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Arumugam Velusamy Venkatesan Manigandan Ramachandran Karthik Ramachandran Saravanan Palanisamy Satheesh Kumar Sundaresan Umamaheswari 《International journal of peptide research and therapeutics》2020,26(1):201-208
International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics - Marine ecosystems are unique and a largely diverse chest of natural resources which are still to be explored for new marine species.... 相似文献
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Rodrigues Vereena Kumar Amit Gokul Sivaraman Verma Ram S. Rahman Laiq ur Sundaresan Velusamy 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant》2020,56(4):526-537
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant - An efficient in vitro propagation and synthetic seed production protocol was established for the conservation of Decalepis salicifolia (Bedd.... 相似文献
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Ram S. Verma Amit Chauhan Rajendra C. Padalia Sanjeev K. Jat Sanjog Thul Velusamy Sundaresan 《化学与生物多样性》2013,10(4):628-641
Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. (Rutaceae), commonly known as ‘curry leaf tree’, is a popular spice and condiment of India. To explore the diversity of the essential‐oil yield and aroma profile of curry leaf, growing wild in foot and mid hills of north India, 58 populations were collected during spring season. M. koenigii populations were found to grow up to an altitude of 1487 m in north India. Comparative results showed considerable variations in the essential‐oil yield and composition. The essential‐oil yield varied from 0.14 to 0.80% in shade‐dried leaves of different populations of M. koenigii. Analysis of the essential oils by GC and GC/MS, and the subsequent classification by statistical analysis resulted in four clusters with significant variations in their terpenoid composition. Major components of the essential oils of investigated populations were α‐pinene ( 2 ; 4.5–71.5%), sabinene ( 3 ; <0.05–66.1%), (E)‐caryophyllene ( 11 ; 1.6–18.0%), β‐pinene ( 4 ; <0.05–13.6%), terpinen‐4‐ol ( 9 ; 0.0–8.4%), γ‐terpinene ( 8 ; 0.2–7.4%), limonene ( 7 ; 1.1–5.5%), α‐terpinene ( 6 ; 0.0–4.5%), (E)‐nerolidol ( 14 ; 0.0–4.1%), α‐humulene ( 12 ; 0.6–3.5%), α‐thujene ( 1 ; 0.0–2.5%), β‐elemene ( 10 ; 0.2–2.4%), β‐selinene ( 13 ; 0.2–2.3%), and myrcene ( 5 ; 0.5–2.1%). Comparison of the present results with those in earlier reports revealed new chemotypes of M. koenigii in investigated populations from Western Himalaya. The present study documents M. koenigii populations having higher amounts of sabinene ( 3 ; up to 66.1%) for the first time. 相似文献
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Santosh George Bruno Levecke Deepthi Kattula Vasanthakumar Velusamy Sheela Roy Peter Geldhof Rajiv Sarkar Gagandeep Kang 《PLoS neglected tropical diseases》2016,10(8)
BackgroundHookworms (Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale) remain a major public health problem worldwide. Infections with hookworms (e.g., A. caninum, A. ceylanicum and A. braziliense) are also prevalent in dogs, but the role of dogs as a reservoir for zoonotic hookworm infections in humans needs to be further explored.Conclusions/SignificanceIn our study we regularly detected the presence of A. caninum DNA in the stool of humans. Whether this is the result of infection is currently unknown but it does warrant a closer look at dogs as a potential reservoir. 相似文献
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A mutational analysis of the cytosolic domain of the tomato Cf‐9 disease‐resistance protein shows that membrane‐proximal residues are important for Avr9‐dependent necrosis
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Apratim Chakrabarti Thilaga Velusamy Choon Yang Tee David A. Jones 《Molecular Plant Pathology》2016,17(4):565-576
