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EA Dukhanina TI Lukyanova EA Romanova V Guerriero NV Gnuchev GP Georgiev DV Yashin LP Sashchenko 《Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)》2015,14(22):3635-3643
PGRP-S (Tag7) is an innate immunity protein involved in the antimicrobial defense systems, both in insects and in mammals. We have previously shown that Tag7 specifically interacts with several proteins, including Hsp70 and the calcium binding protein S100A4 (Mts1), providing a number of novel cellular functions. Here we show that Tag7–Mts1 complex causes chemotactic migration of lymphocytes, with NK cells being a preferred target. Cells of either innate immunity (neutrophils and monocytes) or acquired immunity (CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes) can produce this complex, which confirms the close connection between components of the 2 branches of immune response. 相似文献
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Background
Pseudomonas, a soil bacterium, has been observed as a dominant genus that survives in different habitats with wide hostile conditions. We had a basic assumption that the species level variation in 16S rDNA sequences of a bacterial genus is mainly due to substitutions rather than insertion or deletion of bases. Keeping this in view, the aim was to identify a region of 16S rDNA sequence and within that focus on substitution prone stretches indicating species level variation and to derive patterns from these stretches that are specific to the genus.Results
Repeating elements that are highly conserved across different species of Pseudomonas were considered as guiding markers to locate a region within the 16S gene. Four repeating patterns showing more than 80% consistency across fifty different species of Pseudomonas were identified. The sub-sequences between the repeating patterns yielded a continuous region of 495 bases. The sub-sequences after alignment and using Shanon's entropy measure yielded a consensus pattern. A stretch of 24 base positions in this region, showing maximum variations across the sampled sequences was focused for possible genus specific patterns. Nine patterns in this stretch showed nearly 70% specificity to the target genus. These patterns were further used to obtain a signature that is highly specific to Pseudomonas. The signature region was used to design PCR primers, which yielded a PCR product of 150 bp whose specificity was validated through a sample experiment.Conclusions
The developed approach was successfully applied to genus Pseudomonas. It could be tried in other bacterial genera to obtain respective signature patterns and thereby PCR primers, for their rapid tracking in the environmental samples.3.
A complex of physiological and biochemical indices has been compared in wild and isogenic catalase-deficient strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown on the media with different iron ion concentrations is 2 times higher in cytosolic catalase deficient yeast. Superoxide dismutase activity grown in the medium with 500 microM of ferrous sulphate. Under such conditions, peroxisomal catalase deficient yeast had a 2-fold decreased activity of superoxide dismutase. There is a significant difference between TBA-reactive substances content of the wild and cytosolic catalase deficient strain. It has been suggested that the repletion of iron ions in the growth medium leads to the formation of lipid oxidation products. Catalase prevents TBA-reactive substances formation in the given conditions and plays a protective role. 相似文献
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The content of protein carbonyls and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) in the wild and catalase-deficient strains of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown in glucose and ethanol media are compared. The deficient strain cells reproduced 10.6-fold slower in ethanol-containing medium. Activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in YWT1 cells was 1.7-fold lower when yeast are grown in ethanol, and content of protein carbonyls was 4.7-fold higher, than when they are grown in the medium with glucose. At the same time, reproduction of the wild type cells in ethanol was 2.7-fold slower and carbonyl groups of protein content was 2-fold lower, than under cultivation in glucose. TBARS content in both strains was similar when they were grown in ethanol and in glucose. It has been supposed that catalases play a certain role in the protection of S. cerevisiae proteins against oxidative modification when they are grown on the media with glucose and ethanol. 相似文献
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Current data concerning transport, storage and utilization of iron in the yeast cells, particularly Saccharomyces cerevisiae are summarized in the paper. It has been marked that iron uptake in the cells provides by high affinity system, it function is carried out by protein complex Fet3-Ftr1, and Fet4, protein with low affinity to iron ion. The both systems utilize Fe(II). Furthermore, the active site of the protein Fre1 is exposed on the outer side of plasmalemma. This protein, due to ferrireductase activity, provides availability of Fe(III) to the cell. The information regards to participation of siderophores and metal-proton plasma membrane exchangers Smf1 in iron transport is brought. Particular attention is given to regulation of expression of the genes, coding the iron metabolic systems. Some aspects of iron utilization for Fe-S-containing enzymes synthesis are lighted. It has been concluded that the yeast is a perspective subject for studying balance of living organisms between iron essentiality and its ability to trigger free radical reactions. 相似文献
