Nine bacterial strains isolated from root nodules of Astragalus sinicus were compared with 41 reference strains, including the type strains of the type species of the genera Rhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, and Agrobacterium, by performing a numerical analysis of 200 phenotype features. Representative strains belonging to different clusters were further compared with similar bacteria by using data from gel electrophoresis of whole-cell proteins, DNA G + C content data, and DNA-DNA hybridization data. The rhizobial strains isolated from nodules of A . sinicus constitute a distinct homology group that is quite different from previously described Rhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, and Agrobacterium species and from strains isolated from other Astragalus species. We propose the name Rhizobium huakuii sp. nov. for the strains isolated from A . sinicus. Type strain CCBAU 2609 (= 103) has been deposited in the Culture Collection of Beijing Agricultural University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.Bacteria which form nitrogen-fixing nodules on leguminous plants are currently divided into the following four genera: Rhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, Azorhizobium, and Sinorhizobium (2, 5, 9). The genus Rhizobium comprises
In the continuing search for effective cancer treatments, we report the rational
engineering of a multifunctional nanoparticle that combines traditional
chemotherapy with cell targeting and anti-adhesion functionalities. Very late
antigen-4 (VLA-4) mediated adhesion of multiple myeloma (MM) cells to bone
marrow stroma confers MM cells with cell-adhesion-mediated drug resistance
(CAM-DR). In our design, we used micellar nanoparticles as dynamic
self-assembling scaffolds to present VLA-4-antagonist peptides and doxorubicin
(Dox) conjugates, simultaneously, to selectively target MM cells and to overcome
CAM-DR. Dox was conjugated to the nanoparticles through an acid-sensitive
hydrazone bond. VLA-4-antagonist peptides were conjugated via a multifaceted
synthetic procedure for generating precisely controlled number of targeting
functionalities. The nanoparticles were efficiently internalized by MM cells and
induced cytotoxicity. Mechanistic studies revealed that nanoparticles induced
DNA double-strand breaks and apoptosis in MM cells. Importantly, multifunctional
nanoparticles overcame CAM-DR, and were more efficacious than Dox when MM cells
were cultured on fibronectin-coated plates. Finally, in a MM xenograft model,
nanoparticles preferentially homed to MM tumors with ∼10 fold more drug
accumulation and demonstrated dramatic tumor growth inhibition with a reduced
overall systemic toxicity. Altogether, we demonstrate the disease driven
engineering of a nanoparticle-based drug delivery system, enabling the model of
an integrative approach in the treatment of MM.
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of vitrification on the dynamics of the global transcriptome in bovine germinal vesicle (GV) oocytes and their in vitro-derived metaphase II (MII) oocytes. The GV oocytes were vitrified using the open-pulled straw method. After warming, GV oocytes and the resulting MII-stage oocytes were cultured in vitro for 2h and 24h respectively and were then collected. The fresh GV oocytes and their in vitro-derived MII oocytes were used as controls. Then, each pool (fresh GV, n=3; vitrified GV, n=4; fresh MII, n=1 and MII derived from vitrified GV, n=2) from the different stages was used for mRNA transcriptome sequencing. The results showed that the in vitro maturation rates of GV oocytes were significantly decreased (32.36% vs 53.14%) after vitrification. Bovine GV oocyte vitrification leads to 12 significantly upregulated and 19 downregulated genes. After culturing in vitro, the vitrification-derived MII oocytes showed 47 significantly upregulated and six downregulated genes when compared with those from fresh GV oocytes. Based on molecular function-gene ontology terms analysis and the Kyoto encyclopaedia of genes (KEGG) pathway database, the differentially expressed genes were associated with the pathways of cell differentiation and mitosis, transcription regulation, regulation of actin cytoskeleton, apoptosis and so on, which potentially result in the lower in vitro development of GV bovine oocytes.
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