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Cai L, Dang M, Yang Y, Mei R, Li F, Tao X, Palukaitis P, Beckett R, Miller WA, Gray SM, Xu Y. Naturally occurring substitution of an amino acid in a plant virus gene-silencing suppressor enhances viral adaptation to increasing thermal stress. PLoS Pathog 2023; 19:e1011301. [PMID: 37011127 PMCID: PMC10101640 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Cereal yellow dwarf virus (CYDV-RPV) encodes a P0 protein that functions as a viral suppressor of RNA silencing (VSR). The strength of silencing suppression is highly variable among CYDV-RPV isolates. In this study, comparison of the P0 sequences of CYDV-RPV isolates and mutational analysis identified a single C-terminal amino acid that influenced P0 RNA-silencing suppressor activity. A serine at position 247 was associated with strong suppressor activity, whereas a proline at position 247 was associated with weak suppressor activity. Amino acid changes at position 247 did not affect the interaction of P0 with SKP1 proteins from Hordeum vulgare (barley) or Nicotiana benthamiana. Subsequent studies found P0 proteins containing a P247 residue were less stable than the P0 proteins containing an S247 residue. Higher temperatures contributed to the lower stability and in planta and the P247 P0 proteins were subject to degradation via the autophagy-mediated pathway. A P247S amino acid residue substitution in P0 increased CYDV-RPV replication after expression in agroinfiltrated plant leaves and increased viral pathogenicity of P0 generated from the heterologous Potato virus X expression vector system. Moreover, an S247 CYDV-RPV could outcompete the P247 CYDV-RPV in a mixed infection in natural host at higher temperature. These traits contributed to increased transmission by aphid vectors and could play a significant role in virus competition in warming climates. Our findings underscore the capacity of a plant RNA virus to adapt to climate warming through minor genetic changes in gene-silencing suppressor, resulting in the potential for disease persistence and prevalence.
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- Lina Cai
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Seoul Women's University, Nowon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrated Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research Unit, USDA, ARS, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China
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DU C, Wang Y, Fu J, Cao D, Mei R, Zhang Q. [Inducible co-stimulatory molecules participate in mesenteric vascular endothelial-mesenchymal transition and sclerosis of mesenteric vessels in spontaneously hypertensive rats]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2023; 43:308-316. [PMID: 36946053 PMCID: PMC10034542 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2023.02.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the correlation of inducible co-stimulatory molecules (ICOS) with mesenteric vascular endothelial- mesenchymal transition (EndMT) and sclerosis in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). METHODS Twenty 4-week-old WKY rats and 20 SHRs of the same strain were both randomly divided into 4 groups for observation at 4, 6, 10 and 30 weeks of age. ICOS expression frequency in rat spleen CD4+T cells was analyzed using flow cytometry, and the expressions of ICOS, VE-cad, α-SMA and Col3 mRNA in rat mesentery were detected by RT-PCR. The distributions of ICOS, IL-17A and TGF-β in rat mesentery were detected by immunohistochemistry. The levels of IL-17A and TGF-β in rat plasma were measured using ELISA. The morphological changes of rat mesenteric vessels were observed with Masson staining. Spearman or Pearson correlation analyses were used to evaluate the correlation between ICOS expression and the expressions of the markers of vascular EndMT and sclerosis. RESULTS Compared with the control WKY rats, the SHRs began to show significantly increased systolic blood pressure and ICOS expression frequency on CD4+T cells at 6 weeks of age (P < 0.05). In the SHRs, the mRNA and protein expressions of ICOS, α-SMA, Col3, IL-17A and TGF-β in the mesentery were significantly higher than those in control group (P < 0.05), while the mRNA and protein expressions of VE-cad started to reduce significantly at 10 weeks of age (P < 0.05). The plasma levels of IL-17A and TGF-β were significantly increased in SHRs since 6 weeks of age (P < 0.05) with progressive worsening of mesenteric vascular sclerosis (P < 0.05). ICOS mRNA and protein expression levels in the mesenteric tissues of SHRs began to show positive correlations with α-SMA and Col3 expression levels and the severity of vascular sclerosis at 6 weeks of age (P < 0.05) and a negative correlation with VE-cad expression level at 10 weeks (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION ICOS play an important pathogenic role in EndMT and sclerosis of mesenteric vessels in essential hypertension by mediating related immune responses.
