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J Affect Disord ; 2024 Apr 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38657768

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BACKGROUND: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a progressive condition. Investigating the neuroimaging mechanisms in depressed adolescents with subthreshold mania (SubMD) facilitates the early identification of BD. However, the global brain connectivity (GBC) patterns in SubMD patients, as well as the relationship with processing speed before the onset of full-blown BD, remain unclear. METHODS: The study involved 72 SubMD, 77 depressed adolescents without subthreshold mania (nSubMD), and 69 gender- and age-matched healthy adolescents (HCs). All patients underwent a clinical follow-up ranging from six to twelve months. We calculated the voxel-based graph theory analysis of the GBC map and conducted the TMT-A test to measure the processing speed. RESULTS: Compared to HCs and nSubMD, SubMD patients displayed distinctive GBC index patterns: GBC index decreased in the right Medial Superior Frontal Gyrus (SFGmed.R)/Superior Frontal Gyrus (SFG) while increased in the right Precuneus and left Postcentral Gyrus. Both patient groups showed increased GBC index in the right Inferior Temporal Gyrus. An increased GBC value in the right Supplementary Motor Area was exclusively observed in the nSubMD-group. There were opposite changes in the GBC index in SFGmed.R/SFG between two patient groups, with an AUC of 0.727. Additionally, GBC values in SFGmed.R/SFG exhibited a positive correlation with TMT-A scores in SubMD-group. LIMITATIONS: Relatively shorter follow-up duration, medications confounding, and modest sample size. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that adolescents with subthreshold BD have specific impairments patterns at the whole brain connectivity level associated with processing speed impairments, providing insights into early identification and intervention strategies for BD.

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Signal Transduct Target Ther ; 9(1): 104, 2024 Apr 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38654010

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The angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is a primary cell surface viral binding receptor for SARS-CoV-2, so finding new regulatory molecules to modulate ACE2 expression levels is a promising strategy against COVID-19. In the current study, we utilized islet organoids derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), animal models and COVID-19 patients to discover that fibroblast growth factor 7 (FGF7) enhances ACE2 expression within the islets, facilitating SARS-CoV-2 infection and resulting in impaired insulin secretion. Using hESC-derived islet organoids, we demonstrated that FGF7 interacts with FGF receptor 2 (FGFR2) and FGFR1 to upregulate ACE2 expression predominantly in ß cells. This upregulation increases both insulin secretion and susceptibility of ß cells to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Inhibiting FGFR counteracts the FGF7-induced ACE2 upregulation, subsequently reducing viral infection and replication in the islets. Furthermore, retrospective clinical data revealed that diabetic patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms exhibited elevated serum FGF7 levels compared to those with mild symptoms. Finally, animal experiments indicated that SARS-CoV-2 infection increased pancreatic FGF7 levels, resulting in a reduction of insulin concentrations in situ. Taken together, our research offers a potential regulatory strategy for ACE2 by controlling FGF7, thereby protecting islets from SARS-CoV-2 infection and preventing the progression of diabetes in the context of COVID-19.


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Enzima de Conversão de Angiotensina 2 , COVID-19 , Fator 7 de Crescimento de Fibroblastos , Ilhotas Pancreáticas , Organoides , SARS-CoV-2 , Humanos , Enzima de Conversão de Angiotensina 2/genética , Enzima de Conversão de Angiotensina 2/metabolismo , COVID-19/genética , COVID-19/metabolismo , COVID-19/virologia , COVID-19/patologia , SARS-CoV-2/genética , Organoides/virologia , Organoides/metabolismo , Organoides/patologia , Animais , Ilhotas Pancreáticas/metabolismo , Ilhotas Pancreáticas/virologia , Ilhotas Pancreáticas/patologia , Fator 7 de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/genética , Fator 7 de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Camundongos , Masculino , Células-Tronco Embrionárias Humanas/metabolismo , Secreção de Insulina/genética
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Sensors (Basel) ; 24(6)2024 Mar 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38544041

