It is a long-standing question as to which genes define the characteristic facial features among different ethnic groups. In this study, we use Uyghurs, an ancient admixed population to query the genetic bases why Eur...It is a long-standing question as to which genes define the characteristic facial features among different ethnic groups. In this study, we use Uyghurs, an ancient admixed population to query the genetic bases why Europeans and Han Chinese look different. Facial traits were analyzed based on high-dense 3D facial images; numerous biometric spaces were examined for divergent facial features between European and Han Chinese, ranging from inter-landmark distances to dense shape geometrics, Genome-wide associ- ation studies （GWAS） were conducted on a discovery panel of Uyghurs, Six significant loci were iden- tified, four of which, rs1868752, rs118078182, rs60159418 at or near UBASH3B, COL23A1, PCDH7 and rs17868256 were replicated in independent cohorts of Uyghurs or Southern Han Chinese. A prospective model was also developed to predict 3D faces based on top GWAS signals and tested in hypothetic forensic scenarios.展开更多
Upon glucose elevation, pancreatic beta-cells secrete insulin in a Ca2＋-dependent manner. In diabetic animal models, different aspects of the calcium signaling path- way in beta-cells are altered, but there is no con...Upon glucose elevation, pancreatic beta-cells secrete insulin in a Ca2＋-dependent manner. In diabetic animal models, different aspects of the calcium signaling path- way in beta-cells are altered, but there is no consensus regarding their relative contributions to the development of beta-cell dysfunction. In this study, we compared the increase in cytosolic Ca2＊ （[Ca2＊]~） via Ca2＋ influx, Ca2＊ mobilization from endoplasmic reticulum （ER） calcium stores, and the removal of Ca2＋ via multiple mechanisms in beta-cells from both diabetic db/db mice and non- diabetic C57BL/6J mice. We refined our previous quan- titative model to describe the slow [Ca2＋]i recovery after depolarization in beta-cells from db/db mice. According to the model, the activity levels of the two subtypes of the sarco-endoplasmic reticulum Ca2＋-ATPase （SERCA） pump, SERCA2 and SERCA3, were severely down-reg- ulated in diabetic cells to 65% and 0% of the levels in normal cells. This down-regulation may lead to a reduc- tion in the Ca2＋ concentration in the ER, a compensatory up-regulation of the plasma membrane Na＋/Ca2＋ exchanger （NCX） and a reduction in depolarizationevoked Ca2＋ influx. As a result, the patterns of glucosestimulated calcium oscillations were significantly different in db/db diabetic beta-cells compared with normal cells. Overall, quantifying the changes in the calcium signaling pathway in db/db diabetic beta-cells will aid in the development of a disease model that could provide insight into the adaptive transformations of beta-cell function during diabetes development.展开更多
Water and fertilizer coupling is a high-efficiency technology for the development of facility agriculture.However,the interaction effect of nitrogen(N)and air carbon dioxide(CO_(2))on hydroponic purple cabbage,especia...Water and fertilizer coupling is a high-efficiency technology for the development of facility agriculture.However,the interaction effect of nitrogen(N)and air carbon dioxide(CO_(2))on hydroponic purple cabbage,especially on its leaf anthocyanins under hydroponic solution systems,remains unexplored.In this study,six treatments were set as C0N0,C0N2,C0N4,C1N0,C1N2 and C1N4,with N0,N2 and N4 being 0.0 g/L,0.2 g/L and 0.4 g/L exogenous urea-N to hydroponic solution dilution,respectively.C0 and C1 were set as with and without CO_(2)fertilizer(i.e.,800 g CO_(2)agent added one week after transplanting and 600 g CO_(2)agent added when the plant reached 15 cm in height),respectively.Pot experiments were conducted to investigate the interaction effect of N and air CO_(2)(N×CO_(2))on the growth,photosynthesis,yield and anthocyanin content of hydroponic purple cabbage Brassica campestris ssp.chinensis.The results showed N×CO_(2)extremely significantly influenced plant height(H),net photosynthetic rate(Pn),stomatal conductance(Gs),intercellular oxidation concentration(Ci),transpiration rate(Tr),leaf water use efficiency(LWUE)and yield.The C1N0 treatment had the largest yield at 262.5 g/plant,with higher values for root length,root weight,plant height and leaf number than the other treatments.The Pn,Ci and Tr of C1N4 were the highest at 3.05μmol CO_(2)/m2·s,352.8μmol CO_(2)/m2·s and 2.31 mmol H2O/m2·s,respectively.The C1N2 treatment received the largest Gs value of 0.70 mol H2O/m2·s and the largest Tr of 2.31 mmol H2O/m2·s.There was the highest LWUE for C0N2(1.41)and the highest anthocyanin content for C1N2(1.35 mg/kg).There was a significant negative correlation between leaf number and anthocyanin(r=-0.414,p<0.05).The findings demonstrated that adding CO_(2)fertilizer and 0.2 g/L exogenous urea-N to hydroponic solution dilution is a potential N×CO_(2)coupling strategy to increase anthocyanin and the yield of purple cabbage.展开更多
Caenorhabditis elegans hid-1 gene was first identified in a screen for mutants with a high-temperature-induced dauer formation(Hid)phenotype.Despite the fact that the hid-1 gene encodes a novel protein(HID-1)which is ...Caenorhabditis elegans hid-1 gene was first identified in a screen for mutants with a high-temperature-induced dauer formation(Hid)phenotype.Despite the fact that the hid-1 gene encodes a novel protein(HID-1)which is highly conserved from Caenorhabditis elegans to mammals,the domain structure,subcellular localization,and exact function of HID-1 remain unknown.Previous studies and various bioinformatic softwares predicted that HID-1 contained many transmembrane domains but no known functional domain.In this study,we revealed that mammalian HID-1 localized to the medial-and transGolgi apparatus as well as the cytosol,and the localization was sensitive to brefeldin A treatment.Next,we demonstrated that HID-1 was a peripheral membrane protein and dynamically shuttled between the Golgi apparatus and the cytosol.Finally,we verified that a conserved N-terminal myristoylation site was required for HID-1 binding to the Golgi apparatus.We propose that HID-1 is probably involved in the intracellular trafficking within the Golgi region.展开更多
Dear Editor, Endocytosis is a crucial process employed by cells to internal- ize nutrients and turnover membrane components and is essential for many functions, including nutrient uptake, signal transduction, cytokine...Dear Editor, Endocytosis is a crucial process employed by cells to internal- ize nutrients and turnover membrane components and is essential for many functions, including nutrient uptake, signal transduction, cytokinesis, morphogenesis, cell adhesion and migration. Endocytosis is classified as clathrin-dependent endocytosis （CDE） or clathrin-independent endocytosis （CIE） according to its dependence on clathrin. Several different CIE pathways have been proposed, including caveolin-dependent endocytosis, flotillin-dependent endocytosis, the clathrin-inde- pendent carrier pathway, ARF6-dependent endocytosis, phagocytosis, macropinocytosis, the IL2RI3 pathway （Doherty and McMahon, 2009）, the newly identified fast endophilin-me- diated endocytosis pathway （Boucrot et al., 2015） and the EGFR-NCE pathway （Caldieri et al., 2017）.展开更多
Endocytosis is a fundamental cellular activity that plays crucial roles in a variety of biological processes,including nutrient uptake,signal transduction,immune response,morphogenesis,neurotransmission,cell migration...Endocytosis is a fundamental cellular activity that plays crucial roles in a variety of biological processes,including nutrient uptake,signal transduction,immune response,morphogenesis,neurotransmission,cell migration and tissue development[1–3].Endocytosis has been classified into two subtypes:the展开更多
Although bulk endocytosis has been found in a number of neuronal and endocrine cells,the molecular mechanism and physiological function of bulk endocytosis remain elusive.In pancreatic beta cells,we have observed bulk...Although bulk endocytosis has been found in a number of neuronal and endocrine cells,the molecular mechanism and physiological function of bulk endocytosis remain elusive.In pancreatic beta cells,we have observed bulk-like endocytosis evoked both by flash photolysis and trains of depolarization.Bulk-like endocytosis is a clathrin-independent process that is facilitated by enhanced extracellular Ca^(2+) entry and suppressed by the inhibition of dynamin function.Moreover,defects in bulklike endocytosis are accompanied by hyperinsulinemia in primary beta cells dissociated from diabetic KKAy mice,which suggests that bulk-like endocytosis plays an important role in maintaining the exo-endocytosis balance and beta cell secretory capability.展开更多
基金funded by the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Partner Group Grant (KT)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.31371267,31322030,91331108 (KT)+10 种基金91731303,31771388,and 31711530221 (SX)91631307 (SW)31501011 (YL) and 31260263 (YG))supported by Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (XDB13040100,SXXDB13041000,SW)the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (31525014,SX)the Program of Shanghai Academic Research Leader (16XD1404700,to SX)the support of a National Thousand Young Talents Award and a Max Planck-CAS Paul Gerson Unna Independent Research Group Leadership Award (SW)the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (16JC1400504,SW14YF1406800,YL16YF1413900,HL)
文摘It is a long-standing question as to which genes define the characteristic facial features among different ethnic groups. In this study, we use Uyghurs, an ancient admixed population to query the genetic bases why Europeans and Han Chinese look different. Facial traits were analyzed based on high-dense 3D facial images; numerous biometric spaces were examined for divergent facial features between European and Han Chinese, ranging from inter-landmark distances to dense shape geometrics, Genome-wide associ- ation studies （GWAS） were conducted on a discovery panel of Uyghurs, Six significant loci were iden- tified, four of which, rs1868752, rs118078182, rs60159418 at or near UBASH3B, COL23A1, PCDH7 and rs17868256 were replicated in independent cohorts of Uyghurs or Southern Han Chinese. A prospective model was also developed to predict 3D faces based on top GWAS signals and tested in hypothetic forensic scenarios.
