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Neethu Kamarudheen Sona P. Chacko Catherin A. George Rakhi Chettiparambil Somachandran 《Preparative biochemistry & biotechnology》2020,50(8):842-848
AbstractChromium, ranking the second most among toxic heavy metal pollutants in the world, causing respiratory, cardiovascular and renal problems in human beings is under study herein. We examined the biological remediation of the carcinogenic Cr (VI) polluted soils by indigenous yeast isolates. The total element analysis of the treated sample was determined by Energy Dispersion X-ray Micro Analysis (EDXMA). The sample under study was observed to have a high concentration of 458.29 mgKg?1 Cr (VI), determined by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) and DPC analysis. The most tolerant isolate designated as CSR was used for in vitro and ex-situ bioremediation studies of Cr (VI). The isolate achieved significant bioremediation of 86% in vitro and 75.12% in ex-situ method. The optimal conditions for in vitro bioremediation were found to be 28?°C and a pH of 6. The ITS1, 5.8S rRNA and D1, D2 domain of LSU rRNA gene characterization of the isolate CSR illustrated that it belongs to Ustilago genera. The isolate was deposited in NCBI GenBank as Ustilago sp. CSR (KY284846). Although, Ustilago is generally a pathogenic fungus, our study opens up the scope of using Ustilago spp. for bioremediation of the carcinogenic heavy metal Chromium. 相似文献
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Nicole Wüppenhorst Friederike von Loewenich Beate Hobmaier Marianne Vetter‐Knoll Sona Mohadjer Manfred Kist 《Helicobacter》2013,18(1):1-5
Helicobacter felis belongs to the fastidious gastric non‐Helicobacter pylori helicobacter species that are typically found in the stomach of cats and dogs. These bacteria have the potential to colonize the human stomach and are then associated with gastritis, gastroduodenal ulcers, and MALT lymphoma. Strains cultured from the human stomach are rare. Here, we present the first isolation of H. felis from a gastric biopsy specimen of a 14‐year‐old girl who presented with persistent epigastric pain. The strain was cultured using our routine protocol for H. pylori and identified by phylogenetic analyses of partial urease AB and gyrB gene sequences. 相似文献
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Sona Rajakumari Jun Wu Jeff Ishibashi Hee-Woong Lim An-Hoa Giang Kyoung-Jae Won Randall R. Reed Patrick Seale 《Cell metabolism》2013,17(4):562-574
Highlights? Ebf2 is selectively expressed in brown relative to white adipocytes and binds to chromatin at brown fat-specific target sites of Pparγ ? Ebf2 expression in white fat or muscle precursor cells recruits Pparγ to its brown fat-specific gene targets and drives a complete program of brown adipocyte differentiation ? Brown adipose cells and tissue from Ebf2-deficient mice display a complete loss of thermogenic characteristics while gaining molecular attributes of white adipose 相似文献
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Asieh Moodi Meissam Noroozifar Sona Niroomand 《Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics》2013,31(8):937-950
To evaluate the biological preference of [Yb(phen)2(OH2)Cl3](H2O)2 (phen is 1,10-phenanthroline) for DNA, interaction of Yb(III) complex with DNA in Tris–HCl buffer is studied by various biophysical and spectroscopic techniques which reveal that the complex binds to DNA. The results of fluorescence titration reveal that [Yb(phen)2(OH2)Cl3](H2O)2 has strongly quenched in the presence of DNA. The binding site number n, apparent binding constant K b, and the Stern–Volmer quenching constant K SV are determined. ΔH 0, ΔS 0, and ΔG 0 are obtained based on the quenching constants and thermodynamic theory (ΔH 0?>?0, ΔS 0?>?0, and ΔG 0?<?0). The experimental results show that the Yb(III) complex binds to DNA by non-intercalative mode. Groove binding is the preferred mode of interaction for [Yb(phen)2(OH2)Cl3](H2O)2 to DNA. The DNA cleavage results show that in the absence of any reducing agent, Yb(III) complex can cleave DNA. The antimicrobial screening tests are also recorded and give good results in the presence of Yb(III) complex. 相似文献
