1.Isolation,identification and treatment effectiveness evaluation of resistant Acinetobacter baumannii phage Abgy202162
Xun TIAN ; Wencai TAN ; Bi YANG ; Xiang LIU ; Wenfeng YU ; Xiaolan QI ; Yinhui JIANG
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2024;59(10):1742-1751
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Objective To isolate a Acinetobacter baumannii(Ab)phage from underground sewage,study its prop-erties,and to provide a theoretical basis for phage treatment of Ab infection.Methods Double-layer agar tech-nique was used to isolate phages by using Ab GY-6 as the host strain.Biological characterization and therapeutic effect of the phage was tested.Genetic information of the phage was analyzed.Results Ab phage Abgy202162 was isolated.Transmission electron microscopy(TEM)analysis showed that the morphology of Abgy202162 exhibited an icosahedral structure.Biological characteristic analysis showed that the optimal multiplicity of infection was 1,the latent period was 5 min,and the burst size was approximately 520 PFU per cell.In addition,Abgy202162 re-mained stable at different concentrations of chloroform,pH,and temperatures.Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacryl-amide gel electrophoresis(SDS-PAGE)analysis showed that it contained 10 proteins with molecular weights ran-ging from 15 to 100 ku.The double-stranded(ds)DNA genome of Abgy202162 consisted of 40 889 bp and its G+C content was 38.85%.It contained 47 open reading frames(ORFs),of which 26 had specific functions,but no virulence related genes or antibiotic resistance genes were found.Phylogenetic analysis showed that Abgy202162 was a new phage in the Autographiviridae family,Beijerinkvirinae subfamily,and Friunavirus genus.Abgy202162 showed the ability to prevent Ab infection in the Galleria mellonella in vivo model.Conclusion The phage Ab-gy202162 has strong environmental tolerance and high safety,indicating its potential as an antibiotic alternative used in the treatment of infections caused by Ab.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
2.AGO and RDRP genes are involved in the stress response of Aspergillus flavus
Xiang Liu ; Bi Yang ; Xun Tian ; Jianhong Zhou ; Yonghui Liao ; Lingling Liu ; Wenfeng Yu ; Xiaolan Qi ; Yinhui Jiang
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2023;58(9):1442-1449
		                        		
		                        			Objective      :
		                        			 To   explore  the   role  of  Argonaute   ( Ago)   gene   and  RNA⁃Dependent  RNA  Polymerase (RDRP)  gene of Aspergillus flavus in the growth and development about the RNAi mechanism .  
		                        		
		                        			Methods    :
		                        			 A.  flavus Ago1 ,  Ago2 ,  RDRP1 ,  RDRP3  gene mutant strains were  constructed by homologous recombination .   The growth and development of the mutant strains were observed on potato dextrose agar(PDA)  +  uracil uridine  (UU)  medium inoculated with 3  μl  106    CFU/mL  spores .   200 , 400  μg  cell  wall  pressure  agent  conidored  ( CR) ,  0. 8  mol/L , 1 . 6 mol/L osmotic pressure agent NaCl , 2 mmol/L , 4 mmol/L oxidative pressure agent hydrogen peroxide  (H2 O2 )  and 0. 01% , 0. 02%  genomic  damage  agent methyl mesylate  (MMS)  were added to the Yeast extract Glucose  Minimum (YGM)  + UU  medium to  analyze the stress response of the mutant strains . 
		                        		
		                        			Results    :
		                        			A.  flavus  mutant strains about ΔAgo1 ,  ΔAgo2 ,  ΔRDRP1 ,  ΔRDRP3  were  successfully  constructed  and  its  growth  and development  were  normal .  The ΔAgo1  and ΔAgo2  strains  reduced the stress effects on cell wall and osmotic pressure compared to the control .  Ago1  gene  deletion reduced  the  effect  of H2 O2  ,  and  conversely  RDRP3  gene  deletion  increased  the  inhibition of H2 O2 .  The Ago2 and RDRP1  strains  reduced the effect on genetic damage agent .  In addition , ΔRDRP1  increased the effect of osmotic  stress . 
		                        		
		                        			Conclusion      
		                        			 The  Ago1 ,  Ago2 ,   RDRP1  and  RDRP3  genes  of A.   flavus  are  not in⁃ volved in the regulation  of growth  rate  and  asexual  reproduction  and  can  participate  in  the  regulating  of  the  host stress response to the environment .
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
3.Research Progress in Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Therapy for Treatment of Chronic Rhiosinusitis in Perioperation
Yan JIANG ; Hui WANG ; Yinhui QI ; Zhongxia WANG ; Jie YU ; Huijuan HU
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2016;23(7):125-127
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			For the perioperation of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), the local corticosteroid nasal spray, hormone and antibiotics oral treatment are mainly used in modern medicine. Oral treatment decoction, nasal spray and traditional Chinese medicine lavage and so on which are the combinations of internal and external treatment are used in TCM therapy. This article reviewed the use of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in the perioperation of CRS, and provided references for standardization of integrated traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine therapy for treating CRS.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
            

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