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Navneet Kaur Anshu Alok Shivani Navjot Kaur Pankaj Pandey Praveen Awasthi Siddharth Tiwari 《Functional & integrative genomics》2018,18(1):89-99
The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) has been reported for precise genome modification in many plants. In the current study, we demonstrate a successful mutation in phytoene desaturase (RAS-PDS) of banana cv. Rasthali using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Two PDS genes were isolated from Rasthali (RAS-PDS1 and RAS-PDS2), and their protein sequence analysis confirmed that both PDS comprises conserved motifs for enzyme activity. Phylogenetic analysis of RAS-PDS1 and RAS-PDS2 revealed a close evolutionary relationship with other monocot species. The tissue-specific expression profile of RAS-PDS1 and RAS-PDS2 in Rasthali suggested differential regulation of the genes. A single 19-bp guide RNA (gRNA) was designed to target the conserved region of these two RAS-PDS and transformed with Cas9 in embryogenic cell suspension (ECS) cultures of cv. Rasthali. Complete albino and variegated phenotype were observed among regenerated plantlets. DNA sequencing of 13 plants confirmed the indels with 59% mutation frequency in RAS-PDS, suggesting activation of the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) pathway. The majority of mutations were either insertion (1–5) or deletion (1–4) of nucleotides near to protospacer adjacent motif (PAM). These mutations have created stop codons in RAS-PDS sequences which suggest premature termination of RAS-PDS protein synthesis. The decreased chlorophyll and total carotenoid contents were detected in mutant lines that revealed the functional disruption of both RAS-PDS genes. Our results demonstrate that genome editing through CRISPR/Cas9 can be applied as an efficient tool for banana genome modification. 相似文献
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De-embryonated cotyledon explants of peanut were co-cultivated under different conditions with Agrobacterium tumefaciens harbouring pIG121hm plasmid carrying intron-containing β-glucuronidase as a reporter while hygromycin phosphotransferase and neomycin phosphotransferase as selectable marker genes.
Co-cultivation duration and temperature, various antioxidants and their concentrations, bacterial strains and explant characteristics
(incised and non-incised) were examined either alone or in combinations for optimization of transient expression of the reporter
gene. Up to 81% transformation was recorded when non-incised explants were co-cultivated with strain EHA101 for 5 days at
21°C on shoot induction medium containing 100 mg/L l-cysteine. Addition of the optimized concentration of augmentin (200 mg/L) along with cefotaxime (200 mg/L) to the shoot induction
medium not only effectively eliminated bacterial growth, but also facilitated high frequency of shoot induction. The 40 mg/L
hygromycin concentration prevented complete shoot regeneration of non-transgenic explants thus considered for the regeneration
of transgenics. Resistant shoots were successfully transferred to soil either by grafting or in vitro rooting. Survival rate
of the grafted shoots was nearly 100% in glass-house conditions. The optimized protocol took around 3 months to generate healthy
plants. Polymerase chain reaction, Southern blot hybridization, histochemical tests, segregation and hygromycin-leaf assays
of selected transgenic plants showed integration of the transgene into peanut genome. No chimeras were noticed during the
study. 相似文献
