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Pascoal F, Tomasino MP, Piredda R, Quero GM, Torgo L, Poulain J, Galand PE, Fuhrman JA, Mitchell A, Tinta T, Turk Dermastia T, Fernandez-Guerra A, Vezzi A, Logares R, Malfatti F, Endo H, Dąbrowska AM, De Pascale F, Sánchez P, Henry N, Fosso B, Wilson B, Toshchakov S, Ferrant GK, Grigorov I, Vieira FRJ, Costa R, Pesant S, Magalhães C. Inter-comparison of marine microbiome sampling protocols. ISME Commun 2023; 3:84. [PMID: 37598259 PMCID: PMC10439934 DOI: 10.1038/s43705-023-00278-w] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/21/2023]
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Research on marine microbial communities is growing, but studies are hard to compare because of variation in seawater sampling protocols. To help researchers in the inter-comparison of studies that use different seawater sampling methodologies, as well as to help them design future sampling campaigns, we developed the EuroMarine Open Science Exploration initiative (EMOSE). Within the EMOSE framework, we sampled thousands of liters of seawater from a single station in the NW Mediterranean Sea (Service d'Observation du Laboratoire Arago [SOLA], Banyuls-sur-Mer), during one single day. The resulting dataset includes multiple seawater processing approaches, encompassing different material-type kinds of filters (cartridge membrane and flat membrane), three different size fractionations (>0.22 µm, 0.22-3 µm, 3-20 µm and >20 µm), and a number of different seawater volumes ranging from 1 L up to 1000 L. We show that the volume of seawater that is filtered does not have a significant effect on prokaryotic and protist diversity, independently of the sequencing strategy. However, there was a clear difference in alpha and beta diversity between size fractions and between these and "whole water" (with no pre-fractionation). Overall, we recommend care when merging data from datasets that use filters of different pore size, but we consider that the type of filter and volume should not act as confounding variables for the tested sequencing strategies. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time a publicly available dataset effectively allows for the clarification of the impact of marine microbiome methodological options across a wide range of protocols, including large-scale variations in sampled volume.
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- Francisco Pascoal
- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208, Porto, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169- 007, Porto, Portugal
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- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208, Porto, Portugal
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- Integrative Marine Ecology Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
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- Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies, National Research Council (IRBIM-CNR), Largo Fiera della Pesca 2, 60125, Ancona, Italy
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- Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 2 Rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057, Evry, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Écogéochimie des Environnements Benthiques (LECOB), Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Marine & Environmental Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1SD, UK
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- National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station Piran, Piran, Slovenia
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- Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Padua, Via U. Bassi 58/B, 35131, Padua, Italy
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- Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), CSIC. Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, ES08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Bioinformatics Center, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Japan
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- Department of Marine Ecology, Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland
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- Department of Biology, University of Padua, Via U. Bassi 58/B, 35131, Padua, Italy
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- Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), CSIC. Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, ES08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, AD2M ECOMAP, UMR 7144, Roscoff, France
- CNRS, FR2424, ABiMS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari, 70126, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biology, John Krebs Field Station, University of Oxford, Wytham, OX2 8QJ, UK
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- Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal
- Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB) and i4HB-Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal
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- EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1SD, UK.
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- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208, Porto, Portugal.
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169- 007, Porto, Portugal.
