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J Nanosci Nanotechnol ; 18(7): 4852-4857, 2018 Jul 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29442665

RESUMEN

Immobilization of glycerol dehydrogenase (GDH) from Serratia marcescens H30 onto epoxy functional magnetic nanoparticles by covalent attachment was carried out. The optimal immobilization conditions were obtained as follows: enzyme/support 6.08 mg/g, temperature 25 °C, pH 7.0 and time 8 h. Under these conditions, a high immobilization yield above 90% was obtained. The characterization of the immobilized GDH indicated that enhanced pH and thermal stability were achieved. Kinetic parameters Km of free and immobilized GDH were determined as 10.35 mM and 15.76 mM, respectively. The immobilized GDH retained about 85% initial activity after ten cycles. These results suggested that GDH immobilized onto magnetic nanoparticles is a simple and efficient way for preparation of stable enzyme. And the immobilized GDH has potential applications in the production of DHA.


Asunto(s)
Enzimas Inmovilizadas , Nanopartículas de Magnetita , Deshidrogenasas del Alcohol de Azúcar/química , Estabilidad de Enzimas , Concentración de Iones de Hidrógeno , Cinética , Deshidrogenasas del Alcohol de Azúcar/análisis , Temperatura
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Am J Ther ; 24(1): e20-e29, 2017.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26566148

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Elevated serum levels of high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and total cholesterol (TC) correlate with atherosclerotic vascular disease and increased frequency of vascular events. In this study, we investigated the effect of atorvastatin treatment on serum hs-CRP and TC levels, and the recurrence rate of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients. Furthermore, a meta-analysis was performed to confirm the findings in this study. A total of 105 patients with AF were recruited to this study, including 55 patients with AF who were treated with amiodarone and atorvastatin (the treatment group) and 50 patients with AF who were treated with only amiodarone (the control group). Patients were treated for 12 months and followed up regularly for 1 year. Serum hs-CRP and TC levels in patients before and after treatment were recorded, and AF recurrence rate at 3, 6, and 12 months of treatment was obtained. Statistical analyses were performed with R 3.1.0 software and STATA 12.0 software. For patients in both treatment and control groups, serum hs-CRP and TC levels were high before the treatments began (both P < 0.05). However, after 12 months of treatment, serum hs-CRP and TC levels in the treatment group was dramatically reduced compared with the control group (hs-CRP: 3.63 ± 2.14 mg/L vs. 2.75 ± 1.89 mg/L, t = 2.24, P = 0.027; TC: 4.66 ± 1.13 mmol/L vs. 4.20 ± 1.06 mmol/L, t = 2.15, P = 0.034). After 12 months of treatment, the AF recurrence rate in the treatment group was significantly lower than the control group (16.4% vs. 34.0%; χ = 4.37; P = 0.037). In addition, 13 studies were selected for meta-analysis. Pooled results of the meta-analysis showed that serum hs-CRP and TC levels decreased significantly in the treatment group compared with the case group [hs-CRP: SMD = 0.95, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.62-1.29, and P < 0.001; TC: SMD = 1.39, 95% CI = 0.65-2.13, and P < 0.001]. Our study presents compelling evidence that atorvastatin is highly effective in reducing serum hs-CRP and TC levels and lowering the recurrence rate of AF.


Asunto(s)
Pueblo Asiatico , Atorvastatina/uso terapéutico , Fibrilación Atrial/tratamiento farmacológico , Proteína C-Reactiva/metabolismo , Colesterol/metabolismo , Inhibidores de Hidroximetilglutaril-CoA Reductasas/uso terapéutico , Anciano , Amiodarona/uso terapéutico , Antiarrítmicos/uso terapéutico , Fibrilación Atrial/metabolismo , China , Quimioterapia Combinada , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Metaanálisis como Asunto , Persona de Mediana Edad , Recurrencia , Resultado del Tratamiento
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FEMS Microbiol Lett ; 368(6)2021 04 22.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33693611

