Abnormally increased levels of iron in the brain trigger cascade amplification in Alzheimer＇s dis- ease patients, resulting in neuronal death. This study investigated whether components extracted from the Chinese her...Abnormally increased levels of iron in the brain trigger cascade amplification in Alzheimer＇s dis- ease patients, resulting in neuronal death. This study investigated whether components extracted from the Chinese herbs epimedium herb, milkvetch root and kudzuvine root could relieve the abnormal expression of iron metabolism-related protein in Alzheimer＇s disease patients. An APPs,~JPSI^E9 double transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer＇s disease was used. The intragas- tric administration of compounds from epimedium herb, milkvetch root and kudzuvine root improved pathological alterations such as neuronal edema, increased the number of neurons, downregulated divalent metal transporter 1 expression, upregulated ferroportin 1 expression, and inhibited iron overload in the cerebral cortex of mice with Alzheimer＇s disease. These com- pounds reduced iron overload-induced impairment of the central nervous system, indicating a new strategy for developing novel drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer＇s disease.展开更多
Erect milkvetch(Astragalus adsurgens)is a perennial legume forage crop with economic and ecological value in livestock grazing and soil-erosion control in arid and semiarid areas worldwide.Genomic information and mole...Erect milkvetch(Astragalus adsurgens)is a perennial legume forage crop with economic and ecological value in livestock grazing and soil-erosion control in arid and semiarid areas worldwide.Genomic information and molecular tools to support breeding and research in the species are limited.The objectives of this investigation were to map its genome using DNA markers and to identify quantitative trait loci(QTL)in the species.An F1 mapping population of 250 plants was developed from a cross between two parents with differing flowering-related traits.A high-density genetic linkage map containing 4821 markers on eight linkage groups(LGs)with a total genetic length of 1395 cM and a mean interval of 0.29 cM between adjacent markers was constructed with SLAF-seq technology.Comparative genomic analyses revealed the highest genome sequence similarity(8.71%)between erect milkvetch and Medicago truncatula,followed by Glycine max(7.65%),Cicer arietinum(7.53%),and Lupinus angustifolius(5.21%).A total of 64 significant QTL for flowering-related traits on six LGs were detected,accounting for 9.38 to 19.1%of the associated phenotype variation.Five and 48 key candidate genes for floret number and inflorescence length were identified based on the Glycyrrhiza uralensis genome.These candidate genes were involved in ubiquitination/degradation,pollen development,cell division,cytokinin biosynthetic process,and plant flowering.These findings shed light on the regulation of flowering traits in erect milkvetch and provide genomic resources for future molecular breeding of the crop.展开更多
Purpose:Optimize water-alcohol technology for extracting polysaccharide from blood-supplementing angelica sinensis decoction to improve the extraction rate.Method:Draw the standard curve of glucose reference substance...Purpose:Optimize water-alcohol technology for extracting polysaccharide from blood-supplementing angelica sinensis decoction to improve the extraction rate.Method:Draw the standard curve of glucose reference substance and build the regression equation to calculate the polysaccharide content.Investigate the effect of water addition times,extraction duration,extraction times,ethanol concentration for ethanol precipitation and times of ethanol precipitation on the extraction rate of polysaccharide.Result Add 8 times the medicinal material quality of water,and perform 2 extractions for 120min each time;it shows that conducting 2 ethanol precipitations with 80%ethanol concentration results in the maximum polysaccharide content,indicating the best extraction condition.Conclusion:The experiment establishes an easy and convenient water-alcohol method for extracting polysaccharide from blood-supplementing angelica sinensis decoction,and lays a research foundation on pharmacodynamics of polysaccharide in blood-supplementing angelica sinensis decoction.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81273983the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province in China,No.C2010001471+1 种基金the Scientific and Technological Research Youth Foundation of Colleges and Universities in Hebei Province of China,No.Q2012036the Hebei Provincial Food and Drug Administration in China,No.PT2014053
文摘Abnormally increased levels of iron in the brain trigger cascade amplification in Alzheimer＇s dis- ease patients, resulting in neuronal death. This study investigated whether components extracted from the Chinese herbs epimedium herb, milkvetch root and kudzuvine root could relieve the abnormal expression of iron metabolism-related protein in Alzheimer＇s disease patients. An APPs,~JPSI^E9 double transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer＇s disease was used. The intragas- tric administration of compounds from epimedium herb, milkvetch root and kudzuvine root improved pathological alterations such as neuronal edema, increased the number of neurons, downregulated divalent metal transporter 1 expression, upregulated ferroportin 1 expression, and inhibited iron overload in the cerebral cortex of mice with Alzheimer＇s disease. These com- pounds reduced iron overload-induced impairment of the central nervous system, indicating a new strategy for developing novel drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer＇s disease.
基金supported by the Chinese Universities Scientific Fund(2021RC001)the China Agriculture Research System(CARS34)the National Program for Forage Germplasm Conservation(2130135).
文摘Erect milkvetch(Astragalus adsurgens)is a perennial legume forage crop with economic and ecological value in livestock grazing and soil-erosion control in arid and semiarid areas worldwide.Genomic information and molecular tools to support breeding and research in the species are limited.The objectives of this investigation were to map its genome using DNA markers and to identify quantitative trait loci(QTL)in the species.An F1 mapping population of 250 plants was developed from a cross between two parents with differing flowering-related traits.A high-density genetic linkage map containing 4821 markers on eight linkage groups(LGs)with a total genetic length of 1395 cM and a mean interval of 0.29 cM between adjacent markers was constructed with SLAF-seq technology.Comparative genomic analyses revealed the highest genome sequence similarity(8.71%)between erect milkvetch and Medicago truncatula,followed by Glycine max(7.65%),Cicer arietinum(7.53%),and Lupinus angustifolius(5.21%).A total of 64 significant QTL for flowering-related traits on six LGs were detected,accounting for 9.38 to 19.1%of the associated phenotype variation.Five and 48 key candidate genes for floret number and inflorescence length were identified based on the Glycyrrhiza uralensis genome.These candidate genes were involved in ubiquitination/degradation,pollen development,cell division,cytokinin biosynthetic process,and plant flowering.These findings shed light on the regulation of flowering traits in erect milkvetch and provide genomic resources for future molecular breeding of the crop.
文摘Purpose:Optimize water-alcohol technology for extracting polysaccharide from blood-supplementing angelica sinensis decoction to improve the extraction rate.Method:Draw the standard curve of glucose reference substance and build the regression equation to calculate the polysaccharide content.Investigate the effect of water addition times,extraction duration,extraction times,ethanol concentration for ethanol precipitation and times of ethanol precipitation on the extraction rate of polysaccharide.Result Add 8 times the medicinal material quality of water,and perform 2 extractions for 120min each time;it shows that conducting 2 ethanol precipitations with 80%ethanol concentration results in the maximum polysaccharide content,indicating the best extraction condition.Conclusion:The experiment establishes an easy and convenient water-alcohol method for extracting polysaccharide from blood-supplementing angelica sinensis decoction,and lays a research foundation on pharmacodynamics of polysaccharide in blood-supplementing angelica sinensis decoction.
