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Pandey V, Pandey PK, Chakma B, Ranjan P. Influence of short- and long-term persistence on identification of rainfall temporal trends using different versions of the Mann-Kendall test in Mizoram, Northeast India. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2024; 31:10359-10378. [PMID: 37648925 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-29436-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Investigating the temporal dynamics of rainfall in a changing climate, especially in rainfed agriculture regions, is crucial for analyzing climate-induced changes and offering adaptation options. Since Mizoram experiences unfavorable impacts of rain nearly every year, the region rainfall has been altering over the years, and vital climatic activity is becoming uncontrollable. The current study is primarily concerned with the changing trend of rainfall over Mizoram, which includes both short-term persistence (STP) and long-term persistence (LTP) of rainfall in seasonal and annual time series of rainfall overseeing for the period of 25 years of daily average rainfall from 1996 to 2020 collected collectively from the seven stations over the study area of Mizoram. Four different Mann-Kendall method iterations were used to analyze rainfall trends: the original or conventional method (without autocorrelation) (MnKn1), removing lag-1 autocorrelation (trend-free pre-whitening), considering multiple lag autocorrelation (more than lag-1 autocorrelation) (MnKn3), and Hurst coefficient or LTP (MnKn4). In the analysis, the study found that during monsoon, station Lawngtlai (LT) observed the highest rainfall having a Z value of 1.986, increased by 0.466 cm/year, while station Serchhip (SC) observed the lowest rainfall having Z value of -2.282, decreased by -0.163 cm/year. After applying modified MnKn4, we observed LTP of rainfall in winter at station Lawngtlai (LT) with an increasing trend and other stations observing STP in almost all seasons either increasing or decreasing trend. Therefore, possible climate change adaptation measures should be made to optimize rainfall use for various applications for the states of Mizoram.
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- Vanita Pandey
- Department of Agricultural Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Ranjan P, Pandey PK, Pandey V. Groundwater spring potential zonation using AHP and fuzzy-AHP in Eastern Himalayan region: Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2024; 31:10317-10333. [PMID: 37012568 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26769-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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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In the present study, the groundwater spring potential zone (GSPZ) was identified using an integrated approach of remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS), analytic hierarchy process (AHP), and fuzzy-AHP based on multicriteria decision-making (MCDM). Thus, ten associated factors with groundwater springs have been considered: slope, drainage density, lineament density, geomorphology, lithology, soil texture, land use and land cover, rainfall, groundwater level, and spring discharge. The analysis output was categorized into low, moderate, and high. The result of the AHP model shows the area under the high potential zone (16.61%), the moderate potential zone (60.42%), and the low potential zone (22.61%). The result of the fuzzy-AHP model shows that the area falls under the high potential zone (30.40%), moderate potential zone (41.29%), and low potential zone (22.61%). The validation results showed fuzzy-AHP with the area under the curve 0.806, which is slightly better than 0.779 of AHP. So, the resulting GSPZ map confirms that the thematic layers used in the study have a significant role in groundwater spring occurrence and distribution. It was recommended that any groundwater spring rejuvenation or protection activities must be implemented in medium to very high potential zones.
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- Prem Ranjan
- Department of Agricultural Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Itanagar, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Itanagar, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Itanagar, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Prakash S, Aasarey R, Pandey PK, Mathur P, Arulselvi S. An inexpensive and rapid diagnostic method for detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). MethodsX 2023; 10:102011. [PMID: 36643803 PMCID: PMC9831977 DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102011] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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SARS-CoV-2 is a public pandemic health concern globally. Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab samples are used for Covid-19 viral detection. Sample collection procedure was tedious and uncomfortable and unsuitable for biochemical and CBC analysis in swab samples. Biochemistry and CBC tests are key determinant in management of Covid-19 patients. We developed a LAMP test to detect viral RNA in blood samples. LAMP is required four specific primers targeting the internal transcribed S-region and loop primers for viral RNA amplification. RNA was extracted from blood samples by TRIzol method. LAMP reaction was performed at 60 °C for 1 hour and amplicons were visualized in HNB dye. No cross-reactivity was seen with HBV, HCV, and HIV infected sample. Out of 40 blood samples, 33 samples were positive for LAMP and Q-PCR analysis, one sample was positive for LAMP and negative for Q-PCR, two samples were negative for LAMP but positive for Q-PCR, and four blood samples were negative for LAMP and Q-PCR. LAMP method has an accuracy of 92.50%, with sensitivity and specificity of 94.28% and 80%, respectively. Thus, LAMP diagnostic test has proved reliable, fast, inexpensive and can be useful for detection where the limited resources available.•LAMP method is a potential tool for detection of SARS-CoV-2.•Blood samples are the key determinant for routine diagnostics as well as molecular diagnostics.•LAMP assay is an appropriate diagnostics method which offers greater simplicity, low cost, sensitivity, and specificity than other methods in molecular diagnostics.
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- S Prakash
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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Kumar S, Bhati J, Saha A, Lal SB, Pandey PK, Mishra DC, Farooqi MS, Kumar A, Chaturvedi KK, Rai A. CerealESTDb: A Comprehensive Resource for Abiotic Stress-Responsive Annotated ESTs With Predicted Genes, Gene Ontology, and Metabolic Pathways in Major Cereal Crops. Front Genet 2022; 13:842868. [PMID: 35281847 PMCID: PMC8907976 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.842868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cereals are the most important food crops and are considered key contributors to global food security. Loss due to abiotic stresses in cereal crops is limiting potential productivity in a significant manner. The primary reasons for abiotic stresses are abrupt temperature, variable rainfall, and declining nutrient status of the soil. Varietal development is the key to sustaining productivity under influence of multiple abiotic stresses and must be studied in context with genomics and molecular breeding. Recently, advances in a plethora of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) based methods have accelerated the enormous genomic data generation associated with stress-induced transcripts such as microarray, RNAseq, Expressed Sequenced Tag (ESTs), etc. Many databases related to microarray and RNA-seq based transcripts have been developed and profusely utilized. However, an abundant amount of transcripts related to abiotic stresses in various cereal crops arising from EST technology are available but still remain underutilized in absence of a consolidated database. In this study, an attempt has been made with a primary goal to integrate, analyse, and characterise the available resources of ESTs responsive to abiotic stresses in major cereals. The developed CerealESTdb presents a customisable search in two different ways in the form of searchable content for easy access and potential use. This database comprises ESTs from four major cereal crops, namely rice (Oryza sativa L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), sorghum (Sorghum bicolour L.), and maize (Zea mays L.), under a set of abiotic stresses. The current statistics of this cohesive database consists of 55,826 assembled EST sequences, 51,791 predicted genes models, and their 254,609 gene ontology terms including extensive information on 1,746 associated metabolic pathways. We anticipate that developed CerealESTdb will be helpful in deciphering the knowledge of complex biological phenomena under abiotic stresses to accelerate the molecular breeding programs towards the development of crop cultivars resilient to abiotic stresses. The CerealESTdb is publically available with the URL http://cabgrid.res.in/CerealESTDb.
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Ritish D, Dinakaran D, Chander R, Murugesan M, Ibrahim FA, Parthasarathy R, Pandey PK, Sharma MK, Pandian D, Manjunatha N, Reddi SK, Moirangthem S, Kumar CN, Suresh BM, Gangadhar BN. Mental health concerns in quarantined international air passengers during COVID-19 pandemic - An experiential account. Asian J Psychiatr 2020; 53:102364. [PMID: 32877856 PMCID: PMC7446664 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Daniel Ritish
- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore, India.
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore, India
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- Mental Health, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, India
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore, India
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Pandey PK, Preeti, Rawat K, Prasad T, Bohidar HB. Multifunctional, fluorescent DNA-derived carbon dots for biomedical applications: bioimaging, luminescent DNA hydrogels, and dopamine detection. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:1277-1289. [PMID: 31967170 DOI: 10.1039/c9tb01863h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Here, we describe the synthesis of 2-3 nm, hydrophilic, blue fluorescence-emitting carbon dots (C-Dots, made using a DNA precursor) by the hydrothermal route from the gelling concentration of 2% (w/v) DNA. These dots exhibited highly efficient internalization in pathogenic fungal cells, negligible cytotoxicity, good PL stability, and high biocompatibility, thus demonstrating their potential as nanotrackers in microbial studies. Bioimaging was performed using Candida albicans as the representative for microbial pathogens. The novelty of these dots is that they formed fluorescent nanocomposite hydrogels with the same DNA much below the gelation concentration (1% w/v) and the tunable gels possessed strength between 20 and 80 Pa with the corresponding gelation temperature Tgel between 40 to 50 °C. The network density and gelation free energy data supported the superior crosslinking ability of these dots. The as-prepared hydrogels can replace the existing toxic quantum dot-based hydrogels for drug delivery. We also demonstrated the use of a DNA hydrogel-fabricated working electrode (DNA-C-Dot/ITO electrode) for the biosensing of dopamine. Our electrochemical biosensor had a detection limit of 5 × 10-3 mM for dopamine. These multifunctional, fluorescent C-Dots and hydrogel after suitable conjugation or loading with molecules and drugs hold promising potential for further exploitation in bioimaging, targeted drug delivery, wound healing, and biosensing applications.