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- C DU
- Department of Medical Functional Sciences, Medical College, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
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- Department of Medical Functional Sciences, Medical College, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
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- Department of Medical Functional Sciences, Medical College, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
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- Department of Medical Functional Sciences, Medical College, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
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- Department of Medical Functional Sciences, Medical College, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
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- Department of Medical Functional Sciences, Medical College, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
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Droghetti M, Bianchi L, Balestrazzi E, Ceci F, Costa F, Pissavini A, Presutti M, Scarlatti R, Farolfi A, Mei R, Castellucci P, Puliatti S, Gandaglia G, Larcher A, Mottrie A, Briganti A, Morganti A, Fanti S, Montorsi F, Schiavina R, Brunocilla E. PSMA-PET for recurrent prostate cancer and guidance of salvage treatments: Is the sooner always the better? (shoot blind or sharpshooting?). Eur Urol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(23)00312-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Bianchi L, Pissavini A, Droghetti M, Pugliese M, Massimiliano P, Riccardo S, Balestrazzi E, Mei R, Farolfi A, Vetrone L, Serani F, Calderoni L, Stretta M, Morganti A, Schiavina R, Castellucci P, Fanti S, Brunocilla E. PSMA-PET in high-risk prostate cancer patients suitable for radical treatments: Scenario of detection and clinical impact for staging setting. Eur Urol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(23)00118-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Bianchi L, Vetrone L, Mei R, Farolfi A, Giunchi F, De Giovanni A, Serani F, Costa F, Droghetti M, Pissavini A, Schiavina R, Brunocilla E, Castellucci P, Fanti S. Immunohistochemical PSMA expression and histology predictors in primary staging high-risk prostate cancer patients studied with PSMA PET/CT. EUR UROL SUPPL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(22)02468-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Costa F, Bianchi L, Pissavini A, Droghetti M, Piazza P, Balestrazzi E, Chessa F, Ceci F, Mei R, Farolfi A, Puliatti S, Larcher A, Gandaglia G, Mottrie A, Bianchi A, Fanti S, Montorsi F, Schiavina R, Brunocilla E. The impact of PSMA PET/CT on oncologic outcomes of patients with recurrent prostate cancer: the experience of 3 high-volume european centers. EUR UROL SUPPL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(22)01277-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Cheng R, Mei R, Yan R, Chen H, Miao D, Cai L, Fan J, Li G, Xu R, Lu W, Gao Y, Ye W, Su S, Han T, Gai J, Wang Y, Tao X, Xu Y. A new distinct geminivirus causes soybean stay-green disease. Mol Plant 2022; 15:927-930. [PMID: 35358702 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2022.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- Ruixiang Cheng
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; The Key Laboratory of Bio-interaction and Crop Health, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; The Key Laboratory of Bio-interaction and Crop Health, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; The Key Laboratory of Bio-interaction and Crop Health, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; The Key Laboratory of Bio-interaction and Crop Health, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; The Key Laboratory of Bio-interaction and Crop Health, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; The Key Laboratory of Bio-interaction and Crop Health, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Henan Academy of Crop Molecular Breeding, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin 130018, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; The Key Laboratory of Bio-interaction and Crop Health, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunity of Jiangsu Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- MOA Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology (Beijing), Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Soybean Research Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; The Key Laboratory of Bio-interaction and Crop Health, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; The Key Laboratory of Bio-interaction and Crop Health, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; The Key Laboratory of Bio-interaction and Crop Health, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Key Laboratory of Soybean Disease and Pest Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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Droghetti M, Bianchi L, Costa F, Balestrazzi E, Chessa F, Ceci F, Mei R, Farolfi A, Castellucci P, Piazza P, Puliatti S, Larcher A, Gandaglia G, Mottrie A, Briganti A, Fanti S, Montorsi F, Schiavina R, Brunocilla E. Oncological outcomes in patients with recurrent prostate cancer staged with PSMA PET/CT: Results from 3 European tertiary centers. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)00276-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Plank A, Rushton A, Ping Y, Mei R, Falla D, Heneghan NR. Exploring expectations and perceptions of different manual therapy techniques in chronic low back pain: a qualitative study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2021; 22:444. [PMID: 33990196 PMCID: PMC8122532 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-021-04251-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic low back pain (CLBP) prevalence has steadily increased over the last two decades. Manual therapy (MT) is recommended within a multimodal management approach to improve pain and disability although evidence investigating the patients' experience of MT is scarce. OBJECTIVE To explore expectations and perceptions of MT techniques in people with CLBP. METHODS A qualitative study embedded sequential to an experimental trial using semi-structured interviews (SSI) explored participants' experiences of thrust, non-thrust and sham technique. Purposive sampling enabled variance in age and CLBP duration. An evidence informed topic guide was used. Data were analysed using thematic analysis (TA). Respondent validation and peer debriefing enhanced trustworthiness. The Consolidating Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Studies (COREQ) reported methodological rigour. FINDINGS Ten participants (50% male) with a mean age of 29.1 years (Standard Deviation (SD): 7.9, range: 19-43), a mean pain intensity of 4.5 on a Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) 0-10 (SD: 1.5, range: 2-7), a mean Oswestry Disability Score (ODI) of 9 (SD: 4.6, range: 2-17) and a mean Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) score of 38.6 (SD: 4.8, range: 30-45) participated. Four themes were identified: understanding of pain; forming expectations; perception of care; re-evaluation of body awareness and management. Understanding of CLBP is formed by an individuals' pain perception and exchange with social environment. This, combined with communication with physiotherapist influenced expectations regarding the MT technique. CONCLUSION Expectations for MT were formed by an individual's social environment and previous experience. A treatment technique is perceived as positive if its characteristics are aligned with the individual's understanding of pain and if care is delivered in an informative and reassuring manner.
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- A Plank
- Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain, School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain, School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.,School of Physical Therapy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain, School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain, School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain, School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain, School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
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Liu CY, Tsai YF, Lin FM, Wu JC, Lin YS, Chao TC, King KL, Lien PJ, Wang J, Lin YH, Lai YC, Hsieh H, Saklecha A, Lai JM, Chang SE, Javey M, Watson D, Mei R, Tseng LM. Novel blood based circulating tumour cell biomarker for breast cancer detection. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz240.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Kin N, Leidinger-Kaufmann P, Cruz P, Mei R, Saikia J, Steimer M. Performance comparison of the fast track diagnostics multiplex real-time PCR assays on two different automated molecular platforms. Clin Chim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2019.03.1198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zealand AM, Mei R, Papachristodoulou P, Roskilly AP, Liu WT, Graham DW. Microbial community composition and diversity in rice straw digestion bioreactors with and without dairy manure. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:8599-8612. [PMID: 30051138 PMCID: PMC6153884 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9243-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2018] [Revised: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Anaerobic digestion (AD) uses a range of substrates to generate biogas, including energy crops such as globally abundant rice straw (RS). Unfortunately, RS is high in lignocellulosic material and has high to C:N ratios (~80:1), which makes it (alone) a comparatively poor substrate for AD. Co-digestion with dairy manure (DM) has been promoted as a method for balancing C:N ratios to improve RS AD whilst also treating another farm waste and co-producing a potentially useful fertiliser. However, past co-digestion studies have not directly compared RS AD microbial communities with and without DM additions, which has made it hard to assess all impacts of DM addition to RS AD processes. Here, four RS:DM ratios were contrasted in identical semi-continuous-fed AD bioreactors, and 100% RS was found to produce the highest specific methane yields (112 mL CH4/g VS/day; VS, volatile solids), which is over double yields achieved in the reactor with the highest DM content (30:70 RS:DM by mass; 48 mL CH4/g VS/day). To underpin these data, microbial communities were sequenced and characterised across the four reactors. Dominant operational taxonomic units (OTUs) in the 100% RS unit were Bacteroidetes/Firmicutes, whereas the 30:70 RS:DM unit was dominated by Proteobacteria/Spirochaetes, suggesting major microbial community shifts occur with DM additions. However, community richness was lowest with 100% RS (despite higher specific yields), suggesting particular OTUs may be more important to yields than microbial diversity. Further, ambient VFA and VS levels were significantly higher when no DM was added, suggesting DM-amended reactors may cope better with higher organic loading rates (OLR). Results show that RS AD without DM addition is feasible, although co-digestion with DM will probably allow higher OLRs, resulting in great RS throughput in farm AD units.
