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Cell ; 186(1): 209-229.e26, 2023 01 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36608654

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Transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene programs, thereby controlling diverse cellular processes and cell states. To comprehensively understand TFs and the programs they control, we created a barcoded library of all annotated human TF splice isoforms (>3,500) and applied it to build a TF Atlas charting expression profiles of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) overexpressing each TF at single-cell resolution. We mapped TF-induced expression profiles to reference cell types and validated candidate TFs for generation of diverse cell types, spanning all three germ layers and trophoblasts. Targeted screens with subsets of the library allowed us to create a tailored cellular disease model and integrate mRNA expression and chromatin accessibility data to identify downstream regulators. Finally, we characterized the effects of combinatorial TF overexpression by developing and validating a strategy for predicting combinations of TFs that produce target expression profiles matching reference cell types to accelerate cellular engineering efforts.


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Diferenciación Celular , Factores de Transcripción , Humanos , Cromatina , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Células Madre Embrionarias Humanas/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , Atlas como Asunto
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Nature ; 583(7818): 819-824, 2020 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32699411

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The thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), the major source of thalamic inhibition, regulates thalamocortical interactions that are critical for sensory processing, attention and cognition1-5. TRN dysfunction has been linked to sensory abnormality, attention deficit and sleep disturbance across multiple neurodevelopmental disorders6-9. However, little is known about the organizational principles that underlie its divergent functions. Here we performed an integrative study linking single-cell molecular and electrophysiological features of the mouse TRN to connectivity and systems-level function. We found that cellular heterogeneity in the TRN is characterized by a transcriptomic gradient of two negatively correlated gene-expression profiles, each containing hundreds of genes. Neurons in the extremes of this transcriptomic gradient express mutually exclusive markers, exhibit core or shell-like anatomical structure and have distinct electrophysiological properties. The two TRN subpopulations make differential connections with the functionally distinct first-order and higher-order thalamic nuclei to form molecularly defined TRN-thalamus subnetworks. Selective perturbation of the two subnetworks in vivo revealed their differential role in regulating sleep. In sum, our study provides a comprehensive atlas of TRN neurons at single-cell resolution and links molecularly defined subnetworks to the functional organization of thalamocortical circuits.


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Redes Reguladoras de Genes , Núcleos Talámicos/citología , Núcleos Talámicos/metabolismo , Animales , Análisis por Conglomerados , Femenino , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Hibridación Fluorescente in Situ , Metaloendopeptidasas/metabolismo , Ratones , Vías Nerviosas , Neuronas/metabolismo , Osteopontina/metabolismo , Técnicas de Placa-Clamp , RNA-Seq , Análisis de la Célula Individual , Sueño/genética , Sueño/fisiología , Núcleos Talámicos/fisiología , Transcriptoma
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Chem Soc Rev ; 53(8): 4086-4153, 2024 Apr 22.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38465517

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Degradable biomedical elastomers (DBE), characterized by controlled biodegradability, excellent biocompatibility, tailored elasticity, and favorable network design and processability, have become indispensable in tissue repair. This review critically examines the recent advances of biodegradable elastomers for tissue repair, focusing mainly on degradation mechanisms and evaluation, synthesis and crosslinking methods, microstructure design, processing techniques, and tissue repair applications. The review explores the material composition and cross-linking methods of elastomers used in tissue repair, addressing chemistry-related challenges and structural design considerations. In addition, this review focuses on the processing methods of two- and three-dimensional structures of elastomers, and systematically discusses the contribution of processing methods such as solvent casting, electrostatic spinning, and three-/four-dimensional printing of DBE. Furthermore, we describe recent advances in tissue repair using DBE, and include advances achieved in regenerating different tissues, including nerves, tendons, muscle, cardiac, and bone, highlighting their efficacy and versatility. The review concludes by discussing the current challenges in material selection, biodegradation, bioactivation, and manufacturing in tissue repair, and suggests future research directions. This concise yet comprehensive analysis aims to provide valuable insights and technical guidance for advances in DBE for tissue engineering.


