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Ji L, Tang Z, Yang D, Ma C, He YC. Improved one-pot synthesis of furfural from corn stalk with heterogeneous catalysis using corn stalk as biobased carrier in deep eutectic solvent-water system. Bioresour Technol 2021; 340:125691. [PMID: 34358983 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Using acid-treated corn stalk (CS) as biobased carrier, heterogeous SO42-/SnO2-CS catalyst was firstly prepared to catalyze CS into fufural in deep eutectic solvent-water system. The physical properties of SO42-/SnO2-CS were captured by FT-IR, NH3-TPD, XRD, XPS, and BET. SO42-/SnO2-CS (1.2 wt%) could be used to catalyze CS (75.0 g/L) with MgCl2 (15.0 g/L) to produce furfural (102.3 mM) in the yield of 68.2% for 0.5 h at 170 °C in ChCl:EG-water (20:80, v:v). Moreover, enhanced synthesis of furfural was explored based on the structure changes of CS, furfural yields and formation of byproducts. Finally, the potential catalytic mechanism for catalyzing CS into furfural and byproducts was proposed using SO42-/SnO2-CS as catalyst in ChCl:EG-water containing MgCl2. In summary, this established ChCl:EG-water system and optimized catalytic condition facillitated to synthesize furfural from biomass with biobased solid acid catalyst.
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- Li Ji
- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomass Refining and High-Quality Utilization, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, Advanced Catalysis and Green Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Center, School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomass Refining and High-Quality Utilization, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, Advanced Catalysis and Green Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Center, School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomass Refining and High-Quality Utilization, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, Advanced Catalysis and Green Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Center, School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-resources, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei Province, PR China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomass Refining and High-Quality Utilization, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, Advanced Catalysis and Green Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Center, School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, Jiangsu Province, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-resources, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei Province, PR China.
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Buss N, Nelson KN, Hua J, Relyea RA. Effects of different roadway deicing salts on host-parasite interactions: The importance of salt type. Environ Pollut 2020; 266:115244. [PMID: 32688196 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 03/07/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The application of roadway deicing salts is increasing the salinity of freshwater systems. Increased salinization from salts, such as NaCl, CaCl2 and MgCl2, can have direct, negative impacts on freshwater organisms at concentrations found in nature. Yet, our understanding of how these salts can indirectly impact freshwater organisms by altering important ecological interactions, such as those between hosts and their parasites, is limited. Using a larval amphibian and infectious free-living helminth (i.e. trematode) model, we examined whether exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of NaCl, CaCl2 and MgCl2 1) influence trematode mortality; 2) alter amphibian-trematode interactions; and 3) alter larval amphibian activity (a behavior associated with parasite avoidance). We found that exposure to CaCl2 greatly reduced trematode survival across all Cl- concentrations (230, 500, 860 and 1000 mg Cl- L-1) while NaCl and MgCl2 had no effect. When both host and parasites were exposed to the salts, exposure to NaCl, but not MgCl2 or CaCl2, increased infection. The lack of effect of CaCl2 on infection was likely driven by CaCl2 reducing trematode survival. Exposure to NaCl increased infection at 500 mg Cl- L-1, but not 230 or 860 mg Cl- L-1. Increased infection was not due to salt exposure altering tadpole behavior. Our results suggest that NaCl can negatively impact amphibian populations indirectly by increasing trematode infections in tadpole hosts.
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- Nicholas Buss
- Biological Sciences Department, Binghamton University (SUNY), Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th St., Troy, NY, 12180, USA
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- Biological Sciences Department, Binghamton University (SUNY), Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th St., Troy, NY, 12180, USA
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Zhu X, Ma K, Zhou K, Voelkl J, Alesutan I, Leibrock C, Nürnberg B, Lang F. Reversal of phosphate-induced ORAI1 expression, store-operated Ca 2+ entry and osteogenic signaling by MgCl 2 in human aortic smooth muscle cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2019; 523:18-24. [PMID: 31831178 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In chronic kidney disease, renal phosphate retention leads to hyperphosphatemia with subsequent vascular osteogenic signaling and calcification. Osteogenic signaling involves up-regulation of the transcription factors CBFA1, MSX2, and SOX9, as well as alkaline phosphatase (ALP), an enzyme stimulating calcification by degrading the calcification inhibitor pyrophosphate. Stimulation of osteogenic signaling and calcification by phosphate donor β-glycerophosphate in human aortic smooth muscle cells (HAoSMCs) is attenuated by MgCl2, an effect mimicked by Ca2+-sensing receptor agonist GdCl3. Most recent observations revealed that the effect of β-glycerophosphate on osteogenic signaling requires ORAI1, a Ca2+-channel accomplishing store-operated Ca2+-entry (SOCE), which is stimulated by Ca2+-sensor STIM1. The present study explored whether ORAI1 and/or STIM1 expression and, thus, SOCE and osteogenic signaling in HAoSMCs are sensitive to MgCl2 and/or GdCl3. To this end, transcript levels were estimated using q-RT-PCR, protein abundance with western blotting, cytosolic Ca2+-concentration ([Ca2+]i) by Fura-2-fluorescence, and SOCE from increase of [Ca2+]i following re-addition of extracellular Ca2+ after store depletion with thapsigargin (1 μM). As a result, 24 h exposure to β-glycerophosphate (2 mM) significantly enhanced transcript levels of ORAI1 and STIM1 as well as SOCE, effects significantly blunted or virtually abrogated by 1.5 mM MgCl2 and by 50 μM GdCl3. In conclusion, MgCl2 and GdCl3 are powerful inhibitors of ORAI1 and STIM1 expression and store-operated Ca2+-entry, effects affecting osteogenic signalling in vascular smooth muscle cells.
