1.Identification and expression analysis of the YABBY gene family in strawberry.
Tingting YU ; Shurong SHEN ; Yiling XU ; Xinyu WANG ; Yao YU ; Bojun MA ; Xifeng CHEN
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2024;40(1):104-121
YABBY proteins are important transcription factors that regulate morphogenesis and organ development in plants. In order to study the YABBY of strawberry, bioinformatic technique were used to identify the YABBY gene families in Fragaria vesca (diploid) and Fragaria×ananassa (octoploid), and then analyze the sequence characters, phylogeny and collinearity of the family members. The RNA-seq data and the quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) technique were used to assay the expression patterns of the family members. A green fluorescent protein (GFP) was fused with FvYABBYs and transiently expressed in tobacco leaf cells for the subcellular localization. As the results, six FvYABBY genes and 26 FxaYABBY genes were identified from F. vesca and F.×ananassa, respectively. The FvYABBY genes were grouped into five clades, and five family members were orthologous with AtYABBY genes of Arabidopsis. In F. vesca, all of the FvYABBYs were basically not expressed not expressed in root and receptacle, while FvYABBY1, FvYABBY2, FvYABBY5 and FvYABBY6 were highly expressed in leaf, shoot, flower and achene. In F.×ananassa, FxaYABBY1, FxaYABBY2, FxaYABBY5 and FxaYABBY6 were expressed in achene, and all FxaYABBY were poorly or not expressed in receptacle. Additionally, under the abiotic stresses of low temperature, high salt and drought, the expression of FvYABBY1, FvYABBY3, FvYABBY4 and FvYABBY6 were down-regulated, FvYABBY5 was up-regulated, and FvYABBY2 was up-regulated and then down-regulated. In tobacco leaf cells, the subcellular localization of FvYABBY proteins were in the nucleus. These results provides a foundation for the functional researches of YABBY gene in strawberry.
Fragaria/genetics*
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Arabidopsis
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Biological Assay
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Cold Temperature
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Computational Biology
2.Genome-wide identification of SUN gene family in Fragaria vesca and stresses-response analysis.
Yao YU ; Ziyao WANG ; Yiling XU ; Bojun MA ; Xifeng CHEN
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2023;39(2):724-740
SUN gene is a group of key genes regulating plant growth and development. Here, SUN gene families of strawberry were identified from the genome of the diploid Fragaria vesca, and their physicochemical properties, genes structure, evolution and genes expression were also analyzed. Our results showed that there were thirty-one FvSUN genes in F. vesca and the FvSUNs encoded proteins were classified into seven groups, and the members in the same group showed high similarity in gene structures and conservative motifs. The electronic subcellular localization of FvSUNs was mainly in the nucleus. Collinearity analysis showed that the members of FvSUN gene family were mainly expanded by segmental duplication in F. vesca, and Arabidopsis and F. vesca shared twenty-three pairs of orthologous SUN genes. According to the expression pattern in different tissues shown by the transcriptome data of F. vesca, the FvSUNs gene can be divided into three types: (1) expressed in nearly all tissues, (2) hardly expressed in any tissues, and (3) expressed in special tissues. The gene expression pattern of FvSUNs was further verified by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Additionally, the seedlings of F. vesca were treated by different abiotic stresses, and the expression level of 31 FvSUNs genes were assayed by qRT-PCR. The expression of most of the tested genes was induced by cold, high salt or drought stress. Our studies may facilitate revealing the biological function and molecular mechanism of SUN genes in strawberry.
Fragaria/metabolism*
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Genes, Plant
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Stress, Physiological/genetics*
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Arabidopsis/genetics*
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Plant Development
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Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
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Plant Proteins/metabolism*
3.Antagonistic activity and application of Bacillus velezensis strain Bv-303 against rice bacterial-blight disease caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae.
Xia LIU ; Zhexiao LU ; Zicheng MA ; Tingting YU ; Haotian CHEN ; Lu WANG ; Xifeng CHEN
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2023;39(2):741-754
In this study, a new Bacillus velezensis strain Bv-303 was identified and its biocontrol effect against rice bacterial-blight (BB) disease caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) was investigated. Cell-free supernatant (CFS) of strain Bv-303 under different growth conditions were prepared to test the antagonistic activity and stability against Xoo by the Oxford-cup method in vitro. The antibacterial effect of strain Bv-303 to BB disease in rice were further analyzed in vivo by spraying the cell-culture broth (CCB), CFS and cell-suspension water (CSW), respectively, on the rice leaves inoculated with Xoo. Additionally, rice seeds germination rate and seedling growth under the strain Bv-303 CCB treatment were tested. The results showed that the strain Bv-303 CFS significantly inhibited Xoo growth by 85.7%‒88.0% in vitro, which was also stable under extreme environment conditions such as heat, acid, alkali and ultraviolet light. As tested in vivo, spraying the CCB, CFS or CSW of strain Bv-303 on the Xoo-infected leaves enhanced rice plant resistance to BB disease, with CCB showing the highest increase (62.7%) in disease-resistance. Notably, CCB does not have negative effects on rice seed germination and seedling growth. Therefore, strain Bv-303 has great potential for biocontrol of the rice BB disease.
