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The fascinating scent of rose (Rosa genus) flowers has captivated human senses for centuries, making them one of the most popular and widely used floral fragrances. Despite much progress over the last decade, many biochemical pathways responsible for rose scents remain unclear. We analyzed the floral scent compositions from various rose varieties and selected the modern cultivar Rosa hybrida 'Double Delight' as a model system to unravel the formation of rose dominant volatile terpenes, which contribute substantially to the rose fragrance. Key genes involved in rose terpene biosynthesis were functionally characterized. Cytosolic geranyl diphosphate (GPP) generated by geranyl/farnesyl diphosphate synthase (G/FPPS1) catalysis, played a pivotal role in rose scent production, and terpene synthases (TPSs) in roses play an important role in the formation of most volatile terpenes, but not for geraniol, citral or ß-citronellol. Subsequently, a series of enzymes, including geraniol dehydrogenase (GeDH), geranial reductase (GER), 12-oxophytodienoate reductase (OPR) and citronellal reductase (CAR), were characterized as involved in the transformation of geraniol to ß-citronellol in roses through three successive steps. Interestingly, the ß-citronellol biosynthesis pathway appears to be conserved in other horticultural plants like Lagerstroemia caudata and Paeonia lactiflora. Our findings provide valuable insights into the biosynthesis of rose volatile terpenoid compounds and offer essential gene resources for future breeding and molecular modification efforts.
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Terpene synthases (TPSs) play pivotal roles in conferring the structural diversity of terpenoids, which are mainly emitted from flowers, whereas the genetic basis of the release of floral volatile terpenes remains largely elusive. Though quite similar in sequence, TPS allelic variants still function divergently, and how they drive floral terpene diversity in closely related species remains unknown. Here, TPSs responsible for the floral scent of wild Freesia species were characterized, and the functions of their natural allelic variants, as well as the causal amino acid residues, were investigated in depth. Besides the 8 TPSs previously reported in modern cultivars, 7 additional TPSs were functionally evaluated to contribute to the major volatiles emitted from wild Freesia species. Functional characterization of allelic natural variants demonstrated that allelic TPS2 and TPS10 variants changed the enzymatic capacity while allelic TPS6 variants drove the diversity of floral terpene products. Further residue substitution analysis revealed the minor residues determining the enzyme catalytic activity and product specificity. The clarification of TPSs in wild Freesia species reveals that allelic TPS variants evolved differently to determine the interspecific floral volatile terpenes in the genus and might be used for modern cultivar improvement.
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Alquil e Aril Transferases , Terpenos , Terpenos/metabolismo , Filogenia , Alquil e Aril Transferases/genéticaRESUMO
Composite polymer-ceramic electrolytes have shown considerable potential for high-energy-density Li-metal batteries as they combine the benefits of both polymers and ceramics. However, low ionic conductivity and poor contact with electrodes limit their practical usage. In this study, a highly conductive and stable composite electrolyte with a high ceramic loading is developed for high-energy-density Li-metal batteries. The electrolyte, produced through in situ polymerization and composed of a polymer called poly-1,3-dioxolane in a poly(vinylidene fluoride)/ceramic matrix, exhibits excellent room-temperature ionic conductivity of 1.2 mS cm-1 and high stability with Li metal over 1500 h. When tested in a Li|electrolyte|LiFePO4 battery, the electrolyte delivers excellent cycling performance and rate capability at room temperature, with a discharge capacity of 137 mAh g-1 over 500 cycles at 1 C. Furthermore, the electrolyte not only exhibits a high Li+ transference number of 0.76 but also significantly lowers contact resistance (from 157.8 to 2.1 Ω) relative to electrodes. When used in a battery with a high-voltage LiNi0.8 Mn0.1 Co0.1 O2 cathode, a discharge capacity of 140 mAh g-1 is achieved. These results show the potential of composite polymer-ceramic electrolytes in room-temperature solid-state Li-metal batteries and provide a strategy for designing highly conductive polymer-in-ceramic electrolytes with electrode-compatible interfaces.