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Infrared video target detection is a fundamental technology within infrared warning and tracking systems. In long-distance infrared remote sensing images, targets often manifest as circular spots or even single points. Due to the weak and similar characteristics of the target to the background noise, the intelligent detection of these targets is extremely complex. Existing deep learning-based methods are affected by the downsampling of image features by convolutional neural networks, causing the features of small targets to almost disappear. So, we propose a new infrared video weak-target detection network based on central point regression. We focus on suppressing the image background by fusing the different features between consecutive frames with the original image features to eliminate the background's influence. We also employ high-resolution feature preservation and incorporate a spatial-temporal attention module into the network to capture as many target features as possible and improve detection accuracy. Our method achieves superior results on the infrared image weak aircraft target detection dataset proposed by the National University of Defense Technology, as well as on the simulated dataset generated based on real-world observation. This demonstrates the efficiency of our approach for detecting weak point targets in infrared continuous images.

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Burns Trauma ; 12: tkad036, 2024.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38434721

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Background: Hypoxia is the typical characteristic of keloids. The development of keloids is closely related to the abnormal phenotypic transition of macrophages. However, the role of exosomal microRNAs (miRNAs) derived from hypoxic macrophages in keloids remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the role of hypoxic macrophage-derived exosomes (HMDE) in the occurrence and development of keloids and identify the critical miRNA. Methods: The expression of CD206+ M2 macrophage in keloids and normal skin tissues was examined through immunofluorescence. The polarization of macrophages under a hypoxia environment was detected through flow cytometry. The internalization of macrophage-derived exosomes in human keloid fibroblasts (HKFs) was detected using a confocal microscope. miRNA sequencing was used to explore the differentially expressed miRNAs in exosomes derived from the normoxic and hypoxic macrophage. Subsequently, the dual-luciferase reporter assay verified that phosphatase and tension homolog (PTEN) was miR-26b-5p's target. The biological function of macrophage-derived exosomes, miR-26b-5p and PTEN were detected using the CCK-8, wound-healing and Transwell assays. Western blot assay was used to confirm the miR-26b-5p's underlying mechanisms and PTEN-PI3K/AKT pathway. Results: We demonstrated that M2-type macrophages were enriched in keloids and that hypoxia treatment could polarize macrophages toward M2-type. Compared with normoxic macrophages-derived exosomes (NMDE), HMDE promote the proliferation, migration and invasion of HKFs. A total of 38 differential miRNAs (18 upregulated and 20 downregulated) were found between the NMDE and HMDE. miR-26b-5p was enriched in HMDE, which could be transmitted to HKFs. According to the results of the functional assay, exosomal miR-26b-5p produced by macrophages facilitated HKFs' migration, invasion and proliferation via the PTEN-PI3K/AKT pathway. Conclusions: The highly expressed miR-26b-5p in HMDE promotes the development of keloids via the PTEN-PI3K/AKT pathway.

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Methods Mol Biol ; 2772: 301-309, 2024.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38411824

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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the cellular site for the biosynthesis of proteins and lipids. The ER is highly dynamic, whose homeostasis is maintained by proper ER shaping, unfolded protein response (UPR), ER-associated degradation (ERAD), and selective autophagy of the ER (ER-phagy). In ERAD and ER-phagy, unfolded/misfolded proteins are degraded in the 26S proteasome and the vacuole, respectively. Both processes are vital for normal plant development and plant responses to environmental stresses. While it is known that ubiquitination of a protein initiates EARD, recent research indicated that ubiquitination of a protein also promotes the turnover of the protein through ER-phagy. In this chapter, we describe in detail two in vivo methods for investigating (1) the degradation efficiency and (2) ubiquitination level of an ER-associated protein in Arabidopsis thaliana.