The tomato Cf‐9 gene encodes a membrane‐anchored glycoprotein that imparts race‐specific resistance against the tomato leaf mould fungus Cladosporium fulvum in response to the avirulence protein Avr9. Although the N‐terminal half of the extracellular leucine‐rich repeat (eLRR) domain of the Cf‐9 protein determines its specificity for Avr9, the C‐terminal half, including its small cytosolic domain, is postulated to be involved in signalling. The cytosolic domain of Cf‐9 carries several residues that are potential sites for ubiquitinylation or phosphorylation, or signals for endocytic uptake. A targeted mutagenesis approach was employed to investigate the roles of these residues and cellular processes in Avr9‐dependent necrosis triggered by Cf‐9. Our results indicate that the membrane‐proximal region of the cytosolic domain of Cf‐9 plays an important role in Cf‐9‐mediated necrosis, and two amino acids within this region, a threonine (T835) and a proline (P838), are particularly important for Cf‐9 function. An alanine mutation of T835 had no effect on Cf‐9 function, but an aspartic acid mutation, which mimics phosphorylation, reduced Cf‐9 function. We therefore postulate that phosphorylation/de‐phosphorylation of T835 could act as a molecular switch to determine whether Cf‐9 is in a primed or inactive state. Yeast two‐hybrid analysis was used to show that the cytosolic domain of Cf‐9 interacts with the cytosolic domain of tomato VAP27. This interaction could be disrupted by an alanine mutation of P838, whereas interaction with CITRX remained unaffected. We therefore postulate that a proline‐induced kink in the membrane‐proximal region of the cytosolic domain of Cf‐9 may be important for interaction with VAP27, which may, in turn, be important for Cf‐9 function. 相似文献
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Kusampudi Shilpa Kadapakkam Nandabalan Sangeetha Velusamy Shanmuganathan Muthusamy Sundaresan Sujatha Baddireddi Subadhra Lakshmi 《Biotechnology letters》2009,31(12):1837-1841
A methanolic extract of Costus pictus (CPME) showed optimum anti-diabetic activity at 100 ng/ml. Bioactivity-guided purification of CPME led to the isolation of
methyl tetracosanoate (MT) which showed an optimum glucose uptake at 1 ng/ml. CPME at 10 μg/ml inhibited adipogenesis whereas
fully differentiated adipocytes exhibited a 3-fold increase in lipid accumulation compared to pre-adipocytes. Gene and protein
expression of key targets in insulin signaling and adipogenesis pathway revealed that CPME exhibited anti-diabetic activity
along with anti-adipogenic activity whereas MT demonstrated only anti-diabetic activity. 相似文献
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Leukotoxin (Ltx) is a prominent virulence factor produced by Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, an oral microorganism highly associated with aggressive periodontitis. Ltx compromises host responsiveness by altering the viability of neutrophils, lymphocytes, and macrophages. Previously, we developed a Rhesus (Rh) monkey colonization model designed to determine the effect of virulence gene mutations on colonization of A. actinomycetemcomitans. Unexpectedly, an A. actinomycetemcomitans leukotoxin (ltxA) mutant (RhAa-VS2) failed to colonize in the Rh model. No previous literature suggested that Ltx was associated with A. actinomycetemcomitans binding to tooth surfaces. These results led us to explore the broad effects of the ltxA mutation in vitro. Results indicated that LtxA activity was completely abolished in RhAa-VS2 strain, while complementation significantly (P<0.0001) restored leukotoxicity compared to RhAa-VS2 strain. RT-PCR analysis of ltx gene expression ruled out polar effects. Furthermore, binding of RhAa-VS2 to salivary-coated hydroxyapatite (SHA) was significantly decreased (P<0.0001) compared to wild type RhAa3 strain. Real time RT-PCR analysis of the genes related to SHA binding in RhAa-VS2 showed that genes related to binding were downregulated [rcpA (P = 0.018), rcpB (P = 0.02), tadA (P = 0.002)] as compared to wild type RhAa3. RhAa-VS2 also exhibited decreased biofilm depth (P = 0.008) and exo-polysaccharide production (P<0.0001). Buccal epithelial cell (BEC) binding of RhAa-VS2 was unaffected. Complementation with ltxA restored binding to SHA (P<0.002) but had no effect on biofilm formation when compared to RhAa3. In conclusion, mutation of ltxA diminished hard tissue binding in vitro, which helps explain the previous in vivo failure of a ltxA knockout to colonize the Rh oral cavity. These results suggest that; 1) one specific gene knockout (in this case ltxA) could affect other seemingly unrelated genes (such as rcpA, rcpB tadA etc), and 2) some caution should be used when interpreting the effect attributed to targeted gene mutations when seen in a competitive in vivo environment. 相似文献
