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Rivera-Zuluaga K, Hiles R, Barua P, Caldwell D, Iyer-Pascuzzi AS. Getting to the root of Ralstonia invasion. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2022; 148-149:3-12. [PMID: 36526528 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Plant diseases caused by soilborne pathogens are a major limiting factor in crop production. Bacterial wilt disease, caused by soilborne bacteria in the Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex (Ralstonia), results in significant crop loss throughout the world. Ralstonia invades root systems and colonizes plant xylem, changing plant physiology and ultimately causing plant wilting in susceptible varieties. Elucidating how Ralstonia invades and colonizes plants is central to developing strategies for crop protection. Here we review Ralstonia pathogenesis from root detection and attachment, early root colonization, xylem invasion and subsequent wilting. We focus primarily on studies in tomato from the last 5-10 years. Recent work has identified elegant mechanisms Ralstonia uses to adapt to the plant xylem, and has discovered new genes that function in Ralstonia fitness in planta. A picture is emerging of an amazingly versatile pathogen that uses multiple strategies to make its surrounding environment more hospitable and can adapt to new environments.
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Kumar S, Lande NV, Barua P, Pareek A, Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N. Proteomic dissection of rice cytoskeleton reveals the dominance of microtubule and microfilament proteins, and novel components in the cytoskeleton-bound polysome. Plant Physiol Biochem 2022; 170:75-86. [PMID: 34861586 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.11.037] [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: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The plant cytoskeleton persistently undergoes remodeling to achieve its roles in supporting cell division, differentiation, cell expansion and organelle transport. However, the links between cell metabolism and cytoskeletal networks, particularly how the proteinaceous components execute such processes remain poorly understood. We investigated the cytoskeletal proteome landscape of rice to gain better understanding of such events. Proteins were extracted from highly enriched cytoskeletal fraction of four-week-old rice seedlings, and the purity of the fraction was stringently monitored. A total of 2577 non-redundant proteins were identified using both gel-based and gel-free approaches, which constitutes the most comprehensive dataset, thus far, for plant cytoskeleton. The data set includes both microtubule and microfilament-associated proteins and their binding proteins comprising hypothetical as well as novel cytoskeletal proteins. Further, various in-silico analyses were performed, and the proteins were functionally classified on the basis of their gene ontology. The catalogued proteins were validated through their sequence analysis. Extensive comparative analysis of our dataset with the non-redundant set of cytoskeletal proteins across plant species affirms unique as well as overlapping candidates. Together, these findings unveil new insights of how cytoskeletons undergo dynamic remodeling in rice to drive seedling development processes in rapidly changing in planta environment.
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- Sunil Kumar
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Lande NV, Barua P, Gayen D, Wardhan V, Jeevaraj T, Kumar S, Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N. Dehydration-responsive chickpea chloroplast protein, CaPDZ1, confers dehydration tolerance by improving photosynthesis. Physiol Plant 2022; 174:e13613. [PMID: 35199362 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
The screening of a dehydration-responsive chloroplast proteome of chickpea led us to identify and investigate the functional importance of an uncharacterized protein, designated CaPDZ1. In all, we identified 14 CaPDZs, and phylogenetic analysis revealed that these belong to photosynthetic eukaryotes. Sequence analyses of CaPDZs indicated that CaPDZ1 is a unique member, which harbours a TPR domain besides a PDZ domain. The global expression analysis showed that CaPDZs are intimately associated with various stresses such as dehydration and oxidative stress along with certain phytohormone responses. The CaPDZ1-overexpressing chickpea seedlings exhibited distinct phenotypic and molecular responses, particularly increased photosystem (PS) efficiency, ETR and qP that validated its participation in PSII complex assembly and/or repair. The investigation of CaPDZ1 interacting proteins through Y2H library screening and co-IP analysis revealed the interacting partners to be PSII associated CP43, CP47, D1, D2 and STN8. These findings supported the earlier hypothesis regarding the role of direct or indirect involvement of PDZ proteins in PS assembly or repair. Moreover, the GUS-promoter analysis demonstrated the preferential expression of CaPDZ1 specifically in photosynthetic tissues. We classified CaPDZ1 as a dehydration-responsive chloroplast intrinsic protein with multi-fold abundance under dehydration stress, which may participate synergistically with other chloroplast proteins in the maintenance of the photosystem.