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Svetlana Sharoyan Alvard Antonyan Sona Mardanyan Hayk Harutyunyan Naira Movsisyan Narek Hovnanyan Karlen Hovnanyan 《Neurochemistry international》2013
The aggregates of amyloid beta peptides (Aβs) are regarded as one of the main pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). An imbalance between the rates of synthesis and clearance of Aβs is considered to be a possible cause for the onset of AD. Dipeptidyl peptidases II and IV (DPPII and DPPIV) are serine proteases removing N-terminal dipeptides from polypeptides and proteins with proline or alanine on the penultimate position. Alanine is an N-terminal penultimate residue in Аβs, and we presumed that DPPII and DPPIV could cleave them. The results of present in vitro research demonstrate for the first time the ability of DPPIV to truncate the commercial Aβ40 and Aβ42 peptides, to hinder the fibril formation by them and to participate in the disaggregation of preformed fibrils of these peptides. The increase of absorbance at 334 nm due to complex formation between primary amines with o-phtalaldehyde was used to show cleaving of Aβ40 and Aβ42. The time-dependent increase of the quantity of primary amines during incubation of peptides in the presence of DPPIV suggested their truncation by DPPIV, but not by DPPII. The parameters of the enzymatic breakdown by DPPIV were determined for Aβ40 (Km = 37.5 μM, kcat/Km = 1.7 × 103 M−1sec−1) and Aβ42 (Km = 138.4 μM, kcat/Km = 1.90 × 102 M−1sec−1). The aggregation-disaggregation of peptides was controlled by visualization on transmission electron microscope and by Thioflavin-T fluorescence on spectrofluorimeter and fluorescent microscope. DPPIV hindered the peptide aggregation/fibrillation during 3-4 days incubation in 20 mM phosphate buffer, pH 7.4, 37 °C by 50–80%. Ovalbumin, BSA and DPPII did not show this effect. In the presence of DPPIV, the preformed fibrils were disaggregated by 30–40%. Conclusion: for the first time it was shown that the Aβ40 and Aβ42 are substrates of DPPIV. DPPIV prohibits the fibrillation of peptides and promotes disaggregation of their preformed aggregates. 相似文献
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Kang S Bennett CN Gerin I Rapp LA Hankenson KD Macdougald OA 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2007,282(19):14515-14524
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The synthesis of small-sized quantum dots (QDs) (1–10 nm) via the green route has garnered great interest regarding their prospective use in many biological applications (diagnosis, drug delivery and in vivo sensing); this is difficult to achieve using chemical synthesis methods, which produce larger size QD particles and also require hazardous reagents. Here, we synthesized biogenic cadmium sulphide (CdS) QDs using green tea extract as the reducing agent to produce particles that were homogeneous and a smaller size of 2–4 nm. We also elucidated the (a) protein binding, (b) antibacterial use and (c) sensing applications of biogenic CdS QDs in this present work. The biosynthesized CdS QDs were found to have extensive antibacterial activity against both Gram-negative Escherichia coli and Gram-positive Enterococcus faecalis bacterial strains. The introduction of QDs in biological medium can lead to the formation of protein–QD complexes; therefore we investigated the binding interaction of CdS QDs with the carrier protein human serum albumin (HSA) in vitro. The synthesized CdS QDs quenched the intrinsic fluorescence of HSA through a static quenching mechanism and the binding constant (Kb) was in the order of 104 M−1. It was also observed that the presence of biogenic CdS QDs affected the HSA–ligand interactions in vitro. The synthesized CdS made highly effective sensors for tetracycline, rifampicin, and bilirubin with limit of detection (LOD) values of 99, 141 and 29 ng/ml, respectively. 相似文献