To optimize both grain yield and quality of low-glutelin rice cultivars under N-fertilizer strategies, two-year field experiments involving three low-glutelin rice cultivars（W1240, W1721, W025） and an ordinary rice ...To optimize both grain yield and quality of low-glutelin rice cultivars under N-fertilizer strategies, two-year field experiments involving three low-glutelin rice cultivars（W1240, W1721, W025） and an ordinary rice cultivar（H9405） with five N treatments were carried out to determine the effects of N application rate and genotype on protein fractions contents and Glutelin/Prolamin ratio（Glu/Pro）. The difference of protein fraction concentrations affected by N application rate existed in genotypes. Ordinary rice cultivar had a larger increase in glutlein concentration affected by N application rate than low-glutelin rice cultivars did. Glutelin in H9405 had a increase of 30.6 and 41.0% under the N4 treatment（360 kg N ha^（–1）） when compared with N0 treatment（no fertilizer N） in 2010 and 2011 respectively, while all the low-glutelin rice cultivars showed relatively smaller increases for two years. Variance analysis showed no significant effect of N application rate on glutelin in W1240 and W025 while the effects on albumin, globulin and prolamin were significant in low-glutelin rice. What＇s more, N treatment had no significant i nfluence on Glu/Pro ratios in low-glutelin rice cultivars while a significant increase in Glu/Pro ratio was observed in ordinary rice cultivar. So low-gultelin rice cultivars showed a different pattern from ordinary rice cultivars when influenced by N application rate.展开更多
为探究脯氨酸(Proline,Pro)、谷氨酸(Glutamic Acid,Glu)二肽与鲜味受体分子相互作用,该研究合成了12个Pro、Glu二肽,以感官评价为基础,利用同源建模、分子对接技术研究Pro、Glu二肽与味觉受体第一家族亚型1(Taste Receptor Type 1 Memb...为探究脯氨酸(Proline,Pro)、谷氨酸(Glutamic Acid,Glu)二肽与鲜味受体分子相互作用,该研究合成了12个Pro、Glu二肽,以感官评价为基础,利用同源建模、分子对接技术研究Pro、Glu二肽与味觉受体第一家族亚型1(Taste Receptor Type 1 Member 1,T1R1)、味觉受体第一家族亚型3(Taste Receptor Type 1 Member 3,T1R3)和钙敏感受体(Calcium Sensitive Receptor,CaSR)的构效关系。结果表明:除脯氨酸-丝氨酸(Proline-serine,Pro-Ser)、缬氨酸-脯氨酸(Valine-proline,Val-Pro)和亮氨酸-谷氨酸(Leucine-glutamic Acid,Leu-Glu)不呈鲜,其余二肽的呈鲜阈值均低于谷氨酸钠阈值(0.3 mg/mL),其中γ-谷氨酸-蛋氨酸(γ-Glutamic Acid-methionine,γ-Glu-Met)和甘氨酸-谷氨酸(Glycine-glutamic Acid,Gly-Glu)的呈鲜阈值最低,为0.07 mg/mL。二肽与T1R1的关键结合位点为Asp147、Thr149、Ser172和Arg277,T1R1是Glu二肽呈鲜的重要受体;与T1R3的关键结合位点为Glu45、Ser147、Val277和His278,Ser147是N-γ-Glu二肽与T1R3受体的关键结合位点;与CaSR的关键结合位点为Leu173、Asn176、Gln179、Arg220、Ser244和Asp275,Glu二肽比Pro二肽更易与CaSR受体结合。二肽与受体主要通过氢键与疏水相互作用结合,呈味较强的二肽在对接时多嵌于受体结合口袋深处;呈味较弱的二肽有的位于结合口袋较浅的位置,有的其疏水区或亲水区暴露于受体表面。该研究有助于阐明鲜味肽与鲜味受体相互作用机制,为深入研究鲜味肽呈鲜机理奠定基础。展开更多
AIM: To investigate the influence of the CagA diversity in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori ) strains from Colombia on the host cell biology. METHODS: Eighty-four H. pylori-cagA positive strains with different Glu-Pro-I...AIM: To investigate the influence of the CagA diversity in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori ) strains from Colombia on the host cell biology. METHODS: Eighty-four H. pylori-cagA positive strains with different Glu-Pro-Ile-Tyr-Ala (EPIYA) motifs patterns, isolated from patients with gastritis (n=17), atrophic gastritis (n=17), duodenal ulcer (n=16), intestinal metaplasia (n=16) and gastric cancer (n=18), were included. To determine the integrity of the cag pathogenicity island (cag PAI) we evaluated the presence of cagA, cagT, cagE, and cag10 genes by polymerase chain reaction. AGS gastric epithelial cellswere infected with each strain and assayed for translo-cation and tyrosine phosphorylation of CagA by western blot, secretion of interleukin-8 (IL-8) by enzyme-linked immuno sorbent assay after taking supernatants from cocultures and cell elongation induction. For cell elongation quantification, coculture photographs were taken and the proportion of "hummingbird" cells (>15 μm) was determined. RESULTS: Overall 72% (60/84) of the strains were found to harbor a functional cag PAI. Levels of phos-phorylated CagA were significantly higher for isolates from duodenal ulcer than the ones in strains from gas-tritis, atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia and gastric cancer (49.1% ± 23.1% vs 21.1% ± 