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- Xuexue Zhu
- Department of Pharmacology, Experimental Therapy & Toxicology, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, Experimental Therapy & Toxicology, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, Experimental Therapy & Toxicology, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Physiology, Johannes-Kepler-University Linz, Austria
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- Institute for Physiology, Johannes-Kepler-University Linz, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacology, Experimental Therapy & Toxicology, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany.
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Santagapita PR, Matiacevich SB, Buera MDP. Non-enzymatic browning kinetics in sucrose-glycine aqueous and dehydrated model systems in presence of MgCl 2. Food Res Int 2018; 114:97-103. [PMID: 30361032 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2018.07.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The development of non-enzymatic browning in the presence of MgCl2 was evaluated in liquid and dehydrated sucrose-glycine model systems, in relation to interactions of the salt with water and/or with sucrose. In both systems, browning was accelerated by the presence of MgCl2 because of the increased sugar hydrolysis (ten times faster) and the reduction of water mobility (1H NMR T2 relaxation times) caused by this salt (between 6 and 14% lower), counteracting the inhibitory effect of water on the Maillard reaction. MgCl2 also provoked a 40% reduction on the fluorophores quantum yield, responsible also of the fluctuations observed in the fluorescence development as a function of time after 50 h at 70 °C. Molecular and supramolecular effects of the presence of MgCl2 have been observed on the Maillard reaction kinetics. These results are of high technological interest when strategies to control the Maillard reaction rate are required for a particular application.
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- Patricio R Santagapita
- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamentos de Industrias y Química Orgánica & CONICET, C1428AOE Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Food Properties Research Group, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad Tecnológica, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Obispo Umaña 050, Estación Central, Santiago, Chile
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamentos de Industrias y Química Orgánica & CONICET, C1428AOE Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Hodar C, Zuñiga A, Pulgar R, Travisany D, Chacon C, Pino M, Maass A, Cambiazo V. Comparative gene expression analysis of Dtg, a novel target gene of Dpp signaling pathway in the early Drosophila melanogaster embryo. Gene 2013; 535:210-7. [PMID: 24321690 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.11.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2013] [Revised: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/14/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In the early Drosophila melanogaster embryo, Dpp, a secreted molecule that belongs to the TGF-β superfamily of growth factors, activates a set of downstream genes to subdivide the dorsal region into amnioserosa and dorsal epidermis. Here, we examined the expression pattern and transcriptional regulation of Dtg, a new target gene of Dpp signaling pathway that is required for proper amnioserosa differentiation. We showed that the expression of Dtg was controlled by Dpp and characterized a 524-bp enhancer that mediated expression in the dorsal midline, as well as, in the differentiated amnioserosa in transgenic reporter embryos. This enhancer contained a highly conserved region of 48-bp in which bioinformatic predictions and in vitro assays identified three Mad binding motifs. Mutational analysis revealed that these three motifs were necessary for proper expression of a reporter gene in transgenic embryos, suggesting that short and highly conserved genomic sequences may be indicative of functional regulatory regions in D. melanogaster genes. Dtg orthologs were not detected in basal lineages of Dipterans, which unlike D. melanogaster develop two extra-embryonic membranes, amnion and serosa, nevertheless Dtg orthologs were identified in the transcriptome of Musca domestica, in which dorsal ectoderm patterning leads to the formation of a single extra-embryonic membrane. These results suggest that Dtg was recruited as a new component of the network that controls dorsal ectoderm patterning in the lineage leading to higher Cyclorrhaphan flies, such as D. melanogaster and M. domestica.
