaplan-Meier analysis, risk curve, receiver operating characteristic curve, and decision curve analysis curve. The risk signature was shown to be an independent prognostic factor for OS in both univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses. HRG showed a more efficient local immune response or modulation compared to LRG, as indicated by the predicted signal pathway analysis and examination of immune cell infiltration, function, and checkpoints (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: In general, we have created a brand-new prognostic signature using PRLs, which may provide ideas for immunotherapy in patients with GC.

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Sci Total Environ ; 949: 175248, 2024 Nov 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39098407

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Aerosol-cloud interactions play a vital role in climate change. This study leverages observations from the King-350 aircraft over the North China Plain on November 29, 2019, to examine aerosol and cloud microphysical characteristics of mixed-phase clouds. Through detailed vertical and spectral distributions, we investigate aerosol, cloud droplet, and ice crystal distributions in seeded clouds (SC) and natural precipitating clouds (NPC) within the same cloud system. From the vertical profile, SC and NPC have similar vertical distributions of aerosol and cloud droplets, with over 95 % of aerosols concentrated below 1600 m near the ground. Cloud droplets are more evenly distributed within the two clouds, cloud droplet number concentrations (Nc) in SC were three orders of magnitude higher than in NPC. Ice water content (IWC) and ice crystal number concentration (Ni) show distinct layer preferences-accumulating predominantly in SC's top layer and NPC's middle layer. From spectral distribution, a smaller proportion of cloud droplets (40-50 µm in diameter, the same hereafter) in SC compared to NPC. Rimed ice crystals and globular graupel (1325-1550 µm in diameter) were in SC, while plate and irregular ice crystals (300-450 µm) were in NPC with an order of magnitude higher than in SC. These microphysical differences highlight the complexity of cloud seeding efficacy, which varies based on cloud conditions and microphysical properties. In the first seeding, Ni increased by 1-2 orders of magnitude (125-300 µm) in the high Nc (Nc > 1.11 × 105 L-1) region. Seeding in low Nc (Nc < 1.11 × 105 L-1) regions was hard to be effective, especially in low Nc and low liquid water content (LWC) (LWC < 0.122 g/m3) regions. In the second seeding, ice crystals (125-250 µm) produced by the first seeding enhance the seeding efficiency. The responded regions were more sensitive to subsequent seeding, resulting in stronger reactions or longer duration.

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Huan Jing Ke Xue ; 45(8): 4766-4779, 2024 Aug 08.
Artigo em Chinês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39168694

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Owing to the influence of human activities, the issue of heavy metal pollution in farmland soil at the urban-rural fringe has become increasingly prominent. An accurate understanding of the characteristics of soil-crop heavy metal pollution in these areas is of great significance for ensuring food safety and promoting social sustainable development. Most of the existing studies rely on small-scale field monitoring, but research at the national level has not effectively captured the unique pollution dynamics of this urban-rural interface. Based on the published literature, the present study investigated the status of heavy metal pollution in the soil-crop system within China's urban-rural fringe through Meta-analysis. On this basis, the study evaluated the risks to human health associated with heavy metals in major crops in a given region. The results showed that heavy metals were accumulated in farmland soil in the urban-rural fringe of China, especially in Cd (Igeo = 0.89) pollution, and its distinct spatial heterogeneity patterns emerged. When considering different types of cultivated land, paddy fields and irrigated land exhibited a higher tendency of heavy metal accumulation. From the varying urbanization levels, the accumulation of heavy metals in soils of small and medium-sized cities was more obvious. For crops in the urban-rural fringe, Cd and Pb had the highest exceedance rate in rice (28.25% and 39.64%) and wheat (27.72% and 42.72%). The health risk assessment results of heavy metals in crops showed that Cd was the main element that posed human health risks, which had some degree of non-carcinogenic risk and unacceptable carcinogenic risk to both children and adults.