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Rodríguez de León JI MH Reyes-Valdés DV Mendoza-Rodríguez F Ramírez-Godina V Robledo-Torres M Gómez-Martínez G Hernández-Guzmán 《Phyton》2015,84(1):101-106
The cultivated husk tomato (Physalis ixocarpa) (2n = 2x = 24) is native from Mexico and Central America and shows a wide genetic variation. Presently, it is the fourth horticultural crop in cultivation surface in Mexico. The working team of this research previously developed an autotetraploid population by using colchicine. The objectives of the present work were to analyze the ploidy level and meiotic behavior of the subsequent generations (C3, C4, C5, C6) from the original (C2) composed only by plants with the duplicated genome from the Rendidora cultivar, and to determine pollen viability. As a diploid control the cultivar Rendidora of P. ixocarpa was used. Ploidy level was determined by flow citometry and meiotic analysis. For the meiotic study, the microsporocytes were prepared by the squash method, stained with carmin and analyzed in diakinesis. Pollen viability was evaluated through 0.01% Buffalo Black staining. The tetraploid condition prevailed through four cross-pollinating generations, maintaining a constant chromosome number 2n = 4x = 48. In diakinesis, the chromosomes of the diploid cultivar were associated into bivalents, whereas in tetraploid plants the chromosomes associated into univalents, bivalents and trivalents. Highly significant differences in bivalent pairing were detected between autotetraploid plants and between generations. Pollen viability did not show significant differences between generations and allowed reproduction. These results indicate that it is possible to develop an autotetraploid cultivar, because the polyploid state is naturally maintained and the plants are fertile. Furthermore, given the differences in bivalent pairing between plants and generations, a response to selection toward meiotic stability is expected. 相似文献
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Hernández-Quintero JD MH Reyes-Valdés DV Mendoza-Rodríguez M Gómez-Martínez R Rodríguez-Herrera 《Phyton》2015,84(1):107-112
The genus Dasylirion is a group of plants typically present in the Chihuahuan Desert, perennial, with a dioecious sexual behavior and commonly called sotoles. This genus has been little studied from the biological point of view, and the bases of its reproductive response remain unknown. In this work we studied the chromosome number and meiotic response of Dasylirion cedrosanum in the county of Saltillo, Coahuila, located at the North East of Mexico. For the preparation of mitotic chromosomes, we used a technique based on enzymatic treatment with pectolyase and cellulase, as well as staining with acetocarmin dye. For the study of meiosis, male flower buds were collected, fixed and stained for analysis with the same dye. As a result, the gametic (n = x = 19) and somatic chromosome (2n = 38) numbers of D. cedrosanum are reported for the first time, being consistent with previous findings in other Dasylirion species, which points to a constant ploidy level across the genus. Variation was observed in the morphology and size of the somatic chromosomes, with types ranging from submetacentric to subtelocentric, and sizes oscillating in a range of 4.43 µm, with an average total length of 112.38 µm for the diploid chromosome complement. This shows that the chromosome complement of D. cedrosanom would belong to a 3B classification of Stebins, with a medium variation between chromosome lengths and low chromosome asymmetry. This variation indicates the feasibility of constructing a chromosome ideotype for this species. The meiotic chromosome pairing showed a chromosome behavior consistent with a disomic inheritance characteristic of a diploid species, with prevalence of ring and chain bivalents, typically without pairing abnormalities. Bivalent configurations in all cases were symmetrical.The normal and symmetrical meiotic pairing indicates a balanced production of gametes, and suggests the absence of heteromorphic sex determination. 相似文献
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Marília DV Braga Christian Gautier Marie-France Sagot 《Algorithms for molecular biology : AMB》2009,4(1):16-11
Background
The reversal distance and optimal sequences of reversals to transform a genome into another are useful tools to analyse evolutionary scenarios. However, the number of sequences is huge and some additional criteria should be used to obtain a more accurate analysis. One strategy is searching for sequences that respect constraints, such as the common intervals (clusters of co-localised genes). Another approach is to explore the whole space of sorting sequences, eventually grouping them into classes of equivalence. Recently both strategies started to be put together, to restrain the space to the sequences that respect constraints. In particular an algorithm has been proposed to list classes whose sorting sequences do not break the common intervals detected between the two inital genomes A and B. This approach may reduce the space of sequences and is symmetric (the result of the analysis sorting A into B can be obtained from the analysis sorting B into A). 相似文献9.