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Arabidopsis , Degradação Associada com o Retículo Endoplasmático , Proteólise , Ubiquitinação , Resposta a Proteínas não Dobradas
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Cancer Nurs ; 2024 Feb 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38416070

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BACKGROUND: Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common and serious complication after extensive surgery. Understanding the independent and potential modifiable risk factors leading to POD in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) can provide information for future intervention trials aimed at reducing this risk. OBJECTIVE: To systematically analyze influencing factors of POD in patients with HNC and identify high-risk individuals for delirium. METHODS: PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, OVID, and Cochrane Library were searched for publications prior to June 2023. Comparative studies in which POD risk factors were investigated were identified following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used to evaluate the study quality. Pooled odds ratios or mean differences for individual risk factors were estimated using the Mantel-Haenszel and inverse-variance methods. RESULTS: This review included 17 studies with a total of 4188 patients undergoing HNC surgery. The pooled prevalence of POD was 15.44%. Based on pooled analysis, 8 significant risk factors were identified including age older than 70 years, male sex, history of smoking, history of psychiatric disorder, American Society of Anesthesiologists score, albumin level, postoperative insomnia, and fluid intake. CONCLUSION: In the present study, 8 factors that correlated with POD were identified: 6 preoperative, 1 intraoperative, and 1 postoperative. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: The influencing factors for POD in patients with HNC were identified that can provide a reference for improving the psychological state of the patient population and further development of effective treatment interventions.

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Autophagy ; : 1-2, 2024 Feb 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38324996

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Macroautophagy/autophagy is a strategy cells use to cope with detrimental conditions, e.g. nutrient deficiency. Phagophores, the precursors to autophagosomes, are initiated and expanded on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). However, how phagophores and completed autophagosomes are linked to the ER remains incompletely understood. We recently unveiled a RAB GTPase-based linkage between the two structures. RABC1 is a plant member of RABC/RAB18 GTPases. Our biochemical and microscopy data indicated that RABC1 promotes autophagy in response to nutrient starvation, but not under ER stress. Under nutrient-starvation conditions, active RABC1 interacts with ATG18a on the ER, controlling the association of ATG18a to the ER. Subsequently, active RABC1 is turned off allowing expanded phagophores or autophagosomes to detach from the ER. Our work identifies a RAB GTPase-mediated autophagy process in plant cells, opening a door for improving crop productivity in the changing environment.

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Sci Rep ; 14(1): 4409, 2024 02 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38388563

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Despite recent advances in science and medical technology, pancreatic cancer remains associated with high mortality rates due to aggressive growth and no early clinical sign as well as the unique resistance to anti-cancer chemotherapy. Current numerous investigations have suggested that ferroptosis, which is a programed cell death driven by lipid oxidation, is an attractive therapeutic in different tumor types including pancreatic cancer. Here, we first demonstrated that linoleic acid (LA) and α-linolenic acid (αLA) induced cell death with necroptotic morphological change in MIA-Paca2 and Suit 2 cell lines. LA and αLA increased lipid peroxidation and phosphorylation of RIP3 and MLKL in pancreatic cancers, which were negated by ferroptosis inhibitor, ferrostatin-1, restoring back to BSA control levels. Similarly, intraperitoneal administration of LA and αLA suppresses the growth of subcutaneously transplanted Suit-2 cells and ameliorated the decreased survival rate of tumor bearing mice, while co-administration of ferrostatin-1 with LA and αLA negated the anti-cancer effect. We also demonstrated that LA and αLA partially showed ferroptotic effects on the gemcitabine-resistant-PK cells, although its effect was exerted late compared to treatment on normal-PK cells. In addition, the trial to validate the importance of double bonds in PUFAs in ferroptosis revealed that AA and EPA had a marked effect of ferroptosis on pancreatic cancer cells, but DHA showed mild suppression of cancer proliferation. Furthermore, treatment in other tumor cell lines revealed different sensitivity of PUFA-induced ferroptosis; e.g., EPA induced a ferroptotic effect on colorectal adenocarcinoma, but LA or αLA did not. Collectively, these data suggest that PUFAs can have a potential to exert an anti-cancer effect via ferroptosis in both normal and gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic cancer.