RESUMEN

Russula griseocarnosa is one of the uncultivable important mycorrhizal edible fungi. Currently, there is a limited insight into the dynamic composition of the microbial communities associated with Russula. Here, the microbiota in the root and mycorrhizosphere from Russula-Fagaceae nature areas of Fujian province were identified by Illumina MiSeq high-throughput sequencing. First, we compared three types of fungal communities associated with Russula-Fagaceae root mycelia-running stage (stage-1), Russula sporocarping stage-2 (stage-2) and Russula-free Fagaceae root (stage-3). Fungal diversity negatively correlated with Russula. Russula, Tomentella and Lactarius were core EcM in Fagaceae roots. A total of eight genera, including Boletus, are likely a positive indicator of Russula sporocarp production in Russula-Fagaceae roots, while Tomentella and Elaphomyces for Russula symbiosis. Secondly, analysis of fungal and bacterial communities within rhizosphere soils from the three stages revealed six genera, including Dacryobolus and Acidocella, as possible indicator species associated with sporocarping in Russula. Elaphomyces, Tomentella, Sorangium, Acidicaldus, Acidobacterium and Haliangium occurred more frequently in the Russula rhizosphere. Furthermore, operational taxonomic unit (OTU) network analysis showed a positive correlation between Russula,Tomentella, Elaphomyces and Sorangium. Overall, our results revealed a relationship between micro-community and Russula, which may provide a new strategy for improving Russula symbiosis and sporocarp production.


Asunto(s)
Basidiomycota , Biodiversidad , Microbiota , Micorrizas , Simbiosis , Bacterias/clasificación , Bacterias/genética , China , Hongos/clasificación , Hongos/genética , Secuenciación de Nucleótidos de Alto Rendimiento , Microbiota/fisiología , Micorrizas/clasificación , Micorrizas/genética , Raíces de Plantas/microbiología , Microbiología del Suelo
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J Zhejiang Univ Sci B ; 9(10): 818-22, 2008 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18837110

RESUMEN

A new stem rot disease is found to occur naturally on Arabidopsis plants in greenhouses of Fuzhou, China. In order to identify its pathogen, we conducted a series of fungal isolation and purification, plant reinoculation, and ascus and ascospore induction from the sclerotia. The isolate caused typical water-soaked lesions after reinoculation and produced sclerotia both on Arabidopsis plants and culture medium plates, and the sclerotia could be induced to produce discal apothecia and 8 binucleate ascospores per ascus. These disease symptom and fungal morphology data revealed that the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary was the pathogen for Arabidopsis stem rot. To confirm this, we further amplified its large subunit ribosomal DNA (LSU rDNA) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and compared the sequence with the known LSU rDNA sequences in GenBank. The results show that the sequence shares the highest identities with the LSU rDNAs of different S. sclerotiorum strains. Taking all these data together, we concluded that the fungus that caused the Arabidopsis stem rot is S. sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary. This is the first report that Arabidopsis is naturally infected by S. sclerotiorum.


Asunto(s)
Ascomicetos/aislamiento & purificación , Ascomicetos/patogenicidad , Enfermedades de las Plantas/microbiología , Arabidopsis/microbiología , Ascomicetos/clasificación , Ascomicetos/genética , Secuencia de Bases , China , ADN de Hongos/genética , ADN Ribosómico/genética , Filogenia , Tallos de la Planta/microbiología
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Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online ; 64(Pt 12): o2405, 2008 Nov 22.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21581374

RESUMEN

In the title compound, 2C(11)H(10)N(3)O(4)S(+)·SiF(6) (2-), the short C-N distance [1.386 (2) Å] is indicative of a slight conjugation of N with the π electrons of the pyridinium ring, and with those of the sulfonyl group. The dihedral angle between the benzene and pyridinium rings is 77.48 (7)°. The crystal structure is stabilized by N-H⋯F and C-H⋯F hydrogen bonds. The Si atom of the anion lies on a special position.