The timing of alpha-gustducin expression during cell renewal in rat vallate taste buds 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
The G protein subunit alpha-gustducin is expressed in a subset of light
(Type II) but not in dark (Type I) cells in rat vallate taste buds. The
thymidine analogue 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) is incorporated into DNA
during the S-phase of the cell cycle and can be used to determine the time
of origin of a cell. In this study, 31 rats were injected with BrdU (50
mg/kg i.p.) and perfused at various times, from 2.5 to 10.5 days, following
BrdU administration. Vallate papillae were embedded in polyester wax, cut
into 4 microm transverse sections, and characterized with antibodies to
BrdU and alpha-gustducin. Sections were processed for indirect
immunofluorescence or with an immunoperoxidase procedure. From
immunoperoxidase material on 21 rats, counts of alpha-gustducin- and
BrdU-labeled cells were obtained from 300-800 taste bud profiles at each
survival time; a total of 4122 taste bud profiles were examined. Cells with
nuclei immunoreactive for BrdU occurred within the taste buds at 2.5 days
and double-labeled cells were clearly evident at 3.5 days; a small number
of double-labeled cells were seen as early as 2.5 days. Double-labeled
cells reached a peak at 6.5 days and did not decline significantly by 10.5
days. Cells labeled for BrdU but not alpha-gustducin peaked at 5.5 days and
showed a significant decline by 8.5 days. These latter cells included light
cells not expressing alpha- gustducin and dark cells, which have previously
been shown to have a shorter life span than light cells. These data suggest
that expression of alpha-gustducin appears very early in a cell's life span
and that these cells are longer lived than many of the cells that do not
express this G protein.
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Tonic GABAergic inhibition of taste-responsive neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract 总被引:4,自引:1,他引:3
The effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and the GABAA receptor
antagonist bicuculline methiodide (BICM) on the activity of taste-
responsive neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract (NST) were examined
electrophysiologically in urethane-anesthetized hamsters. Single neurons in
the NST were recorded extracellularly and drugs (21 nl) were microinjected
into the vicinity of the cell via a multibarrel pipette. The response of
each cell was recorded to lingual stimulation with 0.032 M NaCl, 0.032 M
sucrose, 0.0032 M citric acid and 0.032 M quinine hydrochloride (QHCl).
Forty-six neurons were tested for the effects of GABA; the activity of 29
cells (63%) was inhibited by 5 mM GABA. Whether activity was elicited in
these cells by repetitive anodal current stimulation (25 microA, 0.5 s, 0.1
Hz) of the tongue (n = 13 cells) or the cells were spontaneously active (n
= 13 cells), GABA produced a dose-dependent (1, 2 and 5 mM) decrement in
activity. Forty- seven NST neurons were tested for the effects of BICM on
their responses to chemical stimulation of the tongue; the responses of 28
cells (60%) were enhanced by 10 mM BICM. The gustatory responses of 26 of
these cells were tested with three concentrations (0.2, 2 and 10 mM) of
BICM, which produced a dose-dependent increase in both spontaneous activity
and taste-evoked responses. Nine of these neurons were sucrose- best, seven
were NaCl-best, eight were acid-best and two responded best to QHCl. The
responses to all four tastants were enhanced, with no difference among
neuron types. For 18 cells that were tested with two or more gustatory
stimuli, BICM increased their breadth of responsiveness to their two most
effective stimuli. These data show that approximately 60% of the
taste-responsive neurons in the rostral NST are inhibited by GABA and/or
subject to a tonic inhibitory influence, which is mediated by GABAA
receptors. The modulation of these cells by GABA provides a mechanism by
which the breadth of tuning of the cell can be sharpened. Modulation of
gustatory activity following a number of physiological changes could be
mediated by such a GABAergic circuit.
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