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... BACKGROUND: The AU-rich element (ARE)-binding factor 1 (AUF1) acts as a switch for septic shock, although its underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. In this study, we examined the biological significance and potential molecular mechanism of AUF1 in regulating ferroptosis in sepsis-induced acute lung injury (ALI). METHODS: Alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) challenged with ferroptosis-inducing ...
Saccharomyces cerevisiae; alcoholic fermentation; cycloheximide; ethanol; proteasome endopeptidase complex; protein degradation; protein synthesis; proteolysis; yeasts
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... Although the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, produces ethanol via alcoholic fermentation, high-concentration ethanol is harmful to yeast cells. Severe ethanol stress (> 9% v/v) inhibits protein synthesis and increases the level of intracellular protein aggregates. However, its effect on proteolysis in yeast cells remains largely unknown. We examined the effects of ethanol on proteasomal p ...
ambient temperature; ammonium acetate; colchicine; cycloheximide; hexane; high performance liquid chromatography; intravenous injection; isopropyl alcohol; methylene chloride; rats; tandem mass spectrometry
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... The development of a selective and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic tandem mass spectrometric method for the determination of cycloheximide (CHX) in rat blood and plasma is described. The extraction of CHX and colchicine as internal standard from blood fluid (0.1 mL) was achieved using n-hexane: dichloromethane: isopropanol (20:10:1 v/v/v). The mobile phase, a combination of metha ...
... One of the key factors affecting seed quality is microbial communities residing on and in the seeds. In this study, microbial populations of seeds of conventionally and organically produced wheat, barley, and maize were analyzed using two different approaches: the cultivation method and metagenomics. For cultivation, three basic media were used: DG18 (for fungi), and nutrient agar or tryptic soy a ...
... Earthworms are an integral part of soil ecosystems, especially for their role in soil functions such as organic matter (OM) decomposition and nutrient cycling. Earthworms and microorganisms are interdependent, and a considerable portion of the contribution earthworms make to influencing OM fate is through interactions with microorganisms. However, the importance of the earthworm-associated microbi ...
... Breast cancer susceptibility gene 2 (BRCA2) mediates genome maintenance during the S phase of the cell cycle, with important roles in replication stress, centrosome replication, and cytokinesis. In this study, we showed that a small heat shock protein, HSP27, interacted with and participated in the degradation of BRCA2 in estrogen-treated MCF-7 cells. BRCA2 degradation reportedly requires ubiquiti ...
... Candidiasis is a fungal infection caused by Candida species which has been reported in most domestic and wild birds and mammals. In this study, 196 samples from different species of birds with suspected symptoms of candidiasis were examined. Pharyngeal swabs, cloacal swabs, and fecal samples were taken from the birds. The samples were cultured in sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) containing cyclohexim ...
... The goal of the present study is to compare the effectiveness of using insect baits versus artificial selective medium for isolating entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) from soil samples. The soil is a rich habitat for microorganisms, including EPF particularly belonging to the genera Metarhizium and Beauveria, which can regulate arthropod pests. Biological products based on fungi are available in the ma ...
animal models; blood serum; blood stasis; body weight; ceramide glucosyltransferase; ceramides; cycloheximide; diet; enzyme activity; fatty liver; fibrosis; free fatty acids; inflammation; interleukin-6; liver; mechanism of action; non-specific serine/threonine protein kinase; oils; protein synthesis; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; serine; sphingosine N-acyltransferase; traditional medicine; triacylglycerols
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... Danhe granule (DHG) is used by Chinese doctors to treat blood stasis, phlegm and dampness. Its lipid-lowering ability has been investigated in our previous research. However, the anti-liver inflammatory and fibrotic effects and mechanism of action of DHG in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) have not been explored. To evaluate the ameliorative effects of DHG on liver inflammation and fibrosis in ...
Rosellinia necatrix; avocados; chlorothalonil; cycloheximide; forestry; host plants; nystatin; pathogens; plant pathology; protocols; root rot; selective media; soil; South Africa
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... Rosellinia necatrix is an ascomycete that causes white root rot (WRR) of several plant host species resulting in economic losses to affected agricultural and forestry industries in various regions. This study aimed to identify and monitor the prevalence of R. necatrix in avocado orchards in South Africa. We used both morphological and molecular methods to isolate and identify R. necatrix from dise ...