文摘Upon glucose elevation, pancreatic beta-cells secrete insulin in a Ca2＋-dependent manner. In diabetic animal models, different aspects of the calcium signaling path- way in beta-cells are altered, but there is no consensus regarding their relative contributions to the development of beta-cell dysfunction. In this study, we compared the increase in cytosolic Ca2＊ （[Ca2＊]~） via Ca2＋ influx, Ca2＊ mobilization from endoplasmic reticulum （ER） calcium stores, and the removal of Ca2＋ via multiple mechanisms in beta-cells from both diabetic db/db mice and non- diabetic C57BL/6J mice. We refined our previous quan- titative model to describe the slow [Ca2＋]i recovery after depolarization in beta-cells from db/db mice. According to the model, the activity levels of the two subtypes of the sarco-endoplasmic reticulum Ca2＋-ATPase （SERCA） pump, SERCA2 and SERCA3, were severely down-reg- ulated in diabetic cells to 65% and 0% of the levels in normal cells. This down-regulation may lead to a reduc- tion in the Ca2＋ concentration in the ER, a compensatory up-regulation of the plasma membrane Na＋/Ca2＋ exchanger （NCX） and a reduction in depolarizationevoked Ca2＋ influx. As a result, the patterns of glucosestimulated calcium oscillations were significantly different in db/db diabetic beta-cells compared with normal cells. Overall, quantifying the changes in the calcium signaling pathway in db/db diabetic beta-cells will aid in the development of a disease model that could provide insight into the adaptive transformations of beta-cell function during diabetes development.
基金supported by the Basic Research Program of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20230112)the Key Research and Development Project of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BE2019378)+2 种基金Open Project of Key Laboratory of Facility Agricultural Engineering in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River,Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs(Grant No.zdsys-2019-05)the Foundation of Jiangsu College Students Provincial Key Innovation Training Program,National College Students’Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program(Grant No.202113573015Z,202213573031Z)High-level Scientific Research Foundation for the Introduction of Talent of Jinling Institute of Technology(Grant No.jit-b-201914).
