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Tang H, Guo S, Xue H, Guo Z, Li Y, Yu Q, Liu Y, Zhou W, Ye S. Antiparasitic efficacy of flavonoids identified from Psoralea corylifolia against Tetrahymena piriformis in guppy (Poecilia reticulate). Vet Parasitol 2024; 328:110167. [PMID: 38518713 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2024.110167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
Abstract
Tetrahymena piriformis belongs to the ciliated protists (ciliates), causing severe economic losses in aquaculture. Chemical drugs currently used usually have toxic side effects, and there is no specific drug against Tetrahymena. Therefore, it is an urgent need to identify new antiparasitic lead compounds. In the present study, the in vitro parasiticidal activity of ethyl acetate (EtOAc) extracts and water extracts from 22 selected traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) were evaluated against T. piriformis. The EtOAc extract of P. corylifolia turned out to be the most active with the minimum parasiticidal concentration of 100 mg/L within 3 h. Thus, it was separated into 12 fractions by the first-dimensional (D1) normal phase liquid chromatography (NPLC), meanwhile combining with in vitro antiparasitic tests for activity tracking. Subsequently, 8 flavonoids were identified in the active fractions by the second-dimensional (D2) reverse phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) tandem high-resolution mass spectrometry. According to the results, 5 flavonoids were selected for in vitro antiparasitic test, of which isobavachalcone showed the minimum parasiticidal concentration of 3.125 mg/L in 2 h. Bathing treatment of infected guppies with isobavachalcone could significantly reduce the burden of T. piriformis, obtaining a 24-h median effective concentration (24-h EC50) value of 1.916 mg/L. And the concentration of isobavachalcone causing guppies to die within 24 h is 39 times than that of 24-h EC50. The results demonstrated that isobavachalcone has the potential to be developed into a novel commercial fish drug against T. piriformis.
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- Hongming Tang
- Key Laboratory of Mariculture and Stock Enhancement in North China's Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Fisheries and Life Science, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.
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- Baoqing County Aquatic Technology Extension Sation, Baoqing, Heilongjiang, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture and Stock Enhancement in North China's Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Fisheries and Life Science, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture and Stock Enhancement in North China's Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Fisheries and Life Science, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture and Stock Enhancement in North China's Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Fisheries and Life Science, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture and Stock Enhancement in North China's Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Fisheries and Life Science, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture and Stock Enhancement in North China's Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Fisheries and Life Science, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture and Stock Enhancement in North China's Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Fisheries and Life Science, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture and Stock Enhancement in North China's Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Fisheries and Life Science, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.
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Derelle R, Verdonck R, Jacob S, Huet M, Akerman I, Philippe H, Legrand D. The macronuclear genomic landscape within Tetrahymena thermophila. Microb Genom 2024; 10:001175. [PMID: 38206129 PMCID: PMC10868616 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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The extent of intraspecific genomic variation is key to understanding species evolutionary history, including recent adaptive shifts. Intraspecific genomic variation remains poorly explored in eukaryotic micro-organisms, especially in the nuclear dimorphic ciliates, despite their fundamental role as laboratory model systems and their ecological importance in many ecosystems. We sequenced the macronuclear genome of 22 laboratory strains of the oligohymenophoran Tetrahymena thermophila, a model species in both cellular biology and evolutionary ecology. We explored polymorphisms at the junctions of programmed eliminated sequences, and reveal their utility to barcode very closely related cells. As for other species of the genus Tetrahymena, we confirm micronuclear centromeres as gene diversification centres in T. thermophila, but also reveal a two-speed evolution in these regions. In the rest of the genome, we highlight recent diversification of genes coding for extracellular proteins and cell adhesion. We discuss all these findings in relation to this ciliate's ecology and cellular characteristics.
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- Romain Derelle
- Station d’Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale, UAR2029, CNRS, Moulis, France
- Present address: NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Respiratory Infections, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Station d’Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale, UAR2029, CNRS, Moulis, France
- Present address: Centre for Environmental Sciences, Environmental Biology, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Station d’Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale, UAR2029, CNRS, Moulis, France
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- Station d’Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale, UAR2029, CNRS, Moulis, France
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- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Station d’Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale, UAR2029, CNRS, Moulis, France
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- Station d’Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale, UAR2029, CNRS, Moulis, France
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Ništiar F, Rácz O, Brenišin M. Can imprinting play a role in the response of Tetrahymena pyriformis to toxic substance exposure? ENVIRONMENTAL EPIGENETICS 2016; 2:dvw010. [PMID: 29492290 PMCID: PMC5804524 DOI: 10.1093/eep/dvw010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Revised: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Among protozoa, Tetrahymena pyriformis is the most commonly ciliated model used for laboratory research. All living organisms need to adapt to ever changing adverse conditions in order to survive. This article focuses on the phenomenon that exposure to toxic doses of the toxicants protects against a normally harmful dose of the same stressor. This first encounter by toxicant provokes the phenomenon of epigenetical imprinting, by which the reaction of the cell is quantitatively modified. This modification is transmitted to the progeny generations. The experiments demonstrate the possibility of epigenetic effects at a unicellular level and call attention to the possibility that the character of unicellular organisms has changed through to the present day due to an enormous amount of non-physiological imprinter substances in their environment. The results point to the validity of epigenetic imprinting effects throughout the animal world. Imprinting in Tetrahymena was likely the first epigenetic phenomenon which was justified at cellular level. It is very useful for the unicellular organisms, as it helps to avoid dangerous molecules more easily or to find useful ones and by this contributes to the permanence of the population's life.