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Soybean is a worldwide crop that offers valuable proteins, fatty acids, and phytonutrients to humans but is always damaged by insect pests or pathogens. Plants have captured sophisticated defense mechanisms in resisting the attack of insects and pathogens. How to protect soybean in an environment- or human-friendly way or how to develop plant-based pest control is a hotpot. Herbivore-induced plant volatiles that are released by multiple plant species have been assessed in multi-systems against various insects, of which (E)-ß-ocimene has been reported to show anti-insect function in a variety of plants, including soybean. However, the responsible gene in soybean is unknown, and its mechanism of synthesis and anti-insect properties lacks comprehensive assessment. In this study, (E)-ß-ocimene was confirmed to be induced by Spodoptera litura treatment. A plastidic localized monoterpene synthase gene, designated as GmOCS, was identified to be responsible for the biosynthesis of (E)-ß-ocimene through genome-wide gene family screening and in vitro and in vivo assays. Results from transgenic soybean and tobacco confirmed that (E)-ß-ocimene catalyzed by GmOCS had pivotal roles in repelling a S. litura attack. This study advances the understanding of (E)-ß-ocimene synthesis and its function in crops, as well as provides a good candidate for further anti-insect soybean improvement.
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Alcenos , Insetos , Animais , Humanos , Spodoptera/genética , Spodoptera/metabolismo , Monoterpenos Acíclicos , Alcenos/metabolismo , Insetos/metabolismo , Plantas/metabolismoRESUMO
Cervical cancer (CC) is a common gynaecological malignant tumour with a high mortality rate. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) play a critical role in tumour occurrence and development. This study aimed to investigate the function and molecular basis of hsa_circ_0009189 (circSAMD11) in CC development. RNA levels were determined by qRT-PCR, and protein expression was measured by western blot. Cell proliferation, migration, invasion and apoptosis were detected by Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8), colony formation, Transwell and flow cytometry assays. The relationship between miR-503 and circSAMD11/SOX4 was validated via dual-luciferase reporter assay, RIP or RNA pull-down assay. Xenograft assay was conducted to test tumour growth in vivo. CircSAMD11 and SOX4 levels were elevated, while miR-503 level was reduced in CC tissues and cells. Knockdown of circSAMD11 suppressed CC cell proliferation, migration and invasion and accelerated apoptosis. CircSAMD11 was localised in cytoplasm and directly targeted miR-503. Also, circSAMD11 sponged miR-503 to modulate SOX4 expression. Additionally, circSAMD11 regulated CC progression via absorbing miR-503 or modulating SOX4. Besides, depletion of circSAMD11 hindered tumorigenesis in vivo. CircSAMD11 contributed to CC progression by regulating miR-503/SOX4 signalling and activating Wnt/ß-catenin pathway, which provides a promising therapeutic target for cervical cancer.
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Proteínas do Olho/genética , MicroRNAs/metabolismo , RNA Circular/metabolismo , RNA Neoplásico/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição SOXC/metabolismo , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/metabolismo , Via de Sinalização Wnt , Animais , Apoptose , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Movimento Celular , Proliferação de Células , Proteínas do Olho/metabolismo , Feminino , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Técnicas de Silenciamento de Genes , Humanos , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Nus , Invasividade Neoplásica , Transplante de Neoplasias , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/patologiaRESUMO
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have been considered as a potential biomarker for evaluation of cancer metastasis and prognosis, especially in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the isolation and detection of rare CTCs in HCC patients face enormous challenges due to omittance and nonspecific binding. We previously designed a small molecular NIR fluoresent agent, named MLP, which had high affinity with a tumor cell-overexpressed enzyme, aminopeptidase N (APN). Based on that, in this work we introduced a novel strategy via coassembling the antiepithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) antibody and MLPinto theFe3O4 magnetic nanobeads (MB-MLP-EpCAM) to isolate and identify HCC-CTCs coinstantaneously. MB-MLP-EpCAM significantly improved the CTC-capture efficiency (>85%) without sacrificing cell viability (>90%). Most importantly, the advantages of precise dual-targetability, high resolution of fluorescence imaging, and prominent selectivity make our nanoplatform have great potential to achieve in vivo real-time identification and monitoring of CTCs clinically.