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- Special Centre for Nanoscience, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical and Life Science, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Special Centre for Nanoscience, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. and Advanced Instrumentation Research and Facility, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. and Special Centre for Nanoscience, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
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Chen Z, Biswas S, Aminabadi P, Stackhouse JW, Jay-Russell MT, Pandey PK. Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 and Salmonella spp. in solid bovine manure in California using real-time quantitative PCR. Lett Appl Microbiol 2019; 69:23-29. [PMID: 30932223 DOI: 10.1111/lam.13156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 12/09/2018] [Revised: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The occurrence of Escherichia coli O157 and Salmonella spp. in solid bovine manure was investigated through a multi-county survey in California. Solid bovine manure samples (n = 91) were collected from 13 dairy farms located in multiple counties in California between June 2016 and August 2017. To quantify pathogens, DNA was extracted from bacteria in manure samples. Afterwards, the prevalence and levels of E. coli O157 and Salmonella spp. in solid bovine manure were determined by real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR). The prevalence of E. coli O157 and Salmonella spp. in solid bovine manure was 15·4 and 6·6% respectively. Escherichia coli O157 and Salmonella spp. levels in positive samples ranged from 3·1 to 5·3 log CFU per g and from positive (the population was <3 log CFU per g) to 5·2 log CFU per g respectively. Surface samples of manure piles had higher prevalence and levels of E. coli O157 and Salmonella spp. than subsurface samples, while no seasonal effects on pathogen occurrence were observed. Our results indicated that solid bovine manure is a source of E. coli O157 and Salmonella spp. and the application of untreated manure as biological soil amendments may pose potential risks to public health. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Our findings suggested that the presence of Escherichia coli O157 and Salmonella spp. in solid bovine manure may pose potential risks if untreated manure is applied as biological soil amendments. Considering the large-scale sampling used in this study, the observations provide a holistic assessment in terms of pathogen prevalence in solid bovine manure.
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- Z Chen
- Deparment of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA, USA.,Western Center for Food Safety, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Deparment of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA, USA
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- Western Center for Food Safety, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- University of California Cooperative Extensions, Eureka, CA, USA
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- Western Center for Food Safety, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Deparment of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA, USA
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Ahmed B, Pandey PK, Khan H, Bala M, Prasad J. In silico molecular docking and comparative in-vitro analysis of ethyl 3, 4, 5-trihydroxybenzoate and its derivative isolated from Hippophae rhamnoides leaves as free radical scavenger and anti-inflammatory compound. Pharmacogn Mag 2019. [DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_625_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Santhana Kumar V, Pandey PK, Anand T, Bhuvaneswari GR, Dhinakaran A, Kumar S. Biofloc improves water, effluent quality and growth parameters of Penaeus vannamei in an intensive culture system. J Environ Manage 2018; 215:206-215. [PMID: 29573671 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2017] [Revised: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Biofloc technology was evaluated with a view to analyse utilization of nitrogenous waste from the effluent and to improve water quality and growth parameters of Penaeus vannamei in intensive culture system. The experiment was carried out in two different treatment outdoor earthen ponds of 0.12 ha, one supplemented with carbon source (molasses, wheat and sugar) for biofloc formation and other was feed based control pond with a stocking density of 60 animals m-2 in duplicate for 120 days. Water, sediment and P. vannamei were sampled at regular intervals from the both set of ponds for evaluating physico-chemical parameters, nitrogen content and growth parameters, respectively. A significant reduction in the concentration of total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) and nitrite (NO2-N) were found in the biofloc pond than that of control pond. A significant low level of nitrogen was recorded in the effluents of biofloc pond in comparison to the control. In biofloc system, a significantly elevated heterotrophic bacterial count along with reduction in total Vibrio count was noticed. A significant improvement in the feed conversion efficiency (FCR) and growth parameters of P. vannamei was noticed in the biofloc pond. Growth of P. vannamei in the biofloc pond showed positive allometric pattern with an increased survival. The microbial biomass grown in biofloc consumes toxic inorganic nitrogen and converts it into useful protein, making it available for the cultured shrimp. This improved FCR and reduced the discharge of nitrogenous waste into adjacent environment, making intensive shrimp farming an eco-friendly enterprise.
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- V Santhana Kumar
- Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division, ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai 400061, Maharashtra, India
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- College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University (I), Agartala 799210, Tripura, India
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- College of Fisheries Engineering, Tamilnadu Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu, India
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- Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division, ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai 400061, Maharashtra, India
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- College of Fisheries Engineering, Tamilnadu Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu, India
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- Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division, ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai 400061, Maharashtra, India.
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Pandey PK, Rawat K, Aswal V, Kohlbrecher J, Bohidar H. Imidazolium based ionic liquid induced DNA gelation at remarkably low concentration. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.10.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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DNA dissolved in ionic liquid (IL) solution (1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride, [C2mim][Cl]) showed a transition to the gel phase ([DNA] ≥ 1% (w/v)). The gelation time was 400 s for the 1% [IL] sample which reduced to 260 s for 5% [IL] concentration. Gelation times, obtained from the viscosity and ergodicity breaking from the dynamic structure factor data, were remarkably identical to each other. Correspondingly, the gelation temperature which was ∼60 °C increased to 67 °C with [IL] content. The small angle neutron scattering (SANS) structure factor profile revealed the presence of the following three distinct length scales: (a) mesh size, ξ ≈ 3 ± 0.5 nm for ionogels, and ≈0.73 ± 0.06 nm, for sol; (b) cross-sectional radius of DNA strand, Rc ≈ 1.6 ± 0.1 nm; and (c) the characteristic inter-cluster distance ≈33 ± 5 nm. Physical conformation of the DNA-IL complexes remained close to the Gaussian coil definition. It was observed that without IL, in the sol phase, the system was completely ergodic and did not gel, while on addition of IL a sudden transition to the non-ergodic (arrested) gel phase occurred. This was due to the formation of an amorphous network of DNA-IL complexes preceding gelation. In summary, it is shown that the DNA ionogels can be prepared with a tunable gel strength (27-70 Pa) and gelation temperature (60-67 °C). Further, the relaxation dynamics was found to be hierarchical in IL content of the gel, revealing considerable self-organization.
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- Pankaj Kumar Pandey
- School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Special Center for Nanosciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India. and Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi 110067, India
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- State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
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- School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India and Special Center for Nanosciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India.
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Pandey PK, Kaushik P, Rawat K, Aswal VK, Bohidar HB. Solvent hydrophobicity induced complex coacervation of dsDNA and in situ formed zein nanoparticles. Soft Matter 2017; 13:6784-6791. [PMID: 28819659 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01222e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Zein, a predominantly hydrophobic protein, was sustained as a stable dispersion in ethanol-water (80 : 20, % (v/v)) binary solvent at room temperature (25 °C). Addition of aqueous dsDNA solution (1% (w/v)) to the above dispersion prepared with the protein concentration of Czein = 0.01-0.5% (w/v) caused a concomitant change in ethanol content from 14-35% (v/v), which in turn generated zein nanoparticles in situ of size 80-120 nm increasing with water content. The subsequent associative interaction between DNA (polyanion; 2000 bps) and the positively charged zein nanoparticles, (at pH = 4) was driven by Coulombic forces, and by the solvent hydrophobicity due to the ethanol content of the binary solvent. Experimentally, two interesting regions of interaction were observed from turbidity, zeta potential, particle sizing, and viscosity data: (i) for Czein < 0.2% (w/v), zein nanoparticles of size 80 nm bind to dsDNA (primary complex) causing its condensation (apparent hydrodynamic size decreased from ≈2100 to 560 nm), and (ii) for 0.2% < Czein < 0.5% (w/v) larger nanoparticles (>80 nm) were selectively bound to primary complexes to form partially charge neutralized interpolymer soluble complexes (secondary complexes), followed by complex coacervation. During this process, there was depletion of water in the vicinity of the nucleic acid, which was replaced by hydration provided by the ethanol-water binary solvent. Equilibrium coacervate samples were probed for their microstructure by small angle neutron scattering, and for their viscoelastic properties by rheology. The interplay of solvent hydrophobicity, electrostatic interaction, and zein nanoparticle size dependent charge neutralization had a commensurate effect on this hitherto unexplored coacervation phenomenon.
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- Pankaj Kumar Pandey
- School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India.
