Naringin exists in a wide range of Chinese herbal medicine and has proven to possess several pharmacological properties.In this study,PC12,HepG2 cells,and female Drosophila melanogaster were used to investigate the an...Naringin exists in a wide range of Chinese herbal medicine and has proven to possess several pharmacological properties.In this study,PC12,HepG2 cells,and female Drosophila melanogaster were used to investigate the antioxidative and anti-aging effects of naringin and explore the underlying mechanisms.The results showed that naringin inhibited H_(2)O_(2)-induced decline in cell viability and decreased,the content of reactive oxygen species in cells.Meanwhile,naringin prolonged the lifespan of flies,enhanced the abilities of climbing and the resistance to stress,improved the activities of antioxidant enzymes,and decreased malondialdehyde content.Naringin also improved intestinal barrier dysfunction and reduced abnormal proliferation of intestinal stem cells.Moreover,naringin down-regulated the mRNA expressions of inr,chico,pi 3k,and akt-1,and up-regulated the mRNA expressions of dilp2,dilp3,dilp5,and foxo,thereby activating autophagy-related genes and increasing the number of lysosomes.Furthermore,the mutant stocks assays and computer molecular simulation results further indicated that naringin delayed aging by inhibiting the insulin signaling(IIS)pathway and activating the autophagy pathway,which was consistent with the result of network pharmacological predictions.展开更多
Hyperoside and quercetin are similar in molecular structures.In this study,the antioxidant regulatory targets of hyperoside and quercetin are mainly in the nuclear factor(erythroid-2-derived)-related factor 2(Nrf2)pat...Hyperoside and quercetin are similar in molecular structures.In this study,the antioxidant regulatory targets of hyperoside and quercetin are mainly in the nuclear factor(erythroid-2-derived)-related factor 2(Nrf2)pathway predicted by network pharmacology.And the antioxidant effect and mechanism of hyperoside and quercetin were measured and compared in H_(2)O_(2)-induced Hep G2 cells and Caenorhabditis elegans.The findings indicated that quercetin was more effective than hyperoside in reducing oxidative damage,which was proved by improved cell viability,decreased reactive oxygen species(ROS)production,decreased cellular apoptosis,and alleviated mitochondrial damage.In addition,quercetin was more efficient than hyperoside in enhancing the expression of Nrf2-associated m RNAs,increasing the activities of superoxide dismutase(SOD),glutathione peroxidase(GSH-Px),and catalase(CAT),and reducing the cellular malondialdehyde(MDA)content.Quercetin was superior to hyperoside in prolonging the lifespan of worms,decreasing the accumulation of lipofuscin,inhibiting ROS production,and increasing the proportion of skn-1 in the nucleus.With the Nrf2 inhibitor ML385,we verified that quercetin and hyperoside primarily protected the cells against oxidative damage via the Nrf2 signalling pathway.Furthermore,molecular docking and dynamics simulations demonstrated that the quercetin-Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1(Keap1)complex was more stable than the hyperoside-Keap1 complex.The stable structure of the complex might hinder the binding of Nrf2 and Keap1 to release Nrf2 and facilitate its entry into the nucleus to play an antioxidant role.Overall,quercetin had a better antioxidant than hyperoside.展开更多
Intensive soil tillage is a significant factor in soil organic matter decline in cultivated soils. Both cultivation abandonment and foregoing tillage have been encouraged in the past 30 years to reduce greenhouse gas ...Intensive soil tillage is a significant factor in soil organic matter decline in cultivated soils. Both cultivation abandonment and foregoing tillage have been encouraged in the past 30 years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and soil erosion. However, the dynamic processes of soil organic carbon (SOC) in areas of either continuous cultivation or abandonment remain unclear and inconsistent.Our aims were to assess and model the dynamic processes of SOC under continuous tillage and after cultivation abandonment in the black soil of Northeast China. Soil profiles were collected of cultivated or abandoned land with cultivation history of 0–100 years. An isotope mass balance equation was used to calculate the proportion of SOC derived from corn debris (C_4) and from natural vegetation (C_3) to deduce the dynamic process. Approximately 40% of SOC in the natural surface soil (0–10 cm) was eroded in the first 5 years of cultivation, increasing to about 75% within 40 years, before a slow recovery. C_4 above 30 cm soil depth increased by 4.5%–5% or 0.11–0.12 g·kg^(-1) on average per year under continuous cultivation, while it decreased by approximately 0.34% annually in the surface soil after cultivation abandonment.The increase in the percentage of C_4 was fitted to a linear equation with given intercepts in the upper 30 cm of soil in cultivated land. A significant relationship between the change of C_4 and time was found only in the surface soil after abandonment of cultivation. These results demonstrate the loss and accumulation of corn-derived SOC in surface black soil of Northeast China under continuous tillage or cultivation abandonment.展开更多
Jincheng orange(Citrus sinensis Osbeck)is widely grown in Chongqing,China,and is commonly consumed because of its characteristic aroma contributed by the presence of diverse volatile compounds.The changes in aroma dur...Jincheng orange(Citrus sinensis Osbeck)is widely grown in Chongqing,China,and is commonly consumed because of its characteristic aroma contributed by the presence of diverse volatile compounds.The changes in aroma during the development and maturation of fruit are indicators for ripening and harvest time.However,the influence of growth stages on the volatile compounds in Jincheng orange remains unclear.In addition,volatiles originate from fatty acids,most of which are the precursors of volatile substances.On this basis,gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS)was performed to elaborate the changes in volatile constituents and fatty acids as precursors.This study tested proximately 60 volatiles and 8 fatty acids at 9 growth and development stages(AF1-AF9).Of those compounds,more than 92.00%of total volatiles and 87.50%of fatty acids were terpenoid and saturated fatty acids,respectively.As shown in the PCA plot,the AF5,AF6,and AF9 stages were confirmed as completely segregated and appeared different.In addition,most of the volatiles and fatty acids first increased at the beginning of the development stage,then decreased from the AF6 development stage,and finally increased at the AF9 maturity stage.Moreover,the highest contents of terpenoid,alcohols,aldehydes,ketones,and saturated fatty acids in Jincheng orange peel oil were d-limonene,linalool,octanal,cyclohexanone,and stearic acid during development stages,respectively.Our results found that the growth stages significantly affected the volatile constituents and precursors in Jincheng orange peel oil.展开更多
