Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai‘Whangkeumbae'is a sand pear fruit with excellent nutritional quality and taste.However,the industrial development of pear fruit is significantly limited by its short shelf life.Salicylic aci...Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai‘Whangkeumbae'is a sand pear fruit with excellent nutritional quality and taste.However,the industrial development of pear fruit is significantly limited by its short shelf life.Salicylic acid(SA),a well-known phytohormone,can delay fruit senescence and improve shelf life.However,the mechanism by which SA regulates CONSTANS-LIKE genes(COLs)during fruit senescence and the role of COL genes in mediating fruit senescence in sand pear are poorly understood.In this study,22 COL genes were identified in sand pear,including four COLs(Pp COL8,Pp COL9a,Pp COL9b,and Pp COL14)identified via transcriptome analysis and 18 COLs through genome-wide analysis.These COL genes were divided into three subgroups according to the structural domains of the COL protein.Pp COL8,with two B-box motifs and one CCT domain,belonged to the first subgroup.In contrast,the other three Pp COLs,Pp COL9a,Pp COL9b,and Pp COL14,with similar conserved protein domains and gene structures,were assigned to the third subgroup.The four COLs showed different expression patterns in pear tissues and were preferentially expressed at the early stage of fruit development.Moreover,the expression of Pp COL8 was inhibited by exogenous SA treatment,while SA up-regulated the expression of Pp COL9a and Pp COL9b.Interestingly,Pp COL8 interacts with Pp MADS,a MADS-box protein preferentially expressed in fruit,and SA up-regulated its expression.While the production of ethylene and the content of malondialdehyde(MDA)were increased in Pp COL8-overexpression sand pear fruit,the antioxidant enzyme(POD and SOD)activity and the expression of Pp POD1 and Pp SOD1 in the sand pear fruits were down-regulated,which showed that Pp COL8 promoted sand pear fruit senescence.In contrast,the corresponding changes were the opposite in Pp MADS-overexpression sand pear fruits,suggesting that Pp MADS delayed sand pear fruit senescence.The co-transformation of Pp COL8 and Pp MADS also delayed sand pear fruit senescence.The results of this study revealed that Pp COL8 can play a key role in pear fruit senescence by interacting with Pp MADS through the SA signaling pathway.展开更多
Extracellular vesicles from skin-derived precursor Schwann cells(SKP-SC-EVs)promote neurite outgrowth in culture and enhance peripheral nerve regeneration in rats.This study aimed at expanding the application of SKPSC...Extracellular vesicles from skin-derived precursor Schwann cells(SKP-SC-EVs)promote neurite outgrowth in culture and enhance peripheral nerve regeneration in rats.This study aimed at expanding the application of SKPSC-EVs in nerve grafting by creating a chitosan/PLGA-based,SKP-SC-EVs-containing tissue engineered nerve graft(TENG)to bridge a 40-mm long sciatic nerve defect in dogs.SKP-SC-EVs contained in TENGs significantly accelerated the recovery of hind limb motor and electrophysiological functions,supported the outgrowth and myelination of regenerated axons,and alleviated the denervation-induced atrophy of target muscles in dogs.To clarify the underlying molecular mechanism,we observed that SKP-SC-EVs were rich in a variety of miRNAs linked to the axon growth of neurons,and miR-30b-5p was the most important among others.We further noted that miR-30b-5p contained within SKP-SC-EVs exerted nerve regeneration-promoting effects by targeting the Sin3a/HDAC complex and activating the phosphorylation of ERK,STAT3 or CREB.Our findings suggested that SKP-SC-EVs-incorporating TENGs represent a novel type of bioactive material with potential application for peripheral nerve repair in the clinic.展开更多
NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated cell pyroptosis aggravates the development of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion(I/R)injury,and the aim of this study is to investigate the potential utilization of the Chinese medicine,Puerarin...NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated cell pyroptosis aggravates the development of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion(I/R)injury,and the aim of this study is to investigate the potential utilization of the Chinese medicine,Puerarin,in treating this disease.Through conducting in vitro and in vivo experiments,the present study illustrated that Puerarin regulated LncRNA double homeobox A pseudogene 8(DUXAP8)/miR-223-3p axis to inactivate NLRP3-mediated pyroptotic cell death,resulting in the attenuation of I/R injury.Specifically,the cerebral I/R injury in rat models and hypoxia/reoxygenation(H/R)in primary hippocampus neuron(PHN)cells were inducted,which were subsequently exposed to Puerarin treatment.As expected,we validated that Puerarin suppressed cell pyroptosis and rescued cell viability in I/R rat hippocampus tissues and H/R PHN cells.Next,through bioinformatics analysis,we noticed that miR-223-3p targeted both LncRNA DUXAP8 and NLRP3 mRNA,and both LncRNA DUXAP8 ablation and miR-223-3p overexpression inactivate NLRP3-mediated cell pyroptosis to rescue cell viability in H/R PHN cells.Interestingly,we evidenced that Puerarin restrained LncRNA DUXAP8 expressions,but upregulated miR-223-3p in I/R rat tissues and H/R PHN cells,and the protective effects of Puerarin on H/R PHN cells were abrogated by overexpressing LncRNA DUXAP8 and silencing miR-223-3p.Collectively,we concluded that Puerarin regulated LncRNA DUXAP8/miR-223-3p/NLRP3 signaling cascade to attenuate I/R injury.展开更多
For repairing peripheral nerve and spinal cord defects,biomaterial scaffoid-based cell-therapy was emerged as an effective strategy,requiring the positive response of seed cells to biomaterial substrate and environmen...For repairing peripheral nerve and spinal cord defects,biomaterial scaffoid-based cell-therapy was emerged as an effective strategy,requiring the positive response of seed cells to biomaterial substrate and environment signals.Previous work highlighted that the imposed surface properties of scaffold could provide important guidance cues to adhered cells for polarization.However,the insufficiency of native Schwann cells and unclear cellular response mechanisms remained to be addressed.Given that,this study aimed to illuminate the micropatterned chitosan-film action on the rat skin precursor-derived Schwann cells(SKP-SCs).Chitosanfilm with different ridge/groove size was fabricated and applied for the SKP-SCs induction.Results indicated that SKP-SCs cultured on 30μm size microgroove surface showed better oriented alignment phenotype.Induced SKP-sCs presented similar genic phenotype as repair Schwann cells,increasing expression of c-Jun,neural cell adhesion molecule,and neurotrophic receptor p75.Moreover,SKP-SC-secretome was subjected to cytokine array GS67 assay,data indicated the regulation of paracrine phenotype,a panel of cytokines was verifed up-regulated at secreted level and gene expression level in induced SKP-SCs.These up-regulated cytokines exhibit a series of promotive neural regeneration functions,including cell survival,cell migration,cell proliferation,angiogenesis,axon growth,and cellular organization etc.through bioinformatics analysis.Furthermore,the effectively polarized SKP-SCs-sourced secretome,promoted the proliferation and migration capacity of the primarily cultured native rat Schwann cells,and augmented neurites growth of the cultured motoneurons,as well as boosted axonal regrowth of the axotomy-injured motoneurons.Taken together,SKP-SCs obtained pro-neuroregeneration phenotype in adaptive response to the anisotropic topography surface of chitosan-film,displayed the oriented parallel growth,the transition towards repair Schwann cell genic phenotype,and the enhanced paracrine effect on neural regeneration.This study provided novel insights into the potency of anisotropic microtopography surface to Schwann-like cells phenotype regulation,that facilitating to provide promising engineered cell-scaffold in neural injury therapies.展开更多