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Singh A, Pandey PK, Mittal SK, Agrawal A, Bahuguna C, Kumar P. Impact of Superior Oblique Transposition on Primary Position Deviation, a Pattern and Intorsion in Third Nerve Palsy. Strabismus 2016; 24:173-177. [PMID: 27835068 DOI: 10.1080/09273972.2016.1243136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the role of superior oblique transposition on primary position alignment, A pattern, and intorsion in third nerve palsy. METHODS Ten patients with isolated, unilateral third nerve palsy were included in this prospective study. The patients were treated by conventional surgery on horizontal recti together with superior oblique transposition by Scott's procedure in the paretic eye. RESULTS Pre-operative primary horizontal deviation was 60-80 PD (mean 70.00±7.45 PD). Pre-operative primary hypotropia was 15-22 PD (mean 18.80±2.48 PD). Mean A-pattern was 17.80±2.65 PD. All patients included in the study had some degree of objective torsion as measured by Guyton's method. One patient had grade I objective intorsion, 2 had grade II, 6 had grade III, and 1 had grade IV objective intorsion. Primary position horizontal alignment (up to ±8 PD) was achieved in 9 patients. Primary position vertical alignment (up to ±8 PD) was achieved in all 10 patients. Only 2 of 10 patients had A-pattern of 10 PD, in the remaining 8 patients it was eliminated (P<0.05). Postoperatively, 5 patients had no objective intorsion and 5 had grade I intorsion, and none of the patients had hypertropia or paradoxical eye movements. CONCLUSION Superior oblique transposition by Scott's procedure along with conventional surgery on horizontal recti in third nerve palsy results in better horizontal and vertical alignment, and improves A-pattern and intorsion, thus leading to better binocular interaction.
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- Anupam Singh
- a Department of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , Rishikesh , India
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- b Department of Ophthalmology, Guru Nanak Eye Centre, MAMC , New Delhi , India
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- a Department of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , Rishikesh , India
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- a Department of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , Rishikesh , India
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- a Department of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , Rishikesh , India
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- a Department of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , Rishikesh , India
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In this article, we present a novel second order numerical method for solving third order boundary value problems using the quartic polynomial splines. We establish the convergence of the method. We present numerical experiments to demonstrate the efficiency of the method and validity of our second order method, which shows that present method gives better results.
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- P K Pandey
- Department of Mathematics, Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 110003 India
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Sukhdhane KS, Pandey PK, Vennila A, Purushothaman CS, Ajima MNO. Sources, distribution and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the mangrove sediments of Thane Creek, Maharashtra, India. Environ Monit Assess 2015; 187:274. [PMID: 25893756 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4470-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The sources, distribution and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were investigated in the mangrove sediments of Trombay and Vashi, along the Thane Creek, Maharashtra, India, for a period of 6 months. The results showed that the concentration of Ʃ15 PAHs ranged from 902.58 to 1643.60 and from 930.69 to 1158.30 ng g(-1) in Trombay and Vashi, respectively. Trombay showed significantly higher PAH concentration (p < 0.05) than Vashi. The four carcinogenic PAHs, (benzo(b)fluorathene, benzo(k)fluorathene, Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene and dibenz(a,h)anthracene) accounted for maximum concentration of the total PAHs. Specific PAH diagnostic indices and the molecular index indicated the presence of both pyrolytic and petrogenic sources with the predominance of pyrolytic origin. A positive correlation (r = 0.736, p < 0.05) existed between the benzo(k)fluorathene level and total PAHs, suggesting the use of this compound as a potential molecular marker for PAH pollution in mangrove sediment. Assessments of potential environmental risks associated with PAHs in this study revealed that the sediment was moderately polluted with high molecular weight PAHs. The study reports the baseline data that can be used for regular monitoring of contamination level considering the heavy industrialization and urbanization along the creek and its coastal region.
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- K S Sukhdhane
- Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India,
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Pandey PK, Kundu AK, Sarkar P, Shukla S. Urethral polyp: An uncommon presentation of rhinosporidiosis. Indian J Dermatol 2014; 59:95-6. [PMID: 24470673 PMCID: PMC3884941 DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.123521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Kumar S, Raman RP, Kumar K, Pandey PK, Kumar N, Mallesh B, Mohanty S, Kumar A. Effect of azadirachtin on haematological and biochemical parameters of Argulus-infested goldfish Carassius auratus (Linn. 1758). Fish Physiol Biochem 2013; 39:733-747. [PMID: 23090629 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-012-9736-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 10/12/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Argulosis hampers aquaculture production and alters the host physiology and growth. Azadirachtin is recognized as a potential antiparasitic agent against Argulus sp. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of different concentration of azadirachtin solution on haematological and serum biochemical parameters of Argulus-infested goldfish Carassius auratus. Ninety Argulus-infested goldfish were randomly divided into six equal groups. Fish of group 1-5 were treated with azadirachtin solution through bath of 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 mg L(-1) as T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5, respectively, and group 6 was exposed to 2% DMSO solution without azadirachtin and considered as negative control T0(-). Along with six treatment groups, a positive control T0(+) of healthy goldfish free from Argulus infestation was also maintained. Parasitic mortality was evaluated after 3 days of consecutive bath treatment. After 7 days of post-treatment, the blood and serum were drawn from each of the treatment groups and haematological and serum biochemical parameters were evaluated. Total leucocyte count (TLC), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), blood glucose, total protein (TP), globulin, serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT) and serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) were significantly (p < 0.05) high in negative control group when compared with positive control group. It could be concluded that Argulus infestation altered marked haematological and serum biochemical parameters. However, in treated groups complete elimination of Argulus was found in T4 and T5 groups. Also significant (p < 0.05) reduction in haematological and serum biochemical parameters of all the treatment groups were recorded in comparison with negative control group. In addition, T4 and T5 groups showed significantly (p < 0.05) high superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, total erythrocyte count (TEC) and haemoglobin (Hb). However, higher mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), blood glucose and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels in T5 group revealed that higher concentration of azadirachtin have notable effects on activity of vital tissues function and physiology of the host. Argulus spp. from infested goldfish could be eliminated using bath treatment with solution of azadirachtin having concentration of 15 mg L(-1) and that also shifted haematological and serum biochemical parameters towards homeostasis.
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- Saurav Kumar
- Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai 400061, India.
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Lal SB, Pandey PK, Rai PK, Rai A, Sharma A, Chaturvedi KK. Design and development of portal for biological database in agriculture. Bioinformation 2013; 9:588-98. [PMID: 23888101 PMCID: PMC3717188 DOI: 10.6026/97320630009588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED The application of novel and modern techniques in genetic engineering and genomics has resulted in information explosion in genomics. Three major genome databases under International Nucleotide Sequence Database collaboration NCBI, DDBJ and EMBL have been providing a convenient platform for submission of sequences which they share among themselves. Many institutes in India under Indian Council of Agricultural Research have scientists working on biotechnology and bioinformatics research. The various studies conducted by them, generate massive data related to biological information of plants, animals, insects, microbes and fisheries. These scientists are dependent on NCBI, EMBL, DDBJ and other portals for their sequence submissions, analysis and other data mining tasks. Due to various limitations imposed on these sites and the poor connectivity problem prevents them to conduct their studies on these open domain databases. The valued information generated by them needs to be shared by the scientific communities to eliminate the duplication of efforts and expedite their knowledge extended towards new findings. A secured common submission portal system with user-friendly interfaces, integrated help and error checking facilities has been developed in such a way that the database at the backend consists of a union of the items available on the above mentioned databases. Standard database management concepts have been employed for their systematic storage management. Extensive hardware resources in the form of high performance computing facility are being installed for deployment of this portal. AVAILABILITY http://cabindb.iasri.res.in:8080/sequence_portal/
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- Shashi Bhushan Lal
- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi-110012, India
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Kumar S, Raman RP, Pandey PK, Mohanty S, Kumar A, Kumar K. Effect of orally administered azadirachtin on non-specific immune parameters of goldfish Carassius auratus (Linn. 1758) and resistance against Aeromonas hydrophila. Fish Shellfish Immunol 2013; 34:564-573. [PMID: 23261511 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.11.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2012] [Revised: 11/22/2012] [Accepted: 11/30/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Modulation of the immune responses using active bio-ingredients as a possible prophylaxis measure has been novel prospect for aquaculture. The present study evaluated the effects of azadirachtin EC 25% on non-specific immune responses in goldfish Carassius auratus and resistance against pathogenic bacteria Aeromonas hydrophila. The experimental trial for effects of azadirachtin on immuno-haematoloical parameters in goldfish was conducted by feeding the various levels of azadirachtin as control T(0) (without azadirachtin), T(1) (0.1%), T(2) (0.2%), T(3) (0.4%), T(4) (0.8%) and T(5) (1.6%) for a period of 28 days. Fishes were challenged with A. hydrophila 28 days post feeding and relative percentage survival (%) was recorded over 14 days post infection. Immuno-haematoloical (total erythrocyte count, total leukocyte count, haemoglobin, packed cell volume, NBT activity, phagocytic activity, serum lysozyme activity, myeloperoxidase activity, total immunoglobulin) and serum biochemical parameters (serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT), serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) and blood glucose) of fishes were examined at 14 and 28 days of feedings. Fish fed with azadirachtin, showed significantly (p < 0.05) enhanced TEC, TLC, Total Ig, total protein, NBT activity, serum lysozyme activity and myeloperoxidase level in different treatment groups in comparison with control group. Similarly, SGOT, SGPT and blood glucose level were found to be significantly (p < 0.05) high but PCV and Hb did not differ significantly (p > 0.05) in the treatment groups compared to control groups. Azadirachtin at the concentration of 4 g kg(-1) showed significantly (p < 0.05) higher relative percentage survival (42.60%) when compared with the control against A. hydrophila infection. This study indicated that azadirachtin EC 25% (4 g kg(-1)) showed higher NBT activity, serum lysozyme, protein profiles, leukocyte counts and resistance against A. hydrophila infection and thus, can be used as a potential immunostimulant in aquaculture.
