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Giuseppe Tortoriello Brandon P. Rhodes Sara M. Takacs Jordyn M. Stuart Arjun Basnet Siham Raboune Theodore S. Widlanski Patrick Doherty Tibor Harkany Heather B. Bradshaw 《PloS one》2013,8(7)
Lipid metabolism is critical to coordinate organ development and physiology in response to tissue-autonomous signals and environmental cues. Changes to the availability and signaling of lipid mediators can limit competitiveness, adaptation to environmental stressors, and augment pathological processes. Two classes of lipids, the N-acyl amides and the 2-acyl glycerols, have emerged as important signaling molecules in a wide range of species with important signaling properties, though most of what is known about their cellular functions is from mammalian models. Therefore, expanding available knowledge on the repertoire of these lipids in invertebrates will provide additional avenues of research aimed at elucidating biosynthetic, metabolic, and signaling properties of these molecules. Drosophila melanogaster is a commonly used organism to study intercellular communication, including the functions of bioactive lipids. However, limited information is available on the molecular identity of lipids with putative biological activities in Drosophila. Here, we used a targeted lipidomics approach to identify putative signaling lipids in third instar Drosophila larvae, possessing particularly large lipid mass in their fat body. We identified 2-linoleoyl glycerol, 2-oleoyl glycerol, and 45 N-acyl amides in larval tissues, and validated our findings by the comparative analysis of Oregon-RS, Canton-S and w1118 strains. Data here suggest that Drosophila represent another model system to use for the study of 2-acyl glycerol and N-acyl amide signaling. 相似文献
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Understanding factors determining the distribution of species is a key requirement for protecting diversity in a specific area. The aim of this study was to explore the factors affecting diversity and distribution of species of birds on different forested hills in central Nepal. The area is rich in species of birds. Because the area is characterized by steep gradients, we were also interested in the importance of altitude in determining the diversity and species composition of the bird communities. We assessed bird diversity and species composition based on point observations along a gradient of increasing altitude in two valleys (Kathmandu and Palung) in central Nepal. Data on environmental variables were also collected in order to identify the main determinants of bird diversity and species composition of the bird communities. We recorded 6522 individual birds belonging to 146 species, 77 genera and 23 families. Resident birds made up 80% (117 species) of the total dataset. The study supported the original expectation that altitude is a major determinant of species richness and composition of bird communities in the area. More diverse bird communities were found also in areas with steeper slopes. This together with the positive effect of greater heterogeneity suggests that forests on steep slopes intermixed with patches of open habitats on shallow soil at large spatial scales are more important for diverse bird communities than more disturbed habitats on shallow slopes. In addition, we demonstrated that while different habitat characteristics such as presence of forests edges and shrubs play an important role in driving species composition, but they do not affect species richness. This indicates that while habitat conditions are important determinants of the distribution of specific species, the number of niches is determined by large scale characteristics, such as landscape level habitat heterogeneity and altitude. Thus, to protect bird diversity in the mid-hills of central Nepal, we should maintain diverse local habitats (viz. forest, shrubs, open land, etc.) but also make sure the natural habitats on steeper slopes with large scale heterogeneity are maintained. 相似文献
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Isolation and characterization of the tobramycin biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces tenebrarius 总被引:9,自引:0,他引:9
Kharel MK Basnet DB Lee HC Liou K Woo JS Kim BG Sohng JK 《FEMS microbiology letters》2004,230(2):185-190
The biosynthetic gene cluster for tobramycin, a 2-deoxystreptamine-containing aminoglycoside antibiotic, was isolated from Streptomyces tenebrarius ATCC 17920. A genomic library of S. tenebrarius was constructed, and a cosmid, pST51, was isolated by the probes based on the core regions of 2-deoxy-scyllo-inosose (DOI) synthase, and L-glutamine:DOI aminotransferase and L-glutamine:scyllo-inosose aminotransferase. Sequencing of 33.9 kb revealed 24 open reading frames (ORFs) including putative tobramycin biosynthetic genes. We demonstrated that one of these ORFs, tbmA, encodes DOI synthase by in vitro enzyme assay of the purified protein. The catalytic residues of TbmA and dehydroquinate synthase were studied by homology modeling. The gene cluster found is likely to be involved in the biosynthesis of tobramycin. 相似文献
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Simple aromatic compounds containing propenone moiety show considerable dual COX/5-LOX inhibitory activities 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Jahng Y Zhao LX Moon YS Basnet A Kim EK Chang HW Ju HK Jeong TC Lee ES 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters》2004,14(10):2559-2562
For the development of safer anti-inflammatory agents, simple aromatic compounds containing propenone moiety were prepared and evaluated for their dual COX/5-LOX inhibitory activities. Among the 17 prepared compounds, most of the compounds exhibited considerable COX/5-LOX inhibitory activities. Especially compound C(15) showed the most significant dual COX/5-LOX inhibitory activity. 相似文献
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Arjun Basnet Pritam Thapa Radha Karki Hoyoung Choi Jae Hun Choi Minho Yun Byeong-Seon Jeong Yurngdong Jahng Younghwa Na Won-Jea Cho Youngjoo Kwon Chong-Soon Lee Eung-Seok Lee 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters》2010,20(1):42-47