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- Nilesh Vikram Lande
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, New Delhi, India
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Ghosh R, Barua P, Sikder O, Saha S, Mojumder S, Sikdar D. Comparison of phenolic content and antioxidant activity of two common fruits of Bangladesh in solvents of varying polarities. Food Res 2021. [DOI: 10.26656/fr.2017.5(6).253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Phenolic content and antioxidant activity of two common fruits of Bangladesh, namely
Phyllunthus emblica and Elaeocarpus floribundus, were measured in water, methanol,
ethanol, acetone and hexane extracts. Several in vitro models including
phosphomolybdenum assay, DPPH free radical scavenging assay, FRAP assay and
reducing power assay were used to assess the antioxidant activity of these extracts in
comparison with reference antioxidants. Between the two fruits, P. emblica showed higher
phenolic content and antioxidant activity in all the solvents used. In the DPPH scavenging
assay, the activity of P. emblica extracts was close to reference antioxidants, ascorbic acid
and BHT. Besides, considering the solvents used, extracts of both fruits had the highest
phenolic and antioxidant activity in polar solvents. The correlation coefficient between
total phenolics and antioxidant activities was found statistically significant. These findings
suggest that P. emblica could be an excellent antioxidant resource for industries like food,
pharmaceutical, and cosmetics.
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Jain S, Sakamoto T, Jung Y, Davidson IA, Barua P, Hayes JR, Shibahara K, Mizuno T, Miyamoto Y, Nakajima K, Richardson DJ. High spatial-density, cladding-pumped 6-mode 7-core fiber amplifier for C-band operation. Opt Express 2021; 29:30675-30681. [PMID: 34614788 DOI: 10.1364/oe.428142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We present a C-band 6-mode 7-core fiber amplifier in an all-fiberized cladding-pumped configuration for space division multiplexed transmission supporting a record 42 spatial channels. With optimized fiber components (e.g. passively cooled pump laser diode, pump coupler, pump stripper), high power multimode pump light is coupled to the active fiber without any noticeable thermal degradation and an average gain of 18 dB and noise figure of 5.4 dB are obtained with an average differential modal gain of 3.4 dB.
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Kumar R, Barua P, Chakraborty N, Nandi AK. Systemic acquired resistance specific proteome of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Rep 2020; 39:1549-1563. [PMID: 32876806 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-020-02583-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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A comparative proteomic study between WT and SAR-compromised rsi1/fld mutant reveals a set of proteins having possible roles in the SAR development. A partly infected plant shows enhanced resistance during subsequent infection through the development of systemic acquired resistance (SAR). Mobile signals generated at the site of primary infection travel across the plant for the activation of SAR. These mobile signals are likely to cause changes in the expression of a set of proteins in the distal tissue, which contributes to the SAR development. However, SAR-specific proteome is not revealed for any plant. The reduced systemic immunity 1 (rsi1)/(allelic to flowering locus D; fld) mutant of Arabidopsis is compromised for SAR but shows normal local resistance. Here we report the SAR-specific proteome of Arabidopsis by comparing differentially abundant proteins (DAPs) between WT and fld mutant. Plants were either mock-treated or SAR-induced by primary pathogen inoculation. For proteomic analysis, samples were collected from the systemic tissues before and after the secondary inoculation. Protein identification was carried out by using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) followed by tandem mass spectrometry. Our work identified a total of 94 DAPs between mock and pathogen treatment in WT and fld mutant. The DAPs were categorized into different functional groups along with their subcellular localization. The majority of DAPs are involved in metabolic processes and stress response. Among the subcellular compartments, plastids contained the highest number of DAPs, suggesting the importance of plastidic proteins in SAR activation. The findings of this study would provide resources to engineer efficient SAR activation traits in Arabidopsis and other plants.