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- Saurav Kumar
- Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Panch Marg, Andheri (West), Mumbai, India.
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Pandey PK, Singh A, Kumar B, Sood S, Kumar S, Kumari E, Chandel M. Ocular tilt reaction, internuclear ophthalmoplegia, and torsional nystagmus following mitral commissurotomy. J AAPOS 2012; 16:484-6. [PMID: 23084391 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2012.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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] [Received: 11/26/2011] [Revised: 06/03/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Ocular tilt reaction, a type of skew deviation, and unilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia with torsional nystagmus resulting from an ischemic event may result from unilateral disruption of otolithic pathways in the medial longitudinal fasciculus. A subset of skew deviations is known to simulate superior oblique palsy; however, none have been reported with a coexisting internuclear ophthalmoplegia. The present report documents the rare occurrence of an ocular tilt reaction simulating a left superior oblique palsy from involvement of left medial longitudinal fasciculus at the level of interstitial nucleus of Cajal.
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- P K Pandey
- Guru Nanak Eye Centre, MAMC, New Delhi, India
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Kumar A, Raman RP, Kumar K, Pandey PK, Kumar V, Mohanty S, Kumar S. Antiparasitic efficacy of piperine against Argulus spp. on Carassius auratus (Linn. 1758): in vitro and in vivo study. Parasitol Res 2012; 111:2071-6. [PMID: 22864920 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3054-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2012] [Accepted: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Argulus are common aquatic ectoparasites that create one of the major threats to aquaculture due to absence of suitable therapy. Piperine, a bioactive component of Piper longum, has medicinal properties and acts as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antifungal, considering eco-friendliness and cost-effectiveness. The present study aimed to evaluate antiparasitic effect of piperine against an ectoparasite Argulus spp. on Carassius auratus. Artificial Argulus infection was carried out by cohabitation method, and the fishes were selected for in vivo study when intensity of Argulus infestation was observed to be 15-20 Argulus per fish. In vitro and in vivo studies were performed at different concentration 1.0 (T (1)), 3.0 (T (2)), 5.0 (T (3)), 7.0 (T (4)), and 9.0 mg l(-1) (T (5)) of piperine solution to treat Argulus for 3 and 72 h, respectively. The acute toxicity test for piperine EC 97 % against goldfish was performed for 96 h. The 96 h median lethal concentration (LC(50)) for piperine was found to be 52.64 mg l(-1). In vitro effect of piperine solution led to 100 % mortality of Argulus at 9.0 mg l(-1) in 3 h whereas, under in vivo test, the 100 % antiparasitic efficacy of piperine solution was found at 9.0 mg l(-1) in 48 h. The EC(50) for 48 h was 9.0 mg l(-1), and thus, therapeutic index is 5.8. The results revealed that piperine at a concentration of 9.0 mg l(-1) can be used as a potential natural agent for controlling Argulus parasite.
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- Abhay Kumar
- Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai 400061, India.
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Patel DN, Pandey PK, Thareja RK. Stoichiometric investigations of laser-ablated brass plasma. Appl Opt 2012; 51:B192-B200. [PMID: 22410919 DOI: 10.1364/ao.51.00b192] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2011] [Accepted: 12/30/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Laser-ablated brass plasma plumes expanding in various air pressures have been studied using optical emission spectroscopy and two-dimensional imaging. The velocity of the plume front calculated from the R-t plot decreases from 1.9×10(4) m/s to ~5.5×10(3) m/s as the pressure increases from 0.01 to 10(5) Pa. The estimated higher electron temperature for Cu I (510.5 nm) transition than for Zn I (481.1 nm) may be due to differences in the heat of vaporization and vaporization temperature of copper and zinc. The electron density estimated using the Stark-broadened transition 4p(2)P(3/2)→4s(2)(2)D(5/2) of Cu I (510.5 nm) is about 10 times higher than that for transition 4s5s(3)S(1)→4s4p(3)P(2) of Zn I (481.1 nm). The appearance and enhancement of the Cu(2) (A-X) band at lower ambient pressure and formation of nanoparticle clusters have been extensively discussed. Stoichiometric and morphological study of the deposited nanoparticles on carbon tape at different ambient pressure reveals a different percentage composition of copper and of nanoparticles.
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- D N Patel
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
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Singh AK, Chattopadhyay B, Pandey PK, Singh AK, Chakraborty S. A New Begomovirus Species Causing Leaf Curl Disease of Radish in India. Plant Dis 2007; 91:1053. [PMID: 30780448 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-91-8-1053b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Leaf curl disease of radish (RLCD) was observed for the first time in India in commercial fields and kitchen gardens of the Varanasi District and adjoining areas of eastern Uttar Pradesh during November 2003. Infected plants exhibited typical upward and downward leaf curling, leaf distortion, reduction of leaf area, and conspicuous enations on the underside of the leaves. Incidence of RLCD was estimated to be between 10 and 40% depending on the cultivars used. Electron microscopic observation revealed typical geminate particles in infected leaf samples. The causal virus could be transmitted to radish cv. Minu Early by whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) and grafting. Inoculated plants developed symptoms similar to those observed in naturally infected radish plants. Viral DNA was isolated from artificially inoculated symptomatic radish plants (4) followed by concentration of super-coiled DNA by alkaline denaturation (1). The presence of a geminivirus was confirmed by PCR using DNA-A degenerate primers (3), and a 1.5-kb amplified product was obtained from six artificially and three naturally infected plants. Amplification of the full-length DNA-A was achieved using a primer combination derived from sequences obtained from a 1.5-kb amplicon. Amplification of 1.3-kb DNA-β sequences was achieved using specific primers (2) in three infected plants. Sequence analysis revealed that DNA-A (GenBank Accession No. EF 175733) contained 2,756 nt and DNA-β contained 1,358 nt (GenBank Accession No. EF 175734). DNA-A of the causal virus shares 87.7% identity with Tomato leaf curl Bangladesh virus (GenBank Accession No. AF 188481) and 62% identity with Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus (GenBank Accession No. AF126406). The begomovirus DNA-A sequence associated with RLCD contained seven open reading frames (AV1, AV2, AC1, AC2, AC3, AC4, and AC5). The DNA-β associated with RLCD shared the highest nucleotide sequence identity (84.9%) with DNA-β of Tobacco leaf curl virus isolate NIB 12-1 (GenBank Accession No. AJ316033) reported from Pakistan. Despite exhaustive attempts to amplify a putative viral B-component using degenerate primers based on the intergenic region sequence of the DNA-A or sequences that are highly conserved for other begomoviruses, no DNA-B component was detected. On the basis of DNA-A sequence analysis, the ICTV species demarcation criteria of 89% sequence identity, and genome organization, the virus causing RLCD should be considered a new Begomovirus species, for which the name Radish leaf curl virus (RLCV) is proposed. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the association of a Begomovirus with a disease of radishes in India. References: (1) H. C. Birnboim and J. Doly. Nucleic Acids Res. 7:1513, 1979. (2) R. W. Briddon et al. Mol. Biotechnol. 20:315, 2002. (3) M. R. Rojas et al. Plant Dis. 77:340, 1993. (4) K. M. Srivastava et al. J. Virol. Methods 51:297, 1995.
