Urineβ_2-microglobulin (β_2-m) was measured in 433 persons with low-level, long-term environmental exposure to Cd, and in 124 control persons from unpolluted area. In 152 of the exposed persons, and some of the cont...Urineβ_2-microglobulin (β_2-m) was measured in 433 persons with low-level, long-term environmental exposure to Cd, and in 124 control persons from unpolluted area. In 152 of the exposed persons, and some of the controls, the urine β-m exceeded the limit. Of the 433 exposed persons, 74 cases with both urine Cd and β_2-m exceeding the limit were matched by the control. This study suggests that after the stratification of the degrees of renal tubular injury according to the fractional β_2-m excretion (FE β_2-m) and coordination of clinical examination, FE β_2-m could contribute to identifying renal tubular dysfunction due to Cd exposure and kidney lesion when both Cd exposure and original nephropathy exist.展开更多
Silicon(Si)has been shown to alleviate Cd stress in rice.Here,we investigated the beneficial effects of foliar Si in an indica rice Huanghuazhan(HHZ).Our results showed that foliar Si in-creases the dry weight and dec...Silicon(Si)has been shown to alleviate Cd stress in rice.Here,we investigated the beneficial effects of foliar Si in an indica rice Huanghuazhan(HHZ).Our results showed that foliar Si in-creases the dry weight and decreases Cd translocation in Cd-exposed rice at the grain-filling stage only,implying that the filling stage is critical for foliar Si to reduce Cd accumulation.We also investigated the transcriptomics in flag leaves(FLs),spikelets(SPs),and node Is(NIs)of Cd-exposed HHZ after foliar Si application at the filling stage.Importantly,the gene expression profiles associated with the Si-mediated alleviation of Cd stress were tissue spe-cific,while shared pathways were mediated by Si in Cd-exposed rice tissues.Furthermore,after the Si treatment of Cd-exposed rice,the ATP-binding cassette(ABC)-transporters were mostly upregulated in FL and SP,while the bivalent cation transporters were mostly down-regulated in FL and NI,possibly helping to reduce Cd accumulation.The genes associated with essential nutrient transporters,carbohydrate and secondary metabolite biosynthesis,and cytochrome oxidase activity were mostly upregulated in Cd-exposed FL and SP,which may help to alleviate oxidative stress and improve plant growth under Cd exposure.Inter-estingly,genes responsible for signal transduction were negatively regulated in FL,but pos-itively regulated in SP,by foliar Si.Our results provide transcriptomic evidence that foliar Si plays an active role in alleviating the effects of Cd exposure in rice.In particular,foliar Si may alter the expression pattern of genes associated with transport,biosynthesis and metabolism,and oxidation reduction.展开更多
Exposure to environmental cadmium increases the health risk of residents.Early urine metabolic detection using high-resolution mass spectrometry and machine learning algorithms would be advantageous to predict the adv...Exposure to environmental cadmium increases the health risk of residents.Early urine metabolic detection using high-resolution mass spectrometry and machine learning algorithms would be advantageous to predict the adverse health effects.Here,we conducted machine learning approaches to screen potential biomarkers under cadmium exposure in 403 urine samples.In positive and negative ionization mode,4207 and 3558 features were extracted,respectively.We compared seven machine learning algorithms and found that the extreme gradient boosting(XGBoost)and random forest(RF)classifiers showed better accuracy and predictive performance than others.Following 5-fold cross-validation,the value of area under curve(AUC)was both 0.93 for positive and negative ionization modes in XGBoost classifier.In the RF classifier,AUC were 0.80 and 0.84 for positive and negative ionization modes,respectively.We then identified a biomarker panel based on XGBoost and RF classifiers.The incorporation of machine learning models into urine analysis using high-resolution mass spectrometry could allow a convenient assessment of cadmium exposure.展开更多