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Front Plant Sci ; 9: 552, 2018.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29922306

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Hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) are abundant cell wall components involved in mycorrhizal symbiosis, but little is known about their function in orchid mycorrhizal association. To gain further insight into the role of HRGPs in orchid symbiosis, the location and function of HRGPs were investigated during symbiotic germination of Dendrobium officinale. The presence of JIM11 epitope in developing protocorms was determined using immunodot blots and immunohistochemical staining procedures. Real-time PCR was also employed to verify the expression patterns of genes coding for extensin-like genes selected from the transcriptomic database. The importance of HRGPs in symbiotic germination was further investigated using 3,4-dehydro-L-proline (3,4-DHP), an inhibitor of HRGP biosynthesis. In symbiotic cultures, immunodot blots of JIM11 signals were moderate in mature seeds, and the signals became stronger in swollen embryos. After germination, signal intensities decreased in developing protocorms. In contrast, in asymbiotic cultures, JIM11 signals were much lower as compared with those stages in symbiotic cultures. Immunofluorescence staining enabled the visualization of JIM11 epitope in mature embryo and protocorm cells. Positive signals were initially localized in the larger cells near the basal (suspensor) end of uninfected embryos, marking the future colonization site of fungal hyphae. After 1 week of inoculation, the basal end of embryos had been colonized, and a strong signal was detected mostly at the mid- and basal regions of the enlarging protocorm. As protocorm development progressed, the signal was concentrated in the colonized cells at the basal end. In colonized cells, signals were present in the walls and intracellularly associated with hyphae and the pelotons. The precise localization of JIM11 epitope is further examined by immunogold labeling. In the colonized cells, gold particles were found mainly in the cell wall and the interfacial matrix near the fungal cell wall. Four extensin-like genes were verified to be highly up-regulated in symbiotically germinated protocorms as compared to asymbiotically germinated ones. The 3,4-DHP treatment inhibited the accumulation of HRGPs and symbiotic seed germination. In these protocorms, fungal hyphae could be found throughout the protocorms. Our results indicate that HRGPs play an important role in symbiotic germination. They can serve as markers for fungal colonization, establishing a symbiotic compartment and constraining fungal colonization inside the basal cells of protocorms.

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Asian Pac J Cancer Prev ; 16(9): 4037-40, 2015.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25987082

RESUMEN

OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinical efficacy and toxic and side effects of recombinant human endostatin (rh- endostatin/endostar) combined with chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 70 patients with advanced gastrointestinal adenocarcioma confirmed by histopathology and/or cytological examination were divided into group A (37 patients) and group B (33 patients). Patients in group A were given intravenous drip of 15 mg endostar added into 500 mL normal saline, once every other day until the cessation of chemotherapy or patients' maximal tolerance to chemotherapy. Patients in group B received chemotherapy alone. Two groups selected the same chemotherapy regimens. FOLFIRI scheme: 90-min intravenous drip of 180 mg/m2 irinotecan, intravenous drip of 200 mg/m2 calcium folinate (CF) and 400 mg/m2 5-fluorouracil (5-Fu) on d1, and continuous intravenous pumping of 2 400 mg/m2 5-Fu for 46 h. FOLFOX4 scheme: intravenous injection of 85 mg/m2 oxaliplatin (L-OHP), 200 mg/m2 calcium folinate (CF) and 400 mg/m2 5-FU on d1 for 2 h, and then continuous intravenous pumping of 2 400 mg/m2 5-Fu for 46 h. XELOX scheme: oral administration of 1 500 mg/m2 xeloda (or tegafur 50~60 mg) in twice during d1~14 and intravenous drip of 135 mg/m2 L-OHP on d1 for 2 h. The modified FOLFOX scheme: intravenous injection of 135 mg/m2 L-OHP on d1 for 2 h, 200 mg/m2 CF and 1.0 g tegafur during d1~5. Whereas, control Group B received chemotherapy regimens which were same as Group A, but no addition of endostar. Before chemotherapy, patients were given intravenous injection of 8 mg ondansetron, intramuscular injection of 10 mg metoclopramide and 20 mg diphenhydramine for prevention of vomiting, protection of liver and stomach as well as symptomatic supportive treatment. One cycle was 21 d, 4~6 cycles in total. The efficacy was evaluated every 2 cycles. RESULTS: 32 patients in Group A could be evaluated, and the response rate (RR) and disease control rate (DCR) were 59.38% and 78.13%, respectively. 31 patients in Groups could be evaluated, and the RR and DCR were 32.26% and 54.84%, respectively. The differences between 2 groups were significant. The toxic effects include myelosuppression, gastrointestinal reaction, fatigue, cardiotoxicity and peripheral neurotoxicity. CONCLUSIONS: Preliminary observations show that endostar (once every other day) combined with chemotherapy is effective in the treatment of advanced gastrointestinal cancer, with low toxic effects, good tolerance, deserving further study.


