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Kumaravel KS, Sampathkumar D, Punitha P, Anurekha V, Hema M, Rameshbabu B. Premature Atherosclerosis in Children With Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia: A Twin-Center Cross-Sectional Study. Indian Pediatr 2022. [PMID: 36148746 PMCID: PMC9798934 DOI: 10.1007/s13312-022-2664-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Objective To analyze the risk of premature atherosclerosis in children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT) compared to controls by measuring carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and correlating it with clinical and biochemical parameters. METHODS Case-control study among children aged 2 to 15 years. RESULTS Significantly higher CIMT values were observed across all age groups. Mean (SD) CIMT in controls were 0.27(0.07) mm, 0.39 (0.03) mm, and 0.46 (0.05) mm in 2 to 5 years, 6 to 10 years, and 11 to 15 years age groups respectively, as against 0.43 (0.08) mm, 0.55 (0.07) mm and 0.63 (0.08) mm in cases in similar age groups (P<0.001). Mean triglycerides and liver enzymes were significantly elevated in cases. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that older age group and higher serum ferritin levels, but not dyslipidemia, were significantly associated with high CIMT. CONCLUSION Children with TDT are at increased risk for premature atherosclerosis.
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- K S Kumaravel
- Department of Pediatrics, Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem, Tamil Nadu
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- Department of Pediatrics, Government Dharmapuri Medical College, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu
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- Department of Pediatrics, Government Dharmapuri Medical College, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu
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- Department of Pediatrics, Government Dharmapuri Medical College, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu
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- Department of Pediatrics, Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem, Tamil Nadu
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- Department of Pediatrics, Government Dharmapuri Medical College, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu. Correspondence to: Dr B Rameshbabu, Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Government Dharmapuri Medical College, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu 636 701.
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Chatterjee M, Nayak C, De A, Rajadhyaksha S, Singh GK, Kumar P, Balameena S, Kumar MH, Hema M, Choudhury GD, Pangtey GS, Singh J, Jain N. A Joint Consensus of Rheumatologists and Dermatologists on Early Detection and Effective Management of Psoriatic Arthritis: India's Perspective. Indian J Dermatol 2022; 67:479. [PMID: 36578740 PMCID: PMC9792027 DOI: 10.4103/ijd.ijd_939_20] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory disease with clinical manifestations, including inflammatory arthritis and the presence of psoriasis (PsO). The present consensus statement evaluated the early diagnosis and treatment approaches in the management of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis by rheumatologists and dermatologists. For PAN India representation, a panel of eight rheumatologists and five dermatologists from different institutes in India were constituted. These thirteen experts were divided into two groups (rheumatologists group and dermatologist group) who received a set of questionnaires each for diagnosis and treatment approaches in the management of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Based on the responses received, a panel discussion took place, where the experts identified the early diagnostic criteria for PsA considering: Clinical signs and symptoms, and questionnaire-based PsA screening, which includes Psoriasis Epidemiology Screening Tool (PEST) for dermatologists and Classification Criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR) for rheumatologists. The experts also recommended shift from conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) to biologics like secukinumab, when there is extensive skin involvement and TNF inhibitors when there is extensive joint involvement. Overall, the objective of the consensus was to assist rheumatologists and dermatologists in the early diagnosis and management of patients of PsA and PsO in their clinical practice.
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- Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India,Address for correspondence: Dr. Abhishek De, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. E-mail:
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- Department of Rheumatology, Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Rheumatology, Command Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Rheumatology, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Alipore Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Raj TY, Sujith S, Srinivasaprasad ND, Valavan KT, Hema M, Kurien AA, Fernando E. Lupus nephritis in a patient with retroviral infection. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2019; 30:520-525. [PMID: 31031390 DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.256861] [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] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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A 38-year-old woman, diagnosed as Person Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) for three years, presented with features of fever, rashes, joint pain, dyspnea and pedal edema. On evaluation, a diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Lupus Nephritis (LN) triggered by HIV infection was made based on clinical and serological evidence. She was continued on HAART, and immuno-suppressive therapy was co-administered resulting in the resolution of her symptoms. Lupus-like histopathological findings have been reported in patients with HIV-related kidney diseases. This case report is to highlight the co-existence of LN in a patient with HIV infection.
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- T Yashwanth Raj
- Department of Nephrology, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Rheumatology, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Stanley Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Sahithi KD, Nancy PA, Vishnu Vardhan GP, Kumanan K, Vijayarani K, Hema M. Detection of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) antibodies using chimeric plant virus-like particles. Vet Microbiol 2019; 229:20-27. [PMID: 30642595 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Revised: 12/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The aim of the present study is to use Physalis mottle virus (PhMV) coat protein (CP) as a scaffold to display the neutralizing epitopes of Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) VP2. For this, three different chimeric constructs were synthesized by replacing the N-terminus of PhMV CP with tandem repeats of neutralizing epitopes of IBDV VP2 and expressed in Escherichia coli. Expression analysis revealed that all the three recombinant chimeric coat protein subunits are soluble in nature and self-assembled into virus-like particles (VLPs) as evidenced through sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation. The chimeric VLPs were characterized by various biochemical and biophysical techniques and found that they are stable and structurally sound. When the chimeric VLPs were used as coating antigen, they were able to detect IBDV antibodies. These results indicated that the chimeric VLPs can be used as potential vaccine candidates for the control of IBDV, which needs to be further evaluated in animal models.