19.5%, P < 0.02; 49.1% ± 23.1% vs 26.2%±14.8%, P<0.045; 49.1% ± 23.1% vs 21.5% ± 19.5%, P<0.043 and 49.1% ± 23.1% vs 29.5% ± 27.1%, P < 0.047 respectively). We observed variable IL-8 expression levels ranging from 0 to 810 pg/mL and from 8.8 to 1442 pg/mL at 6 h and 30 h post-infection, respectively. cagPAI-defective strains did not induce detectable levels of IL-8 at 6 h post-infection. At 30 h post-infection all strains induced IL-8 expression in AGS cells, although cagPAI-defective strains induced significantly lower levels of IL-8 than strains with a functional cagPAI (57.1 ± 56.6 pg/mL vs 513.6 ± 338.6 pg/mL,P < 0.0001). We did not observe differences in the extent of cell elongation induction between strains with a functional or a defective cagPAI in 6 h cocultures. At 24 h post infection strains with functionalcagPAI showed high diversity in the extent of hummingbird phenotype induction ranging from 7% to 34%. cag PAI defective strains induced significantly lower levels of elongation than strains with functional cag-PAI with one or more than one EPIYA-C motif (15.1% ± 5.2%vs 18.9% ± 4.7%,P < 0.03; and 15.1% ± 5.2% vs 20.0% ± 5.1%, P < 0.003 respectively). No differences were observed in cellular elongation inductionor IL-8 expression among H. pylori strains bearing one and more than one EPIYA-C motifs, neither at 6 h nor at 24 h of coculture. There were no associations between the levels of induction of cell elongation or IL-8 expression and number of EPIYA motifs or pathology. CONCLUSION: The present work describes a lack of association between H. pylori CagA protein EPIYA motifs variations from Colombian isolates and disease-associated cellular responses.展开更多
Maize plants are well colonized with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which contribute mineral nutrients absorption from soil. However little is known about their role in nitrogen (N) absorption especially from ami...Maize plants are well colonized with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which contribute mineral nutrients absorption from soil. However little is known about their role in nitrogen (N) absorption especially from amino acids, which reach a considerable quantity in soils. This experiment was conducted to investigate N acquisition from amino acids through AMF symbiosis. AMF inoculation clearly increased the N content of maize supplied with amino acids (Glu, Ala and Pro). Further study of xylem sap revealed that the composition of amino acids was changed by AMF inoculation. These results indicate that AMF contribute N from amino acids, and may affect the nitrogen assimilation of host plants.展开更多
基金provided by the Key Technologies R&D Program of China during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011BAD16B14, 2012BAD20B05, 2012BAD04B08)
文摘To optimize both grain yield and quality of low-glutelin rice cultivars under N-fertilizer strategies, two-year field experiments involving three low-glutelin rice cultivars（W1240, W1721, W025） and an ordinary rice cultivar（H9405） with five N treatments were carried out to determine the effects of N application rate and genotype on protein fractions contents and Glutelin/Prolamin ratio（Glu/Pro）. The difference of protein fraction concentrations affected by N application rate existed in genotypes. Ordinary rice cultivar had a larger increase in glutlein concentration affected by N application rate than low-glutelin rice cultivars did. Glutelin in H9405 had a increase of 30.6 and 41.0% under the N4 treatment（360 kg N ha^（–1）） when compared with N0 treatment（no fertilizer N） in 2010 and 2011 respectively, while all the low-glutelin rice cultivars showed relatively smaller increases for two years. Variance analysis showed no significant effect of N application rate on glutelin in W1240 and W025 while the effects on albumin, globulin and prolamin were significant in low-glutelin rice. What＇s more, N treatment had no significant i nfluence on Glu/Pro ratios in low-glutelin rice cultivars while a significant increase in Glu/Pro ratio was observed in ordinary rice cultivar. So low-gultelin rice cultivars showed a different pattern from ordinary rice cultivars when influenced by N application rate.