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Aleksic J, Alexa A, Attwood TK, Chue Hong N, Dahlö M, Davey R, Dinkel H, Förstner KU, Grigorov I, Hériché JK, Lahti L, MacLean D, Markie ML, Molloy J, Schneider MV, Scott C, Smith-Unna R, Vieira BM. An open science peer review oath. F1000Res 2014; 3:271. [PMID: 25653839 PMCID: PMC4304228 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.5686.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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One of the foundations of the scientific method is to be able to reproduce experiments and corroborate the results of research that has been done before. However, with the increasing complexities of new technologies and techniques, coupled with the specialisation of experiments, reproducing research findings has become a growing challenge. Clearly, scientific methods must be conveyed succinctly, and with clarity and rigour, in order for research to be reproducible. Here, we propose steps to help increase the transparency of the scientific method and the reproducibility of research results: specifically, we introduce a peer-review oath and accompanying manifesto. These have been designed to offer guidelines to enable reviewers (with the minimum friction or bias) to follow and apply open science principles, and support the ideas of transparency, reproducibility and ultimately greater societal impact. Introducing the oath and manifesto at the stage of peer review will help to check that the research being published includes everything that other researchers would need to successfully repeat the work. Peer review is the lynchpin of the publishing system: encouraging the community to consciously (and conscientiously) uphold these principles should help to improve published papers, increase confidence in the reproducibility of the work and, ultimately, provide strategic benefits to authors and their institutions.
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- Jelena Aleksic
- Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QR, UK
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Core Unit Systems Medicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark, Charlottenlund 2920, Denmark
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- Open Knowledge Finland - Open Science Work Group, Helsinki, Finland
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QR, UK
- DNAdigest, Cambridge, UK
- University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
- Core Unit Systems Medicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark, Charlottenlund 2920, Denmark
- Software Sustainability Institute, Edinburgh, UK
- Open Knowledge Finland - Open Science Work Group, Helsinki, Finland
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
- F1000Research, London, UK
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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Aleksic J, Alexa A, Attwood TK, Chue Hong N, Dahlö M, Davey R, Dinkel H, Förstner KU, Grigorov I, Hériché JK, Lahti L, MacLean D, Markie ML, Molloy J, Schneider MV, Scott C, Smith-Unna R, Vieira BM. An open science peer review oath. F1000Res 2014; 3:271. [PMID: 25653839 PMCID: PMC4304228 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.5686.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
One of the foundations of the scientific method is to be able to reproduce experiments and corroborate the results of research that has been done before. However, with the increasing complexities of new technologies and techniques, coupled with the specialisation of experiments, reproducing research findings has become a growing challenge. Clearly, scientific methods must be conveyed succinctly, and with clarity and rigour, in order for research to be reproducible. Here, we propose steps to help increase the transparency of the scientific method and the reproducibility of research results: specifically, we introduce a peer-review oath and accompanying manifesto. These have been designed to offer guidelines to enable reviewers (with the minimum friction or bias) to follow and apply open science principles, and support the ideas of transparency, reproducibility and ultimately greater societal impact. Introducing the oath and manifesto at the stage of peer review will help to check that the research being published includes everything that other researchers would need to successfully repeat the work. Peer review is the lynchpin of the publishing system: encouraging the community to consciously (and conscientiously) uphold these principles should help to improve published papers, increase confidence in the reproducibility of the work and, ultimately, provide strategic benefits to authors and their institutions.