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Cidades , Produtos Agrícolas , Monitoramento Ambiental , Metais Pesados , Poluentes do Solo , Poluentes do Solo/análise , China , Metais Pesados/análise , Produtos Agrícolas/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Solo/química , Agricultura
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Biotechnol Bioeng ; 121(11): 3514-3526, 2024 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39082641

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d-Lactic acid holds significant industrial importance due to its versatility and serves as a crucial component in the synthesis of environmentally friendly and biodegradable thermal-resistant poly-lactic acid. This polymer exhibits promising potential as a substitute for nonbiodegradable, petroleum-based plastics. The production of d-lactic acid from lignocellulosic biomass, a type of biorenewable and nonfood resources, can lower costs and improve product competitiveness. Glucose and xylose are the most abundant sugar monomers in lignocellulosic biomass materials. Despite Escherichia coli possessing native xylose catabolic pathways and transport, their ability to effectively utilize xylose is often hindered in the presence of glucose. Here, the E. coli strain Rec1.0, previously engineered to overcome carbon catabolite repression, was selected as the initial strain for reengineering to produce d-lactic acid. An adaptive evolution approach was employed to achieve highly efficient fermentation of glucose-xylose mixtures. The resulting strain, QJL010, could produce d-lactic acid of 87.5 g/L with a carbon yield of 0.99 mol/mol. Notably, the consumption rates of glucose and xylose reached 0.75 and 0.82 g/gDCW/h, respectively. Further analysis revealed that increased Glk activity, resulting from glk mutations (A142V and R188H), along with their upregulated expression, contributed to an elevated glucose consumption rate. Additionally, a CRP G141D mutation, cAMP-independent, stimulated the expression of the xylR, xylE, and galABC* genes, resulting in an accelerated xylose consumption rate. These findings provide valuable support for the utilization of E. coli platform strains in the production of value-added chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass.


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Proteína Receptora de AMP Cíclico , Proteínas de Escherichia coli , Escherichia coli , Glucose , Ácido Láctico , Xilose , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Proteína Receptora de AMP Cíclico/metabolismo , Proteína Receptora de AMP Cíclico/genética , Xilose/metabolismo , Ácido Láctico/metabolismo , Glucose/metabolismo , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Glucoquinase/genética , Glucoquinase/metabolismo , Evolução Molecular Direcionada , Mutação , Engenharia Metabólica/métodos , AMP Cíclico/metabolismo , Fermentação , Dissacarídeos
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Small ; : e2400588, 2024 Jul 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39073231

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Semiconducting materials show high potential for solar energy harvesting due to their suitable bandgaps, which allow the efficient utilization of light energy larger than their bandgaps. However, the photon energy smaller than their bandgap is almost unused, which significantly limits their efficient applications. Herein, plasmonic Pd/SnS2 microcubes with abundant Pd nanoparticles attached to the SnS2 nanosheets are fabricated by an in situ photoreduction method. The as-prepared Pd/SnS2 microcubes extend the light-harvesting ability of SnS2 beyond its cutoff wavelength, which is attributed to the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect of the Pd nanoparticles and the 3D structure of the SnS2 microcubes. Pd nanoparticles can also enhance the light absorption of TiO2 nanoparticles and NiPS3 nanosheets beyond their cutoff wavelengths, revealing the universality for promoting absorption above the cutoff wavelength of the semiconductors. When the plasmonic Pd/SnS2 microcubes are integrated into a hydrophilic sponge acting as the solar evaporator, a solar-to-vapor efficiency of up to 89.2% can be achieved under one sun. The high solar-to-vapor conversion efficiency and the broad applicability of extending the light absorption far beyond the cutoff wavelength of the semiconductor comprise the potential of innovative plasmonic nanoparticle/semiconductor composites for solar desalination.

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BMC Immunol ; 25(1): 52, 2024 Jul 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39075358

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion and/or insulin action. Increasing evidence suggests that inflammation played an important role in the pathogenesis of T2DM. Prospective studies on the link between immunoglobulins concentrations and the risk of T2DM in adults are limited. We developed a cohort study including 7,093 adults without T2DM history. The incidence of T2DM was 16.45 per 1,000 person-years. Compared with the lowest quartiles, the hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) of T2DM for the highest quartiles of IgG, IgE, IgM and IgA were 0.64 (0.48-0.85), 0.94 (0.72-1.23), 0.68 (0.50-0.92) and 1.62 (1.24-2.11) (P for trend was < 0.01, 0.84, 0.02 and < 0.0001), respectively, suggesting that serum IgG and IgM concentrations were inversely associated with the incidence of T2DM, and IgA levels were positively associated with the risk of T2DM in a general adult population.


