Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes serious acute or chronic infections in humans. Acute infections typically involve the type III secretion systems (T3SSs) and bacterial motility, whereas chronic infections are often associated with biofilm formation and the type VI secretion system. To identify new genes required for pathogenesis, a transposon mutagenesis library was constructed and the gene PA4857, named tspR, was found to modulate T3SS gene expression. Deletion of P. aeruginosa tspR reduced the virulence in a mouse acute lung infection model and diminished cytotoxicity. Suppression of T3SS gene expression in the tspR mutant resulted from compromised translation of the T3SS master regulator ExsA. TspR negatively regulated two small RNAs, RsmY and RsmZ, which control RsmA. Our data demonstrated that defects in T3SS expression and biofilm formation in retS mutant could be partially restored by overexpression of tspR. Taken together, our results demonstrated that the newly identified retS-tspR pathway is coordinated with the retS-gacS system, which regulates the genes associated with acute and chronic infections and controls the lifestyle choice of P. aeruginosa.
A rapid, on-site,
and accurate SARS-CoV-2 detection method is crucial for the prevention
and control of the COVID-19 epidemic. However, such an ideal screening
technology has not yet been developed for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2.
Here, we have developed a deep learning-based surface-enhanced Raman
spectroscopy technique for the sensitive, rapid, and on-site detection
of the SARS-CoV-2 antigen in the throat swabs or sputum from 30 confirmed
COVID-19 patients. A Raman database based on the spike protein of
SARS-CoV-2 was established from experiments and theoretical calculations.
The corresponding biochemical foundation for this method is also discussed.
The deep learning model could predict the SARS-CoV-2 antigen with
an identification accuracy of 87.7%. These results suggested that
this method has great potential for the diagnosis, monitoring, and
control of SARS-CoV-2 worldwide.
In this study, the effect of enriched environment (EE) on the spatial learning of aged rats was examined, and then the effects of EE on the aged corpus callosum (CC) were investigated by means of the modern stereological methods. We found that EE significantly improved the spatial learning of aged rats. The CC volume, the total volume of the myelinated fibers and total volume of the myelin sheaths in the CC, the total length of the myelinated fibers in the CC of enriched rats were significantly increased when compared to standard rats. The increase of the myelinated fibers in enriched rat CC might provide one of the structural bases for the enrichment-related improvement of the spatial learning. This study provided, to the best of our knowledge, the first evidence of environmental enrichmentinduced increases of the CC and the myelinated fibers in the CC of aged rats. Anat Rec, 295:999-1005,
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