Molecular identification and functional analysis of Niemann-Pick type C2 protein in Macrocentrus cingulum Brischke (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Niemann-Pick type C2 (NPC2) proteins in arthropods have been extensively differentiated and possibly duplicated according to environmental conditions and are probable to have different functions. The participation of NPC2 proteins in chemical communication in arthropods brings new objectives in environmental-friendly strategies for pest population control. In this study, NPC2 gene in Macrocentrus cingulum (McinNPC2) was newly identified by rapid amplification cDNA ends (RACE) technology. McinNPC2 amino acid sequence alignment with other representative NPC2 annotates to evaluate the highly conserved consensus amino acids, but with odorant binding proteins in M. cingulum show that only one consensus amino acid. Primary six-cysteine structures that are same to odorant binding proteins in M. cingulum were observed in McinNPC2. Phylogenetic analysis of McinNPC2 indicated that the nearest monophyletic group forming one clade with high posterior probability values clusters as Cyphomyrmex costatus (CcosNPC2) whereas the nearest evolutionary relation group as some odorant binding proteins. Moreover, quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) measurements show that the McinNPC2 gene expression level in various tissues of the female is significantly and ubiquitously higher than in male, whereas the highest expression level in female antennae. We further explore the binding characterization of recombinant McinNPC2 to candidate odor molecules and did the modeling and docking simulations. The results showed ligands binding specificity and docking tests results indicate that β-ionone, an aroma compound commonly found in essential oils, can strongly bind with McinNPC2. In conclusion, we proposed that McinNPC2 may be involved in chemical communication and play roles in perception of plant volatiles.     

MicroRNA-520c-3p suppresses vascular endothelium dysfunction by targeting RELA and regulating the AKT and NF-κB signaling pathways

Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry - Endothelial injury, which can cause endothelial inflammation and dysfunction, is an important mechanism for the development of atherosclerotic plaque. This...     

Dysregulation of exosomal miR-192 and miR-194 expression in lung adenocarcinoma patients

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the main reason of cancer linked mortality and around 80% of cases diagnosed in advanced stage. Therefore current study designed to evaluate the deregulation of miRNA-194 and miRNA-192 in different body fluid of Non small cell lung cancer participants. Present study recruited newly diagnosed histopathologically confirmed. It was observed that the 40% NSCLC participants showed elevated miR-194 expression and 60% NSCLC participants showed reduced miR-194 expression in serum sample while in Bronchial wash, only 20% NSCLC participants showed elevated miR-194 expression while 80% showed reduced miR-194 expression (p = 0.003). It was found that the 54% NSCLC participants showed elevated miR-192 expression and 55% NSCLC participants showed reduced miR-192 expression in serum sample while In Bronchial wash sample, only 25% NSCLC participants showed high miR-192 expression while 75% showed low miR-192 expression (P = 0.0004). Expression of miR-194 was significantly associated with TNM stages (p < 0.0001, p < 0.0001), distant organ metastases (p < 0.0001, p < 0.0001), pathological grade (p = 0.0009, p = 0.0005) among serum sample and bronchial wash sample. Same observation was found with expression of miR-192 and it was significantly associated with TNM stages (p < 0.0001, p < 0.0001), distant organ metastases (p < 0.0001, p < 0.0001), pathological grade (p = 0.006, p = 0.001) among serum sample and bronchial wash sample. It was observed that the NSCLC participants who had high serum based miR-194 expression showed 22 months of overall median survival while low expression of serum based miR-194 expression showed 18 months of overall median survival. Present study suggests that decreased expression of miR-194 and miR-192 was significantly associated with different clinical features of NSCLC cases. However, significantly higher number of NSCLC cases showed low expression of miR-194 and miR-192 in bronchial lavage sample. Decreased poor overall survival was found to be associated with bronchial wash sample with respect to low miR-194 and miR-192 expression while NSCLC participants showed better overall survival with high miR-194 and miR-192 expression. This suggested decreased expression of miR-192 and miR-194 expression could be the potential prognostic marker among NSCLC participants.     