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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 , Humanos , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/epidemiologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/imunologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/sangue , Feminino , Masculino , Estudos Prospectivos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adulto , Incidência , Fatores de Risco , Imunoglobulinas/sangue , Idoso , Estudos de Coortes
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Microb Cell Fact ; 23(1): 153, 2024 May 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38796416

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BACKGROUND: Dihydroxyacetone (DHA) stands as a crucial chemical material extensively utilized in the cosmetics industry. DHA production through the dephosphorylation of dihydroxyacetone phosphate, an intermediate product of the glycolysis pathway in Escherichia coli, presents a prospective alternative for industrial production. However, insights into the pivotal enzyme, dihydroxyacetone phosphate dephosphorylase (HdpA), remain limited for informed engineering. Consequently, the development of an efficient tool for high-throughput screening of HdpA hypermutants becomes imperative. RESULTS: This study introduces a methylglyoxal biosensor, based on the formaldehyde-responding regulator FrmR, for the selection of HdpA. Initial modifications involved the insertion of the FrmR binding site upstream of the -35 region and into the spacer region between the -10 and -35 regions of the constitutive promoter J23110. Although the hybrid promoter retained constitutive expression, expression of FrmR led to complete repression. The addition of 350 µM methylglyoxal promptly alleviated FrmR inhibition, enhancing promoter activity by more than 40-fold. The methylglyoxal biosensor system exhibited a gradual increase in fluorescence intensity with methylglyoxal concentrations ranging from 10 to 500 µM. Notably, the biosensor system responded to methylglyoxal spontaneously converted from added DHA, facilitating the separation of DHA producing and non-producing strains through flow cytometry sorting. Subsequently, the methylglyoxal biosensor was successfully applied to screen a library of HdpA mutants, identifying two strains harboring specific mutants 267G > T and D110G/G151C that showed improved DHA production by 68% and 114%, respectively. Expressing of these two HdpA mutants directly in a DHA-producing strain also increased DHA production from 1.45 to 1.92 and 2.29 g/L, respectively, demonstrating the enhanced enzyme properties of the HdpA mutants. CONCLUSIONS: The methylglyoxal biosensor offers a novel strategy for constructing genetically encoded biosensors and serves as a robust platform for indirectly determining DHA levels by responding to methylglyoxal. This property enables efficiently screening of HdpA hypermutants to enhance DHA production.


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Técnicas Biossensoriais , Di-Hidroxiacetona , Escherichia coli , Aldeído Pirúvico , Aldeído Pirúvico/metabolismo , Técnicas Biossensoriais/métodos , Di-Hidroxiacetona/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/genética , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , Engenharia Metabólica/métodos , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética
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Org Lett ; 26(20): 4356-4360, 2024 May 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38739349

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The intramolecular Curtius rearrangement suffers from a high reaction temperature, low yields, tedious product isolation, and difficult scale up. This study presents a room-temperature Curtius rearrangement that can be novelly driven by the HFIP solvent, followed by light-illuminated intramolecular cyclization. Such a mild reaction allows for the preparation of various fused pyridone derivatives with diverse substituent groups that have rarely been incorporated by previous methods. The roles of HFIP and light are investigated by a set of control experiments through a combination of IR and NMR titration. Furthermore, using the substituted fused pyridones as unnatural bases, we can obtain a panel of new nucleotides.

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Food Chem ; 453: 139680, 2024 Sep 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38788648

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Hydrophobic coatings have wide applications, but face challenges in food flexible packaging in terms of poor adhesion and inadequate wear resistance. Health hazards and poor adhesion drive the search for novel hydrophobic coatings substitutes. Here, we introduced rationally synthesized carnauba wax-SiO2 microspheres as a component to composite polyethylene (PE) film construction, and created a wear-resistant hydrophobic composite PE film via the blown film technique. The resultant hydrophobic composite film demonstrated an enhanced water contact angle from 86° to above 100°, coupled with favorable mechanical properties such as wear resistance, tensile strength and effective barrier performance against water vapor and oxygen. Upon implementation in the preservation of a Cantonese delicacy, Chaoshan fried shrimp rolls, it was observed that at 25 °C, the carnauba wax-SiO2-PE composite packaging film extended the shelf life of the product by 3 days compared to pure PE film.


