Publications by authors named "Zhixun Guo"

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  • Scylla paramamosain, an important crab species in aquaculture, is increasingly threatened by the highly pathogenic mud crab dicistrovirus-1 (MCDV-1), which disrupts its cultivation due to viral diseases.
  • A study analyzed the immune response of infected mud crabs, revealing 5,139 differentially expressed genes and highlighting pathways related to humoral immunity that the crabs activate to combat MCDV-1, while also showing disruptions in metabolic processes.
  • The research identified 9 key hub genes linked to viral endocytosis, indicating that MCDV-1 may utilize this process to enter crab cells and replicate, marking a significant step in understanding the viral
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  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a harmful bacteria that affects mud crabs, causing significant health and economic issues in the industry, particularly in South China.
  • This research used genome sequencing and various experiments to uncover how this bacteria infects mud crabs, identifying over 400 genes related to its virulence and adherence.
  • The findings highlight key genes involved in the infection process, which can help in developing strategies for preventing and controlling outbreaks of this pathogen.
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Laminin receptor (LR), which mediating cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix, plays a crucial role in cell signaling and regulatory functions. In the present study, a laminin receptor gene (SpLR) was cloned and characterized from the mud crab (Scylla paramamosain). The full length of SpLR contained an open reading frame (ORF) of 960 bp encoding 319 amino acids, a 5' untranslated region (UTR) of 66 bp and a 3' UTR of 49 bp.

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Cancer therapeutic resistance remains a significant challenge in the pursuit of effective treatment strategies. Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a class of non-coding RNAs, have recently emerged as key regulators of various biological processes, including cancer progression and drug resistance. This review highlights the emerging role of circRNAs-mediated autophagy in cancer therapeutic resistance, a cellular process that plays a dual role in cancer by promoting both cell survival and death.

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Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) can specifically inhibit gene expression by RNA interference and has important application potential in animal disease control. White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is one of the most harmful pathogens in shrimp aquaculture, causing huge economic losses every year. In this study, we investigated the function of the WSSV-encoded wsv108 protein.

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Heat shock proteins play an important role in host defense, and modulate immune responses against pathogen infection. In this study, a novel HSC70 from the mud crab (designated as SpHSC70) was cloned and characterized. The full length of SpHSC70 contained a 58 bp 5'untranslated region (UTR), an open reading frame (ORF) of 2,046 bp and a 3'UTR of 341 bp.

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The Hippo-Yki signaling pathway plays a crucial role in numerous biological processes. Previous studies have demonstrated the significance of signal transduction components of the Hippo pathway in the immune response of shrimp. In this study, the downstream transcription factor of Hippo signaling, Scalloped, was analyzed in the context of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection in Pacific white shrimp, Penaeus vannamei.

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  • Prolyl hydroxylase 2 (PHD2) serves as the main oxygen sensor regulating HIF-1α stability, and researchers identified a novel PHD2 gene called SpPHD2 from the mud crab Scylla paramamosain, revealing its full transcript length of 1926 bp.
  • The SpPHD2 protein features key structural domains and is broadly expressed in various tissues, with its localization primarily in the cytoplasm.
  • Silencing SpPHD2 increased levels of SpHIF-1α and associated genes, while overexpression decreased SpHIF-1α activity; additionally, SpPHD2 expression rises under low oxygen conditions, suggesting a feedback loop in regulating hypoxia responses.
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The transcription factor Nrf2 plays vital roles in detoxification and antioxidant enzymes against oxidative stress. However, the function of Nrf2 in crustaceans is not well studied. In this study, a novel Nrf2 gene from the mud crab (Sp-Nrf2) was identified.

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Cadmium is one of hazardous pollutants that has a great threat to aquatic organisms and ecosystems. The intestine plays important roles in barrier function and immunity to defend against environmental stress. However, whether cadmium exposure caused the intestine injury is not well studied.

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Cytochrome P450 (CYPs) enzymes are one of the critical detoxification enzymes, playing a key role in antioxidant defense. However, the information of CYPs cDNA sequences and their functions are lacked in crustaceans. In this study, a novel full-length of CYP2 from the mud crab (designated as Sp-CYP2) was cloned and characterized.

