Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) is a ubiquitous bioactive lipid in cells, which participates in regulating many metabolic processes. Exogenous PE has been reported to play a positive regulatory role in macrophage inflammatory responses. However, the molecular mechanisms of PE in regulating macrophage inflammation are not completely understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSulfide:Quinone Oxidoreductase (Sqr) Catalyzes The Initial Procedure On Sulfide Transformation, Alongside Sulfide (HS, S) Oxidization Coupled With Coenzyme Q (CoQ) Reducing And Reactive Sulfur Species (RSS) Production. Here, We Assessed The Reactivity Of Propanethiol (PT) As An Alternative Substrate For Sqr To Maintain Intracellular Homeostasis In Strain S-1 Capable Of Degrading Emerging Sulfur-Containing Pollutants. We Deleted A Gene Encoding Sqr, And Serial Transcriptional Difference Induced By RSS Dynamics Was Therefore Revealed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of disability and death. Thus, timely and effective secondary brain injury intervention is crucial, with potential to improve the prognosis of TBI. Oxidative stress contributes to post-traumatic secondary cognitive impairment, and the reduction of post-traumatic oxidative stress effectively enhances cognitive function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs a vital pathway for cellular energy production, mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation (FAO) is essential in regulating immune responses to bacterial pathogens and maintaining intracellular homeostasis in vertebrates. However, the specific role of FAO in antiviral innate immune response in macrophages remains insufficiently understood. In this study, virus infection simulated by poly(I:C) inhibited FAO, as indicated by the reduced expression of FAO-related genes and proteins in the head kidney of large yellow croaker, with similar results observed in poly(I:C)-stimulated macrophages.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA ten-week culture trial in juvenile large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) (10.80 ± 0.10 g) was conducted to assess the impact of supplementing heat-killed Lactobacillus acidophilus (HLA) on growth performance, intestinal digestive enzyme activity, antioxidant capacity and inflammatory response.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In the central nervous system, glioma is the most common malignant tumor, and patients have a poor prognosis. Identification of novel marker genes and establishment of prognostic models are important for early diagnosis and prognosis determination.
Methods: Download glioma data from the CGGA and TCG databases.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the anti-tumor effect of resveratrol (RSV) on glioblastoma (GBM) and its specific mechanism in improving the inflammatory response of the tumor microenvironment. The tumor microenvironment of GBM is highly neuroinflammatory, inducing tumor immunosuppression. Therefore, ameliorating the inflammatory response is an important focus for anti-tumor research.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Glucose is a fundamental substance for numerous cancers, including glioma. However, its influence on tumor cells regulatory mechanisms remains uncertain. SIRT1 is a regulator of deacetylation and a key player in the progression of malignant tumors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPropanethiol (PT) is a hazardous pollutant that poses risks to both the environment and human well-being. S-1 has been identified as a microorganism capable of utilizing PT as its sole carbon source. However, the metabolic pathway responsible for PT degradation in S-1 has remained poorly understood, impeding its optimization and practical application.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe introduce an exploratory active learning (AL) algorithm using Gaussian process regression and marginalized graph kernel (GPR-MGK) to sample chemical compound space (CCS) at minimal cost. Targeting 251,728 enumerated alkane molecules with 4-19 carbon atoms, we applied the AL algorithm to select a diverse and representative set of molecules and then conducted high-throughput molecular simulations on these selected molecules. To demonstrate the power of the AL algorithm, we built directed message-passing neural networks (D-MPNN) using simulation data as the training set to predict liquid densities, heat capacities, and vaporization enthalpies of the CCS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids
December 2023
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is the main carrier of cholesterol transport in plasma, which participates in regulating lipid homeostasis. Studies in mammals have shown that high levels of LDL in plasma absorbed by macrophages trigger the formation of lipid-rich foam cells, leading to the development of atherosclerotic plaques. Although lipid-rich atherosclerosis-like lesions have been discovered in the aorta of several fish species, the physiological function of LDL in fish macrophages remains poorly understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlycerol monolaurate (GML) is a potential candidate for regulating metabolic syndrome and inflammatory response. However, the role of GML in modulating intestinal health in fish has not been well determined. In this study, a 70-d feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of GML on intestinal barrier, antioxidant capacity, inflammatory response and microbiota community of large yellow croaker (13.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Chem Inf Model
