Project description:Humic substances are principal components of soil organic matter. They have ecological importance as they intervene in regulating a large number of chemical and biological processes that occur in natural ecosystems. Their ability to improve plant growth has been well established in diverse plant species and growth conditions, although the mechanism responsible for this biological action is poorly understood. Microarray analysis might give us more information about up or down regulation of different biological processes. Wheat plants have been grown hydroponically and treated with Humic acid. Seeds were germinated in obscurity during 10 days, and grown in nutrient solution during 10 days. Harvests were conducted 24 hours, 72 hours and 30 days after treatment application, in order to study early response or a more sustained effect during time.
Project description:Soil humic substances are known to positively influence plant growth and nutrition. In particular, low-molecular fractions have been shown to increase NO3- uptake and PM H+-ATPase activity and alter expression of related genes. Changes in maize root transcriptome due to treatment with nitrate (NO3-), Water-Extractable Humic Substances (WEHS) and NO3-+WEHS were analyzed.
Project description:Low concentrations of the dissolved leonardite humic acid HuminFeed® (HF) prolonged the lifespan and enhanced the thermal stress resistance of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. Furthermore growth was impaired and reproduction delayed, effects which have also been identified in other polyphenolic monomers, including tannic acid, rosmarinic acid, and caffeic acid. Moreover, a chemical modification of HF (HF-HQ), which increases its phenolic/quinonoid moieties, magnified the biological impact on C. elegans. To gain a deep insight into the molecular basis of these effects, we performed global transcriptomics on young adult (3 d) and old adult (11 d) nematodes exposed to two concentrations of HF and young adults (3 d) exposed to two concentrations of HF-HQ.
Project description:RNG140 is an RNA-binding protein that increases in expression during eye lens differentiation and is involved in lens formation. However, the relevance of RNG140-mediated translational regulation to differentiation is not well understood. RNG140-mediated translational regulation operates in the mouse eye, where RNG140 knockout increased the translation of long mRNAs. mRNAs involved in lens differentiation, such as crystallin mRNAs, are short, and can escape translational inhibition by RNG140 and be translated in differentiating lenses.
Project description:Low concentrations of the dissolved leonardite humic acid HuminFeed® (HF) prolonged the lifespan and enhanced the thermal stress resistance of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. Furthermore growth was impaired and reproduction delayed, effects which have also been identified in other polyphenolic monomers, including tannic acid, rosmarinic acid, and caffeic acid. Moreover, a chemical modification of HF (HF-HQ), which increases its phenolic/quinonoid moieties, magnified the biological impact on C. elegans. To gain a deep insight into the molecular basis of these effects, we performed global transcriptomics on young adult (3 d) and old adult (11 d) nematodes exposed to two concentrations of HF and young adults (3 d) exposed to two concentrations of HF-HQ. The global transcriptome was compared in Caenorhabditis elegans mutant strain GE24, pha-1(e2123) exposed to 0, 0.2 and 2.0 mM HuminFeed® (HF) or Huminfeed-Hydroquinone (HF-HQ). Nematodes were harvested as 3 or 11 day old adults (for HF) or 3 day old adults (for HF-HQ).
Project description:Intracellular pathogens develop elaborate mechanisms to survive within the hostile environments of host cells. Theileria parasites infect bovine leukocytes and cause devastating diseases in cattle in developing countries. Theileria spp. have evolved sophisticated strategies to hijack host leukocytes, inducing proliferative and invasive phenotypes characteristic of cell transformation. Intracellular Theileria parasites secrete proteins into the host cell and recruit host proteins to induce oncogenic signaling for parasite survival. It is unknown how Theileria parasites evade host cell defense mechanisms, such as autophagy, to survive within host cells. Here, we show that Theileria annulata parasites sequester the host eIF5A protein to their surface to escape elimination by autophagic processes. We identified a small-molecule compound that reduces parasite load by inducing autophagic flux in host leukocytes, thereby uncoupling Theileria parasite survival from host cell survival. We took a chemical genetics approach to show that this compound induced host autophagy mechanisms and the formation of autophagic structures via AMPK activation and the release of the host protein eIF5A which is sequestered at the parasite surface. The sequestration of host eIF5A to the parasite surface offers a strategy to escape elimination by autophagic mechanisms. These results show how intracellular pathogens can avoid host defense mechanisms and identify a new anti-Theileria drug that induces autophagy to target parasite removal.
2023-12-19 | GSE250088 | GEO
Project description:Mechanisms of humic acid on foxtail millet under drought conditions
Project description:Knowledge on the dynamic features of the processes driven by malaria parasites in the spleen, our biggest lymphoid organ, is lacking. We have implemented intravital microscopy and magnetic resonance imaging of the mouse spleen in experimental infections with the Plasmodium yoelii non-lethal (17X) and lethal (17XL) strains. Notably, there was higher parasite accumulation, reduced motility, lost of directionality and different T2 relaxation times only in spleens of mice infected with the 17X strain. Moreover, these differences were associated with the formation of a strain-specific induced spleen tissue barrier, with macrophage-clearance escape, and with cytoadherence of infected reticulocytes to this barrier. This is a novel spleen-immune evasion mechanism in which parasite-induced spleen remodeling and adherence to this organ allow establishment of chronic infections. We performed time-series global transcriptional analyses from spleens of mice infected with the P. yoelii 17X and 17XL strains at days 3, 4, 5, 10% and 50% of parasitemia post-infection, together with non-infected spleens as a reference day 0, using commercially available arrays representing the complete mouse genome (Agilent Whole Mouse Genome G4122A).