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- Department of Animal Biotechnology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Animal Biotechnology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Animal Biotechnology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Virology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Vishnu Vardhan GP, Hema M, Sushmitha C, Savithri HS, Natraj U, Murthy MRN. Development of sesbania mosaic virus nanoparticles for imaging. Arch Virol 2018; 164:497-507. [PMID: 30430265 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-018-4097-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The capsids of viruses have a high degree of symmetry. Therefore, virus nanoparticles (VNPs) can be programmed to display many imaging agents precisely. Plant VNPs are biocompatible, biodegradable and non-infectious to mammals. We have carried out bioconjugation of sesbania mosaic virus (SeMV), a well characterized plant virus, with fluorophores using reactive lysine-N-hydroxysuccinimide ester and cysteine-maleimide chemistries. Monitoring of cellular internalization of labelled SeMV nanoparticles (NPs) by confocal microscopy and flow cytometry showed that the particles have a natural preference for entry into MDA-MB-231 (breast cancer) cells, although they could also enter various other cell lines. The fluorescence of SeMV NPs labelled via the cysteines with Cy5.5 dye was found to be more stable and was detectable with greater sensitivity than that of particles labelled via the lysines with Alexa Fluor. Live-cell imaging using SeMV internally labelled with Cy5.5 showed that it could bind to MDA-MB-231 cells in less than 5 minutes and enter the cells within 15 minutes. The particles undergo endolysosomal degradation by 6 h as evidenced by their co-localization with LAMP-1. Far-western blot analysis with a HeLa cell membrane protein fraction showed that SeMV interacts with 54-, 35- and 33-kDa proteins, which were identified by mass spectrometry as vimentin, voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein (VDAC1), and annexin A2 isoform 2 (ANXA2), respectively, suggesting that the particles may bind and enter the cell through these proteins. The results presented here demonstrate that the SeMV NPs provide a new platform technology that could be used to develop in vivo imaging and targeted drug delivery agents for cancer diagnosis and therapy.
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- G P Vishnu Vardhan
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Virology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
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Tamilselvi P, Hema M. Structural, thermal, vibrational, and electrochemical behavior of lithium ion conducting solid polymer electrolyte based on poly(vinyl alcohol)/poly(vinylidene fluoride) blend. Polym Sci Ser A 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s0965545x16050199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Tamilselvi P, Hema M, Asath Bahadur S. Investigation of Nanocomposite Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Ion Batteries. Polym Sci Ser A 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s0965545x18010066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Hema M, Vasudevan S, Balamurugan P, Adline Princy S. Modulating the Global Response Regulator, LuxO of V. cholerae Quorum Sensing System Using a Pyrazine Dicarboxylic Acid Derivative (PDCA py): An Antivirulence Approach. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2017; 7:441. [PMID: 29075619 PMCID: PMC5643417 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative pathogen which causes acute diarrhoeal disease, cholera by the expression of virulence genes through quorum sensing (QS) mechanism. The QS circuit of V. cholerae is controlled by the global quorum regulator, LuxO, which at low cell density (LCD) state produces major virulence factors such as, toxin co-regulated pilus (TCP) and cholera toxin (CT) to mediate infection. On the contrary, at the high cell density (HCD) state the virulent genes are downregulated and the vibrios are detached from the host intestinal epithelial cells, promoted by HapA protease. Hence, targeting the global regulator LuxO would be a promising approach to modulate the QS to curtail V. cholerae pathogenesis. In our earlier studies, LuxO targeted ligand, 2,3 pyrazine dicarboxylic acid (PDCA) and its derivatives having desired pharmacophore properties were chemically synthesized and were shown to have biofilm inhibition as well as synergistic activity with the conventionally used antibiotics. In the present study, the QS modulatory effect of the PDCA derivative with pyrrolidine moiety designated as PDCApy against the V. cholerae virulence gene expression was analyzed at various growth phases. The data significantly showed a several fold reduction in the expression of the genes, tcp and ct whereas the expression of hapR was upregulated at the LCD state. In addition, PDCApy reduced the adhesion and invasion of the vibrios onto the INT407 intestinal cell lines. Collectively, our data suggest that PDCApy could be a potential QS modulator (QSM) for the antivirulence therapeutic approach.
