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Hadji Sfaxi I Ezzine A Coquet L Cosette P Jouenne T Marzouki MN 《Molecular biotechnology》2012,52(1):49-58
Superoxide dismutases (SODs; EC 1.15.1.1) are key enzymes in the cells protection against oxidant agents. Thus, SODs play a major role in the protection of aerobic organisms against oxygen-mediated damages. Three SOD isoforms were previously identified by zymogram staining from Allium sativum bulbs. The purified Cu, Zn-SOD2 shows an antagonist effect to an anticancer drug and alleviate cytotoxicity inside tumor cells lines B16F0 (mouse melanoma cells) and PAE (porcine aortic endothelial cells). To extend the characterization of Allium SODs and their corresponding genes, a proteomic approach was applied involving two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and LC-MS/MS analyses. From peptide sequence data obtained by mass spectrometry and sequences homologies, primers were defined and a cDNA fragment of 456?bp was amplified by RT-PCR. The cDNA nucleotide sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame coding for 152 residues. The deduced amino acid sequence showed high identity (82-87%) with sequences of Cu, Zn-SODs from other plant species. Molecular analysis was achieved by a protein 3D structural model. 相似文献
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Tarek Slatni Imen Ben Salah Saber Kouas Ahmed Debez Houda Gouia Chedly Abdelly 《Symbiosis (Philadelphia, Pa.)》2010,51(3):249-256
Legume seeds such as common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are of major importance for human nutrition in the Mediterranean region, owing to their high protein and iron contents.
Iron deficiency is a major agricultural issue limiting crop yields, especially on calcareous soils which represent more than
30% of the world’s land surface. In the present study, we compared the effect of iron deficiency on the yield and the seed
quality of two common bean cultivars, contrasting in their tolerance ability to iron deficiency. Seedlings were inoculated
with an efficient strain of Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899 and were grown on either non-calcareous or calcareous soil. Seed and pod numbers, seed weight and quality were evaluated.
On the calcareous soil, iron deficiency decreased the plant yield, reduced the weight and the number of seeds and impaired
the seed quality as expressed by seed mineral composition, protein and soluble sugar contents. The tolerant cultivar, Flamingo,
grew better and produced seeds with higher protein and mineral contents than the sensitive cultivar, Coco blanc. 相似文献
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Lucia Bicchieray Imen Ben Ftima Martine Albert Marianne Bergere Olivier Cussenot Nicole Parseghian Mbarka Dakouane Jacqueline Selva 《Andrologie》2003,13(3):288-297
Testicular aging is usually studied using sperm and quantitative hormone analysis. Testicular samples are obviously difficult to obtain from a control aging population. Body donations from the Anatomy Department of the Saint-Peres University provided access to testicular samples from deceased men between the ages of 53 to 102 years. We present the first results of a semiquantitative histological morphometric study of testicular aging. We studied a series of 39 subjects. After removal of the sample within the first 24 hours, several investigations were conducted. Macroscopic examination (volume, weight) was followed by histological examination and computer-assisted morphometric analysis: N.I.H images based on the following parameters: (i) transverse sections of the seminiferous tubules (total surface, thickness of the basal membrane, and nuclear density of Sertoli cells, spermatogonia, spermatocytes and spermatozoids; (ii) histological sections were studied for interstitial tissue, number of clusters and the surface occupied by Leydig cells (percentage per parenchyma area), their appearance, size and nuclear density were determined; (iii) this study was completed by visual count of the various cell types in the seminiferous epithelium. The results obtained on a series of 39 subjects aged from 53 to 102 showed various alterations, such as thickening of the tunica albuginea and basal membrane and intertubule hyalinization. The most frequent histological pattern of the aging testis is a mosaic of various seminiferous tubule lesions varying from tubules with complete although reduced spermatogenesis to entirely sclerosed tubules. Individual variations are extremely marked with major alterations of spermatogenesis as early as 60 years old, with atrophied Leydig cells and, on the contrary, preserved spermatogenesis until the age of 95 years. 相似文献
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Jguirim-Souissi Imen Ludivine Billiet Clarisse Cuaz-Pérolin Nadège Michaud Mustapha Rouis 《Free radical biology & medicine》2009,46(10):1404-1410
In a previous study, we identified the regulated in development and DNA damage response 2 (REDD2) gene as a highly expressed gene in human atherosclerotic lesions in comparison to normal artery, as well as in cultured human macrophages, and showed its implication in oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-induced macrophage death sensitivity. In this article, we attempt to identify the mechanism by which REDD2 induces such a phenomenon. Transient transfection of U-937 monocytic cells with a pCI.CMV.REDD2 expression vector increased by approximately twofold the mRNA levels of REDD2 in comparison to control cells transfected with pCI.CMV.GFP. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production was significantly induced in REDD2-transfected cells compared with control cells (157 ± 48 and 100 ± 8 arbitrary units/mg cell protein, respectively; p < 0.05). Moreover, a significant increase in parameters known to reflect the oxidative modifications of LDL was observed. Among enzymes involved in ROS production or degradation, we found a specific reduction in thioredoxin-1 (Trx-1) mRNA (~ 52 ± 7% decrease, p < 0.01 vs control cells) and protein (~ 60 ± 4% decrease, p < 0.001 vs control cells) levels in cells overexpressing REDD2 in comparison to control cells. In contrast, transfection of U-937 cells with siRNA against REDD2 decreased the mRNA levels of REDD2 by ~ 60% and increased Trx-1 mRNA and protein levels. Moreover, we observed no or a moderate increase in Bax (proapoptotic) and a significant decrease in Bcl2 (antiapoptotic) gene expression in cells that overexpress REDD2 compared to control cells. In addition, we showed that Trx-1 mRNA and protein levels were increased at low H2O2 doses and decreased at higher doses. Interestingly, macrophages isolated from human atherosclerotic lesions differentially express REDD2 and Trx-1. Indeed, in certain patients, levels of REDD2 mRNA were low and those of Trx-1 mRNA were high. In contrast, in other patients, levels of REDD2 were high and levels of Trx-1 mRNA were low. 相似文献