文摘为探究脯氨酸(Proline,Pro)、谷氨酸(Glutamic Acid,Glu)二肽与鲜味受体分子相互作用,该研究合成了12个Pro、Glu二肽,以感官评价为基础,利用同源建模、分子对接技术研究Pro、Glu二肽与味觉受体第一家族亚型1(Taste Receptor Type 1 Member 1,T1R1)、味觉受体第一家族亚型3(Taste Receptor Type 1 Member 3,T1R3)和钙敏感受体(Calcium Sensitive Receptor,CaSR)的构效关系。结果表明:除脯氨酸-丝氨酸(Proline-serine,Pro-Ser)、缬氨酸-脯氨酸(Valine-proline,Val-Pro)和亮氨酸-谷氨酸(Leucine-glutamic Acid,Leu-Glu)不呈鲜,其余二肽的呈鲜阈值均低于谷氨酸钠阈值(0.3 mg/mL),其中γ-谷氨酸-蛋氨酸(γ-Glutamic Acid-methionine,γ-Glu-Met)和甘氨酸-谷氨酸(Glycine-glutamic Acid,Gly-Glu)的呈鲜阈值最低,为0.07 mg/mL。二肽与T1R1的关键结合位点为Asp147、Thr149、Ser172和Arg277,T1R1是Glu二肽呈鲜的重要受体;与T1R3的关键结合位点为Glu45、Ser147、Val277和His278,Ser147是N-γ-Glu二肽与T1R3受体的关键结合位点;与CaSR的关键结合位点为Leu173、Asn176、Gln179、Arg220、Ser244和Asp275,Glu二肽比Pro二肽更易与CaSR受体结合。二肽与受体主要通过氢键与疏水相互作用结合,呈味较强的二肽在对接时多嵌于受体结合口袋深处;呈味较弱的二肽有的位于结合口袋较浅的位置,有的其疏水区或亲水区暴露于受体表面。该研究有助于阐明鲜味肽与鲜味受体相互作用机制,为深入研究鲜味肽呈鲜机理奠定基础。
基金Supported by National Cancer Institute, Bogotá, Colombia,Grant No. 41030310 to Bravo MM and Sciences Faculty, LosAndes University, Bogotá, Colombia
文摘AIM: To investigate the influence of the CagA diversity in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori ) strains from Colombia on the host cell biology. METHODS: Eighty-four H. pylori-cagA positive strains with different Glu-Pro-Ile-Tyr-Ala (EPIYA) motifs patterns, isolated from patients with gastritis (n=17), atrophic gastritis (n=17), duodenal ulcer (n=16), intestinal metaplasia (n=16) and gastric cancer (n=18), were included. To determine the integrity of the cag pathogenicity island (cag PAI) we evaluated the presence of cagA, cagT, cagE, and cag10 genes by polymerase chain reaction. AGS gastric epithelial cellswere infected with each strain and assayed for translo-cation and tyrosine phosphorylation of CagA by western blot, secretion of interleukin-8 (IL-8) by enzyme-linked immuno sorbent assay after taking supernatants from cocultures and cell elongation induction. For cell elongation quantification, coculture photographs were taken and the proportion of "hummingbird" cells (>15 μm) was determined. RESULTS: Overall 72% (60/84) of the strains were found to harbor a functional cag PAI. Levels of phos-phorylated CagA were significantly higher for isolates from duodenal ulcer than the ones in strains from gas-tritis, atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia and gastric cancer (49.1% ± 23.1% vs 21.1% ± 19.5%, P < 0.02; 49.1% ± 23.1% vs 26.2%±14.8%, P<0.045; 49.1% ± 23.1% vs 21.5% ± 19.5%, P<0.043 and 49.1% ± 23.1% vs 29.5% ± 27.1%, P < 0.047 respectively). We observed variable IL-8 expression levels ranging from 0 to 810 pg/mL and from 8.8 to 1442 pg/mL at 6 h and 30 h post-infection, respectively. cagPAI-defective strains did not induce detectable levels of IL-8 at 6 h post-infection. At 30 h post-infection all strains induced IL-8 expression in AGS cells, although cagPAI-defective strains induced significantly lower levels of IL-8 than strains with a functional cagPAI (57.1 ± 56.6 pg/mL vs 513.6 ± 338.6 pg/mL,P < 0.0001). We did not observe differences in the extent of cell elongation induction between strains with a functional or a defective cagPAI in 6 h cocultures. At 24 h post infection strains with functionalcagPAI showed high diversity in the extent of hummingbird phenotype induction ranging from 7% to 34%. cag PAI defective strains induced significantly lower levels of elongation than strains with functional cag-PAI with one or more than one EPIYA-C motif (15.1% ± 5.2%vs 18.9% ± 4.7%,P < 0.03; and 15.1% ± 5.2% vs 20.0% ± 5.1%, P < 0.003 respectively). No differences were observed in cellular elongation inductionor IL-8 expression among H. pylori strains bearing one and more than one EPIYA-C motifs, neither at 6 h nor at 24 h of coculture. There were no associations between the levels of induction of cell elongation or IL-8 expression and number of EPIYA motifs or pathology. CONCLUSION: The present work describes a lack of association between H. pylori CagA protein EPIYA motifs variations from Colombian isolates and disease-associated cellular responses.
文摘Maize plants are well colonized with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which contribute mineral nutrients absorption from soil. However little is known about their role in nitrogen (N) absorption especially from amino acids, which reach a considerable quantity in soils. This experiment was conducted to investigate N acquisition from amino acids through AMF symbiosis. AMF inoculation clearly increased the N content of maize supplied with amino acids (Glu, Ala and Pro). Further study of xylem sap revealed that the composition of amino acids was changed by AMF inoculation. These results indicate that AMF contribute N from amino acids, and may affect the nitrogen assimilation of host plants.