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- Rajiv Kumar
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 415, New Delhi, 110067, India
- Department of Biotechnology, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, 176061, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 415, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Lande NV, Barua P, Gayen D, Kumar S, Varshney S, Sengupta S, Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N. Dehydration-induced alterations in chloroplast proteome and reprogramming of cellular metabolism in developing chickpea delineate interrelated adaptive responses. Plant Physiol Biochem 2020; 146:337-348. [PMID: 31785520 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.11.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 08/05/2019] [Revised: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Chloroplast, the energy organelle unique to photosynthetic eukaryotes, executes several crucial functions including photosynthesis. While chloroplast development and function are controlled by the nucleus, environmental stress modulated alterations perceived by the chloroplasts are communicated to the nucleus via retrograde signaling. Notably, coordination of chloroplast and nuclear gene expression is synchronized by anterograde and retrograde signaling. The chloroplast proteome holds significance for stress responses and adaptation. We unraveled dehydration-induced alterations in the chloroplast proteome of a grain legume, chickpea and identified an array of dehydration-responsive proteins (DRPs) primarily involved in photosynthesis, carbohydrate metabolism and stress response. Notably, 12 DRPs were encoded by chloroplast genome, while the rest were nuclear-encoded. We observed a coordinated expression of different multi-subunit protein complexes viz., RuBisCo, photosystem II and cytochrome b6f, encoded by both chloroplast and nuclear genome. Comparison with previously reported stress-responsive chloroplast proteomes showed unique and overlapping components. Transcript abundance of several previously reported markers of retrograde signaling revealed relay of dehydration-elicited signaling events between chloroplasts and nucleus. Additionally, dehydration-triggered metabolic adjustments demonstrated alterations in carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism. This study offers a panoramic catalogue of dehydration-responsive signatures of chloroplast proteome and associated retrograde signaling events, and cellular metabolic reprograming.
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- Nilesh Vikam Lande
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, South Campus, Mathura Road, New Delhi, 110 020, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, South Campus, Mathura Road, New Delhi, 110 020, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Wang Y, Thipparapu NK, Wang S, Barua P, Richardson DJ, Sahu JK. Study on the temperature dependent characteristics of O-band bismuth-doped fiber amplifier. Opt Lett 2019; 44:5650-5653. [PMID: 31774744 DOI: 10.1364/ol.44.005650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We report the temperature dependent performance of an O-band bismuth (Bi)-doped fiber amplifier (BDFA) in the temperature range from -60 to +80°C. At room temperature, maximum gains of 27 and 40 dB with noise figures (NFs) of 4.3 and 4.8 dB are measured for -23 dBm signal power in the single and double pass BDFA, respectively. An increment in gain and reduction in NF is observed as the ambient temperature of the BDFA is reduced. In the double pass BDFA, the temperature dependent gain coefficient from -60 to +80°C is found to be around -0.02 and -0.03 dB/°C across the wavelength band of 1300-1360 nm for -10 and -23 dBm signal powers, respectively. We also study the gain and NF characteristics with pump power and signal power at different temperatures, and a maximum gain of 45 dB is obtained at -60°C for -30 dBm signal power.
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Lande NV, Barua P, Gayen D, Kumar S, Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N. Proteomic dissection of the chloroplast: Moving beyond photosynthesis. J Proteomics 2019; 212:103542. [PMID: 31704367 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2019.103542] [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: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 09/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Chloroplast, the photosynthetic machinery, converts photoenergy to ATP and NADPH, which powers the production of carbohydrates from atmospheric CO2 and H2O. It also serves as a major production site of multivariate pro-defense molecules, and coordinate with other organelles for cell defense. Chloroplast harbors 30-50% of total cellular proteins, out of which 80% are membrane residents and are difficult to solubilize. While proteome profiling has illuminated vast areas of biological protein space, a great deal of effort must be invested to understand the proteomic landscape of the chloroplast, which plays central role in photosynthesis, energy metabolism and stress-adaptation. Therefore, characterization of chloroplast proteome would not only provide the foundation for future investigation of expression and function of chloroplast proteins, but would open up new avenues for modulation of plant productivity through synchronizing chloroplastic key components. In this review, we summarize the progress that has been made to build new understanding of the chloroplast proteome and implications of chloroplast dynamicsing generate metabolic energy and modulating stress adaptation.
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- Nilesh Vikram Lande
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India.
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Thipparapu NK, Wang Y, Umnikov AA, Barua P, Richardson DJ, Sahu JK. 40 dB gain all fiber bismuth-doped amplifier operating in the O-band. Opt Lett 2019; 44:2248-2251. [PMID: 31042195 DOI: 10.1364/ol.44.002248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this Letter, we investigate and compare the gain and noise figure characteristics of bismuth (Bi)-doped fiber amplifiers configured in both single and double signal pass implementations. A maximum gain of 25 dB and a noise figure of 4 dB is measured at 1360 nm in the single pass configuration for -23 dBm input signal power, whereas in the double pass configuration the gain of the amplifier is improved significantly by 14 dB allowing us to achieve a gain of 39 dB with a noise figure of 5 dB. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest gain reported to date using Bi-doped fiber as a gain medium. Furthermore, we also study the gain and noise figure dependency on pump power, signal power, and pump wavelength for the double pass amplifier configuration. We observed similar gain and noise figure performance in the double pass configuration to that of the single pass configuration but with the benefit of less pump power and a shorter length of the Bi-doped fiber.