Basseem Radwan; Stefano Rocchetti; Ewelina Matuszyk; Magdalena Sternak; Maciej Stodulski; Robert Pawlowski; Jacek Mlynarski; Krzysztof Brzozowski; Stefan Chlopicki; Malgorzata Baranska
... Endothelial cells line the lumen of all vessels in the body and maintain vascular homeostasis. In particular, endothelial cell regeneration in response to insult sustain functional endothelial layer. EdU (5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine) is an alkyne-tagged proliferation probe that incorporates into newly synthesized DNA and is used for fluorescence imaging of cell proliferation with the use of “click c ...
... Widespread resistance to QoIs, DMI and SDHIs fungicides has been reported for Brazilian populations of the wheat blast pathogen Pyricularia oryzae Triticum lineage (PoTl). A pre-existing resistance mechanism not associated with target site mutations has been indicated for resistance to DMIs and SDHIs, with strong indication that PoTl has multidrugresistance (MDR). Therefore, the main objective of ...
... Laurel wilt is a lethal vascular disease affecting native Lauraceae in North America. The causal fungus, Raffaelea lauricola T.C. Harr., Fraedrich & Aghayeva, and its symbiont, redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff, are native to Asia (Fraedrich et al. 2008; Harrington et al. 2008). Since their introduction near Savannah, Georgia, in 2002 (Fraedrich et al. 2008), laurel wilt has spr ...
... Fungi typically prevail in acidic soils and have a stronger preference for complex organic compounds than bacteria. Thus, we hypothesized that fungi would play a more important role in gross nitrogen (N) transformation in acidic soil than bacteria, and the dominance of fungi on gross N transformations in acidic soil would increase following complex organic inputs. Herein, we determined bacterial a ...
... Glabridin, a polyphenolic flavonoid isolated from the root of the glycyrrhiza glabra, has been demonstrated to have anti-tumor properties in human malignancies. This study found that glabridin decreased the viability of human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 and MCF7 cells in a dose-dependent manner that was not involved in the caspase-3 cascade. Glabridin promoted the formation of extensive cytoplasmic v ...
... Since the onset of molecular biology, the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila has been one of the most convenient single-celled model eukaryotes for genetics, biochemistry, and cell biology. Particularly, thanks to the availability of several different selection markers, it is possible to knock out or knock in genes at multiple genetic loci simultaneously in Tetrahymena, which makes it an excellent mo ...
... Present study demonstrates that conspecific vitellogenin1 (CFVg1) induces oocyte maturation in the catfish, Clarias batrachus. CFVg1 is able to develop fertilizable eggs in the Clarias batrachus. Therefore, different in vitro oocyte culture experiments were designed to see whether CFVg1 has efficacy of oocyte maturation and its pathway. In in vitro oocyte culture experiment, CFVg1 showed a dose- a ...
... Resistance to the antibiotic Cycloheximide has been reported for a number of fungal taxa. In particular, some yeasts are known to be highly resistant to this antibiotic. Early research showed that this resulted from a transition mutation in one of the 60S ribosomal protein genes. In addition to the yeasts, most genera and species in the Ophiostomatales are highly resistant to this antibiotic, whic ...
... The tumour necrosis factor superfamily (TNFSF) plays critical roles in tumour apoptosis, tissue morphogenesis and lineage determination. TNFSF10 (TRAIL or Apol‐2) belongs to the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) cytokine family and induces rapid apoptosis in a wide variety of tumour cell lines upon binding to death‐inducing signalling receptors. In this study, we identified TNFSF10 from Nile tilapia (O ...
... Background: Enterovirus infections affect people around the world, causing a range of illnesses, from mild fevers to severe, potentially fatal conditions. There are no approved treatments for enterovirus infections. Methods: We have tested our library of broad-spectrum antiviral agents (BSAs) against echovirus 1 (EV1) in human adenocarcinoma alveolar basal epithelial A549 cells. We also tested com ...