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Embalagem de Alimentos , Conservação de Alimentos , Interações Hidrofóbicas e Hidrofílicas , Polietileno , Ceras , Polietileno/química , Embalagem de Alimentos/instrumentação , Animais , Ceras/química , Conservação de Alimentos/métodos , Conservação de Alimentos/instrumentação , Resistência à Tração , Dióxido de Silício/química , Penaeidae/química
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Plant Cell ; 36(7): 2550-2569, 2024 Jul 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38513608

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Embryo development in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) starts off with an asymmetric division of the zygote to generate the precursors of the embryo proper and the supporting extraembryonic suspensor. The suspensor degenerates as the development of the embryo proper proceeds beyond the heart stage. Until the globular stage, the suspensor maintains embryonic potential and can form embryos in the absence of the developing embryo proper. We report a mutant called meerling-1 (mrl-1), which shows a high penetrance of suspensor-derived polyembryony due to delayed development of the embryo proper. Eventually, embryos from both apical and suspensor lineages successfully develop into normal plants and complete their life cycle. We identified the causal mutation as a genomic rearrangement altering the promoter of the Arabidopsis U3 SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 18 (UTP18) homolog that encodes a nucleolar-localized WD40-repeat protein involved in processing 18S preribosomal RNA. Accordingly, root-specific knockout of UTP18 caused growth arrest and accumulation of unprocessed 18S pre-rRNA. We generated the mrl-2 loss-of-function mutant and observed asynchronous megagametophyte development causing embryo sac abortion. Together, our results indicate that promoter rearrangement decreased UTP18 protein abundance during early stage embryo proper development, triggering suspensor-derived embryogenesis. Our data support the existence of noncell autonomous signaling from the embryo proper to prevent direct reprogramming of the suspensor toward embryonic fate.


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Proteínas de Arabidopsis , Arabidopsis , Mutação , Ribonucleoproteínas Nucleolares Pequenas , Sementes , Arabidopsis/genética , Arabidopsis/embriologia , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas , Mutação/genética , RNA Ribossômico/genética , Sementes/genética , Sementes/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Ribonucleoproteínas Nucleolares Pequenas/genética , Ribonucleoproteínas Nucleolares Pequenas/metabolismo
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J Leukoc Biol ; 115(5): 926-934, 2024 04 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38315716

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The mechanism underlying autophagy in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) remains largely unknown. We previously sequenced the entire genome exon of the CD59- cells from 13 patients with PNH and found genes such as CUX1 encoding Cut-like homeobox 1. Peripheral blood samples from 9 patients with PNH and 7 healthy control subjects were obtained to measure CUX1 expression. The correlation between CUX1 messenger RNA expression and PNH clinical indicators was analyzed. To simulate CUX1 expression in patients with PNH, we generated a panel of PNH cell lines by knocking out PIGA in K562 cell lines and transfected lentivirus with CUX1. CCK-8 and EDU assay assessed cell proliferation. Western blotting was used to detect Beclin-1, LC3A, LC3B, ULK1, PI3K, AKT, p-AKT, mTOR, and p-mTOR protein levels. Autophagosomes were observed with transmission electron microscopy. Chloroquine was used to observe CUX1 expression in PNH after autophagy inhibition. Leukocytes from patients with PNH had lower levels of CUX1 messenger RNA expression and protein content than healthy control subjects. The lactose dehydrogenase level and the percentage of PNH clones were negatively correlated with CUX1 relative expression. We reduced CUX1 expression in a PIGA knockout K562 cell line, leading to increased cell proliferation. Levels of autophagy markers Beclin-1, LC3B, LC3A, and ULK1 increased, and autophagosomes increased. Furthermore, PI3K/AKT/mTOR protein phosphorylation levels were lower. CUX1 expression did not change and cell proliferation decreased in CUX1 knocked down PNH cells after inhibition of autophagy by chloroquine. In brief, CUX1 loss-of-function mutation resulted in stronger autophagy in PNH.