Chorioallantoic membrane(CAM)is responsible for respiratory gas exchange,eggshell calcium transport,embryonic acid-base equilibrium,allantoic ion,and water reabsorption during avian embryonic development.To further un...Chorioallantoic membrane(CAM)is responsible for respiratory gas exchange,eggshell calcium transport,embryonic acid-base equilibrium,allantoic ion,and water reabsorption during avian embryonic development.To further understand the timing of CAM gene expression during chick embryonic development,especially the calcium absorption mechanism,transcriptome quantitative comparative analysis was conducted on chick CAM during the embryonic period(E)of 9,13,17,and 20 days.A total of 6378 differentially expressed genes(DEGs)were identified.Functional enrichment analysis of DEGs showed that CAM DEGs were mainly involved in biological processes such as"ion transport regulation","immune response"and"cell cycle".Time series analysis of the differential genes showed that the functional cells of CAM began to proliferate and differentiate at E9 and the calcium content of egg embryo increased significantly at E13.Simultaneously,the observation of the ultrastructure of the eggshell showed that the interstice of the fiber layer was enlarged at E13,and the mastoid layer was partly exposed.Therefore,it is preliminarily inferred that CAM calcium transport starts at E13,and genes such as TRPV6,S100 A10,and RANKL cooperate to regulate calcium release and transport.展开更多
The global outbreak of coronavirus disease 19(COVID-19),caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-Co V-2),has raised significant global apprehension.Developing a rapid,efficient,sensitive,and accu...The global outbreak of coronavirus disease 19(COVID-19),caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-Co V-2),has raised significant global apprehension.Developing a rapid,efficient,sensitive,and accurate point-of-care detection method is imperative for curbing SARS-Co V-2 transmission.Here,we screened a sequence,designed a set of highly sensitive loopmediated isothermal amplification primers(LAMP)and g RNA,and developed a user-friendly detection platform combining CRISPRCas12a and RT-LAMP technology to specifically detect SARS-Co V-2 and its 5 variants.Bioinformatics analysis and Cas12a-g RNA identification ensured sequence specificity,allowing us to identify SARS-Co V-2 mutations.We developed a method for the detection of SARSCoV-2 using these primers in combination with LAMP amplification and CRISPR-Cas12a technology.This method is designed to detect SARS-CoV-2(NC_045512),Alpha(B.1.1.7),Beta(B.1.351),Gamma(P.1),Delta(B.1.617.2)and Omicron(B.1.1.529).Additionally,it can differentiate SARS-CoV-2 from other coronaviruses.Quantitative analysis can be conducted by measuring fluorescence values,while qualitative analysis can be performed by observing fluorescence color point-of-care diagnosis changes with the naked eye.These results suggest that a set of novel sensitive LAMP primers and g RNA have been obtained to detect the extensive variants,and the RT-LAMPCRISPR-Cas12a platform significantly facilitates point-of-care diagnosis,thereby halting the spread of SARS-Co V-2,thus contributing to COVID-19 prevention and control.展开更多
Objectives:The secondary products of lipid oxidation are one of the main factors inducing protein oxidation.The effects of oxidation treatment with malondialdehyde(MDA)on the immunoreactivity of amandin and its digest...Objectives:The secondary products of lipid oxidation are one of the main factors inducing protein oxidation.The effects of oxidation treatment with malondialdehyde(MDA)on the immunoreactivity of amandin and its digestion were studied.Materials and Methods:The rabbit IgG binding ability of amandin was analyzed by western blotting,and the changes in amandin oxidation and immunoreactivity during digestion of amandin with different degrees of oxidation were investigated in combination with an almond allergen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit.Alteration of linear epitopes of amandin by oxidation was investigated by liquid chromatography-tandemmass spectrometry(LC-MS/MS).Results:The results showed that the immunoreactivity of amandin was significantly reduced after 1 mmol/L MDA and 100 mmol/L MDA treat-ment.However,the 1 mmol/L MDA treatment was owing to cleavage of linear epitope peptide in amandin and oxidation of the active amino acid.The 100 mmol/L MDA treatment was due to aggregation of amandin and significant decrease in its solubility.Oxidation also reduced di-gestibility of amandin and significantly affected immunoreactivity during digestion.LC-MS/MS also identified four oxidation-prone methionine sites(aa 264-274,298-308,220-240,and 275-297)in gamma conglutinin 1.Conclusions:MDA treatment reduced the immunoreactivity of amandin.MDA treatment also led to protein aggregation,which slowed down the digestion of amandin and altered the immunoreactivity of amandin during digestion.展开更多
The order Onygenales is classified in the class Eurotiomycetes of the subphylum Pezizomycotina.Families in this order have classically been isolated from soil and dung,and two lineages contain causative agents of supe...The order Onygenales is classified in the class Eurotiomycetes of the subphylum Pezizomycotina.Families in this order have classically been isolated from soil and dung,and two lineages contain causative agents of superficial,cutaneous and systemic infections in mammals.The ecology and habitat choices of the species are driven mainly by the keratin and cellulose degradation abilities.The present study aimed to investigate whether the ecological trends of the members of Onygenales can be interpreted in an evolutionary sense,linking phylogenetic parameters with habitat preferences,to achieve polyphasic definitions of the main taxonomic groups.Evolutionary processes were estimated by multiple gene genealogies and divergence time analysis.Previously described families,namely,Arthrodermataceae,Ajellomycetaceae,Ascosphaeraceae,Eremascaceae,Gymnoascaceae,Onygenaceae and Spiromastigoidaceae,were accepted in Onygenales,and two new families,Malbrancheaceae and Neogymnomycetaceae,were introduced.A number of species could not be assigned to any of the defined families.Our study provides a revised overview of the main lines of taxonomy of Onygenales,supported by multilocus analyses of ITS,LSU,TUB,TEF1,TEF3,RPB1,RPB2,and ribosomal protein 60S L10(L1)(RP60S)sequences,combined with available data on ecology,physiology,morphology,and genomics.展开更多
Municipal solid waste(MSW)landfill is one of the most important reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance(AMR)in urban environments.By reviewing~120 published cases worldwide,we found that leachate-borne antibiotics were...Municipal solid waste(MSW)landfill is one of the most important reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance(AMR)in urban environments.By reviewing~120 published cases worldwide,we found that leachate-borne antibiotics were at theμg/L level,and meanwhile,around 8 tons of antibiotics(including the clinically relevant ones)annually leached from the MSW landfills in China.During a decade-long landfilling process,the leachate-borne bacteria mainly originating from humanassociated waste(>40%)formed a community network being versatile to the drastic environmental changes.Among them,the keystone species(Proteobacteria subtaxa)functioned for metabolizing the most available substrate in leachates and were also the hosts of mobile antibiotic resistance genes(ARGs),which suggested the enduring and close associations between bacterial community and resistome.These leachate-borne ARGs were highly mobile via plasmid-mediated horizontal gene transfer,especially in less aged leachates(<10 yr).MetaCompare showed that the AMR-hazard index of landfill-specific airborne particles(index=20.5)was significantly higher than that of drinking water(index=17.81,P<0.01).Human daily exposure of ARGs amounted to an inhalation of(5.83±0.16)×105 copies of ARGs,being tenfold higher than that ingestion of drinking water,which implies landfills as a non-ignorable AMR source.展开更多