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Carcinoma Hepatocelular , Neoplasias Hepáticas , Células Neoplásicas Circulantes , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/diagnóstico por imagem , Molécula de Adesão da Célula Epitelial , Humanos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/diagnóstico por imagem , Fenômenos Magnéticos , PrognósticoRESUMO
Soybean has undergone extensive selection pressures for seed nutrient composition and seed color during domestication, but the major genetic loci controlling seed coat color have not been completely understood, and the transcriptional regulation relationship among the loci remains elusive. Here, two major regulators, GmMYBA2 and GmMYBR, were functionally characterized as an anthocyanin activator and repressor, respectively. Ectopic expression of GmMYBA2 in soybean hairy roots conferred the enhanced accumulation of delphinidin and cyanidin types of anthocyanins in W1t and w1T backgrounds, respectively, through activating anthocyanin biosynthetic genes in the reported loci. The seed coat pigmentation of GmMYBA2-overexpressing transgenic plants in the W1 background mimicked the imperfect black phenotype (W1/w1, i, R, t), suggesting that GmMYBA2 was responsible for the R locus. Molecular and biochemical analysis showed that GmMYBA2 interacted with GmTT8a to directly activate anthocyanin biosynthetic genes. GmMYBA2 and GmMYBR might form a feedback loop to fine-tune seed coat coloration, which was confirmed in transgenic soybeans. Both GmTT8a and GmMYBR that were activated by GmMYBA2 in turn enhanced and obstructed the formation of the GmMYBA2-GmTT8a module, respectively. The results revealed the sophisticated regulatory network underlying the soybean seed coat pigmentation loci and shed light on the understanding of the seed coat coloration and other seed inclusions.
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Antocianinas , Glycine max , Retroalimentação , Pigmentação/genética , Sementes/genética , Glycine max/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genéticaRESUMO
7-Hydroxyneolamellarin A (7-OH-Neo A, 1), a natural marine product derived from sponge Dendrilla nigra, was first synthesized with 10% overall yield under the instruction of convergent synthetic strategy. We found that 7-OH-Neo A could attenuate the accumulation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) protein and inhibit vascular epidermal growth factor (VEGF) transcriptional activity, showing well inhibitory effect on HIF-1 signaling pathway. Meantime, 7-OH-Neo A had the well anti-tumor activities, such as inhibiting tumor angiogenesis, proliferation, migration and invasion. More importantly, 7-OH-Neo A exhibited profound anti-tumor effect in mice breast cancer model by suppressing the accumulation of HIF-1α in tumor tissue. Mechanism study demonstrated that 7-OH-Neo A might target the protein with the ability of stabilizing HIF-1α in hypoxia. Due to the excellent water solubility, superior anti-tumor activity and good biocompatibility, 7-OH-Neo A shows the promising potential for being exploited as an anti-tumor agent in near future.
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Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Produtos Biológicos/farmacologia , Subunidade alfa do Fator 1 Induzível por Hipóxia/antagonistas & inibidores , Animais , Antineoplásicos/síntese química , Antineoplásicos/química , Produtos Biológicos/síntese química , Produtos Biológicos/química , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Poríferos , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/genética , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/metabolismoRESUMO
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a non-invasive treatment method for tumors by exciting photosensitizers (PS) upon light irradiation to generate cytotoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, the low oxygen concentration near the tumor tissue limits the therapeutic effect of PDT. Herein, we synthesized six chlorin e6 derivatives containing NO-donors to enhance their antitumor activity by synergistic effect of ROS and NO. The results revealed that the new NO-donor containing photosensitizers (PS-NO) exhibited more potent photodynamic activity than chlorin e6, and the introduction of NO donor moieties to chlorin e6 increased the level of NO and ROS in cells. The addition of Ferrostatin-1, a ferroptosis inhibitor, markedly reduced the photodynamic activity of PS-NO as well as the level of NO and ROS in cells. Mechanism studies further showed that PS-NO could reduce intracellular GSH level, inhibit GPX4 activity and promote malondialdehyde (MDA) accumulation upon light irradiation, which suggested the ferroptosis mechanism underlying the PDT effect of PS-NO.