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- M Hema
- Quorum Sensing Laboratory, Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India
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- Quorum Sensing Laboratory, Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India
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- Quorum Sensing Laboratory, Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India
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- Quorum Sensing Laboratory, Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India
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Vishnu Vardhan GP, Savithri HS, Murthy MRN, Hema M. Biodistribution and toxicity evaluation of sesbania mosaic virus nanoparticles in mice. Arch Virol 2016; 161:2673-81. [DOI: 10.1007/s00705-016-2958-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hema M, Princy SA, Sridharan V, Vinoth P, Balamurugan P. BP, Sumana MN. Synergistic activity of quorum sensing inhibitor, pyrizine-2-carboxylic acid and antibiotics against multi-drug resistant V. cholerae. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra04705j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Balamurugan P, Hema M, Kaur G, Sridharan V, Prabu PC, Sumana MN, Princy SA. Development of a biofilm inhibitor molecule against multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with gestational urinary tract infections. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:832. [PMID: 26322037 PMCID: PMC4531255 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is a globally widespread human infection caused by an infestation of uropathogens. Eventhough, Escherichia coli is often quoted as being the chief among them, Staphylococcus aureus involvement in UTI especially in gestational UTI is often understated. Staphylococcal accessory regulator A (SarA) is a quorum regulator of S. aureus that controls the expression of various virulence and biofilm phenotypes. Since SarA had been a focussed target for antibiofilm agent development, the study aims to develop a potential drug molecule targeting the SarA of S. aureus to combat biofilm associated infections in which it is involved. In our previous studies, we have reported the antibiofilm activity of SarA based biofilm inhibitor, (SarABI) with a 50% minimum biofilm inhibitory concentration (MBIC50) value of 200 μg/mL against S. aureus associated with vascular graft infections and also the antibiofilm activity of the root ethanolic extracts of Melia dubia against uropathogenic E. coli. In the present study, in silico design of a hybrid molecule composed of a molecule screened from M. dubia root ethanolic extracts and a modified SarA based inhibitor (SarABI(M)) was undertaken. SarABI(M) is a modified form of SarABI where the fluorine groups are absent in SarABI(M). Chemical synthesis of the hybrid molecule, 4-(Benzylamino)cyclohexyl 2-hydroxycinnamate (henceforth referred to as UTI Quorum-Quencher, UTI(QQ)) was then performed, followed by in vitro and in vivo validation. The MBIC50 and MBIC90 of UTI(QQ) were found to be 15 and 65 μg/mL, respectively. Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) images witnessed biofilm reduction and bacterial killing in either UTI(QQ) or in combined use of antibiotic gentamicin and UTI (QQ) . Similar results were observed with in vivo studies of experimental UTI in rat model. So, we propose that the drug UTI(QQ) would be a promising candidate when used alone or, in combination with an antibiotic for staphylococcal associated UTI.
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- P. Balamurugan
- Quorum Sensing Laboratory, Centre for Research on Infectious Diseases, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA UniversityThanjavur, India
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- Quorum Sensing Laboratory, Centre for Research on Infectious Diseases, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA UniversityThanjavur, India
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- Quorum Sensing Laboratory, Centre for Research on Infectious Diseases, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA UniversityThanjavur, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Research on Infectious Diseases, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA UniversityThanjavur, India
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- Central Animal Facility, SASTRA UniversityThanjavur, India
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- Department of Microbiology, JSS Medical College and JSS UniversityMysore, India
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- Quorum Sensing Laboratory, Centre for Research on Infectious Diseases, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA UniversityThanjavur, India
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Diverse array of food legume crops (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae) have been adopted worldwide for their protein-rich seed. Choice of legumes and their importance vary in different parts of the world. The economically important legumes are severely affected by a range of virus diseases causing significant economic losses due to reduction in grain production, poor quality seed, and costs incurred in phytosanitation and disease control. The majority of the viruses infecting legumes are vectored by insects, and several of them are also seed transmitted, thus assuming importance in the quarantine and in the epidemiology. This review is focused on the economically important viruses of soybean, groundnut, common bean, cowpea, pigeonpea, mungbean, urdbean, chickpea, pea, faba bean, and lentil and begomovirus diseases of three minor tropical food legumes (hyacinth bean, horse gram, and lima bean). Aspects included are geographic distribution, impact on crop growth and yields, virus characteristics, diagnosis of causal viruses, disease epidemiology, and options for control. Effectiveness of selection and planting with virus-free seed, phytosanitation, manipulation of crop cultural and agronomic practices, control of virus vectors and host plant resistance, and potential of transgenic resistance for legume virus disease control are discussed.
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- Masarapu Hema
- Department of Virology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India
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- Formerly Professor of Virology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India
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- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Formerly Principal Virologist, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India.
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Hema M, Balasubramanian S, Princy SA. Meddling Vibrio cholerae Murmurs: A Neoteric Advancement in Cholera Research. Indian J Microbiol 2015; 55:121-30. [PMID: 25805898 DOI: 10.1007/s12088-015-0520-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Cholera, a known diarrheal disease is associated with various risk factors like hypovolemic shock, rice watery stools, and death in developing countries. The overuse of antibiotics to treat cholera imposed a selective pressure for the emergence and spread of multi-drug resistant Vibrio cholerae strains. The failure of conventional antimicrobial therapy urged the researchers to find an alternative therapy that could meddle the cholera murmurs (Quorum Sensing). It seems to effectively overcome the conventional cholera therapies in parallel to decrease the morbidity and mortality rate in the developing countries. The paramount objective of this review essentially focuses on the different Quorum Sensing (QS) regulatory switches governing virulence and pathogenicity of Vibrio cholerae. This review also provides an insight into the plausible QS targets that could be exploited to bring about a breakthrough to the prevailing cholera therapy.
