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Olivier JT Briët Gawrie NL Galappaththy Flemming Konradsen Priyanie H Amerasinghe Felix P Amerasinghe 《Malaria journal》2005,4(1):1-11
In Vietnam, a large proportion of all malaria cases and deaths occurs in the central mountainous and forested part of the country. Indeed, forest malaria, despite intensive control activities, is still a major problem which raises several questions about its dynamics. A large-scale malaria morbidity survey to measure malaria endemicity and identify important risk factors was carried out in 43 villages situated in a forested area of Ninh Thuan province, south central Vietnam. Four thousand three hundred and six randomly selected individuals, aged 10–60 years, participated in the survey. Rag Lays (86%), traditionally living in the forest and practising "slash and burn" cultivation represented the most common ethnic group. The overall parasite rate was 13.3% (range [0–42.3] while Plasmodium falciparum seroprevalence was 25.5% (range [2.1–75.6]). Mapping of these two variables showed a patchy distribution, suggesting that risk factors other than remoteness and forest proximity modulated the human-vector interactions. This was confirmed by the results of the multivariate-adjusted analysis, showing that forest work was a significant risk factor for malaria infection, further increased by staying in the forest overnight (OR= 2.86; 95%CI [1.62; 5.07]). Rag Lays had a higher risk of malaria infection, which inversely related to education level and socio-economic status. Women were less at risk than men (OR = 0.71; 95%CI [0.59; 0.86]), a possible consequence of different behaviour. This study confirms that malaria endemicity is still relatively high in this area and that the dynamics of transmission is constantly modulated by the behaviour of both humans and vectors. A well-targeted intervention reducing the "vector/forest worker" interaction, based on long-lasting insecticidal material, could be appropriate in this environment. 相似文献
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Quezada-Rivera JJ RE Soria-Guerra FS Pérez-Juárez L Martínez-González SE Valdés- Rodríguez NL Vasco-Méndez JF Morales-Domínguez 《Phyton》2019,88(1):25-35
The use of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) synthesized
by bacteria (bacteriocins) is an alternative for combating multidrug
resistant bacterial strains and their production by recombinant route
is a viable option for their mass production. The bacteriocin E-760
isolated from the genus Enterococcus sp. has been shown to possess
inhibitory activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive
bacteria. In this study, the expression of a chimeric protein coding
for E-760 in the nucleus of C. reinhardtii was evaluated, as well as,
its antibacterial activity. The synthetic gene E-760S was inserted
into the genome of C. reinhardtii using Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
A transgenic line was identified in TAP medium with hygromycin
and also by PCR. The increment in the culture medium temperature
of the transgenic strain at 35 °C for 10 minutes, increased the
production level of the recombinant protein from 0.14 (Noninduced
culture, NIC) to 0.36% (Induced culture, IC) of total soluble
proteins (TSP); this was quantified by an ELISA assay. Recombinant
E-760 possesses activity against Staphylococcus aureus in 0.34 U
log, Streptococcus agalactiae in 0.48 U log, Enterococcus faecium in
0.36 U log, Pseudomonas aeruginosa in 2 U log and for Klebsiella
pneumoniae, the activity was 0.07 U log. These results demonstrate
that the nucleus transformation of C. reinhardtii can function as
a stable expression platform for the production of the synthetic
gene E-760 and it can potentially be used as an antibacterial agent. 相似文献
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Synergistic effects of atmospheric pressure plasma‐emitted components on DNA oligomers: a Raman spectroscopic study 下载免费PDF全文
Eugen Edengeiser Jan‐Wilm Lackmann Erik Bründermann Simon Schneider Jan Benedikt Julia E. Bandow Martina Havenith 《Journal of biophotonics》2015,8(11-12):918-924
Cold atmospheric‐pressure plasmas have become of increasing importance in sterilization processes especially with the growing prevalence of multi‐resistant bacteria. Albeit the potential for technological application is obvious, much less is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying bacterial inactivation. X‐jet technology separates plasma‐generated reactive particles and photons, thus allowing the investigation of their individual and joint effects on DNA. Raman spectroscopy shows that particles and photons cause different modifications in DNA single and double strands. The treatment with the combination of particles and photons does not only result in cumulative, but in synergistic effects. Profilometry confirms that etching is a minor contributor to the observed DNA damage in vitro.
