is a widely cultivated edible fungus in China, which is rich in nutrients and medicinal compounds. However, the lack of a high-quality genome hinders further research. In this study, we assembled the telomere-to-telomere genomes of two sexually compatible monokaryons (CchA and CchB) derived from a primarily cultivated strain AS-5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF(L.) Fr. Has long been recognized as a valuable functional food consumed in numerous countries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiabetes mellitus induces a pathophysiological disorder known as diabetic cardiomyopathy and may eventually cause heart failure. Diabetic cardiomyopathy is manifested with systolic and diastolic contractile dysfunction along with alterations in unique cardiomyocyte proteins and diminished cardiomyocyte contraction. Multiple mechanisms contribute to the pathology of diabetic cardiomyopathy, mainly including abnormal insulin metabolism, hyperglycemia, glycotoxicity, cardiac lipotoxicity, endoplasmic reticulum stress, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, calcium treatment damage, programmed myocardial cell death, improper Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System activation, maladaptive immune modulation, coronary artery endothelial dysfunction, exocrine dysfunction, etc.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPathogenic variants in MYH7 and MYBPC3 account for the majority of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Targeted drugs like myosin ATPase inhibitors have not been evaluated in children. We generate patient and variant-corrected iPSC-cardiomyocytes (CMs) from pediatric HCM patients harboring single variants in MYH7 (V606M; R453C), MYBPC3 (G148R) or digenic variants (MYBPC3 P955fs, TNNI3 A157V).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Diabetic cardiomyopathy is one common cardiovascular complication without effective treatments. Dihydromyricetin (DHY), a natural dihydroflavonol compound extracted from , possesses versatile pharmacologically important effects. In our current research, we planned to evaluate the impact and probable DHY mechanisms in high glucose (HG)-induced cardiomyocytes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAgrocybe chaxingu is an edible and medicinal mushroom widely cultivated in China (Liu et al. 2021). Agrocybe chaxingu is extremely well-liked for the unique flavor and nutritional value.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnzymatic dissociation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) into single cells during routine passage leads to massive cell death. Although the Rho-associated protein kinase inhibitor, Y-27632 can enhance hPSC survival and proliferation at high seeding density, dissociated single cells undergo apoptosis at clonal density. This presents a major hurdle when deriving genetically modified hPSC lines since transfection and genome editing efficiencies are not satisfactory.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA complete telomere-to-telomere (T2T) genome has been a longstanding goal in the field of genomic research. By integrating high-coverage and precise long-read sequencing data using multiple assembly strategies, we present here the first T2T gap-free genome assembly of strain GL72, a Tibetan medicinal mushroom. The T2T genome, with a size of 46.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOphiocordyceps sinensis (OS), known as "soft gold", played an important role in local economic development. OS from different producing areas was difficult to be discriminated by the appearance. Nagqu OS, a distinguished and safeguarded geographical indication product, commands a premium price in market.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiomed Pharmacother
December 2023
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease caused by disorders of insulin secretion and utilization. Long-term hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, and disorders of glucose and lipid metabolism cause vascular endothelial cell damage. Endothelial dysfunction is a key feature of diabetic vascular complications such as diabetic nephropathy, retinopathy, neuropathy, and atherosclerosis.
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October 2023
Fungal disease of mushroom (CM) caused by (CC) is destructive to fruiting body cultivation, resulting in significant economic loss and potential food safety risks. CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing has proven to be a powerful tool for crop improvement but seldom succeeded in mushrooms. Here, the first genomic safe-harbor site, locus, was identified in the CM genome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one serious and common complication in diabetes without effective treatments. Hydrogen sulfide (HS) fights against a variety of cardiovascular diseases including DCM. Retinoic acid-related orphan receptor α (RORα) has protective effects on cardiovascular system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh blood pressure (BP) is the major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Genome-wide association studies have identified genetic variants for BP, but functional insights into causality and related molecular mechanisms lag behind. We functionally characterize 4,608 genetic variants in linkage with 135 BP loci in vascular smooth muscle cells and cardiomyocytes by massively parallel reporter assays.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHorizontal gene transfer (HGT) is an important driving force for virulence evolution of pathogens, however, functions of these transferred genes are still not fully investigated. Here, an HGT effector, CcCYT was reported to contribute to virulence of a mycoparasite, Calcarisporium cordycipiticola to the host Cordyceps militaris, an important mushroom. Cccyt was predicted to be horizontally transferred from Actinobacteria ancestor by phylogenetic, synteny, GC content and codon usage pattern analyses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHydrogen sulfide (HS) is considered to be a gasotransmitter along with carbon monoxide (CO) and nitric oxide (NO), and is known as a key regulator of physiological and pathological activities. S-sulfhydration (also known as persulfidation), a mechanism involving the formation of protein persulfides by modification of cysteine residues, is proposed here to explain the multiple biological functions of HS. Investigating the properties of protein persulfides can provide a foundation for further understanding of the potential functions of HS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDihydromyricetin (DHY), the main flavonoid component in , has important benefits for health. The present study aimed to investigate the exact effects and possible mechanisms of DHY on diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM). Male C57BL/6 mice and sirtuin 3 (SIRT3) knockout (SIRT3-KO) mice were injected with streptozotocin (STZ) to induce a diabetic model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMitochondria are the power source of living cells and implicated in the oxidative metabolism. However, the effect of mitochondria on breeding is usually ignored in conventional research. In this study, the effect of mitochondria on morphology, yield, and main primary bioactive components was analyzed via structuring and comparing isonuclear alloplasmic strains.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSclerotia of are one of the most important traditional Chinese medicines and are commonly used in China, Japan, Korea, and other Asian countries. In the present study, we presented the first high-quality homokaryotic genome of with 14 chromosomes which was evaluated with assembly index, telomere position detection, and whole-genome collinearity. A 64.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFucosylation is a common glycan terminal modification, which has been reported to be inhibited by 2-fluorofucose (2FF) both and . The present study aimed to investigate the effect of 2FF on acetaminophen (APAP)-induced acute liver injury, and further clarified the possible mechanisms. In the present study, inhibition of fucosylation by 2FF relieved APAP-induced acute liver injury .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCells communication in response to extracellular or biophysical stimulus relies on elaborated systems of signal transduction. In the course of most signal pathway, the cascades involve signal protein complexes, which are often assembled by adaptor proteins. Tumor necrosis factor receptor type 1-associated death domain protein (TRADD) is an adaptor molecule involved in various signal pathways and mediating multiple biological activities, including cell survival, cell proliferation, cell differentiation, apoptosis, necroptosis and inflammation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeveral mitogenomes of the genus Ganoderma have been assembled, but intraspecific comparisons of mitogenomes in Ganoderma lingzhi have not been reported. In this study, 19 G. lingzhi mitogenomes were assembled and analyzed combined with three mitogenomes of G.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCordyceps militaris is a popular edible fungus with important economic value worldwide. In this study, an efficient CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing system based on an autonomously replicating plasmid with an AMA1 sequence was constructed. Further, a precisely targeted gene deletion via homology-directed repair was effectively introduced in C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis not only a popular edible mushroom, but also has excellent potential in bioremediation. In this study, we present a high-quality genome of a monokaryotic strain of the commercial cultivar in China. The assembly yielded an N50 length of 2.
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