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- M Hema
- Quorum Sensing Laboratory, Centre for Research on Infectious Diseases (CRID), School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, 613 402 Tamil Nadu India
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- Quorum Sensing Laboratory, Centre for Research on Infectious Diseases (CRID), School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, 613 402 Tamil Nadu India
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- Quorum Sensing Laboratory, Centre for Research on Infectious Diseases (CRID), School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, 613 402 Tamil Nadu India
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Sham S, Hema M, Tamilselvam T, Rajeswari S. ESR, uric acid and its correlation with disease activity in SLE – Is it a myth or reality!!!! Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.injr.2014.10.089] [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: 10/24/2022] Open
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Hema M, Kavitha M, Mary T, Balameena S, Rajeswari S. Reactive arthritis: Is it a forerunner of spondyloarthropathy. Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.injr.2014.10.178] [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: 12/01/2022] Open
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Sudheera Y, Vishnu Vardhan GP, Hema M, Krishna Reddy M, Sreenivasulu P. Characterization of a potyvirus associated with yellow mosaic disease of jasmine (Jasminum sambac L.) in Andhra Pradesh, India. Virusdisease 2014; 25:394-7. [PMID: 25674611 DOI: 10.1007/s13337-014-0193-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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A virus isolate associated with yellow mosaic disease was purified from commercially cultivated jasmine (Jasminum sambac) from Andhra Pradesh, India and it contained flexuous filamentous particles of ~720 × 13 nm. The denatured purified virus had single major polypeptide of molecular weight 32 kDa. Complementary DNA representing 1678 nucleotides (nt) of the 3' terminus of viral RNA was cloned and sequenced. Comparisons of complete coat protein (CP) gene nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the present virus isolate with certain reported potyviruses revealed 86.1 and 92.7 % identity, respectively with jasmine potyvirus T (JaVT) reported from Taiwan and less than 70 % with other potyviruses. Based on the phylogenetic analysis of 3' UTR and CP gene, the present virus isolate was identified as an isolate of JaVT that belongs to the genus Potyvirus and the name Jasmine yellow mosaic virus-Andhra Pradesh (JaYMV-AP) is proposed.
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- Y Sudheera
- Department of Virology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 517502 India
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- Department of Virology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 517502 India
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- Department of Virology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 517502 India
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- Plant Pathology Division, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, 560089 India
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- Department of Virology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 517502 India
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Reddy MS, Kanakala S, Srinivas KP, Hema M, Malathi VG, Sreenivasulu P. Complete genome sequence of a new begomovirus associated with yellow mosaic disease of Hemidesmus indicus in India. Arch Virol 2013; 159:1223-8. [PMID: 24276235 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-013-1811-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 06/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The complete DNA A genome of a virus isolate associated with yellow mosaic disease of a medicinal plant, Hemidesmus indicus, from India was cloned and sequenced. The length of DNA A was 2825 nucleotides, 35 nucleotides longer than the unit genome of monopartite begomoviruses. Comparison of the nucleotide sequence of DNA A of the virus isolate with those of other begomoviruses showed maximum sequence identity of 69 % to DNA A of ageratum yellow vein China virus (AYVCNV; AJ558120) and 68 % with tomato yellow leaf curl virus- LBa4 (TYLCV; EF185318), and it formed a distinct clade in phylogenetic analysis. The genome organization of the present virus isolate was found to be similar to that of Old World monopartite begomoviruses. The genome was considered to be monopartite, because association of DNA B and β satellite DNA components was not detected. Based on its sequence identity (<70 %) to all other begomoviruses known to date and ICTV (International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses) species demarcating criteria (<89 % identity), it is considered a member of a novel begomovirus species, and the tentative name "Hemidesmus yellow mosaic virus" (HeYMV) is proposed.
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- M Sreekanth Reddy
- Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 517 502, India
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Hema M, Srinivasan K. Removal of cadmium(II) from wastewater using activated carbon prepared from Agro Industrial by-products. J Environ Sci Eng 2011; 53:387-396. [PMID: 23505814] [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: 06/01/2023]
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Removal of cadmium from wastewater using activated carbons prepared from Cocos nucifera (coconut) and Azadirachta indica (neem) oilcakes-an agricultural solid by-product was investigated. Batch experiments were performed to evaluate the effect of pH, agitation time, initial metal ion concentration and adsorbent dose on the cadmium sorption in coconut oil cake activated carbon (COCAC) and neem oil cake activated carbon (NOCAC). The experiments demonstrated that the adsorption process corresponds to the pseudo-second-order-kinetic model and the equilibrium adsorption data fit well with Temkin isotherm model. The adsorption capacity 'b' calculated from the Langmuir isotherm was 188.68 mg/g for COCAC and 23.7 mg/g for NOCAC. The percent removal of Cd(II) in COCAC increased in pH from 2 to 5, and remained constant up to pH 8, increasing the percent removal with increasing pH for NOCAC. Desorption studies were performed with 0.1M hydrochloric acid. It was found that quantitative recovery of the metal ion is possible. It was also observed that the mechanism of adsorption seems to be ion exchange. Reuse of both carbons were carried out for five cycles at optimum conditions. Adsorption efficiency of carbons was reduced from 99 to 89% in the case of COCAC and 97 to 86% for NOCAC.