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Cassie Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 North Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Cassie Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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- Sir Joseph Swan Centre for Energy Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 North Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Cassie Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK.
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Mei R, Narihiro T, Nobu M, Liu WT. Effects of heat shocks on microbial community structure and microbial activity of a methanogenic enrichment degrading benzoate. Lett Appl Microbiol 2016; 63:356-362. [DOI: 10.1111/lam.12629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Revised: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- R. Mei
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Urbana IL USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Urbana IL USA
- Bioproduction Research Institute; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Tsukuba Ibaraki Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Urbana IL USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Urbana IL USA
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Mostafavi S, Battle A, Zhu X, Potash JB, Weissman MM, Shi J, Beckman K, Haudenschild C, McCormick C, Mei R, Gameroff MJ, Gindes H, Adams P, Goes FS, Mondimore FM, MacKinnon DF, Notes L, Schweizer B, Furman D, Montgomery SB, Urban AE, Koller D, Levinson DF. Type I interferon signaling genes in recurrent major depression: increased expression detected by whole-blood RNA sequencing. Mol Psychiatry 2014; 19:1267-74. [PMID: 24296977 PMCID: PMC5404932 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2013.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2013] [Revised: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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A study of genome-wide gene expression in major depressive disorder (MDD) was undertaken in a large population-based sample to determine whether altered expression levels of genes and pathways could provide insights into biological mechanisms that are relevant to this disorder. Gene expression studies have the potential to detect changes that may be because of differences in common or rare genomic sequence variation, environmental factors or their interaction. We recruited a European ancestry sample of 463 individuals with recurrent MDD and 459 controls, obtained self-report and semi-structured interview data about psychiatric and medical history and other environmental variables, sequenced RNA from whole blood and genotyped a genome-wide panel of common single-nucleotide polymorphisms. We used analytical methods to identify MDD-related genes and pathways using all of these sources of information. In analyses of association between MDD and expression levels of 13 857 single autosomal genes, accounting for multiple technical, physiological and environmental covariates, a significant excess of low P-values was observed, but there was no significant single-gene association after genome-wide correction. Pathway-based analyses of expression data detected significant association of MDD with increased expression of genes in the interferon α/β signaling pathway. This finding could not be explained by potentially confounding diseases and medications (including antidepressants) or by computationally estimated proportions of white blood cell types. Although cause-effect relationships cannot be determined from these data, the results support the hypothesis that altered immune signaling has a role in the pathogenesis, manifestation, and/or the persistence and progression of MDD.
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- S Mostafavi
- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Biomedical Genomics Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Centrillion Biosciences, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Depatment of Clinical Psychology, American University, Washington DC, DC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- 1] Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA [2] Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Cremonesi M, Botta F, Di Dia A, Ferrari M, Bodei L, De Cicco C, Rossi A, Bartolomei M, Mei R, Severi S, Salvatori M, Pedroli G, Paganelli G. Dosimetry for treatment with radiolabelled somatostatin analogues. A review. Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2010; 54:37-51. [PMID: 20168285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) has proven its efficacy in the treatment of neuroendocrine and other somatostatin receptor expressing tumours (SR-tumours). Several clinical trials have confirmed that adverse effects are represented by possible renal impairment, which is the major concern, and low but not absent hematological toxicity. High kidney irradiation is a constant, despite the sparing of dose obtained by renal protectors. Hematological toxicity, although low, needs to be monitored. The clinical and dosimetry results collected in more than a decade have recognized weak points to unravel, increased knowledge, offering new views. When planning therapy with radiopeptides, the large patients' variability as for biodistribution and tumour uptake must be taken into account in order to tailor the therapy, or at least to avoid foreseeable gross treatments. Reliable and personalized dosimetry is more and more requested. This paper reviews through the literature the methods to study the biokinetics, the dosimetry outcomes, some clue information and correlations obtained once applying the radiobiological models. Special focus is given on recent improvements and indications for critical organ protection that light up challenging perspectives for PRRT.
