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The applications of α-linolenic acid (ALA) in the food industry are restricted due to its poor water solubility and antioxidant stability. This study concentrates on developing an ALA-loaded microemulsion (ALA-ME) to enhance its solubility and antioxidant capacity. The formulation of the microemulsion was investigated based on pseudoternary phase diagrams. The ALA-ME was characterized by using electrical conductivity, viscosity and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The microstructure of the ALA-ME was probed using nuclear magnetic resonance (H-NMR). The results proved that ALA-ME consisted of spheroidal droplets with 20-40 nm diameter. A structural transformation from water in oil (W/O) to oil in water (O/W) occurred, as seen from the electrical conductivity determination. The H-NMR results revealed a transition of the ALA position encapsulated from the core area of the microemulsion to the lipophilic layer of the surfactant. Furthermore, two microstructural models of ALA-ME were proposed. The antioxidant evaluation demonstrated that the ALA antioxidant capacity in microemulsions was enhanced to about 80% compared with that of ALA in oil solution.

Edited by Linda SpremulliEukaryotic ribosomes are composed of rRNAs and ribosomal proteins. Ribosomal proteins are translated in the cytoplasm and imported into the nucleus for assembly with the rRNAs. It has been shown that chaperones or karyopherins responsible for import can maintain the stability of ribosomal proteins by neutralizing unfavorable positive charges and thus facilitate their transports. Among 79 ribosomal proteins in yeast, only a few are identified with specific chaperones. Besides the classic role in maintaining protein stability, chaperones have additional roles in transport, chaperoning the assembly site, and dissociation of ribosomal proteins from karyopherins. Bcp1 has been shown to be necessary for the export of Mss4, a phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5-kinase, and required for ribosome biogenesis. However, its specific function in ribosome biogenesis has not been described. Here, we show that Bcp1 dissociates Rpl23 from the karyopherins and associates with Rpl23 afterward. Loss of Bcp1 causes instability of Rpl23 and deficiency of 60S subunits. In summary, Bcp1 is a novel 60S biogenesis factor via chaperoning Rpl23 in the nucleus.The ribosome is a large macromolecular complex responsible for decoding cellular genetic information into proteins. There are two ribosomal subunits; in the eukaryotes, they are the (60S) large subunit and the small (40S) subunit, each composed of both rRNAs and ribosomal proteins. In eukaryotic cells, the assembly of ribosomes occurs in the nucleolus, a subcompartment of the nucleus devoted to ribosome biogenesis. rRNAs are transcribed by RNA polymerase I and III, and the initial assembly and processing events occur co-transcriptionally. The mRNAs of ribosomal proteins are transcribed in the nucleus by RNA polymerase II and translated in the cytoplasm. Consequently, the ribosomal proteins must be imported into the nucleus for assembly with the rRNAs. After ribosome assemblies have achieved a certain stage of maturation, export factors are loaded to direct these huge complexes to cross the nuclear membrane through the nuclear pore complexes (1-6). In the cytoplasm, ribosomes undergo additional steps in the maturation process; the trans-acting factors that are exported with nascent ribosomal subunits need to be stripped off, additional ribosomal proteins are added, and in the case of the 40S subunit, the final rRNA processing occurs (7,8). The synthesis of ribosomes requires the coordination of many non-ribosomal trans-acting factors at different stages for this pathway to be completed. About 200 trans-acting factors are involved in rRNA processing, rRNA folding, protein loading, and export. To date, more trans-acting factors have continued to be identified (7, 9, 10).BCP1 is an essential gene involved in the export of Mss4 (11), a phosphatidylinositol (PI) 2 4-phosphate 5-kinase that catalyzes the phosphorylation of PI4-phosphate and acts with the PI4-kinase, Stt4p, at the plasma membrane to generate PI4,5P 2 (12, 13). Phosphoinositols are critical small signal...

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