Introduction Cadmium is considered a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer(IARC,1993)and the US National Toxicology Program(NTP,1997).Cadmium contamination of food crops is a persiste...Introduction Cadmium is considered a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer(IARC,1993)and the US National Toxicology Program(NTP,1997).Cadmium contamination of food crops is a persistent issue for both the agricultural industry as well as consumers.This is an issue for agriculture because cadmium can be present in soils naturally or as a result of industrial processes and can contaminate foods that are consumed by humans.Industrial展开更多
Heat shock protein 90(HSP90)represents a suite of highly conserved and multi-functional molecular chaperone proteins that play an important role in cellular stress responses.In order to better understand the expressio...Heat shock protein 90(HSP90)represents a suite of highly conserved and multi-functional molecular chaperone proteins that play an important role in cellular stress responses.In order to better understand the expression of HSP90 in mollusks,a full-length complementary DNA(cDNA)of HSP90(HcHSP90)was identified in Hyriopsis cumingii.HcHSP90 cDNA was 2659 bp in length,consisting of 30 and 50-untranslated regions and an open reading frame of 2187 bp,that encoded a 728 amino acid protein.Homology analyses showed that the HcHSP90 protein was highly conserved and had 5 well-conserved family signatures of HSP90 proteins.HcHSP90 mRNA expressed in various tissues of H.cumingii.The expression level of HcHSP90 was the highest in the digestive gland.In all tissues,with the exception of the digestive gland where it was down-regulated,HcHSP90 mRNA expression was significantly induced by temperature treatments(0,5,25,and 35℃)relative to the control(15℃).Exposure of H.cumingii to different concentrations of cadmium(50,100,and 200 mg/L),up-regulated HcHSP90 mRNA in the haemolymph and gill but without an obvious dose-dependent response.When H.cumingii were infected with Aeromonas hydrophila,HcHSP90 mRNA expression in the haemolymph was up-regulated and peaked 36 h post-infection,while in the gills it was significantly up-regulated 3 h post-infection in the gills,then remained constant until returning to pre-challenge expression levels at 36 h post-infection.The results show that HcHSP90 expression can be significantly regulated by changes in temperature,cadmium exposure and bacterial infection.We deduced that HSP90 may play an important role in helping H.cumingii to cope with environmental stress.展开更多
文摘Urineβ_2-microglobulin (β_2-m) was measured in 433 persons with low-level, long-term environmental exposure to Cd, and in 124 control persons from unpolluted area. In 152 of the exposed persons, and some of the controls, the urine β-m exceeded the limit. Of the 433 exposed persons, 74 cases with both urine Cd and β_2-m exceeding the limit were matched by the control. This study suggests that after the stratification of the degrees of renal tubular injury according to the fractional β_2-m excretion (FE β_2-m) and coordination of clinical examination, FE β_2-m could contribute to identifying renal tubular dysfunction due to Cd exposure and kidney lesion when both Cd exposure and original nephropathy exist.
基金This work was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Project of China(No.2016YFD0800700)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41877143)+2 种基金the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province,China(No.2015B020237008)the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No.2020A1515010906)the Special Rural Revitalization Funds of Guangdong Province(No.2021KJ382).
