Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), an important antioxidant molecule playing a major role in electron transport chain, has been commercially produced by fermentation process for the use in oral nutraceutical formulations. Construc...Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), an important antioxidant molecule playing a major role in electron transport chain, has been commercially produced by fermentation process for the use in oral nutraceutical formulations. Constructing the high-yielding CoQ10 producing strains is a pre-requisite for cost-effective production. A superior mutant strain P-87 generated from Paracoccus denitrificans ATCC 19367, which showed 1.25-fold improvement in specific CoQ10 content higher than the wild type strain at shake flask level, was selected to carry out the studies on CoQ10 yield improvement through fermenter process optimization. In the course of study, initially the cane-molasses-based medium and fed-batch fermentation strategy using pHBA in combination with sucrose were standardized in shake flask using wild type strain. This strategy was subsequently translated at 2 L laboratory fermenter while optimizing the fermentation process parameters using improved mutant strain P-87. Under optimized fermentation condition, mutant strain P-87 produced 49.85 mg/L of CoQ10 having specific content of 1.63 mg/g of DCW, which was 1.36 folds higher than the specific CoQ10 content of wild-type strain under similar optimized condition. The temperature and DO were found to be critical parameters for CoQ10 production by mutant strain P-87. The optimum temperature was found to be 32°C and the optimum DO concentration to be maintained throughout the fermentation cycle was found to be 30% of air saturation. Overall, a new cost-effective process has been established for the production of CoQ10 using the cheaper substrate “cane molasses” and higher CoQ10 producing mutant strain P-87.展开更多
MicroRNAs （miRNAs） are a newly identified class of small non-protein-coding post-transcriptional regulatory RNA in both plants and animals. The use of computational homology based search for expressed sequence tags ...MicroRNAs （miRNAs） are a newly identified class of small non-protein-coding post-transcriptional regulatory RNA in both plants and animals. The use of computational homology based search for expressed sequence tags （ESTs） with the Ambros empirical formula and other structural feature criteria filter is a suitable combination towards the discovery and isolation of conserved miRNAs from tea and other plant species whose genomes are not yet sequenced. In the present study, we blasted the database of tea （Camellia sinensis） ESTs to search for potential miRNAs, using previously known plant miRNAs. For the first time, four candidate miRNAs from four families were identified in tea. Using the newly identified miRNA sequences, a total of 30 potential target genes were identified for 11 miRNA families; 6 of these predicted target genes encode transcription factors （20%）, 16 target genes appear to play roles in diverse physiological processes （53%） and 8 target genes have hypothetical or unknown functions （27%）. These findings considerably broaden the scope of understanding the functions of miRNA in tea.展开更多
Ocular cells like,retinal pigment epithelium(RPE)is a highly specialized pigmented monolayer of post-mitotic cells,which is located in the posterior segment of the eye between neuro sensory retina and vascular choroid...Ocular cells like,retinal pigment epithelium(RPE)is a highly specialized pigmented monolayer of post-mitotic cells,which is located in the posterior segment of the eye between neuro sensory retina and vascular choroid.It functions as a selective barrier and nourishes retinal visual cells.As a result of high-level oxygen consumption of retinal cells,RPE cells are vulnerable to chronic oxidative stress and an increased level of reactive oxygen species(ROS)generated from mitochondria.These oxidative stress and ROS generation in retinal cells lead to RPE degeneration.Various sources including mtDNA damage could be an important factor of oxidative stress in RPE.Gene therapy and mitochondrial transfer studies are emerging fields in ocular disease research.For retinal degenerative diseases stem cell-based transplantation methods are developed from basic research to preclinical and clinical trials.Translational research contributions of gene and cell therapy would be a new strategy to prevent,treat and cure various ocular diseases.This review focuses on the effect of oxidative stress in ocular cell degeneration and recent translational researches on retinal degenerative diseases to cure blindness.展开更多
文摘Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), an important antioxidant molecule playing a major role in electron transport chain, has been commercially produced by fermentation process for the use in oral nutraceutical formulations. Constructing the high-yielding CoQ10 producing strains is a pre-requisite for cost-effective production. A superior mutant strain P-87 generated from Paracoccus denitrificans ATCC 19367, which showed 1.25-fold improvement in specific CoQ10 content higher than the wild type strain at shake flask level, was selected to carry out the studies on CoQ10 yield improvement through fermenter process optimization. In the course of study, initially the cane-molasses-based medium and fed-batch fermentation strategy using pHBA in combination with sucrose were standardized in shake flask using wild type strain. This strategy was subsequently translated at 2 L laboratory fermenter while optimizing the fermentation process parameters using improved mutant strain P-87. Under optimized fermentation condition, mutant strain P-87 produced 49.85 mg/L of CoQ10 having specific content of 1.63 mg/g of DCW, which was 1.36 folds higher than the specific CoQ10 content of wild-type strain under similar optimized condition. The temperature and DO were found to be critical parameters for CoQ10 production by mutant strain P-87. The optimum temperature was found to be 32°C and the optimum DO concentration to be maintained throughout the fermentation cycle was found to be 30% of air saturation. Overall, a new cost-effective process has been established for the production of CoQ10 using the cheaper substrate “cane molasses” and higher CoQ10 producing mutant strain P-87.
文摘MicroRNAs （miRNAs） are a newly identified class of small non-protein-coding post-transcriptional regulatory RNA in both plants and animals. The use of computational homology based search for expressed sequence tags （ESTs） with the Ambros empirical formula and other structural feature criteria filter is a suitable combination towards the discovery and isolation of conserved miRNAs from tea and other plant species whose genomes are not yet sequenced. In the present study, we blasted the database of tea （Camellia sinensis） ESTs to search for potential miRNAs, using previously known plant miRNAs. For the first time, four candidate miRNAs from four families were identified in tea. Using the newly identified miRNA sequences, a total of 30 potential target genes were identified for 11 miRNA families; 6 of these predicted target genes encode transcription factors （20%）, 16 target genes appear to play roles in diverse physiological processes （53%） and 8 target genes have hypothetical or unknown functions （27%）. These findings considerably broaden the scope of understanding the functions of miRNA in tea.
基金The authors would like to thank the Science and Engi・neering Research Board(ECR/2018/000718)Indian Council of Medical Research(File No.2018-2786/CMB/Adhoc-BMS)and Countil for Scie ntific and In dustrial Research((Ref No.:27(0353)/19/EMR-ll),Government of India,New Delhi for providing necessary funding to complete this review article successfully.
文摘Ocular cells like,retinal pigment epithelium(RPE)is a highly specialized pigmented monolayer of post-mitotic cells,which is located in the posterior segment of the eye between neuro sensory retina and vascular choroid.It functions as a selective barrier and nourishes retinal visual cells.As a result of high-level oxygen consumption of retinal cells,RPE cells are vulnerable to chronic oxidative stress and an increased level of reactive oxygen species(ROS)generated from mitochondria.These oxidative stress and ROS generation in retinal cells lead to RPE degeneration.Various sources including mtDNA damage could be an important factor of oxidative stress in RPE.Gene therapy and mitochondrial transfer studies are emerging fields in ocular disease research.For retinal degenerative diseases stem cell-based transplantation methods are developed from basic research to preclinical and clinical trials.Translational research contributions of gene and cell therapy would be a new strategy to prevent,treat and cure various ocular diseases.This review focuses on the effect of oxidative stress in ocular cell degeneration and recent translational researches on retinal degenerative diseases to cure blindness.