Effective biomarkers are necessary to better understand the human mercury(Hg) exposure levels. However, mismatched biomarker sampling method causes extra uncertainty in assessing the risk of Hg exposure. To compare th...Effective biomarkers are necessary to better understand the human mercury(Hg) exposure levels. However, mismatched biomarker sampling method causes extra uncertainty in assessing the risk of Hg exposure. To compare the differences between hair and fingernail, and further understand the excretion rates of methylmercury(MeHg) and inorganic mercury(IHg) via hair and fingernails, the total mercury(THg), Me Hg, and IHg concentrations in paired hair and fingernail samples were investigated through paired samples collected from two typical mining areas, Wanshan mercury mine area(WMMA) and Hezhang zinc smelting area(HZSA). The positive correlation in THg, MeHg, and IHg concentrations( p < 0.01) between hair and fingernail samples indicated that those two biomarkers can be corrected in application of assessing human Hg exposure. Compared to fingernails, the hair was suggested to be a more sensitive biomarker as the concentration of THg, MeHg and IHg were 2~4 times higher than those in fingernails. Furthermore, the amounts of THg, MeHg, and IHg excreted via hair were 70~226 times higher than that excreted via fingernails, and the hair plays a more important role than fingernails in the excretion of Hg from human bodies. Present study therefore provides some new insights to better understand the fate of human assimilated Hg.展开更多
To the Editor:The relationship between hypertension duration and the risk of cardiovascular diseases(CVDs)has received considerable attention in recent years.[1-3]Acohort study based on 246,459 Korean adults found a l...To the Editor:The relationship between hypertension duration and the risk of cardiovascular diseases(CVDs)has received considerable attention in recent years.[1-3]Acohort study based on 246,459 Korean adults found a linear dose-response relationship between hypertension duration and stroke.[1]Another cohort study involving 15,472 White and 10,298 Black adults found that the hypertension duration-heart failure relationship was stronger for people with longer hypertension duration,and there was no evidence of race on the relationship.[2]Notably,prospective data from 39,774 coal workers in Chinese Han suggested that the risk of CVDs and stroke increased with increasing hypertension duration,but no associations of CVDs and stroke with myocardial infarction were found.[3]Importantly,to our knowledge,it remains unclear whether ethnicity differentially affects the associations between hypertension duration and CVDs in Chinese individuals.展开更多
Essential ncRNA is a type of ncRNAwhich is indispensable for the sur-vival of organisms.Although essential ncRNAs cannot encode proteins,they are as important as essential coding genes in biology.They have got wide va...Essential ncRNA is a type of ncRNAwhich is indispensable for the sur-vival of organisms.Although essential ncRNAs cannot encode proteins,they are as important as essential coding genes in biology.They have got wide variety of applications such as antimicrobial target discovery,minimal genome construction and evolution analysis.At present,the number of species required for the deter-mination of essential ncRNAs in the whole genome scale is still very few due to the traditional methods are time-consuming,laborious and costly.In addition,tra-ditional experimental methods are limited by the organisms as less than 1%of bacteria can be cultured in the laboratory.Therefore,it is important and necessary to develop theories and methods for the recognition of essential non-coding RNA.In this paper,we present a novel method for predicting essential ncRNA by using both compositional and derivative features calculated by information theory of ncRNA sequences.The method was developed with Support Vector Machine(SVM).The accuracy of the method was evaluated through cross-species cross-vali-dation and found to be between 0.69 and 0.81.It shows that the features we selected have good performance for the prediction of essential ncRNA using SVM.Thus,the method can be applied for discovering essential ncRNAs in bacteria.展开更多
Reductive soil disinfestation(RSD)is an important tool for sustainable agricultural productivity.However,the differences in soil bacterial communities and their community assembly processes among RSD and other treatme...Reductive soil disinfestation(RSD)is an important tool for sustainable agricultural productivity.However,the differences in soil bacterial communities and their community assembly processes among RSD and other treatment strategies(e.g.,biochar and chemical fumigation)are still subject to open questions.In this study,soils subjected to various treatments–un-treated control(CK),chemical soil fumigation with CaCN_(2)(CF),1% biochar(1%B),3% biochar(3%B),and reductive soil disinfestation(RSD)are investigated.Soil samples were collected,incubated,and then used for growth of tomato plants.The Sloan neutral community model indicates that stochastic processes dominate in bacterial community assembly for both biochar and CF amendments.In contrast,this work shows that RSD treatment can have a strong impact on soil bacterial community composition.The relative abundance of Firmicutes increased during unplanted soil incubation,whereas Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes dominated in the rhizosphere after planting of tomatoes.Normalized stochasticity ratio reveals that deterministic selection played an important role in the bacterial assembly under RSD amendment.We found that RSD amendment yielded lower biomass than that for other treatments after 28 days of tomato growth.Our results suggest that although RSD treatment has great potential to rebuild soil bacterial ecology by shaping bacterial communities and their assembly processes,it is important to monitor and manage soil conditions(e.g.,soil nutrients or physical properties)before planting to ensure plant productivity.展开更多
Ambient ozone(O3)exposure may be associated with a reduction of semen quality,yet the potential biological mechanisms remain unclear.We investigated the effects of certain seminal plasma metabolites on mediating the l...Ambient ozone(O3)exposure may be associated with a reduction of semen quality,yet the potential biological mechanisms remain unclear.We investigated the effects of certain seminal plasma metabolites on mediating the links between O3 exposure and the deterioration of semen quality.The untargeted metabolomics analysis was performed on semen samples of 200 Chinese adult men to determine candidate metabolites associated with characteristics of semen quality.Mediation analysis was adopted to examine whether these metabolites modulated the links between O3 exposure and semen quality.We found a significant reduction in sperm concentration by−28.1%(95%CI:−41.7%,−11.3%),and sperm count by−29.2%(95%CI:−43.7%,−11.0%)associated with each 10μg/m3 increase in ambient O3 concentration during the period of sperm development.We delineated 7 metabolites in seminal fluid that substantially mediated the links between O3 exposure and declined semen quality,including myristoleic acid,aspartyl-isoleucine,phenylethyl primeveroside,ACar(18:2),ACar(18:1),FAHFA(22:6/22:3),and LPS(22:5).Among these,myristoleic acid exhibited the most pronounced mediation effects,with its indirect effect of which accounts for 46.4%of the overall association.Our findings suggested that exposure to ozone decreased sperm quality by disrupting fatty acid metabolism,particularly myristoleic acid.展开更多
