Many studies have revealed that gut microbes modulate host metabolism.In this study,we characterized the therapeutic effects of a novel gut commensal Luoshenia tenuis against host metabolic disorders.First,by in silic...Many studies have revealed that gut microbes modulate host metabolism.In this study,we characterized the therapeutic effects of a novel gut commensal Luoshenia tenuis against host metabolic disorders.First,by in silico analysis,we demonstrated that the L.tenuis was prevalent in the gut microbiomes of healthy humans but were depleted specifically in obesity cohorts.Further in vitro cultivation revealed that L.tenuis produced short chain fatty acids that were verified to modulate host metabolism and some other volatile metabolites to benefit hosts by anti-inflammation and anti-tumor.Second,gavage of the L.tenuis significantly decreased the body weight gain and food intake of high-fat diet-feeding C57BL/6J mice,which was in parallel with the changed expression level of genes related to satiety and feeding behavior.We then performed the gavage trial using diet induced obese mice,and it revealed that the administration of L.tenuis alleviated significantly the abnormal glucose and lipid metabolisms and reduced the inflammatory response.In summary,this study revealed a previously-unknown human gut commensal microbe that benefited host metabolism,and set the stage for the development of novel next-generation probiotic applicable for treatment of obesity and related metabolic disorders.展开更多
在实验室条件下,以细弱蜈蚣藻(Grateloupia tenuis Wang et Luan)为材料,进行了不同温度和光照强度等主要环境因子对其发育影响的研究,同时对其生活史进行了详细观察。结果表明:(1)在4—30°C范围内,盘状体形成与直立枝生长的最适...在实验室条件下,以细弱蜈蚣藻(Grateloupia tenuis Wang et Luan)为材料,进行了不同温度和光照强度等主要环境因子对其发育影响的研究,同时对其生活史进行了详细观察。结果表明:(1)在4—30°C范围内,盘状体形成与直立枝生长的最适温度为24°C;(2)在光照强度10—200μmol范围内,盘状体形成和直立枝生长的最适光照强度为120μmol/(m2s);(3)孢子(果孢子和四分孢子)发育类型为间接盘状体类型;(4)生活史由单倍体的雌、雄配子体,双倍体的果孢子体(囊果)及四分孢子体构成,四分孢子体和配子体在形态上完全相同,属于典型的同型世代交替;与属模蜈蚣藻(G.filicina)一致。展开更多
A new dolabellane diterpene 1, named as hydroclathrol, has been isolated from the alga Hydroclathrus tenuis. Its structure has been determined on the basis of spectral analysis as 1, 4, 8-trimethyl-14-isopropyl-bicycl...A new dolabellane diterpene 1, named as hydroclathrol, has been isolated from the alga Hydroclathrus tenuis. Its structure has been determined on the basis of spectral analysis as 1, 4, 8-trimethyl-14-isopropyl-bicyclo [9, 3, 0]-4(Z), 8(E), 11(Z)-tetradeca triene-6-ol.展开更多
2021年7月末至10月初,位于黄海沿岸的青岛市西海岸新区琅琊台湾贡口拦海坝处出现大量悬浮生长的大型红藻。为明确该类群的分类地位,探究其生物学特征,对该处红藻群体展开了实地调研,并采集相关样本开展了形态鉴定和分子系统发育分析。...2021年7月末至10月初,位于黄海沿岸的青岛市西海岸新区琅琊台湾贡口拦海坝处出现大量悬浮生长的大型红藻。为明确该类群的分类地位,探究其生物学特征,对该处红藻群体展开了实地调研,并采集相关样本开展了形态鉴定和分子系统发育分析。该群体主要由一种红藻组成,藻体紫红色、圆柱形,质软多肉,高度可达20cm,不规则互生分枝,分枝基部强烈缢缩、顶端尖细;藻体主轴横截面观可见较小的含色素外皮层细胞以及较大的近圆形假薄壁细胞和分布在髓层中央的散乱、疏松的丝状细胞。结合分子标记rbc L和cox I基因的系统发育分析结果,该物种被鉴定为细弱红翎菜(Solieria tenuis Zhang et Xia)。与历史研究记录不同,贡口拦海坝处的细弱红翎菜群体缺乏固着器和繁殖结构,悬浮性营养生长,所在海域丰富的氮磷营养可能为其快速生长提供了物质基础,在生长高峰期该群体总生物量约6 t (干重),是一次局部区域性小规模“藻华”。细弱红翎菜的悬浮生态型和暴发性增殖现象表明该物种可能具有较强的环境适应性,其生理特征和潜在的生态风险需进一步关注。展开更多
Diuron is one of the most frequently applied herbicides in sugarcane farming in southern Japan,and Australia.In addition,it is used as a booster substance in copper-based antifouling paints.Due to these various uses,D...Diuron is one of the most frequently applied herbicides in sugarcane farming in southern Japan,and Australia.In addition,it is used as a booster substance in copper-based antifouling paints.Due to these various uses,Diuron is released into the marine environment;however,little information is available on gene expression in corals and their symbiotic algae exposed to Diuron.We investigated the efects of Diuron on stress-responsive gene expression in the hermatypic coral Acropora tenuis and its symbiotic dinofagellates.After seven days of exposure to 1µg/L and 10µg/L Diuron,no signifcant changes in the body colour of corals were observed.However,quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analyses revealed that the expression levels of stress-responsive genes,such as heat shock protein 90(HSP90),HSP70,and calreticulin(CALR),were signifcantly