High temperature stress is one of the major environmental factors that affect the growth and development of plants. Although WRKY transcription factors play a critical role in stress responses, there are few studies o...High temperature stress is one of the major environmental factors that affect the growth and development of plants. Although WRKY transcription factors play a critical role in stress responses, there are few studies on the regulation of heat stress by WRKY transcription factors,especially in tomato. Here, we identified a group I WRKY transcription factor, SlWRKY3, involved in thermotolerance in tomato. First, SlWRKY3 was induced and upregulated under heat stress. Accordingly, overexpression of SlWRKY3 led to an increase, whereas knock-out of SlWRKY3 resulted in decreased tolerance to heat stress. Overexpression of SlWRKY3 accumulated less reactive oxygen species(ROS), whereas knock-out of SlWRKY3 accumulated more ROS under heat stress. This indicated that SlWRKY3 positively regulates heat stress in tomato. In addition,SlWRKY3 activated the expression of a range of abiotic stress-responsive genes involved in ROS scavenging, such as a SlGRXS1 gene cluster.Further analysis showed that SlWRKY3 can bind to the promoters of the SlGRXS1 gene cluster and activate their expression. Collectively, these results imply that SlWRKY3 is a positive regulator of thermotolerance through direct binding to the promoters of the SlGRXS1 gene cluster and activating their expression and ROS scavenging.展开更多
Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-like 2(TREML2)is a newly identified susceptibility gene for Alzheimer's disease(AD).It encodes a microglial inflammation-associated receptor.To date,the potential rol...Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-like 2(TREML2)is a newly identified susceptibility gene for Alzheimer's disease(AD).It encodes a microglial inflammation-associated receptor.To date,the potential role of mic roglial TREML2 in neuroinflammation in the context of AD remains unclear.In this study,APP/PS1 mice were used to investigate the dynamic changes of TREML2 levels in brain during AD progression.In addition,lipopolysaccharide(LPS)stimulation of primary microglia as well as a lentivirus-mediated TREML2 overexpression and knockdown were employed to explore the role of TREML2 in neuroinflammation in the context of AD.Our res ults show that TREML2 levels gradually increased in the brains of AP P/PS1 mice during disease progression.LPS stimulation of primary microglia led to the release of inflammato ry cytokines including interleukin-1β,inte rleukin-6,and tumor necrosis factor-a in the culture medium.The LPS-induced mic roglial release of inflammatory cytokines was enhanced by TREML2 overexpression and was attenuated by TREML2 knoc kdown.LPS increased the levels of mic roglial M1-type polarization marker inducible nitric oxide synthase.This effect was enhanced by TREML2 overexpression and ameliorated by TREML2 knockdown.Furthermore,the levels of microglial M2-type polarization markers CD206 and ARG1 in the primary microglia were reduced by TREML2 overexpression and elevated by TREML2 knockdown.LPS stimulation increased the levels of NLRP3 in primary microglia.The LPS-induced increase in NLRP3 was further elevated by TREML2 overexpression and alleviated by TREML2 knockdown.In summary,this study provides the first evidence that TREML2 modulates inflammation by regulating microglial polarization and NLRP3 inflammasome activation.These findings reveal the mechanisms by which TREML2 regulates microglial inflammation and suggest that TREML2 inhibition may represent a novel therapeutic strategy for AD.展开更多
目的探讨3-甲基巴豆酰辅酶A羧化酶缺乏症(3-methylcrotonyl-coenzyme A carboxylase deficiency,MCCD)患儿的临床及遗传学特征。方法回顾性分析2018年1月-2023年10月就诊于郑州大学附属儿童医院的6例MCCD患儿的临床表现及基因检测结果...目的探讨3-甲基巴豆酰辅酶A羧化酶缺乏症(3-methylcrotonyl-coenzyme A carboxylase deficiency,MCCD)患儿的临床及遗传学特征。方法回顾性分析2018年1月-2023年10月就诊于郑州大学附属儿童医院的6例MCCD患儿的临床表现及基因检测结果。结果6例MCCD患儿中,男性4例,女性2例,平均就诊年龄为7 d,平均确诊年龄为45 d。1例小便气味异常,5例无临床症状。6例患儿血3-羟基异戊酰肉碱、尿3-羟基异戊酸、3-甲基巴豆酰甘氨酸均增高,5例伴游离肉碱降低。共检出MCCC1基因变异6个:c.1630del(p.R544Dfs*2)、c.269A>G(p.D90G)、c.1609T>A(p.F537I)、c.639+2T>A、c.761+1G>T、c.1331G>A(p.R444H),以及MCCC2基因变异3个:c.838G>T(p.D280Y)、c.592C>T(p.Q198*,366)、c.1342G>A(p.G448A),其中MCCC1基因c.269A>G(p.D90G)、c.1609T>A(p.F537I)未见文献报道。1例为母源性MCCD,患儿携带来自母亲的一个杂合变异。5例伴游离肉碱降低患儿予补充左卡尼汀,末次随访时游离肉碱均恢复至正常水平。结论MCCC1基因c.269A>G(p.D90G)、c.1609T>A(p.F537I)为新发现的变异,丰富了MCCC1基因变异谱。血氨基酸及酰基肉碱谱和尿有机酸谱联合基因检测有助于MCCD早期诊断和治疗,并为遗传咨询提供参考。展开更多
Phosphatase of Regenerating Liver-3 （PRL-3） is a newly identified colorectal cancer metastasis-related protein, which is a 22 kDa non-classical protein tyrosine phosphatase with a C-terminal prenylation motif. In th...Phosphatase of Regenerating Liver-3 （PRL-3） is a newly identified colorectal cancer metastasis-related protein, which is a 22 kDa non-classical protein tyrosine phosphatase with a C-terminal prenylation motif. In this study, the inhibition kinetics of protein tyrosine phosphatases（PTPs） by a fluorescent substrate, 6,8-difluoro-4-methylumbelliferyl phosphate（DiFMUP） was evaluated. PRL-3 exhibits classical Michaelis-Menten kinetics with a Vmax value of 11.3 μmol · L^-l · min^-1 Analysis of PRL-3 by a Michaelis-Menten plot and a double-reciprocal plot indicated that the inhibitor magnolol can cause Km to increase, but does not alter the Vmax value, which suggests the competitive inhibition of PRL-3. At the same time, it was found that DiFMUP is a more sensitive substrate for PRL-3 than para-nitrophenyl phosphate（pNPP） that is more frequently used at present. Furthermore, the method of screening for PTPs by the use of DiFMUP was developed, which studied the acceptance of DiFMUP by other PTPs.