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Gayen D, Gayali S, Barua P, Lande NV, Varshney S, Sengupta S, Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N. Dehydration-induced proteomic landscape of mitochondria in chickpea reveals large-scale coordination of key biological processes. J Proteomics 2019; 192:267-279. [PMID: 30243939 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2018.09.008] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 08/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Mitochondria play crucial roles in regulating multiple biological processes particularly electron transfer and energy metabolism in eukaryotic cells. Exposure to water-deficit or dehydration may affect mitochondrial function, and dehydration response may dictate cell fate decisions. iTRAQ-based quantitative proteome of a winter legume, chickpea, demonstrated the central metabolic alterations in mitochondria, presumably involved in dehydration adaptation. Three-week-old chickpea seedlings were subjected to progressive dehydration and the magnitude of dehydration-induced compensatory physiological responses was monitored in terms of physicochemical characteristics and mitochondrial architecture. The proteomics analysis led to the identification of 40 dehydration-responsive proteins whose expressions were significantly modulated by dehydration. The differentially expressed proteins were implicated in different metabolic processes, with obvious functional tendencies toward purine-thiamine metabolic network, pathways of carbon fixation and oxidative phosphorylation. The linearity of dehydration-induced proteome alteration was examined with transcript abundance of randomly selected candidates under multivariate stress conditions. The differentially regulated proteins were validated through sequence analysis. An extensive sequence based localization prediction revealed >62.5% proteins to be mitochondrial resident by, at least, one prediction algorithm. The results altogether provide intriguing insights into the dehydration-responsive metabolic pathways and useful clues to identify crucial proteins linked to stress tolerance. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Investigation on plant mitochondrial proteome is of significance because it would allow a better understanding of mitochondrial function in plant adaptation to stress. Mitochondria are the unique organelles, which play a crucial role in energy metabolism and cellular homeostasis, particularly when exposed to stress conditions. Chickpea is one of the cultivated winter legumes, which enriches soil nitrogen and has very low water footprint and thus contributes to fortification of sustainable agriculture. We therefore examined the dehydration-responsive mitochondrial proteome landscape of chickpea and queried whether molecular interplay of mitochondrial proteins modulate dehydration tolerance. A total of 40 dehydration-induced mitochondrial proteins were identified, predicted to be involved in key metabolic processes. Our future efforts would focus on understanding both posttranslational modification and processing for comprehensive characterization of mitochondrial protein function. This approach will facilitate mining of more biomarkers linked to the tolerance trait and contribute to crop adaptation to climate change.
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- Dipak Gayen
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna, Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna, Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna, Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna, Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, New Delhi, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna, Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna, Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India.
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Barua P, Lande NV, Subba P, Gayen D, Pinto S, Keshava Prasad TS, Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N. Dehydration-responsive nuclear proteome landscape of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) reveals phosphorylation-mediated regulation of stress response. Plant Cell Environ 2019; 42:230-244. [PMID: 29749054 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 11/27/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Nonavailability of water or dehydration remains recurring climatic disorder affecting yield of major food crops, legumes in particular. Nuclear proteins (NPs) and phosphoproteins (NPPs) execute crucial cellular functions that form the regulatory hub for coordinated stress response. Phosphoproteins hold enormous influence over cellular signalling. Four-week-old seedlings of a grain legume, chickpea, were subjected to gradual dehydration, and NPs were extracted from unstressed control and from 72- and 144-hr stressed tissues. We identified 4,832 NPs and 478 phosphosites, corresponding to 299 unique NPPs involved in multivariate cellular processes including protein modification and gene expression regulation, among others. The identified proteins included several novel kinases, phosphatases, and transcription factors, besides 660 uncharacterized proteins. Spliceosome complex and splicing related proteins were dominant among differentially regulated NPPs, indicating their dehydration modulated regulation. Phospho-motif analysis revealed stress-induced enrichment of proline-directed serine phosphorylation. Association mapping of NPPs revealed predominance of differential phosphorylation of spliceosome and splicing associated proteins. Also, regulatory proteins of key processes viz., protein degradation, regulation of flowering time, and circadian clock were observed to undergo dehydration-induced dephosphorylation. The characterization of novel regulatory proteins would provide new insights into stress adaptation and enable directed genetic manipulations for developing climate-resilient crops.