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- M Cremonesi
- Medical Physics, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
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Liu WM, Mei R, Di X, Ryder TB, Hubbell E, Dee S, Webster TA, Harrington CA, Ho MH, Baid J, Smeekens SP. Analysis of high density expression microarrays with signed-rank call algorithms. Bioinformatics 2002; 18:1593-9. [PMID: 12490443 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/18.12.1593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 355] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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MOTIVATION We consider the detection of expressed genes and the comparison of them in different experiments with the high-density oligonucleotide microarrays. The results are summarized as the detection calls and comparison calls, and they should be robust against data outliers over a wide target concentration range. It is also helpful to provide parameters that can be adjusted by the user to balance specificity and sensitivity under various experimental conditions. RESULTS We present rank-based algorithms for making detection and comparison calls on expression microarrays. The detection call algorithm utilizes the discrimination scores. The comparison call algorithm utilizes intensity differences. Both algorithms are based on Wilcoxon's signed-rank test. Several parameters in the algorithms can be adjusted by the user to alter levels of specificity and sensitivity. The algorithms were developed and analyzed using spiked-in genes arrayed in a Latin square format. In the call process, p-values are calculated to give a confidence level for the pertinent hypotheses. For comparison calls made between two arrays, two primary normalization factors are defined. To overcome the difficulty that constant normalization factors do not fit all probe sets, we perturb these primary normalization factors and make increasing or decreasing calls only if all resulting p-values fall within a defined critical region. Our algorithms also automatically handle scanner saturation.
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- W-m Liu
- Applied Research and Product Development, Affymetrix, Inc, 3380 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051, USA.
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Selinger DW, Cheung KJ, Mei R, Johansson EM, Richmond CS, Blattner FR, Lockhart DJ, Church GM. RNA expression analysis using a 30 base pair resolution Escherichia coli genome array. Nat Biotechnol 2000; 18:1262-8. [PMID: 11101804 DOI: 10.1038/82367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 286] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We have developed a high-resolution "genome array" for the study of gene expression and regulation in Escherichia coli. This array contains on average one 25-mer oligonucleotide probe per 30 base pairs over the entire genome, with one every 6 bases for the intergenic regions and every 60 bases for the 4,290 open reading frames (ORFs). Twofold concentration differences can be detected at levels as low as 0.2 messenger RNA (mRNA) copies per cell, and differences can be seen over a dynamic range of three orders of magnitude. In rich medium we detected transcripts for 97% and 87% of the ORFs in stationary and log phases, respectively. We found that 1, 529 transcripts were differentially expressed under these conditions. As expected, genes involved in translation were expressed at higher levels in log phase, whereas many genes known to be involved in the starvation response were expressed at higher levels in stationary phase. Many previously unrecognized growth phase-regulated genes were identified, such as a putative receptor (b0836) and a 30S ribosomal protein subunit (S22), both of which are highly upregulated in stationary phase. Transcription of between 3,000 and 4,000 predicted ORFs was observed from the antisense strand, indicating that most of the genome is transcribed at a detectable level. Examples are also presented for high-resolution array analysis of transcript start and stop sites and RNA secondary structure.