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Tumour necrosis factor alpha mediated apoptosis in murine macrophages by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi under oxidative stress 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Invasive Salmonella has been reported to induce apoptosis of macrophages as part of its infection process, which may allow it to avoid detection by the innate immune system. However, the induction of apoptosis under the different host environments remains to be examined, including the oxidative stress experienced by pathogens in the macrophage milieu. To simulate in vivo oxidative conditions, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi was grown in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and its ability to induce apoptosis of murine macrophages was assessed. Analysis of data revealed that oxidative stressed S. Typhi caused apoptotic cell death in 51% of macrophages, whereas S. Typhi grown under normal conditions accounted for apoptotic cell death in only 32% of macrophages. A significant increase in the levels of oxidants and decrease in the antioxidant was also observed which correlated with the increased generation of tumour necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-1alpha and interleukin-6. These results suggest that tumour necrosis factor alpha in conjunction with other cytokines may induce apoptotic cell death through the up-regulation of lipid peroxidation and down-regulation of superoxide dismutase. This finding may help us to understand better the host-pathogen interactions and may be of clinical importance in the development of preventive intervention against infection. 相似文献
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Siddharth Tiwari Devesh K. Mishra Sribash Roy Ankit Singh P. K. Singh Rakesh Tuli 《Plant cell reports》2009,28(12):1827-1836
A synthetic DNA construct containing cholera toxin B subunit, genetically fused to the surface glycoprotein of rabies virus
was expressed in tobacco plants from a seed specific (legumin) promoter. Seed specific expression was monitored by real-time PCR, GM1-ELISA and Western blot analyses. The fusion protein
accumulated in tobacco seeds at up to 1.22% of the total seed protein. It was functionally active in binding to the GM1-ganglioside
receptors, suggesting its assembly into pentamers in seeds of the transgenic plants. Immunoblot analysis confirmed that the
~80.6 kDa monomeric fusion polypeptide was expressed in tobacco seeds and accumulated as a ~403 kDa pentamer. Evaluation of
its immunoprotective ability against rabies and cholera is to be examined. 相似文献
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Atul Kumar Ram Awatar Maurya Siddharth Sharma Pervez Ahmad A.B. Singh Gitika Bhatia Arvind K. Srivastava 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters》2009,19(22):6447-6451
A series of pyranocoumarin derivatives were synthesized and evaluated in vivo for their anti-hyperglycemic as well as anti-dyslipidemic activities. Compounds 7a, 7c, 8a, 8b, 8c, 8e and 8f have shown promising anti-hyperglycemic activities in sucrose loaded model (SLM) as well as sucrose challenged streptozotocin induced diabetic rat model (STZ). Compounds 8a and 8b were showing 38.0% and 42.0% blood glucose lowering activity in db/db mice model. In vitro anti-hyperglycemic activity evaluation exhibited that compounds 8a (IC50 = 24.5 μM) and 8b (IC50 = 36.2 μM) are potential PTP-1B inhibitors thereby revealing their possible mechanism of anti-diabetic action. Compounds 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e and 8f have shown significant anti-dyslipidemic activity in triton induced dyslipidemia in rats. 相似文献
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Yingshe Zhao Chengyin Min Siddharth R. Vora Philip C. Trackman Gail E. Sonenshein Kathrin H. Kirsch 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2009,284(3):1385-1393
The lysyl oxidase (LOX) gene encodes an enzyme (LOX)
critical for extracellular matrix maturation. The LOX gene has also
been shown to inhibit the transforming activity of Ras oncogene
signaling. In particular, the pro-peptide domain (LOX-PP) released from the
secreted precursor protein (Pro-LOX) was found to inhibit the transformed
phenotype of breast, lung, and pancreatic cancer cells. However, the
mechanisms of action of LOX-PP remained to be determined. Here, the ability of
LOX-PP to attenuate the integrin signaling pathway, which leads to
phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK), and the activation of its
downstream target p130Cas, was determined. In NF639 breast cancer
cells driven by Her-2/neu, which signals via Ras, ectopic Pro-LOX and LOX-PP
expression inhibited fibronectin-stimulated protein tyrosine phosphorylation.
