Project description:Acute liver failure is a serious clinical manifestation resulting from sudden liver injury, which can be triggered by various factors. Early studies have shown that PGE2 significantly alleviated acute liver failure induced by galactosamine/lipopolysaccharide(Dgaln/lps), APAP, and carbon tetrachloride. However, the precise mechanism by which PGE2 alleviates Dgaln/lps-induced acute liver failure remains unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanisms underlying the protective effects of PGE2 against Dgaln/lps-induced hepatocyte injury.
Project description:Acute liver failure is a serious clinical manifestation resulting from sudden liver injury, which can be triggered by various factors. One of the most frequent causes of acute liver failure is excessive ingestion of acetaminophen (APAP), which is known to damage hepatocytes directly by reducing glutathione levels in cells, ultimately leading to hepatocyte death.PGE2 can play a dual role in inflammation, either promoting or inhibiting the inflammatory response, depending on the cell type, local concentration, receptor type, and tissue microenvironment. Early studies have shown that PGE2 significantly alleviated acute liver failure induced by galactosamine/lipopolysaccharide, APAP, and carbon tetrachloride. However, the precise mechanism by which PGE2 alleviates APAP-induced acute liver failure remains unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanisms underlying the protective effects of PGE2 against APAP-induced hepatocyte injury.
Project description:Acute liver failure is a serious clinical manifestation resulting from sudden liver injury, which can be triggered by various factors. One of the most frequent causes of acute liver failure is excessive ingestion of acetaminophen (APAP), which is known to damage hepatocytes directly by reducing glutathione levels in cells, ultimately leading to hepatocyte death.PGE2 can play a dual role in inflammation, either promoting or inhibiting the inflammatory response, depending on the cell type, local concentration, receptor type, and tissue microenvironment. Early studies have shown that PGE2 significantly alleviated acute liver failure induced by galactosamine/lipopolysaccharide, APAP, and carbon tetrachloride. However, the precise mechanism by which PGE2 alleviates APAP-induced acute liver failure remains unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanisms underlying the protective effects of PGE2 against APAP-induced hepatocyte injury.
Project description:Acute liver failure is a serious clinical manifestation resulting from sudden liver injury, which can be triggered by various factors. One of the most frequent causes of acute liver failure is excessive ingestion of acetaminophen (APAP), which is known to damage hepatocytes directly by reducing glutathione levels in cells, ultimately leading to hepatocyte death.PGE2 can play a dual role in inflammation, either promoting or inhibiting the inflammatory response, depending on the cell type, local concentration, receptor type, and tissue microenvironment. Early studies have shown that PGE2 significantly alleviated acute liver failure induced by galactosamine/lipopolysaccharide, APAP, and carbon tetrachloride. However, the precise mechanism by which PGE2 alleviates APAP-induced acute liver failure remains unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanisms underlying the protective effects of PGE2 against APAP-induced hepatocyte injury.
Project description:Although oral administration of Bifidobacterium longum (B. longum) relieves irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms in a clinical setting, the underlying mechanisms remain undetermined. Herein, we confirmed that B. longum ameliorated defecation habits and alleviated visceral hypersensitivity in water avoidance stress (WAS) rats. Further analysis revealed that B. longum enhanced mucosal repair, promoted the production of lysozyme, and ameliorated microbiota dysbiosis in WAS rats. These activities are all closely correlated with Paneth cell function. In vitro, we incubated primary cultured enteroids with B. longum and found that this bacterium promoted the proliferation of these organoids, which may be attributed to the up-regulated expression of the stem niche factors WNT3A and TGF-β which are serected by the Paneth cells. On the basis of our findings, we propose that B. longum relieves IBS by restoring the antimicrobial activity and stem niche maintenance functions of Paneth cells.
Project description:Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis is a bacterial commensal that colonizes the breast-fed infant gut where it utilizes indigestible components delivered in human milk. Accordingly, human milk contains several non-protein nitrogenous molecules, including urea at high abundance. This project investigates the degree to which urea is utilized as a primary nitrogen source by Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis and incorporation of hydrolysis products into the expressed proteome.
Project description:Members of the serpin (serine protease inhibitor) superfamily have been identified in higher, multicellular eukaryotes, as well as in bacteria, although surveillance of available genome sequences indicates that bacterial serpin-encoding (ser) homologs are not widely distributed. In members of the genus Bifidobacterium this gene appears to be present in at least five, and perhaps up to nine, out of 30 species tested. Moreover, phylogenetic analysis using available bacterial and eukaryotic serpin sequences revealed that bifidobacteria specify serpins that form a separate clade. We characterized the ser210B locus of Bifidobacterium breve 210B, which consists of a number of genes, whose deduced protein products display significant similarity to proteins encoded by corresponding loci found in several other bifidobacteria. Northern hybridization, primer extension, micro array analysis, RT-PCR and Quantitative Real Time (qRT) - PCR analysis revealed that a 3.5 kb polycistronic mRNA, encompassing the ser210B operon with a single transcriptional start site, is strongly induced following treatment of B. breve 210B cultures with particular proteases. In contrast, transcription of the ser homolog of other bifidobacteria, such as Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis, Bifidobacterium dentium and B. longum subsp. longum, appears to be triggered by a different set of proteases Transcriptional response to protease treatments (kallikrein, papain and chymotrypsin) of Bifidobacterium breve 210B
Project description:The purpose of this project was to determine the whole transcriptome response of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum SC596 to pooled and individual human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) relative to lactose
Project description:Extracellular vesicles of the Gram-positive gut symbiont Bifidobacterium longum induce immune-modulatory, anti-inflammatory effects