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Optimization of enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation conditions for improved bioethanol production from potato peel residues
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Imen Ben Taher Patrick Fickers Sofien Chniti Mnasser Hassouna 《Biotechnology progress》2017,33(2):397-406
The aim of this work was the optimization of the enzyme hydrolysis of potato peel residues (PPR) for bioethanol production. The process included a pretreatment step followed by an enzyme hydrolysis using crude enzyme system composed of cellulase, amylase and hemicellulase, produced by a mixed culture of Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma reesei. Hydrothermal, alkali and acid pretreatments were considered with regards to the enhancement of enzyme hydrolysis of potato peel residues. The obtained results showed that hydrothermal pretreatment lead to a higher enzyme hydrolysis yield compared to both acid and alkali pretreatments. Enzyme hydrolysis was also optimized for parameters such as temperature, pH, substrate loading and surfactant loading using a response surface methodology. Under optimized conditions, 77 g L?1 of reducing sugars were obtained. Yeast fermentation of the released reducing sugars led to an ethanol titer of 30 g L?1 after supplementation of the culture medium with ammonium sulfate. Moreover, a comparative study between acid and enzyme hydrolysis of potato peel residues was investigated. Results showed that enzyme hydrolysis offers higher yield of bioethanol production than acid hydrolysis. These results highlight the potential of second generation bioethanol production from potato peel residues treated with onsite produced hydrolytic enzymes. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 33:397–406, 2017 相似文献
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A novel simple and rapid PCR-based site-directed mutagenesis method 总被引:11,自引:0,他引:11
Rabhi I Guedel N Chouk I Zerria K Barbouche MR Dellagi K Fathallah DM 《Molecular biotechnology》2004,26(1):27-34
Site-directed mutagenesis (SDM) is a powerful tool for exploring protein structure and function, and several procedures adjusted
to specific purposes are still being developed. Herein we describe a straightforward and efficient method with versatile applications
for introducing site-specific alterations in any deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence cloned in a plasmidic expression vector.
In this polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based SDM method, forward and reverse primers are used to amplify the plasmid containing
the sequence of interest. The primers are designed so that the desired modifications are introduced at the 5′ end of one of
the primers, whereas the other primer starts with the nucleotide at position (−1) of the one to be modified. The PCR is carried
out using Pfu DNA polymerase. The blunt-ended PCR-generated DNA fragment is self-ligated and used to transform Escherichia coli. Mutant clones are screened by colony hybridization using the mutagenic primer as probe and the presence of the mutation
is confirmed by direct DNA sequencing. This procedure was used efficiently to introduce substitutions, deletions, and insertions
in the DNA sequences coding for a recombinant form (scFv) of antibody 107 specific of the human CR3 molecule, the rat α integrin
CD11b A-domain and the human CD8β cloned in pPICZαB, pGEX-2T, and CDM8 expression vectors, respectively. 相似文献
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Gelsolin is an actin-binding protein that is regulated by the occupancy of multiple calcium-binding sites. We have studied calcium induced conformational changes in the G1-2 and G1-3 sub-domains, and report the binding affinities for the three type II sites. A new probe for G3 has been produced and a K(d) of 5 microM has been measured for calcium in the context of G1-3. The two halves of gelsolin, G1-3 and G4-6 bind weakly with or without calcium, suggesting that once separated by apoptotic proteolysis, G1-3 and G4-6 remain apart allowing G1-3 to sever actin in a calcium free manner. 相似文献
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Imen Ferjani Abdellatif Fattoum Mohamed Manai Yves Benyamin Claude Roustan Sutherland K. Maciver 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics》2010,1804(9):1760-1767
Calponins are a small family of proteins that alter the interaction between actin and myosin II and mediate signal transduction. These proteins bind F-actin in a complex manner that depends on a variety of parameters such as stoichiometry and ionic strength. Calponin binds G-actin and F-actin, bundling the latter primarily through two distinct and adjacent binding sites (ABS1 and ABS2). Calponin binds other proteins that bind F-actin and considerable disagreements exist as to how calponin is located on the filament, especially in the presence of other proteins. A study (Galkin, V.E., Orlova, A., Fattoum, A., Walsh, M.P. and Egelman, E.H. (2006) J. Mol. Biol. 359, 478–485.), using EM single-particle reconstruction has shown that there may be four modes of interaction, but how these occur is not yet known. We report that two distinct regions of calponin are capable of binding some of the same sites on actin (such as 18–28 and 360–372 in subdomain 1). This accounts for the finding that calponin binds the filament with different apparent geometries. We suggest that the four modes of filament binding account for differences in stoichiometry and that these, in turn, arise from differential binding of the two calponin regions to actin. It is likely that the modes of binding are reciprocally influenced by other actin-binding proteins since members of the α-actinin group also adopt different actin-binding positions and bind actin principally through a domain that is similar to calponin's ABS1. 相似文献