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DNA repair in higher plants 总被引:9,自引:0,他引:9
Edward J. Vonarx Helen L. Mitchell Ramachandran Karthikeyan Ishita Chatterjee Bernard A. Kunz 《Mutation research》1998,400(1-2):187-200
Numerous studies have demonstrated a requirement in plants for repair of DNA damage arising from either intrinsic or extrinsic sources. Investigations also have revealed a capacity for repair types of DNA damage, and conversely, identified mutants apparently defective in such repair. This article provides a concise overview of nuclear DNA repair mechanisms in higher plants, particularly those processes concerned with the repair of UV-induced lesions, and includes surveys of UV-sensitive mutants and genes implicated in DNA repair. 相似文献
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Ashley J. Russo Bharat Behl Ishita Banerjee Vijay A.K. Rathinam 《Journal of molecular biology》2018,430(2):207-216
Inflammasomes are cytosolic multi-molecular complexes that sense intracellular microbial danger signals and metabolic perturbations. Inflammasome activation leads to the activation of caspase-1 and the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18 accompanied by cell death. An inflammasome-based surveillance machinery for Gram-negative bacterial infections has been recently discovered. This noncanonical inflammasome relies on sensing the cytosolic presence of lipopolysaccharide of Gram-negative bacteria via inflammatory caspases such as caspase-4, -5, and -11. This review discusses the recent findings related to the mechanism of activation of the noncanonical inflammasome and its biological functions. 相似文献
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The ubiquitin system is an important part of the host cellular defense program during bacterial infection. This is in particular evident for a number of bacteria including Salmonella Typhimurium and Mycobacterium tuberculosis which—inventively as part of their invasion strategy or accidentally upon rupture of seized host endomembranes—become exposed to the host cytosol. Ubiquitylation is involved in the detection and clearance of these bacteria as well as in the activation of innate immune and inflammatory signaling. Remarkably, all these defense responses seem to emanate from a dense layer of ubiquitin which coats the invading pathogens. In this review, we focus on the diverse group of host cell E3 ubiquitin ligases that help to tailor this ubiquitin coat. In particular, we address how the divergent ubiquitin conjugation mechanisms of these ligases contribute to the complexity of the anti‐bacterial coating and the recruitment of different ubiquitin‐binding effectors. We also discuss the activation and coordination of the different E3 ligases and which strategies bacteria evolved to evade the activities of the host ubiquitin system. 相似文献
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Four hundred years of chile(Capsicum annuum var.annuum) cultivation, together with concerns about losing genetic resources in their native agrohabitats, provide the pretext for
collecting and preserving landraces of this species in New Mexico. The molecular analysis of these accessions provided a powerful
means by which their genetic structures were characterized. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) molecular markers were
used to compare the relative genetic diversity of native chile landraces to the genetic diversity found in commercially available
cultivars in the United States as well as landraces from Mexico. 相似文献
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Liebig’s law of the minimum applied to a greenhouse gas: alleviation of P-limitation reduces soil N2O emission 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Background and aims
Emission of the greenhouse gas (GHG) nitrous oxide (N2O) are strongly affected by nitrogen (N) fertilizer application rates. However, the role of other nutrients through stoichiometric relations with N has hardly been studied. We tested whether phosphorus (P) availability affects N2O emission. We hypothesized that alleviation of plant P-limitation reduces N2O emission through lowering soil mineral N concentrations.Methods
We tested our hypothesis in a pot experiment with maize (Zea mays L.) growing on a P-limiting soil/sand mixture. Treatment factors included P and N fertilization and inoculation with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF; which can increase P uptake).Results
Both N and P fertilization, as well as their interaction significantly (P?<?0.01) affected N2O emission. Highest N2O emissions (2.38 kg N2O-N ha?1) were measured at highest N application rates without P fertilization or AMF. At the highest N application rate, N2O fluxes were lowest (0.71 kg N2O-N ha?1) with both P fertilization and AMF. The N2O emission factors decreased with 50 % when P fertilization was applied.Conclusions
Our results illustrate the importance of the judicious use of all nutrients to minimize N2O emission, and thereby further underline the intimate link between sound agronomic practice and prudent soil GHG management. 相似文献26.
