Project description:Soybean root hair transcriptional response to their inoculation by the symbiotic bacteria B. japonicum involved in soybean nodulation. We used the first generation of an Affymetrix microarray to quantify the abundance of the transcripts from soybean root hair cells inoculated and mock-inoculated by B. japonicum. This experiment was performed on a time-course from 6 to 48 hours after inoculation.
Project description:In the study, two soybean genotypes were selected to conduct high and low P, high and low Mg, and AM fungal inoculation treatments, combined with RNA-seq sequencing technique in order to investigate the physiological and molecular mechanisms of the symbiosis between soybean and AM fungi affected by P and Mg treatments. The results showed that both Mg application and AM fungal inoculation were beneficial to promote soybean growth under low P condition. And there was a synergistic effect between the Mg concentration and the P concentration in the root of HN112 under the inoculation condition. RNA-seq sequencing was carried out using the roots of P-efficient soybean HN89 under different Mg and inoculation treatments with low P condition, and the difference of gene expression profiles was analyzed between high and low Mg treatments, and different inoculation treatments. According to the analysis of GO function classification and KEGG enrichment, under high Mg condition, the metabolic pathway was mainly enriched in lipid metabolism and glucose metabolism pathway under the inoculation treatment compared with the non-inoculation treatment, which regulated carbon metabolism pathway. Under the low Mg condition, the metabolic pathway was mainly enriched in the photosynthesis- antenna protein pathway to regulate the photosynthesis pathway under the inoculation treatment compared with the non-inoculation treatment. At the same time, the inoculation treatment significantly increased soybean root starch concentration under low Mg condition, compared with the non-inoculation treatment, suggesting that the significant up-regulation of a large number of photosynthesis related genes might be related to the significant increase of starch concentration at this treatment.
Project description:Head smut of maize, which is caused by the Sporisorium reilianum f. sp. Zeae (Kühn), has been a serious disease in maize. In order to find head smut resistant candidate genes, microarrays were used to monitor the gene expression profiles between disease resistant near isogenic lines (NIL) L282 and L43, highly resistant inbred line Q319 and highly susceptible inbred line Huangzao4 after 0 to7 days post inoculation of S.reiliana by artificial inoculation method.
Project description:Purpose: To report a singular case of cataract caused by toad venom inoculation and to scrutinize the pathological mechanisms through proteomic sequencing of the lens specimen. Methods: A young Chinese male presented with progressively deteriorating vision in his right eye subsequent to a history of toad venom inoculation. He was diagnosed with a toxic cataract, and underwent phacoemulsification cataract surgery. Anterior capsule, nucleus, and cortex specimens from the patient (designated as PT_CAP, PT_PHACO, and PT_CTX, respectively) and age-related cataract controls (C_CAP, C_PHACO, and C_CTX, respectively) were collected and subjected to 4D label-free quantitative proteomics. Results: A multitude of differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified in the patient's lens compared to those in the controls. Specifically, a total of 204 DEPs were identified in PT_CAP compared to C_CAP, with MYH6, MYL2, MYL3, STAT1, and ANK1 among the foremost regulated DEPs. The DEPs of PT_CAP were principally affiliated with functions including "transportation of small molecules", "regulation of metal ion transport", and "import into cell". A sum of 109 DEPs were delineated in PT_CTX compared to C_CTX, with TPM1 among the top-10 downregulated DEPs. Ninety-five DEPs were pinpointed in PT_PHACO compared to C_PHACO, with hexokinase among the top 10 downregulated DEPs. These proteins were ascertained to be linked with Na+/K+-ATPase activity. Conclusion: This study introduced the first documented case of toxic cataract caused by toad venom inoculation. Proteomic sequencing indicated a correlation between cataract and alterations in Na+/K+-ATPase activity, providing insights for the clinical management of ocular toad venom inoculation in subsequent cases.