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Cicloexilaminas , Ferroptose , Neoplasias Pancreáticas , Fenilenodiaminas , Camundongos , Animais , Gencitabina , Ácidos Graxos Insaturados/farmacologia , Ácidos Graxos Insaturados/metabolismo , Ácido Linoleico , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/patologia
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Math Biosci Eng ; 21(1): 1286-1304, 2024 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38303465

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Diverging from traditional secret sharing schemes, group secret sharing schemes enable the recovery of secret information through collaborative efforts among groups. Existing schemes seldom consider the issue of the secrecy level of image information between different groups. Therefore, we propose a global progressive image secret sharing scheme under multi-group joint management. For inter-group relations, multiple groups with different priority levels are constructed using the approach of bit-polar decomposition. In this arrangement, higher-level groups obtain clearer secret image information. For intra-group relations, a participant-weighted secret sharing scheme is constructed based on Chinese Remainder Theorem and Birkhoff interpolation, in which the participants' secret sub-shares are reusable. During the recovery process, the sub-images can be recovered within the intragroup with the corresponding level. Groups collaborate through lightweight overlay operations to obtain different layers of secret images, achieving a global progressive effect. Analysis results show that the scheme is both secure and practical for group secret sharing.

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Plant Cell ; 36(2): 471-488, 2024 Jan 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37820743

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Plants produce a burst of reactive oxygen species (ROS) after pathogen infection to successfully activate immune responses. During pattern-triggered immunity (PTI), ROS are primarily generated by the NADPH oxidase RESPIRATORY BURST OXIDASE HOMOLOG D (RBOHD). RBOHD is degraded in the resting state to avoid inappropriate ROS production; however, the enzyme mediating RBOHD degradation and how to prevent RBOHD degradation after pathogen infection is unclear. In this study, we identified an Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) vacuole-localized papain-like cysteine protease, XYLEM CYSTEINE PEPTIDASE 1 (XCP1), and its inhibitor CYSTATIN 6 (CYS6). Pathogen-associated molecular pattern-induced ROS burst and resistance were enhanced in the xcp1 mutant but were compromised in the cys6 mutant, indicating that XCP1 and CYS6 oppositely regulate PTI responses. Genetic and biochemical analyses revealed that CYS6 interacts with XCP1 and depends on XCP1 to enhance PTI. Further experiments showed that XCP1 interacts with RBOHD and accelerates RBOHD degradation in a vacuole-mediated manner. CYS6 inhibited the protease activity of XCP1 toward RBOHD, which is critical for RBOHD accumulation upon pathogen infection. As CYS6, XCP1, and RBOHD are conserved in all plant species tested, our findings suggest the existence of a conserved strategy to precisely regulate ROS production under different conditions by modulating the stability of RBOHD.


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Proteínas de Arabidopsis , Arabidopsis , Cisteína Proteases , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Cisteína/metabolismo , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/metabolismo , Cistatina M/metabolismo , Reconhecimento da Imunidade Inata , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , NADPH Oxidases/genética , NADPH Oxidases/metabolismo , Cisteína Proteases/metabolismo , Imunidade Vegetal/genética
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Plant Physiol ; 194(3): 1253-1254, 2024 Feb 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37943849
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J Exp Bot ; 75(5): 1314-1330, 2024 Feb 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38069660

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Sphingolipids are membrane lipids and play critical roles in signal transduction. Ceramides are central components of sphingolipid metabolism that are involved in cell death. However, the mechanism of ceramides regulating cell death in plants remains unclear. Here, we found that ceramides accumulated in mitochondria of accelerated cell death 5 mutant (acd5), and expression of mitochondrion-localized ceramide kinase (ACD5) suppressed mitochondrial ceramide accumulation and the acd5 cell death phenotype. Using immuno-electron microscopy, we observed hyperaccumulation of ceramides in acer acd5 double mutants, which are characterized by mutations in both ACER (alkaline ceramidase) and ACD5 genes. The results confirmed that plants with specific ceramide accumulation exhibited localization of ceramides to mitochondria, resulting in an increase in mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production. Interestingly, when compared with the wild type, autophagy-deficient mutants showed stronger resistance to ceramide-induced cell death. Lipid profiling analysis demonstrated that plants with ceramide accumulation exhibited a significant increase in phosphatidylethanolamine levels. Furthermore, exogenous ceramide treatment or endogenous ceramide accumulation induces autophagy. When exposed to exogenous ceramides, an increase in the level of the autophagy-specific ubiquitin-like protein, ATG8e, associated with mitochondria, where it directly bound to ceramides. Taken together, we propose that the accumulation of ceramides in mitochondria can induce cell death by regulating autophagy.


