Yellow/stripe rust caused by Puccinia striiformis is a major problem in the Middle East specially Iran. Virulence survey of cereal rust fungi have traditionally used differential host genotype and virulent physiologic...Yellow/stripe rust caused by Puccinia striiformis is a major problem in the Middle East specially Iran. Virulence survey of cereal rust fungi have traditionally used differential host genotype and virulent physiologic race 134 E 134 AT was received to evaluate the segregating lines. A set of 35 segregating lines and three additional susceptible cultivars were added, making a total of 38 eultivars-lines. Spreader plants served as a source of inoculums. The plants were evaluated after two months based on infection percentage and the disease scoring scales. The results indicated that, there are significant changes in susceptibility assessments of the segregating lines in contrast to cultivated varieties to the yellow rust P. striiformis as far as the disease incidence and rust development is concerned in these experiments. The selected differential genotypes associated with various levels of resistance. The infection percentages were varied on the lines and the varieties, whereas the severity percentages were entirely different. The lowest severity is of line 38 with 34.70% and the highest in line 1 with 93.49% indicating 2.7 folds reduction in severity. For discrimination among the lines, the results on scoring scales gave distinctions of five classes of resistance, in which, the highest score is 29.93 and the lowest one 11.46. The cluster analysis showed almost similar results and confirmed, the analysis by Duncan's Multiple-lest rang as the above five distinctive groups.展开更多
AIM To test whether Nox1 plays a role in typhlitis induced by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium(S. Tm) in a mouse model.METHODS Eight-week-old male wild-type(WT) and Nox1 knockout(KO) C57BL6/J(B6) mice were admi...AIM To test whether Nox1 plays a role in typhlitis induced by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium(S. Tm) in a mouse model.METHODS Eight-week-old male wild-type(WT) and Nox1 knockout(KO) C57BL6/J(B6) mice were administered metronidazole water for 4 d to make them susceptible to S. Tm infection by the oral route. The mice were given plain water and administered with 4 different doses of S. Tm by oral gavage. The mice were followed for another 4 d. From the time of the metronidazole application, the mice were observed twice daily and weighed daily. The ileum, cecum and colon were removed for sampling at the fourth day post-inoculation. Portions of all three tissues were fixed for histology and placed in RNAlater for m RNA/c DNA preparation and quantitative real-time PCR. The contents of the cecum were recovered for estimation of S. Tm CFU.RESULTS We found Nox1-knockout(Nox1-KO) mice were not more sensitive to S. Tm colonization and infection than WT B6 mice. This conclusion is based on the following observations:(1) S. Tm-infection induced similar weight loss in Nox1-KO mice compared to WT mice;(2) the same S. Tm CFU was recovered from the cecal content of Nox1-KO and WT mice regardless of the inoculation dose, except the lowest inoculation dose(2 × 106 CFU) for which the Nox1-KO had one-log lower CFU than WT mice;(3) there is no difference in cecal pathology between WT and Nox1-KO groups; and(4) there are no S. Tm infection-induced changes in gene expression levels(IL-1b, TNF-α, and Duox2) between WT and Nox1-KO groups. The Alpi gene expression was more suppressed by S. Tm treatment in WT than the Nox1-KO cecum. CONCLUSION Nox1 does not protect mice from S. Tm colonization. Nox1-KO provides a very minor protective effect against S. Tm infection. Using NOX1-specific inhibitors for colitis therapy should not increase risks in bacterial infection.展开更多
Mexico is a large producer of table grape (Vitis vinifera L.) and therefore it is important to develop protocols to store the grape varieties germplasm. The objective of the present work was to design a protocol for...Mexico is a large producer of table grape (Vitis vinifera L.) and therefore it is important to develop protocols to store the grape varieties germplasm. The objective of the present work was to design a protocol for the cryopreservation by vitrification of zygotic embryos of V. vinifera cv. "Red Globe" and evaluate possible epigenetics changes. The plant vitrification solution 2 (PVS2) was utilized before the utilization of liquid nitrogen (LN). The effect of this protocol on embryo viability was tested by the triphenyl-tetrazolium chloride solution, as well as by the in vitro development of grape embryos into plantlet. A cDNA expression library of grape zygotic embryos was created to isolate expressed sequence tags of several DNA methyltrasferases. Gene expression of domains rearranged methyltransferase type 1 (DMR1) and DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 1 (MET1-2) isozymes was analyzed by quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR. The optimal conditions for vitrification were 10 min in 50% PVS2, followed by I0 min in 100% PVS2. Under these conditions, about 30% of plantlet was obtained from embryos after cryopreservation. It was recorded a reduction in the MET1-2 gene expression, which plays a role in the maintenance of DNA methylation. It is possible to cryopreserve viable grape zygotic embryos, although the treatment seems to induce alterations in the normal DNA methylation pattern of the zygotic embryo genome.展开更多
文摘Yellow/stripe rust caused by Puccinia striiformis is a major problem in the Middle East specially Iran. Virulence survey of cereal rust fungi have traditionally used differential host genotype and virulent physiologic race 134 E 134 AT was received to evaluate the segregating lines. A set of 35 segregating lines and three additional susceptible cultivars were added, making a total of 38 eultivars-lines. Spreader plants served as a source of inoculums. The plants were evaluated after two months based on infection percentage and the disease scoring scales. The results indicated that, there are significant changes in susceptibility assessments of the segregating lines in contrast to cultivated varieties to the yellow rust P. striiformis as far as the disease incidence and rust development is concerned in these experiments. The selected differential genotypes associated with various levels of resistance. The infection percentages were varied on the lines and the varieties, whereas the severity percentages were entirely different. The lowest severity is of line 38 with 34.70% and the highest in line 1 with 93.49% indicating 2.7 folds reduction in severity. For discrimination among the lines, the results on scoring scales gave distinctions of five classes of resistance, in which, the highest score is 29.93 and the lowest one 11.46. The cluster analysis showed almost similar results and confirmed, the analysis by Duncan's Multiple-lest rang as the above five distinctive groups.