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- Jelena Aleksic
- Wellcome Trust - Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QR, UK
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Core Unit Systems Medicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark, Charlottenlund 2920, Denmark
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- Open Knowledge Finland - Open Science Work Group, Helsinki, Finland
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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Milošević V, Ajdžanović V, Bogojević D, Medigović I, Ivanović-Matić S, Martinović V, Grigorov I. The effect of chronic food restriction on immunopositive ACTH cells in peripubertal female rats. Gen Physiol Biophys 2011; 30:321-4. [DOI: 10.4149/gpb_2011_03_321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Uskoković A, Arambasić J, Bogojević D, Ivanović-Matić S, Mihailović M, Dinić S, Grigorov I. Differences between molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of haptoglobin gene expression during the acute phase response and dietary restriction. Folia Biol (Praha) 2009; 55:107-115. [PMID: 19545490] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Haptoglobin is a glycoprotein involved in the acute phase response. Previously we reported that haptoglobin gene expression was up-regulated during dietary restriction in young female rats. The present study aimed at determining whether chronic dietary restriction affects haptoglobin blood levels through changing levels and/or activities of IL-6-related transcription factors STAT and C/EBP in the liver as is the case during the acute phase response. To this end, we compared a female Wistar rat model of 50% 6-week-long dietary restriction with the standard laboratory model for the acute phase response induced by turpentine administration. During the turpentine-induced acute phase response, the transitory 5.4-fold increase of rat haptoglobin expression was accompanied by a prominent rise of serum IL-6 concentration and the increased binding of STAT3 and 35kD C/EBPbeta/LAP transcription factors to the haptoglobin gene hormone-responsive element. Results obtained after immunoblotting and DNA affinity chromatography (using hormone-responsive element) suggest that the stable 1.7-fold increase of serum haptoglobin level during dietary restriction was the result of increased amounts and activities of constitutive transcription factors C/EBPalpha and STAT5b, and to a smaller extent of STAT3. When dietary restriction rats were administered turpentine, a 8.7-fold increase in haptoglobin expression was followed by a considerable increase in the amount and hormone-responsive element binding activity of STAT3 but not 35kD C/EBPbeta/LAP. We concluded that haptoglobin gene up-regulation during chronic dietary restriction was regulated by different mechanisms than during the acute phase response, and that it depended on the amount(s) and activit(ies) of transcription factor(s) that characterize low-grade inflammatory conditions.
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- A Uskoković
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Papayannis A, Amiridis V, Mona L, Tsaknakis G, Balis D, Bösenberg J, Chaikovski A, De Tomasi F, Grigorov I, Mattis I, Mitev V, Müller D, Nickovic S, Pérez C, Pietruczuk A, Pisani G, Ravetta F, Rizi V, Sicard M, Trickl T, Wiegner M, Gerding M, Mamouri RE, D'Amico G, Pappalardo G. Systematic lidar observations of Saharan dust over Europe in the frame of EARLINET (2000–2002). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1029/2007jd009028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Mihailović M, Bogojević D, Dinić S, Grdović N, Grigorov I, Ivanović-Matić S, Labus-Blagojević S, Martinović V, Petrović M, Uskoković A, Vadaković M, Poznanović G. CYP1A expression in Mullus barbatus and Merluccius merluccius from the Adriatic Sea in Serbia and Montenegro. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2006; 77:559-65. [PMID: 17123016 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1100-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2006] [Accepted: 09/01/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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- M Mihailović
- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stanković, Despot Stephen Boulevard 142, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
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Mihailović M, Dinić S, Uskoković A, Petrović M, Grigorov I, Poznanović G, Ivanović-Matić S, Bogojević D. Acute-phase related binding ability of p53 for the hormone response element of the haptoglobin gene in adult rats. Cell Biol Int 2005; 29:968-70. [PMID: 16199185 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2005.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 12/15/2004] [Revised: 06/20/2005] [Accepted: 07/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Interaction between transcription factor p53 and the hormone response element (HRE) of the haptoglobin (Hp) gene in adult rat liver was studied. We detected a sequence homologous to the p53 consensus DNA-binding site in the regulatory promoter element of the Hp gene. DNA-affinity chromatography, followed by Western immunoblot analysis with an antibody to p53 indicated that components of the nuclear extract possessed the same antigen determinants as p53. While p53 was identified in both control and acute-phase (AP) samples, DNA-binding affinity for the Hp gene HRE was detected only in the nuclear extract prepared from rats undergoing the AP response. Whether either as an inducible or as a constitutive transcription factor, p53 could be involved in the transcriptional regulation of the Hp gene in adult rat liver.