Asunto(s)
Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapéutico , Endostatinas/administración & dosificación , Neoplasias Gastrointestinales/terapia , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/terapia , Proteínas Recombinantes/administración & dosificación , Adulto , Anciano , Camptotecina/administración & dosificación , Camptotecina/análogos & derivados , Terapia Combinada , Femenino , Fluorouracilo/administración & dosificación , Estudios de Seguimiento , Neoplasias Gastrointestinales/mortalidad , Neoplasias Gastrointestinales/patología , Humanos , Irinotecán , Leucovorina/administración & dosificación , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/mortalidad , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/patología , Estadificación de Neoplasias , Compuestos Organoplatinos/administración & dosificación , Oxaliplatino , Pronóstico , Tasa de Supervivencia
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PLoS One ; 9(6): e100284, 2014.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24936868

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Acute coronary artery diseases have been observed to be associated with some meteorological variables. But few of the previous studies considered autocorrelated outcomes. Electrocardiography is a widely used tool in the initial diagnosis of acute cardiovascular events, and emergency electrocardiography counts were shown to be highly correlated with acute myocardial infarction in our pilot study, hence a good index of prediction for acute cardiovascular events morbidity among the elderly. To indirectly assess the impact of temperature on the number of acute cardiovascular events, we studied the association between temperature and emergency electrocardiography counts while considering autocorrelated nature of the response variables. METHODS: We collected daily emergency electrocardiography counts for elderly females and males in Shanghai from 2007 to middle 2012, and studied temperature and other effects on these data using Mixed Generalized Additive Modelling methods. Delayed temperature effect distribution was described as the weighted average of the temperatures within 3 days before the counts was recorded. Autoregressive random effects were used in the model to describe the autocorrelation of the response variables. MAIN RESULTS: Temperature effect was observed to be piecewise linearly associated with the logarithm of emergency electrocardiography counts. The optimal weights of the delayed temperature effect distribution were obtained from the model estimation. The weights of lag-1 were the maximums, significantly greater than the weights of lag-2 and lag-3 for both females and males. The model showed good fit with R2 values of 0.860 for females and 0.856 for males. CONCLUSION: From the mixed generalized additive model, we infer that during cold and mild days, the number of emergency electrocardiography counts increase as temperature effect decreases, while during hot days, counts increase as temperature effect increases. Similar properties could be inferred for the occurrence of cardiovascular events.


Asunto(s)
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/diagnóstico , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/epidemiología , Electrocardiografía/estadística & datos numéricos , Modelos Teóricos , Temperatura , China/epidemiología , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Masculino , Proyectos Piloto , Pronóstico , Factores de Tiempo
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Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi ; 30(1): 34-7, 2009 Jan.
Artículo en Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19565845

RESUMEN

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between air temperature and emergency room visits among patients covered by medical care program from 'third-grade' hospitals in Shanghai. METHODS: Generalized additive model (GAM) was used to analyze time series, and AR(P) was used to deal with auto correlation of time series. After controlling factors as both medium-term and long-term trends, day of the week, vocation, typical pneumonia and pollutants, the association between air temperature and emergency room visits in virtue of quadratic curve and differential coefficient principle were estimated. RESULTS: When air temperature was below 14.71 degrees C, the increase of 95% confidence interval to relative risk in corresponding emergency room visits along with 1 degree C increase of air temperature, was less than 1. However, when air temperature was above 19.59 degrees C, the relative risk's 95% confidence interval was greater than 1. When air temperature varied at the range of 14.71 degrees C-19.59 degrees C, the 95% confidence interval of the relative risk would include 1. Hence, air temperature range between 14.71 degrees C-19.59 degrees C, was called the optimum temperature range. CONCLUSION: Our findings indicated that the current air temperature had an acute impact on the number of emergency room visits among patients covered by medical care program visiting those third grade hospitals in Shanghai.