... ABC export proteins including Multidrug resistance-related protein 2 (Mrp2) serve as detoxification mechanism in renal proximal tubules due to active transport of xenobiotics and metabolic waste products into primary urine. The environmental pollutants aluminum and arsenic interfere with a multitude of regulatory mechanisms in the body and here their impact on ABC transporter function was studied. ...
Drechslera; androstanes; cycloheximide; fungi; hydroxylation; lithocholic acid; mass spectrometry; mycelium; mycology; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; oxidoreductases; prasterone; pregnanes; pregnenolone; testosterone
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... Fungal strain Drechslera sp. Ph F-34 was shown to modify 3-oxo- and 3-hydroxy steroids of androstane series to form the corresponding allylic 7-alcohols and 17β-reduced derivatives thus evidencing the presence of 7α-, 7β-hydroxylase and 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17β-HSD) activities. The growing mycelium predominantly hydroxylated androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione (ADD) at the 7β-position, whil ...
... Lignin enhanced biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil, but collaboration among soil microorganisms during this process remains poorly understood. Here we explored the relations between microbial communities and PAH transformation in soil microcosms amended with lignin. Mineralization of the four-ring benzo(a)anthracene (BaA), which was selected as a model, was determine ...
... The calmodulin‐binding transcription activator (CAMTA) proteins of Arabidopsis thaliana play a major role in cold acclimation, contributing to the rapid induction of the C‐REPEAT BINDING FACTOR (CBF) genes and other genes that impart freezing tolerance in plants exposed to cold temperature (4°C). The goal of this study was to better understand how the gene induction activity of CAMTA3 is modulated ...
... Humans are exposed to different contaminants including mycotoxins. Deoxynivalenol (DON), a potent ribosome inhibitor, is a highly prevalent mycotoxin in the food chain worldwide. Although DON is not genotoxic, we previously showed that it exacerbates the genotoxicity of colibactin, a DNA-crosslinking toxin produced by bacteria in the gut. In the present study, we investigated whether this phenotyp ...
... Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi causes olive knot disease that afflicts olive trees globally. A sensitive and reproducible in vitro pathogenicity bioassay using detached leaf segments was developed after isolation of Psav on KB medium amended with vancomycin, cephalexin and cycloheximide. Symptoms were clear under 20X magnification after 10 days. This bioassay will facilitate rapid screening ...
... NOD-like receptor (NLR)X1 (NLRX1) is a negative regulator of inflammation by inhibiting nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling and downstream pro-inflammatory factors. However, its post-translational modification and how it participates in regulating the inflammatory responses in macrophages are still unclear. Here, we found that NLRX1 was modified with O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc). The in ...
Brassica rapa subsp. trilocularis; Chinese cabbage; chromosome mapping; chromosomes; cooling; cycloheximide; early flowering; exons; genomics; inbred lines; late flowering; molecular biology; single nucleotide polymorphism; stop codon; transcriptome; vernalization
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... KEY MESSAGE: Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD)-mediated degradation of BrFLC2 transcripts is the main cause of rapid flowering of oilseed-type B. rapa ‘LP08’ plants. Many Brassica species require vernalization (long-term winter-like cooling) for transition to the reproductive stage. In the past several decades, scientific efforts have been made to discern the molecular mechanisms underlying verna ...
... Invitro maturation is an important process in the invitro production of embryos. It has been shown recently that 3 cytokines: fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2), leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), increase the efficiency of IVM, blastocyst production, and invivo development following somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) in pigs (Yuan et al. 2017 PNAS 114, E57 ...
... As has been shown previously, fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2), leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF), and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) in combination play a positive role in maintaining the quality of mammalian oocytes maturing invitro. In the present work, we studied the effects of these cytokines in optimal concentrations when added in combination to IVM medium on the nuclear status and dev ...
... Defects in intestinal tight junction (TJ) barrier cause intestinal inflammation. We investigated the effects of 5,7-dimethoxyflavone (DMF), abundantly found in black ginger, on the TJ barrier in human intestinal Caco-2 cells. DMF reinforced TJ barrier integrity, indicated by increased transepithelial electrical resistance and reduced dextran permeability in Caco-2 cells. Immunoblot analysis reveal ...