downregulated in corals exposed to 10µg/L of Diuron for seven days.Moreover,aquaglyceroporin was signifcantly downregulated in corals exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of 1µg/L Diuron.In contrast,no such efects were observed on the expression levels of other stress-responsive genes,such as oxidative stress-responsive proteins,methionine adenosyltransferase,and green/red fuorescent proteins.Diuron exposure had no signifcant efect on the expression levels of HSP90,HSP70,or HSP40 in the symbiotic dinofagellates.These results suggest that stress-responsive genes,such as HSPs,respond diferently to Diuron in corals and their symbiotic dinofagellates and that A.tenuis HSPs and CALRs may be useful molecular biomarkers for predicting stress responses induced by the herbicide Diuron.展开更多
Objective:To investigate the antioxidant and cytotoxic activity of the fruits of Calamus tenuis Roxb.Methods:The preliminary phytochemical group tests were done,which revealed the presence of alkaloid,tannin,flavonoid...Objective:To investigate the antioxidant and cytotoxic activity of the fruits of Calamus tenuis Roxb.Methods:The preliminary phytochemical group tests were done,which revealed the presence of alkaloid,tannin,flavonoid and steroid.The dried fruit was extracted in soxhlet apparatus using petroleum ether,ethyl acetate and methanol.Antioxidant potential of each extract was evaluated using total phenol content,total flavonoid content,cupric reducing antioxidant capacity,1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging activity,and total antioxidant capacity determinations.Results:The extracts were found to possess moderate to high amounts of phenolic and flavonoid contents.In cupric reducing antioxidant capacity assay the extracts showed moderate reducing power which increases with concentration.Scavenging of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical was found to rise with concentration with lowest IC_(50)value for methanol extract,which was confirmed by total antioxidant activity test that shows highest(95 mg/g of extract)in ascorbic acid equivalent for methanol extract.In Brine shrimp lethality bioassay the methanol and petroleum ether extracts were found to be toxic to Brine shrimp nauplii,with LC_(50)of 25.53μg/mL and 28.07μg/mL respectively while the LC_(50)of the reference vincristine sulphate was 1.32μg/mL.Ethyl acetate extract was found to be moderately cytotoxic showing LC_(50)of 47.79μg/mL.Conclusions:The results of the present study suggest that the fruits of Calamus tenuis Roxb possess antioxidant and cytotoxic potential.Moreover,phytochemical screening reveals the presence of alkaloid,tannin,flavonoid and steroid,which may be responsible for the observed bioactivities.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFA0717002)。
文摘Many studies have revealed that gut microbes modulate host metabolism.In this study,we characterized the therapeutic effects of a novel gut commensal Luoshenia tenuis against host metabolic disorders.First,by in silico analysis,we demonstrated that the L.tenuis was prevalent in the gut microbiomes of healthy humans but were depleted specifically in obesity cohorts.Further in vitro cultivation revealed that L.tenuis produced short chain fatty acids that were verified to modulate host metabolism and some other volatile metabolites to benefit hosts by anti-inflammation and anti-tumor.Second,gavage of the L.tenuis significantly decreased the body weight gain and food intake of high-fat diet-feeding C57BL/6J mice,which was in parallel with the changed expression level of genes related to satiety and feeding behavior.We then performed the gavage trial using diet induced obese mice,and it revealed that the administration of L.tenuis alleviated significantly the abnormal glucose and lipid metabolisms and reduced the inflammatory response.In summary,this study revealed a previously-unknown human gut commensal microbe that benefited host metabolism,and set the stage for the development of novel next-generation probiotic applicable for treatment of obesity and related metabolic disorders.