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Proteínas de Arabidopsis , Arabidopsis , Ceramidas/metabolismo , Ceramidas/farmacologia , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Autofagia , Morte Celular , Fosfotransferases (Aceptor do Grupo Álcool)/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo
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J Neurosci Methods ; 401: 110008, 2024 01 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37967671

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BACKGROUND: Decoding emotions from brain maps is a challenging task. Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is commonly used for EEG feature map. However, due to its local bias, CNN is unable to efficiently utilize the global spatial information of EEG signals which limits the accuracy of emotion recognition. NEW METHODS: We design the Dual-scal EEG-Mixer(DSE-Mixer) model for EEG feature map processing. Its brain region mixer layer and electrode mixer layer are designed to fuse EEG information at different spatial scales. For each mixer layer, the structure of alternating mixing of rows and columns of the input table enables cross-regional and cross-Mchannel communication of EEG information. In addition, a channel attention mechanism is introduced to adaptively learn the importance of each channel. RESULTS: On the DEAP dataset, the DSE-Mixer model achieved a binary classification accuracy of 95.19% for arousal and 95.22% for valence. For the four-class classification across valence and arousal, the accuracies were HVHA: 92.12%, HVLA: 89.77%, LVLA: 93.35%, and LVHA: 92.63%. On the SEED dataset, the average recognition accuracy for the three emotions (positive, negative, and neutral) is 93.69%. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS: In the emotion recognition research based on the DEAP and SEED datasets, DSE-Mixer achieved a high ranking performance. Compared to the two commonly used model in computer vision field, CNN and Vision Transformer(VIT), DSE-Mixer achieved significantly higher classification accuracy while requiring much less computational complexity. CONCLUSIONS: DSE-Mixer provides a novel brain map processing model with a small size, demonstrating outstanding performance in emotion recognition.


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Emoções , Reconhecimento Psicológico , Nível de Alerta , Redes Neurais de Computação , Eletroencefalografia
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Dev Cell ; 58(24): 2947-2958.e5, 2023 Dec 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38056450

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The expansion of autophagosomes requires a controlled association with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). However, the mechanisms governing this process are not well defined. In plants, ATG18a plays a key role in autophagosome formation in response to stress, yet the factors regulating the process are unknown. This study finds that ATG18a acts as a downstream effector of RABC1, a member of the poorly characterized Rab18/RabC GTPase subclass in plants. Active RABC1 interacts with ATG18a on the ER, particularly under nutrient starvation. In rabc1 mutants, autophagy is compromised, especially under nutrient deprivation, affecting the ER association and expansion of ATG18a-positive autophagosomes. Furthermore, both dominant-negative and constitutively active RABC1 forms inhibit autophagy. The dominant inactive RABC1 impedes the ER association of ATG18a, whereas the constitutively active RABC1 delays ATG18a detachment from the ER. Collectively, RABC1 regulates the ER association and the subsequent detachment of ATG18a-positive autophagosomes during nutrient starvation.


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Proteínas de Arabidopsis , Arabidopsis , Arabidopsis/genética , GTP Fosfo-Hidrolases , Autofagia/fisiologia , Autofagossomos , Plantas , Retículo Endoplasmático , Proteínas Relacionadas à Autofagia/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética
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Fish Shellfish Immunol ; 143: 109203, 2023 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37940083

