Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) can form any tissue found in the body, making them attractive for regenerative medicine applications. Seeding hiPSC aggregates into biomaterial scaffolds can control their differentiation into specific tissue types. Here we develop and analyze a mathematical model of hiPSC aggregate behavior when seeded on melt electrospun scaffolds with defined topography.
Results
We used ordinary differential equations to model the different cellular populations (stem, progenitor, differentiated) present in our scaffolds based on experimental results and published literature. Our model successfully captures qualitative features of the cellular dynamics observed experimentally. We determined the optimal parameter sets to maximize specific cellular populations experimentally, showing that a physiologic oxygen level (～?5%) increases the number of neural progenitors and differentiated neurons compared to atmospheric oxygen levels (～?21%) and a scaffold porosity of ～?63% maximizes aggregate size.
Conclusions
Our mathematical model determined the key factors controlling hiPSC behavior on melt electrospun scaffolds, enabling optimization of experimental parameters.
We aim to unravel the biogeographic structuring of western Palaearctic longhorn beetles with focus on the location of different refugia, barriers to dispersal and postglacial range expansions with their particular filters. The interaction of different ecological features with these structures is analysed. The western Palaearctic was divided into 95 geographic entities. We produced presence-only matrices for all 955 Cerambycoidea species autochthonous to this area and derived species richness distributions and extracted faunal regions and faunal elements by cluster analyses and principal component analyses. Similar analyses were performed for sub-families and ecological groups. Longhorn beetles show a strong biogeographic structuring in the western Palaearctic. Species numbers strongly decrease to the north and west. Less mobile species and root feeders mostly contribute to the fauna of the Mediterranean region, whilst mobile species are more widespread. Feeders on broad-leaved trees dominate in western Europe, whilst feeders on coniferous trees are most important in northern Europe. Our results support multiple refugia in the Mediterranean region and underline the importance of Provence, Crimea and Crete as such refugia. Crete even might be an area of old endemism. The Atlanto- and the Ponto-Mediterranean regions are more strongly structured than assumed in classical biogeography. Mediterranean assemblages are mostly composed of non-flying species, root feeders and species with small distributions not found outside their glacial refugia. Tree feeders left their glacial retreats with their host plants. These range dynamics result in biogeographic structures with several dispersal barriers and filters composed of mountains, sea straits and climatic conditions. 相似文献
This study addresses the biodiversity profile of bacterial community in the intestinal lumen and mucosa of snow trout fish by applying 16S rRNA gene 454-pyrosequencing. A total of 209,106 sequences with average length 689 (±53) were filtered, denoised, trimmed, and then sorted into OTUs based on 97 % sequence similarity using the USEARCH software pipeline. Bacteria representing 10 phyla were found in the samples investigated. Fimicutes ribotypes were present in intestinal-mucosa and lumen in all fish and often dominated the libraries (average 43 and 38 %, respectively). Proteobacteria were also prevalent, but at a lower relative abundance, at 22 and 29 % in mucosa and lumen, respectively. The autochthonous microbiota was dominated by sequences belonging to the Bacilli (mean sequence abundance 24 %), in particular the Lactobacillaceae, with Lactobacillus and Pediococcous being the most abundant genera. Fewer Bacilli (mean sequence abundance 22 %) and Actinobacteria (2 %) were present in the lumen, and allochthonous communities consisted of a more even split among the bacterial classes, with increases in sequences assigned to members of the γ-Proteobacteria (16 %) and Fusobacteriia (8 %). The principal bacterial genera recorded in the lumen belonged to the lactic acid bacteria group, Cetobacterium, Clostridium and Synechococcus. Results obtained suggest that the lumen and mucosal layer of the snow trout intestine may host different microbial communities. Moreover, both regions harbour a diverse microbiome with a greater microbial diversity in the intestinal mucus compared with the luminal communities of the fish. Many of these microbes might be of high physiological relevance for the fish and may play key roles in the functioning of its gut. 相似文献
A 2,175-bp modified gene (cry11Ba-S1) encoding Cry11Ba from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. jegathesan was designed and the recombinant protein was expressed as a fusion protein with glutathione S-transferase in Escherichia coli. The recombinant Cry11Ba was highly toxic against Culex pipiens mosquito larvae, being nine and 17 times more toxic than mosquitocidal Cry4Aa and Cry11Aa from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis, respectively. Interestingly, a further increase in the toxicity of the recombinant Cry11Ba was achieved by mixing with Cry4Aa, but not with Cry11Aa. These findings suggested that Cry11Ba worked synergistically with Cry4Aa, but not with Cry11Aa, in exhibiting toxicity against C. pipiens larvae. On the other hand, the amount of Cry toxin bound to brush border membrane vesicles (BBMVs) did not significantly change between individual toxins and the toxin mixtures, suggesting that the increase in toxins binding to BBMVs was not a reason for the observed synergistic effect. It is generally accepted that synergism of toxins is a potentially powerful tool for enhancing insecticidal activity and managing Cry toxin resistance in mosquitoes. The mixture of Cry4Aa and Cry11Ba in order to increase toxicity would be very valuable in terms of mosquito control. 相似文献
In this article, we focused on hummocky microtopography as a prominent feature of mires and explored the microenvironmental
conditions suitable for alder seedling establishment. Japanese alder (Alnus japonica) forest is widely distributed in wetlands in northern Japan. However, because alder seedlings are rare in mires, alder population
dynamics and conditions that favor the establishment of alder seedlings are still unknown. The study was conducted in northern
Japan at a site in mesotrophic mire. We surveyed the seedling density, the microenvironmental conditions (light, litter cover,
and soil quality), and the density of dispersed seeds in alder forest and in the adjacent herbaceous fen. In addition, we
performed a laboratory experiment to examine the germination characteristics of alder. Seedlings grew only on hummocks in
alder forest. The percentage of litter cover on hummocks was lower than in hollows, and the density of dispersed seeds in
alder forest was much higher than in herbaceous fen. Seeds of Japanese alder germinated under both light and dark conditions,
and the germination rate were high under light and high-temperature conditions. Our results suggest that litter cover may
inhibit seedling establishment and hummocks that characterized by less litter cover are suitable place for the establishment
of seedlings. We conclude that hummocky microtopography and abundant seed rain in the mire enable the establishment of Japanese
alder seedlings. 相似文献
Abscisic acid (ABA) is not a plant-specific compound but one found in organisms across kingdoms from bacteria to animals,
suggesting that it is a ubiquitous and versatile substance that can modulate physiological functions of various organisms.
Recent studies have shown that plants developed an elegant system for ABA sensing and early signal transduction mechanisms
to modulate responses to environmental stresses for survival in terrestrial conditions. ABA-induced increase in stress tolerance
has been reported not only in vascular plants but also in non-vascular bryophytes. Since bryophytes are the key group of organisms
in the context of plant evolution, clarification of their ABA-dependent processes is important for understanding evolutionary
adaptation of land plants. Molecular approaches using Physcomitrella patens have revealed that ABA plays a role in dehydration stress tolerance in mosses, which comprise a major group of bryophytes.
Furthermore, we recently reported that signaling machinery for ABA responses is also conserved in liverworts, representing
the most basal members of extant land plant lineage. Conservation of the mechanism for ABA sensing and responses in angiosperms
and basal land plants suggests that acquisition of this mechanism for stress tolerance in vegetative tissues was one of the
critical evolutionary events for adaptation to the land. This review describes the role of ABA in basal land plants as well
as non-land plant organisms and further elaborates on recent progress in molecular studies of model bryophytes by comparative
and functional genomic approaches. 相似文献
A unicyanobacterial isolate of cyanobacterium, identified as Microcystis Ku2, produced a mammalian elastase-inhibitory lipid derivative. Protease inhibitors in cyanobacteria are unequivocally peptides.
Since this metabolite appeared in lipid phase, we worked on a hypothesis that whether metabolite other than peptides could
be responsible for the characteristic inhibition. It was purified by saponification and reverse phase column chromatography.
The resulting compound was tentatively characterized as a glycolipid with structure of sulfated di-pentose derivative of ceramide
(MW = 956 Da). The apparent IC50 for elastase was 1.3 μM. 相似文献
The hydrolysis which converts polysaccharides to the fermentable sugars for yeast’s lingocellulosic ethanol production also
generates byproducts which inhibit the ethanol production. To investigate the extent to which inhibitory compounds affect
yeast’s growth and ethanol production, fermentations by Saccharomyces cerevisiae K35 were investigated in various concentrations of acetic acid, furfural, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), syringaldehyde,
and coumaric acid. Fermentation in hydrolysates from yellow poplar and waste wood was also studied. After 24 h, S. cerevisiae K35 produced close to theoretically predicted ethanol yields in all the concentrations of acetic acid tested (1 ∼ 10 g/L).
Both furans and phenolics inhibited cell growth and ethanol production. Ethanol yield, however, was unaffected, even at high
concentrations, except in the cases of 5 g/L of syringaldehyde and coumaric acid. Although hydrolysates contain various toxic
compounds, in their presence, S. Cerevisiae K35 consumed close to all the available glucose and yielded more ethanol than theoretically predicted. S. Cerevisiae K35 was demonstrated to have high tolerance to inhibitory compounds and not to need any detoxification for ethanol production
from hydrolysates. 相似文献
In this work we used a combination of classical molecular dynamics and simulated annealing techniques to shed more light on the conformational flexibility of 12 adenosine triphosphate (ATP) analogues in a water environment. We present simulations in AMBER force field for ATP and 12 published analogues [Shah et al. (1997) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 94: 3565–3570]. The calculations were carried out using the generalized Born (GB) solvation model in the presence of the cation Mg2+. The ion was placed at a close distance (2 Å) from the charged oxygen atoms of the beta and gamma phosphate groups of the ?3 negatively charged ATP analogue molecules. Analysis of the results revealed the distribution of inter-proton distances H8–H1′ and H8–H2′ versus the torsion angle ψ (C4–N9-C1′–O4′) for all conformations of ATP analogues. There are two gaps in the distribution of torsion angle ψ values: the first is between ?30 and 30 degrees and is described by cis-conformation; and the second is between 90 and 175 degrees, which mostly covers a region of anti conformation. Our results compare favorably with results obtained in experimental assays [Jiang and Mao (2002) Polyhedron 21:435–438].