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Materiales Biocompatibles , Elastómeros , Medicina Regenerativa , Ingeniería de Tejidos , Humanos , Elastómeros/química , Materiales Biocompatibles/química , Animales
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BMC Plant Biol ; 24(1): 480, 2024 May 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38816792

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Phosphorus, a crucial macronutrient essential for plant growth and development. Due to widespread phosphorus deficiency in soils, phosphorus deficiency stress has become one of the major abiotic stresses that plants encounter. Despite the evolution of adaptive mechanisms in plants to address phosphorus deficiency, the specific strategies employed by species such as Epimedium pubescens remain elusive. Therefore, this study observed the changes in the growth, physiological reponses, and active components accumulation in E. pubescensunder phosphorus deficiency treatment, and integrated transcriptome and miRNA analysis, so as to offer comprehensive insights into the adaptive mechanisms employed by E. pubescens in response to phosphorus deficiency across various stages of phosphorus treatment. Remarkably, our findings indicate that phosphorus deficiency induces root growth stimulation in E. pubescens, while concurrently inhibiting the growth of leaves, which are of medicinal value. Surprisingly, this stressful condition results in an augmented accumulation of active components in the leaves. During the early stages (30 days), leaves respond by upregulating genes associated with carbon metabolism, flavonoid biosynthesis, and hormone signaling. This adaptive response facilitates energy production, ROS scavenging, and morphological adjustments to cope with short-term phosphorus deficiency and sustain its growth. As time progresses (90 days), the expression of genes related to phosphorus cycling and recycling in leaves is upregulated, and transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation (miRNA regulation and protein modification) is enhanced. Simultaneously, plant growth is further suppressed, and it gradually begins to discard and decompose leaves to resist the challenges of long-term phosphorus deficiency stress and sustain survival. In conclusion, our study deeply and comprehensively reveals adaptive strategies utilized by E. pubescens in response to phosphorus deficiency, demonstrating its resilience and thriving potential under stressful conditions. Furthermore, it provides valuable information on potential target genes for the cultivation of E. pubescens genotypes tolerant to low phosphorus.


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Epimedium , MicroARNs , Fósforo , Transcriptoma , Fósforo/deficiencia , Fósforo/metabolismo , MicroARNs/genética , MicroARNs/metabolismo , Epimedium/genética , Epimedium/metabolismo , Epimedium/fisiología , Adaptación Fisiológica/genética , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Hojas de la Planta/genética , Hojas de la Planta/metabolismo , Estrés Fisiológico/genética , ARN de Planta/genética , ARN de Planta/metabolismo , Raíces de Plantas/genética , Raíces de Plantas/metabolismo , Raíces de Plantas/crecimiento & desarrollo
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Chemphyschem ; : e202400412, 2024 May 21.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38772911

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The N1-Spermidine/spermine acetyltransferase (SSAT) serves as the rate-limiting enzyme in the polyamine metabolism pathway, specifically catalyzing the acetylation of spermidine, spermine, and other specific polyamines. The source of its enzymatic selectivity remains elusive. Here, we used quantum mechanics and molecular mechanics simulations combined with various technologies to explore the enzymatic mechanism of SSAT for endogenous polyamines from an atomic perspective. The static binding and chemical transformation were considered. The binding affinity was identified to be dependent on the protonated state of polyamine. The order of the binding affinity for Spm, Spd, and Put is consistent with the experimental results, which is also verified by the dynamic separation of polyamine and SSAT. Hydrogen bond interactions and salt bridges contribute most, and the common hot residues were identified. In addition, the transfer of acetyl and proton between polyamine and AcCoA was discovered to follow a concerted mechanism, and thermodynamic properties are responsible for the catalytic efficiency of SSAT. This work may be helpful for the development of polyamine derivatives based on catalysis to regulate polyamine metabolism.

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J Plant Res ; 137(1): 37-48, 2024 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37917204

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Geum japonicum (Rosaceae) has been widely used in China as a traditional herbal medicine due to its high economic and medicinal value. However, the appearance of Geum species is relatively similar, making identification difficult by conventional phenotypic methods, and the studies of genomics and species evolution are lacking. To better distinguish the medicinal varieties and fill this gap, we carried out relevant research on the chloroplast genome of G. japonicum. Results show a typical quadripartite structure of the chloroplast genome of G. japonicum with a length of 156,042 bp. There are totally 131 unique genes in the genome, including 87 protein-coding genes, 36 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes, and there were also 87 SSRs identified and mostly mononucleotide Adenine-Thymine. We next compared the plastid genomes among four Geum species and obtained 14 hypervariable regions, including ndhF, psbE, trnG-UCC, ccsA, trnQ-UUG, rps16, psbK, trnL-UAA, ycf1, ndhD, atpA, petN, rps14, and trnK-UUU. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that G. japonicum is most closely related to Geum aleppicum, and possibly has some evolutionary relatedness with an ancient relic plant Taihangia rupestris. This research enriched the genome resources and provided fundamental insights for evolutionary studies and the phylogeny of Geum.