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Glutaredoxin (Grx) is a glutathione-dependent oxidoreductase that plays a key role in antioxidant defense. In this study, a novel Grx2 gene (SpGrx2) was identified from the mud crab Scylla paramamosain, which consists of a 196 bp 5' untranslated region, a 357 bp open reading frame, and a 964 bp 3' untranslated region. The putative SpGrx2 protein has a typical single Grx domain with the active center sequence C-P-Y-C.

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The transmission of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) affects the safety of aquaculture animals. Dissolved oxygen (DO) can affect the transmission of ARGs, but its mechanism of action in this process is unclear. We conducted laboratory breeding experiment with low and control DO groups.

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In the Hippo pathway, activation of Hippo and Warts (Wts) kinases results in the phosphorylation of Yorkie (Yki), to prevent its nuclear translocation. Shrimp aquaculture is threatened by genus bacteria. In this study, we examine the role of the Hippo pathway in immune defense against in Pacific white shrimp .

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  • * The study successfully cloned and characterized a new variant of Grx (Sp-Grx 5) in mud crabs, revealing it to have a unique sequence and high expression levels in specific tissues like the hepatopancreas.
  • * Sp-Grx 5 expression increases significantly when crabs face stressors like infection or toxins, indicating its involvement in immune response and detoxification, while also enhancing cell survival under oxidative stress.
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Mud crab reovirus (MCRV) is a serious pathogen that leads to large economic losses in the mud crab farming. However, the molecular mechanism of the immune response after MCRV infection is unclear. In the present study, physiological, transcriptomic, and metabolomic responses after MCRV infection were investigated.

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Cadmium, one of the most toxic heavy metals, can cause severe oxidative damage to aquatic animals. However, the mechanism whereby the mud crabs respond to cadmium exposure remains unclear. This study investigated the effects of cadmium exposure on oxidative stress and histopathology changes and evaluated the role of the Nrf2 signaling pathway in regulating responses to cadmium-induced hepatotoxicity were investigated in mud crabs.

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The Wnt family genes are essentially implicated in development and growth in animals. Accumulating clues have pointed to the importance of Wnts in invertebrate immunity, but the underlying mechanisms are still unclear to date. The Wnt5b has been known to promote white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) infection in shrimp but its role in antibacterial response remains unclear.

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  • Phosphofructokinase (PFK) is a crucial enzyme in glycolysis, and researchers have cloned and studied a specific PFK gene (SpPFK) from the mud crab Scylla paramamosain.
  • The SpPFK gene consists of 249 bp of 5' UTR, a 2,859 bp open reading frame, and 1,248 bp of 3' UTR, with high expression levels in the gill, hemocytes, and muscle, especially after infection with mud crab dicistrovirus-1 (MCDV-1).
  • Knocking down SpPFK through RNA interference was shown to lower lactate dehydrogenase levels, enhance survival rates in
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can cause infections and diseases in a variety of marine vertebrates and invertebrates, which are harmful to the aquaculture industry. The LuxS quorum-sensing system regulates the expression of virulence factors in a wide variety of pathogenic bacteria. In this study, an in-frame deletion of the gene was constructed to reveal the role of LuxS in the physiology and virulence of .

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A Dicer2 gene from Scylla paramamosain, named SpDicer2, was cloned and characterized. The full length of SpDicer2 mRNA contains a 121 bp 5'untranslated region (UTR), an open reading frame (ORF) of 4518 bp and a 3' UTR of 850 bp. The SpDicer2 protein contains seven characteristic Dicer domains and showed 34%-65% identity and 54%-79% similarity to other Dicer protein domains, respectively.

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  • Apoptosis is crucial for the immune defense against infections, and caspase 3, a family of proteins, plays a key role in this process.
  • The full-length caspase 3 from mud crab (Sp-caspase 3) was cloned, characterized, and found to be expressed widely, especially in hemocytes, with its activity located in both the cytoplasm and nucleus.
  • Over-expressing Sp-caspase 3 can induce cell death and its expression increases during infection with V. Parahaemolyticus, while knocking it down reduces apoptosis and increases crab mortality.
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