基金Supported by Federal funds from the National Cancer Institute(NCI)under Contract,No.HHSN261200800001E(to Chu FF)Research reported in this publication included work performed in the Animal Resources Center Core supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under award No.P30CA033572
文摘AIM To test whether Nox1 plays a role in typhlitis induced by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium(S. Tm) in a mouse model.METHODS Eight-week-old male wild-type(WT) and Nox1 knockout(KO) C57BL6/J(B6) mice were administered metronidazole water for 4 d to make them susceptible to S. Tm infection by the oral route. The mice were given plain water and administered with 4 different doses of S. Tm by oral gavage. The mice were followed for another 4 d. From the time of the metronidazole application, the mice were observed twice daily and weighed daily. The ileum, cecum and colon were removed for sampling at the fourth day post-inoculation. Portions of all three tissues were fixed for histology and placed in RNAlater for m RNA/c DNA preparation and quantitative real-time PCR. The contents of the cecum were recovered for estimation of S. Tm CFU.RESULTS We found Nox1-knockout(Nox1-KO) mice were not more sensitive to S. Tm colonization and infection than WT B6 mice. This conclusion is based on the following observations:(1) S. Tm-infection induced similar weight loss in Nox1-KO mice compared to WT mice;(2) the same S. Tm CFU was recovered from the cecal content of Nox1-KO and WT mice regardless of the inoculation dose, except the lowest inoculation dose(2 × 106 CFU) for which the Nox1-KO had one-log lower CFU than WT mice;(3) there is no difference in cecal pathology between WT and Nox1-KO groups; and(4) there are no S. Tm infection-induced changes in gene expression levels(IL-1b, TNF-α, and Duox2) between WT and Nox1-KO groups. The Alpi gene expression was more suppressed by S. Tm treatment in WT than the Nox1-KO cecum. CONCLUSION Nox1 does not protect mice from S. Tm colonization. Nox1-KO provides a very minor protective effect against S. Tm infection. Using NOX1-specific inhibitors for colitis therapy should not increase risks in bacterial infection.
文摘Mexico is a large producer of table grape (Vitis vinifera L.) and therefore it is important to develop protocols to store the grape varieties germplasm. The objective of the present work was to design a protocol for the cryopreservation by vitrification of zygotic embryos of V. vinifera cv. "Red Globe" and evaluate possible epigenetics changes. The plant vitrification solution 2 (PVS2) was utilized before the utilization of liquid nitrogen (LN). The effect of this protocol on embryo viability was tested by the triphenyl-tetrazolium chloride solution, as well as by the in vitro development of grape embryos into plantlet. A cDNA expression library of grape zygotic embryos was created to isolate expressed sequence tags of several DNA methyltrasferases. Gene expression of domains rearranged methyltransferase type 1 (DMR1) and DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 1 (MET1-2) isozymes was analyzed by quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR. The optimal conditions for vitrification were 10 min in 50% PVS2, followed by I0 min in 100% PVS2. Under these conditions, about 30% of plantlet was obtained from embryos after cryopreservation. It was recorded a reduction in the MET1-2 gene expression, which plays a role in the maintenance of DNA methylation. It is possible to cryopreserve viable grape zygotic embryos, although the treatment seems to induce alterations in the normal DNA methylation pattern of the zygotic embryo genome.