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Cicloexilaminas/farmacologia , Fenilenodiaminas/farmacologia , Fármacos Fotossensibilizantes/farmacologia , Cicloexilaminas/síntese química , Cicloexilaminas/química , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Ferroptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Células HeLa , Humanos , Estrutura Molecular , Óxido Nítrico/análise , Óxido Nítrico/metabolismo , Fenilenodiaminas/síntese química , Fenilenodiaminas/química , Fármacos Fotossensibilizantes/síntese química , Fármacos Fotossensibilizantes/química , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Células Tumorais CultivadasRESUMO
Selaginellins are a type of rare natural products from the genus Selaginella with unusual alkynyl phenol skeletons and extensive biological activities. Previous structural simplification of these natural compounds afforded a series of diaryl acetylene derivatives with hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) inhibitory activity. In this study, we synthesized thirty compounds by stepwise optimization using methyl 3-(4-methoxylphenyl ethynyl)-[4'-methoxyl-1,1'-biphenyl]-2-carboxylate (1a) as a lead compound and evaluated their HIF-1 inhibitory activity by dual luciferase reporter assay. Among them, compound 9i displayed the most potent HIF-1 inhibitory activity (IC50 = 1.5 ± 0.03 µM) with relatively low cytotoxicity. Under hypoxia, compound 9i showed no effect on the accumulation of HIF-1α protein in western blot analysis, but could down-regulate the expression of VEGF mRNA, the downstream target gene of HIF-1 pathway. Cell-based activity assay demonstrated that compound 9i could inhibit the hypoxia-induced migration, invasion and proliferation of HeLa cells at the concentrations of 1 ~ 5 µM. In mouse breast cancer xenograft model, compound 9i exhibited obvious tumor growth inhibition and very low toxicity at a dose of 15 mg/kg. The results suggested that compound 9i would be a potential antitumor agent via HIF-1 pathway inhibition.
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Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Compostos de Bifenilo/farmacologia , Ácidos Carboxílicos/farmacologia , Subunidade alfa do Fator 1 Induzível por Hipóxia/antagonistas & inibidores , Antineoplásicos/síntese química , Antineoplásicos/química , Compostos de Bifenilo/síntese química , Compostos de Bifenilo/química , Ácidos Carboxílicos/síntese química , Ácidos Carboxílicos/química , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais , Células HeLa , Humanos , Estrutura Molecular , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Células Tumorais CultivadasRESUMO
Smartphones are increasingly becoming an efficient platform for solving indoor positioning problems. Fingerprint-based positioning methods are popular because of the wide deployment of wireless local area networks in indoor environments and the lack of model propagation paths. However, Wi-Fi fingerprint information is singular, and its positioning accuracy is typically 2-10 m; thus, it struggles to meet the requirements of high-precision indoor positioning. Therefore, this paper proposes a positioning algorithm that combines Wi-Fi fingerprints and visual information to generate fingerprints. The algorithm involves two steps: merged-fingerprint generation and fingerprint positioning. In the merged-fingerprint generation stage, the kernel principal component analysis feature of the Wi-Fi fingerprint and the local binary pattern features of the scene image are fused. In the fingerprint positioning stage, a light gradient boosting machine (LightGBM) is trained with mutually exclusive feature bundling and histogram optimization to obtain an accurate positioning model. The method is tested in an actual environment. The experimental results show that the positioning accuracy of the LightGBM method is 90% within a range of 1.53 m. Compared with the single-fingerprint positioning method, the accuracy is improved by more than 20%, and the performance is improved by more than 15% compared with other methods. The average locating error is 0.78 m.