Mercury(Hg) in rice is drawing mounting concern since methylmercury(MeHg) was found capable of accumulating in rice. In-vitro bioaccessibility is a feasible and reliable method to assess the health effects of Hg in ri...Mercury(Hg) in rice is drawing mounting concern since methylmercury(MeHg) was found capable of accumulating in rice. In-vitro bioaccessibility is a feasible and reliable method to assess the health effects of Hg in rice and has been utilized in a number of studies. This study was done to investigate the impact of cultivar, planting location, and cooking on the total mercury(THg) and MeHg bioaccessibility of rice, for which multiple statistical analysis methods were used to analyze the significance of their effects. The THg concentrations of rice samples taken from non-Hg contaminated areas of China were all below 15 ng/g and their MeHg concentrations were below 2 ng/g. Cooking could significantly reduce the MeHg bioaccessibility of rice because the MeHg was mainly combined with protein and the protein will be denatured during the cooking process, and then the denatured MeHg is difficult to be dissolved into the liquid phase. Indica-and japonica-type rice cultivars did not show significant differentiation in either the concentration of Hg or its bioaccessibility. However, the glutinous rice type differed significantly from the above rice types, and it showed greater bioaccessibility of THg and MeHg due to its distinct protein contents and starch properties. Planting location can affect the Hg concentration in rice and THg bioaccessibility but has a limited impact on MeHg bioaccessibility. Based on these results, two macro factors(rice cultivar, planting location) are presumed to impact Hg bioaccessibility by how they affect micro factors(i.e., Hg forms).展开更多
Background:Human positive cofactor 4(PC4)was initially characterized as a multifunctional transcriptional cofactor,but its role in skin wound healing is still unclear.The purpose of this study was to explore the role ...Background:Human positive cofactor 4(PC4)was initially characterized as a multifunctional transcriptional cofactor,but its role in skin wound healing is still unclear.The purpose of this study was to explore the role of PC4 in skin wound healing through PC4 knock-in mouse model.Methods:A PC4 knock-in mouse model(PC4^(+/+))with a dorsal full-thickness wound was used to investigate the biological functions of PC4 in skin wound healing.Quantitative PCR,Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry were performed to evaluate the expression of PC4;Sirius red staining and immunofluorescence were performed to explore the change of collagen deposition and angiogenesis.Proliferation and apoptosis were detected using Ki67 staining and TUNEL assay.Primary dermal fibroblasts were isolated from mouse skin to perform cell scratch experiments,cck-8 assay and colony formation assay.Results:The PC4^(+/+)mice were fertile and did not display overt abnormalities but showed an obvious delay in cutaneous healing of dorsal skin.Histological staining showed insufficient re-epithelialization,decreased angiogenesis and collagen deposition,increased apoptosis and decreased cell proliferation in PC4^(+/+)skin.Our data also showed decreased migration rate and proliferation ability in cultured primary fibroblasts from PC4^(+/+)mice in vitro.Conclusions:This study suggests that PC4 might serve as a negative regulator of skin wound healing in mice.展开更多
Chaetothyriales is an ascomycetous order within Eurotiomycetes.The order is particularly known through the black yeasts and filamentous relatives that cause opportunistic infections in humans.All species in the order ...Chaetothyriales is an ascomycetous order within Eurotiomycetes.The order is particularly known through the black yeasts and filamentous relatives that cause opportunistic infections in humans.All species in the order are consistently melanized.Ecology and habitats of species are highly diverse,and often rather extreme in terms of exposition and toxicity.Families are defined on the basis of evolutionary history,which is reconstructed by time of divergence and concepts of comparative biology using stochastical character mapping and a multi-rate Brownian motion model to reconstruct ecological ancestral character states.Ancestry is hypothesized to be with a rock-inhabiting life style.Ecological disparity increased significantly in late Jurassic,probably due to expansion of cytochromes followed by colonization of vacant ecospaces.Dramatic diversification took place subsequently,but at a low level of innovation resulting in strong niche conservatism for extant taxa.Families are ecologically different in degrees of specialization.One of the clades has adapted ant domatia,which are rich in hydrocarbons.In derived families,similar processes have enabled survival in domesticated environments rich in creosote and toxic hydrocarbons,and this ability might also explain the pronounced infectious ability of vertebrate hosts observed in these families.Conventional systems of morphological classification poorly correspond with recent phylogenetic data.Species are hypothesized to have low competitive ability against neighboring microbes,which interferes with their laboratory isolation on routine media.The dataset is unbalanced in that a large part of the extant biodiversity has not been analyzed by molecular methods,novel taxonomic entities being introduced at a regular pace.Our study comprises all available species sequenced to date for LSU and ITS,and a nomenclatural overview is provided.A limited number of species could not be assigned to any extant family.展开更多
基金supported by the open project of the Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control,Ministry of Education,Guizhou Medical University,China (GMU-2022-HJZ-06)。
文摘Naringin exists in a wide range of Chinese herbal medicine and has proven to possess several pharmacological properties.In this study,PC12,HepG2 cells,and female Drosophila melanogaster were used to investigate the antioxidative and anti-aging effects of naringin and explore the underlying mechanisms.The results showed that naringin inhibited H_(2)O_(2)-induced decline in cell viability and decreased,the content of reactive oxygen species in cells.Meanwhile,naringin prolonged the lifespan of flies,enhanced the abilities of climbing and the resistance to stress,improved the activities of antioxidant enzymes,and decreased malondialdehyde content.Naringin also improved intestinal barrier dysfunction and reduced abnormal proliferation of intestinal stem cells.Moreover,naringin down-regulated the mRNA expressions of inr,chico,pi 3k,and akt-1,and up-regulated the mRNA expressions of dilp2,dilp3,dilp5,and foxo,thereby activating autophagy-related genes and increasing the number of lysosomes.Furthermore,the mutant stocks assays and computer molecular simulation results further indicated that naringin delayed aging by inhibiting the insulin signaling(IIS)pathway and activating the autophagy pathway,which was consistent with the result of network pharmacological predictions.