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- M Hema
- Department of Chemistry, College of Engineering, Anna University-Coimbatore, Salem, 636 011, Tamil Nadu, India
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Hema M, Srinivasan K. Artificial neural network and multiple regression model for nickel(II) adsorption on powdered activated carbons. J Environ Sci Eng 2011; 53:237-244. [PMID: 23029923] [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: 06/01/2023]
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Nickel removal efficiency of powered activated carbons of coconut oilcake, neem oilcake and commercial carbon was investigated by using artificial neural network. The effective parameters for the removal of nickel (%R) by adsorption process, which included the pH, contact time (T), distinctiveness of activated carbon (Cn), amount of activated carbon (Cw) and initial concentration of nickel (Co) were investigated. Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) Back-propagation algorithm is used to train the network. The network topology was optimized by varying number of hidden layer and number of neurons in hidden layer. The model was developed in terms of training; validation and testing of experimental data, the test subsets that each of them contains 60%, 20% and 20% of total experimental data, respectively. Multiple regression equation was developed for nickel adsorption system and the output was compared with both simulated and experimental outputs. Standard deviation (SD) with respect to experimental output was quite higher in the case of regression model when compared with ANN model. The obtained experimental data best fitted with the artificial neural network.
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- M Hema
- Department of Chemistry, College of Engineering, Anna university-Coimbatore, Salem, 636 011, Tamil Nadu, India
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Kao CC, Ni P, Hema M, Huang X, Dragnea B. The coat protein leads the way: an update on basic and applied studies with the Brome mosaic virus coat protein. Mol Plant Pathol 2011; 12:403-12. [PMID: 21453435 PMCID: PMC6640235 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00678.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The Brome mosaic virus (BMV) coat protein (CP) accompanies the three BMV genomic RNAs and the subgenomic RNA into and out of cells in an infection cycle. In addition to serving as a protective shell for all of the BMV RNAs, CP plays regulatory roles during the infection process that are mediated through specific binding of RNA elements in the BMV genome. One regulatory RNA element is the B box present in the 5' untranslated region (UTR) of BMV RNA1 and RNA2 that play important roles in the formation of the BMV replication factory, as well as the regulation of translation. A second element is within the tRNA-like 3' UTR of all BMV RNAs that is required for efficient RNA replication. The BMV CP can also encapsidate ligand-coated metal nanoparticles to form virus-like particles (VLPs). This update summarizes the interaction between the BMV CP and RNAs that can regulate RNA synthesis, translation and RNA encapsidation, as well as the formation of VLPs.
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- C Cheng Kao
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
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Hema M, Murali A, Ni P, Vaughan RC, Fujisaki K, Tsvetkova I, Dragnea B, Kao CC. Effects of amino-acid substitutions in the Brome mosaic virus capsid protein on RNA encapsidation. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2010; 23:1433-1447. [PMID: 20923351 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-05-10-0118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Brome mosaic virus (BMV) packages its genomic RNAs (RNA1, RNA2, and RNA3) and subgenomic RNA4 into three different particles. However, since the RNAs in the virions have distinct lengths and electrostatic charges, we hypothesize that subsets of the virions should have distinct properties. A glutamine to cysteine substitution at position 120 of the capsid protein (CP) was found to result in a mutant virus named QC that exhibited a dramatically altered ratio of the RNAs in virions. RNA2 was far more abundant than the other RNAs, although the ratios could be affected by the host plant species. RNAs with the QC mutation were competent for replication early in the infection, suggesting that they were either selectively packaged or degraded after packaging. In support of the latter idea, low concentrations of truncated RNA1 that co-migrated with RNA2 were found in the QC virions. Spectroscopic analysis and peptide fingerprinting experiments showed that the QC virus capsid interacted with the encapsidated RNAs differently than did the wild type. Furthermore, wild-type BMV RNA1 was found to be more susceptible to nuclease digestion relative to RNA2 as a function of the buffer pH. Other BMV capsid mutants also had altered ratios of packaged RNAs.
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- Masarapu Hema
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Hema M, Selvasekarapandian S, Hirankumar G, Sakunthala A, Arunkumar D, Nithya H. Laser Raman and ac impedance spectroscopic studies of PVA: NH4NO3 polymer electrolyte. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2010; 75:474-478. [PMID: 19963433 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2009.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2009] [Revised: 11/02/2009] [Accepted: 11/05/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Ion conducting polymer electrolyte PVA:NH(4)NO(3) has been prepared by solution casting technique and characterized using XRD, Raman and ac impedance spectroscopic analyses. The amorphous nature of the polymer films has been confirmed by XRD and Raman spectroscopy. An insight into the deconvoluted Raman peaks of upsilon(1) vibration of NO(3)(-) anion for the polymer electrolyte reveals the dominancy of ion aggregates at higher NH(4)NO(3) concentration. From the ac impedance studies, the highest ion conductivity at 303 K has been found to be 7.5x10(-3)Scm(-1) for 80PVA:20NH(4)NO(3). The conductivity of the polymer electrolytes has been found to depend on the degree of dissociation of the salt in the host polymer matrix. The combination of the above-mentioned analyses has proven worth while and in fact necessary in order to achieve better understanding of these complex systems.