Oryza
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Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic
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Bacillus
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Xanthomonas
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Plant Diseases/microbiology*
4.Biological function and molecular mechanism of the transcription factor GLKs in plants: a review.
Shurong SHEN ; Junjie YUAN ; Yiling XU ; Bojun MA ; Xifeng CHEN
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2022;38(8):2700-2712
GLKs (GOLDEN 2-LIKEs) are a group of plant-specific transcription factors regulating the chloroplast biogenesis, differentiation and function maintains by triggering the expression of the photosynthesis-associated nuclear genes (PhANGs). The GLKs also play important roles in nutrient's accumulation in fruits, leaf senescence, immunity and abiotic stress response. The expression of GLK genes were affected by multiple hormones or environmental factors. Therefore, GLKs were considered as the key nodes of regulatory network in plant cells, and potential candidates to improve the photosynthetic capacity of crops. Since numerous researches of GLKs have been reported in plants, the biological function, molecular mechanism of GLKs genes and its applications in breeding were summarized and a GLK-mediated signaling network model was developed. This review may facilitate future research and application of GLKs.
Chloroplasts/genetics*
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Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
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Photosynthesis/genetics*
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Plant Breeding
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Transcription Factors/metabolism*
5.Design and Implementation of Quality and Safety Traceability System for Reusable Medical Devices Disinfection Based on RFID Technology.
Baoli GAO ; Ran GE ; Dongchen ZHANG ; Xifeng LIU ; Xudong MA
Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation 2021;45(2):167-171
Focusing on the requirements of visual traceability for reprocessing of reused medical devices under the background of deep integration of intelligent medical treatment, a quality and safety traceability system for disinfection of reused medical devices is developed. The multi-dimensional data of the reprocessing chain of reusable medical devices are acquired in real time by the RFID mobile terminal handset and stored temporarily. The data package is formatted based on LoRa protocol and uploaded to the management and control platform in multi-threaded transmission mode for in-depth analysis and traceability. The corresponding prototype system is developed. The first-line operation and maintenance test results show that the prototype system has strong cooperation, strong operation robustness, and obvious advantages in the identification rate and other layers of sterile equipment package.
Disinfection
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Radio Frequency Identification Device
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Technology
6. Study on the inclusion technic of hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin in tea tree oil and evaluation of its included compounds
Han ZHANG ; Bo ZHANG ; Ping YAN ; Boru MA ; Wenxia HAN ; Weize LI ; Xifeng ZHAI
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2020;42(2):157-162
Objective:
This study takes hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) as the inclusion materials to optimize the preparation technic of tea tree oil (TTO) and evaluate its pharmaceutical performance.
Methods:
Take the production rate of HP-β-CD tea tree oil inclusion and entrapment rate as the evaluation index, taking the orthogonal test method to optimize the production technic of tea tree oil (HP-β-CD inclusion and using infrared (IR), differential thermal scanning (DSC) method to characterize the inclusion compound to analyze the stability of TTO-HP-β-CD.
Results:
The best technic to produce HP-β-CD tea tree oil is as follow: the ratio of TTO and HP-β-CD should be equal to 1/10, at 40 ℃, within 1 h. The average drug loading shoud be 9.25% ± 3.25%. The IR, DSC characterization results showed that the characteristic peak of tea tree oil disappeared after the microspheres, which indicated the HP-β-CD encapsulated the tea tree oil with good compatibility. In 80 ℃ water bath, the TTO-HP-β-CD was stable with the retention rate 40% after 8 h, the retention rate was 4.32 times than that of the unwrapped tea tree oil.
Conclusions
The HP-β-CD tea tree oil obviously has higher rate of inclusion and stability. Therefore, it’s worth to promoting and being used in the pharmacy preparations and cosmetics field.
7.Virtual Screening ofα-glycosidase Inhibitors in Cortex mori and Folium mori
Xiaodi SONG ; Xifeng ZHAI ; Jiaxing FENG ; Huiting JIANG ; Peijie MA
China Pharmacy 2017;28(4):508-511
OBJECTIVE:To virtually screen potential α-glycosidase inhibitor ingredients from C. mori and F. mori,and to pro-vide reference for finding out new typeα-glycosidase inhibitor ingredient. METHODS:Surflex-Dock module of Sybyl-x 2.0 molecu-lar simulation software was used to perform the docking of small molecule compound,which was from the ingredients of C. mori and F. mori as ligand stated in literatures,with α-glycosidase. Total score of affinity scoring function was equal to 7 as the thresh-old value,to judge potential α-glycosidase inhibitor ingredient in C. mori and F. mori. RESULTS:After 70 small molecule com-pounds docked with α-glycosidase, 10 compounds showed binding activity (Total score≥7.00). Among them, moracin M-3′-O-β-D-glucopyranoside,5,7,2′-trihydroxyflavanone-4′-O-β-D-glucoside,mulberroside A,resveratrol-4,3′-di-O-β-D-gluco-pyranoside and 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-(2-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl)-D-arabinitol had higher binding activity with α-glycosidase(Total score>8.00). CONCLUSIONS:Multi-constituents of C. mori and F. Mori show potential α-glycosidase inhibitory activity. The method is a kind of highly targeted,rapid and efficient approach to discover α-glycosidase inhibitor from traditional Chinese medi-cine.
