Oedaleus asiaticus B. Bienko is a persistent pest occurring in north Asian grasslands. We found that O. asiaticus feeding on Stipa krylovii Roshev. had higher approximate digestibility (AD), efficiency of conversion of ingested food (ECI), and efficiency of conversion of digested food (ECD), compared with cohorts feeding on Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel, Artemisia frigida Willd., or Cleistogenes squarrosa (Trin.) Keng. Although this indicated high food utilization efficiency for S. krylovii, the physiological processes and molecular mechanisms underlying these biological observations are not well understood. Transcriptome analysis was used to examine how gene expression levels in O. asiaticus gut are altered by feeding on the four plant species. Nymphs (fifth-instar female) that fed on S. krylovii had the largest variation in gene expression profiles, with a total of 88 genes significantly upregulated compared with those feeding on the other three plants, mainly including nutrition digestive genes of protein, carbohydrate, and lipid digestion. GO and KEGG enrichment also showed that feeding S. krylovii could upregulate the nutrition digestion-related molecular function, biological process, and pathways. These changes in transcripts levels indicate that the physiological processes of activating nutrition digestive enzymes and metabolism pathways can well explain the high food utilization of S. krylovii by O. asiaticus.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jee/tox128 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Epidemiological Characteristics of HIV-Infected Individuals by the Registration for Special Exempted Calculation: A Nationwide Cohort Study.
Infect Chemother
December 2024
Institute for Health and Society, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Background: The Korean government is implementing policy to reduce medical costs and improve treatment related for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients. The level of cost reduction and the benefits provided vary depending on how individuals with HIV utilize the system. This study aims to determine exact HIV prevalence by analyzing healthcare utilization patterns and examining differences in healthcare usage based on how individuals pay for their medical expenses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffect of dietary probiotics intake on cancer mortality: a cohort study of NHANES 1999-2018.
Sci Rep
January 2025
Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, China.
Limited research has explored the connection between consuming dietary probiotics in the diet and cancer-related deaths. This study aimed to examine how the intake levels of three different groups of dietary probiotics are associated with the risk of dying from cancer in a representative sample of adults in the United States. Using data from the USDA Food Survey Nutrient Database, researchers categorized foods based on their microbial levels as low (10 CFU/g), medium (10-10 CFU/g), or high (> 10 CFU/g).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA global analysis of dairy consumption and incident cardiovascular disease.
Nat Commun
January 2025
Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
The role of dairy products in cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention remains controversial. This study investigates the association between dairy consumption and CVD incidence using data from the China Kadoorie Biobank and the UK Biobank, complemented by an updated meta-analysis. Among Chinese participants, regular dairy consumption (primarily whole milk) is associated with a 9% increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and a 6% reduced risk of stroke compared to non-consumers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnraveling Caco-2 Cells through Functional and Transcriptomic Assessments.
Regul Toxicol Pharmacol
January 2025
Division of Applied Regulatory Science, Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, United States of America. Electronic address:
The static Caco-2 monolayer is an extensively utilized model for predicting the permeability of small molecules during the drug development process. While these cells can differentiate and develop key functional and morphological features that emulate human enterocytes, they do not fully replicate the complexity of human intestinal physiology. In this study, we investigated functional and morphological aspects of Caco-2 cells, alongside their transcriptomic profiles, with a particular emphasis on genes encoding drug-metabolizing enzymes and drug transporters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGenomic characteristics and phylogenetic relationships of Cutibacterium acnes breast milk isolates.
BMC Microbiol
January 2025
Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering (IMAU), Ministry of Education, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, P.R. China.
Background: Cutibacterium acnes is one of the most commonly found microbes in breast milk. However, little is known about the genomic characteristics of C. acnes isolated from breast milk.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!