基金supported by the Open Project Program of the State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety,Tianjin University of Science and Technology(No.SKLFNS-KF-202201)the Open Project of the Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control,Ministry of Education,Guizhou Medical University,China(No.GMU-2022-HJZ-06)。
文摘Hyperoside and quercetin are similar in molecular structures.In this study,the antioxidant regulatory targets of hyperoside and quercetin are mainly in the nuclear factor(erythroid-2-derived)-related factor 2(Nrf2)pathway predicted by network pharmacology.And the antioxidant effect and mechanism of hyperoside and quercetin were measured and compared in H_(2)O_(2)-induced Hep G2 cells and Caenorhabditis elegans.The findings indicated that quercetin was more effective than hyperoside in reducing oxidative damage,which was proved by improved cell viability,decreased reactive oxygen species(ROS)production,decreased cellular apoptosis,and alleviated mitochondrial damage.In addition,quercetin was more efficient than hyperoside in enhancing the expression of Nrf2-associated m RNAs,increasing the activities of superoxide dismutase(SOD),glutathione peroxidase(GSH-Px),and catalase(CAT),and reducing the cellular malondialdehyde(MDA)content.Quercetin was superior to hyperoside in prolonging the lifespan of worms,decreasing the accumulation of lipofuscin,inhibiting ROS production,and increasing the proportion of skn-1 in the nucleus.With the Nrf2 inhibitor ML385,we verified that quercetin and hyperoside primarily protected the cells against oxidative damage via the Nrf2 signalling pathway.Furthermore,molecular docking and dynamics simulations demonstrated that the quercetin-Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1(Keap1)complex was more stable than the hyperoside-Keap1 complex.The stable structure of the complex might hinder the binding of Nrf2 and Keap1 to release Nrf2 and facilitate its entry into the nucleus to play an antioxidant role.Overall,quercetin had a better antioxidant than hyperoside.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.4157301241571130041 U1612441)
文摘Intensive soil tillage is a significant factor in soil organic matter decline in cultivated soils. Both cultivation abandonment and foregoing tillage have been encouraged in the past 30 years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and soil erosion. However, the dynamic processes of soil organic carbon (SOC) in areas of either continuous cultivation or abandonment remain unclear and inconsistent.Our aims were to assess and model the dynamic processes of SOC under continuous tillage and after cultivation abandonment in the black soil of Northeast China. Soil profiles were collected of cultivated or abandoned land with cultivation history of 0–100 years. An isotope mass balance equation was used to calculate the proportion of SOC derived from corn debris (C_4) and from natural vegetation (C_3) to deduce the dynamic process. Approximately 40% of SOC in the natural surface soil (0–10 cm) was eroded in the first 5 years of cultivation, increasing to about 75% within 40 years, before a slow recovery. C_4 above 30 cm soil depth increased by 4.5%–5% or 0.11–0.12 g·kg^(-1) on average per year under continuous cultivation, while it decreased by approximately 0.34% annually in the surface soil after cultivation abandonment.The increase in the percentage of C_4 was fitted to a linear equation with given intercepts in the upper 30 cm of soil in cultivated land. A significant relationship between the change of C_4 and time was found only in the surface soil after abandonment of cultivation. These results demonstrate the loss and accumulation of corn-derived SOC in surface black soil of Northeast China under continuous tillage or cultivation abandonment.
基金supported by the Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Projects,China(ZK[2022]391)the Cultivation Project of National Natural Science Foundation of Guizhou Medical University,China(21NSFCP20).
文摘Jincheng orange(Citrus sinensis Osbeck)is widely grown in Chongqing,China,and is commonly consumed because of its characteristic aroma contributed by the presence of diverse volatile compounds.The changes in aroma during the development and maturation of fruit are indicators for ripening and harvest time.However,the influence of growth stages on the volatile compounds in Jincheng orange remains unclear.In addition,volatiles originate from fatty acids,most of which are the precursors of volatile substances.On this basis,gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS)was performed to elaborate the changes in volatile constituents and fatty acids as precursors.This study tested proximately 60 volatiles and 8 fatty acids at 9 growth and development stages(AF1-AF9).Of those compounds,more than 92.00%of total volatiles and 87.50%of fatty acids were terpenoid and saturated fatty acids,respectively.As shown in the PCA plot,the AF5,AF6,and AF9 stages were confirmed as completely segregated and appeared different.In addition,most of the volatiles and fatty acids first increased at the beginning of the development stage,then decreased from the AF6 development stage,and finally increased at the AF9 maturity stage.Moreover,the highest contents of terpenoid,alcohols,aldehydes,ketones,and saturated fatty acids in Jincheng orange peel oil were d-limonene,linalool,octanal,cyclohexanone,and stearic acid during development stages,respectively.Our results found that the growth stages significantly affected the volatile constituents and precursors in Jincheng orange peel oil.
