Versatile dielectric barrier discharge cold plasma for safety and quality control in fruits and vegetables products: Principles, configurations and applications.

It is well-known that fresh fruits and vegetables and their products are particularly susceptible to microbial contaminations. Seeking safer and more effective methods and technologies to extend the shelf life of these foods and ensure their safety is obviously important. This review comprehensively discusses the applications of versatile dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) cold plasma technology in the safety control and shelf-life extension of fruits and vegetables.

Targeting the outer membrane of gram-negative foodborne pathogens for food safety: compositions, functions, and disruption strategies.

Foodborne pathogens are a major threat to both food safety and public health. The current trend toward fresh and less processed foods and the misuse of antibiotics in food production have made controlling these pathogens even more challenging. The outer membrane has been employed as a practical target to combat foodborne Gram-negative pathogens due to its accessibility and importance.

The appearance of cytoplasmic cytochrome C precedes apoptosis during Drosophila salivary gland degradation.

Apoptosis is an important process for organism development that functions to eliminate cell damage, maintain homeostasis, and remove obsolete tissues during morphogenesis. In mammals, apoptosis is accompanied by the release of cytochrome C (Cyt-c) from mitochondria to the cytoplasm. However, whether this process is conserved in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, remains controversial.

Atg1 phosphorylation is activated by AMPK and indispensable for autophagy induction in insects.

Phosphorylation is a key post-translational modification in regulating autophagy in yeast and mammalians, yet it is not fully illustrated in invertebrates such as insects. ULK1/Atg1 is a functionally conserved serine/threonine protein kinase involved in autophagosome initiation. As a result of alternative splicing, Atg1 in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, is present as three mRNA isoforms, with BmAtg1c showing the highest expression levels.

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Tip60 Phosphorylation at Ser 99 Is Essential for Autophagy Induction in .

Tip60, a key histone acetyltransferase of the MYST family and member of the nuclear multimeric protein complex (NuA4), regulates the activity and stability of proteins involved in the cell cycle, DNA damage responses, autophagy, etc. However, the function and regulatory mechanism of Tip60 homolog in are not elucidated. In the present study, Tip60 (BmTip60) was functionally identified.

The AMPK-PP2A axis in insect fat body is activated by 20-hydroxyecdysone to antagonize insulin/IGF signaling and restrict growth rate.

In insects, 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) limits the growth period by triggering developmental transitions; 20E also modulates the growth rate by antagonizing insulin/insulin-like growth factor signaling (IIS). Previous work has shown that 20E cross-talks with IIS, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not fully understood. Here we found that, in both the silkworm and the fruit fly , 20E antagonized IIS through the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)-protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) axis in the fat body and suppressed the growth rate.

The genomic and functional landscapes of developmental plasticity in the American cockroach.

Many cockroach species have adapted to urban environments, and some have been serious pests of public health in the tropics and subtropics. Here, we present the 3.38-Gb genome and a consensus gene set of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana.

Peroxiredoxin 5 from common cutworm (Spodoptera litura) acts as a potent antioxidant enzyme.

In this study, we describe the cloning and characterization of a Prx from the common cutworm Spodoptera litura (SlPrx5). The SlPrx5 cDNA contains an open reading frame of 477 bp encoding a predicted protein of 159 amino acid residues, 16.902 kDa, and an isoelectric point of 7.