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Autofagia , Hemoglobinúria Paroxística , Proteínas de Homeodomínio , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular , Proteínas Repressoras , Fatores de Transcrição , Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Hemoglobinúria Paroxística/genética , Hemoglobinúria Paroxística/patologia , Hemoglobinúria Paroxística/metabolismo , Células K562 , Proteínas de Homeodomínio/genética , Proteínas de Homeodomínio/metabolismo , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Proteínas Repressoras/genética , Proteínas Repressoras/metabolismo , Adulto , Proliferação de Células , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/metabolismo , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinases/metabolismo , Proteína Homóloga à Proteína-1 Relacionada à Autofagia/metabolismo , Proteína Homóloga à Proteína-1 Relacionada à Autofagia/genética
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Food Res Int ; 179: 114005, 2024 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38342532

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The inappropriate employment of antibiotics across diverse industries has engendered profound apprehensions concerning their cumulative presence within human bodies and food commodities. Consequently, many nations have instituted stringent measures limiting the admissible quantities of antibiotics in food items. Nonetheless, conventional techniques employed for antibiotic detection prove protracted and laborious, prompting a dire necessity for facile, expeditious, and uncomplicated detection methodologies. In this regard, aptamer-based fluorescent DNA biosensors (AFBs) have emerged as a sanguine panacea to surmount the limitations of traditional detection modalities. These ingenious biosensors harness the binding prowess of aptamers, singular strands of DNA/RNA, to selectively adhere to specific target antibiotics. Notably, the AFBs demonstrate unparalleled selectivity, affinity, and sensitivity in detecting antibiotics. This comprehensive review meticulously expounds upon the strides achieved in AFBs for antibiotic detection, particularly emphasizing the labeling modality and the innovative free-label approach. It also elucidates the design principles behind a diverse array of AFBs. Additionally, a succinct survey of signal amplification strategies deployed within these biosensors is provided. The central objective of this review is to apprise researchers from diverse disciplines of the contemporary trends in AFBs for antibiotic detection. By doing so, it aspires to instigate a concerted endeavor toward the development of heightened sensitivity and pioneering AFBs, thereby contributing to the perpetual advancement of antibiotic detection methodologies.


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Aptâmeros de Nucleotídeos , Técnicas Biossensoriais , Humanos , Antibacterianos , Aptâmeros de Nucleotídeos/metabolismo , Técnicas Biossensoriais/métodos , DNA , Corantes
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Math Biosci Eng ; 21(1): 272-299, 2024 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38303423

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N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is a crucial RNA modification involved in various biological activities. Computational methods have been developed for the detection of m6A sites in Saccharomyces cerevisiae at base-resolution due to their cost-effectiveness and efficiency. However, the generalization of these methods has been hindered by limited base-resolution datasets. Additionally, RMBase contains a vast number of low-resolution m6A sites for Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and base-resolution sites are often inferred from these low-resolution results through post-calibration. We propose MTTLm6A, a multi-task transfer learning approach for base-resolution mRNA m6A site prediction based on an improved transformer. First, the RNA sequences are encoded by using one-hot encoding. Then, we construct a multi-task model that combines a convolutional neural network with a multi-head-attention deep framework. This model not only detects low-resolution m6A sites, it also assigns reasonable probabilities to the predicted sites. Finally, we employ transfer learning to predict base-resolution m6A sites based on the low-resolution m6A sites. Experimental results on Saccharomyces cerevisiae m6A and Homo sapiens m1A data demonstrate that MTTLm6A respectively achieved area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) values of 77.13% and 92.9%, outperforming the state-of-the-art models. At the same time, it shows that the model has strong generalization ability. To enhance user convenience, we have made a user-friendly web server for MTTLm6A publicly available at http://47.242.23.141/MTTLm6A/index.php.


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Adenosina , Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Humanos , RNA Mensageiro/genética , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Redes Neurais de Computação , Aprendizado de Máquina
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