基金financially supported by the Foundation of Guizhou Educational Committee(No.KY[2021]008 and No.KY[2020]014)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31871732)。
文摘Chorioallantoic membrane(CAM)is responsible for respiratory gas exchange,eggshell calcium transport,embryonic acid-base equilibrium,allantoic ion,and water reabsorption during avian embryonic development.To further understand the timing of CAM gene expression during chick embryonic development,especially the calcium absorption mechanism,transcriptome quantitative comparative analysis was conducted on chick CAM during the embryonic period(E)of 9,13,17,and 20 days.A total of 6378 differentially expressed genes(DEGs)were identified.Functional enrichment analysis of DEGs showed that CAM DEGs were mainly involved in biological processes such as"ion transport regulation","immune response"and"cell cycle".Time series analysis of the differential genes showed that the functional cells of CAM began to proliferate and differentiate at E9 and the calcium content of egg embryo increased significantly at E13.Simultaneously,the observation of the ultrastructure of the eggshell showed that the interstice of the fiber layer was enlarged at E13,and the mastoid layer was partly exposed.Therefore,it is preliminarily inferred that CAM calcium transport starts at E13,and genes such as TRPV6,S100 A10,and RANKL cooperate to regulate calcium release and transport.
基金Supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(52073022)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China and the Translational Medical Research Fund of Wuhan University Taikang Medical School(School of Basic Medical Sciences)the Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control(Guizhou Medical University)Ministry of Education(GMU-2022-HJZ)。
文摘The global outbreak of coronavirus disease 19(COVID-19),caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-Co V-2),has raised significant global apprehension.Developing a rapid,efficient,sensitive,and accurate point-of-care detection method is imperative for curbing SARS-Co V-2 transmission.Here,we screened a sequence,designed a set of highly sensitive loopmediated isothermal amplification primers(LAMP)and g RNA,and developed a user-friendly detection platform combining CRISPRCas12a and RT-LAMP technology to specifically detect SARS-Co V-2 and its 5 variants.Bioinformatics analysis and Cas12a-g RNA identification ensured sequence specificity,allowing us to identify SARS-Co V-2 mutations.We developed a method for the detection of SARSCoV-2 using these primers in combination with LAMP amplification and CRISPR-Cas12a technology.This method is designed to detect SARS-CoV-2(NC_045512),Alpha(B.1.1.7),Beta(B.1.351),Gamma(P.1),Delta(B.1.617.2)and Omicron(B.1.1.529).Additionally,it can differentiate SARS-CoV-2 from other coronaviruses.Quantitative analysis can be conducted by measuring fluorescence values,while qualitative analysis can be performed by observing fluorescence color point-of-care diagnosis changes with the naked eye.These results suggest that a set of novel sensitive LAMP primers and g RNA have been obtained to detect the extensive variants,and the RT-LAMPCRISPR-Cas12a platform significantly facilitates point-of-care diagnosis,thereby halting the spread of SARS-Co V-2,thus contributing to COVID-19 prevention and control.
基金supported by from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31860431).
文摘Objectives:The secondary products of lipid oxidation are one of the main factors inducing protein oxidation.The effects of oxidation treatment with malondialdehyde(MDA)on the immunoreactivity of amandin and its digestion were studied.Materials and Methods:The rabbit IgG binding ability of amandin was analyzed by western blotting,and the changes in amandin oxidation and immunoreactivity during digestion of amandin with different degrees of oxidation were investigated in combination with an almond allergen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit.Alteration of linear epitopes of amandin by oxidation was investigated by liquid chromatography-tandemmass spectrometry(LC-MS/MS).Results:The results showed that the immunoreactivity of amandin was significantly reduced after 1 mmol/L MDA and 100 mmol/L MDA treat-ment.However,the 1 mmol/L MDA treatment was owing to cleavage of linear epitope peptide in amandin and oxidation of the active amino acid.The 100 mmol/L MDA treatment was due to aggregation of amandin and significant decrease in its solubility.Oxidation also reduced di-gestibility of amandin and significantly affected immunoreactivity during digestion.LC-MS/MS also identified four oxidation-prone methionine sites(aa 264-274,298-308,220-240,and 275-297)in gamma conglutinin 1.Conclusions:MDA treatment reduced the immunoreactivity of amandin.MDA treatment also led to protein aggregation,which slowed down the digestion of amandin and altered the immunoreactivity of amandin during digestion.
基金supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey(TUBITAK)2214-A International Research Fellowship Programme for PhD Students(No:1059B141801143).
文摘The order Onygenales is classified in the class Eurotiomycetes of the subphylum Pezizomycotina.Families in this order have classically been isolated from soil and dung,and two lineages contain causative agents of superficial,cutaneous and systemic infections in mammals.The ecology and habitat choices of the species are driven mainly by the keratin and cellulose degradation abilities.The present study aimed to investigate whether the ecological trends of the members of Onygenales can be interpreted in an evolutionary sense,linking phylogenetic parameters with habitat preferences,to achieve polyphasic definitions of the main taxonomic groups.Evolutionary processes were estimated by multiple gene genealogies and divergence time analysis.Previously described families,namely,Arthrodermataceae,Ajellomycetaceae,Ascosphaeraceae,Eremascaceae,Gymnoascaceae,Onygenaceae and Spiromastigoidaceae,were accepted in Onygenales,and two new families,Malbrancheaceae and Neogymnomycetaceae,were introduced.A number of species could not be assigned to any of the defined families.Our study provides a revised overview of the main lines of taxonomy of Onygenales,supported by multilocus analyses of ITS,LSU,TUB,TEF1,TEF3,RPB1,RPB2,and ribosomal protein 60S L10(L1)(RP60S)sequences,combined with available data on ecology,physiology,morphology,and genomics.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFC1901000)National Natural Science Foundation of China(42107457 and 21577038)+2 种基金Hong Kong Scholar Scheme(XJ2018030)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,Shanghai City Sci-Tech Joint Research Project in Yangtze River Delta of Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission(20232420700)Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Biotransformation of Organic Solid Waste(19DZ2254400).