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- M Mihailović
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute for Biological Research, Despot Stephen Boulevard 142, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
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Grigorov I, Cvetković I, Milosavljević T, Uskoković A, Bogojević D, Ivanović-Matić S, Poznanović G, Petrović M. The effect of O-glcnac glycosylation of rat liver nucleoproteins on their acute phase-dependent binding ability to the hormone responsive element of the haptoglobin gene. Gen Physiol Biophys 2004; 23:367-74. [PMID: 15638124] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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We examined whether the transcriptional activation of the rat haptoglobin (Hp) gene during the acute phase (AP) response reflects the O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) status of liver nucleoproteins (NPs) and their binding for the hormone responsive element (HRE). After deglycosylation with N-acetylglucosaminidase of the O-GlcNAc glycoproteins obtained by WGA, affinity chromatography and South-Western analysis, it was observed that only increased HRE binding ability of p64/p70 in control and p51 obtained from turpentine-treated rats can be directly attributed to the presence of O-GlcNAc residues. Therefore, expression of the rat Hp gene could be controlled by this modification of certain trans-acting NPs.
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- I Grigorov
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Research, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
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Pérez-Peña J, Rincón D, Bañares R, Olmedilla L, Garutti I, Grigorov I, Calleja J. Autonomic neuropathy in end-stage cirrhotic patients and evolution after liver transplantation. Transplant Proc 2003; 35:1834-5. [PMID: 12962814 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(03)00587-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Autonomic neuropathy (AN), which is frequently observed in cirrhosis patients, has been associated with a higher mortality. We have prospectively evaluated the prevalence of AN, its relationship with the degree of liver dysfunction and circulatory disturbances, and the evolution of AN after liver transplantation (LT) in 62 end-stage liver cirrhosis patients. AN was evaluated by seven cardiovascular tests assessing sympathetic or parasympathetic function before and 6 months after LT. Patients were classified as showing absent (A), early (E), or definite dysfunction (D). AN appeared in 67.7% of cases (E: 24.2%, D: 43.5%) without relation to liver disease etiology. Parasympathetic dysfunction was more prevalent than sympathetic dysfunction (59.7% vs. 20.9%). AN was significantly related to Child-Pugh score. Hyperdynamic circulation was more marked in the D than the A group as shown by a greater cardiac output (CO)(9 vs. 7.3 L/min) and a lower peripheral resistance (SVR)(666 vs. 866 dyn.s.cm(-5)). Moreover, AN scores significantly correlated with CO and SVR. Overall the prevalence of AN decreased 6 months after LT (67.7% vs 48%) due to a significant reduction in definite AN (43.5 vs. 14.8%; P<.05). AN improved in 70% of cases after LT. Sympathetic dysfunction remained in only one patient. We conclude that AN is frequent in liver transplant candidates; its severity is associated with the degree of liver failure. Systemic circulatory disturbances seem to correlate with the severity of AN. AN is clearly improved by LT. The evaluation of AN may contribute to a better selection of LT recipients.
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- J Pérez-Peña
- Anesthesiology Department, University Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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Milosavljević T, Lazić T, Uskoković A, Petrović M, Grigorov I. Expression of the rat liver haptoglobin gene is mediated by isoforms of C/EBPalpha, -beta and -delta proteins. Gen Physiol Biophys 2003; 22:181-90. [PMID: 14661730] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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CCAAT/enhancer binding proteins (C/EBP) alpha, -beta and -delta play an important role in mediating I interleukin-6 (IL-6) dependent expression of acute-phase protein (APP) genes in liver during acute-phase (AP) response. Based on the presence of type IL-6 responsive element (IL-6 RE) in the rat haptoglobin (Hp) gene promoter we assumed that some C/EBPalpha, -beta and/or -delta isoforms could mediate the expression of this gene during turpentine-induced AP response. By Western immunoblot and Northern blot assays, we found that turpentine treatment of rats led to a coordinate induction of C/EBPbeta and -delta as well as repression of C/EBPalpha isoforms pool levels in rat liver nuclear extracts (NEs) which was preceded by an adequate alteration of their mRNAs expression in liver. Consequently, results of DNA affinity chromatography revealed that affinity of certain C/EBPalpha isoforms to bind the type I IL-6 RE within the rat Hp gene promoter decreased whereas affinities of certain C/EBPbeta isoforms and C/EBPdelta were increased and induced, respectively. Our data suggest that turpentine-induced alterations of C/EBPalpha, -beta and -delta pool levels and DNA-binding activities can be regarded as an integral part of activation of the Hp gene expression in the course of AP response.