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- D W Selinger
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Mei R, Galipeau PC, Prass C, Berno A, Ghandour G, Patil N, Wolff RK, Chee MS, Reid BJ, Lockhart DJ. Genome-wide detection of allelic imbalance using human SNPs and high-density DNA arrays. Genome Res 2000; 10:1126-37. [PMID: 10958631 PMCID: PMC2235196 DOI: 10.1101/gr.10.8.1126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Most human cancers are characterized by genomic instability, the accumulation of multiple genetic alterations and allelic imbalance throughout the genome. Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) is a common form of allelic imbalance and the detection of LOH has been used to identify genomic regions that harbor tumor suppressor genes and to characterize tumor stages and progression. Here we describe the use of high-density oligonucleotide arrays for genome-wide scans for LOH and allelic imbalance in human tumors. The arrays contain redundant sets of probes for 600 genetic loci that are distributed across all human chromosomes. The arrays were used to detect allelic imbalance in two types of human tumors, and a subset of the results was confirmed using conventional gel-based methods. We also tested the ability to study heterogeneous cell populations and found that allelic imbalance can be detected in the presence of a substantial background of normal cells. The detection of LOH and other chromosomal changes using large numbers of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers should enable identification of patterns of allelic imbalance with potential prognostic and diagnostic utility.
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- R Mei
- Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, California 95051, USA.
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Mei R, Herschlag D. Mechanistic investigations of a ribozyme derived from the Tetrahymena group I intron: insights into catalysis and the second step of self-splicing. Biochemistry 1996; 35:5796-809. [PMID: 8639540 DOI: 10.1021/bi9527653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Self-splicing of Tetrahymena pre-rRNA proceeds in two consecutive phosphoryl transesterification steps. One major difference between these steps is that in the first an exogenous guanosine (G) binds to the active site, while in the second the 3'-terminal G414 residue of the intron binds. The first step has been extensively characterized in studies of the L-21ScaI ribozyme, which uses exogenous G as a nucleophile. In this study, mechanistic features involved in the second step are investigated by using the L-21G414 ribozyme. The L-21G414 reaction has been studied in both directions, with G414 acting as a leaving group in the second step and a nucleophile in its reverse. The rate constant of chemical step is the same with exogenous G bound to the L-21ScaI ribozyme and with the intramolecular guanosine residue of the L-21G414 ribozyme. The result supports the previously proposed single G-binding site model and further suggests that the orientation of the bound G and the overall active site structure is the same in both steps of the splicing reaction. An evolutionary rationale for the use of exogenous G in the first step is also presented. The results suggest that the L-21G414 ribozyme exists predominantly with the 3'-terminal G414 docked into the G-binding site. This docking is destabilized by approximately 100-fold when G414 is attached to an electron-withdrawing pA group. The internal equilibrium with K(int) = 0.7 for the ribozyme reaction indicates that bound substrate and product are thermodynamically matched and is consistent with a degree of symmetry within the active site. These observations are consistent with the presence of a second Mg ion in the active site. Finally, the slow dissociation of a 5' exon analog relative to a ligated exon analog from the L-21G414 ribozyme suggests a kinetic mechanism for ensuring efficient ligation of exons and raises new questions about the overall self-splicing reaction.
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- R Mei
- Department of Biochemistry, Beckman Center B400, Stanford University, California 94305-5307, USA
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Sun L, Ba F, Liang P, Tian Y, Mei R, Mang K. [Construction of shuttle vector containing delta-endotoxin gene of Bacillus thuringiensis]. Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao 1996; 36:69-72. [PMID: 8762474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The Bacillus thuringiensis toxin gene CryIA(c) was inserted into the shuttle vector pBE-2 to construct pAMY for expressing the B.t. gene in both Gram-negative and -positive bacterial systems. pAMY was introduced into wild type Bacillus cereus, B.brevis and B.subtilis by electroporation. Transformants containing delta-endotoxin gene produced proteins reacted with B.t. crystal protein antibody. Upon biological toxicity tests, the transformants gave a mortality of 100% against Ostrinia furnacilis, 58.8% against Heliothis armigera and 100% against Heliothis assulta. The ability of promoting plant growth of the original strains is retained.