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- Christian Hodar
- Laboratorio de Bioinformática y Expresión Génica, INTA-Universidad de Chile, El Líbano 5524, Santiago, Chile; Fondap Center for Genome Regulation (CGR), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Bioinformática y Expresión Génica, INTA-Universidad de Chile, El Líbano 5524, Santiago, Chile; Fondap Center for Genome Regulation (CGR), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Bioinformática y Expresión Génica, INTA-Universidad de Chile, El Líbano 5524, Santiago, Chile; Fondap Center for Genome Regulation (CGR), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Bioinformática y Matemática del Genoma, Center for Mathematical Modeling, FCFM-Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Fondap Center for Genome Regulation (CGR), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Bioinformática y Expresión Génica, INTA-Universidad de Chile, El Líbano 5524, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Bioinformática y Expresión Génica, INTA-Universidad de Chile, El Líbano 5524, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Bioinformática y Matemática del Genoma, Center for Mathematical Modeling, FCFM-Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Fondap Center for Genome Regulation (CGR), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Department of Mathematical Engineering, FCFM-Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Bioinformática y Expresión Génica, INTA-Universidad de Chile, El Líbano 5524, Santiago, Chile; Fondap Center for Genome Regulation (CGR), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Torres B, Ruoho AE. N-terminus regulation of VMAT2 mediates methamphetamine-stimulated efflux. Neuroscience 2013; 259:194-202. [PMID: 24321511 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.11.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 06/11/2013] [Revised: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 11/28/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The 20 amino acid (AA) N-terminus of the vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) was examined as a regulator of VMAT2 function. Removal of the first 16 or 19 AAs of the N-terminus resulted in a molecule with reduced ability to sequester [(3)H]-5HT. A glutathione-S-transferase-construct of the N-terminus underwent phosphorylation in the presence of PKC at serines 15 and 18. These putative phosphorylation sites were examined for effects on function. Phospho-mimetic substitution of serines 15 and 18 with aspartate in the full-length VMAT2 resulted in reduced [(3)H]-5HT sequestration and reduced methamphetamine (METH)-stimulated efflux of preloaded [(3)H]-5HT. In contrast, mutation of serines 15 and 18 to alanines maintained intact net substrate sequestration but eliminated METH-stimulated efflux of pre-accumulated [(3)H]-5HT. In summary, these data suggest a model in which the VMAT2 N-terminus regulates monoamine sequestration.
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- B Torres
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Neuroscience, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Neuroscience, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Sharma R, Ahlawat S, Maitra A, Roy M, Mandakmale S, Tantia MS. Polymorphism of BMP4 gene in Indian goat breeds differing in prolificacy. Gene 2013; 532:140-5. [PMID: 24013084 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.08.086] [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] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2013] [Revised: 07/22/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are members of the TGF-β (transforming growth factor-beta) superfamily, of which BMP4 is the most important due to its crucial role in follicular growth and differentiation, cumulus expansion and ovulation. Reproduction is a crucial trait in goat breeding and based on the important role of BMP4 gene in reproduction it was considered as a possible candidate gene for the prolificacy of goats. The objective of the present study was to detect polymorphism in intronic, exonic and 3' un-translated regions of BMP4 gene in Indian goats. Nine different goat breeds (Barbari, Beetal, Black Bengal, Malabari, Jakhrana (Twinning>40%), Osmanabadi, Sangamneri (Twinning 20-30%), Sirohi and Ganjam (Twinning<10%)) differing in prolificacy and geographic distribution were employed for polymorphism scanning. Cattle sequence (AC_000167.1) was used to design primers for the amplification of a targeted region followed by direct DNA sequencing to identify the genetic variations. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were not detected in exon 3, the intronic region and the 3' flanking region. A SNP (G1534A) was identified in exon 2. It was a non-synonymous mutation resulting in an arginine to lysine change in a corresponding protein sequence. G to A transition at the 1534 locus revealed two genotypes GG and GA in the nine investigated goat breeds. The GG genotype was predominant with a genotype frequency of 0.98. The GA genotype was present in the Black Bengal as well as Jakhrana breed with a genotype frequency of 0.02. A microsatellite was identified in the 3' flanking region, only 20 nucleotides downstream from the termination site of the coding region, as a short sequence with more than nineteen continuous and repeated CA dinucleotides. Since the gene is highly evolutionarily conserved, identification of a non-synonymous SNP (G1534A) in the coding region gains further importance. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a mutation in the coding region of the caprine BMP4 gene. But whether the reproduction trait of goat is associated with the BMP4 polymorphism, needs to be further defined by association studies in more populations so as to delineate an effect on it.
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- Rekha Sharma
- National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal 132001, India.