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The recurrence of malignant tumors is mostly caused by incompleted surgical resection. Especially, it is difficult for surgeons to detect and accurately remove metastatic tumors by predominantly using visual examination and palpation owing to the lack of effective means to specifically distinguish the boundary range between normal and tumor tissues. Thus, the development of activated fluorescent probe with superior tumor-to-normal (T/N) tissue ratios is particularly urgent in clinics. In view of CD13/aminopeptidase N (APN) regarded as a cancer-specific biomarker, mediating with progression, invasion, and migration of malignant tumor, herein, we reported an APN-responsive fluorescent probe YH-APN and demonstrated its application to distinguish cancer cells. Through in situ spraying manner, fluorescent superior tumor-to-normal (T/N) tissue ratios (subcutaneous transplantation tumor, 13.86; hepatic metastasis, 4.42 and 6.25; splenic metastasis, 4.99) were achieved. More importantly, we have demonstrated the ability to image metastasis tumor tissue less than 1 mm in diameter, highlighting the potential for this probe to be used as a tool in surgical resection. This research may spur the use of enzyme-activatable fluorescent probes for the progress of tumor diagnosis and image-guided surgery (IGS).
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Antígenos CD13/análise , Corantes Fluorescentes/química , Neoplasias/cirurgia , Imagem Óptica/métodos , Animais , Feminino , Células Hep G2 , Humanos , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Modelos Moleculares , Metástase Neoplásica/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias/diagnóstico por imagem , Cirurgia Assistida por ComputadorRESUMO
Anthocyanin biosynthesis is mainly controlled by MYB-bHLH-WD40 (MBW) complexes that modulate the expression of anthocyanin biosynthetic genes (ABGs). The MYB regulators involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis arose early during plant evolution and thus might function divergently in different evolutionary lineages. Although the anthocyanin-promoting R2R3-MYB regulators in eudicots have been comprehensively explored, little consensus has been reached about functional discrepancies versus conservation among MYB regulators from different plant lineages. Here, we integrated transcriptome analysis, gene expression profiles, gain-of-function experiments and transient protoplast transfection assays to functionally characterize the monocot Freesia hybrida anthocyanin MYB regulator gene FhPAP1, which showed correlations with late ABGs. FhPAP1 could activate ABGs as well as TT8-clade genes FhTT8L, AtTT8 and NtAN1 when overexpressed in Freesia, Arabidopsis and tobacco, respectively. Consistently, FhPAP1 could interact with FhTT8L and FhTTG1 to form the conserved MBW complex and shared similar target genes with its orthologs from Arabidopsis. Most prominently, FhPAP1 displayed higher transactivation capacity than its homologs in Arabidopsis and tobacco, which was instantiated in its powerful regulation on ABGs. Moreover, we found that FhPAP1 might be the selected gene during the domestication and rapid evolution of the wild Freesia species to generate intensive flower pigmentation. These results showed that while the MBW complex was highly evolutionarily conserved between tested monocot and core eudicot plants, participating MYB regulators showed functional differences in transactivation capacity according to their activation domain and played important roles in the flower coloration domestication and evolution of angiosperms.
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Antocianinas/biossíntese , Flores/metabolismo , Iridaceae/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição/fisiologia , Arabidopsis , Clonagem Molecular , Sequência Conservada , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas/genética , Genes de Plantas/genética , Genes de Plantas/fisiologia , Iridaceae/genética , Iridaceae/fisiologia , Filogenia , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/fisiologia , Plantas Geneticamente Modificadas , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Alinhamento de Sequência , Fatores de Transcrição/genéticaRESUMO
Floral flavonols play specific pivotal roles in pollinator attraction, pollen germination and fertility, in addition to other functions in vegetative organs. For many plants, the process of flavonol biosynthesis in late flower development stages and in mature flower tissues is poorly understood, in contrast to early flower development stages. It is thought that this process may be regulated independently of subgroup 7 R2R3 MYB (SG7 MYB) transcription factors. In this study, two FLS genes were shown to be expressed synchronously with the flower development-specific and tissue-specific biosynthesis of flavonols in Freesia hybrida. FhFLS1 contributed to flavonol biosynthesis in early flower buds, toruses and calyxes, and was regulated by four well-known SG7 MYB proteins, designated as FhMYBFs, with at least partial regulatory redundancy. FhFLS2 accounted for flavonols in late developed flowers and in the petals, stamens and pistils, and was targeted directly by non SG7 MYB protein FhMYB21L2. In parallel, AtMYB21 and AtMYB24 also activated AtFLS1, a gene highly expressed in Arabidopsis anthers and pollen, indicating the conserved regulatory roles of MYB21 against FLS genes in these two evolutionarily divergent angiosperm plants. Our results reveal a novel regulatory and synthetic mechanism underlying flavonol biosynthesis in floral organs and tissues which may be exploited to investigate supplementary roles of flavonols in flowers.