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- T Milosavljević
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stanković, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
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Grigorov I, Lazić T, Cvetković I, Milosavljević T, Petrović M. Opposite nuclear level and binding activity of STAT5B and STAT3 proteins with rat haptoglobin gene under normal and turpentine induced acute phase conditions. Mol Biol Rep 2002; 28:217-22. [PMID: 12153141 DOI: 10.1023/a:1015749109119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 01/28/2023]
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Transcription of the rat gene encoding haptoglobin (Hp) is highly induced during acute phase (AP) response which has been previously shown to be mediated by inducible STAT3 member of the Signal Transducer and Activators of Transcription (STATs) family proteins. In this study, we observed that under normal but not in the turpentine induced AP conditions, another member of the STAT family proteins, STAT5b is expressed and binds to the hormone regulatory element (HRE) of the rat Hp gene. We found that the nuclear amounts of constitutively active STAT5b in rat liver decreased significantly with time of turpentine treatment as opposed to that of cytosol STAT5b, suggesting possible export of constitutive STAT5b from the nucleus. Nuclear accumulation and binding of inducible STAT3 proteins to the rat Hp gene HRE following turpentine treatment implicated that STAT5b negatively regulates Hp gene expression during normal conditions.
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- I Grigorov
- Institute for Biological Research, Department for Molecular Biology, Belgrade, Yugoslavia. iligri&ibiss.bg.ac.yu
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Grigorov I, Milosavljević T, Cvetković I, Petrović M. HMG-1 as regulatory trans-acting protein in the acute phase-induced expression of the rat liver haptoglobin gene. Gen Physiol Biophys 2001; 20:401-12. [PMID: 11989650] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Expression of the haptoglobin (Hp) gene is liver specific and acute phase (AP) responsive. It was previously shown that transcriptional induction process of the rat Hp gene during turpentine induced AP response has been mediated by the liver nucleoprotein p29 which was shown to be homologous to the HMG-1 chromatin-associated protein. The results presented in this report offered further evidence for the existence of structural and functional similarities between these two proteins implicating an involvement of HMG-1 in the regulation of the rat Hp gene transcription. By DNA binding assays we found the HMG-1 binding sites in the rat Hp gene cis-regulatory subelements A and C and revealed an increase in its DNA-binding after induction of AP response. In view of our previous and here shown data we assume that this increase could be a consequence of AP-induced release of HMG-1 from the chromatin and subsequent increase in its nuclear amount.
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- I Grigorov
- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Institute for Biological Research, Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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Turpentine-induced acute-phase (AP) response in rats is followed by transcriptional activation of the haptoglobin (Hp) gene in liver. Analysing the promoter sequence of the rat Hp gene we postulated an involvement of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) in the regulation of this process. Results obtained by using a combination of Western immunoblot and DNA-binding assays revealed AP-induced binding of constitutive 86kD-and inducible 91kD-STAT3 isoforms to the rat Hp gene inducible promoter element. On the basis of these data we assumed that AP-related interactions of these two STAT3 isoforms correlates with an activated transcriptional status of the rat Hp gene.