For the development of novel antitumor agents, 2,6-dithienyl-4-furyl pyridine derivatives were prepared and evaluated for their topoisomerase I and II inhibitory activity as well as cytotoxicity against several human cancer cell lines. Among the 21 prepared compounds, compound 24 exhibited strong topoisomerase I inhibitory activity. In addition, a docking study with topoisomerase I and compound 24 was performed. 相似文献
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Eric E. Lopez-Vera Sarah Nelson Ravi P. Singh Bhoja R. Basnet Scott D. Haley Sridhar Bhavani Julio Huerta-Espino Beatriz G. Xoconostle-Cazares Roberto Ruiz-Medrano Matthew N. Rouse Sukhwinder Singh 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2014,127(1):231-239
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Identified SSR markers ( Xcfd49 and Xbarc183 ) linked with stem rust resistance for efficient use in marker-assisted selection and stacking of resistance genes in wheat breeding programs.Abstract
More than 80 % of the worldwide wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) area is currently sown with varieties susceptible to the Ug99 race group of stem rust fungus. However, wheat lines Niini, Tinkio, Coni, Pfunye, Blouk, and Ripper have demonstrated Ug99 resistance at the seedling and adult plant stages. We mapped stem rust resistance in populations derived from crosses of a susceptible parent with each of the resistant lines. The segregation of resistance in each population indicated the presence of a single gene. The resistance gene in Niini mapped to short arm of chromosome 6D and was flanked by SSR markers Xcfd49 at distances of 3.9 cM proximal and Xbarc183 8.4 cM distal, respectively. The chromosome location of this resistance was validated in three other populations: PBW343/Coni, PBW343/Tinkio, and Cacuke/Pfunye. Resistance initially postulated to be conferred by the SrTmp gene in Blouk and Ripper was also linked to Xcfd49 and Xbarc183 on 6DS, but it was mapped proximal to Xbarc183 at a similar position to previously mapped genes Sr42 and SrCad. Based on the variation in diagnostic marker alleles, it is possible that Niini and Pfunye may carry different resistance genes/alleles. Further studies are needed to determine the allelic relationships between various genes located on chromosome arm 6DS. Our results provide valuable molecular marker and genetic information for developing Ug99 resistant wheat varieties in diverse germplasm and using these markers to tag the resistance genes in wheat breeding. 相似文献9.
Pino Del Carpio D Basnet RK De Vos RC Maliepaard C Visser R Bonnema G 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2011,122(6):1105-1118
With the recent advances in high throughput profiling techniques the amount of genetic and phenotypic data available has increased
dramatically. Although many genetic diversity studies combine morphological and genetic data, metabolite profiling has yet
to be integrated into these studies. For our study we selected 168 accessions representing the different morphotypes and geographic
origins of Brassica rapa. Metabolite profiling was performed on all plants of this collection in the youngest expanded leaves, 5 weeks after transplanting
and the same material was used for molecular marker profiling. During the same season a year later, 26 morphological characteristics
were measured on plants that had been vernalized in the seedling stage. The number of groups and composition following a hierarchical
clustering with molecular markers was highly correlated to the groups based on morphological traits (r = 0.420) and metabolic profiles (r = 0.476). To reveal the admixture levels in B. rapa, comparison with the results of the programme STRUCTURE was needed to obtain information on population substructure. To analyze
5546 metabolite (LC–MS) signals the groups identified with STRUCTURE were used for random forests classification. When comparing
the random forests and STRUCTURE membership probabilities 86% of the accessions were allocated into the same subgroup. Our
findings indicate that if extensive phenotypic data (metabolites) are available, classification based on this type of data
is very comparable to genetic classification. These multivariate types of data and methodological approaches are valuable
for the selection of accessions to study the genetics of selected traits and for genetic improvement programs, and additionally
provide information on the evolution of the different morphotypes in B. rapa. 相似文献
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Christopher T. Veldkamp Joshua J. Ziarek Jidong Su Harihar Basnet Richard Lennertz Joshua J. Weiner Francis C. Peterson John E. Baker Brian F. Volkman 《Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society》2009,18(7):1359-1369
The chemokine stromal cell‐derived factor‐1 (SDF‐1/CXCL12) directs leukocyte migration, stem cell homing, and cancer metastasis through activation of CXCR4, which is also a coreceptor for T‐tropic HIV‐1. Recently, SDF‐1 was shown to play a protective role after myocardial infarction, and the protein is a candidate for development of new anti‐ischemic compounds. SDF‐1 is monomeric at nanomolar concentrations but binding partners promote self‐association at higher concentrations to form a typical CXC chemokine homodimer. Two NMR structures have been reported for the SDF‐1 monomer, but only one matches the conformation observed in a series of dimeric crystal structures. In the other model, the C‐terminal helix is tilted at an angle incompatible with SDF‐1 dimerization. Using a rat heart explant model for ischemia/reperfusion injury, we found that dimeric SDF‐1 exerts no cardioprotective effect, suggesting that the active species is monomeric. To resolve the discrepancy between existing models, we solved the NMR structure of the SDF‐1 monomer in different solution conditions. Irrespective of pH and buffer composition, the C‐terminal helix remains tilted at an angle with no evidence for the perpendicular arrangement. Furthermore, we find that phospholipid bicelles promote dimerization that necessarily shifts the helix to the perpendicular orientation, yielding dipolar couplings that are incompatible with the NOE distance constraints. We conclude that interactions with the alignment medium biased the previous structure, masking flexibility in the helix position that may be essential for the distinct functional properties of the SDF‐1 monomer. 相似文献