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Genoma del Cloroplasto , Geum , Filogenia , Genoma del Cloroplasto/genética , Geum/genética , Genómica/métodos , Cloroplastos/genética
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J Plant Res ; 137(4): 575-587, 2024 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38652407

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Eomecon chionantha Hance, an endemic species in China, has a long medical history in Chinese ethnic minority medicine and is known for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. However, studies of E. chionantha are lacking. In this study, we investigated the characteristics of the E. chionantha chloroplast genome and determined the taxonomic position of E. chionantha in Papaveraceae via phylogenetic analysis. In addition, we determined molecular markers to identify E. chionantha at the molecular level by comparing the chloroplast genomes of E. chionantha and its closely related species. The complete chloroplast genomic information indicated that E. chionantha chloroplast DNA (178,808 bp) contains 99 protein-coding genes, 8 rRNAs, and 37 tRNAs. Meanwhile, we were able to identify a total of 54 simple sequence repeats through our analysis. Our findings from the phylogenetic analysis suggest that E. chionantha shares a close relationship with four distinct species, namely Macleaya microcarpa, Coreanomecon hylomeconoides, Hylomecon japonica, and Chelidonium majus. Additionally, using the Kimura two-parameter model, we successfully identified five hypervariable regions (ycf4-cemA, ycf3-trnS-GGA, trnC-GCA-petN, rpl32-trnL-UAG, and psbI-trnS-UGA). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the complete chloroplast genome of E. chionantha, providing a scientific reference for further understanding of E. chionantha from the perspective of the chloroplast genome and establishing a solid foundation for the future identification, taxonomic determination and evolutionary analysis of this species.


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Genoma del Cloroplasto , Filogenia , Genoma del Cloroplasto/genética , China , Papaveraceae/genética , ADN de Cloroplastos/genética , Repeticiones de Microsatélite/genética , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN
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Small ; 19(19): e2207057, 2023 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36775954

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Oxidative damage and infection can prevent or delay tissue repair. Moreover, infection reinforces reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation, which makes the wound's condition even worse. Therefore, the need for antioxidant and antibacterial agents is felt for tissue regeneration. There are emerging up-and-coming biomaterials that recapitulate both properties into a package, offering an effective solution to turn the wound back into a healing state. In this article, the principles of antioxidant and antibacterial activity are summarized. The review starts with biological aspects, getting the readers to familiarize themselves with tissue barriers against infection. This is followed by the chemistry and mechanism of action of antioxidant and antibacterial materials (dual function). Eventually, the outlook and challenges are underlined to provide where the dual-function biomaterials are and where they are going in the future. It is expected that the present article inspires the designing of dual-function biomaterials to more advanced levels by providing the fundamentals and comparative points of view and paving the clinical way for these materials.


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Antibacterianos , Antioxidantes , Antibacterianos/química , Antioxidantes/farmacología , Antioxidantes/química , Cicatrización de Heridas , Estrés Oxidativo , Materiales Biocompatibles/farmacología , Materiales Biocompatibles/química
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Chemistry ; 29(25): e202203363, 2023 May 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36826395

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Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is a key target for the current symptomatic treatment of Alzheimer's disease, and galantamine is a clinical anticholinesterase drug with transiently acting characteristic and good selectivity for AChE. The present theoretical-experimental work improves the drug's residence time without reducing the inhibition effect, thus providing a crucial breakthrough for modifying the inhibitor of AChE with better kinetic behavior. The static binding and dynamic delivery properties acquired from atomic view reveal that the galantamine simply occupies a catalytic anionic site, and its release from AChE needs only ∼8.6 kcal/mol. Both of these may cause the short residence time of galantamine. The hotspots and most favorable transport mechanism are identified, and the hydrogen bond and aromatic stacking interactions are observed to play crucial roles for galantamine binding and release in AChE. The typical peripheral anionic site arisen at the delivery process would provide another key occupation to enhance the anti-release ability for inhibitors. The compound with "specific-ring-chain-ring" framework with detailed beneficial modification scheme is summarized, which may improve the residence time of the inhibitor in AChE. The thermodynamic and dynamic properties of galantamine derivatives are also studied. Based on dictamnine, a natural alkaloid, two novel eligible derivatives are designed, synthesized and evaluated, which verifies our prediction. Multiple computational approaches and experimental combinations probably provide a train of thought from both static and dynamic views to modify or design appropriate inhibitors on the basis of specific binding and transportation features.