文摘Silicon(Si)has been shown to alleviate Cd stress in rice.Here,we investigated the beneficial effects of foliar Si in an indica rice Huanghuazhan(HHZ).Our results showed that foliar Si in-creases the dry weight and decreases Cd translocation in Cd-exposed rice at the grain-filling stage only,implying that the filling stage is critical for foliar Si to reduce Cd accumulation.We also investigated the transcriptomics in flag leaves(FLs),spikelets(SPs),and node Is(NIs)of Cd-exposed HHZ after foliar Si application at the filling stage.Importantly,the gene expression profiles associated with the Si-mediated alleviation of Cd stress were tissue spe-cific,while shared pathways were mediated by Si in Cd-exposed rice tissues.Furthermore,after the Si treatment of Cd-exposed rice,the ATP-binding cassette(ABC)-transporters were mostly upregulated in FL and SP,while the bivalent cation transporters were mostly down-regulated in FL and NI,possibly helping to reduce Cd accumulation.The genes associated with essential nutrient transporters,carbohydrate and secondary metabolite biosynthesis,and cytochrome oxidase activity were mostly upregulated in Cd-exposed FL and SP,which may help to alleviate oxidative stress and improve plant growth under Cd exposure.Inter-estingly,genes responsible for signal transduction were negatively regulated in FL,but pos-itively regulated in SP,by foliar Si.Our results provide transcriptomic evidence that foliar Si plays an active role in alleviating the effects of Cd exposure in rice.In particular,foliar Si may alter the expression pattern of genes associated with transport,biosynthesis and metabolism,and oxidation reduction.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2017YFC1600500)。
文摘Exposure to environmental cadmium increases the health risk of residents.Early urine metabolic detection using high-resolution mass spectrometry and machine learning algorithms would be advantageous to predict the adverse health effects.Here,we conducted machine learning approaches to screen potential biomarkers under cadmium exposure in 403 urine samples.In positive and negative ionization mode,4207 and 3558 features were extracted,respectively.We compared seven machine learning algorithms and found that the extreme gradient boosting(XGBoost)and random forest(RF)classifiers showed better accuracy and predictive performance than others.Following 5-fold cross-validation,the value of area under curve(AUC)was both 0.93 for positive and negative ionization modes in XGBoost classifier.In the RF classifier,AUC were 0.80 and 0.84 for positive and negative ionization modes,respectively.We then identified a biomarker panel based on XGBoost and RF classifiers.The incorporation of machine learning models into urine analysis using high-resolution mass spectrometry could allow a convenient assessment of cadmium exposure.
基金Alberta Health,Alberta Innovates,the Canada Research Chairs Program,the Canadian Institutes of Health Research,the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for their support
文摘Introduction Cadmium is considered a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer(IARC,1993)and the US National Toxicology Program(NTP,1997).Cadmium contamination of food crops is a persistent issue for both the agricultural industry as well as consumers.This is an issue for agriculture because cadmium can be present in soils naturally or as a result of industrial processes and can contaminate foods that are consumed by humans.Industrial
基金This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31101939)the Key Fundamental Research Project of Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Committee(10JC1406300)the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(13ZZ128).
文摘Heat shock protein 90(HSP90)represents a suite of highly conserved and multi-functional molecular chaperone proteins that play an important role in cellular stress responses.In order to better understand the expression of HSP90 in mollusks,a full-length complementary DNA(cDNA)of HSP90(HcHSP90)was identified in Hyriopsis cumingii.HcHSP90 cDNA was 2659 bp in length,consisting of 30 and 50-untranslated regions and an open reading frame of 2187 bp,that encoded a 728 amino acid protein.Homology analyses showed that the HcHSP90 protein was highly conserved and had 5 well-conserved family signatures of HSP90 proteins.HcHSP90 mRNA expressed in various tissues of H.cumingii.The expression level of HcHSP90 was the highest in the digestive gland.In all tissues,with the exception of the digestive gland where it was down-regulated,HcHSP90 mRNA expression was significantly induced by temperature treatments(0,5,25,and 35℃)relative to the control(15℃).Exposure of H.cumingii to different concentrations of cadmium(50,100,and 200 mg/L),up-regulated HcHSP90 mRNA in the haemolymph and gill but without an obvious dose-dependent response.When H.cumingii were infected with Aeromonas hydrophila,HcHSP90 mRNA expression in the haemolymph was up-regulated and peaked 36 h post-infection,while in the gills it was significantly up-regulated 3 h post-infection in the gills,then remained constant until returning to pre-challenge expression levels at 36 h post-infection.The results show that HcHSP90 expression can be significantly regulated by changes in temperature,cadmium exposure and bacterial infection.We deduced that HSP90 may play an important role in helping H.cumingii to cope with environmental stress.