文摘Municipal solid waste(MSW)landfill is one of the most important reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance(AMR)in urban environments.By reviewing~120 published cases worldwide,we found that leachate-borne antibiotics were at theμg/L level,and meanwhile,around 8 tons of antibiotics(including the clinically relevant ones)annually leached from the MSW landfills in China.During a decade-long landfilling process,the leachate-borne bacteria mainly originating from humanassociated waste(>40%)formed a community network being versatile to the drastic environmental changes.Among them,the keystone species(Proteobacteria subtaxa)functioned for metabolizing the most available substrate in leachates and were also the hosts of mobile antibiotic resistance genes(ARGs),which suggested the enduring and close associations between bacterial community and resistome.These leachate-borne ARGs were highly mobile via plasmid-mediated horizontal gene transfer,especially in less aged leachates(<10 yr).MetaCompare showed that the AMR-hazard index of landfill-specific airborne particles(index=20.5)was significantly higher than that of drinking water(index=17.81,P<0.01).Human daily exposure of ARGs amounted to an inhalation of(5.83±0.16)×105 copies of ARGs,being tenfold higher than that ingestion of drinking water,which implies landfills as a non-ignorable AMR source.
基金funded by t he Strategic Priority Research Programs of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Pan-TPE, XDA20040502 )the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41877405 , U1612442 , U1812403 )。
文摘Effective biomarkers are necessary to better understand the human mercury(Hg) exposure levels. However, mismatched biomarker sampling method causes extra uncertainty in assessing the risk of Hg exposure. To compare the differences between hair and fingernail, and further understand the excretion rates of methylmercury(MeHg) and inorganic mercury(IHg) via hair and fingernails, the total mercury(THg), Me Hg, and IHg concentrations in paired hair and fingernail samples were investigated through paired samples collected from two typical mining areas, Wanshan mercury mine area(WMMA) and Hezhang zinc smelting area(HZSA). The positive correlation in THg, MeHg, and IHg concentrations( p < 0.01) between hair and fingernail samples indicated that those two biomarkers can be corrected in application of assessing human Hg exposure. Compared to fingernails, the hair was suggested to be a more sensitive biomarker as the concentration of THg, MeHg and IHg were 2~4 times higher than those in fingernails. Furthermore, the amounts of THg, MeHg, and IHg excreted via hair were 70~226 times higher than that excreted via fingernails, and the hair plays a more important role than fingernails in the excretion of Hg from human bodies. Present study therefore provides some new insights to better understand the fate of human assimilated Hg.
基金National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2017YFC0907301)
文摘To the Editor:The relationship between hypertension duration and the risk of cardiovascular diseases(CVDs)has received considerable attention in recent years.[1-3]Acohort study based on 246,459 Korean adults found a linear dose-response relationship between hypertension duration and stroke.[1]Another cohort study involving 15,472 White and 10,298 Black adults found that the hypertension duration-heart failure relationship was stronger for people with longer hypertension duration,and there was no evidence of race on the relationship.[2]Notably,prospective data from 39,774 coal workers in Chinese Han suggested that the risk of CVDs and stroke increased with increasing hypertension duration,but no associations of CVDs and stroke with myocardial infarction were found.[3]Importantly,to our knowledge,it remains unclear whether ethnicity differentially affects the associations between hypertension duration and CVDs in Chinese individuals.
基金This study was jointly funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61803112,32160151)the Science and Technology Foundation of Guizhou Province(2019-2811).
文摘Essential ncRNA is a type of ncRNAwhich is indispensable for the sur-vival of organisms.Although essential ncRNAs cannot encode proteins,they are as important as essential coding genes in biology.They have got wide variety of applications such as antimicrobial target discovery,minimal genome construction and evolution analysis.At present,the number of species required for the deter-mination of essential ncRNAs in the whole genome scale is still very few due to the traditional methods are time-consuming,laborious and costly.In addition,tra-ditional experimental methods are limited by the organisms as less than 1%of bacteria can be cultured in the laboratory.Therefore,it is important and necessary to develop theories and methods for the recognition of essential non-coding RNA.In this paper,we present a novel method for predicting essential ncRNA by using both compositional and derivative features calculated by information theory of ncRNA sequences.The method was developed with Support Vector Machine(SVM).The accuracy of the method was evaluated through cross-species cross-vali-dation and found to be between 0.69 and 0.81.It shows that the features we selected have good performance for the prediction of essential ncRNA using SVM.Thus,the method can be applied for discovering essential ncRNAs in bacteria.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42167017)Talents of Guizhou Science and Technology Cooperation Platform([2017]5726-52)+2 种基金Guizhou Province 100-level Talent Project([2020]6010)the Key Program of Science and Technology of Guizhou Province([2020]1Z036)Ningbo Municipal Science and Technology Bureau([2021]Z047).
文摘Reductive soil disinfestation(RSD)is an important tool for sustainable agricultural productivity.However,the differences in soil bacterial communities and their community assembly processes among RSD and other treatment strategies(e.g.,biochar and chemical fumigation)are still subject to open questions.In this study,soils subjected to various treatments–un-treated control(CK),chemical soil fumigation with CaCN_(2)(CF),1% biochar(1%B),3% biochar(3%B),and reductive soil disinfestation(RSD)are investigated.Soil samples were collected,incubated,and then used for growth of tomato plants.The Sloan neutral community model indicates that stochastic processes dominate in bacterial community assembly for both biochar and CF amendments.In contrast,this work shows that RSD treatment can have a strong impact on soil bacterial community composition.The relative abundance of Firmicutes increased during unplanted soil incubation,whereas Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes dominated in the rhizosphere after planting of tomatoes.Normalized stochasticity ratio reveals that deterministic selection played an important role in the bacterial assembly under RSD amendment.We found that RSD amendment yielded lower biomass than that for other treatments after 28 days of tomato growth.Our results suggest that although RSD treatment has great potential to rebuild soil bacterial ecology by shaping bacterial communities and their assembly processes,it is important to monitor and manage soil conditions(e.g.,soil nutrients or physical properties)before planting to ensure plant productivity.