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Enfermedad de Alzheimer , Productos Biológicos , Humanos , Acetilcolinesterasa/metabolismo , Enfermedad de Alzheimer/tratamiento farmacológico , Inhibidores de la Colinesterasa/química , Inhibidores de la Colinesterasa/farmacología , Galantamina/química , Galantamina/farmacología , Simulación del Acoplamiento Molecular
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Physiol Plant ; 175(3): e13916, 2023.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37093159

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Camptotheca acuminata Decne., the main source of camptothecin (CPT), has received increasing attention for its remarkable antitumor activity. Many CPT derivatives are clinically used as effective anticancer agents worldwide. However, their biosynthesis mechanism remains unclear, and uncovering this pathway would greatly facilitate development of alternative CPT production methods to replace current inefficient plant-derived ones. The expression of >30,000 genes was accurately quantified using unique molecular identifier RNA sequencing in 10 C. acuminata tissues, and 7854 proteins from five tissues were quantified with label-free quantitative proteomics. Fifteen full-length transcriptomes were sequenced with long-read Oxford Nanopore Technologies, and 5692 alternative splicing events were discovered among 4746 genes. Integrated transcriptome and proteome analysis provided novel insights into CPT biosynthesis and its hierarchical regulation. Five cytochrome P450s and three O-methyltransferases were considered as candidates involved in the biosynthesis of CPT and its derivatives, while 15 transcription factors potentially regulating CPT biosynthesis were screened. These findings provide important clues for elucidating the biosynthetic mechanisms of CPT and its derivatives and substantially contribute to the future production of these anticancer agents with synthetic biology. The generated large-scale multiomics data also provide valuable resources for investigating the functional genomics of the most important CPT-producing plant species-C. acuminata.


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Antineoplásicos , Camptotheca , Transcriptoma , Camptotecina/metabolismo , Camptotheca/genética , Camptotheca/metabolismo , Proteoma/genética , Proteoma/metabolismo , Antineoplásicos/metabolismo
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Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban ; 54(4): 726-730, 2023 Jul.
Artículo en Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37545064

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Diabetic chronic wounds entail enormous psychological and economic burdens on diabetic patients. Traditional types of wound dressings lack diversity in their functions and do not have sufficient adaptability to the wound environment, which makes it difficult to meet the complicated needs arising during the healing process when they are used. Stimuli-responsive hydrogels respond specifically to the special environment of the wound area, for example, temperature, pH, glucose, etc., and achieve on-demand release by loading active substances, which effectively promotes diabetic wound healing. Herein, based on the research progress in stimulus-responsive wound dressings in recent years and the relevant work of our research team, we summarized and discussed hydrogel wound dressings responsive to temperature, pH, glucose, reactive oxygen species, enzymes, and multiple stimuli. Based on the special physiological environment of diabetic wounds, hydrogels with single or multiple stimuli-responsive properties can be designed so that they can release drugs on demand and improve the microenvironment of the wound, thus meeting the specific needs of different stages of wound healing. Although stimuli-responsive hydrogels currently show excellent therapeutic potential, there is still room for further development-cells or cytokines loaded in wound dressings usually act only at specific healing stages and the timing needs to be precisely controlled in order to avoid counterproductive effects on wound healing. In addition, the construction of sensor-therapeutic integrated devices for real-time monitoring of wound biochemical indicators so that drugs are release on demand and with precision to promote wound healing is also one of the topics that deserve more attention from researchers.