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- František Ništiar
- Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
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Beekmann K, de Haan LHJ, Actis-Goretta L, van Bladeren PJ, Rietjens IMCM. Effect of Glucuronidation on the Potential of Kaempferol to Inhibit Serine/Threonine Protein Kinases. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2016; 64:1256-1263. [PMID: 26808477 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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To study the effect of metabolic conjugation of flavonoids on the potential to inhibit protein kinase activity, the inhibitory effects of the dietary flavonol kaempferol and its major plasma conjugate kaempferol-3-O-glucuronide on protein kinases were studied. To this end, the inhibition of the phosphorylation activity of recombinant protein kinase A (PKA) and of cell lysate from the hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HepG2 on 141 putative serine/threonine phosphorylation sites derived from human proteins was assessed. Glucuronidation reduced the inhibitory potency of kaempferol on the phosphorylation activity of PKA and HepG2 lysate on average about 16 and 3.5 times, respectively, but did not appear to affect the target selectivity for kinases present in the lysate. The data demonstrate that, upon glucuronidation, kaempferol retains part of its intrinsic kinase inhibition potential, which implies that K3G does not necessarily need to be deconjugated to the aglycone for a potential inhibitory effect on protein kinases.
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- Karsten Beekmann
- Division of Toxicology, Wageningen University , Postbus 8000, 6700EA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Toxicology, Wageningen University , Postbus 8000, 6700EA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Nestlé Research Center, Nestec Ltd., Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Case Postale 44, 1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland
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- Division of Toxicology, Wageningen University , Postbus 8000, 6700EA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Nestlé Research Center, Nestec Ltd., Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Case Postale 44, 1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland
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- Division of Toxicology, Wageningen University , Postbus 8000, 6700EA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Activity of 6-aryl-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-4-amines to Tetrahymena. Bioorg Chem 2012; 44:35-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2012.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2012] [Revised: 06/18/2012] [Accepted: 06/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Nam SW, Kim ST, Lee KM, Kim SH, Kou S, Lim J, Hwang H, Joo MK, Jeong B, Yoo SH, Park S. N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor-Mediated Chemotaxis and Ca2+ Signaling in Tetrahymena pyriformis. Protist 2009; 160:331-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2008.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2008] [Accepted: 10/26/2008] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Nam SW, Van Noort D, Yang Y, Park S. A biological sensor platform using a pneumatic-valve controlled microfluidic device containing Tetrahymena pyriformis. LAB ON A CHIP 2007; 7:638-40. [PMID: 17476385 DOI: 10.1039/b617357h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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In this study, we introduce a microfluidic device equipped with pneumatically actuated valves, generating a linear gradient of chemoeffectors to quantify the chemotactic response of Tetrahymena pyriformis, a freshwater ciliate. The microfluidic device was fabricated from an elastomer, poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS), using multi-layer soft lithography. The components of the device include electronically controlled pneumatic microvalves, microchannels and microchambers. The linear gradient of the chemoeffectors was established by releasing a chemical from a ciliate-free microchamber into a microchamber containing the ciliate. The ciliate showed chemotactic behaviours by either swimming toward or avoiding the gradient. By counting the number of ciliates residing in each microchamber, we obtained a precise time-response curve. The ciliates in the microfluidic device were sensitive enough to be attracted to 10 pmol glycine-proline, which indicates a 10(5) increase in the ciliate's known sensitivity. With the use of blockers, such as DL-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (APPA) or lanthanum chloride (LaCl3), we have demonstrated that the NMDA (N-methyl-d-aspartate) receptor plays a critical role in the perception of chemoeffectors, whereas the Ca2+ channel is related to the motility of the ciliate. These results demonstrate that our microfluidic chemotaxis assay system is useful not only for the study of ciliate chemotaxis but also for a better understanding of the signal transduction mechanism on their receptors.
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- Seong-Won Nam
- Division of Nano Sciences (BK21 program), Ewha Womans University, Daehyundong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 120-750, Korea
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