8.Analysis of 48 Cases of Lornoxicam-induced ADR in Beijing
Xifeng CUI ; Liqiu XING ; Chao MA ; Shurong ZHANG ; Chunyu LI
China Pharmacy 2015;(32):4523-4525
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the characteristics and regularity of lornoxicam related ADR,and to provide reference for rational and safe use of lornoxicam. METHODS:From Jan. 1,2006 to Dec. 31,2013,lornoxicam related ADR reports collect-ed by National ADR Monitoring System in Beijing were analyzed retrospectively about their characteristics and related factors. RE-SULTS:In the statistical period,there were 48 ADR reports related to lornoxicam. The people over 40 years age accounted for 62.5%. 38 patients used lornoxicam by intravenous infusion or intramuscular injection ,accounting for 79.17%. The clinical mani-festations were diverse and complex,in which skin(32.96%)and gastrointestinal damage(25.00%)were more common ADR oc-curred within 30 min,accounting for 35.42%,and it would be better after stopping drug or 1-3 days symptomatic treatment. CON-CLUSIONS:The rational use of lornoxicam can reduce the occurrence of ADR. Suggestion on the use of the drug,is that the pa-tient should be monitored for security,in order to reduce the risk of ADR.
9.Analysis of distribution and drug resistance of bacteria in 1 -6 months infants with lower respiratory infection
Guixia XU ; Qingwei MA ; Xifeng ZHANG ; Yancheng YANG ; Xueyi LYU
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2015;(11):1696-1699,1700
Objective To investigate the distribution and drug resistance of bacteria in 1 -6 months infants with lower respiratory infection(LRI).Methods Induced sputum was extracted from 326 infants with LRI who were 1 -6 months.Antibiotic susceptibility tests were performed after bacteria had been identified.Results 61 cases were detected pathogenic bacteria and the detection rate of bacteria was 18.71%.5 cases were detected two kinds of bacte-ria.66 bacterial strains were isolated among which gram -positive bacteria(33 strains)accounted for 50.00% and gram -negative bacteria(33 strains)accounted for 50.00%.Staphylococcus aureus was the most common gram -pos-itive bacteria and Streptococcus pneumoniae was the second.13 strains were methicillin -resistant Staphylococcus au-reus(MRSA).Hemophilus influenzae was the most common gram -negative bacteria,followed by Klebsiella pneumo-nia and Escherichia coli among which ESBL positive Klebsiella pneumonia were 5 cases and ESBL positive Escherich-ia coli were 4 cases.The common gram -positive bacteria had higher rate of penicillin resistance.MRSA had higher rate of penicillin,oxacillin,erythomycin and clindamycin resistance.Resistant strains to vancomycin and rina thiazole amine were not found.The common gram -negative bacteria had higher rate of ampicillin,ampicillin/shu tan,cefazo-lin and ceftriaxone resistance and had lower rate of cefepime,ceftazidime,piperacillin/he azole temple and imipenem resistance.Conclusion The common pathogenic bacteria in 1 -6 months infants with lower respiratory infection were Staphylococcus aureus,Hemophilus influenzae,Streptococcus pneumoniae,Klebsiella pneumonia and Escherichia coli. We should pay attention to the common antibiotic resistance.MRSA and ESBL positive bacteria were the common mul-tiple drug resistant bacterias.Reasonable selection of antibiotics should be based on susceptibility results earlier.
10.Gabapentin in treatment for pruritus and insomnia among patients with hemodialysis
Xiaohui DONG ; Xifeng Lü ; Yan XU ; Huijuan MA
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2011;10(6):425-427
This paper aimed to study clinical effectiveness of gabapentin in the treatment for pruritus and insomnia among patients with hemodialysis. Eighty patients with severe pruritus and insomnia during regular hemedialysis in Jiaozhou People's Hospital, Jiangsu were randomly divided into two groups with 40 patients each. Gahapentin 0. 1 g were given each patient every night for 4 weeks in one group and a modified-re]ease capsule of 8 mg chiorphenamine maleate was given each patient daffy for 4 weeks in the other group. Effectiveness of treatment was evaluated by improvement of itching symptoms and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scores for insomnia in the patients. Itching improvement was observed in 85%(34/40) of the patients and PSQI scores obviously lowered in them four weeks after gabapentin treatment.However, itching improvement was observed only in 42% ( 17/40 ) of the patients and little change was observed in PSQI scores in them four weeks after chlorphenamine treatment It suggests that gabapentin can significantly improve quality of sleeping and itching symptoms in patients with hemodialysis and it is worthy popularizing in those with it.

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