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Calreticulin (Crt), a conserved lectin-like pleiotropic protein, plays crucial roles in mammalian immune response. In fish, the immunological function of Crt is limited investigated. Herein, we studied the antibacterial immunity of two type of Crt homologues (i.e. PoCrt-1 and PoCrt-2) in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). PoCrt-1 and PoCrt-2 are composed of 419 and 427 amino acid residues respectively, with 69.09% overall sequence identities with each other. Both PoCrt-1 and PoCrt-2 contain a signal peptide and three functional domains i.e. N-, P- and C-domains. Both PoCrt-1 and PoCrt-2 were constitutively expressed at various tissues with highest expression level in liver, and obviously regulated by Edwardsiella tarda and Vibrio harveyi. Furthermore, recombinant PoCrt-1 and PoCrt-2 (rPoCrt-1 and rPoCrt-2) could bind to different Gram-negative bacteria with highest binding index with E. tarda. At same time, in vitro rPoCrt-1 and rPoCrt-2 could agglutinate E. tarda, V. harveyi, and Vibrio anguillarum, and inhibit the bacterial growth. Similarly, in vivo rPoCrt-1 and rPoCrt-2 could significantly suppress the dissemination of E. tarda. Overall, these observations add new insights into the antibacterial immunity of Crt in P. olivaceus.


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Infecções por Enterobacteriaceae , Doenças dos Peixes , Linguado , Vibrioses , Animais , Calreticulina , Vibrioses/veterinária , Peixes/metabolismo , Antibacterianos , Edwardsiella tarda/fisiologia , Infecções por Enterobacteriaceae/veterinária , Proteínas de Peixes , Mamíferos/metabolismo
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Molecules ; 28(22)2023 Nov 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38005349

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This study aims to optimize the processing of Myristica fragrans Houtt. by talcum powder simmering using single-factor and orthogonal experimental methods, and the overall desirability values of dehydrodiisoeugenol and essential oils content were selected as indicators of the process. The new process reduced the total content of the three toxic components, namely myristicin, safrole and elemicin, from 1.91% to 1.16% before and after processing, indicating that the toxic components were reduced by 39%. The IC50 of the essential oils before and after processing were 1.002 ± 0.05 and 0.233 ± 0.05 mg/mL for DPPH scavenging activity and 0.132 ± 0.04 and 0.057 ± 0.05 mg/mL for ABTS scavenging activity, respectively. And the absorbance of the antioxidant activity against Ferric reducing power ranged from 0.213 to 0.709 and from 0.225 to 0.755, respectively. The minimum inhibitory concentration for Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus pumilus and Escherichia coli were all lower after processing than before. The antioxidant activity and antibacterial activity of the essential oils after processing were better than before. The results of the survival of zebrafish embryos at different concentrations of essential oils at 0-168 h post fertilisation were higher after processing than before. These findings suggest that processing plays the role of reducing toxicity and increasing beneficial effects. They provide a scientific basis not only for the processing of M. fragrans, but also for the processing of other foods.


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Myristica , Óleos Voláteis , Animais , Antioxidantes/farmacologia , Cromatografia Gasosa-Espectrometria de Massas/métodos , Peixe-Zebra , Sementes , Óleos Voláteis/farmacologia
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Math Biosci Eng ; 20(9): 16678-16704, 2023 Aug 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37920029

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Quick response (QR) codes have become increasingly popular as a medium for quickly and easily accessing information through mobile devices. However, the open-source nature of QR code encoding poses a risk of information leakage and potential attacks, especially with the growing use of QR codes in financial services and authentication applications. To mitigate the risk of information leakage due to open-source QR code encoding, this paper proposes a two-level QR code scheme based on a region matrix image secret sharing algorithm. In this scheme, the first-level public information can be directly obtained by scanning with any standard QR code scanner, while the two-level secret information can only be accessed by overlaying the shared images. To enhance the robustness of joint secret information recovery using shared images, this article designs a progressive image secret sharing algorithm based on region matrices. This algorithm meticulously processes high-priority share regions and generates multiple substitute shares. In the event of attacks on key shares, substitute shares can be employed to recover the secret information. For an increased payload capacity of each QR code, an adaptive pixel depth adjustment algorithm is devised. This algorithm ensures that the recovery of two-level secret information maintains high clarity, while not affecting the scanning functionality of each shared QR code. Experimental results validate the feasibility of this scheme, which simplifies the construction matrix, reduces matrix redundancy, and exhibits priority partitioning and higher robustness. Furthermore, QR codes embedding secret shares can safeguard the two-level information, and the recovered images exhibit exceptional clarity.

