Hypoxia, a common occurrence within solid tumors, can stimulate the dissemination of deceptive tumor exosomes, which function as communicative bridges and orchestrate the recruitment of various supportive cell types for enhanced tumor adaptability in a tumor immune microenvironment. Current nanotechnology provides us intelligent strategies to combat the hypoxic tumor microenvironment. However, once exposed to external stimuli, such as chemotherapy, tumor cells simultaneously release malignant signals to develop tumor migration and immunosuppression, posing challenges to clinical practice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe hybrid F offspring of (♂) and (♀) exhibit heterosis in disease resistance and also show abnormal sex differentiation. To understand the mechanism behind gonadal differentiation in the hybrid F, we analyzed the transcriptomes of , , and the hybrid F; screened for genes related to gonad development in these samples; and measured their expression levels. Our results revealed that compared to either or , the gene expressions in most sub-pathways of the SNARE interactions in the vesicular transport pathway in the hypothalamus, pituitary, and gonadal tissues of their hybrid F offspring were significantly up-regulated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Gα family plays a crucial role in the complex reproductive regulatory network of teleosts. However, the characterization and function of Gα family members, especially Gαq, remain poorly understood in teleosts. To analyze the characterization, expression, and function of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) Gαq, we identified the Gα family members in grass carp genome, and analyzed the expression, distribution, and signal transduction of Gαq/gnaq.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBF/C2 is a crucial molecule in the coagulation complement cascade pathway and plays a significant role in the immune response of grass carp through the classical, alternative, and lectin pathways during GCRV infection. In vivo experiments demonstrated that the mRNA expression levels of BF/C2 (A, B) in grass carp positively correlated with GCRV viral replication at various stages of infection. Excessive inflammation leading to death coincided with peak levels of BF/C2 (A, B) mRNA expression and GCRV viral replication.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGrass carp () and barbel chub ()-both Leuciscinae subfamily species-demonstrate differences in grass carp reovirus (GCRV) infection resistance. We infected barbel chubs with type II GCRV and subjected their liver, spleen, head kidney, and trunk kidney samples to investigate anti-GCRV immune mechanisms via RNA sequencing and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). We identified 139, 970, 867, and 2374 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the liver, spleen, head kidney, and trunk kidney, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProteins from the C1q domain-containing (C1qDC) family recognize self-, non-self-, and altered-self ligands and serves as an initiator molecule for the classical complement pathway as well as recognizing immune complexes. In this study, C1qDC gene family members were identified and analyzed in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus). Members of the C1q subfamily were cloned, and their response to infection with the grass carp virus was investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Bioeng Biotechnol
January 2024
Wound infection is a major problem faced during wound healing. Therefore, it is necessary to develop wound dressings with excellent antimicrobial properties. Here, a smart response system of PVA-TPE/HA-AMP/SF/ALG wound dressing was prepared by a combination of chemical cross-linking and freeze-drying methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFish Shellfish Immunol
November 2023
Ctenopharyngodon idella and Squaliobarbus curriculus, members of the Cyprinidae family and Yaroideae subfamily, have shown different levels of resistance to grass carp reo virus (GCRV), with S. curriculus exhibiting higher resilience. In the pursuit to explore the distinctions in the structural and expression traits of BF/C2 (A,B) between the two species, we conducted an analysis involving the cloning and examination of various coding sequences (CDS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRegen Biomater
January 2023
Ferroptosis, a completely new form of regulated cell death, is mainly caused by an imbalance between oxidative damage and reductive protection and has shown great anti-cancer potential. However, existing small-molecule ferroptosis inducers have various limitations, such as poor water solubility, drug resistance and low targeting ability, hindering their clinical applications. Nanotechnology provides new opportunities for ferroptosis-driven tumor therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe G proteins have emerged as essential molecular switches in a wide variety of signal transduction pathways. Gαq, encoded by G protein subunit alpha q (), is a member of the G proteins and participates in regulating important biological activities in mammals; however, its function and regulatory mechanism in teleost remain largely unclear. In the current study, we cloned the cDNA of from zebrafish () and investigated the expression characteristics of Gαq/ in reproductive tissues.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComplement factor I (CFI), a complement inhibitor, is well known for regulating the complement system activation by degrading complement component 3b (C3b) in animal serum, thus becoming involved in innate defense. Nevertheless, the functional mechanisms of CFI in the complement system and in host-pathogen interactions are far from being clarified in teleost fish. In the present study, we cloned and characterized the CFI gene, CiCFI, from grass carp () and analyzed its function in degrading serum C3b and expression changes after grass carp reovirus (GCRV) infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Biomed Nanotechnol
April 2022