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Diabetes Mellitus , Hidrogeles , Humanos , Hidrogeles/uso terapéutico , Hidrogeles/química , Hidrogeles/farmacología , Cicatrización de Heridas , Vendajes , Glucosa/farmacología
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 614: 175-182, 2022 07 23.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35598428

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Maternal exposure to anesthetic agents could impose significant neurocognitive risks on the developing brain of infants. Myelin produced by oligodendrocytes (OLs) is essential for the development of brain. However, the concrete effect of general anesthesia on the development and myelination of OLs is still elusive. In this study, we aim to investigate postnatal myelination and neural behavior after maternal exposure to sevoflurane. Pregnant C57BL/6 J mice (gestational day 15.5) were anesthetized with 2.5% sevoflurane (in 97.5% O2) for 6 h. Cognitive function and motor coordination of the offspring mice were evaluated with novel object recognition, Morris water maze and accelerating rotarod tests. Myelination and development of hippocampal OLs were analyzed with immunohistochemistry, qRT-PCR, western blotting and electron microscopy. The functionality of myelin was measured with electrophysiology. Our results showed that sevoflurane anesthesia during the gestational period induced cognitive and motor impairments in offspring mice, accompanied with damages of myelin structure and down regulations of myelin-associated genes and proteins (including MBP, Olig1, PDGFRα, Sox10, etc.). The development and maturation of OLs were suppressed, and the axonal conduction velocity was declined. These results demonstrated that maternal sevoflurane exposure could induce detrimental effects on cognitive and motor functions in offspring, which might be associated with disrupted myelination of OLs in the hippocampus.


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Exposición Materna , Trastornos Motores , Animales , Cognición , Femenino , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Humanos , Exposición Materna/efectos adversos , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Trastornos Motores/inducido químicamente , Vaina de Mielina , Oligodendroglía/fisiología , Embarazo , Sevoflurano/efectos adversos
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 632: 10-16, 2022 12 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36191372

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Paradoxical sleep deprivation (PSD) is prevalent in modern society, and impaired memory is one of its serious consequences. The pathogenic mechanism is still unclear, and the therapeutic strategies for PSD are limited. Here, we found that quercetin treatment ameliorated memory impairments caused by PSD in a dose-dependent manner in an animal model. Quercetin could restore the dynamic changes of the gamma band while the animals performed novel object recognition (NOR) tasks as determined by electroencephalogram analysis. Morphological analysis showed that quercetin, by targeting the hippocampal CA1 region, strikingly ameliorated the overactivation of microglia induced by PSD. Mechanistically, quercetin inhibited the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88), and nuclear factor kappa-b (NF-κB) cascade, which is critical for abnormal microglial activation following PSD stress. Our results provided experimental evidence for the therapeutic effects of quercetin on PSD-related memory impairments by suppressing TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB signaling that mediated abnormal microglia activation in the hippocampus.


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Trastornos de la Memoria , Microglía , Quercetina , Animales , Ratones , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Trastornos de la Memoria/tratamiento farmacológico , Trastornos de la Memoria/etiología , Microglía/metabolismo , Factor 88 de Diferenciación Mieloide/metabolismo , FN-kappa B/metabolismo , Quercetina/farmacología , Quercetina/uso terapéutico , Sueño REM/efectos de los fármacos , Receptor Toll-Like 4/metabolismo
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Phytochem Anal ; 33(7): 1147-1155, 2022 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35908761

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INTRODUCTION: Harvest time plays an important role on the quality of medicinal plants. The leaves of Crataegus pinnatifida Bge. var major N.E.Br (hawthorn leaves) could be harvested in summer and autumn according to the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China (Pharmacopoeia). However, little is known about the difference of the chemical constituents in hawthorn leaves with the harvest seasonal variations. OBJECTIVE: The chemical constituents of hawthorn leaves in different months were comprehensively analysed to determine the best harvest time. METHODS: Initially, the chemical information of the hawthorn leaves were obtained by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography and quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS). Subsequently, principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to compare the chemical compositions of hawthorn leaves harvested in different months. Then, an absolute quantitation method was established using high-performance liquid chromatography-charged aerosol detector (HPLC-CAD) to determine the contents of five compounds and clarify the changes of these components with the harvest seasonal variations. Meanwhile, a semi-quantitative method by integrating HPLC-CAD with inverse gradient compensation was also established and verified. RESULTS: Fifty-eight compounds were identified through UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS. PCA revealed that the harvest season of hawthorn leaves had a significant effect on the chemical compositions. The contents of five components were relatively high in autumn. Other four main components without reference standards were further analysed through the semi-quantitative method, which also showed a high content in autumn. CONCLUSIONS: This work emphasised the effect of harvest time on the chemical constituents of hawthorn leaves and autumn is recommended to ensure the quality.