Importantly, phosphorylation of FAK on Tyr-397 and Tyr-576, and
p130Cas were substantially reduced. The amount of endogenous
p130Cas in the Triton X-100-insoluble protein fraction, and
fibronectin-activated haptotaxis were decreased. Interestingly, expression of
mature LOX enzyme enhanced fibronectin-stimulated integrin signaling. Of note,
treatment with recombinant LOX-PP selectively reduced fibronectin-mediated
haptotaxis of NF639, MDA-MB-231, and Hs578T breast cancer cells. Thus,
evidence is provided that one mechanism of action of LOX-PP tumor suppression
is to block fibronectin-stimulated signaling and cell migration.The lysyl oxidase
(LOX)2 gene
family is comprised of five members LOX, LOXL1, LOXL2, LOXL3, and
LOXL4, which encode enzymes that modify extracellular matrix (ECM)
proteins to promote their cross-linking and deposition
(1). The LOX gene is
the best characterized and codes for the synthesis of a secreted 50-kDa
glycosylated pro-enzyme (Pro-LOX). Pro-LOX is extracellularly processed by
proteolytic cleavage to a mature active 32-kDa enzyme (LOX) and an 18-kDa
pro-peptide (LOX-PP) by the procollagen C proteinases bone morphogenic
protein-1 (BMP-1), and the related tolloid-like proteins TLL1 and TLL2
(2–4).
In murine Pro-LOX, proteolytic processing occurs between amino acids Gly-162
and Asp-163, generating LOX-PP containing 141 amino acids
(5). LOX-PP contains two
consensus N-glycosylation sites, Asn-91 and Asn-138 (murine sequence)
(2) and several
O-glycosylation
sites.3 LOX-PP does
not contain any known protein domains, and structural prediction analysis
indicates that LOX-PP assembles as an intrinsically disordered protein
(6). Among the LOX family
members, the C-terminal ends encode the enzyme domain and are highly
conserved, whereas the N-terminal ends that encode the pro-peptide region have
variable sequences. Based on structural and sequence similarities of the
pro-peptide regions, the LOX family members can be divided into two subgroups:
LOXL2, LOXL3, and LOXL4 as one group whose propeptide
regions contain four scavenger receptor cysteine-rich domains, and
LOX and LOXL1 as a separate group with much simpler and
smaller pro-peptide region containing no cysteine residues (reviewed in Ref.
1). In contrast to Pro-LOX, the
exact maturation site of Pro-LOXL1 is still unidentified.LOX is essential in the formation of blood vessels and in maintaining their
normal characteristics
(7–9).
Up-regulation of LOX expression has been described in stromal cells
that surround ductal breast and broncho-pulmonary carcinomas
(10).Expression of the LOX gene was found to inhibit the transforming
activity of the Ras oncogene in NIH 3T3 fibroblasts and hence was
named the “ras recision” gene (rrg)
(11,
12). The LOX gene was
shown to inhibit growth in soft agar of NIH 3T3 fibroblasts and to attenuate
Ras-mediated activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), Akt, and
Erk1/2 kinases and NF-κB activation
(13). More recently, the
rrg activity was mapped to the 18-kDa LOX-PP. Specifically, LOX-PP
was shown to inhibit Ras-mediated transformation of fibroblasts as determined
by reduced growth in soft agar, localization of PDK1 to the membrane, and
activation of NF-κB
(14). Furthermore, the
inhibitory effects of LOX-PP on Ras signaling were extended to breast,
pancreatic, and lung cancer cells
(6,
14,
15). LOX-PP expression in
these carcinoma cells reverted Her-2/neu- and Ras-mediated epithelial to
mesenchymal transition (EMT), leading to increased expression of E-cadherin
and γ-catenin, and reduced levels of Snail, vimentin, and/or BCL-2
(7,
15). Furthermore, LOX-PP
expression reduced tumor formation in a xenograft model by
Her-2/neu-overexpressing NF639 cells
(6).Acquisition of the ability to invade the ECM is essential to EMT. The ECM
has multiple mechanical and signaling functions. The ECM defines interfaces
between tissues, provides a scaffold for cell traction, and a substrate for
cell migration and adhesion. It is composed of a complex of proteins such as
collagens, fibronectin, and laminin, which can interact and bind various
growth factors (16).
