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Biała M, Pencakowski B, Mączyńska B, Starzyński K, Szetela B. Two New Strains of Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a Bisexual Man having Sex with Men in Wroclaw, Poland. Acta Derm Venereol 2024; 104:adv35658. [PMID: 38655657 PMCID: PMC11064674 DOI: 10.2340/actadv.v104.35658] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
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- Martyna Biała
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Liver Diseases and Acquired Immune Deficiences, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Liver Diseases and Acquired Immune Deficiences, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland; All Saint's Clinic, Wroclawskie Centrum Zdrowia SP ZOZ, Poland
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Bielecka M, Stafiniak M, Pencakowski B, Ślusarczyk S, Jastrzębski JP, Paukszto Ł, Łaczmański Ł, Gharibi S, Matkowski A. Comparative transcriptomics of two Salvia subg. Perovskia species contribute towards molecular background of abietane-type diterpenoid biosynthesis. Sci Rep 2024; 14:3046. [PMID: 38321199 PMCID: PMC10847172 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53510-5] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
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Tanshinones, are a group of diterpenoid red pigments present in Danshen - an important herbal drug of Traditional Chinese Medicine which is a dried root of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge. Some of the tanshinones are sought after as pharmacologically active natural products. To date, the biosynthetic pathway of tanshinones has been only partially elucidated. These compounds are also present in some of the other Salvia species, i.a. from subgenus Perovskia, such as S. abrotanoides (Kar.) Sytsma and S. yangii B.T. Drew. Despite of the close genetic relationship between these species, significant qualitative differences in their diterpenoid profile have been discovered. In this work, we have used the Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry analysis to follow the content of diterpenoids during the vegetation season, which confirmed our previous observations of a diverse diterpenoid profile. As metabolic differences are reflected in different transcript profile of a species or tissues, we used metabolomics-guided transcriptomic approach to select candidate genes, which expression possibly led to observed chemical differences. Using an RNA-sequencing technology we have sequenced and de novo assembled transcriptomes of leaves and roots of S. abrotanoides and S. yangii. As a result, 134,443 transcripts were annotated by UniProt and 56,693 of them were assigned as Viridiplantae. In order to seek for differences, the differential expression analysis was performed, which revealed that 463, 362, 922 and 835 genes indicated changes in expression in four comparisons. GO enrichment analysis and KEGG functional analysis of selected DEGs were performed. The homology and expression of two gene families, associated with downstream steps of tanshinone and carnosic acid biosynthesis were studied, namely: cytochromes P-450 and 2-oxoglutarate-dependend dioxygenases. Additionally, BLAST analysis revealed existence of 39 different transcripts related to abietane diterpenoid biosynthesis in transcriptomes of S. abrotanoides and S. yangii. We have used quantitative real-time RT-PCR analysis of selected candidate genes, to follow their expression levels over the vegetative season. A hypothesis of an existence of a multifunctional CYP76AH89 in transcriptomes of S. abrotanoides and S. yangii is discussed and potential roles of other CYP450 homologs are speculated. By using the comparative transcriptomic approach, we have generated a dataset of candidate genes which provides a valuable resource for further elucidation of tanshinone biosynthesis. In a long run, our investigation may lead to optimization of diterpenoid profile in S. abrotanoides and S. yangii, which may become an alternative source of tanshinones for further research on their bioactivity and pharmacological therapy.
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- Monika Bielecka
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556, Wrocław, Poland.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 1A/113, 10-719, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Botany and Nature Protection, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Prawocheńskiego 17, 10-720, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Laboratory of Genomics & Bioinformatics, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy PAS, Rudolfa Weigla 12, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556, Wrocław, Poland
- Core Research Facilities (CRF), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, 81746-73461, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556, Wrocław, Poland
- Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Wroclaw Medical University, Jana Kochanowskiego 14, Wrocław, Poland
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Szymonik J, Wala K, Górnicki T, Saczko J, Pencakowski B, Kulbacka J. The Impact of Iron Chelators on the Biology of Cancer Stem Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 23:ijms23010089. [PMID: 35008527 PMCID: PMC8745085 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23010089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Neoplastic diseases are still a major medical challenge, requiring a constant search for new therapeutic options. A serious problem of many cancers is resistance to anticancer drugs and disease progression in metastases or local recurrence. These characteristics of cancer cells may be related to the specific properties of cancer stem cells (CSC). CSCs are involved in inhibiting cells’ maturation, which is essential for maintaining their self-renewal capacity and pluripotency. They show increased expression of transcription factor proteins, which were defined as stemness-related markers. This group of proteins includes OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, Nanog, and SALL4. It has been noticed that the metabolism of cancer cells is changed, and the demand for iron is significantly increased. Iron chelators have been proven to have antitumor activity and influence the expression of stemness-related markers, thus reducing chemoresistance and the risk of tumor cell progression. This prompts further investigation of these agents as promising anticancer novel drugs. The article presents the characteristics of stemness markers and their influence on the development and course of neoplastic disease. Available iron chelators were also described, and their effects on cancer cells and expression of stemness-related markers were analyzed.
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- Julia Szymonik
- Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland; (J.S.); (K.W.); (T.G.)
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- Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland; (J.S.); (K.W.); (T.G.)
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- Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland; (J.S.); (K.W.); (T.G.)