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- M Hema
- Physics Division, BU-DRDO Centre for Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
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Hema M, Subba Reddy CV, Savithri HS, Sreenivasulu P. Assembly of recombinant coat protein of sugarcane streak mosaic virus into potyvirus-like particles. Indian J Exp Biol 2008; 46:793-796. [PMID: 19090352] [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: 05/27/2023]
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Coat protein (CP) gene of sugarcane streak mosaic virus-AP isolate (SCSMV-AP) was expressed in E. coli and recombinant CP (SCSMV-AP rCP) was purified by linear sucrose density gradient centrifugation. Observation of purified SCSMV-AP rCP under electron microscope revealed the presence of potyvirus-like particles (PVLPs). The assembled particles were shown to encapsidate CP gene transcripts by slot-blot hybridization.
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- M Hema
- Department of Virology, College of Biological and Earth Sciences, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 517 502, India.
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Hema M, Nagendrakumar SB, Yamini R, Chandran D, Rajendra L, Thiagarajan D, Parida S, Paton DJ, Srinivasan VA. Chimeric tymovirus-like particles displaying foot-and-mouth disease virus non-structural protein epitopes and its use for detection of FMDV-NSP antibodies. Vaccine 2007; 25:4784-94. [PMID: 17499404 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2007] [Revised: 04/04/2007] [Accepted: 04/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Expression of Physalis mottle tymovirus (PhMV) coat protein (CP) in Escherichia coli (E. coli) was earlier shown to self-assemble into empty capsids that are nearly identical to the capsids formed in vivo. Aminoacid substitutions were made at the N-terminus of wild-type PhMV CP with single or tandem repeats of infection related B-cell epitopes of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) non-structural proteins (NSPs) 3B1, 3B2, 3AB, 3D and 3ABD of lengths 48, 66, 49, 51 and 55, respectively to produce chimeras pR-Ph-3B1, pR-Ph-3B2, pR-Ph- 3AB, pR-Ph-3D and pR-Ph-3ABD. Expression of these constructs in E. coli resulted in chimeric proteins which self-assembled into chimeric tymovirus-like particles (TVLPs), Ph-3B1, Ph-3B2, Ph-3AB, Ph-3D and Ph-3ABD as determined by ultracentrifugation and electron microscopy. Ph-3B1, Ph-3B2, Ph-3AB and Ph-3ABD reacted with polyclonal anti-3AB antibodies in ELISA and electroblot immunoassay, while wild-type PhMV TVLP and Ph-3D antigens did not react. An indirect ELISA (I-ELISA) was developed using Ph-3AB to detect FMDV-NSP antibodies in sera of animals that showed clinical signs of FMD. Field serum samples from cattle, buffalos, sheep, goats and pigs were examined by using these chimeric TVLPs for the differentiation of FMDV infected animals from vaccinated animals (DIVA). The assay was demonstrated to be highly specific (100%) and reproducible with sensitivity levels (94%) comparable to the Ceditest kit (P>0.05).
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- Masarapu Hema
- Indian Immunologicals Limited, Rakshapuram, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032, Andhra Pradesh, India
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The 3' portions of plus-strand brome mosaic virus (BMV) RNAs mimic cellular tRNAs. Nucleotide substitutions or deletions in the 3'CCA of the tRNA-like sequence (TLS) affect minus-strand initiation unless repaired. We observed that 2-nucleotide deletions involving the CCA 3' sequence in one or all BMV RNAs still allowed RNA accumulation in barley protoplasts at significant levels. Alterations of CCA to GGA in only BMV RNA3 also allowed RNA accumulation at wild-type levels. However, substitutions in all three BMV RNAs severely reduced RNA accumulation, demonstrating that substitutions have different repair requirements than do small deletions. Furthermore, wild-type BMV RNA1 was required for the repair and replication of RNAs with nucleotide substitutions. Results from sequencing of progeny viral RNA from mutant input RNAs demonstrated that RNA1 did not contribute its sequence to the mutant RNAs. Instead, the repaired ends were heterogeneous, with one-third having a restored CCA and others having sequences with the only commonality being the restoration of one cytidylate. The role of BMV RNA1 in increased repair was examined.