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- A K Singh
- Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi -110 067, India and Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi -110 067, India
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- Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Botany Department, U.P. Autonomous College, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi -110 067, India
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Nanostructured, crystalline Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 (crystallite size 8-10 nm) ceramic powders were synthesized at low temperature by the hydroxide co-precipitation and aqueous solution method (water bath technique). The phase and surface morphology characterizations were carried out by XRD, SEM, and TEM analyses. XRD powder pattern exhibited the presence of a major tetragonal and a minor rhombohedral crystalline phase indicating the mixed phase composition in both the samples. SEM-EDS analysis revealed good homogeneity of the materials. From evolution of the Raman spectra the spectroscopic signature of the corresponding phases was determined. Detailed dielectric measurements (between 30 degrees C to 500 degrees C) were obtained to analyze a complete set of impedance-related functions such as dielectric constant (epsilon), loss factor (tan delta), dielectric modulus (M), and conductivity (sigma). Similar to the normal ferroelectric (FE) materials, the dielectric constant (epsilon) of synthesized PZTs was found to be increasing gradually with temperature and attains a maxima (epsilonmax) at the Curie temperature (Tc). The peaks in the dielectric constant plots are attributed to the phase transition associated with the change from tetragonal to rhombohedral structures. The higher dielectric constant of the PZT prepared by hydroxide co-precipitation make it more suitable for various applications.
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- N S Gajbhiye
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kanpur 208016, India
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Pandey PK, Sharma R, Roy M, Roy S, Pandey M. Arsenic contamination in the Kanker district of central-east India: geology and health effects. Environ Geochem Health 2006; 28:409-20. [PMID: 16752126 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-005-9039-4] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2005] [Accepted: 12/06/2005] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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This paper identifies newer areas of arsenic contamination in the District Kanker, which adjoins the District Rajnandgaon where high contamination has been reported earlier. A correlation with the mobile phase episodes of arsenic contamination has been identified, which further hinges on the complex geology of the area. Arsenic concentrations in both surface and groundwater, aquatic organisms (snail and water weeds) soil and vegetation of Kanker district and its adjoining area have been reported here. The region has been found to contain an elevated level of arsenic. All segments of the ecoysystem are contaminated with arsenic at varying degrees. The levels of arsenic vary constantly depending on the season and location. An analysis of groundwater from 89 locations in the Kanker district has shown high values of arsenic, iron and manganese (mean: 144, 914 and 371 microg L(-1), respectively). The surface water of the region shows elevated levels of arsenic, which is influenced by the geological mineralised zonation. The most prevalent species in the groundwater is As(III), whereas the surface water of the rivers shows a significant contamination with the As(V) species. The analysis shows a bio-concentration of the toxic metals arsenic, nickel, copper and chromium. Higher arsenic concentrations (groundwater concentrations greater than 50 microg L(-1)) are associated with sedimentary deposits derived from volcanic rocks, hence mineral leaching appears to be the source of arsenic contamination. Higher levels of arsenic and manganese in the Kanker district have been found to cause impacts on the flora and fauna. A case study of episodic arsenical diarrhoea is presented.
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- P K Pandey
- Department of Engineering Chemistry, Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, India.
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Singh SK, Chakraborty S, Singh AK, Pandey PK. Cloning, restriction mapping and phylogenetic relationship of genomic components of MYMIV from Lablab purpureus. Bioresour Technol 2006; 97:1807-14. [PMID: 16242317 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2005] [Revised: 09/03/2005] [Accepted: 09/05/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The present work describes cloning of genomic components of whitefly transmitted geminivirus infecting Lablab purpureus syn. Dolichos lablab (commonly known as Dolichos bean or Hyacinth bean). The genome characterization using PCR with geminiviral degenerate primers and DNA sequencing were used to describe the bipartite virus associated with yellow mosaic disease of Dolichos lablab. Full-length DNA-A and DNA-B clones were obtained. The DNA-A sequence analysis showed that the isolate was similar to other Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus (MYMIV) isolates reported earlier. The nucleotide sequence analysis of the full-length DNA-A of virus isolate revealed more than 97% homology with Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus-[Cowpea] (AF481865), while the DNA-B also showed >95% homology with MYMIV-[Cp] (AF503580) and MYMIV-[Sb] (AY049771). The phylogenetic analysis of present isolate showed close relationship to legume geminiviruses. The nucleotide sequence analysis showed presence of six open reading frames (ORFs) in DNA-A, with 2 ORFs aligned in sense and 4 ORFs in antisense orientation. Similarly, DNA-B contained two open reading frames (ORFs), one in sense and another in antisense orientation.
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- Sudheer Kumar Singh
- Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Jakhini, Shahanshahpur, Varanasi, India.
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Chadha V, Pandey PK, Chauhan D, Das S. Simultaneous Intraocular and Bilateral Extraocular Muscle Involvement in a Case of Disseminated Cysticercosis. Int Ophthalmol 2006; 26:35-7. [PMID: 16779570 DOI: 10.1007/s10792-005-8248-2] [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: 01/19/2005] [Accepted: 05/25/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We report an unusual case of disseminated cysticercosis having simultaneous intraocular and extraocular involvement. This 21-year-old male presented with recent loss of vision in one eye and history of a single seizure. Examination revealed intravitreal cysticercosis with exudative retinal detachment. Computed tomographic scan showed disseminated neurocysticercosis and cysticercosis of the medial and inferior recti of both the eyes. The patient was started on albendazole and prednisolone under neurologist's supervision. Subsequent computed tomographic scan showed resolution of the extraocular muscle cysts and decrease in the number of neurocysticerci. The patient has had no further seizures. This is the first report of simultaneous intraocular and extraocular cysticercosis.
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Kamala CT, Chu KH, Chary NS, Pandey PK, Ramesh SL, Sastry ARK, Sekhar KC. Removal of arsenic(III) from aqueous solutions using fresh and immobilized plant biomass. Water Res 2005; 39:2815-26. [PMID: 15993920 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.04.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2004] [Revised: 03/28/2005] [Accepted: 04/26/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The ability of Garcinia cambogia, an indigenous plant found in many parts of India, to remove trivalent arsenic from solution was assessed. Batch experiments were carried out to characterize the As(III) removal capability of fresh and immobilized biomass of G. cambogia. It was found that the kinetic property and uptake capacity of fresh biomass were significantly enhanced by the immobilization procedure. The uptake of As(III) by fresh and immobilized biomass was not greatly affected by solution pH with optimal biosorption occurring at around pH 6--8. The presence of common ions such as Ca and Mg at concentrations up to 100mg/l had no effect on As(III) removal. However, the presence of Fe(III) at 100mg/l caused a noticeable drop in the extent of As(III) removal but the effect was minimal when Fe(III) was present at 10mg/l. The adsorption isotherms quantitatively predicted the extent of As(III) removal in groundwater samples collected from an arsenic-contaminated site in India. Immobilized biomass loaded with As(III) was amenable to efficient regeneration with NaOH solution. Column studies showed that immobilized biomass could be reused over five cycles of loading and elution. The excellent As(III) sequestering capability of fresh and immobilized G. cambogia biomass could lead to the development of a viable and cost-effective technology for arsenic removal in groundwater.
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- C T Kamala
- Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Sciences Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Habsignda, Hyderabad 500 007, AP, India
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Chakraborty S, Pandey PK, Banerjee MK, Kalloo G, Fauquet CM. Tomato leaf curl Gujarat virus, a New Begomovirus Species Causing a Severe Leaf Curl Disease of Tomato in Varanasi, India. Phytopathology 2003; 93:1485-95. [PMID: 18943612 DOI: 10.1094/phyto.2003.93.12.1485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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ABSTRACT The biological and molecular properties of Tomato leaf curl Gujarat virus from Varanasi, India (ToLCGV-[Var]) were characterized. ToLCGV-[Var] could be transmitted by grafting and through whitefly transmission in a persistent manner. The full-length genome of DNA-A and DNA-B of ToLCGV-[Var] was cloned in pUC18. Sequence analysis revealed that DNA-A (AY190290) is 2,757 bp and DNA-B (AY190291) is 2,688 bp in length. ToLCGV-[Var] could infect and cause symptoms in tomato, pepper, Nicotiana benthamiana, and N. tabacum when partial tandem dimeric constructs of DNA-A and DNA-B were co-inoculated by particle bombardment. DNA-A alone also is infectious, but symptoms were milder and took longer to develop. ToLCGV-Var virus can be transmitted through sap inoculation from infected tomato plants to the above-mentioned hosts causing the same symptoms. Open reading frames (ORFs) in both DNA-A and DNA-B are organized similarly to those in other begomoviruses. DNA-A and DNA-B share a common region of 155 bp with only 60% sequence identity. DNA-B of ToLCGV-[Var] shares overall 80% identity with DNA-B of Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus-Severe (ToLCNDV-Svr) and 75% with ToLCNDV-[Lucknow] (ToLCNDV-[Luc]). Comparison of DNA-A sequence with different begomoviruses indicates that ToLCGV-[Var] shares 84% identity with Tomato leaf curl Karnataka virus (ToLCKV) and 66% with ToLCNDV-Svr. ToLCGV-[Var] shares a maximum of 98% identity with another isolate of the same region (ToLCGV-[Mir]; AF449999) and 97% identity with one isolate from Gujarat (ToLCGV-[Vad]; AF413671). All three viruses belong to the same species that is distinct from all the other geminivirus species described so far in the genus Begomovirus of the family Geminiviridae. The name Tomato leaf curl Gujarat virus is proposed because the first sequence was taken from an isolate of Gujarat, India.