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-71-784-06-88
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Bielecka M, Pencakowski B, Stafiniak M, Jakubowski K, Rahimmalek M, Gharibi S, Matkowski A, Ślusarczyk S. Metabolomics and DNA-Based Authentication of Two Traditional Asian Medicinal and Aromatic Species of Salvia subg. Perovskia. Cells 2021; 10:cells10010112. [PMID: 33435339 PMCID: PMC7826587 DOI: 10.3390/cells10010112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Subgenus Perovskia of the extended genus of Salvia comprises several Central Asian medicinal and aromatic species, of which S. yangii and S. abrotanoides are the most widespread. These plants are cultivated in Europe as robust ornamentals, and several cultivars are available. However, their medicinal potential remains underutilized because of limited information about their phytochemical and genetic diversity. Thus, we combined an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-QTOF-MS) based metabolomics with DNA barcoding approach based on trnH-psbA and ITS2 barcodes to clarify the relationships between these two taxa. Metabolomic analysis demonstrated that aerial parts are more similar than roots and none of the major compounds stand out as distinct. Sugiol in S. yangii leaves and carnosic acid quinone in S. abrotanoides were mostly responsible for their chemical differentiation, whereas in roots the distinction was supported by the presence of five norditerpenoids in S. yangii and two flavonoids and one norditerpenoid in S. abrotanoides. To verify the metabolomics-based differentiation, we performed DNA authentication that revealed S. yangii and S. abrotanoides to be very closely related but separate species. We demonstrated that DNA barcoding coupled with parallel LC-MS profiling constitutes a powerful tool in identification of taxonomically close Salvia species.
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- Monika Bielecka
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland; (B.P.); (M.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.:+48-717840500
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland; (B.P.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland; (B.P.); (M.S.)
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- Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Wroclaw Medical University, Jana Kochanowskiego 14, 51-601 Wroclaw, Poland; (K.J.); (M.R.); (A.M.)
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- Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Wroclaw Medical University, Jana Kochanowskiego 14, 51-601 Wroclaw, Poland; (K.J.); (M.R.); (A.M.)
- Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 841583111, Iran
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- Core Research Facility (CRF), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezar Jerib Street, Isfahan 8174673461, Iran;
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- Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Wroclaw Medical University, Jana Kochanowskiego 14, 51-601 Wroclaw, Poland; (K.J.); (M.R.); (A.M.)
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Botany, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Botany, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland;
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Chachuła P, Halama M, Pencakowski B. Morphological and Molecular Evidence for the Occurrence of Hodophilus variabilipes (Clavariaceae, Agaricales) in Poland. Acta Mycol 2020. [DOI: 10.5586/am.5527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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<em>Hodophilus variabilipes</em>, a species hitherto unknown in Poland, has been reported from a single locality in the Pieniny Mts (S Poland). The first studies on <em>H. variabilipes </em>were those of macro- and microscopic features and molecular characteristics (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 rDNA sequences). Here, a brief description and illustration of <em>H. variabilipes </em>based on Polish material are given, and the ecology and characteristics distinguishing <em>H. variabilipes </em>from related species of the genus <em>Hodophilus </em>are briefly discussed.
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Das K, Ghosh A, Chakraborty D, Li J, Qiu L, Baghela A, Halama M, Hembrom ME, Mehmood T, Parihar A, Pencakowski B, Bielecka M, Reczyńska K, Sasiela D, Singh U, Song Y, Świerkosz K, Szczęśniak K, Uniyal P, Zhang J, Buyck B. Fungal Biodiversity Profiles 31–40. CRYPTOGAMIE MYCOL 2017. [DOI: 10.7872/crym/v38.iss3.2017.353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Kanad Das
- Cryptogamic Unit, Botanical Survey of India, P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah 711103, India,, ,
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- Department of Botany & Microbiology, H.N.B. Garhwal University (A Central University), Srinagar, Garhwal, 246174, Uttarakhand, India,, , ,
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- Cryptogamic Unit, Botanical Survey of India, P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah 711103, India,, ,
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- State Key Lab of Biocontrol, School of Life Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China,
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- State Key Lab of Biocontrol, School of Life Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China,
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- MACS' Agharkar Research Institute, Biodiversity and Palaeobiology Group, National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI), G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune - 411004, India,
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- Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław, ul. Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland
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- Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah 711103, India,
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- Department of Botany & Microbiology, H.N.B. Garhwal University (A Central University), Srinagar, Garhwal, 246174, Uttarakhand, India,, , ,
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- Cryptogamic Unit, Botanical Survey of India, P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah 711103, India,, ,
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Wrocław Medical University, ul. Borowska 211a, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Wrocław Medical University, ul. Borowska 211a, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Botany, University of Wrocław, ul. Kanonia 6/8, 50-328 Wrocław, Poland
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- Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław, ul. Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Botany & Microbiology, H.N.B. Garhwal University (A Central University), Srinagar, Garhwal, 246174, Uttarakhand, India,, , ,
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- State Key Lab of Biocontrol, School of Life Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China,
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- Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław, ul. Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland
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- Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław, ul. Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Botany & Microbiology, H.N.B. Garhwal University (A Central University), Srinagar, Garhwal, 246174, Uttarakhand, India,, , ,
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- State Key Lab of Biocontrol, School of Life Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China,
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- Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Systematique, Evolution, Biodiversité - UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, CP 39, 12 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
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