Conceptual Method of Temperature Sensation in Bionic Hand by Extraordinary Perceptual Phenomenon

Lack of temperature sensation of myoelectric prosthetic hand limits the daily activities of amputees.To this end,a non-invasive temperature sensation method is proposed to train amputees to sense temperature with psychophysical sensory substitution.In this study,22 healthy participants took part besides 5 amputee participants.The duration time of the study was 31 days with five test steps according to the Leitner technique.An adjustable temperature mug and a Peltier were used to change the temperature of the water/phantom digits to induce temperature to participants.Also,to isolate the surround-ings and show colors,a Virtual Reality(VR)glass was employed.The statistical results conducted are based on the response of participants with questionnaire method.Using Chi-square tests,it is concluded that participants answer the experiment significantly correctly using the Leitner technique(P value＜0.05).Also,by applying the"Repeated Measures ANOVA",it is noticed that the time of numbness felt by participants had significant(P value＜0.001)difference.Participants could remember lowest and highest temperatures significantly better than other temperatures(P value＜0.001);furthermore,the well-trained amputee participant practically using the prosthesis with 72.58％could identify object's temperature with only once time experimenting the color temperature.     

2型糖尿病患者血糖波动与心律失常和下肢血管病变的关系及其影响因素分析

目的:探讨2型糖尿病(T2DM)患者血糖波动与心律失常和下肢血管病变的关系,分析影响T2DM心律失常和下肢血管病变的因素。方法:选择2019年7月到2020年6月我院收治的82例T2DM患者,根据是否合并心律失常分为心律失常组28例和无心律失常组54例,根据是否合并下肢血管病变分为下肢血管病变组31例和无下肢血管病变组51例。所有患者均通过72 h监测血糖获得日内平均血糖波动幅度(MAGE)、日间血糖平均绝对差(MODD)、全天血糖标准差(SDBG)、全天血糖波动次数(NGE)。比较组间差异,分析影响T2DM患者心律失常和下肢血管病变的因素。结果:心律失常组MAGE、MODD、SDBG、NGE、糖化血红蛋白(HbA1c)、胰岛素抵抗指数(HOMA-IR)、T2DM病程、同型半胱氨酸(Hcy)、丙二醛(MDA)高于无心律失常组(P<0.05)。下肢血管病变组T2DM病程、Hcy、MDA、HOMA-IR、MAGE、MODD、SDBG、NGE均高于无下肢血管病变组(P<0.05)。Logistic回归分析结果显示MDA、HOMA-IR、MAGE、MODD是T2DM患者心律失常的危险因素(P<0.001),MAGE、MODD、SDBG是T2DM患者下肢血管病变的危险因素(P<0.001)。结论:T2DM患者血糖波动与心律失常和下肢血管病变均有关,血糖波动增加是T2DM心律失常和下肢血管病变的危险因素。     

ERCP/EST-LC治疗胆囊结石合并胆总管结石临床疗效及并发症

目的:考察内镜下逆行胰胆管造影术/十二指肠乳头括约肌切开术加腹腔镜胆囊切除术(endoscopic retrograde pancreatic angiography/endoscopic sphincterotomy-1aparoscopic cholecystectomy,ERCP/EST-LC)对胆囊结石合并胆总管结石的临床疗效和安全性。方法:选80例胆囊结石合并胆总管结石患者,随机数字表法分为两组,每组40例,对照组进行LCBDE-LC手术,研究组进行ERCP/EST-LC手术,以手术成功率、围术期相关指标和术后并发症等指标考察对患者的临床疗效。结果:对照组手术成功率为95.0%,研究组患者手术成功率为97.5%,两组无显著差异(P>0.05),研究组患者的手术时间和术中出血量与对照组相比均无显著差异(P>0.05),研究组胃肠功能恢复时间为39.64±5.34 h,显著长于对照组的37.19±3.17 h(P<0.05),研究组住院时间为14.17±2.06 d,显著长于对照组的11.85±2.71 d(P<0.05)。两组患者的胆道感染、急性胰腺炎、肠穿孔、结石残留以及胆管炎的发生率无显著差异(P>0.05),对照组胆漏发生率为7.50%,显著高于研究组的0.00%(P<0.05),而研究组术后出血发生率为10.00%,显著高于对照组的2.50%(P<0.05),对照组并发症总发生率为12.50%,研究组为15.00%,两组比较无显著差异(P>0.05)。对照组术后一年复发率为15.00%,研究组的复发率为17.50%,经统计分析,两组术后复发率无显著差异(P>0.05),其余患者无腹痛、发热、黄疸等情况。结论:ERCP/EST-LC治疗胆囊结石合并胆总管结石临床疗效确切、并发症少,安全性高。     

Modeling vegetation greenness and its climate sensitivity with deep‐learning technology