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- Pragya Barua
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna, Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna, Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- YU-IOB Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, 575 018, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna, Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- YU-IOB Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, 575 018, India
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- YU-IOB Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, 575 018, India
- International Technology Park, Institute of Bioinformatics, Bengaluru, 560066, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna, Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna, Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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Thipparapu NK, Guo C, Umnikov AA, Barua P, Taranta A, Sahu JK. Bismuth-doped all-fiber mode-locked laser operating at 1340 nm. Opt Lett 2017; 42:5102-5105. [PMID: 29240147 DOI: 10.1364/ol.42.005102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We demonstrate a 1340 nm mode-locked Bismuth (Bi)-doped fiber laser without any saturable absorber. The effect of pump power on pulse width is studied, and a variation from 1.5 to 3 ns is reported. The output of the mode-locked Bi-doped fiber laser is further amplified using a master oscillator power amplifier configuration, and a peak power of 1.15 W is achieved. Soliton bunching is observed, and a true pulse width of 1.2 ps is reported from the measured autocorrelation trace. Stable operation of the mode-locked laser is verified from the radio-frequency spectrum with a fundamental repetition rate of 6.3 MHz, and SNR of 65 dB.
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Thipparapu NK, Umnikov AA, Barua P, Sahu JK. Bi-doped fiber amplifier with a flat gain of 25 dB operating in the wavelength band 1320-1360 nm. Opt Lett 2016; 41:1518-1521. [PMID: 27192276 DOI: 10.1364/ol.41.001518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Bismuth (Bi)-doped phosphosilicate fibers have been fabricated by the modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD)-solution doping technique under different process conditions. The influence of fabrication conditions on unsaturable loss in fibers has been investigated. Pump wavelength dependent Bi gain has been studied to obtain a flat gain over a wide bandwidth. A diode pumped all-fiber Bi-doped amplifier with a flat gain of 25±1 dB from 1320-1360 nm (40 nm) has been demonstrated for -10 dBm of input signal power with a noise figure (NF) ranging from 4-6 dB. Moreover, a small signal gain of 29 dB and a NF of 4.5 dB at 1340 nm has been achieved for an input signal power of -30 dBm.
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Jain D, Alam S, Jung Y, Barua P, Velazquez MN, Sahu JK. Highly efficient Yb-free Er-La-Al doped ultra-low NA large mode area single-trench fiber laser. Opt Express 2015; 23:28282-28287. [PMID: 26561099 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.028282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We demonstrate a 60µm core diameter Yb free Er-La-Al doped single-trench fiber having a 0.038 ultra-low-NA, fabricated using conventional MCVD process in conjunction with solution doping technique. Numerical simulations predict an effective single mode operation with effective area varying from 1,820µm(2) to 1,960µm(2) (taking bend-induced modal distortion into account) for different thicknesses of trenches and resonant rings at a constant bend radius of 25cm. Moreover, all solid structure favors easy cleaving and splicing. Experimental measurements demonstrate a robust effective single mode operation. Furthermore, with a 4%-4% laser cavity, this fiber shows a record efficiency of 46% with respect to the absorbed pump power.
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Jain D, Jung Y, Barua P, Sones C, Sahu JK. Large mode area multi-trench fiber for UV and visible transmission. Opt Lett 2015; 40:5026-5029. [PMID: 26512510 DOI: 10.1364/ol.40.005026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We experimentally demonstrate all-solid 10 and 20 μm core diameter multi-trench fibers for UV and visible wavelengths. Measurements ensure an effective single-mode operation over a wide range of bend radii, which is suitable for applications such as beam delivery. Both fibers were fabricated by the conventional modified chemical vapor deposition process, which is suitable for mass production. Moreover, all-solid fiber design ensures easy cleaving and splicing.
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Bismuth-doped aluminosilicate fiber has been fabricated by the MCVD-solution doping method and characterized for its unsaturable loss and gain. The amplifier performance has been compared for a novel pumping wavelength of 1120 nm with the conventional pumping wavelength region of 1047 nm. Unsaturable loss was 65% and 35% at 1047 and 1120 nm, pump wavelengths, respectively. A maximum gain of about 8 dB at 1180 nm for a fiber length of 100 m was observed with 1120 nm pumping. Gain enhancement of 70% was achieved with the 1120 nm pump as compared to the 1047 nm pump. A further 3.5 dB gain was obtained on simultaneous pumping at 1047 and 1120 nm.