... Since the AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/c‐Myc signaling plays a pivotal role in the modulation of aerobic glycolysis and tumor growth, in the present study, the role of AKT/mTOR/c‐Myc signaling in the apoptotic effect of Compound K (CK), an active ginseng saponin metabolite, was explored in HepG2 and Huh7 human hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HCCs). Here, CK exerted significant cytotoxi ...
... Singlet oxygen (¹O₂) production is associated with stress signalling. Here, using Arabidopsis as a model system, we study the effects of the accumulation of 8‐hydroxyguanosine (8‐oxoG), a major product of ¹O₂‐mediated RNA oxidation. We show that 8‐oxoG can accumulate in vivo when ¹O₂ is produced in the cytoplasm. Conditions for such production include the application of RB in the light, dark‐to‐li ...
Prorocentrum; cycloheximide; ecosystems; energy; genome; genomics; human health; poisonous algae; proteome; research
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... Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are symptomatic of ecosystem imbalance, leading to major worldwide marine natural disasters, and seriously threaten the human health. Some HAB algae’s exceptional genome size prohibited the genomic investigations on molecular mechanisms, for example, Prorocentrum. This study performed translatome sequencing (RNC-seq) for Prorocentrum donghaiense to assemble the translat ...
Western blotting; apoptosis; cancer therapy; cisplatin; computer simulation; cycloheximide; cytotoxicity; lung neoplasms; phosphorylation; precipitin tests; van der Waals forces
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... Lung cancer is a leading fatal malignancy due to the high incidence of treatment failure. Dysfunction of the tumor suppressor p53 contributes to cancer initiation, progression, and therapeutic resistance. Targeting MDM2, a negative regulator of p53, has recently attracted interest in cancer drug research as it may restore tumor suppressive function.The present study aimed to investigate the effect ...
... Biocides have been frequently used to understand the roles of fungi and bacteria on soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling. However, addition of biocides to soil can result in unwanted temporary increases in C and N supply to surviving microbes due to a pulse in microbial necromass, and where biocides can directly be used as sources of C and N. We assessed temporary dynamics in microbial biomass ...
... Patulin is a well-known mycotoxin widely found in rotten fruits, produced by a series of toxigenic fungi, particularly Penicillium expansum. Patulin is hazardous to human and animal health. Meyerozyma guilliermondii is an antagonistic yeast that has been found to have biocontrol properties against blue mold disease in pears. But, it is not clear whether M. guilliermondii can degrade patulin. The p ...
... The exposure of human endothelial cells to 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1) induced the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Interestingly, after a prolonged incubation (>8 h) several proteoforms were visualized by Western blot, corresponding to different states of glycosylation of the protein. This effect was specific for SIN-1 that generates peroxynitrite a ...
cycloheximide; electron microscopy; polyribosomes; protein synthesis
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... Employed for over half a century to study protein synthesis, cycloheximide (CHX, 1) is a small molecule natural product that reversibly inhibits translation elongation. More recently, CHX has been applied to ribosome profiling, a method for mapping ribosome positions on mRNA genome-wide. Despite CHX’s extensive use, CHX treatment often results in incomplete translation inhibition due to its rapid ...
Valentine Spagnol; Caio A.B. Oliveira; Suzanne J. Randle; Patrícia M.S. Passos; Camila R.S.T.B. Correia; Natália B. Simaroli; Joice S. Oliveira; Tycho E.T. Mevissen; Ana Carla Medeiros; Marcelo D. Gomes; David Komander; Heike Laman; Felipe Roberti Teixeira
... Ubiquitously eXpressed Transcript isoform 2 (UXTV2) is a prefoldin-like protein involved in NF-κB signaling, apoptosis, and the androgen and estrogen response. UXT-V2 is a cofactor in the NF-κB transcriptional enhanceosome, and its knockdown inhibits TNF-α -induced NF-κB activation. Fbxo7 is an F-box protein that interacts with SKP1, Cullin1 and RBX1 proteins to form an SCF(Fbxo7) E3 ubiquitin lig ...