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- I Grigorov
- Institute for Biological Research, Department for Molecular Biology, Belgrade, Yugoslav Federal Republic
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Grigorov I, Milosavljević T, Cvetković I, Petrović M. Participation of two isoforms of C/EBPbeta transcription factor in the acute-phase regulation of the rat haptoglobin gene. Cell Biol Int 1999; 22:685-93. [PMID: 10452839 DOI: 10.1006/cbir.1998.0307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Previous analyses of the mechanism of the transcriptional induction of the rat haptoglobin (Hp) gene during acute-phase (AP)-reaction have revealed the involvement of several trans-acting nucleoproteins (NPs) in controlling this process. In this study, by using antibodies against C/EBPbeta factor in Western immunoblot assay, we found that rat liver trans-acting NPs p35 and p20 are two characteristic C/EBPbeta isoforms whose expression is induced under AP-conditions. DNA-binding assays identified the binding sites for these two C/EBPbeta proteins in the functionally defined elements A and C of the rat Hp gene and also revealed that they have specific binding affinity towards these elements. Under non-induced conditions, p35 was the only C/EBPbeta binding factor; however, upon AP-conditions both, 35 kDa- and 20 kDa-C/EBPbeta binding activities were significantly induced suggesting that these interactions are necessary for the activation of the Hp gene. By in vitro phosphorylation assay and selective proteolysis, we also present evidence that p35 requires phosphorylation for its DNA binding ability. Thus, we conclude that increase in binding of C/EBPbeta isoforms during AP-reaction occurs through their upregulation and structural modification.
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- I Grigorov
- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Institute for Biological Research, 29 November 142, Belgrade, 11060, Yugoslav Federal Republic
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Grigorov I, Milosavljević T, Petrović M. Acute-phase induced phosphorylation of rat liver nucleoprotein p70 modulates its binding affinity for the haptoglobin gene. Biochem Mol Biol Int 1998; 45:1067-72. [PMID: 9739471 DOI: 10.1002/iub.7510450524] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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An increase in the binding affinity of rat liver trans-acting nucleoprotein p70 for the hormone responsive element of the rat haptoglobin gene in acute-phase reactions has implicated a posttranslational modification. This investigation examines the proposed acute-phase related structural alterations of p70 using an in vitro phosphorylation/dephosphorylation assay and selective digestion of p70 with Staphylococcal aureus V8 protease. The results show that p70 requires phosphorylation to express its DNA-binding ability. Selective proteolysis of p70 provided evidence that acute-phase induced phosphorylation of this protein alters its conformation in such a way that its DNA-binding ability is increased.
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- I Grigorov
- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Institute for Biological Research, Belgrade, Yugoslav Federal Republic
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Petrović M, Grigorov I, Milosavljević T, Bogojević D, Sekularac S, Sevaljević L. Structural and functional homology between the 29 kD rat liver nucleoprotein and the high mobility group 1 protein. Mol Biol Rep 1996; 23:79-85. [PMID: 8983021 DOI: 10.1007/bf00424433] [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] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A 29 kD soluble rat liver nucleoprotein (p29) has increased binding affinity for the hormone responsive element (RE) of the rat haptoglobin (Hp) gene during the acute-phase reaction. In this work the possibility of its structural and functional homology to the high mobility group 1 (HMG1) nonhistone protein constituent of chromatin was examined. The results of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, Southwestern and Western immunoblot analyses, showed that p29 and HMG1 are homologous protein species. On the basis of in vitro and in vivo phosphorylation/dephosphorylation experiments, we discuss the modulatory role of phosphate groups in view of the structure and function of p29.
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- M Petrović
- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Institute for Biological Research, Belgrade, Yugoslav Federal Republic
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Petrović M, Bogojević D, Grigorov I, Sevaljević L. The DNA binding affinity of rat liver nucleoproteins to the regulatory elements of the haptoglobin and alpha 2-macroglobulin genes. Cell Biol Int 1995; 19:967-72. [PMID: 9721620 DOI: 10.1006/cbir.1995.1037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Transcriptional regulation and binding interactions between soluble nucleoproteins and the hormone response elements (REs) of the rat haptoglobin (Hp) and alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2MG) genes was examined in the livers of rats during the acute-phase reaction. Our results demonstrate that the elevation of the Hp and alpha 2MG genes' transcription rates in acute-phase liver relies essentially on an increase in the binding-affinity of pre-existing soluble nucleoproteins, enhancing their capability to bind the examined cis-regulatory elements. The 35kD nucleoprotein that displayed an acute-phase inducible affinity to bind hormone REs of rat Hp and alpha 2MG genes, was identified as a C/EBP beta isoform.