文摘在实验室条件下,以细弱蜈蚣藻(Grateloupia tenuis Wang et Luan)为材料,进行了不同温度和光照强度等主要环境因子对其发育影响的研究,同时对其生活史进行了详细观察。结果表明:(1)在4—30°C范围内,盘状体形成与直立枝生长的最适温度为24°C;(2)在光照强度10—200μmol范围内,盘状体形成和直立枝生长的最适光照强度为120μmol/(m2s);(3)孢子(果孢子和四分孢子)发育类型为间接盘状体类型;(4)生活史由单倍体的雌、雄配子体,双倍体的果孢子体(囊果)及四分孢子体构成,四分孢子体和配子体在形态上完全相同,属于典型的同型世代交替;与属模蜈蚣藻(G.filicina)一致。
文摘A new dolabellane diterpene 1, named as hydroclathrol, has been isolated from the alga Hydroclathrus tenuis. Its structure has been determined on the basis of spectral analysis as 1, 4, 8-trimethyl-14-isopropyl-bicyclo [9, 3, 0]-4(Z), 8(E), 11(Z)-tetradeca triene-6-ol.
文摘2021年7月末至10月初,位于黄海沿岸的青岛市西海岸新区琅琊台湾贡口拦海坝处出现大量悬浮生长的大型红藻。为明确该类群的分类地位,探究其生物学特征,对该处红藻群体展开了实地调研,并采集相关样本开展了形态鉴定和分子系统发育分析。该群体主要由一种红藻组成,藻体紫红色、圆柱形,质软多肉,高度可达20cm,不规则互生分枝,分枝基部强烈缢缩、顶端尖细;藻体主轴横截面观可见较小的含色素外皮层细胞以及较大的近圆形假薄壁细胞和分布在髓层中央的散乱、疏松的丝状细胞。结合分子标记rbc L和cox I基因的系统发育分析结果,该物种被鉴定为细弱红翎菜(Solieria tenuis Zhang et Xia)。与历史研究记录不同,贡口拦海坝处的细弱红翎菜群体缺乏固着器和繁殖结构,悬浮性营养生长,所在海域丰富的氮磷营养可能为其快速生长提供了物质基础,在生长高峰期该群体总生物量约6 t (干重),是一次局部区域性小规模“藻华”。细弱红翎菜的悬浮生态型和暴发性增殖现象表明该物种可能具有较强的环境适应性,其生理特征和潜在的生态风险需进一步关注。
基金This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS)Grants-in-Aid for Scientifc Research(KAKENHI)(Grant Nos.26281048 and 21H03619).