When this paper was first published,the authors'affiliation“(“Department of Clinical Pharmacy,The First Affliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University,Jinan 250014,China)was incom-plete.The corrected af...When this paper was first published,the authors'affiliation“(“Department of Clinical Pharmacy,The First Affliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University,Jinan 250014,China)was incom-plete.The corrected affiliation has shown above.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32272654)the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province China(C2023204016)+2 种基金the Hebei Province Introduced Overseas-Scholar Fund China(C20220361)the S&T Program of Hebei China(20326330D)the Hebei Province Outstanding Youth Fund China(2016,2019)。
文摘Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai‘Whangkeumbae'is a sand pear fruit with excellent nutritional quality and taste.However,the industrial development of pear fruit is significantly limited by its short shelf life.Salicylic acid(SA),a well-known phytohormone,can delay fruit senescence and improve shelf life.However,the mechanism by which SA regulates CONSTANS-LIKE genes(COLs)during fruit senescence and the role of COL genes in mediating fruit senescence in sand pear are poorly understood.In this study,22 COL genes were identified in sand pear,including four COLs(Pp COL8,Pp COL9a,Pp COL9b,and Pp COL14)identified via transcriptome analysis and 18 COLs through genome-wide analysis.These COL genes were divided into three subgroups according to the structural domains of the COL protein.Pp COL8,with two B-box motifs and one CCT domain,belonged to the first subgroup.In contrast,the other three Pp COLs,Pp COL9a,Pp COL9b,and Pp COL14,with similar conserved protein domains and gene structures,were assigned to the third subgroup.The four COLs showed different expression patterns in pear tissues and were preferentially expressed at the early stage of fruit development.Moreover,the expression of Pp COL8 was inhibited by exogenous SA treatment,while SA up-regulated the expression of Pp COL9a and Pp COL9b.Interestingly,Pp COL8 interacts with Pp MADS,a MADS-box protein preferentially expressed in fruit,and SA up-regulated its expression.While the production of ethylene and the content of malondialdehyde(MDA)were increased in Pp COL8-overexpression sand pear fruit,the antioxidant enzyme(POD and SOD)activity and the expression of Pp POD1 and Pp SOD1 in the sand pear fruits were down-regulated,which showed that Pp COL8 promoted sand pear fruit senescence.In contrast,the corresponding changes were the opposite in Pp MADS-overexpression sand pear fruits,suggesting that Pp MADS delayed sand pear fruit senescence.The co-transformation of Pp COL8 and Pp MADS also delayed sand pear fruit senescence.The results of this study revealed that Pp COL8 can play a key role in pear fruit senescence by interacting with Pp MADS through the SA signaling pathway.
基金supported by the Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(92068112)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFA0104700)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82201509)the National Major Project of Research and Development(2022YFA1105500).
文摘Extracellular vesicles from skin-derived precursor Schwann cells(SKP-SC-EVs)promote neurite outgrowth in culture and enhance peripheral nerve regeneration in rats.This study aimed at expanding the application of SKPSC-EVs in nerve grafting by creating a chitosan/PLGA-based,SKP-SC-EVs-containing tissue engineered nerve graft(TENG)to bridge a 40-mm long sciatic nerve defect in dogs.SKP-SC-EVs contained in TENGs significantly accelerated the recovery of hind limb motor and electrophysiological functions,supported the outgrowth and myelination of regenerated axons,and alleviated the denervation-induced atrophy of target muscles in dogs.To clarify the underlying molecular mechanism,we observed that SKP-SC-EVs were rich in a variety of miRNAs linked to the axon growth of neurons,and miR-30b-5p was the most important among others.We further noted that miR-30b-5p contained within SKP-SC-EVs exerted nerve regeneration-promoting effects by targeting the Sin3a/HDAC complex and activating the phosphorylation of ERK,STAT3 or CREB.Our findings suggested that SKP-SC-EVs-incorporating TENGs represent a novel type of bioactive material with potential application for peripheral nerve repair in the clinic.
基金supported by the Project of Scientific Research Fund of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Zhejiang Province(No.2020ZB230).