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Crataegus , Plantas Medicinales , China , Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión/métodos , Crataegus/química , Hojas de la Planta/química , Plantas Medicinales/química
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Int J Mol Sci ; 23(24)2022 Dec 16.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36555695

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Prenylated flavonol glycosides in Epimedium plants, as key medicinal components, are known to have great pharmaceutical activities for human health. Among the main prenylated flavonol glycosides, the modification mechanism of different sugar moieties is still not well understood. In the current study, a novel prenylated flavonol rhamnoside xylosyltransferase gene (EpF3R2″XylT) was cloned from E. pubescens, and the enzymatic activity of its decoding proteins was examined in vitro with different prenylated flavonol rhamnoside substrates and different 3-O-monosaccharide moieties. Furthermore, the functional and structural domains of EpF3R2″XylT were analyzed by bioinformatic approaches and 3-D protein structure remodeling. In summary, EpF3R2″XylT was shown to cluster with GGT (glycosyltransferase that glycosylates sugar moieties of glycosides) through phylogenetic analysis. In enzymatic analysis, EpF3R2″XylT was proven to transfer xylose moiety from UDP-xylose to prenylated flavonol rhamnoside at the 2″-OH position of rhamnose. The analysis of enzymatic kinetics showed that EpF3R2″XylT had the highest substrate affinity toward icariin with the lowest Km value of 75.96 ± 11.91 mM. Transient expression of EpF3R2″XylT in tobacco leaf showed functional production of EpF3R2″XylT proteins in planta. EpF3R2″XylT was preferably expressed in the leaves of E. pubescens, which is consistent with the accumulation levels of major prenylflavonol 3-O-triglycoside. The discovery of EpF3R2″XylT will provide an economical and efficient alternative way to produce prenylated flavonol trisaccharides through the biosynthetic approach.


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Epimedium , Glicósidos , Flavonoides , Flavonoles/química , Glicósidos/química , Filogenia , Azúcares , Xilosa , UDP Xilosa Proteína Xilosiltransferasa
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Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi ; 47(22): 6020-6026, 2022 Nov.
Artículo en Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36471925

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Epimedii Folium is a well-known Chinese herbal medicine with the effect of nourishing kidney and strengthening Yang. Its main active ingredients are flavonoids. In this study, 60 samples of Epimedium sagittatum were collected for the determination of total flavonoids(TF) including the total amount of epimedin A, epimedin B, epimedin C, and icariin(abbreviated as ABCI) specified in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia as well as rhamnosylicariside Ⅱ and icariside Ⅱ. The calibration parameters of "first derivativemultiva-riate scattering correction in 1 900-650 cm~(-1) band(4-point smoothing)" and "first derivativestandard normal variable correction in 4 000-650 cm~(-1) full band(4-point smoothing)" were confirmed respectively. The quantitative model was established via Fourier infrared spectroscopy plus attenuated total reflection(FTIR-ATR) accessory combined with partial least squares(PLS) method and then used to predict the flavonoid content of 11 validation sets. The average prediction accuracy for ABCI in calibration set and validation set was 98.985% and 96.087%, respectively. The average prediction accuracy for TF in calibration set and validation set was 98.998% and 94.771%, respectively. These results indicated that FTIR-ATR combined with PLS model could be used for rapid prediction of flavonoid content in E. sagittatum, with the prediction accuracy above 94.7%. The establishment of this method provides a new solution for the detection of a large number of E. sagittatum samples.