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Sarah Shigdar Christine Qian Li Lv Chunwen Pu Yong Li Lianhong Li Manju Marappan Jia Lin Lifen Wang Wei Duan 《PloS one》2013,8(2)
EpCAM is expressed at low levels in a variety of normal human epithelial tissues, but is overexpressed in 70–90% of carcinomas. From a clinico-pathological point of view, this has both prognostic and therapeutic significance. EpCAM was first suggested as a therapeutic target for the treatment of epithelial cancers in the 1990s. However, following several immunotherapy trials, the results have been mixed. It has been suggested that this is due, at least in part, to an unknown level of EpCAM expression in the tumors being targeted. Thus, selection of patients who would benefit from EpCAM immunotherapy by determining EpCAM status in the tumor biopsies is currently undergoing vigorous evaluation. However, current EpCAM antibodies are not robust enough to be able to detect EpCAM expression in all pathological tissues. Here we report a newly developed EpCAM RNA aptamer, also known as a chemical antibody, which is not only specific but also more sensitive than current antibodies for the detection of EpCAM in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded primary breast cancers. This new aptamer, together with our previously described aptamer, showed no non-specific staining or cross-reactivity with tissues that do not express EpCAM. They were able to reliably detect target proteins in breast cancer xenograft where an anti-EpCAM antibody (323/A3) showed limited or no reactivity. Our results demonstrated a more robust detection of EpCAM using RNA aptamers over antibodies in clinical samples with chromogenic staining. This shows the potential of aptamers in the future of histopathological diagnosis and as a tool to guide targeted immunotherapy. 相似文献
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Sushil K. Jain Thirunavukkarasu Velusamy Jennifer L. Croad Justin L. Rains Rebeca Bull 《Free radical biology & medicine》2009,46(12):1633-1638
This study examined the hypothesis that l-cysteine supplementation can lower insulin resistance, glycemia, oxidative stress, and markers of vascular inflammation in type 2 diabetes using Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats as a model. Starting at the age of 6 weeks, ZDF rats were supplemented orally (daily gavage, 8 weeks) with saline placebo (D) or l-cysteine (LC; 1 mg/kg bw) and fed a high-calorie diet. Six-week-old rats without any supplementation were considered baseline (BL) rats. D rats showed elevated fasting blood glucose, glycated Hb, CRP, and MCP-1 compared with BL rats in which there was no onset of diabetes. LC supplementation significantly lowered blood levels of glucose (18%, p = 0.05), glycated Hb (8%, p = 0.02), CRP (23%, p = 0.02), MCP-1 (32%, p = 0.01), and insulin resistance (25%) compared with levels seen in saline-supplemented D rats. There was a decrease in plasma protein oxidation levels (p < 0.01); however, GSH levels were similar in LC and D groups. Although LC did not change blood hematocrit or levels of transaminases, it did lower alkaline phosphatase (29%, p = 0.01) levels in comparison to D. Western blotting analyses of liver showed increased activation of NF-κB and Akt (50% pNF-κB and 20% pAkt) in D compared with BL rats. LC supplementation inhibited these effects (17% pAkt, 18% pNF-κB). This is the first report showing that l-cysteine supplementation can lower glycemia and markers of vascular inflammation in diabetes apparently by preventing NF-κB activation in a diabetic animal model. 相似文献
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Bo-Keun Ha Hyun-Jee Kim Vijayanand Velusamy Tri D. Vuong Henry T. Nguyen J. Grover Shannon Jeong-Dong Lee 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2014,127(7):1501-1512