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Proteínas de Arabidopsis , Arabidopsis , Iridaceae , Arabidopsis/genética , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Flavonóis , Flores/genética , Flores/metabolismo , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas , Filogenia , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição/genéticaRESUMO
Previously, linalool was found to be the most abundant component among the cocktail of volatiles released from flowers of Freesia hybrida. Linalool formation is catalysed by monoterpene synthase TPS1. However, the regulatory network developmentally modulating the expression of the TPS1 gene in Freesia hybrida remains unexplored. In this study, three regulatory genes, FhMYB21L1, FhMYB21L2, and FhMYC2, were screened from 52 candidates. Two MYB transcription factor genes were synchronously expressed with FhTPS1 and could activate its expression significantly when overexpressed, and the binding of FhMYB21L2 to the MYBCORE sites in the FhTPS1 promoter was further confirmed, indicating a direct role in activation. FhMYC2 showed an inverse expression pattern compared with FhTPS1; its expression led to a decreased binding of FhMYB21 to the FhTPS1 promoter to reduce its activation capacity when co-expressed, suggesting a role for an MYB-bHLH complex in the regulation of the FhTPS1 gene. In Arabidopsis, both MYB21 and MYC2 regulators were shown to activate the expression of sesquiterpene synthase genes, and the regulatory roles of AtMYB21 and AtMYC2 in the expression of the linalool synthase gene were also confirmed, implying conserved functions of the MYB-bHLH complex in these two evolutionarily divergent plants. Moreover, the expression ratio between MYB21 and MYC2 orthologues might be a determinant factor in floral linalool emission.
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Proteínas de Arabidopsis , Arabidopsis , Alquil e Aril Transferases , Arabidopsis/genética , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição de Zíper de Leucina e Hélice-Alça-Hélix Básicos , Flores/genética , Flores/metabolismo , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas , Plantas Geneticamente Modificadas/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição/genéticaRESUMO
Oleanolic acid (OA) and its semi-synthetic derivatives have been reported to have a wide range of biological activities. The introduction of electrophilic Michael acceptor group can increase the reactivity of OA to cellular targets and thus improve the anti-tumor activity. In this work, a series of novel α,ß-unsaturated carbonyl derivatives of OA were designed and synthesized. Their in vitro cytotoxic activity against MCF-7, HepG2 and HeLa cells were tested. Most derivatives exhibited improved cell growth inhibitory activity, especially for 3d with an IC50 of 0.77 µM in MCF-7 cells. Moreover, 3d inhibited the migration of MCF-7 and HeLa cells at the concentration of 4 µM. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that 3d induced cell apoptosis and S phase arrest in a concentration-dependent manner. Western blotting experiment demonstrated that 3d inhibited the phosphorylation of AKT and mTOR. These results suggest that this series of OA derivatives bearing exocyclic methylene ketone pharmacophore are promising anticancer agents as potential PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway inhibitors.
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Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Ácido Oleanólico/uso terapêutico , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinases/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt/efeitos dos fármacos , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Humanos , Estrutura Molecular , Ácido Oleanólico/farmacologia , Transdução de Sinais , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
Monitoring fluctuations in enzyme overexpression facilitates early tumor detection and excision. An AIEgen probe (DQM-ALP) for the imaging of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity was synthesized. The probe consists of a quinoline-malononitrile (QM) core decorated with hydrophilic phosphate groups as ALP-recognition units. The rapid liberation of DQM-OH aggregates in the presence of ALP resulted in aggregation-induced fluorescence. The up-regulation of ALP expression in tumor cells was imaged using DQM-ALP. The probe permeated into 3D cervical and liver tumor spheroids for imaging spatially heterogeneous ALP activity with high spatial resolution on a two-photon microscopy platform, providing the fluorescence-guided recognition of sub-millimeter tumorigenesis. DQM-ALP enabled differentiation between tumor and normal tissue exâ vivo and inâ vivo, suggesting that the probe may serve as a powerful tool to assist surgeons during tumor resection.