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- M Petrović
- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Institute for Biological Research, Belgrade, Yugoslav Federal Republic
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Sevaljević LJ, Marinković-Pajović S, Grigorov I, Bogojević D, Ivanović-Matić S, Petrović M. Acute phase-dependent changes in the binding of rat liver nucleoproteins to the cytokine response element of the rat haptoglobin gene. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 1995; 27:185-94. [PMID: 7539335 DOI: 10.1016/1357-2725(94)00073-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 01/25/2023]
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Hormones released during the acute phase reaction promote the transcriptional activation of the haptoglobin (Hp) gene and a consequent increase of Hp protein synthesis in the liver. The mechanisms underlying the alterations of basal transcription rates of eukaryotic genes are assumed to result from modulations of the binding affinities between nucleoproteins and specific DNA sequences in the enhancer and promoter elements. In order to characterize the changes in the interaction of nucleoproteins with the promoter that accompany the induction of the Hp gene, nuclear extracts from normal and inflamed livers were probed with hormone responsive element (HRE) of the rat Hp gene by gel mobility shift and Southwestern assays. Each of the three cis-acting sequences of the HRE, elements A, B, and C, recognized a distinct set of proteins. Together they conferred an additional level of specificity to the protein binding sites of the entire ABC-element. These sites were recognized by proteins in liver nuclear extracts isolated from both control and treated rats. The differences in the gel shift and Southwestern patterns of the corresponding DNA-protein complexes suggested that transcriptional activation of the Hp gene relied on changes in the concentrations and/or functional modifications of preexisting proteins rather than on the induction of new trans-acting factors.
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Джерова А, Григоров И, Шереметска П, Джерова А, Григоров И, Шереметска П, Djerova A, Grigorov I, Sheremetska P. HUMICOLA LUTEA 120–5—ТЕРМОТОЛЕРАНТЕН ПРОДУЦЕНТ НА КИСЕЛА ПРОТЕИНАЗА. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 1990. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.1990.10819343] [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: 10/25/2022] Open
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Kozlovskiĭ AG, Solov'eva TF, Slokoska L, Grigorov I. [Effect of various factors on the biosynthesis of alkaloids in a culture of Claviceps CP II]. Prikl Biokhim Mikrobiol 1986; 22:548-53. [PMID: 3532090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The effect of a carbohydrate medium component, aeration, tryptophane and Tween additions on the biosynthesis of alkaloids by Claviceps CP II was being studied. The quantity of synthesized alkaloids and the composition of produced alkaloids depended on the nature of the carbohydrate and its concentration. A few alkaloids were accumulated on media containing xylose, lactose and glucose, whereas active production of alkaloids was observed when galactose maltose, sucrose and sorbit were used. Intensified aeration and introduction of Tween-80 and Tween-40 resulted in an increased alkaloid yield. Exogenous tryptophane had slight stimulatory effect on alkaloid production.
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Aleksieva P, Grigorov I, Djerova A, Sheremetska P, Tchorbanov B. Submerged Cultivation of a Fungal Mutant Strain Humicola Lutea 120-5 Producing Acid Proteinases. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1984. [DOI: 10.1002/abio.370040215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Grigorov I, Aleksieva P, Djerova A, Sheremetska P, Tchorbanov B. Selection of gamma-ray mutants from a strain of Humicola lutea 72, producing acid proteases. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1983. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00499503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Grigorov I, Georgiev D. [A method for the isolation of mycetae producing a fibrinolytic enzyme]. Izv Mikrobiol Inst (Sofiia) 1970; 21:93-95. [PMID: 5526128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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