文摘Water and fertilizer coupling is a high-efficiency technology for the development of facility agriculture.However,the interaction effect of nitrogen(N)and air carbon dioxide(CO_(2))on hydroponic purple cabbage,especially on its leaf anthocyanins under hydroponic solution systems,remains unexplored.In this study,six treatments were set as C0N0,C0N2,C0N4,C1N0,C1N2 and C1N4,with N0,N2 and N4 being 0.0 g/L,0.2 g/L and 0.4 g/L exogenous urea-N to hydroponic solution dilution,respectively.C0 and C1 were set as with and without CO_(2)fertilizer(i.e.,800 g CO_(2)agent added one week after transplanting and 600 g CO_(2)agent added when the plant reached 15 cm in height),respectively.Pot experiments were conducted to investigate the interaction effect of N and air CO_(2)(N×CO_(2))on the growth,photosynthesis,yield and anthocyanin content of hydroponic purple cabbage Brassica campestris ssp.chinensis.The results showed N×CO_(2)extremely significantly influenced plant height(H),net photosynthetic rate(Pn),stomatal conductance(Gs),intercellular oxidation concentration(Ci),transpiration rate(Tr),leaf water use efficiency(LWUE)and yield.The C1N0 treatment had the largest yield at 262.5 g/plant,with higher values for root length,root weight,plant height and leaf number than the other treatments.The Pn,Ci and Tr of C1N4 were the highest at 3.05μmol CO_(2)/m2·s,352.8μmol CO_(2)/m2·s and 2.31 mmol H2O/m2·s,respectively.The C1N2 treatment received the largest Gs value of 0.70 mol H2O/m2·s and the largest Tr of 2.31 mmol H2O/m2·s.There was the highest LWUE for C0N2(1.41)and the highest anthocyanin content for C1N2(1.35 mg/kg).There was a significant negative correlation between leaf number and anthocyanin(r=-0.414,p<0.05).The findings demonstrated that adding CO_(2)fertilizer and 0.2 g/L exogenous urea-N to hydroponic solution dilution is a potential N×CO_(2)coupling strategy to increase anthocyanin and the yield of purple cabbage.
基金the National Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.30870564,and 30900268),The Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.5092017)the Major State Basic Research Program of China(No.2010CB833701)the CAS Project(KSCX2-SW-224 and Novo Nordisk-CAS to P Xu).
文摘Caenorhabditis elegans hid-1 gene was first identified in a screen for mutants with a high-temperature-induced dauer formation(Hid)phenotype.Despite the fact that the hid-1 gene encodes a novel protein(HID-1)which is highly conserved from Caenorhabditis elegans to mammals,the domain structure,subcellular localization,and exact function of HID-1 remain unknown.Previous studies and various bioinformatic softwares predicted that HID-1 contained many transmembrane domains but no known functional domain.In this study,we revealed that mammalian HID-1 localized to the medial-and transGolgi apparatus as well as the cytosol,and the localization was sensitive to brefeldin A treatment.Next,we demonstrated that HID-1 was a peripheral membrane protein and dynamically shuttled between the Golgi apparatus and the cytosol.Finally,we verified that a conserved N-terminal myristoylation site was required for HID-1 binding to the Golgi apparatus.We propose that HID-1 is probably involved in the intracellular trafficking within the Golgi region.
文摘Dear Editor, Endocytosis is a crucial process employed by cells to internal- ize nutrients and turnover membrane components and is essential for many functions, including nutrient uptake, signal transduction, cytokinesis, morphogenesis, cell adhesion and migration. Endocytosis is classified as clathrin-dependent endocytosis （CDE） or clathrin-independent endocytosis （CIE） according to its dependence on clathrin. Several different CIE pathways have been proposed, including caveolin-dependent endocytosis, flotillin-dependent endocytosis, the clathrin-inde- pendent carrier pathway, ARF6-dependent endocytosis, phagocytosis, macropinocytosis, the IL2RI3 pathway （Doherty and McMahon, 2009）, the newly identified fast endophilin-me- diated endocytosis pathway （Boucrot et al., 2015） and the EGFR-NCE pathway （Caldieri et al., 2017）.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31770900,31270884,30900268)the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(5122026,5092017)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(2011087)
文摘Endocytosis is a fundamental cellular activity that plays crucial roles in a variety of biological processes,including nutrient uptake,signal transduction,immune response,morphogenesis,neurotransmission,cell migration and tissue development[1–3].Endocytosis has been classified into two subtypes:the
基金supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.30871225)a grant from Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission(Grant No.7121008)+1 种基金a grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology(Grant No.SQ2011SF11B01041)the fund from The Key Construction Program of the National“985”Project from the Department of Education of China to Peking University.
文摘Although bulk endocytosis has been found in a number of neuronal and endocrine cells,the molecular mechanism and physiological function of bulk endocytosis remain elusive.In pancreatic beta cells,we have observed bulk-like endocytosis evoked both by flash photolysis and trains of depolarization.Bulk-like endocytosis is a clathrin-independent process that is facilitated by enhanced extracellular Ca^(2+) entry and suppressed by the inhibition of dynamin function.Moreover,defects in bulklike endocytosis are accompanied by hyperinsulinemia in primary beta cells dissociated from diabetic KKAy mice,which suggests that bulk-like endocytosis plays an important role in maintaining the exo-endocytosis balance and beta cell secretory capability.