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- M Hema
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Choi SK, Hema M, Gopinath K, Santos J, Kao C. Replicase-binding sites on plus- and minus-strand brome mosaic virus RNAs and their roles in RNA replication in plant cells. J Virol 2004; 78:13420-9. [PMID: 15564452 PMCID: PMC533945 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.24.13420-13429.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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The cis-acting elements for Brome mosaic virus (BMV) RNA synthesis have been characterized primarily for RNA3. To identify additional replicase-binding elements, nested fragments of all three of the BMV RNAs, both plus- and minus-sense fragments, were constructed and tested for binding enriched BMV replicase in a template competition assay. Ten RNA fragments containing replicase-binding sites were identified; eight were characterized further because they were more effective competitors. All eight mapped to noncoding regions of BMV RNAs, and the positions of seven localized to sequences containing previously characterized core promoter elements (C. C. Kao, Mol. Plant Pathol. 3:55-62, 2001), thus suggesting the identities of the replicase-binding sites. Three contained the tRNA-like structures that direct minus-strand RNA synthesis, three were within the 3' region of each minus-strand RNA that contained the core promoter for genomic plus-strand initiation, and one was in the core subgenomic promoter. Single-nucleotide mutations known previously to abolish RNA synthesis in vitro prevented replicase binding. When tested in the context of the respective full-length RNAs, the same mutations abolished BMV RNA synthesis in transfected barley protoplasts. The eighth site was within the intercistronic region (ICR) of plus-strand RNA3. Further mapping showed that a sequence of 22 consecutive adenylates was responsible for binding the replicase, with 16 being the minimal required length. Deletion of the poly(A) sequence was previously shown to severely debilitate BMV RNA replication in plants (E. Smirnyagina, Y. H. Hsu, N. Chua, and P. Ahlquist, Virology 198:427-436, 1994). Interestingly, the B box motif in the ICR of RNA3, which has previously been determined to bind the 1a protein, does not bind the replicase. These results identify the replicase-binding sites in all of the BMV RNAs and suggest that the recognition of RNA3 is different from that of RNA1 and RNA2.
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- S-K Choi
- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, Mail Stop 2128, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Sivakumaran K, Choi SK, Hema M, Kao CC. Requirements for brome mosaic virus subgenomic RNA synthesis in vivo and replicase-core promoter interactions in vitro. J Virol 2004; 78:6091-101. [PMID: 15163702 PMCID: PMC416551 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.12.6091-6101.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Based solely on in vitro results, two contrasting models have been proposed for the recognition of the brome mosaic virus (BMV) subgenomic core promoter by the replicase. The first posits that the replicase recognizes at least four key nucleotides in the core promoter, followed by an induced fit, wherein some of the nucleotides base pair prior to the initiation of RNA synthesis (S. Adkins and C. C. Kao, Virology 252:1-8, 1998). The second model posits that a short RNA hairpin in the core promoter serves as a landing pad for the replicase and that at least some of the key nucleotides help form a stable hairpin (P. C. J. Haasnoot, F. Brederode, R. C. L. Olsthoorn, and J. Bol, RNA 6:708-716, 2000; P. C. J. Haasnoot, R. C. L. Olsthoorn, and J. Bol, RNA 8:110-122, 2002). We used transfected barley protoplasts to examine the recognition of the subgenomic core promoter by the BMV replicase. Key nucleotides required for subgenomic initiation in vitro were found to be important for RNA4 levels in protoplasts. In addition, additional residues not required in vitro and the formation of an RNA hairpin within the core promoter were correlated with wild-type RNA4 levels in cells. Using a template competition assay, the core promoter of ca. 20 nucleotides was found to be sufficient for replicase binding. Mutations of the key residues in the core promoter reduced replicase binding, but deletions that disrupt the predicted base pairing in the proposed stem retained binding at wild-type levels. Together, these results indicate that key nucleotides in the BMV subgenomic core promoter direct replicase recognition but that the formation of a stem-loop is required at a step after binding. Additional functional characterization of the subgenomic core promoter was performed. A portion of the promoter for BMV minus-strand RNA synthesis could substitute for the subgenomic core promoter in transfected cells. The comparable sequence from Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus (CCMV) could also substitute for the BMV subgenomic core promoter. However, nucleotides in the CCMV core required for RNA synthesis are not identical to those in BMV, suggesting that the subgenomic core promoter can induce the BMV replicase in interactions needed for subgenomic RNA transcription in vivo.
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- K Sivakumaran
- Texas A&M University, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Hema M, Kao CC. Template sequence near the initiation nucleotide can modulate brome mosaic virus RNA accumulation in plant protoplasts. J Virol 2004; 78:1169-80. [PMID: 14722272 PMCID: PMC321408 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.3.1169-1180.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 08/07/2003] [Accepted: 10/16/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bromoviral templates for plus-strand RNA synthesis are rich in A or U nucleotides in comparison to templates for minus-strand RNA synthesis. Previous studies demonstrated that plus-strand RNA synthesis by the brome mosaic virus (BMV) RNA replicase is more efficient if the template contains an A/U-rich template sequence near the initiation site (K. Sivakumaran and C. C. Kao, J. Virol. 73:6415-6423, 1999). These observations led us to examine the effects of nucleotide changes near the template's initiation site on the accumulation of BMV RNA3 genomic minus-strand, genomic plus-strand, and subgenomic RNAs in barley protoplasts transfected with wild-type and mutant BMV transcripts. Mutations in the template for minus-strand synthesis had only modest effects on BMV replication in barley protoplasts. Mutants with changes to the +3, +5, and +7 template nucleotides accumulated minus-strand RNA at levels similar to the the wild-type level. However, mutations at positions adjacent to the initiation cytidylate in the templates for genomic and subgenomic plus-strand RNA synthesis significantly decreased RNA accumulation. For example, changes at the third template nucleotide for plus-strand RNA3 synthesis resulted in RNA accumulation at between 18 and 24% of the wild-type level, and mutations in the third template nucleotide for subgenomic RNA4 resulted in accumulations at between 7 and 14% of the wild-type level. The effects of the mutations generally decreased as the mutations occurred further from the initiation nucleotide. These findings demonstrate that there are different requirements of the template sequence near the initiation nucleotide for BMV RNA accumulation in plant cells.