Asunto(s)
Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital/estadística & datos numéricos , Modelos Estadísticos , Pacientes Ambulatorios/estadística & datos numéricos , Temperatura , China , Humanos
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Theor Appl Genet ; 116(4): 501-16, 2008 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18075727

RESUMEN

Rice sheath blight, caused by Rhizoctonia solani is one of the major diseases of rice. The pathogen infects rice plants directly through stomata or using lobate appressoria and hyphal masses called infection cushions. The infection structures were normally found at 36 h post-inoculation. During infection, the pathogenesis-related genes, PR1b and PBZ1 were induced in rice plants. To identify rice genes induced early in the defense response, suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) was used to generate a cDNA library enriched for transcripts differentially expressed during infection by R. solani. After differential screening by membrane-based hybridization and subsequent confirmation by reverse Northern blot analysis, selected clones were sequenced. Fifty unique cDNA clones were found and assigned to five different functional categories. Most of the genes were not previously identified as being induced in response to pathogens. We examined expression of 100 rice genes induced by infection with Magnaporthe grisea, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryze (Xoo) and X. oryzae pv. oryzicola (Xooc). Twenty-five of them were found to be differentially expressed after the sheath blight infection, suggesting overlap of defense responses to different fungal and bacterial pathogens infection.


Asunto(s)
Genes de Plantas/fisiología , Inmunidad Innata/genética , Oryza/genética , Enfermedades de las Plantas/microbiología , Rhizoctonia/patogenicidad , Northern Blotting , Cartilla de ADN/química , Biblioteca de Genes , Genoma de Planta , Magnaporthe/patogenicidad , Hibridación de Ácido Nucleico , Oryza/microbiología , Enfermedades de las Plantas/genética , ARN Mensajero/genética , ARN Mensajero/metabolismo , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa , Técnica de Sustracción , Xanthomonas/patogenicidad
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Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi ; 28(2): 131-5, 2007 Feb.
Artículo en Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17649681

RESUMEN

OBJECTIVE: To understand the environmental risk factors on attempted suicide in patients with major depression, and to study the interaction between factors as single nucleotide polymorphism(SNP) of TPH2 gene rs7305115 associated to attempted suicide in major depression. METHODS: Paired case-control study on 215 suicide attempters with major depression (92 male, 123 female) and molecular biological techniques were used to study the relation between TPH2 gene rs7305115 SNP,interrelated environmental factors and the rate of attempted suicide. Controls were paired with cases according to the same gender, similar age (no more than 3 years) and from the same district. RESULTS: There were remarkably significant differences in gene types and gene frequency between case and control groups (P < 0.001). Data from multivariate conditional logistic regression model analysis showed that hopelessness, negative life-events and family history of suicide were relationship of attempted suicide in patients with major depression with OR values as 0.33 (95% CI: 0.22-0.99), 7.68 (95% CI: 5.79-13.74), 6.64 (95% CI: 2.48-11.04), 2.98 (95% CI: 1.17-5.04) respectively. There was no first level interaction between any of the two risk factors. CONCLUSION: Results from the study supported the idea that hopelessness, negative life-events and family history of suicide were risk factors of attempted suicide in major deprbssion while TPH2 gene rs7305115 A/A might be the protective factor.


Asunto(s)
Trastorno Depresivo Mayor/psicología , Intento de Suicidio/psicología , Intento de Suicidio/estadística & datos numéricos , Triptófano Hidroxilasa/genética , Estudios de Casos y Controles , China/epidemiología , Trastorno Depresivo Mayor/genética , Humanos , Oportunidad Relativa , Polimorfismo de Nucleótido Simple , Factores de Riesgo
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