Project description:Black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) is known to possess a wide variety of antimicrobial peptides belonging to different structural families. Three novel antimicrobial peptides have been isolated from black cumin seeds. Two of them were attributed as members of the non-specific lipid transfer proteins family and one - as a defensin. We have made an attempt of using proteomic approach for novel antimicrobial peptides search in N. sativa seeds as well. The use of well established approach that includes extraction and fractionation stages remains relevant even in case of novel peptides search because the lacking of N. sativa genome data. Novel peptides demonstrate a spectrum of antimicrobial activity against plant pathogenic organisms that may cause economically important crop diseases. These results obtained allow considering these molecules as candidates to be applied in "next-generation" biopesticides development for agriculture use.
Project description:Glycolytic Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) catalyzes the conversion of glyceraldehyde 3-phospate to 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate by coupling with the reduction of NAD+ to NADH. Both cytosolic and plastidial isoforms of GAPDH has been described but the in vivo functions of the plastidial isoforms is unresolved. We generated mutants of the Arabidopsis plastidial GAPDH isoforms (At1g79530, At1g16300; GAPCp1, GAPCp2) and performed a microarray analysis comparing gapcp double (gapcp1 gapcp2) mutant and wild type seedlings
Project description:Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is emerging as a key player in T-cell development, function and cancer. Here we investigated the role of GAPDH in T-cell development/function by overexpressing GAPDH in the T-cell lineage. Aged mice developed: 1) splenomegaly, 2) enlarged lymph nodes, 3) lymphocyte-infiltrations in the liver and bone marrow. All showed an increase of strongly proliferating and clonal Tfh CXCR5+PD1highCD4+-T cells associated with germinal center B cells and inflammatory cytokine-release. Gene-set-expression-analysis confirmed that this lymphoma was equivalent to human angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL). Mechanistically, GAPDH induced NF-B pathway in the murine AITL in vivo inhibition of NF-B combined with anti-PD1 increased mice survival and cancer immune response. GAPDH-dependent modulation of NF-B in T-cells allowed to model AITL-disease and evaluate treatments.
Project description:Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is emerging as a key player in T-cell development, function and cancer. Here we investigated the role of GAPDH in T-cell development/function by overexpressing GAPDH in the T-cell lineage. Aged mice developed: 1) splenomegaly, 2) enlarged lymph nodes, 3) lymphocyte-infiltrations in the liver and bone marrow. All showed an increase of strongly proliferating and clonal Tfh CXCR5+PD1highCD4+-T cells associated with germinal center B cells and inflammatory cytokine-release. Gene-set-expression-analysis confirmed that this lymphoma was equivalent to human angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL). Mechanistically, GAPDH induced NF-kB pathway in the murine AITL in vivo inhibition of NF-kB combined with anti-PD1 increased mice survival and cancer immune response. GAPDH-dependent modulation of NF-kB in T-cells allowed to model AITL-disease and evaluate treatments.
Project description:Glycolytic Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) catalyzes the conversion of glyceraldehyde 3-phospate to 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate by coupling with the reduction of NAD+ to NADH. Both cytosolic and plastidial isoforms of GAPDH has been described but the in vivo functions of the plastidial isoforms is unresolved. We generated mutants of the Arabidopsis plastidial GAPDH isoforms (At1g79530, At1g16300; GAPCp1, GAPCp2) and performed a microarray analysis comparing gapcp double (gapcp1 gapcp2) mutant and wild type seedlings Experiment Overall Design: 15-day old Arabidopsis seedlings (Col 0) and gapcp1gapcp2 double mutants were used for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays.