Can Porphyromonas gingivalis Contribute to Alzheimer’s Disease Already at the Stage of Gingivitis?

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been associated with periodontitis, which starts as gingivitis. Similar to periodontitis, gingivitis bacteria, bacterial products, and inflammatory mediators can travel to the brain via the blood stream and promote brain inflammation. Periodontal pathogens such as Porphyromonas gingivalis and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, both associated with AD, have been found in dental plaque of children already at the age of 3. It is suggested that these bacteria during long-term exposure may drive microglia (brain resident macrophage cells) into a pro-inflammatory M1 phase where they contribute to AD rather than protect against it. This notion comes from studies in mice showing that microglia actually can “remember” previous inflammatory challenge and become “trained” or “tolerant” to toxins like lipopolysaccharide. If gingivitis has an impact on AD, which should be verified, AD prophylaxis should start already at this pre-periodontitis stage with removal of supragingival plaque.

Cerebellar Purkinje cells can differentially modulate coherence between sensory and motor cortex depending on region and behavior

Activity of sensory and motor cortices is essential for sensorimotor integration. In particular, coherence between these areas may indicate binding of critical functions like perception, motor planning, action, or sleep. Evidence is accumulating that cerebellar output modulates cortical activity and coherence, but how, when, and where it does so is unclear. We studied activity in and coherence between S1 and M1 cortices during whisker stimulation in the absence and presence of optogenetic Purkinje cell stimulation in crus 1 and 2 of awake mice, eliciting strong simple spike rate modulation. Without Purkinje cell stimulation, whisker stimulation triggers fast responses in S1 and M1 involving transient coherence in a broad spectrum. Simultaneous stimulation of Purkinje cells and whiskers affects amplitude and kinetics of sensory responses in S1 and M1 and alters the estimated S1–M1 coherence in theta and gamma bands, allowing bidirectional control dependent on behavioral context. These effects are absent when Purkinje cell activation is delayed by 20 ms. Focal stimulation of Purkinje cells revealed site specificity, with cells in medial crus 2 showing the most prominent and selective impact on estimated coherence, i.e., a strong suppression in the gamma but not the theta band. Granger causality analyses and computational modeling of the involved networks suggest that Purkinje cells control S1–M1 phase consistency predominantly via ventrolateral thalamus and M1. Our results indicate that activity of sensorimotor cortices can be dynamically and functionally modulated by specific cerebellar inputs, highlighting a widespread role of the cerebellum in coordinating sensorimotor behavior.

Comparison of microbial diversity during two different wine fermentation processes

ABSTRACT Wine production is a complex procedure in which an important role is played by many microorganisms, particularly yeasts and bacteria. In modern wineries, alcoholic fermentation is usually carried out by adding microbial starter cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for precisely controlled production. Nowadays, in the Slovak Republic, autochthonous vinification is getting more popular. The present article deals with the comparison of two vinification approaches, namely spontaneous fermentation and fermentation controlled by a standard commercial S. cerevisiae starter, from the point of view of microbiota dynamics and the chemical characteristics of the wines produced. The dynamics of microbial populations were determined during the fermentation process by a 16S and 28S rRNA next-generation sequencing approach. A profile of the volatile compounds during these fermentation processes was identified by solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). In summary, the microbial diversity in the m1 phase (initial must) was higher, despite the presence of the starter culture. In the m3 phase (young wine), the microbiome profiles of both batches were very similar. It seems that the crucial phase in order to study the relationship of the microbiome and the resulting product should be based on the m2 phase (fermented must), where the differences between the autochthonous and inoculated batches were more evident.

On the Promoting Effects of Te and Nb in the Activity and Selectivity of M1 MoV-Oxides for Ethane Oxidative Dehydrogenation

The pathways of ethane oxidative dehydrogenation and total combustion have been elucidated for M1 phase type Mo–V oxide catalysts with different metal composition. The ethane oxidation mechanism is not affected by the presence of Te or Nb. Conversely, the selectivity is strongly affected by stoichiometry of M1 catalysts. This is attributed to the facile oxidation of ethene to COx upon formation of unselective VOx species in the absence of Te and Nb.

Apoptotic with Double-Staining Test, P53, and Cyclooxygenase-2 to Proliferation Colon Cancer Cell (WiDr) of Dolichol in Three Mangrove Leaves

BACKGROUND: Mangroves secondary metabolites are mostly consisting of sterols, ubiquinones, isoprenoids, and polyisoprenoids. Polyisoprenoid is divided into two types, namely, polyprenol and dolichol, which has been reported to have biological and pharmacological activities. AIM: This research was aimed to analyze apoptosis 48 h with double staining and immunocytochemistry (ICC) 48 h of P53 and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) gene expression from chemical constituents of dolichol in three mangrove leaves of Ceriops tagal, Nypa fruticans, and Rhizophora mucronata. METHODS: Apoptosis with the double-staining method was employed to analyze the genes expression in growth and development of cancer cells, P53, and COX-2 with ICC and flow cytometry method. The data were statistically analyzed using one-way ANOVA parametric statistical analysis followed by Duncan’s test. RESULTS: The result revealed that the increased apoptosis of samples C. tagal was 70% fluorescence orange, while N. fruticans and R. mucronata were 35% and 30% fluorescence orange, respectively. However, it was compared with the positive control; it produced orange fluorescent as much as 75%, suggesting that C. tagal have a position similar to 5-FU. Predominance dolichol in N. fruticans and C. tagal leaves led the expression gene of p53 to have 1.57% M1 phase, indicating the domination in G0-G1 phase (70–80%). Inhibit the expression for 48 h in p53 and COX-2 showing that n-hexane extract of C. tagal had the most percentage (80.733 ± 0.11%) to upregulate the p53 and less percentage (20.16 ± 1.19%) to downregulate the COX-2, indicating positive extract belong to N. fruticans and R. mucronata leaves. CONCLUSION: The present study confirmed the pharmacological properties of dolichol from three mangrove leaves as an anticancer of tumor suppressor genes and significantly proliferated of cancer cell growth from mangrove leaves.

PHYTOCEMICALS SCREENING AND CELL CYCLE ARREST ACTIVITY OF n-HEXANE EXTRACT OF Vernonia amygdalina Delile LEAVES AGAINST PANCREATIC CANCER CELL LINE

Objective: This study aims to determined phytochemical compounds of simplex and n-hexane extract (nHE) of Vernonia amygdalina Delile Leaves and cell cycle arrest activity against PANC-1 cells. Methods: The leaves of Vernonia amygdalina Delile were dried and extracted with n-hexane, followed by evaporation and freeze-drying. Phytochemicals screening were analyzed with standard procedures. Cytotoxic activity was carried out using MTT assay method. PANC-1 cells were treated with different concentrations of nHE (500 ug/mL, 250 ug/mL, 125 ug/mL, 61.5 ug/mL and 31.25 ug/mL) for 24 hours to obtained IC50 values. The cell cycle inhibition activity of nHE was carried out used flowcytometry method and apoptosis activity used double staining method. Results: Then HE was identified contains steroids/triterpenoids. The IC50 was114.80 ± 1.21 ug/mL. The nHE inhibited cell cycle PANC-1 on M1 phase (67.39%) and it was induced apoptosis process on PANC-1 cells. Conclusions: Our results suggest that extractsn­-hexane of Vernonia amygdalina Delile Leaves had as cancer chemoprevention activities with inhibits cell cycle and spur apoptosis process on PANC-1 cells. Keywords: