Vestibular hair cells(HCs)in the inner ear,crucial for balance and spatial orientation,are classified into type I and type II subtypes,but the mechanisms regulating their differentiation remain unclear.In this study,w...Vestibular hair cells(HCs)in the inner ear,crucial for balance and spatial orientation,are classified into type I and type II subtypes,but the mechanisms regulating their differentiation remain unclear.In this study,we examined the role of Pou4f3,an important transcription factor,in vestibular HC differentiation using Pou4f3^(DTR/DTR)(deficient)and Pou4f3CreER/CreER(knockout)mouse models.In Pou4f3-deficient mice,the HC number decreased,and immature HCs failed to develop type I characteristics,indicating a developmental arrest.While type II HCs differentiated normally,Pou4f3 deficiency disrupted HC bundle formation and cell polarity.Findings from knockout models further confirmed the essential role of Pou4f3 in vestibular HC subtype specification.This study underscores the critical role of Pou4f3 in determining vestibular HC subtypes and offers insights into potential strategies for restoring vestibular function through HC regeneration.展开更多
Hearing relies on the structural and functional integrity of cochlear hair cells,particularly their apical F-actin-filled stereocilia.Phospholipid scramblases are important for maintaining membrane asymmetry,but their...Hearing relies on the structural and functional integrity of cochlear hair cells,particularly their apical F-actin-filled stereocilia.Phospholipid scramblases are important for maintaining membrane asymmetry,but their roles in the stereocilia and auditory functions are not fully understood.Here,we identify Plscr5 as a downstream target of the transcription factor POU4F3 essential for hair cell function,whose mutation causes human DFNA15 deafness.Plscr5 knockout mice exhibit progressive hearing loss due to stereocilia degeneration and hair cell loss.Functional analyses reveal that PLSCR5 contributes to phosphatidylserine externalization in hair cell apical membranes,particularly in inner hair cells,and is important for outer hair cell and stereocilia maintenance.Our findings highlight PLSCR5 as an important downstream effector of POU4F3 and regulator of phosphatidylserine externalization and membrane dynamics required for auditory functions.展开更多
Arctic sea ice is an important component of the global climate system and has experienced rapid changes during in the past few decades,the prediction of which is a significant application for climate models.In this st...Arctic sea ice is an important component of the global climate system and has experienced rapid changes during in the past few decades,the prediction of which is a significant application for climate models.In this study,a Localized Error Subspace Transform Kalman Filter is employed in a coupled climate system model(the Flexible Global Ocean–Atmosphere–Land System Model,version f3-L(FGOALS-f3-L))to assimilate sea-ice concentration(SIC)and sea-ice thickness(SIT)data for melting-season ice predictions.The scheme is applied through the following steps:(1)initialization for generating initial ensembles;(2)analysis for assimilating observed data;(3)adoption for dividing ice states into five thickness categories;(4)forecast for evolving the model;(5)resampling for updating model uncertainties.Several experiments were conducted to examine its results and impacts.Compared with the control experiment,the continuous assimilation experiments(CTNs)indicate assimilations improve model SICs and SITs persistently and generate realistic initials.Assimilating SIC+SIT data better corrects overestimated model SITs spatially than when only assimilating SIC data.The continuous assimilation restart experiments indicate the initials from the CTNs correct the overestimated marginal SICs and overall SITs remarkably well,as well as the cold biases in the oceanic and atmospheric models.The initials with SIC+SIT assimilated show more reasonable spatial improvements.Nevertheless,the SICs in the central Arctic undergo abnormal summer reductions,which is probably because overestimated SITs are reduced in the initials but the strong seasonal cycle(summer melting)biases are unchanged.Therefore,since systematic biases are complicated in a coupled system,for FGOALS-f3-L to make better ice predictions,oceanic and atmospheric assimilations are expected required.展开更多
利用SMART（switching mechanism at 5’end of the RNA transcript）技术构建了红肉猕猴桃品种‘红阳’（Actinidia chinesis cv‘Hongyang’）内果皮组织的全长cDNA文库，此文库的构建有助于克隆与次生代谢相关的基因，特别是红肉猕...利用SMART（switching mechanism at 5’end of the RNA transcript）技术构建了红肉猕猴桃品种‘红阳’（Actinidia chinesis cv‘Hongyang’）内果皮组织的全长cDNA文库，此文库的构建有助于克隆与次生代谢相关的基因，特别是红肉猕猴桃花青素特异合成代谢的基因。文库滴度为6．7×10^4cfu／mL，库容为2．72×10^8cfu／mL，文库重组率99．8％，插入片段多数分布在700～1000bp。随机挑选1014个克隆进行测序，测序成功963个，经过序列拼接去除低质量序列后获得632个unigenes，包括92个contigs和540个singletons，获得已知功能unigenes共441个。从所测克隆中得到一个花青素途径的结构基因AcF3H，其cDNA序列长1369bp（GenBank登录号：FJ542819），CDS区为1101bp，编码366个氨基酸的多肽。与拟南芥、葡萄及龙胆已知乃日氨基酸序列比对，发现该基因十分保守。通过RT—PCR技术对苍溪栽培的不同发育时期‘红阳’猕猴桃果实AcF3H基因的表达进行了分析。结果表明，果肉转色前AcF3H基因表达量较高，而转色初期表达量降低，此后随着果实着色加深表达量维持在较高水平。展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82271159,82071049,82425018,and 82101219)the STI2030-Major Projects(2022ZD0205400).
文摘Vestibular hair cells(HCs)in the inner ear,crucial for balance and spatial orientation,are classified into type I and type II subtypes,but the mechanisms regulating their differentiation remain unclear.In this study,we examined the role of Pou4f3,an important transcription factor,in vestibular HC differentiation using Pou4f3^(DTR/DTR)(deficient)and Pou4f3CreER/CreER(knockout)mouse models.In Pou4f3-deficient mice,the HC number decreased,and immature HCs failed to develop type I characteristics,indicating a developmental arrest.While type II HCs differentiated normally,Pou4f3 deficiency disrupted HC bundle formation and cell polarity.Findings from knockout models further confirmed the essential role of Pou4f3 in vestibular HC subtype specification.This study underscores the critical role of Pou4f3 in determining vestibular HC subtypes and offers insights into potential strategies for restoring vestibular function through HC regeneration.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82171136 and 92368110 to G.W.,82201291 to G.-J.Z.,82192861 to Z.X.,81970884 and 82192862 to X.G.)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20220188 to Q.L.,BK20220189 to G.-J.Z.)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(021414380533 to G.W.).
文摘Hearing relies on the structural and functional integrity of cochlear hair cells,particularly their apical F-actin-filled stereocilia.Phospholipid scramblases are important for maintaining membrane asymmetry,but their roles in the stereocilia and auditory functions are not fully understood.Here,we identify Plscr5 as a downstream target of the transcription factor POU4F3 essential for hair cell function,whose mutation causes human DFNA15 deafness.Plscr5 knockout mice exhibit progressive hearing loss due to stereocilia degeneration and hair cell loss.Functional analyses reveal that PLSCR5 contributes to phosphatidylserine externalization in hair cell apical membranes,particularly in inner hair cells,and is important for outer hair cell and stereocilia maintenance.Our findings highlight PLSCR5 as an important downstream effector of POU4F3 and regulator of phosphatidylserine externalization and membrane dynamics required for auditory functions.
基金jointly funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)[grant number 42130608]the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[grant number 2024M753169]。
文摘Arctic sea ice is an important component of the global climate system and has experienced rapid changes during in the past few decades,the prediction of which is a significant application for climate models.In this study,a Localized Error Subspace Transform Kalman Filter is employed in a coupled climate system model(the Flexible Global Ocean–Atmosphere–Land System Model,version f3-L(FGOALS-f3-L))to assimilate sea-ice concentration(SIC)and sea-ice thickness(SIT)data for melting-season ice predictions.The scheme is applied through the following steps:(1)initialization for generating initial ensembles;(2)analysis for assimilating observed data;(3)adoption for dividing ice states into five thickness categories;(4)forecast for evolving the model;(5)resampling for updating model uncertainties.Several experiments were conducted to examine its results and impacts.Compared with the control experiment,the continuous assimilation experiments(CTNs)indicate assimilations improve model SICs and SITs persistently and generate realistic initials.Assimilating SIC+SIT data better corrects overestimated model SITs spatially than when only assimilating SIC data.The continuous assimilation restart experiments indicate the initials from the CTNs correct the overestimated marginal SICs and overall SITs remarkably well,as well as the cold biases in the oceanic and atmospheric models.The initials with SIC+SIT assimilated show more reasonable spatial improvements.Nevertheless,the SICs in the central Arctic undergo abnormal summer reductions,which is probably because overestimated SITs are reduced in the initials but the strong seasonal cycle(summer melting)biases are unchanged.Therefore,since systematic biases are complicated in a coupled system,for FGOALS-f3-L to make better ice predictions,oceanic and atmospheric assimilations are expected required.
文摘利用SMART（switching mechanism at 5’end of the RNA transcript）技术构建了红肉猕猴桃品种‘红阳’（Actinidia chinesis cv‘Hongyang’）内果皮组织的全长cDNA文库，此文库的构建有助于克隆与次生代谢相关的基因，特别是红肉猕猴桃花青素特异合成代谢的基因。文库滴度为6．7×10^4cfu／mL，库容为2．72×10^8cfu／mL，文库重组率99．8％，插入片段多数分布在700～1000bp。随机挑选1014个克隆进行测序，测序成功963个，经过序列拼接去除低质量序列后获得632个unigenes，包括92个contigs和540个singletons，获得已知功能unigenes共441个。从所测克隆中得到一个花青素途径的结构基因AcF3H，其cDNA序列长1369bp（GenBank登录号：FJ542819），CDS区为1101bp，编码366个氨基酸的多肽。与拟南芥、葡萄及龙胆已知乃日氨基酸序列比对，发现该基因十分保守。通过RT—PCR技术对苍溪栽培的不同发育时期‘红阳’猕猴桃果实AcF3H基因的表达进行了分析。结果表明，果肉转色前AcF3H基因表达量较高，而转色初期表达量降低，此后随着果实着色加深表达量维持在较高水平。