Fibronectin is of particular interest because it was recently shown to
interact with the C terminus of Pro-LOX
(17). Binding of fibronectin
to its receptors (e.g. integrins
α5β1 or
αvβ1) stimulates the tyrosine phosphorylation
of cellular proteins, in particular that of focal adhesion kinase (FAK)
(18). Little is known about
the mechanism of action of LOX-PP. Here, we have asked whether the tumor
suppressor activity of LOX-PP attenuates the activation of the integrin
signaling pathway in breast cancer cells. We report that LOX-PP attenuates FAK
signaling and activation of its downstream target p130Cas and is a
robust inhibitor of fibronectin-stimulated cell migration. 相似文献
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Prakash SK LeMaire SA Guo DC Russell L Regalado ES Golabbakhsh H Johnson RJ Safi HJ Estrera AL Coselli JS Bray MS Leal SM Milewicz DM Belmont JW 《American journal of human genetics》2010,87(6):743-756
Thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections (TAAD) cause significant morbidity and mortality, but the genetic origins of TAAD remain largely unknown. In a genome-wide analysis of 418 sporadic TAAD cases, we identified 47 copy number variant (CNV) regions that were enriched in or unique to TAAD patients compared to population controls. Gene ontology, expression profiling, and network analysis showed that genes within TAAD CNVs regulate smooth muscle cell adhesion or contractility and interact with the smooth muscle-specific isoforms of α-actin and β-myosin, which are known to cause familial TAAD when altered. Enrichment of these gene functions in rare CNVs was replicated in independent cohorts with sporadic TAAD (STAAD, n = 387) and inherited TAAD (FTAAD, n = 88). The overall prevalence of rare CNVs (23%) was significantly increased in FTAAD compared with STAAD patients (Fisher's exact test, p = 0.03). Our findings suggest that rare CNVs disrupting smooth muscle adhesion or contraction contribute to both sporadic and familial disease. 相似文献
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Selvan A Seniya C Chandrasekaran SN Siddharth N Anishetty S Pennathur G 《FEBS letters》2010,584(22):4599-4605
Mammalian gastric lipases are stable and active under acidic conditions and also in the duodenal lumen. There has been considerable interest in acid stable lipases owing to their potential application in the treatment of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency. In order to gain insights into the domain movements of these enzymes, molecular dynamics simulations of human gastric lipase was performed at an acidic pH and under neutral conditions. For comparative studies, simulation of dog gastric lipase was also performed at an acidic pH. Analyses show, that in addition to the lid region, there is another region of high mobility in these lipases. The potential role of this novel region is discussed. 相似文献
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Balandya E Sheth S Sanders K Wieland-Alter W Lahey T 《Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)》2010,185(12):7596-7604
Sexual intercourse is the major means of HIV transmission, yet the impact of semen on HIV infection of CD4(+) T cells remains unclear. To resolve this conundrum, we measured CD4(+) target cell infection with X4 tropic HIV IIIB and HC4 and R5 tropic HIV BaL and SF162 after incubation with centrifuged seminal plasma (SP) from HIV-negative donors and assessed the impact of SP on critical determinants of target cell susceptibility to HIV infection. We found that SP potently protects CD4(+) T cells from infection with X4 and R5 tropic HIV in a dose- and time-dependent manner. SP caused a diminution in CD4(+) T cell surface expression of the HIVR CD4 and enhanced surface expression of the HIV coreceptor CCR5. Consequently, SP protected CD4(+) T cells from infection with R5 tropic HIV less potently than it protected CD4(+) T cells from infection with X4 tropic HIV. SP also reduced CD4(+) T cell activation and proliferation, and the magnitude of SP-mediated suppression of target cell CD4 expression, activation, and proliferation correlated closely with the magnitude of the protection of CD4(+) T cells from infection with HIV. Taken together, these data show that semen protects CD4(+) T cells from HIV infection by restricting critical determinants of CD4(+) target cell susceptibility to HIV infection. Further, semen contributes to the selective transmission of R5 tropic HIV to CD4(+) target cells. 相似文献