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- L Sun
- Institute of Microbiology, Academia Sinica, Beijing
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Mei R, Yocum C. Characterization of inhibitory effects of NH2OH and its N-methyl derivatives on the O 2-evolving complex of Photosystem II. Photosynth Res 1993; 38:449-453. [PMID: 24318002 DOI: 10.1007/bf00046773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/1993] [Accepted: 08/03/1993] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Inorganic cofactors (Mn, Ca(2+) and Cl(-)) are essential for oxidation of H2O to O2 by Photosystem II. The Mn reductants NH2OH and its N-methyl derivatives have been employed as probes to further examine the interactions between these species and Mn at the active site of H2O oxidation. Results of these studies show that the size of a hydroxylamine derivative regulates its ability to inactivate O2 evolution activity, and that this size-dependent inhibition behavior arises from the protein structure of Photosystem II. A set of anions (Cl(-), F(-) and SO4 (2-)) is able to slow NH2OH and CH3NHOH inactivation of intact Photosystem II membranes by exerting a stabilizing influence on the extrinsic 23 and 17 kDa polypeptides. In contrast to this non-specific anion effect, only Cl(-) is capable of attenuating CH3NHOH and (CH3)2NOH inhibition in salt-washed preparations lacking the 23 and 17 kDa polypeptides. However, Cl(-) fails to protect against NH2OH inhibition in salt-washed membranes. These results indicate that the attack by NH2OH and its N-methyl derivatives on Mn occurs at different sites in the O2-evolving complex. The small reductant NH2OH acts at a Cl(-)-insensitive site whereas the inhibitions by CH3NHOH and (CH3)2NOH involve a site that is Cl(-) sensitive. These findings are consistent with earlier studies showing that the size of primary amines controls the Cl(-) sensitivity of their binding to Mn in the O2-evolving complex.
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- R Mei
- Department of Biology, University of Michigan, 48109-1048, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Mei R, Yocum CF. Comparative properties of hydroquinone and hydroxylamine reduction of the Ca(2+)-stabilized O2-evolving complex of photosystem II: reductant-dependent Mn2+ formation and activity inhibition. Biochemistry 1992; 31:8449-54. [PMID: 1327103 DOI: 10.1021/bi00151a009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Calcium binding to photosystem II slows NH2OH inhibition of O2 evolution; Mn2+ is retained by the O2-evolving complex [Mei, R., & Yocum, C. F. (1991) Biochemistry 30, 7836-7842]. This Ca(2+)-induced stability has been further characterized using the large reductant hydroquinone. Salt-washed photosystem II membranes reduced by hydroquinone in the presence of Ca2+ retain 80% of steady-state O2 evolution activity and contain about 2 Mn2+/reaction center that can be detected at room temperature by electron paramagnetic resonance. This Mn2+ produces a weak enhancement of H2O proton spin-lattice relaxation rates, cannot be easily extracted by a chelator, and is reincorporated into the O2-evolving complex upon illumination. A comparison of the properties of Ca(2+)-supplemented photosystem II samples reduced by hydroquinone or NH2OH alone or in sequence reveals the presence of a subpopulation of manganese atoms at the active site of H2O oxidation that is not accessible to facile hydroquinone reduction. At least one of these manganese atoms can be readily reduced by NH2OH following a noninhibitory hydroquinone reduction step. Under these conditions, about 3 Mn2+/reaction center are lost and O2 evolution activity is irreversibly inhibited. We interpret the existence of distinct sites of reductant action on manganese as further evidence that the Ca(2+)-binding site in photosystem II participates in regulation of the organization of manganese-binding ligands and the overall structure of the O2-evolving complex.