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Corantes Fluorescentes/química , Neoplasias/enzimologia , Neoplasias/cirurgia , Cirurgia Assistida por Computador/métodos , Fosfatase Alcalina , Células HeLa , Humanos , Limite de DetecçãoRESUMO
Many mitochondria-related diseases are associated with the mutation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Therefore, visualizing its dynamics in live cells is essential for the understanding of the function of mtDNA transcription and translation. By employing carbazole as the framework and designing a module for DNA minor-groove binding, here we have developed a novel fluorescent probe with a large Stokes shift (λab = 480 nm and λem = 620 nm), CNQ, for mtDNA detection and visualization. It is almost nonfluorescent in PBS buffer and exhibits 182-fold enhancement in fluorescence within 20 s after the application of mtDNA in the solution, with a detection limit of 55.1 µg/L. Using dual-color Hessian-structured illumination microscopy, we have demonstrated that CNQ-labeled mtDNA structures are distinct from those labeled by TFAM-EGFP. Finally, we have used two-photon confocal scanning microscopy (λex = 850 nm) to monitor the nondestructive doxorubicin-induced mtDNA damage in live cells.
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Carbazóis/química , DNA Mitocondrial/metabolismo , Corantes Fluorescentes/química , Microscopia de Fluorescência por Excitação Multifotônica/métodos , DNA Mitocondrial/química , Humanos , Células MCF-7 , Mitocôndrias/metabolismoRESUMO
The Wnt pathway is dysregulated and activated in many human malignancies. More than 90% of colon cancers have variations in the Wnt pathway. Sulindac, a drug that targets protein Dvl of the Wnt/Dvl/ß-catenin pathway, which regulates cancer gene expression, has been reported to significantly reduce the incidence and the risk of death from colorectal cancer and other types of cancer. Herein, a dual functional compound (SLN) containing Sulindac and a linked fluorophore is first reported, combining the functions of lighting up colon cancer cells as a flare and inhibiting colon tumors as a drug. SLN can not only mark the Dvl protein in the Wnt pathway to recognize tumors layer by layer but also achieve effective inhibition of colon cancer, providing a promising reagent for chemotherapy and a fluorescent indicator for surgery during the removal the colon tumors in situ.
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Proteínas Desgrenhadas/química , Proteínas Desgrenhadas/metabolismo , Neoplasias/diagnóstico por imagem , Sulindaco/farmacologia , Proteínas Wnt/metabolismo , Animais , Células COS , Chlorocebus aethiops , Neoplasias do Colo , Feminino , Corantes Fluorescentes , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Células MCF-7 , Camundongos , Camundongos Nus , Neoplasias/patologia , Neoplasias Experimentais , Imagem Óptica , Proteínas Wnt/química , beta Catenina/genética , beta Catenina/metabolismoRESUMO
The novel marine pyrrole alkaloid neolamellarin A derived from sponge has been shown to inhibit hypoxia-induced HIF-1 activity. In this work, we designed and synthesized neolamellarin A and its series of derivatives by a convergent synthetic strategy. The HIF-1 inhibitory activity and cytotoxicity of these compounds were evaluated in Hela cells by dual-luciferase reporter gene assay and MTT assay, respectively. The results showed that neolamellarin A 1 (IC50â¯=â¯10.8⯱â¯1.0⯵M) and derivative 2b (IC50â¯=â¯11.9⯱â¯3.6⯵M) had the best HIF-1 inhibitory activity and low cytotoxicity. Our SAR research focused on the effects of key regions aliphatic carbon chain length, aromatic ring substituents and C-7 substituent on biological activity, providing a basis for the subsequent research on the development of novel pyrrole alkaloids as HIF-1 inhibitors and design of small molecule probes for target protein identification.