文摘Diuron is one of the most frequently applied herbicides in sugarcane farming in southern Japan,and Australia.In addition,it is used as a booster substance in copper-based antifouling paints.Due to these various uses,Diuron is released into the marine environment;however,little information is available on gene expression in corals and their symbiotic algae exposed to Diuron.We investigated the efects of Diuron on stress-responsive gene expression in the hermatypic coral Acropora tenuis and its symbiotic dinofagellates.After seven days of exposure to 1µg/L and 10µg/L Diuron,no signifcant changes in the body colour of corals were observed.However,quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analyses revealed that the expression levels of stress-responsive genes,such as heat shock protein 90(HSP90),HSP70,and calreticulin(CALR),were signifcantly downregulated in corals exposed to 10µg/L of Diuron for seven days.Moreover,aquaglyceroporin was signifcantly downregulated in corals exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of 1µg/L Diuron.In contrast,no such efects were observed on the expression levels of other stress-responsive genes,such as oxidative stress-responsive proteins,methionine adenosyltransferase,and green/red fuorescent proteins.Diuron exposure had no signifcant efect on the expression levels of HSP90,HSP70,or HSP40 in the symbiotic dinofagellates.These results suggest that stress-responsive genes,such as HSPs,respond diferently to Diuron in corals and their symbiotic dinofagellates and that A.tenuis HSPs and CALRs may be useful molecular biomarkers for predicting stress responses induced by the herbicide Diuron.
基金Supported by the Department of PharmacyJahangirnagar University,Bangladesh.
文摘Objective:To investigate the antioxidant and cytotoxic activity of the fruits of Calamus tenuis Roxb.Methods:The preliminary phytochemical group tests were done,which revealed the presence of alkaloid,tannin,flavonoid and steroid.The dried fruit was extracted in soxhlet apparatus using petroleum ether,ethyl acetate and methanol.Antioxidant potential of each extract was evaluated using total phenol content,total flavonoid content,cupric reducing antioxidant capacity,1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging activity,and total antioxidant capacity determinations.Results:The extracts were found to possess moderate to high amounts of phenolic and flavonoid contents.In cupric reducing antioxidant capacity assay the extracts showed moderate reducing power which increases with concentration.Scavenging of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical was found to rise with concentration with lowest IC_(50)value for methanol extract,which was confirmed by total antioxidant activity test that shows highest(95 mg/g of extract)in ascorbic acid equivalent for methanol extract.In Brine shrimp lethality bioassay the methanol and petroleum ether extracts were found to be toxic to Brine shrimp nauplii,with LC_(50)of 25.53μg/mL and 28.07μg/mL respectively while the LC_(50)of the reference vincristine sulphate was 1.32μg/mL.Ethyl acetate extract was found to be moderately cytotoxic showing LC_(50)of 47.79μg/mL.Conclusions:The results of the present study suggest that the fruits of Calamus tenuis Roxb possess antioxidant and cytotoxic potential.Moreover,phytochemical screening reveals the presence of alkaloid,tannin,flavonoid and steroid,which may be responsible for the observed bioactivities.
文摘长身高原鳅(Triplophysa tenuis)对维持木扎提河的水生态系统物质和能量流动具有重要作用。文章基于脂肪酸生物标记法和碳、氮稳定同位素(δ^(13)C、δ^(15)N)技术研究了长身高原鳅的食性和营养生态位特征。结果显示,其肌肉中共检测出22种脂肪酸,其中有8种饱和脂肪酸、6种单不饱和脂肪酸、8种多不饱和脂肪酸;由特征脂肪酸组成情况推测,长身高原鳅对浮游动物、硅藻、陆地植物或喜摄食硅藻的鱼虾均有摄食,表现为杂食性。长身高原鳅的δ^(13)C和δ^(15)N分别介于-27.09‰~-20.98‰和5.71‰~8.45‰,营养级介于2.68~3.48。雌雄样本间的δ^(13)C、δ^(15)N和营养级均不存在显著性差异(P>0.05);雄性样本核心生态位(Standard ellipse area,SEAc)和总生态位(Total area of convex hull,TA)均高于雌性。δ^(13)C与体长间表现为极显著正相关性(P<0.01),δ^(15)N和营养级与体长间不具有显著相关性。70~80 mm体长组与90 mm以上体长组SEAc面积不存在重叠且在聚类分析中被分为不同组。综上,长身高原鳅的食性为杂食性且食物组成随体长变化而不同,作为营养级偏高的捕食者,长身高原鳅能延长食物链长度,增加食物网复杂性,有利于维持水域生态系统的稳定性。