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Epimedium , Epimedium/química , Flavonoides/química , Hojas de la Planta , Análisis de los Mínimos Cuadrados , Espectrofotometría Infrarroja
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Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi ; 47(13): 3447-3451, 2022 Jul.
Artículo en Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35850795

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In this study, 10 PA-type Perilla germplasms were selected to detect the content of two phenolic acids, i.e., rosmarinic acid(RA) and caffeic acid(CA), and six flavonoids, including scutellarin-7-O-diglucuronoside(SDG), luteolin-7-O-diglucuronoside(LDG), apigenin-7-O-diglucuronoside(ADG), scutellarin-7-O-glucuroside(SG), luteolin-7-O-glucuroside(LG), and apigenin-7-O-glucuroside(AG) in leaves, stems, and fruits. The total content of phenolic acids and flavonoids in leaves was 3.991-12.028 mg·g~(-1) and 12.309-25.071 mg·g~(-1), respectively, which was much higher than that in stems(0.586-2.015 mg·g~(-1) and 0.879-1.413 mg·g~(-1), respectively) and fruits(0.004-2.222 mg·g~(-1) and 0.651-1.936 mg·g~(-1), respectively). RA was detected in five fruit samples, and RA content between leaves and fruits showed a significant negative correlation in the other five samples. For flavonoids, only LG and LDG could be detected in stems, and SG and SDG were not detected in fruits, while other flavonoids were not detected in some samples. The content of total flavonoids and LG in leaves and fruits was significantly positively correlated, and the content of LG in stems and fruits was significantly positively correlated. In 10 stem samples, seven met the standard that the content of RA in the stem should be not less than 0.1% specified in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia(2020 edition). Only one fruit sample reached the standard of RA content in the fruit not less than 0.25% specified in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia.


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Flavonoides , Perilla , Apigenina , Luteolina , Fenoles , Extractos Vegetales , Hojas de la Planta
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ; 61(44): e202209484, 2022 11 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36075874

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Owing to the high depth of tissue penetration, non-invasiveness, and controllability, ultrasound (US)-mediated sonodynamic therapy (SDT) has shown broad application prospects for tumor treatment. However, the electron-hole separation inefficiency of sonosensitizers and the tumor hypoxia remain two major challenges limiting the effect of SDT. Here, ultrafine photoetched bismuth vanadate (BiVO4 ) nanorods modified with DSPE-PEG2000 (PEBVO@PEG NRs) were fabricated to achieve in situ self-supply of oxygen (O2 ) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) for hypoxic tumor therapy. The photoetching approach could enhance the charge separation by inducing enriched oxygen vacancies on the surface of BiVO4 , thereby improving the generation efficiency of ROS and O2 . The PEBVO@PEG overcome the main obstacles of traditional sonosensitizers in the SDT process and show promising sonodynamic therapeutic effects, thus providing new strategies for improving the performance of sonosensitizer and hypoxic tumor elimination.


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Nanotubos , Neoplasias , Terapia por Ultrasonido , Humanos , Especies Reactivas de Oxígeno , Oxígeno/uso terapéutico , Línea Celular Tumoral , Neoplasias/tratamiento farmacológico
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Small ; 17(38): e2101356, 2021 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34382336

RESUMEN

The inevitable bleeding during tumor resection greatly increases the risk of tumor recurrence caused by metastasis of cancer cells with blood, and hemostasis and prevention of post-operation tumor recurrence is still a challenge. However, a biomaterials approach for rapid hemostasis during tumor resection and simultaneous prevention of tumor recurrence is rarely reported. Here, zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) nanoparticle-enhanced multinetwork cryogels are proposed which provide an integrated treatment regimen for rapid hemostasis through intraoperative blood trigger shape recovery and enhanced coagulation, and prevention of postoperative cancer recurrence via sonodynamic anticancer in a hepatocellular carcinoma model. A series of antibacterial shape memory multifunctional cryogels are synthesized based on glycidyl methacrylate-functionalized quaternized chitosan (QCSG), dopamine-modified hyaluronic acid (HA-DA), and hematoporphyrin monomethyl ether (HMME)-loaded dopamine-modified ZIF-8 (ZDH). Blood loss in different bleeding models confirms good hemostasis of ZIF-8 loading cryogels. Besides, in vitro tests confirm that QCSG/HA-DA/ZDH (QH/ZDH) cryogels significantly killed cancer cells by generating reactive oxygen species under ultrasound. Finally, significantly reduced tumor recurrence after the resection of ectopic hepatocellular carcinoma further confirms the good effect of QH/ZDH cryogels in preventing recurrence by a coordinated strategy of intraoperative hemostasis and postoperative sonodynamic therapy by pH-responsive HMME release, showing great potential in clinical application.


Asunto(s)
Carcinoma Hepatocelular , Neoplasias Hepáticas , Antibacterianos/farmacología , Criogeles/farmacología , Hemostasis , Humanos , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia
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