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the National Key Research&Development Plan,China (Grant Nos.2021YFD1200201,2022YFD1200502)National Natural Science Foundation of China(31972426,31991182)+3 种基金Key Project of Hubei Hongshan Laboratory(Grant No.2021hszd007)Wuhan Major Project of Key Technologies in Biological Breeding (Grant No.2022021302024852)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China (Grant No.2662022YLPY001)International Cooperation Promotion Plan of Shihezi University (Grant No.GJHZ202104)。
文摘High temperature stress is one of the major environmental factors that affect the growth and development of plants. Although WRKY transcription factors play a critical role in stress responses, there are few studies on the regulation of heat stress by WRKY transcription factors,especially in tomato. Here, we identified a group I WRKY transcription factor, SlWRKY3, involved in thermotolerance in tomato. First, SlWRKY3 was induced and upregulated under heat stress. Accordingly, overexpression of SlWRKY3 led to an increase, whereas knock-out of SlWRKY3 resulted in decreased tolerance to heat stress. Overexpression of SlWRKY3 accumulated less reactive oxygen species(ROS), whereas knock-out of SlWRKY3 accumulated more ROS under heat stress. This indicated that SlWRKY3 positively regulates heat stress in tomato. In addition,SlWRKY3 activated the expression of a range of abiotic stress-responsive genes involved in ROS scavenging, such as a SlGRXS1 gene cluster.Further analysis showed that SlWRKY3 can bind to the promoters of the SlGRXS1 gene cluster and activate their expression. Collectively, these results imply that SlWRKY3 is a positive regulator of thermotolerance through direct binding to the promoters of the SlGRXS1 gene cluster and activating their expression and ROS scavenging.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of china,No.81974156(to TJ)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,No.BK20201117(to YDZ)。
文摘Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-like 2(TREML2)is a newly identified susceptibility gene for Alzheimer's disease(AD).It encodes a microglial inflammation-associated receptor.To date,the potential role of mic roglial TREML2 in neuroinflammation in the context of AD remains unclear.In this study,APP/PS1 mice were used to investigate the dynamic changes of TREML2 levels in brain during AD progression.In addition,lipopolysaccharide(LPS)stimulation of primary microglia as well as a lentivirus-mediated TREML2 overexpression and knockdown were employed to explore the role of TREML2 in neuroinflammation in the context of AD.Our res ults show that TREML2 levels gradually increased in the brains of AP P/PS1 mice during disease progression.LPS stimulation of primary microglia led to the release of inflammato ry cytokines including interleukin-1β,inte rleukin-6,and tumor necrosis factor-a in the culture medium.The LPS-induced mic roglial release of inflammatory cytokines was enhanced by TREML2 overexpression and was attenuated by TREML2 knoc kdown.LPS increased the levels of mic roglial M1-type polarization marker inducible nitric oxide synthase.This effect was enhanced by TREML2 overexpression and ameliorated by TREML2 knockdown.Furthermore,the levels of microglial M2-type polarization markers CD206 and ARG1 in the primary microglia were reduced by TREML2 overexpression and elevated by TREML2 knockdown.LPS stimulation increased the levels of NLRP3 in primary microglia.The LPS-induced increase in NLRP3 was further elevated by TREML2 overexpression and alleviated by TREML2 knockdown.In summary,this study provides the first evidence that TREML2 modulates inflammation by regulating microglial polarization and NLRP3 inflammasome activation.These findings reveal the mechanisms by which TREML2 regulates microglial inflammation and suggest that TREML2 inhibition may represent a novel therapeutic strategy for AD.
文摘Phosphatase of Regenerating Liver-3 （PRL-3） is a newly identified colorectal cancer metastasis-related protein, which is a 22 kDa non-classical protein tyrosine phosphatase with a C-terminal prenylation motif. In this study, the inhibition kinetics of protein tyrosine phosphatases（PTPs） by a fluorescent substrate, 6,8-difluoro-4-methylumbelliferyl phosphate（DiFMUP） was evaluated. PRL-3 exhibits classical Michaelis-Menten kinetics with a Vmax value of 11.3 μmol · L^-l · min^-1 Analysis of PRL-3 by a Michaelis-Menten plot and a double-reciprocal plot indicated that the inhibitor magnolol can cause Km to increase, but does not alter the Vmax value, which suggests the competitive inhibition of PRL-3. At the same time, it was found that DiFMUP is a more sensitive substrate for PRL-3 than para-nitrophenyl phosphate（pNPP） that is more frequently used at present. Furthermore, the method of screening for PTPs by the use of DiFMUP was developed, which studied the acceptance of DiFMUP by other PTPs.