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- M Hema
- Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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Hema M, Kirthi N, Sreenivasulu P, Savithri HS. Development of recombinant coat protein antibody based IC-RT-PCR for detection and discrimination of sugarcane streak mosaic virus isolates from Southern India. Arch Virol 2003; 148:1185-93. [PMID: 12756623 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-003-0015-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Sugarcane streak mosaic virus (SCSMV), causes mosaic disease of sugarcane and is thought to belong to a new undescribed genus in the family Potyviridae. The coat protein (CP) gene from the Andhra Pradesh (AP) isolate of SCSMV (SCSMV-AP) was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant coat protein was used to raise high quality antiserum. The CP antiserum was used to develop an immunocapture reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (IC-RT-PCR) based assay for the detection and discrimination of SCSMV isolates in South India. The sequence of the cloned PCR products encoding 3'untranslated region (UTR) and CP regions of the virus isolates from three different locations in South India viz. Tanuku (Coastal Andhra Pradesh), Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) and Hospet (Karnataka) was compared with that of SCSMV-AP. The analysis showed that they share 89.4, 89.5 and 90% identity respectively at the nucleotide level. This suggests that the isolates causing mosaic disease of sugarcane in South India are indeed strains of SCSMV. In addition, the sensitivity of the IC-RT-PCR was compared with direct antigen coating-enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (DAC-ELISA) and dot-blot immunobinding assays and was found to be more sensitive and hence could be used to detect the presence of virus in sugarcane breeding, germplasm centres and in quarantine programs.
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- M Hema
- Department of Virology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
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The RNA replicase extracted from Brome mosaic virus (BMV)-infected plants has been used to characterize the cis-acting elements for RNA synthesis and the mechanism of RNA synthesis. Minus-strand RNA synthesis in vitro requires a structure named stem-loop C (SLC) that contains a clamped adenine motif. In vitro, there are several specific requirements for SLC recognition. We examined whether these requirements also apply to BMV replication in barley protoplasts. BMV RNA3s with mutations in SLC were transfected into barley protoplasts, and the requirements for minus- and plus-strand replication were found to correlate well with the requirements in vitro. Furthermore, previous analysis of replicase recognition of the Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and BMV SLCs indicates that the requirements in the BMV SLC are highly specific. In protoplasts, we found that BMV RNA3s with their SLCs replaced with two different CMV SLCs were defective for replication. In vitro results generated with the BMV replicase and minimal-length RNAs generally agreed with those of in vivo BMV RNA replication. To extend this conclusion, we determined that, corresponding with the process of infection, the BMV replicases extracted from plants at different times after infection have different levels of recognition of the minimal promoters for plus- and minus-strand RNA syntheses.
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- K Sivakumaran
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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AcDNA library was generated from purified RNA of sugarcane streak mosaic virus--Andhra Pradesh (SCSMV-AP). Two overlapping clones covering 3160 nucleotides encoding partial CI, complete 6K2, VPg-NIa and NIb genes were sequenced. A comparison of this sequence along with the 3' terminal 1315 nucleotides of SCSMV-AP determined earlier with the other members of the family Potyviridae indicated that it had only 30% identity at the amino acid level for the partial polyprotein open reading frame (ORF) with the members of Ipomovirus and Tritimovirus genera. Further, in the most conserved NIb region also there was only 40% identity with the type members of these genera. Based on this analysis, we suggest the taxonomic affiliation of SCSMV-AP into an undescribed new genus in the family Potyviridae.
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- M Hema
- Department of Virology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Hema M, Joseph J, Gopinath K, Sreenivasulu P, Savithri HS. Molecular characterization and interviral relationships of a flexuous filamentous virus causing mosaic disease of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) in India. Arch Virol 1999; 144:479-90. [PMID: 10226614 DOI: 10.1007/s007050050519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 11/30/2022]
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A virus isolate causing mosaic disease of commercial sugarcane was purified to homogeneity. Electron microscopy revealed flexuous filamentous virus particles of ca 890 x 15 nm. The virus isolate reacted positively with heterologous antiserum to narcissus latent virus form UK, but failed to react with potyvirus group specific antiserum. N-terminal sequencing of the intact coat protein (CP) and the tryptic peptides indicated that the virus was probably a potyvirus but distinct from several reported potyviruses. Comparison of the 3'-terminal 1084 nucleotide sequence of the RNA genome of this virus revealed 93.6% sequence identity in the coat protein coding region with the recently described sugarcane streak mosaic virus (Pakistani isolate). The molecular weight of the coat protein (40 kDa) was higher than that deduced from the amino acid sequence (34 kDa). The apparent increase in size was shown to be due to glycosylation of the coat protein which has not been reported thus far in the family, Potyviridae. This is the first report on the molecular characterization of a virus causing mosaic disease of sugarcane in India and the results demonstrate that the virus is a strain of sugarcane streak mosaic virus, a member of the Tritimovirus genus of the Potyviridae. We have named it sugarcane streak mosaic virus--Andhra Pradesh isolate (SCSMV-AP).
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- M Hema
- Department of Virology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
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