scholarly journals Ammonium regulates the development of pine roots through hormonal crosstalk and differential expression of transcription factors in the apex

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Ortigosa ◽  
César Lobato‐Fernández ◽  
Hitomi Shikano ◽  
Concepción Ávila ◽  
Shu Taira ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Feng Liu ◽  
Ying Ng ◽  
Varun Thachil ◽  
Michael Morley ◽  
Christine S Moravec ◽  
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Abstract Background: The Sry-related high-mobility-group box (SOX) gene family, with 20 known transcription factors in humans, plays essential roles during development and in many disease processes. Several SOX proteins, e.g., SOX4, SOX11, and SOX9, are required for normal heart morphogenesis. SOX9 was shown to contribute to cardiac fibrosis in animal models. However, differential expression of other SOX transcription factors and their functional roles in the failing human myocardium have not been explored.Methods and Findings: All 20 SOX genes from RNA-seq data were extracted, and their RNA levels were compared to the NF, DCM, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) groups. The protein levels of the differential expressed SOX genes were confirmed by Western blot. Four SOX genes whose RNA levels were significantly upregulated in DCM or HCM compared to NF. However, only SOX4 and SOX8 proteins were markedly increased in the heart failure groups. Gene co-expression network analysis identified genes associated and respond similarly to perturbations with SOX4 in cardiac tissues. Using a meta-analysis combining epigenetics and genome-wide association data, we reported several genomic variants associated with HF phenotype linked to SOX4 or SOX8.Conclusions: Elevation of SOX8 and SOX4 are observed in the failing human myocardium. The molecular mechanism associated with them in HF warrants further investigation.



Neuroreport ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 1607-1612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Papa ◽  
Joseph A. Sergeant ◽  
Adolfo G. Sadile


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saivageethi Nuthikattu ◽  
Dragan Milenkovic ◽  
John Rutledge ◽  
Amparo Villablanca

AbstractHyperlipidemia is a risk factor for dementia, and chronic consumption of a Western Diet (WD) is associated with cognitive impairment. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of microvascular disease in the memory centers of the brain are poorly understood. This pilot study investigated the nutrigenomic pathways by which the WD regulates gene expression in hippocampal brain microvessels of female mice. Five-week-old female low-density lipoprotein receptor deficient (LDL-R−/−) and C57BL/6J wild type (WT) mice were fed a chow or WD for 8 weeks. Metabolics for lipids, glucose and insulin were determined. Differential gene expression, gene networks and pathways, transcription factors, and non-protein coding RNAs were evaluated by genome-wide microarray and bioinformatics analysis of laser captured hippocampal microvessels. The WD resulted in differential expression of 2,412 genes. The majority of differential gene expression was attributable to differential regulation of cell signaling proteins and their transcription factors, approximately 7% was attributable to differential expression of miRNAs, and a lesser proportion was due to other non-protein coding RNAs, primarily long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) not previously described to be modified by the WD in females. Our findings revealed that chronic consumption of the WD resulted in integrated multilevel molecular regulation of the hippocampal microvasculature of female mice and may provide one of the mechanisms underlying vascular dementia.



2017 ◽  
Vol 433 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 13-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Kavya ◽  
M. Naveen Kumar ◽  
Rajeshwari H. Patil ◽  
Shubha M. Hegde ◽  
K. M. Kiran Kumar ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanchu Xiong ◽  
Zihan Chen ◽  
Wenwen Zheng ◽  
Jing Sun ◽  
Qingshuang Fu ◽  
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Abstract Background Breast cancer (BC) is a disease with morbidity ranking the first of women worldwidely. FK506-binding protein (FKBP) family has been demonstrated to possess various functions by interacting with different molecular targets in BC. However, a comprehensive ncRNA-mRNA regulatory axis of FKBP has not yet been reported. Methods FKBP related miRNAs were obtained from miRWalk database. Then, potential lncRNAs, transcription factors as well as mRNAs of screened differentially expressed miRNAs (DE-miRNAs) were analysed by using LncBase v.2, miRGen v3 and miRWalk database. Additionally, differential expression and prognostic analysis of lncRNAs were evaluated using TANRIC database. Next, GO annotation and KEGG pathway analysis were processed using DAVID database. Protein-Protein Interaction (PPI) network was established and hub genes were identified using STRING database. Finally, differential expression and prognostic analysis of hub genes were further conducted using UALCAN and bc-GenExMiner v4.2 database, respectively. Results Eleven DE-miRNAs, consisting of four FKBP4 related DE-miRNAs and seven FKBP5 related DE-miRNAs, were screened. 482 predicted lncRNAs were found for DE-miRNAs. Then, expression and prognostic results of nine of top twenty lncRNAs of BC were significantly identified. LINC00662 and LINC00963 expression were significantly associated with patients’ overall survival (OS). Then, nine potential upstream transcription factors were identified in motifs of DE-miRNAs. 320 target genes were identified for GO annotation and KEGG pathway analysis, which were mainly enriched in cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process. Construction and analysis in PPI network showed that RAB7A was selected as a hub gene with the toppest connectivity scores. Differential expression analysis of nine in top ten hub genes of BC were significantly identified. RAB7A and ARRB1 expression were significantly related with BC patients’ OS. Conclusions In current study, we firstly established a predicted FKBP-related ncRNA-mRNA regulatory network, thus exploring a comprehensive interpretation of molecular mechanisms and providing potential clues in seeking novel therapeutics for BC. In the future, much more experiments should be conducted to verify our findings.



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