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Sodhi M, Mukesh M, Kishore A, Mishra BP, Kataria RS, Joshi BK. Novel polymorphisms in UTR and coding region of inducible heat shock protein 70.1 gene in tropically adapted Indian zebu cattle (Bos indicus) and riverine buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). Gene 2013; 527:606-15. [PMID: 23792016 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.05.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 12/18/2012] [Revised: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Due to evolutionary divergence, cattle (taurine, and indicine) and buffalo are speculated to have different responses to heat stress condition. Variation in candidate genes associated with a heat-shock response may provide an insight into the dissimilarity and suggest targets for intervention. The present work was undertaken to characterize one of the inducible heat shock protein genes promoter and coding regions in diverse breeds of Indian zebu cattle and buffaloes. The genomic DNA from a panel of 117 unrelated animals representing 14 diversified native cattle breeds and 6 buffalo breeds were utilized to determine the complete sequence and gene diversity of HSP70.1 gene. The coding region of HSP70.1 gene in Indian zebu cattle, Bos taurus and buffalo was similar in length (1,926 bp) encoding a HSP70 protein of 641 amino acids with a calculated molecular weight (Mw) of 70.26 kDa. However buffalo had a longer 5' and 3' untranslated region (UTR) of 204 and 293 nucleotides respectively, in comparison to Indian zebu cattle and Bos taurus wherein length of 5' and 3'-UTR was 172 and 286 nucleotides, respectively. The increased length of buffalo HSP70.1 gene compared to indicine and taurine gene was due to two insertions each in 5' and 3'-UTR. Comparative sequence analysis of cattle (taurine and indicine) and buffalo HSP70.1 gene revealed a total of 54 gene variations (50 SNPs and 4 INDELs) among the three species in the HSP70.1 gene. The minor allele frequencies of these nucleotide variations varied from 0.03 to 0.5 with an average of 0.26. Among the 14 B. indicus cattle breeds studied, a total of 19 polymorphic sites were identified: 4 in the 5'-UTR and 15 in the coding region (of these 2 were non-synonymous). Analysis among buffalo breeds revealed 15 SNPs throughout the gene: 6 at the 5' flanking region and 9 in the coding region. In bubaline 5'-UTR, 2 additional putative transcription factor binding sites (Elk-1 and C-Re1) were identified, other than three common sites (CP2, HSE and Pax-4) observed across all the analyzed animals. No polymorphism was found within the 3'-UTR of Indian cattle or buffalo as it was found to be monomorphic. The promoter sequences generated in 117 individuals showed a rich array of sequence elements known to be involved in transcription regulation. A total of 11 nucleotide changes were observed in the promoter sequence across the analyzed species, 3 of these changes were located within the potential transcription factor binding domains. We also identified 4 microsatellite markers within the buffalo HSP70.1 gene and 3 microsatellites within bovine HSP70.1. The present study identified several distinct changes across indicine, taurine and bubaline HSP70.1 genes that could further be evaluated as molecular markers for thermotolerance.
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- M Sodhi
- National Bureau of Animal Genetic resources, Karnal 132001, India.
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Barbosa MR, Sampaio IH, Teodoro BG, Sousa TA, Zoppi CC, Queiroz AL, Passos MA, Alberici LC, Teixeira FR, Manfiolli AO, Batista TM, Cappelli APG, Reis RI, Frasson D, Kettelhut IC, Parreiras-e-Silva LT, Costa-Neto CM, Carneiro EM, Curi R, Silveira LR. Hydrogen peroxide production regulates the mitochondrial function in insulin resistant muscle cells: effect of catalase overexpression. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2013; 1832:1591-604. [PMID: 23643711 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.04.029] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2012] [Revised: 03/29/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The mitochondrial redox state plays a central role in the link between mitochondrial overloading and insulin resistance. However, the mechanism by which the ROS induce insulin resistance in skeletal muscle cells is not completely understood. We examined the association between mitochondrial function and H2O2 production in insulin resistant cells. Our hypothesis is that the low mitochondrial oxygen consumption leads to elevated ROS production by a mechanism associated with reduced PGC1α transcription and low content of phosphorylated CREB. The cells were transfected with either the encoded sequence for catalase overexpression or the specific siRNA for catalase inhibition. After transfection, myotubes were incubated with palmitic acid (500μM) and the insulin response, as well as mitochondrial function and fatty acid metabolism, was determined. The low mitochondrial oxygen consumption led to elevated ROS production by a mechanism associated with β-oxidation of fatty acids. Rotenone was observed to reduce the ratio of ROS production. The elevated H2O2 production markedly decreased the PGC1α transcription, an effect that was accompanied by a reduced phosphorylation of Akt and CREB. The catalase transfection prevented the reduction in the phosphorylated level of Akt and upregulated the levels of phosphorylated CREB. The mitochondrial function was elevated and H2O2 production reduced, thus increasing the insulin sensitivity. The catalase overexpression improved mitochondrial respiration protecting the cells from fatty acid-induced, insulin resistance. This effect indicates that control of hydrogen peroxide production regulates the mitochondrial respiration preventing the insulin resistance in skeletal muscle cells by a mechanism associated with CREB phosphorylation and β-oxidation of fatty acids.
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- Marina R Barbosa
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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