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Chakraborty S, Pandey PK, Banerjee MK, Kalloo G, Fauquet CM. A New Begomovirus Species Causing Tomato Leaf Curl Disease in Varanasi, India. Plant Dis 2003; 87:313. [PMID: 30812767 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2003.87.3.313a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In November 2001, a leaf curl disease of tomato, manifested by yellowing of leaf lamina, upward leaf curling, leaf distortion, shrinking of leaf surface, and stunted plant growth was observed in tomato-growing areas in the Varanasi and Mirzapur districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India, which caused yield losses up to 100%. The causal agent was infective to tomato cv. Punjab Chuhara by whiteflies and grafting. Inoculated plants developed symptoms observed in naturally infected tomatoes. Viral DNA was isolated from artificially inoculated tomato plants using 1% CTAB (2) followed by a concentration of supercoiled DNA by alkaline denaturation (1). A geminivirus was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction using DNA-A degenerate primers (3), and a 550-bp amplified product was obtained from artificially and naturally infected plants. Full-length viral genomes of DNA-A and DNA-B were cloned in plasmid pUC18 at HindIII and XbaI sites, respectively. Partial tandem dimers of the viral clones were infective to Nicotiana benthamiana and tomato cv. Organ Spring through particle bombardment. Infected N. benthamiana plants exhibited downward and upward leaf curling, big veins, leaf puckering with interveinal chlorosis, and stunting. On tomato, symptoms were the same as those seen on naturally infected plants. Cloned DNA also infected Capsicum annuum cv. California Wonder (upward leaf curling and stunting) and tobacco cv. Xanthi (leaf curling and crinkling) but failed to infect Phaseolus vulgaris, okra, cotton, and N. glutinosa. The Varanasi isolate was sap transmissible (0.1 M potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0) from the bombarded plants to N. benthamiana and tomato cv. Organ Spring. DNA-A alone infected N. benthamiana (upward leaf curling and big veins) and tomato cv. Organ Spring (mild leaf curl), but symptoms were delayed and milder. Full-length genome sequencing revealed DNA-A (AY190290) contained 2,757 nt and DNA-B (AY190291) contained 2,688 nt. DNA-A of the Varanasi isolate shares 98.4% identity with a DNA-A sequence (AF449999) obtained from a tomato showing leaf curl symptoms from the same region and 97.1% identity with an isolate from Gujarat (900 km from Varanasi). All three sequences represent isolates of the same species, herein called Tomato leaf curl Gujarat virus, based on the priority of submission of the DNA sequence for the Gujarat region (ToLCGV; AF 413671). All isolates noted were obtained from GenBank. However, except for the DNA-A sequence, no other information is available for these ToLCGV isolates. DNA-A of the ToLCGV-Varanasi isolate shares 66.8% identity with Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus, severe strain (ToLCNdV-Svr) (U15015), and 84.1% with Tomato leaf curl Karnataka virus (U38239). No DNA-B has been reported for these two ToLCGV isolates, and no infectious clone proving the etiology of the disease has been constructed, except for ToLCGV-Varanasi. DNA-B of ToLCGV-Varanasi shares 79.2% homology with ToLCNdV-Svr and 84.1% with ToLCNdV-Luc (X89653). These results suggest that the isolate from Varanasi belongs to ToLCGV, a previously undescribed geminivirus species causing a devastating tomato leaf curl disease in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. References: (1) H. C. Birnboim and J. Doly. Nucleic Acids Res. 7:1513, 1979. (2) K. M. Srivastava et al. J. Virol. Methods 51:297, 1995. (3) S. D. Wyatt and J. K. Brown. Phytopathology 86:1288, 1996.
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- Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, 1 Gandhinagar (Naria), P.O. Box 5002, PO- BHU, Varanasi, 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, 1 Gandhinagar (Naria), P.O. Box 5002, PO- BHU, Varanasi, 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, 1 Gandhinagar (Naria), P.O. Box 5002, PO- BHU, Varanasi, 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, 1 Gandhinagar (Naria), P.O. Box 5002, PO- BHU, Varanasi, 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- International Laboratory for Tropical and Agricultural Biotechnology, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 N. Warson Rd., St. Louis, MO 63132
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Pandey PK, Narayanan R, Chaudhuri Z, Chadha V, Jain S. An unusual case of neurofibromatosis fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for types I and II. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2002; 39:313-6. [PMID: 12353908 DOI: 10.3928/0191-3913-20020901-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- P K Pandey
- Department of Ophthalmology, Guru Nanak Eye Center, New Delhi, India
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Saxena RK, Pandey PK, Bisen PS. Physiological and biochemical alterations in Anabaena 7120 under iron stress. Indian J Exp Biol 2002; 40:594-9. [PMID: 12622208] [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: 03/01/2023]
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Various physiological and biochemical process like growth, NO3- -uptake, nitrate reductase, glutamine synthetase and ATPases (Mg2+ and Ca2+ dependent) in the cyanobacterium Anabaena 7120 were observed under iron stress. Growth was found to be maximum in 50 microM Fe3+ added cells however, 20 microM Fe3+ (the Fe3+ concentration generally used for routine culturing of cyanobacterial cell in Chu 10 medium) incubation resulted in lower growth. Fe3+ starvation on the other hand showed very poor growth up to 4th day but once the growth started it reached at significant level on 7th day. Higher Fe3+ concentration reflected reduced growth with lethality at 500 microM Fe3+. Chlorophyll a fluorescence under Fe3+ stress reflected almost the similar results as in case of growth. However, the pigment was found to be more sensitive as compared to protein under Fe3+ stress. Similar results have been observed in case of NO3-uptake with only 80% reduction in nutrient uptake in 500 microM Fe3+ incubated cells. Nitrate reductase activity was lower in Fe3+ starved cells as compared to significant enzyme activity in 20 and 50 microM Fe3+ incubated cells. Similar to nitrate reductase, glutamine synthetase also showed maximum level in 50 microM Fe3+ added cells, however, higher Fe3+ concentration (300-500 microM ) resulted in reduced enzymatic activity. Glutamine synthetase activity was less sensitivity as compared to nitrate reductase activity under Fe3+ stress. ATPase (Mg2+ and Ca2+ dependent) always showed higher level with increasing Fe3+ concentration.
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- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal 462 026, India
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BACKGROUND To assess the role of continuous therapy for 3 weeks with levodopa and carbidopa in the management of human amblyopia in children and adults. METHOD There were 88 amblyopic eyes of 82 subjects included in this double masked randomized prospective clinical trial. Levodopa and carbidopa combination in 2 different dosage schedules were given to both adults and children. The response was monitored of the improvement in visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and visually evoked potentials. RESULT Patients receiving higher dosages of levodopa and carbidopa in both adults and children showed a better response to treatment. However, the effect did not last beyond 9 weeks of stopping treatment. CONCLUSION Though levodopa and carbidopa therapy may not be able to ameliorate amblyopia on its own on a long-term basis, it may be considered nonetheless to be an important adjunct to conventional therapy because it may improve patient compliance for occlusion by improving visual acuity in the amblyopic eye. Thus, it offers promise of improving the functional outcome in these cases. However, longer follow-up trials are needed to substantiate these conclusions.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Guru Nanak Eye Centre, New Delhi, India
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Pandey PK, Kaushik N, Talele TT, Yadav PN, Pandey VN. Insertion of a peptide from MuLV RT into the connection subdomain of HIV-1 RT results in a functionally active chimeric enzyme in monomeric conformation. Mol Cell Biochem 2001; 225:135-44. [PMID: 11716355 DOI: 10.1023/a:1012278308154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The natural form of the human immunodeficiency virus type one reverse transcriptase (HIV-1 RT) found in virion particles is a heterodimer composed of the p66 and p51 subunits. The catalytic activity resides in the larger subunit in the heterodimeric (p66/p51) enzyme while in the monomeric form it is inactive. In contrast, Murine leukemia virus RT (MuLV RT) is functionally active in the monomeric form. In the primary amino acid sequence alignment of MuLV RT and HIV-1 RT, we have identified three specific regions in MuLV RT, that were missing in HIV-1 RT. In a separate study, we have shown that a chimeric RT construct comprising of the polymerase domain of HIV-1 RT and RNase-H domain of MuLV RT is functionally active as monomer [20]. In this communication, we demonstrate that insertion of a peptide (corresponding to amino acid residues 480-506) from the connection subdomain of MuLV RT into the connection subdomain of HIV-1 RT (between residues 429 and 430) results in a functionally active monomeric chimeric RT. Furthermore, this chimeric enzyme does not dimerize with exogenously added p51 subunit of HIV-1RT. Functional analysis of the chimeric RT revealed template specific variations in its catalytic activity. The chimeric enzyme catalyzes DNA synthesis on both heteropolymeric DNA and homopolymeric RNA (poly rA) template but curiously lacks reverse transcriptase ability on heteropolymeric RNA template. Similar to MuLV RT, the polymerase activity of the chimeric enzyme is not affected by acetonitrile, a reagent which dissociates dimeric HIV-1 RT into inactive monomers. These results together with a proposed 3-D molecular model of the chimeric enzyme suggests that the insertion of the missing region may induce a change in the spatial position of RNase H domain such that it is functionally active in monomeric conformation.
