14Sesbania cannabina is a plant that grows naturally along the seashores in Rudong
15County, China (RDC) and it has been introduced into the Yellow River Delta (YRD) 16 as a pioneer plant to improve the saline-alkaline soils. In order to investigate the 17 diversity of S. cannabina rhizobia in these soils, a total of 198 rhizobial isolates were
Although inflammation is critical for the clearance of pathogens, uncontrolled inflammation also contributes to the development of multiple diseases such as cancer and sepsis. Since NF-κB–mediated transactivation in the nucleus is pivotal downstream of various stimuli to induce inflammation, searching the nuclear-localized targets specifically regulating NF-κB activation will provide important therapeutic application. Here, we have identified that homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2), a nuclear serine/threonine kinase, increases its expression in inflammatory macrophages. Importantly, HIPK2 deficiency or overexpression could enhance or inhibit inflammatory responses in LPS-stimulated macrophages, respectively. HIPK2-deficient mice were more susceptible to LPS-induced endotoxemia and CLP-induced sepsis. Adoptive transfer of Hipk2+/− bone marrow cells (BMs) also aggravated AOM/DSS-induced colorectal cancer. Mechanistically, HIPK2 bound and phosphorylated histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3) at serine 374 to inhibit its enzymatic activity, thus reducing the deacetylation of p65 at lysine 218 to suppress NF-κB activation. Notably, the HDAC3 inhibitors protected wild-type or Hipk2−/− BMs-reconstituted mice from LPS-induced endotoxemia. Our findings suggest that the HIPK2-HDAC3-p65 module in macrophages restrains excessive inflammation, which may represent a new layer of therapeutic mechanism for colitis-associated colorectal cancer and sepsis.
The Jerusalem artichoke (JA; Helianthus tuberosus), known to be tolerant to saline-alkaline soil conditions, has been cultivated for many years in the Yellow River delta, Shandong Province coastal zone, in China. The aim of our study was to isolate nitrogen-fixing bacteria colonizing the rhizosphere of JA and to characterize other plant growth promotion properties. The ultimate goal was to identify isolates that could be used as inoculants benefiting an economic crop, in particular for improving wheat growth production in the Yellow River delta. Bacterial strains were isolated from the rhizosphere soil of JA on the basis of growth on nitrogen-free Ashby medium. Identification and phylogenetic analysis was performed after nucleotide sequencing of 16S rRNA gene. Plant-growth-promoting traits, such as nitrogen fixation activity, phosphate solubilization activity, indole-3-acetic acid production, were determined using conventional methods. Eleven strains were isolated and 6 of them were further examined for their level of salt tolerance and their effect on plant growth promotion. Inoculation of Enterobacter sp. strain N10 on JA and wheat led to significant increases in both root and shoot dry mass and shoot height. Enterobacter sp. strain N10 appeared to be the best plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria to increase wheat productivity in future field applications.
Four deep eutectic
solvents (DESs) were synthesized, and 5–30%
polyethylenimine (PEI) was added to make functional DESs (FDESs) for
dynamic absorption experiments of hydrogen sulfide. The synthesized
FDESs were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,
thermogravimetric analysis, and nuclear magnetic resonance. The results
demonstrated the successful synthesis of FDESs. The interaction between
H2S and the FDESs was discussed at a molecular level via
the quantum chemical calculations. It was noticed that FDESs prefer
chemisorption on H2S. In this work, the 25% PEI/FDES@EG
showed the highest desulfurization performance. The effects of H2S concentration and temperature on the desulfurization performance
were investigated. It was found that a relatively low temperature
(30 °C) was favorable for the absorption of H2S. The
25% PEI/FDES@EG could remove H2S efficiently over a low
H2S concentration. Moisture played an important role in
the FDES desulfurization system. The absorption/desorption cycle experiment
indicated that the FDESs retain their good regeneration performance
for at least five times.
A group of Sesbania cannabina rhizobia belonging to four recA genotypes of a novel group was further characterized in comparison with the related Ensifer species. They showed 98.2 to 99.9 % similarities among themselves and 92.9 to 93.3 % similarities with the most related strain Ensifer sojae CCBAU 05684 T in multilocus sequence analysis of recA, atpD and glnII. The genome average nucleotide identity values between representative strain YIC4027 T and the type strains of its closely related species were 81.6 to 88.9 %. Identical symbiotic gene (nodA, nodC and nifH) sequences highly similar with those in other Sesbania-nodulating strains (Rhizobium sp. SIN-1, Neorhizobium huautlense S02 T , Ensifer saheli ORS609 T and Rhizobium sp. IRBG74) were detected. The representative strain YIC4027 T could form effective nodules on its original host Sesbania cannabina, but not on Sophora flavescens, Trifolium repens, Glycine max, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Phaseolus vulgaris or Medicago sativa. The use of lactulose as sole carbon source, possession of C 13 : 0 2-OH, C 13 : 1 at 12-13, C 15 : 1 iso !9c, C 17 : 0 anteiso and C 18 : 0 iso and absence of C 14 : 0 anteiso, C 15 : 0 anteiso and C 18 : 0 3-OH in fatty acids distinguished the strain YIC4027 T from the type strains of its closely related species. Based on all the analyses mentioned above, we propose a novel species Ensifer alkalisoli sp. nov. and designate YIC4027 T (=HAMBI 3655 T =LMG 29286 T ) as the type strain. The genome size of YIC4027 T is 5.97 Mbp, comprising 5588 predicted genes, and the DNA G+C content is 62.2 mol%.
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