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- R Mei
- Department of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1048
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Calcium is required for oxidation of water to molecular oxygen by photosystem II; the Ca2+ demand of the reaction increases upon removal of 23- and 17-kDa extrinsic polypeptides from detergent-derived preparations of the photosystem. Employing the manganese reductant NH2OH as a probe to examine the function of Ca2+ in photosystem II reveals that (1) Ca2+ slows the rate of NH2OH inhibition of O2 evolution activity, but only in photosystem II membranes depleted of extrinsic proteins, (2) other divalent cations (Sr2+, Cd2+) that compete for the Ca2+ site also slow NH2OH inhibition, (3) Ca2+ is noncompetitive with respect to NH2OH, (4) in order to slow inhibition, Ca2+ must be present prior to the initiation of NH2OH reduction of manganese, and (5) Ca2+ appears not to interfere with NH2OH reduction of manganese. We conclude that the ability of Ca2+ to slow the rate of NH2OH inhibition arises from the site in photosystem II where Ca2+ normally stimulates O2 evolution and that the mechanism of this phenomenon arises from the ability of Ca2+ or certain surrogate metals to stabilize the ligation environment of the manganese complex.
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- R Mei
- Department of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1048
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Riggs P, Mei R, Waldo G, Yocum C, Penner-Hanh J. Characterization of the Mn sites in manganese redox proteins: Mn catalase and the photosynthetic oxygen evolving complex. J Inorg Biochem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0162-0134(91)84356-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The extrinsic 33-kDa protein (P33) was cross-linked covalently to the binding site on P33-depleted PSII preparations which is responsible for reconstitution of photosynthetic water oxidation after PSII preparations have been washed with 1 M CaCl2. Conditions were found in which more than half of the cross-linked protein complexes formed in the PSII preparations retained the ability to catalyze the oxidation of water. The complex is composed of the P33 cross-linked to the D1 and D2 proteins and a 34-kDa protein, which is present in lower abundance than the other three proteins. After solubilization of the membranes with SDS and purification by preparative SDS-PAGE, the complex retains bound manganese and can catalyze the conversion of H2O2 to O2. Calcium and chloride increased the catalase activity of the purified cross-linked complex while lanthanum or hydroxylamine abolished the activity. By use of the specific activity of the H2O2-dependent reaction to follow the extent of purification of the cross-linked complex, the most highly purified complex was determined to contain 0.34 microgram of manganese/180 micrograms of protein. The mole ratio of Mn/protein was calculated to range from 3.6 to 4.5 depending on the assumed stoichiometry of the protein subunits. The results presented here provide direct evidence that one or more of the three proteins that have cross-linked to the P33 are responsible for binding the manganese of the oxygen-evolving complex.
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- R Mei
- Department of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1048
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The evolution of O2 from H2O2 catalyzed by the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) in darkness was examined with photosystem II reaction center complex preparations from spinach. Flash illumination of dark-adapted reaction centers was used to make S0-enriched or S1-enriched complexes. The membranes catalyzed O2 evolution from H2O2 when preset to either the S0 or S1 state. However, only the S0-state reaction was inhibited by carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone and dependent on chloride. These results indicate that (1) the S0-dependent and S1-dependent catalytic cycles can be separated by flash illumination, (2) the S0-dependent reaction involves the formation of the S2 state, and (3) the S1-dependent reaction does not involve the formation of the S2 or S3 states. A kinetic study of the S1-dependent reaction revealed a rapid equilibrium ordered mechanism in which (1) the binding of Ca(II) must precede the binding of H2O2 to the OEC and (2) the reaction of Ca(II) with the free enzyme is at thermodynamic equilibrium such that Ca(II) does not necessarily dissociate after each catalytic cycle.
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- W D Frasch
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109
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Photosystem II reaction centers evolve O2 in the dark when H2O2 is added as a substrate. Although some of this activity can be attributed to catalase, as much as 75% of the activity was not affected by the addition of 1 mM KCN. Several lines of evidence demonstrate that this KCN-insensitive O2 evolution from H2O2 in the dark is catalyzed by the cycling of S states in the oxygen-evolving complex including: inactivation of H2O2-mediated O2 evolution by Ca/EDTA washing; susceptibility of the activity to inhibition by amines like ammonia and Tris; inhibition by CCCP which is known to accelerate the rate of deactivation of the S2 state and; a direct dependence of the rate of O2 evolution on the presence of calcium and chloride.
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