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Subba P, Barua P, Kumar R, Datta A, Soni KK, Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N. Phosphoproteomic dynamics of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) reveals shared and distinct components of dehydration response. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:5025-47. [PMID: 24083463 DOI: 10.1021/pr400628j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Reversible protein phosphorylation is a ubiquitous regulatory mechanism that plays critical roles in transducing stress signals to bring about coordinated intracellular responses. To gain better understanding of dehydration response in plants, we have developed a differential phosphoproteome in a food legume, chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Three-week-old chickpea seedlings were subjected to progressive dehydration by withdrawing water, and the changes in the phosphorylation status of a large repertoire of proteins were monitored. The proteins were resolved by 2-DE and stained with phosphospecific fluorescent Pro-Q Diamond dye. Mass spectrometric analysis led to the identification of 91 putative phosphoproteins, presumably involved in a variety of functions including cell defense and rescue, photosynthesis and photorespiration, molecular chaperones, and ion transport, among others. Multiple sites of phosphorylation were predicted on several key elements, which include both the regulatory as well as the functional proteins. A critical survey of the phosphorylome revealed a DREPP (developmentally regulated plasma membrane protein) plasma membrane polypeptide family protein, henceforth designated CaDREPP1. The transcripts of CaDREPP1 were found to be differentially regulated under dehydration stress, further corroborating the proteomic results. This work provides new insights into the possible phosphorylation events triggered by the conditions of progressive water-deficit in plants.
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- Pratigya Subba
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research , Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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Barua P, Mahanta J, Barua N. Onychomycosis in green tea leaf pluckers: a clinicomycological study. Int J Infect Dis 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.05.360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Barua P, Hazarika NK, Barua N, Rasul E, Laskar N. Microscopy for Cryptosporidiosis Screening in Remote Areas. Indian J Med Microbiol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s0255-0857(21)01952-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ocular involvement with Gnathostoma spinigerum occurs years after the initial infection that is acquired by ingestion of poorly cooked, pickled seafood or water contaminated with third stage larvae. Here we report a case of gnathostomiasis of the left eye of a 32-year-old lady hailing from Meghalaya, India. Her vision had deteriorated to hand movement. Slit lamp examination revealed a live, actively motile worm in the anterior chamber, which was extracted by supra temporal limbal incision and visual acuity was restored.
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- P Barua
- Department of Microbiology, Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati - 781 024, Assam, India.
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An unusual case of loiasis from Assam is reported here. Loa loa is a subcutaneous filarial parasite of man and is transmitted to humans by chrysops flies. The patient presented with foreign body sensation and visual disturbances of the right eye. Examination revealed a white coiled structure in the cornea. Routine blood and other investigations were within normal limits. A live adult worm was extracted and identity was confirmed by microscopy to be Loa loa. Patient was treated with diethylcarbamazine and steroid. We found this case interesting as the worm was present in the anterior chamber--an unusual site and there were no other positive findings besides the lone worm.
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- P Barua
- Department of Microbiology, Gauhati Medical College, Narakasur Hill, Guwahati 781 032, Assam, India.
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Pou AM, Rimell FL, Jordan JA, Shoemaker DL, Johnson JT, Barua P, Post JC, Ehrlich GD. Adult respiratory papillomatosis: human papillomavirus type and viral coinfections as predictors of prognosis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1995; 104:758-62. [PMID: 7574251 DOI: 10.1177/000348949510401002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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: 01/26/2023]
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Pathologic material and the records of 29 patients with laryngeal papillomatosis were reviewed. The relationship between the type of human papillomavirus (HPV) and the presence of viral coinfections was correlated with clinical outcome. Using polymerase chain reaction, paraffin-embedded specimens were analyzed for the presence of HPV, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), and herpes simplex virus (HSV). The HPV type could be identified in 24 patients' specimens. Twenty-one patients were infected with HPV type 6. The other 3 were infected with HPV type 11 or 16. Three patients developed squamous cell carcinoma, of whom 2 had HPV type 11 or 16. We found HSV, EBV, and CMV in 50%, 12.5%, and 0% of specimens, respectively. An aggressive clinical course was observed in 17 patients. Evidence of coinfection with other viruses was identified in 11 (65%) of these patients. In contrast, a benign clinical course was observed in 7 patients, of whom 2 (29%) had viral coinfections. We conclude that the HPV type and the presence of viral coinfections may be predictive of an aggressive clinical course.
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- A M Pou
- Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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