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Cardiol Res Pract ; 2023: 2870188, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37927390

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Background: Bachmann's bundle (BB) is the main pathway of interatrial connection that could be involved in the development of atrial fibrillation (AF). Based on this hypothesis, we raised a novel ablation strategy, BB modification in addition to circumferential pulmonary vein isolation (CPVI-BB) in patients with AF. Methods: A retrospective cohort of patients with AF who underwent CPVI-BB or CPVI alone from March 2018 to July 2021 was enrolled in our study. Propensity score matching was performed in patients with paroxysmal AF and persistent AF, respectively, to reduce the risk of selection bias between the treatment strategies (CPVI-BB or CPVI alone). The primary endpoint was overall freedom from atrial arrhythmia recurrence through 12 months of follow-up. Results: Our propensity score-matched cohort included 82 patients with paroxysmal AF (CPVI group: n = 41; CPVI-BB group: n = 41) and 168 patients with persistent AF (CPVI group: n = 84; CPVI-BB group: n = 84). Among patients with persistent AF, one-year freedom from atrial arrhythmia recurrence rate was 83.3% in the CPVI-BB group and 70.2% in the CPVI group (log-rank P = 0.047). Among patients with paroxysmal AF, no significant difference was found in the primary endpoint between two groups (85.4% in the CPVI-BB group vs. 80.5% in the CPVI group; log-rank P = 0.581). In addition, procedure-related complications and recurrence of atrial tachycardia or atrial flutter were similar between the two treatment groups, regardless of the type of AF. Conclusions: BB modification in addition to CPVI is an effective approach in increasing the maintenance of sinus rhythm in patients with persistent AF, while it does not improve the clinical outcomes of radiofrequency catheter ablation in patients with paroxysmal AF.

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Environ Int ; 182: 108328, 2023 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37979534

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In this study, zebrafish (Danio rerio) were exposed to polystyrene nanoplastics (PS-NPs, 80 nm) at 0, 15, or 150 µg/L for 21 days and supplied with a low or high vitamin D (VD) diet (280 or 2800 IU/kg, respectively, indicated by - or +) to determine whether and how VD can regulate lipid metabolism disorder induced by PS-NPs. Six groups were created according to the PS-NP concentration and VD diet status: 0-, 0+, 15-, 15+,150-, and 150 +. Transmission electron microscopy showed that PS-NPs accumulated in the livers of zebrafish, which led to large numbers of vacuoles and lipid droplets in liver cell matrices; this accumulation was most prominent in the 150- group, wherein the number of lipid droplets increased significantly by 136.36%. However, the number of lipid droplets decreased significantly by 76.92% in the 150+ group compared with the 150- group. An examination of additional biochemical indicators showed that the high VD diet partially reversed the increases in the triglyceride and total cholesterol contents induced by PS-NPs (e.g., triglycerides decreased by 58.52% in the 150+ group, and total cholesterol decreased by 44.64% in the 15+ group), and regulated lipid metabolism disorder mainly by inhibiting lipid biosynthesis. Untargeted lipidomics analysis showed that exposure to PS-NPs was associated mainly with changes in the lipid molecular content related to cell membrane function and lipid biosynthesis and that the high VD diet reduced the content of lipid molecules related to lipid biosynthesis, effectively alleviating cell membrane damage and lipid accumulation. These findings highlight the potential of VD to alleviate lipid metabolism disorder caused by PS-NP exposure, thereby providing new insights into how the toxic effects of NPs on aquatic organisms could be reduced.


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Transtornos do Metabolismo dos Lipídeos , Nanopartículas , Poluentes Químicos da Água , Animais , Peixe-Zebra/metabolismo , Poliestirenos/toxicidade , Poliestirenos/metabolismo , Microplásticos , Vitamina D , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos , Fígado , Transtornos do Metabolismo dos Lipídeos/metabolismo , Lipídeos , Colesterol , Poluentes Químicos da Água/metabolismo , Nanopartículas/toxicidade
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