文摘NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated cell pyroptosis aggravates the development of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion(I/R)injury,and the aim of this study is to investigate the potential utilization of the Chinese medicine,Puerarin,in treating this disease.Through conducting in vitro and in vivo experiments,the present study illustrated that Puerarin regulated LncRNA double homeobox A pseudogene 8(DUXAP8)/miR-223-3p axis to inactivate NLRP3-mediated pyroptotic cell death,resulting in the attenuation of I/R injury.Specifically,the cerebral I/R injury in rat models and hypoxia/reoxygenation(H/R)in primary hippocampus neuron(PHN)cells were inducted,which were subsequently exposed to Puerarin treatment.As expected,we validated that Puerarin suppressed cell pyroptosis and rescued cell viability in I/R rat hippocampus tissues and H/R PHN cells.Next,through bioinformatics analysis,we noticed that miR-223-3p targeted both LncRNA DUXAP8 and NLRP3 mRNA,and both LncRNA DUXAP8 ablation and miR-223-3p overexpression inactivate NLRP3-mediated cell pyroptosis to rescue cell viability in H/R PHN cells.Interestingly,we evidenced that Puerarin restrained LncRNA DUXAP8 expressions,but upregulated miR-223-3p in I/R rat tissues and H/R PHN cells,and the protective effects of Puerarin on H/R PHN cells were abrogated by overexpressing LncRNA DUXAP8 and silencing miR-223-3p.Collectively,we concluded that Puerarin regulated LncRNA DUXAP8/miR-223-3p/NLRP3 signaling cascade to attenuate I/R injury.
基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20230607)the Natural Science Research Foundation of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(Grant No.23KJB180022)+2 种基金the Jiangsu Funding Program for Excellent Postdoctoral Talent[2022]the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31870977)the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions[PAPD].
文摘For repairing peripheral nerve and spinal cord defects,biomaterial scaffoid-based cell-therapy was emerged as an effective strategy,requiring the positive response of seed cells to biomaterial substrate and environment signals.Previous work highlighted that the imposed surface properties of scaffold could provide important guidance cues to adhered cells for polarization.However,the insufficiency of native Schwann cells and unclear cellular response mechanisms remained to be addressed.Given that,this study aimed to illuminate the micropatterned chitosan-film action on the rat skin precursor-derived Schwann cells(SKP-SCs).Chitosanfilm with different ridge/groove size was fabricated and applied for the SKP-SCs induction.Results indicated that SKP-SCs cultured on 30μm size microgroove surface showed better oriented alignment phenotype.Induced SKP-sCs presented similar genic phenotype as repair Schwann cells,increasing expression of c-Jun,neural cell adhesion molecule,and neurotrophic receptor p75.Moreover,SKP-SC-secretome was subjected to cytokine array GS67 assay,data indicated the regulation of paracrine phenotype,a panel of cytokines was verifed up-regulated at secreted level and gene expression level in induced SKP-SCs.These up-regulated cytokines exhibit a series of promotive neural regeneration functions,including cell survival,cell migration,cell proliferation,angiogenesis,axon growth,and cellular organization etc.through bioinformatics analysis.Furthermore,the effectively polarized SKP-SCs-sourced secretome,promoted the proliferation and migration capacity of the primarily cultured native rat Schwann cells,and augmented neurites growth of the cultured motoneurons,as well as boosted axonal regrowth of the axotomy-injured motoneurons.Taken together,SKP-SCs obtained pro-neuroregeneration phenotype in adaptive response to the anisotropic topography surface of chitosan-film,displayed the oriented parallel growth,the transition towards repair Schwann cell genic phenotype,and the enhanced paracrine effect on neural regeneration.This study provided novel insights into the potency of anisotropic microtopography surface to Schwann-like cells phenotype regulation,that facilitating to provide promising engineered cell-scaffold in neural injury therapies.
文摘When this paper was first published,the authors'affiliation“(“Department of Clinical Pharmacy,The First Affliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University,Jinan 250014,China)was incom-plete.The corrected affiliation has shown above.