The Escherichia coli protein HU is a non-sequence-specific DNA-binding protein that interacts with DNA primarily through electrostatic interactions. In addition to nonspecific binding to linear DNA, HU has been shown to bind with nanomolar affinity to discontinuous DNA substrates, such as repair and recombination intermediates. This work specifically examines the HU-four-way junction (4WJ) interaction using fluorescence spectroscopic methods. The conformation of the junction in the presence of different counterions was investigated by Fo?rster resonance energy transfer (FRET) measurements, which revealed an ion-type conformational dependence, where Na(+) yields the most stacked conformation followed by K(+) and Mg(2+). HU binding induces a greater degree of stacking in the Na(+)-stabilized and Mg(2+)-stabilized junctions but not the K(+)-stabilized junction, which is attributed to differences in the size of the ionic radii and potential differences in ion binding sites. Interestingly, junction conformation modulates binding affinity, where HU exhibits the lowest affinity for the Mg(2+)-stabilized form (24 μM(-1)), which is the least stacked conformation. Protein binding to a mixed population of open and stacked forms of the junction leads to nearly complete formation of a protein-stabilized stacked-X junction. These results strongly support a model in which HU binds to and stabilizes the stacked-X conformation. 相似文献
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Bruss MD Thompson AC Aggarwal I Khambatta CF Hellerstein MK 《American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism》2011,300(4):E735-E745
Calorie restriction (CR) reduces the rate of cell proliferation in mitotic tissues. It has been suggested that this reduction in cell proliferation may mediate CR-induced increases in longevity. However, the mechanisms that lead to CR-induced reductions in cell proliferation rates remain unclear. To evaluate the CR-induced physiological adaptations that may mediate reductions in cell proliferation rates, we altered housing temperature and access to voluntary running wheels to determine the effects of food intake, energy expenditure, percent body fat, and body weight on proliferation rates of keratinocytes, liver cells, mammary epithelial cells, and splenic T-cells in C57BL/6 mice. We found that ~20% CR led to a reduction in cell proliferation rates in all cell types. However, lower cell proliferation rates were not observed with reductions in 1) food intake and energy expenditure in female mice housed at 27°C, 2) percent body fat in female mice provided running wheels, or 3) body weight in male mice provided running wheels compared with ad libitum-fed controls. In contrast, reductions in insulin-like growth factor I were associated with decreased cell proliferation rates. Taken together, these data suggest that CR-induced reductions in food intake, energy expenditure, percent body fat, and body weight do not account for the reductions in global cell proliferation rates observed in CR. In addition, these data are consistent with the hypothesis that reduced cell proliferation rates could be useful as a biomarker of interventions that increase longevity. 相似文献
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Ram Krishna Thakur Vinod Kumar Yadav Akinchan Kumar Ankita Singh Krishnendu Pal Luke Hoeppner Dhurjhoti Saha Gunjan Purohit Richa Basundra Anirban Kar Rashi Halder Pankaj Kumar Aradhita Baral MJ Mahesh Kumar Alfonso Baldi Bruno Vincenzi Laura Lorenzon Rajkumar Banerjee Praveen Kumar Viji Shridhar Debabrata Mukhopadhyay Shantanu Chowdhury 《Nucleic acids research》2014,42(18):11589-11600
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Ingrid Eshun-Wilson Ajibola A. Awotiwon Ashley Germann Sophia A. Amankwaa Nathan Ford Sheree Schwartz Stefan Baral Elvin H. Geng 《PLoS medicine》2021,18(5)
BackgroundAntiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in the community and outside of a traditional health facility has the potential to improve linkage to ART, decongest health facilities, and minimize structural barriers to attending HIV services among people living with HIV (PLWH). We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the effect of offering ART initiation in the community on HIV treatment outcomes.Methods and findingsWe searched databases between 1 January 2013 and 22 February 2021 to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies that compared offering ART initiation in a community setting to offering ART initiation in a traditional health facility or alternative community setting. We assessed risk of bias, reporting of implementation outcomes, and real-world relevance and used Mantel–Haenszel methods to generate pooled risk ratios (RRs) and risk differences (RDs) with 95% confidence intervals. We evaluated heterogeneity qualitatively and quantitatively and used GRADE to evaluate overall evidence certainty. Searches yielded 4,035 records, resulting in 8 included studies—4 RCTs and 4 observational studies—conducted in Lesotho, South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, and Haiti—a total of 11,196 PLWH. Five studies were conducted in general HIV populations, 2 in key populations, and 1 in adolescents. Community ART initiation strategies included community-based HIV testing coupled with ART initiation at home or at community venues; 5 studies maintained ART refills in the community, and 4 provided refills at the health facility. All studies were pragmatic, but in most cases provided additional resources. Few studies reported on implementation outcomes. All studies showed higher ART uptake in community initiation arms compared to facility initiation and refill arms (standard of care) (RR 1.73, 95% CI 1.22 to 2.45; RD 30%, 95% CI 10% to 50%; 5 studies). Retention (RR 1.43, 95% CI 1.32 to 1.54; RD 19%, 95% CI 11% to 28%; 4 studies) and viral suppression (RR 1.31, 95% CI 1.15 to 1.49; RD 15%, 95% CI 10% to 21%; 3 studies) at 12 months were also higher in the community-based ART initiation arms. Improved uptake, retention, and viral suppression with community ART initiation were seen across population subgroups—including men, adolescents, and key populations. One study reported no difference in retention and viral suppression at 2 years. There were limited data on adherence and mortality. Social harms and adverse events appeared to be minimal and similar between community ART initiation and standard of care. One study compared ART refill strategies following community ART initiation (community versus facility refills) and found no difference in viral suppression (RD −7%, 95% CI −19% to 6%) or retention at 12 months (RD −12%, 95% CI −23% to 0.3%). This systematic review was limited by few studies for inclusion, poor-quality observational data, and short-term outcomes.ConclusionsBased on data from a limited set of studies, community ART initiation appears to result in higher ART uptake, retention, and viral suppression at 1 year compared to facility-based ART initiation. Implementation on a wider scale necessitates broader exploration of costs, logistics, and acceptability by providers and PLWH to ensure that these effects are reproducible when delivered at scale, in different contexts, and over time.Ingrid Eshun-Wilson and co-workers assess the available evidence on community-based treatment initiation for people with HIV. 相似文献