Climate sensitivity of vegetation has long been explored using statistical or process‐based models. However, great uncertainties still remain due to the methodologies’ deficiency in capturing the complex interactions between climate and vegetation. Here, we developed global gridded climate–vegetation models based on long short‐term memory (LSTM) network, which is a powerful deep‐learning algorithm for long‐time series modeling, to achieve accurate vegetation monitoring and investigate the complex relationship between climate and vegetation. We selected the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) that represents vegetation greenness as model outputs. The climate data (monthly temperature and precipitation) were used as inputs. We trained the networks with data from 1982 to 2003, and the data from 2004 to 2015 were used to validate the models. Error analysis and sensitivity analysis were performed to assess the model errors and investigate the sensitivity of global vegetation to climate change. Results show that models based on deep learning are very effective in simulating and predicting the vegetation greenness dynamics. For models training, the root mean square error (RMSE) is <0.01. Model validation also assure the accuracy of our models. Furthermore, sensitivity analysis of models revealed a spatial pattern of global vegetation to climate, which provides us a new way to investigate the climate sensitivity of vegetation. Our study suggests that it is a good way to integrate deep‐learning method to monitor the vegetation change under global change. In the future, we can explore more complex climatic and ecological systems with deep learning and coupling with certain physical process to better understand the nature.     

太阳能光源和引诱剂对松墨天牛的组合诱捕效果

[目的]为明确不同太阳能光源波长对松墨天牛Monochamus alternatus诱捕效果的影响,并评价太阳能光源与引诱剂联合应用对松墨天牛引诱剂的促进作用,以应用于松墨天牛的绿色防控.[方法]选择波长为365-370、370-375、380-385、390-395、395-400、400-405、405-420、515-520、580-590和600-610nm的10种太阳能LED光源,测定不同光源对松墨天牛的林间诱捕效果,并筛选出诱捕效果最好的光源波长,选择此波长与引诱剂组合对松墨天牛进行诱捕试验.[结果]10种不同波长太阳能光源对松墨天牛均表现出一定的引诱作用,其中波长为380-385 nm的太阳能光源对松墨天牛诱捕效果最好,诱捕量为(12.00±6.53)头,其次是390-395nm,显著优于波长为365-370、370-375、390-395、395-400、400-405、405-420、515-520、580-590和600-610 nm;与单独使用引诱剂相比,太阳能光源与引诱剂组合对松墨天牛诱捕效果具有显著的促进作用(P＜0.05).太阳能光源与引诱剂诱捕量均值为(21.83±10.65)头,比单独引诱剂诱捕效果提高35％,为单独太阳能光源诱捕效果的5.9倍;引诱剂诱、太阳能光源和太阳能光源与引诱剂联合应用捕到的松墨天牛雌雄性比分别为2.4∶1、1.7∶1和3.3∶1,均具有显著的偏雌性.[结论]太阳能光源与引诱剂联合应用具有比单独引诱剂诱捕更好的诱捕效果.这一结论对降低松墨天牛种群密度和减少松材线虫病传播几率具有重要意义.     

宏基因组学技术在痤疮研究中的应用进展

高通量测序技术的发展提高了人们对微生物组的认识。宏基因组学技术因其全面和深入的分析功能被广泛应用于各种环境微生物组的研究中,尤其在阐明各种疾病与人体微生物组的关系中,宏基因组学技术具有重要作用。痤疮作为一种常见的皮肤疾病,严重影响人们皮肤美观度和心理健康。利用宏基因组学技术挖掘皮肤微生物与痤疮的关系,将有助于痤疮发病机理的研究和临床治疗方法的改进。通过介绍宏基因组学技术的发展背景、概述及其应用研究进展,探讨皮肤微生物与痤疮的关系,综述宏基因组学技术在痤疮研究中的应用现状,并总结目前宏基因组学技术在皮肤疾病研究中存在的问题,旨在为痤疮的宏基因组研究提供参考。     

网隔栽培法对生姜姜瘟病防治及产量的影响

姜瘟病是由青枯雷尔氏菌(Ralstoniasolanacearum)引起的一种细菌性病害,被称为生姜种植产业的“癌症”.本试验设计了一种“网隔栽培法”,并探索其对土传姜瘟病发病率和生姜产量的影响.结果表明,经过连续3年的田间验证,相比传统栽培法,“网隔栽培法”种植可显著降低姜瘟病的发病率,平均减少了6.08个百分点,平均防治效果达到了48.33%;同时,生姜产量平均增加了13.21%.这种“短行播种、纵横开沟、深沟隔病”的“网隔栽培法”为姜瘟病的绿色防控提供了新方案,也为其他蔬菜、中药材等植物的土传病害防治提供了新的借鉴思路.