... Rhodotorula mucilaginosa is an antagonistic yeast for which our research team has recently reported interesting biocontrol activities against blue mould decay of apples and a strong ability to decrease the patulin concentration in vivo. However, the possible mechanisms of patulin degradation by R. mucilaginosa and the toxicity of patulin degradation products remain unclear. In this study, the effe ...
... To better understand the effects of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and yeasts on the structure and fermentation properties of Tibetan kefir grains (TKGs), we treated TKGs for 1 month with high doses of mycillin and cycloheximide to inhibit LAB and yeasts, respectively. The results showed that in each group of TKGs, Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens was the only dominant and stable bacterial species, and i ...
Alana Azevedo Borges; Maria Claudia dos Santos Luciano; Matheus Barbosa do Nascimento; Gabriela Pereira de Oliveira Lira; Fátima de Cássia Evangelista de Oliveira; Claudia Pessoa; Alexsandra Fernandes Pereira
... The success of cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer depends on the efficiency of nuclear reprogramming, with the cycle stage of the donor cell playing a crucial role. Therefore, the aim was to evaluate three different approaches for cell cycle synchronization: (i) serum starvation (SS) for 1 to 4 days, (ii) contact inhibition (CI) for 1 to 3 days, and (iii) using cell cycle regulatory inhibito ...
... Inorganic arsenic is widely present in the environment. Exposure to moderate to high concentrations of arsenic from drinking water or air can cause various cancers and multisystem dysfunction. Glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress sensor of unfolded protein response (UPR) under stress conditions and it enhances cell survival. The aim of this study is to inves ...
... Estrogen therapy is used to treat patients with post-menopausal symptoms, such as hot flashes and dyspareunia. Estrogen therapy also decreases the risk of fractures from osteoporosis in post-menopausal women. However, estrogen increases the risk of venous thromboembolic events, such as pulmonary embolism, but the pathways through which estrogen increase the risk of thromboembolism is unknown. Here ...
... It has been implied that deregulation of cyclin D1 turnover under stresses can facilitate genomic instability and trigger tumorigenesis. Much focus has been placed on identifying the E3 ligases responsible for mediating cyclin D1 degradation. However, the findings were quite controversial and cell type-dependent. Little is known about how cyclin D1 is regulated in precancerous cells upon DNA damag ...
... Most members of basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor (TF) subgroup A play important roles as positive effectors in abscisic acid (ABA) signaling during germination and/or in vegetative stress responses. In multiple plant species, one member, ABA insensitive 5 (ABI5), is a major TF that promotes seed maturation and blocks early seeding growth in response to ABA. Other members, referred ...
AMP-activated protein kinase; Food and Drug Administration; agonists; carbonate dehydratase; cycloheximide; death; ecotoxicology; fenofibrate; glioblastoma; humans; hyperlipidemia; hypoxia-inducible factor 1; monitoring; proteasome inhibitors; protein degradation; protein synthesis; protein synthesis inhibitors; public health
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... Cancer and its associated conditions have significant impacts on public health at many levels worldwide, and cancer is the leading cause of death among adults. Peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor α (PPARα)‐specific agonists, fibrates, have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for managing hyperlipidemia. PPARα‐specific agonists exert anti‐cancer effects in many human cancer typ ...
... We previously found that pharmacological inhibition of prolyl-tRNA synthetase by halofuginone has potent activity against Nosema ceranae, an important pathogen of honey bees. However, we also observed that prolyl-tRNA synthetase inhibition is toxic to bees, suggesting further work is necessary to make this a feasible therapeutic strategy. As expected, we found that pharmacological inhibition of pr ...
... During our previous investigation, bioactive compounds present in the extract of Streptomyces sp. strain 196 were characterized using LC–MS/MS and ¹H NMR studies. These compounds were K-252-C aglycone indolocarbazole alkaloid, decoyinine, and cycloheximide; the study of these natural drugs against lung carcinoma is still limited. Focus of the current investigation was to study the anticancer effec ...