Glioblastoma, the most common tumor in the brain, has witnessed very little clinical progress over the last decades. Exploring and discovering new therapeutic strategies for glioblastoma has become a critical problem. Harmine (HM), belonging to the beta-carboline alkaloid, is a natural product and isolated from the seeds of L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMitochondrial DNA B Resour
July 2020
In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome yielded by next-generation sequencing of was assembled and analyzed. The total length of the mitochondrial genome is 16,526 bp. It contains two ribosomal RNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and a major non-coding control region .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe reported the complete mitochondrial genome yielded by next-generation sequencing of in this study. The total length of the mitochondrial genome is 16,916 bp, with the base composition of 32.49% A, 25.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMitochondrial DNA B Resour
September 2019
In this work, we reported the complete mitochondrial genome yielded from next-generation sequencing of . The total length of the mitochondrial genome is 16,636 bp, with the base composition of 32.70% A, 26.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMitochondrial DNA B Resour
September 2019
is a kind of famous and precious ornamental fish. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome yielded by next-generation sequencing of was assembled and analyzed. The total length of the mitochondrial genome is 16,822 bp, with the base composition of 32.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMitochondrial DNA B Resour
September 2019
We reported the complete mitochondrial genome yielded by next-generation sequencing of in this study. The total length of the mitochondrial genome is 16,611 bp, with the base composition of 32.50% A, 26.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBeta diversity describes the variation in species composition between sites and is often influenced by both local and regional processes. Partitioning beta diversity into turnover (species replacement between sites) and nestedness (richness difference between sites) components may enhance our understanding of the mechanisms behind the local and regional drivers determining species composition across spatial scales. We sampled macrophyte communities in 24 lakes in two regions (Yangtze River basin and Yunnan-Guizhou plateau) of China covering broad climate and nutrient gradients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe barbel chub Squaliobarbus curriculus is an important commercial fish species in China, and has shown significant resistance to grass carp reovirus (GCRV). In this study, the cDNA sequence of interferon regulatory factors 3 (IRF3) from Squaliobarbus curriculus, designated as ScIRF3, was cloned, and its effect against GCRV was investigated. The full-length 1837 base pair (bp) cDNA of ScIRF3 contained a complete open reading frame of 1374 bp and encoded a putative polypeptide of 457 amino acid residues.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGrass carp reovirus (GCRV) is the most virulent agent to Grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella, and causes a severe infectious disease called hemorrhagic disease of grass carp. Generally, barbel chub, Squaliobarbus curriculus, a genetically closely related species to grass carp, exhibits significant resistance against GCRV infection compared to grass carp. To investigate whether the Toll-like receptor 22 (tlr22) has got a vital role against the GCRV infection, the full cDNA sequence of tlr22 from barbel chub (Sctlr22) was cloned by RACE-PCR, and the structure and expression feature were studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We investigated the effect of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on the invasion and metastasis of ovarian cancer cells (A2780, HO8910, and SKOV-3).
Methods: Cytotoxicity assay was performed to determine the optimal doses of DHA in this experiment. The effects of DHA on invasion ability were assessed by invasion assay.
Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal
September 2016
In this study, 15 sets of primers were used to amplify contiguous, overlapping segments of the complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of C. capio furong(♀) × C. carpio var.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTrypsin-like serine protease (TLS) is ubiquitous in animals and plays a number of diverse roles, including dietary protein digestion, hemolymph coagulation, antimicrobial activity and immune responses, among others. This study reports the isolation of a 1048 bp full-length cDNA sequence of TLS from triangle-shell pearl mussel (Hyriopsis cumingii), including a 12 bp 5' UTR (untranslated region), a 172 bp 3' UTR, and an open reading frame (ORF) of 864 bp by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). Bioinformatic analysis shows that the gene belongs to the trypsin-like serine protease superfamily, and contains a 15 residues N-terminal signal peptide and a conserved C-terminal domain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoagulation factor VII has been studied in several species but, to date, not in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), a commercially important freshwater fish found in China. In this study, the full-length cDNA of grass carp coagulation factor VII (GcCFVII) was cloned using a RACE-Ready cDNA Kit, grass carp were challenged with a hemorrhagic virus, and temporal expression profiles of GcCFVII in the thymus, gills, liver, spleen, and head kidney were examined at 0 h, 24 h, 48 h, 72 h, 96 h, and 138 h using fluorescence quantitative PCR. The results showed the 1480 bp GcCFVII to contain three conservative motifs: Gla, EGF-CA, and Tryp-SPc, similar to other species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe barbel chub (Squaliobarbus curriculus), a kind of small commercial fish, is widespread in China. In this study, we sequenced the mitochondrial genome of the barbel chub from the Xiangjiang River. The total length of the mitochondrial genome is 16,619 bp, with the base composition of 31.
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