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- P K Pandey
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMD-New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103, USA.
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Pandey PK, Kaushik N, Talele TT, Yadav PN, Pandey VN. The beta7-beta8 loop of the p51 subunit in the heterodimeric (p66/p51) human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase is essential for the catalytic function of the p66 subunit. Biochemistry 2001; 40:9505-12. [PMID: 11583149 DOI: 10.1021/bi002872j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The heterodimeric human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase (HIV-1 RT) is composed of p66 and p51 subunits, p66 being the catalytic subunit. Our earlier investigation on the role of p51 in the catalytic process has shown that the p51 subunit facilitates the loading of the p66 subunit onto the template primer (TP). We had postulated that the beta7-beta8 loop of the p51 subunit may be involved in opening the polymerase cleft of p66 for DNA binding [Pandey, V. N., et al. (1996) Biochemistry 35, 2168]. We report here that deletion or alanine substitution of four residues of the beta7-beta8 loop results in severe impairment of the polymerase function of the heterodimeric enzyme. The enzyme activity was restored to the wild-type levels when the mutant p66 subunit was dimerized with the wild-type p51, suggesting that the intact beta7-beta8 loop in the p51 subunit is indispensable for the catalytic function of p66. Further, the template primer binding ability of the enzyme was significantly reduced upon deletion or alanine substitution in the beta7-beta8 loop. Interestingly, the loss of the TP binding ability of the mutant p66 was restored upon dimerization with wild-type p51. Examination of the glycerol gradient ultracentrifugation analysis revealed that while the wild-type HIV-1 RT sediments as a dimeric protein, the mutant enzymes carrying deletion or alanine substitution in both the subunits sediment predominantly as monomeric proteins, suggesting their inability to form stable dimers. In contrast, mutant p66 dimerized with wild-type p51 (p66delta/p51WT and p66Ala/p51WT) sedimented at the dimeric position. Taken together, these results clearly implicate the importance of the beta7-beta8 loop of p51 in the formation of stable functional heterodimers.
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- P K Pandey
- Center for the Study of Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103, USA.
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PURPOSE Report of a case of acquired Brown syndrome caused by infestation of the superior oblique muscle by Cysticercus cellulosae. METHOD Case seen in a referral practice. A 20-year-old man presented with recurrent attacks of conjunctivitis and diplopia in upgaze. Clinical examination of ocular motility established a diagnosis of acquired Brown syndrome of the right eye. Computed tomography of the right orbit unequivocally established the diagnosis of superior oblique muscle cysticercosis. The patient was started on systemic steroids and albendazole in the prescribed doses for a month. RESULT Serial computed tomography scans of the orbit revealed resolution of the cystic lesion after a month. Clinically, although there was restoration of ocular motility in upgaze, mild restriction of movement of the right eye in levoelevation persisted. However, the patient was symptomatically better with amelioration of the recurrent conjunctivitis and diplopia in primary gaze. CONCLUSION Extraocular muscle cysticercosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acquired motility disorder. The presentation of extraocular muscle cysticercosis as an acquired Brown syndrome is unusual. Response to medical therapy was satisfactory.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Guru Nanak Eye Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Guru Nanak Eye Centre, New Delhi, India
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Mayhood T, Kaushik N, Pandey PK, Kashanchi F, Deng L, Pandey VN. Inhibition of Tat-mediated transactivation of HIV-1 LTR transcription by polyamide nucleic acid targeted to TAR hairpin element. Biochemistry 2000; 39:11532-9. [PMID: 10995220 DOI: 10.1021/bi000708q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tat, an essential human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protein interacts with the transactivation response element (TAR) and stimulates transcription from the viral long-terminal repeat (LTR). Blockage of Tat-TAR interaction halts viral transcription and hence replication. We have found that polyamide nucleic acid (PNA), targeted to the TAR sequences of viral RNA genome is able to prevent Tat-TAR interaction by efficient sequestration of the TAR. Anti-TAR PNA competes for TAR and prevents Tat-mediated stimulation of HIV-1 LTR transcription in vitro but has no influence on the basal level of transcription in the absence of Tat. Using a reporter gene construct pHIV LTR-CAT and pCMV-Tat in cell culture, we have further shown that anti-TAR PNA is able to block Tat-mediated transactivation of HIV-1 LTR transcription in vivo as judged by the extent of LTR driven CAT gene expression in the absence and presence of anti-TAR PNA. Supplementation of 100 nM of anti-TAR PNA into the culture medium further enhances the suppression of transactivation. Nonspecific scrambled PNA had no influence on Tat-TAR interaction and LTR-driven CAT gene expression in cell culture. These results suggest that PNA targeted to the TAR sequence of the viral genome may be a potential inhibitor of HIV-1 gene expression.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMD-New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA
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Pandey PK, Chaudhuri Z, Sharma P, Bhomaj S. Extraocular muscle cysticercosis: a clinical masquerade. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2000; 37:273-8. [PMID: 11020108] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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PURPOSE To highlight the different presentations of extraocular muscle cysticercosis, which can result in acquired ocular motility disorders. METHODS Ten cases of acquired motility disorders examined between January 1998 and January 1999 were diagnosed as extraocular muscle cysticercosis with computed tomography (CT). All patients were treated with corticosteroid therapy and albendazole. Repeat CT scans were performed in 5 patients. RESULTS The inferior rectus muscle was most commonly affected with double elevator palsy the most common clinical presentation. Response to treatment was satisfactory with complete resolution of the ocular motility disorder in 8 patients. Initiating therapy with corticosteroids prior to the addition of cysticidal drugs prevented severe inflammatory reactions and residual strabismus. CONCLUSION A high index of suspicion should be entertained for extraocular muscle cysticercosis in every case of recent acquired ocular motility disorder. Response to medical therapy is satisfactory.
