1.Ketogenic diet in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome
Yihao GU ; Guofang CHEN ; Yu CHEN ; Chao LIU
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2023;39(9):813-816
The ketogenic diet, a non-pharmacotherapy, simulates the state of fasting to induce the liver to metabolize fatty acids into ketones as fuel source. It also possesses anti-inflammatory effects and impacts the occurrence and progression of various diseases among which is polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS). Ketogenic diet effectively manages body weight, improves ovarian function, regulates metabolic disorder, and enhances mental health. The growing body of evidence substantiates the safety and efficacy profile.
2.Expression characteristics of glutamine synthetase of wheat in Escherichia coli.
Mingxin GU ; Yihao WEI ; Xiting JIA ; Shuping XIONG ; Xinming MA ; Xiaochun WANG
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2018;34(2):264-274
Glutamine synthetase is a key enzyme in plant nitrogen assimilation. To study the structure of wheat glutamine synthetase isoenzymes, GS1, GSr, GSe, GS2 and GS2p of wheat were cloned into pET-21a, and the expression condition was optimized. Although wheat glutamine synthetase isoenzymes had 70%-80% amino acid sequence homology, the isoforms expressed with different characteristics. Induced at 30 °C, the most expression level of GSr, GSe and GS2 was after 3 h, and of GS1 was at the 7 h whereas no GS2p was expressed, and the GS isoenzymes showed different expression level, with the order of GS1 (22%)>GSr (15%)>GS2 (12%)>GSe (5%). GSe expressed as soluble protein, and GS1 expressed mainly as soluble protein whereas GSr and GS2 expressed as insoluble proteins. Induced at 30 °C for 3 h, mRNA transcript levels of GS isoforms were different, with the order of GSr (7.59)>GS2 (1.84)>GS2p (1.66)>GSe (1.46)>GS1 (1.00). The levels of mRNA transcription were not consistent with the level of the protein translation. The analysis of mRNA secondary structure showed the free energy of translation initiation region of glutamine synthetase isoforms was different, with the order of GS1 (14.4)