Publications by authors named "Wen-Li Gao"

Article Synopsis
  • The study investigates how acylation, specifically crotonylation, regulates the production of daptomycin in the actinomycete Streptomyces roseosporus by modifying key metabolic enzymes.
  • Researchers found that crotonylation of the enzyme DptE, which starts the daptomycin biosynthesis process, limits its activity and identified the enzymes involved in adding and removing the crotonyl group.
  • By altering certain residues on DptE, the researchers enhanced its activity, significantly increasing daptomycin yield and suggesting potential improvements for industrial production through decrotonylation strategies.
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Aims: We evaluated whether the randomness of mutation breeding can be regulated through a double-reporter system. We hope that by establishing a new precursor feeding strategy, the production capacity of industrial microorganisms after pilot scale-up can be further improved.

Methods And Results: In this study, the industrial strain Streptomyces roseosporus L2796 was used as the starter strain for daptomycin production, and a double-reporter system with the kanamycin resistance gene Neo and the chromogenic gene gusA was constructed to screen for high-yield strain L2201 through atmospheric and room temperature plasma (ARTP).

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DNA methylation is a defense that microorganisms use against extreme environmental stress, and improving resistance against environmental stress is essential for industrial actinomycetes. However, research on strain optimization utilizing DNA methylation for breakthroughs is rare. Based on DNA methylome analysis and KEGG pathway assignment in Streptomyces roseosporus, we discovered an environmental stress resistance regulator, TagR.

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The efficiency of drug biosynthesis depends on different transcriptional regulatory pathways in Streptomyces, and the protein degradation system adds another layer of complexity to the regulatory processes. AtrA, a transcriptional regulator in the A-factor regulatory cascade, stimulates the production of daptomycin by binding to the dptE promoter in Streptomyces roseosporus. Using pull-down assays, bacterial two-hybrid system and knockout verification, we demonstrated that AtrA is a substrate for ClpP protease.

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Despite numerous studies on transcriptional level regulation by single genes in drug producing , the global regulation based on epigenetic modification is not well explored. N4-methylcytosine (m4C), an abundant epigenetic marker in ' genome, but its regulatory mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we identify a m4C methyltransferase (SroLm3) in L30 and multi-omics studies were performed and revealed SroLm3 as a global regulator of secondary metabolism.

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Daptomycin is a cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic with a significant antibacterial action against antibiotic-resistant Gram-positive bacteria. Despite numerous attempts to enhance daptomycin yield throughout the years, the production remains unsatisfactory. This study reports the application of multilevel metabolic engineering strategies in to reconstruct high-quality daptomycin overproducing strain L2797-VHb, including precursor engineering (i.

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Background: Trimetazidine (TMZ) pretreatment protects cardiomyocytes during cardiac surgery. TMZ may protect elderly patients with ischaemic heart disease (IHD) undergoing non-cardiac surgery.

Methods: This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (registration #ChiCTR1900025018) of patients with IHD scheduled to undergo non-cardiac surgery at Shenzhen People's Hospital (Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China) between June 2014 and September 2015, randomized to 60 mg TMZ or placebo 12 h before surgery.

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Invasion and metastasis of breast cancer cells is an important cause of death in breast cancer patients. In the tumor microenvironment, M2 polarization of macrophages can promote the invasion and metastasis of tumor cells. OVOL2 is an evolutionarily conserved transcription regulator, but its effect in macrophages has not been described previously.

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Background: The ideal depth of general anesthesia should achieve the required levels of hypnosis, analgesia, and muscle relaxation while minimizing physiologic responses to awareness. The choice of anesthetic strategy in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) undergoing major noncardiac surgery is becoming an increasingly important issue as the population ages. This is because general anesthesia is associated with a risk of perioperative cardiac complications and death, and this risk is much higher in people with CHD.

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Aim: Berberine (BBR), an isoquinoline-derived alkaloid isolated from Rhizoma coptidis, exerts cardioprotective effects. Because endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress plays a pivotal role in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (MI/R)-induced apoptosis, it was interesting to examine whether the protective effects of BBR resulted from modulating ER stress levels during MI/R injury, and to define the signaling mechanisms in this process.

Methods: Male rats were treated with BBR (200 mg · kg(-1) · d(-1), ig) for 2 weeks, and then subjected to MI/R surgery.

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Enzymatic regioselective acylation of pyrimidine nucleosides was mediated by immobilized lipase from Penicillium expansum in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (MeTHF), a bio-solvent derived from biomass. Despite of the moderate dissolution ability of MeTHF toward nucleosides, the initial enzymatic reaction rate was much higher in this eco-friendly solvent than in other commonly used organic solvents. This could be explained by the lower apparent activation energy of the enzymatic reaction (24.

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2-Methyltetrahydrofuran (MeTHF), a biomass-derived compound, is a promising medium for biocatalysis and organometallic reactions. The regioselective acylation of 8-chloroadenosine (8-Cl-Ado) and its analogs was carried out in MeTHF with immobilized Penicillium expansum lipase. The lipase displayed more than twofold higher catalytic activity and much better thermostability in MeTHF than in other organic solvents and co-solvent systems.

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Regioselective undecylenoylation of purine nucleosides as potential dual prodrugs was achieved by Candida antarctica lipase B using adenosine as a model reactant. The optimum organic solvent, molar ratio of vinyl ester to nucleoside, enzyme dosage, reaction temperature and molecular sieve amount were anhydrous THF, 5:1, 20 U/ml, 45°C and 75 mg/ml, respectively. Under the optimum conditions, the initial reaction rate, yield and 5'-regioselectivity were 1.

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