文摘Ambient ozone(O3)exposure may be associated with a reduction of semen quality,yet the potential biological mechanisms remain unclear.We investigated the effects of certain seminal plasma metabolites on mediating the links between O3 exposure and the deterioration of semen quality.The untargeted metabolomics analysis was performed on semen samples of 200 Chinese adult men to determine candidate metabolites associated with characteristics of semen quality.Mediation analysis was adopted to examine whether these metabolites modulated the links between O3 exposure and semen quality.We found a significant reduction in sperm concentration by−28.1%(95%CI:−41.7%,−11.3%),and sperm count by−29.2%(95%CI:−43.7%,−11.0%)associated with each 10μg/m3 increase in ambient O3 concentration during the period of sperm development.We delineated 7 metabolites in seminal fluid that substantially mediated the links between O3 exposure and declined semen quality,including myristoleic acid,aspartyl-isoleucine,phenylethyl primeveroside,ACar(18:2),ACar(18:1),FAHFA(22:6/22:3),and LPS(22:5).Among these,myristoleic acid exhibited the most pronounced mediation effects,with its indirect effect of which accounts for 46.4%of the overall association.Our findings suggested that exposure to ozone decreased sperm quality by disrupting fatty acid metabolism,particularly myristoleic acid.
基金supported by the research fund of Guizhou Minzu University (No. GZMUZK[2021]YB14)the open research fund of Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (No. QJH-KY[2020]247)。
文摘Mercury(Hg) in rice is drawing mounting concern since methylmercury(MeHg) was found capable of accumulating in rice. In-vitro bioaccessibility is a feasible and reliable method to assess the health effects of Hg in rice and has been utilized in a number of studies. This study was done to investigate the impact of cultivar, planting location, and cooking on the total mercury(THg) and MeHg bioaccessibility of rice, for which multiple statistical analysis methods were used to analyze the significance of their effects. The THg concentrations of rice samples taken from non-Hg contaminated areas of China were all below 15 ng/g and their MeHg concentrations were below 2 ng/g. Cooking could significantly reduce the MeHg bioaccessibility of rice because the MeHg was mainly combined with protein and the protein will be denatured during the cooking process, and then the denatured MeHg is difficult to be dissolved into the liquid phase. Indica-and japonica-type rice cultivars did not show significant differentiation in either the concentration of Hg or its bioaccessibility. However, the glutinous rice type differed significantly from the above rice types, and it showed greater bioaccessibility of THg and MeHg due to its distinct protein contents and starch properties. Planting location can affect the Hg concentration in rice and THg bioaccessibility but has a limited impact on MeHg bioaccessibility. Based on these results, two macro factors(rice cultivar, planting location) are presumed to impact Hg bioaccessibility by how they affect micro factors(i.e., Hg forms).
基金National Key Research and Development Program,grant/award number:2016YFC1000805University Innovation Team Building Program of Chongqing,grant/award number:CXTDG201602020Intramural research project grants:AWS17J007,2018-JCJQ-ZQ-001.
文摘Background:Human positive cofactor 4(PC4)was initially characterized as a multifunctional transcriptional cofactor,but its role in skin wound healing is still unclear.The purpose of this study was to explore the role of PC4 in skin wound healing through PC4 knock-in mouse model.Methods:A PC4 knock-in mouse model(PC4^(+/+))with a dorsal full-thickness wound was used to investigate the biological functions of PC4 in skin wound healing.Quantitative PCR,Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry were performed to evaluate the expression of PC4;Sirius red staining and immunofluorescence were performed to explore the change of collagen deposition and angiogenesis.Proliferation and apoptosis were detected using Ki67 staining and TUNEL assay.Primary dermal fibroblasts were isolated from mouse skin to perform cell scratch experiments,cck-8 assay and colony formation assay.Results:The PC4^(+/+)mice were fertile and did not display overt abnormalities but showed an obvious delay in cutaneous healing of dorsal skin.Histological staining showed insufficient re-epithelialization,decreased angiogenesis and collagen deposition,increased apoptosis and decreased cell proliferation in PC4^(+/+)skin.Our data also showed decreased migration rate and proliferation ability in cultured primary fibroblasts from PC4^(+/+)mice in vitro.Conclusions:This study suggests that PC4 might serve as a negative regulator of skin wound healing in mice.
基金thank China Scholarship Council for financial support for Y.Q.(Number 201708520100).
文摘Chaetothyriales is an ascomycetous order within Eurotiomycetes.The order is particularly known through the black yeasts and filamentous relatives that cause opportunistic infections in humans.All species in the order are consistently melanized.Ecology and habitats of species are highly diverse,and often rather extreme in terms of exposition and toxicity.Families are defined on the basis of evolutionary history,which is reconstructed by time of divergence and concepts of comparative biology using stochastical character mapping and a multi-rate Brownian motion model to reconstruct ecological ancestral character states.Ancestry is hypothesized to be with a rock-inhabiting life style.Ecological disparity increased significantly in late Jurassic,probably due to expansion of cytochromes followed by colonization of vacant ecospaces.Dramatic diversification took place subsequently,but at a low level of innovation resulting in strong niche conservatism for extant taxa.Families are ecologically different in degrees of specialization.One of the clades has adapted ant domatia,which are rich in hydrocarbons.In derived families,similar processes have enabled survival in domesticated environments rich in creosote and toxic hydrocarbons,and this ability might also explain the pronounced infectious ability of vertebrate hosts observed in these families.Conventional systems of morphological classification poorly correspond with recent phylogenetic data.Species are hypothesized to have low competitive ability against neighboring microbes,which interferes with their laboratory isolation on routine media.The dataset is unbalanced in that a large part of the extant biodiversity has not been analyzed by molecular methods,novel taxonomic entities being introduced at a regular pace.Our study comprises all available species sequenced to date for LSU and ITS,and a nomenclatural overview is provided.A limited number of species could not be assigned to any extant family.
基金National Key Research and Development Program （2016YFC1000805） National Natural Science Foundation of China （81371688, 81673089）+2 种基金 University Innovation Team Building Program of Chongqing （CXTDG201602020） Intramural Research Project Grants （BWS13C016 and AWS14007-01 ） Chongqing Science and Technology Commission （cstc2013jcyjA10038）
