J. Inst. Brew. 113(3), 272-279, 2007Ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (RISA) and traditional culture-based methods were employed to examine the fungal community of Shaoxing rice wine wheat Qu. Results showed that RISA profiles of total DNA exhibited nine distinguishable bands. By comparison, the RISA fingerprints recovered from enrichment media gave variable patterns containing fewer bands. Bands corresponding to five fungal species detected by RISA of total DNA were also observed in RISA fingerprints from enrichment cultures. A total of twenty-four pure cultures were isolated with media of potato dextrose agar (PDA), Czapek (CPK) and wheat Qu extraction (WQE). A total of eight, eighteen and eleven fungal species and 7.9 × 10 5 cfu /g Qu, 3.0 × 10 5 cfu /g Qu, and 3.9 × 10 6 cfu /g Qu, were isolated using PDA, CPK and WQE media, respectively. Predominance of each representative species did vary with the culture medium. Comparison of ITS sequences of excised RISA bands and recovered pure isolates with those in GenBank database revealed that the representative fungal species in wheat Qu were Absidia corymbifera, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Rhizopus oryzae, Rhizomucor pusillus, Aspergillus oryzae, Candida tropicalis, Emericella nidulans, Clavispora lusitaniae, Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus niger, Rhizopus microsporus, Pichia guilliermondii and Pichia anomala. Species of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida tropicalis and Rhizopus oryzae detected in the original samples by analysis of RISA were not recovered in any of the three media. In addition, some species recovered from the enrichments were not detected by RISA analysis. Results obtained with culture-based or molecular-based methods clearly confirmed the importance of developing an integrated approach to gain a better understanding of the microbial community in wheat Qu.
BackgroundRecent studies have shown that miR-199a-5p plays opposite roles in cancer initiation and progression of different cancer types, acting as oncogene for some cancer types but as tumor suppressor gene for others. However, the role and molecular mechanism of miR-199a-5p in gastric cancer are largely unknown.MethodsIn this study, miR-199a-5p expression level in gastric cancer was first analyzed by qPCRand then validated in 103 gastric cancer patients by in situ hybridization (ISH). Gastric cancer cell lines were transfected with miR-199a-5p inhibitor and mimic, and underwent in vitro transwell assays. Target genes (klotho) were identified using Luciferase reporter assay. Immunohistochemical staining was also used to investigate on how miR-199a-5p regulates the tumour-suppressive effects of klotho in gastric cancer.ResultsIn our present study, we found that miR-199a-5p level was significantly increased in gastric cancer tissues compared to paired normal tissues. We observed that miR-199a-5p could promote migration and invasion of gastric cancer cells. In situ hybridization of miR-199a-5p also confirmed that higher miR-199a-5p expression level was associated with increased likelihood of lymph node metastasis and later TNM stage. Luciferase reporter assay and immunohistochemistry revealed that klotho might be the downstream target of miR-199a-5p.ConclusionsOur present study suggests that miR-199a-5p acts as an oncogene in gastric cancer and functions by targeting klotho.
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) as a novel type of noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) are widely studied in the development of human various diseases, including cancer. Here, we found circular RNA hsa_circ_000984 encoded by the CDK6 gene was remarkably upregulated in the tissues of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients and in the CRC cell lines. Moreover, high expression level of hsa_circ_000984 was significantly associated with advanced colorectal cancer. Further analysis revealed that hsa_circ_000984 knockdown could inhibit cell proliferation, migration, invasion in vitro and tumor formation in vivo in CRC cell lines. Mechanically, we found that hsa_circ_000984 may act as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) by competitively binding miR-106b and effectively upregulate the expression of CDK6, thereby inducing a series of malignant phenotypes of tumor cells. Taken together, these observations suggest that the hsa_circ_000984 could mediate the expression of gene CDK6 by acting as a ceRNA, which may contribute to a better understanding of between the regulatory miRNA network and CRC pathogenesis.
Increased expression of galectin-1 (Gal-1) in carcinoma-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) has been reported to correlate with progression and prognosis in many cancers. However, rarely have reports sought to determine whether high Gal-1 expression in CAFs in gastric cancer is involved in the tumor process, and the specific mechanism by which it promotes the evolution of gastric cancer is still unknown. In this study, we cultured gastric cancer CAFs, which showed strong expression of Gal-1, and established a co-culture system of CAFs with gastric cancer cells. Specific siRNA and in vitro migration and invasion assays were used to explore the effects of the interaction between Gal-1 expression of CAFs and gastric cancer cells on cell migration and invasion. We found that the overexpression of Gal-1 in CAFs enhanced gastric cancer cell migration and invasion, and these stimulatory effects could be blocked by specific siRNA which reduced the Gal-1 expression level. A set of cancer invasion-associated genes were then chosen to identify the possible mechanism of Gal-1-induced cell invasion. Among these genes, integrin β1 expression in cancer cells was considered to be associated with Gal-1 expression. Pre-blocking of the integrin β1 expression in gastric cancer cells with siRNA could interrupt the invasion-promoting effect of CAFs with high Gal-1 expression. Furthermore, immunohistochemical assay confirmed a positive correlation between Gal-1 and integrin β1 expression. Our results showed that high expression of Gal-1 in CAFs might facilitate gastric cancer cell migration and invasion by upregulating integrin β1 expression in gastric cancer.
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