August 2023
Marginalized graph kernels have shown competitive performance in molecular machine learning tasks but currently lack measures of interpretability, which are important to improve trust in the models, detect biases, and inform molecular optimization campaigns. We here conceive and implement two interpretability measures for Gaussian process regression using a marginalized graph kernel (GPR-MGK) to quantify (1) the contribution of specific training data to the prediction and (2) the contribution of specific nodes of the graph to the prediction. We demonstrate the applicability of these interpretability measures for molecular property prediction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFspecies are non-fermentative Gram-negative bacteria that are widely distributed in environment and are highly resistant to numerous antibiotics. Thus, serves as a reservoir of genes encoding antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The detection rate of is rapidly increasing alongside their strengthening intrinsic ability to tolerate a variety of clinical antibiotics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDietary high soybean oil (SO) levels might cause hepatic lipid deposition, induce oxidative stress and inflammatory response in aquatic animals, while octanoate (OCT) is beneficial to metabolism and health in mammals. However, the effect of OCT has been studied rarely in aquatic animals. In this study, a 10-week feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effect of supplemental OCT on hepatic lipid metabolism, serum biochemical indexes, antioxidant capacity and inflammatory response of large yellow croaker () fed with high SO levels diet.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFruit color is one of the quality indicators to judge the freshness of a plum. The coloring process of plum skin is valuable for research due to the high nutritional quality of anthocyanins found in plums. 'Cuihongli' (CHL) and its precocious mutant variety 'Cuihongli Red' (CHR) were used to analyze the changes of fruit quality and anthocyanin biosynthesis during plum development.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Overconsumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is associated with an increased risk of metabolic disorders, including obesity and diabetes. However, accumulating evidence also suggests the potential negative impact of consuming nonnutritive sweeteners (NNSs) on weight and glycaemic control. The metabolic effects of sucralose, the most widely used NNS, remain controversial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOctanoate is a type of classical medium-chain fatty acids, which is widely used to treat neurological and metabolic syndrome. However, the specific role of octanoate in repairing intestinal health impairment is currently unknown. Therefore, we investigated whether dietary octanoate repaired the intestinal damage induced by surplus soybean oil in .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe solvation free energy of organic molecules is a critical parameter in determining emergent properties such as solubility, liquid-phase equilibrium constants, p and redox potentials in an organic redox flow battery. In this work, we present a machine learning (ML) model that can learn and predict the aqueous solvation free energy of an organic molecule using the Gaussian process regression method based on a new molecular graph kernel. To investigate the performance of the ML model for electrostatic interaction, the nonpolar interaction contribution of the solvent and the conformational entropy of the solute in the solvation free energy, three data sets with implicit or explicit water solvent models, and contribution of the conformational entropy of the solute are tested.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Chem Inf Model
November 2021
This work proposes a state-of-the-art hybrid kernel to calculate molecular similarity. Combined with Gaussian process models, the performance of the hybrid kernel in predicting molecular properties is comparable to that of the directed message-passing neural network (D-MPNN). The hybrid kernel consists of a marginalized graph kernel (MGK) and a radial basis function (RBF) kernel that operate on molecular graphs and global molecular features, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Glob Antimicrob Resist
December 2021
Objectives: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain MER1 was isolated from hospital wastewater in Shandong Province, China. This study aimed to determine the genetic determinants related to its striking MDR phenotype.
Methods: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of strain MER1 was performed by disk diffusion on Mueller-Hinton agar plates, and MICs were interpreted according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute breakpoints.