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Sina Schkermann Dominik Wüllner Abdulkadir Yayci Andrew Emili Julia Elisabeth Bandow 《Proteomics》2021,21(1)
Identification of the molecular target is a crucial step in evaluating novel antibiotics. To support target identification, a label‐free method based on chromatographic co‐elution has previously been developed. Target identification by chromatographic coelution (TICC) exploits the alteration of the elution profile of target‐bound drug versus free drug in ion exchange (IEX) chromatography to identify potential target proteins from elution fractions. The applicability of TICC for antibiotic research is investigated by evaluating which proteins, that is, putative targets, can be monitored in Bacillus subtilis. Coelution of components of known protein complexes provides a read‐out for how well the native state of proteins is conserved during chromatography. Rifampicin, which targets RNA polymerase, is used in a proof‐of‐concept study. 相似文献
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Benjamin Fränzel Christian Frese Maya Penkova Nils Metzler-Nolte Julia E. Bandow Dirk Andreas Wolters 《Journal of biological inorganic chemistry》2010,15(8):1293-1303
Multiresistant bacteria are becoming more and more widespread. It is therefore necessary to have new compound groups in hand,
such as small cationic peptides, to cope with these challenges. In this work, we present a comprehensive approach by monitoring
protein expression profiles in a Gram-positive bacterium (Corynebacterium glutamicum) to investigate the cellular response to such a compound, a ferrocene-conjugated arginine- and tryptophan-rich pentapeptide.
To achieve this, a proteomic outline was performed where the compound-treated sample was compared with an untreated control.
This study comprises more than 900 protein identifications, including numerous integral membrane proteins, and among these
185 differential expressions. Surprisingly, unregulated catalase and no elevated H2O2 levels demonstrate that no oxidative stress occurs after treatment with the iron-containing compound as a consequence of
the potential Fenton reaction. A sufficient iron supply is evidenced by the iron-containing protein aconitase and SufB (the
latter belongs to an iron–sulfur cluster assembly system) and decreased levels of ATP-binding-cassette-type cobalamin/Fe3+ siderophore transporters. The organometallic peptide antibiotic targets the cell membrane, which is evident by decreased
levels of various integral membrane proteins, such as peptide permeases and transporters, and an altered lipid composition.
Conversion to a more rigid cell membrane seems to be a relevant protective strategy of C. glutamicum against the ferrocene-conjugated antimicrobial peptide compound. 相似文献
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Wenyu Gu Muhammad Farhan Ul Haque Bipin S. Baral Erick A. Turpin Nathan L. Bandow Elisabeth Kremmer Andrew Flatley Hans Zischka Alan A. DiSpirito Jeremy D. Semrau 《Applied and environmental microbiology》2016,82(6):1917-1923
Methanobactin, a small modified polypeptide synthesized by methanotrophs for copper uptake, has been found to be chromosomally encoded. The gene encoding the polypeptide precursor of methanobactin, mbnA, is part of a gene cluster that also includes several genes encoding proteins of unknown function (but speculated to be involved in methanobactin formation) as well as mbnT, which encodes a TonB-dependent transporter hypothesized to be responsible for methanobactin uptake. To determine if mbnT is truly responsible for methanobactin uptake, a knockout was constructed in Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b using marker exchange mutagenesis. The resulting M. trichosporium
mbnT::Gmr mutant was found to be able to produce methanobactin but was unable to internalize it. Further, if this mutant was grown in the presence of copper and exogenous methanobactin, copper uptake was significantly reduced. Expression of mmoX and pmoA, encoding polypeptides of the soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) and particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO), respectively, also changed significantly when methanobactin was added, which indicates that the mutant was unable to collect copper under these conditions. Copper uptake and gene expression, however, were not affected in wild-type M. trichosporium OB3b, indicating that the TonB-dependent transporter encoded by mbnT is responsible for methanobactin uptake and that methanobactin is a key mechanism used by methanotrophs for copper uptake. When the mbnT::Gmr mutant was grown under a range of copper concentrations in the absence of methanobactin, however, the phenotype of the mutant was indistinguishable from that of wild-type M. trichosporium OB3b, indicating that this methanotroph has multiple mechanisms for copper uptake. 相似文献
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Melissa Vázquez-Hernández Stephanie L. Leedom Kenneth C. Keiler Julia Elisabeth Bandow 《Proteomics》2023,23(18):2200474
trans-Translation is the most effective ribosome rescue system known in bacteria. While it is essential in some bacteria, Bacillus subtilis possesses two additional alternative ribosome rescue mechanisms that require the proteins BrfA or RqcH. To investigate the physiology of trans-translation deficiency in the model organism B. subtilis, we compared the proteomes of B. subtilis 168 and a ΔssrA mutant in the mid-log phase using gel-free label-free quantitative proteomics. In chemically defined medium, the growth rate of the ssrA deletion mutant was 20% lower than that of B. subtilis 168. An 35S-methionine incorporation assay demonstrated that protein synthesis rates were also lower in the ΔssrA strain. Alternative rescue factors were not detected. Among the 34 proteins overrepresented in the mutant strain were eight chemotaxis proteins. Indeed, both on LB agar and minimal medium the ΔssrA strain showed an altered motility and chemotaxis phenotype. Despite the lower growth rate, in the mutant proteome ribosomal proteins were more abundant while proteins related to amino acid biosynthesis were less abundant than in the parental strain. This overrepresentation of ribosomal proteins coupled with a lower protein synthesis rate and down-regulation of precursor supply reflects the slow ribosome recycling in the trans-translation-deficient mutant. 相似文献
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