JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
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2024
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IF 3.6
Xiaomei Sun,Guizhen Song,Zengjuan Hu,Wenjing Zhang,Ning Luo,Huiju Gao
Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) is highly contagious and poses a serious threat to sericulture production. Because there are currently no effective treatments for BmNPV, a rapid and simple detection method is urgently needed. This paper describes an electrochemical immunosensor for the detection of BmNPV. The immunosensor was fabricated by covalently immobilizing anti-BmNPV, a biorecognition element, onto the surface of the working gold electrode via 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid (MUA)/β-mercaptoethanol (ME) hybrid self-assembled monolayers. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used to characterize the electrochemical performance and morphology of the immunosensor, respectively. Under optimum conditions, the developed immunosensor exhibited a linear response to BmNPV polyhedrin in the range of 1 × 10 2 –1 × 10 8 fg/mL, with a low detection limit of 14.54 fg/mL. The immunosensor also exhibited remarkable repeatability, reproducibility, specificity, accuracy, and regeneration. Normal silkworm blood was mixed with BmNPV polyhedrin and analyzed quantitatively using this sensor, and the recovery was 92.31 %–100.61 %. Additionally, the sensor was used to analyze silkworm blood samples at different time points after BmNPV infection, and an obvious antigen signal was detected at 12 h post infection. Although this result agreed with that provided by the conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method, the electroanalysis method established in this study was simpler, shorter in detection period, and lower in material cost. Furthermore, this innovative electrochemical immunosensor, developed for the ultra-sensitive and rapid detection of BmNPV, can be used for the early detection of virus-infected silkworms.
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生物技术
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病毒学
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分析化学
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Human Cell
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2024
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IF 3.4
Chen Die,Su Jimei,Huang Xueying,Chen Hongyu,Jiang Tiejia,Zhi Chunchun,Zhou Zuolin,Zhang Bing,Yu Lan,Jiang Xiaoling
Pathogenic variants of the KCNH1 gene can cause dominant-inherited Temple–Baraitser/Zimmermann–Laband syndrome with severe mental retardation, seizure, gingival hyperplasia and nail hypoplasia. This study established an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line using urinary cells from a girl with KCNH1 recurrent/hotspot pathogenic variant c.1070G > A (p.R357Q). The cell identity, pluripotency, karyotypic integrity, absence of reprogramming virus and mycoplasma contamination, and differential potential to three germ layers of the iPSC line, named as ZJUCHi003, were characterized and confirmed. Furthermore, ZJUCHi003-derived neurons manifested slower action potential repolarization process and wider action potential half-width than the normal neurons. This cell line will be useful for investigating the pathogenic mechanisms of KCNH1 variants-associated symptoms, as well as for evaluating novel therapeutic approaches.
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干细胞生物学
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遗传学
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神经科学
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EUPHYTICA
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2024
·Vol. 220
·期 4
·1-13
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IF 1.6
Zhong Yuan,Du Ming-jie,Ji Run-ze,Rong Qi,Guan Zi-heng,Cheng Fang-yun
Cross-incompatibility is the major challenge in inter-sectional distant hybridization between tree peonies ( Paeonia sect. Moutan ) and herbaceous peonies ( Paeonia sect. Paeonia ). Most of the intersectional cross combinations rarely produce hybrid progenies or even seeds. However, a combination with Paeonia × lemoinei Rehd. ( P. delavayi × P. suffruticosa , tree type) as the pollen parent and P. lactiflora (herbaceous) as the seed parent resulted in many progenies. This research focuses on cytogenetics of two highly compatible intersectional combinations, P. lactiflora ‘Martha W.’ × P. × lemoinei ‘Golden Era’ (‘MW’ × ‘GE’) and P. lactiflora ‘Fen Yun Fei He’ × P. × lemoinei ‘L’Esperance’ (‘FYFH’ × ‘LE’). Karyotype analysis combined with genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) showed that the seed parents, ‘MW’ and ‘FYFH’, are both diploids (2 n = 2 x = 10, CC), while the pollen parents, ‘GE’ and ‘LE’, are tetraploid (2 n = 4 x = 20, AABB) and diploid (2 n = 2 x = 10, AB) respectively. Four progenies from ‘MW’ × ‘GE’, and another four progenies from ‘FYFH’ × ‘LE’, are all triploids (2 n = 3 x = 15, ABC). P. × lemoinei contributes two sets of chromosomes (AB) showing distinct signals in all tested triploids. The essential of a successful intersectional hybridization is to obtain 2 x gametes from tree peony. P. × lemoinei has better compatibility in intersectional hybridization than other tree peony species, probably because of its higher frequency of 2 x gamete (unreduced in diploid, or reduced in tetraploid) generation. Tetraploid tree peonies, such as ‘GE’, might produce abundant 2 x gametes through normal meiosis, which is the possible reason for their better fertility and superior intersectional compatibility than diploid tree peonies. The mechanism of compatibility in intersectional hybridization is supposed to be a rebalance between the distant divergent parents, tree peonies and herbaceous peonies, triggered by ploidy increase of gametes from tree peonies. The discovery of tetraploid tree peony also provides valuable materials to study the mechanism of polyploidization in sect. Moutan , and to promote the distant hybridization breeding in Paeonia.
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植物学
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遗传学
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植物育种
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CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2024
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IF 3.2
Xiao Bao,Yuxia Yang,Wenbin Niu,Yimin Wang,Hao Shi,Yangyun Zou,Yidong Liu,Cheng Wan,Jun Ren,Sijia Lu,Yingpu Sun
Background Chromosome abnormalities are a leading cause of conception failure and pregnancy loss. While traditional cytogenetics technologies like karyotyping have been helpful in identifying structural variations (SVs), they face challenges in detecting complex rearrangements and cryptic structures. In this study, we developed a new method called chromosome conformation based karyotyping (C-MoKa) to comprehensively detect different types of chromosomal abnormalities in patients with conception failure and pregnancy loss. Methods A total of 70 clinical samples exhibiting known results of SVs, mosaic aneuploidies, copy number variations （CNVs） and uniparental disomy (UPD) were included in our cohort and underwent C-MoKa analysis. The results obtained from different techniques, including karyotyping, CNV-seq, and CMA were compared and analyzed. Results Distinct chromosomal conformation patterns of various variations were observed and analyzed in clinical samples. Our C-MoKa method not only validated all the findings of karyotyping, CNV-seq and CMA, but also provided more detailed results. It demonstrated superior fragment resolution (<500 Kb) and more precise breakpoints (>100 kb). Moreover, C-MoKa showed higher sensitivity in decoding intricate rearrangements in a single test. Conclusions Our results highlight the potential utility of C-MoKa in precisely unraveling SVs, mosaic aneuploidies, CNVs, and UPD in clinical settings, which can significantly impact further clinical decision-making.
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遗传学
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生殖医学
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分子生物学
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EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS
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2016
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IF 1.247
Yunyun Tian,Li Tao,Siriguleng Zhao,Dapeng Tai,Dongjun Liu,Pengxia Liu
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are one of the most promising cell populations for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Of utmost importance to MSC research is identification of MSC sources that are easily obtainable and stable. Several studies have shown that MSCs can be isolated from amniotic fluid. The sheep is one of the main types of farm animal, and it has many biophysical and biochemical similarities to humans. Here, we obtained MSCs from ovine amniotic fluid and determined the expansion capacity, surface and intracellular marker expression, karyotype, and multilineage differentiation ability of these ovine amniotic fluid mesenchymal stem cells (oAF-MSCs). Moreover, expression levels of differentiation markers were measured using reverse transcription-qPCR (RT-qPCR). Our phenotypic analysis shows that the isolated oAF-MSCs are indeed MSCs.
研究领域:
干细胞生物学
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再生医学
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组织工程
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兽医学
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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
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2015
·Vol. 99
·期 21
·9135-9146
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IF 3.337
Xie Xing,Pang Maoda,Liang Shan,Yu Lei,Zhao Yanbing,Ma Ke,Kalhoro Dildar Hussain,Lu Chengping,Liu Yongjie
Dogs are susceptible to infectious diseases that occur primarily in the respiratory tract. The airway epithelium acts as a first line of defense and is constantly exposed to microorganisms present in the environment. Respiratory epithelial cells have recently gained wide use as a cell model for studying the pathogenesis of human, murine or swine respiratory pathogen infections. However, studies of the pathogenic mechanisms of canine pathogens have been hindered by the lack of reliable respiratory cell lines. Here, we cultured primary canine bronchiolar epithelial cells (CBECs), whose characteristics were confirmed by their expression of the epithelial cell-specific marker cytokeratin 18, and have provided protocols for their isolation and ex vivo expansion. Further, we established immortalized CBECs containing the human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) gene via transfection of primary CBECs with the recombinant plasmid pEGFP-hTERT. Immortalized bronchiolar epithelial cells (hTERT-CBECs) retain the morphological and functional features of primary CBECs, as indicated by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, proliferation assays, karyotype analysis, telomerase activity assay, and Western blotting, which demonstrate that hTERT-CBECs have higher telomerase activity, an extended proliferative lifespan, and a diploid complement of chromosomes, even after Passage 50. Moreover, this cell line is not transformed, as evaluated using soft agar assays and tumorigenicity analysis in nude mice, and can therefore be safely used in future studies. The isolation and establishment of stable hTERT-CBECs is of great importance for use as an in vitro model for mechanistic studies of canine pathogenic infections.
研究领域:
兽医学
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细胞生物学
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分子生物学
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微生物学
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