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- P K Pandey
- Department of Ophthalmology, Guru Nanak Eye Centre, New Delhi, India
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PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of extracapsular cataract extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in patients with sensory deviations subsequent to senile cataract. METHODS Twenty patients with dense cataract and associated sensory deviations underwent follow-up between April 1996 and April 1998 after extracapsular cataract extraction with posterior chamber IOL implantation in the deviating eye. All patients underwent follow-up for a minimum period of 6 months. RESULTS Preoperatively, all patients had a visual acuity of PL positive (perception of light present) and PR (projection of rays) accurate in the deviating eye. Two patients had an esodeviation, and 18 patients had an exodeviation. Postoperatively, all patients had a corrected visual acuity of 20/40 or better in the operated eye at 12 weeks. Nineteen patients had ocular alignment within +/-8 prism diopters of orthophoria at 12 weeks. CONCLUSION Sensory deviations subsequent to senile cataract usually resolve spontaneously after cataract surgery if visual gains are 20/40 or better. The prognosis for binocular vision is good.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Guru Nanak Eye Centre, New Delhi, India
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Kaushik N, Talele TT, Pandey PK, Harris D, Yadav PN, Pandey VN. Role of glutamine 151 of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 reverse transcriptase in substrate selection as assessed by site-directed mutagenesis. Biochemistry 2000; 39:2912-20. [PMID: 10715111 DOI: 10.1021/bi991376w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A natural mutation at codon 151 (Gln --> Met; Q151M) of HIV-1 RT has been shown to confer resistance to the virus against dideoxy nucleoside analogues [Shirasaka, T., et al. (1995) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92, 2398], suggesting that Gln 151 may be involved in conferring sensitivity to nucleoside analogues. To understand its functional implication, we generated two mutant derivatives of this residue (Q151M and Q151N) and examined their sensitivities to ddNTPs and their ability to discriminate against rNTPs versus dNTP substrates on natural U5-PBS HIV-1 RNA template. We found that Q151M was highly discriminatory against all four ddNTPs but was able to incorporate rNTPs as efficiently as the wild type enzyme. In contrast, the Q151N mutant was only moderately resistant to ddNTPs but exhibited a higher level of discrimination against rNTPs. The fidelity of misinsertion was found to be highest for the Q151N mutant followed by Q151M and the wild type enzyme. These results point toward the importance of the amino acid side chain at position 151 in influencing the ability of the enzyme in recognition and discrimination against the sugar moieties of nucleotide substrates.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA
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Harris D, Kaushik N, Pandey PK, Yadav PN, Pandey VN. Functional analysis of amino acid residues constituting the dNTP binding pocket of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:33624-34. [PMID: 9837947 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.50.33624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In order to understand the functional implication of residues constituting the dNTP-binding pocket of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase, we performed site-directed mutagenesis at positions 65, 72, 113, 115, 151, 183, 184, and 219, and the resulting mutant enzymes were examined for their biochemical properties and nucleotide selectivity on RNA and DNA templates. Mutations at positions 65, 115, 183, 184, and 219 had negligible to moderate influence on the polymerase activity, while Ala substitution at positions 72 and 151 as well as substitution with Ala or Glu at position 113 severely impaired the polymerase function of the enzyme. The K219A, Y115F, and Q151M mutants had no influence on the fidelity; Y183A, Y183F, K65A, and Q151N mutants exhibited higher fidelity on both RNA and DNA templates, while Y115A was less error-prone selectively on a DNA template. Analysis of the three-dimensional model of the enzyme-template primer-dNTP ternary complex suggests that residues Tyr-183, Lys-65, and Gln-151 may have impact on the flexibility of the dNTP-binding pocket by virtue of their multiple interactions with the dNTP, template, primer, and other neighboring residues constituting the pocket. Recruitment of the correct versus incorrect nucleotides may be a function of the flexibility of this pocket. A relatively rigid pocket would provide greater stringency, resulting in higher fidelity of DNA synthesis in contrast to a flexible pocket. Substitution of a residue having multiple interactions with a residue having reduced interaction capability will alter the internal geometry of the pocket, thus directly influencing the fidelity.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA
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Harris D, Lee R, Misra HS, Pandey PK, Pandey VN. The p51 subunit of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase is essential in loading the p66 subunit on the template primer. Biochemistry 1998; 37:5903-8. [PMID: 9558323 DOI: 10.1021/bi9728452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) is a dimeric enzyme consisting of p66 and p51 subunits. The functional role of the p51 subunit remains elusive since all the catalytic functions appear to be executed through the p66 subunit. We report here that the p51 subunit, in addition to providing structural support to the p66 subunit, may be involved in facilitating the loading of the p66 subunit on to the template-primer (TP). This possibility is supported by following observations: (i) Upon binding to the TP, the p51 subunit can be dissociated by acetonitrile treatment and the template-primer-bound p66 monomer alone is capable of catalyzing DNA synthesis. (ii) Photo-cross-linking of template-primer to HIV-1 RT is abolished by dissociation of the p51 subunit prior to the TP binding but remains unaffected after the TP binding step. (iii) The p66-TP covalent complex selectively generated by UV irradiation and separated by gel electrophoresis can incorporate a single nucleotide in situ upon its renaturation in the gel. (iv) Treatment of HIV-1 RT with (tert-butyldimethylsilyl)spiroaminooxathioledioside (TSAO), an inhibitor that specifically binds to the beta7 beta8 loop of p51, destabilizes the heterodimeric enzyme, resulting in the subsequent loss of DNA binding.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry at New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103, USA
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Misra HS, Pandey PK, Pandey VN. An enzymatically active chimeric HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) with the RNase-H domain of murine leukemia virus RT exists as a monomer. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:9785-9. [PMID: 9545316 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.16.9785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The existence of retroviral reverse transcriptases as monomers or dimers is rather intriguing. A classical example of the former is murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase (MuLV RT), while human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RT represents the latter. A careful scrutiny of the amino acid sequence alignment of the two enzymes pinpoints the region tentatively responsible for this phenomenon. We report here the construction of a chimeric enzyme containing the first 425 amino acid residues from the N-terminal domain of HIV-1 RT and 200 amino acid residues from the C-terminal domain of MuLV RT. The chimeric enzyme exists as a monomer with intact DNA polymerase and RNase-H functions.
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- H S Misra
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA
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Misra HS, Pandey PK, Modak MJ, Vinayak R, Pandey VN. Polyamide nucleic acid-DNA chimera lacking the phosphate backbone are novel primers for polymerase reaction catalyzed by DNA polymerases. Biochemistry 1998; 37:1917-25. [PMID: 9485318 DOI: 10.1021/bi971524n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A peptide nucleic acid (PNA) oligomer, an analogue of DNA, was examined for its ability to function as a primer or a template to support DNA synthesis catalyzed by DNA polymerases. The analogue, (PNA)19-TpG-OH, comprised of 19 bases in the form of PNA followed by a dinucleotide (TpG-OH) with a single phosphate and a free 3'OH terminus, was recognized as a bona fide primer by 2 reverse transcriptases and also by the Klenow fragment of E. coli DNA polymerase I. The 21-mer PNA chimera is extended on both RNA and DNA templates by all three polymerases. The specificity of binding of the PNA chimeric primer/DNA template at the template-primer binding site of the enzyme was shown by its photo-cross-linking ability to the enzyme which could be effectively competed out by another TP but not by template or primer alone. Furthermore, the chimeric TP-enzyme covalent complex was found to be catalytically active as judged by its ability to incorporate one nucleotide onto the 3'OH terminus of the immobilized primer. PNA sequences were also recognized as template when annealed with a DNA primer. These observations are in variance with the conventional suggestion that the phosphate backbone in the duplex region is essential for recognition and binding by DNA polymerases. The efficient extension of (PNA)19-TpG-OH suggests that the diameter of the duplex region of template primer rather than the phosphate backbone may be sufficient for recognition by DNA polymerases.
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- H S Misra
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMD-New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103, USA
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Sengupta LK, Singh BB, Mishra R, Pandey PK, Singh S, Sengupta S, Bisen PS. Calcium-dependent metabolic regulations in prokaryotes indicate conserved nature of calmodulin gene. Indian J Exp Biol 1998; 36:136-47. [PMID: 9754041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Role of free calcium and calcium binding protein calmodulin as signal molecule in cellular regulation is well established in eukaryotes. However, reports on Ca(2+)-dependent processes and their inhibition by calcium and/or calmodulin antagonists indicate towards the presence of calmodulin in prokaryotes as well. The common evolutionary origin of pro- and eukaryotes and many examples of evolutionary conservation of structure and functions support the contention of such conservation of the role of Ca2+ and calmodulin. Eukaryotic calmodulin (CaM) contains four structurally and functionally similar Ca2+ domains named I, II, III and IV. Each Ca2+ binding loop consists of 12 amino acid residues with ligands arranged spatially to satisfy the octahedral symmetry of Ca2+ binding. Plant calmodulin differ from vertebrate ones in 13 to 14 amino acid positions of which nine occur at -COOH- terminal half. Differences between protozoan and mammalian CaM also occur mostly in the same half. Isolation and characterization, although to a little extent, of CaM-like proteins from bacteria and cyanobacteria and their comparison with CaMs from diverse origin suggest high degree of conservation. Non-bulky amino acids like glycine, alanine and serine with low specific rotation are present in greater number in the primitive form of calmodulin and have been significantly reduced in highly evolved form of calmodulin, suggesting that their requirement was insignificant and were eliminated from EF hand structure during evolution. However, amino acids like glutamate/glutamine and aspartate/asparagine were highly conserved and did not show any major change in their frequency since their positions are too significant in calcium binding domain. While the number of positively charged amino acids like arginine and leucine was increased, histidine containing weakly ionized group and having a significant buffering capacity was reduced to a major extent, further suggesting that the acidic nature of calmodulin protein has been maintained during evolution. Thus it is now clear that the entire superfamily of Ca2+ binding proteins have arisen from a common genetic ancestry. Two successive tandem duplications of gene encoding a single domain containing protein of 30-40 residues gave rise to a four domain molecule from which this family was then derived.
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Lamba PA, Pandey PK, Raina UK, Krishna V. Short-term results of initial trabeculectomy with intraoperative or postoperative 5-fluorouracil for primary glaucomas. Indian J Ophthalmol 1997; 45:173-6. [PMID: 9475020] [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: 02/06/2023] Open
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Thirty-three eyes of 33 patients were prospectively evaluated to study the short term efficacy, safety, and overall surgical outcome of initial trabeculectomy for primary glaucomas with adjunctive intraoperative or postoperative 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) use. Twelve eyes serving as controls underwent trabeculectomy without adjunctive antimetabolites. Eleven eyes received intraoperative 5-FU, while 10 eyes received subconjunctival 5-FU postoperatively. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was maintained below 22 mmHg at 3 months of follow up in 90.9% and 80% of patients in the intraoperative and postoperative 5-FU groups, respectively, without use of additional antiglaucoma medications, whereas 66.7% of the patients in the control group achieved similar IOP levels. Hypotony (IOP < 6 mmHg) was seen more commonly after intraoperative 5-FU (27.3%). Corneal epithelial defects were seen exclusively in the postoperative 5-FU group (40%). The use of intraoperative 5-FU exclusively as a mode of antimetabolites delivery seems an acceptable alternative to enhance success rates of trabeculectomy for the primary glaucomas.
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- P A Lamba
- Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
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