Integrins mediate cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix (ECM). In particular, integrin alphavbeta3 recognizes the RGD motif as a ligand-binding site on various extracellular molecules of the extracellular matrix. ...
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Integrins mediate cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix (ECM). In particular, integrin alphavbeta3 recognizes the RGD motif as a ligand-binding site on various extracellular molecules of the extracellular matrix. Integrin aphavbeta3 has been associated with high malignant potential in breast cancer cells, and has signalized the onset of widespread metastasis. In recent years, several antagonists of integrin alphavbeta3, including snake venom disintegrins, have been used as potential anti-cancer agents. In the present work, the effect of contortrostatin, a disintegrin isolated from the venom of the snake Agkistrodon contortrix, was studied on primary cultures of human breast cancer cell. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy were employed in order to examine alterations in cell morphology and fluorescent microscopy and visualize changes in distribution of integrin alphavbeta3 and talin. Fluorescent localization of caspase 8 was made in order to visualize any sign of proapoptotosis and western immunoblotting of integrin, talin and annexin was undertaken in order to identify changes. The results suggest that the snake venom contortrostatin seriously affects cell morphology, adhesion and mobility and induces breast cancer cells to apoptosis.
The paper aimed to provide a review of different tools that estimate how human behavior changes by water management strategies and quantify this change to support the decisions of urban water managers. To support deci...
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The paper aimed to provide a review of different tools that estimate how human behavior changes by water management strategies and quantify this change to support the decisions of urban water managers. To support decision makers, it is essential to be able to model the urban water system’s human part explicitly and link it to the hydro system’s response, rather than only explore the reaction of the system based on scenarios. To do so, tools are needed that can model the human part of the system, explore its reaction to potential changes and dynamically link back this to the techno-environmental model of the water system. This work reviews state-of-the-art ABMs that are publicly available focusing on the human part of the urban water system in Europe. The review leads to the proposals of three pillars for future development of ABMs for urban water management in Europe: end-user enablement;Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence integration and adversaries modelling.
Cucurbita pepo contains two cultivated subspecies,each of which encompasses four fruit-shape morphotypes(cultivar groups).The Pumpkin,Vegetable Marrow,Cocozelle,and Zucchini Groups are of *** and the Acorn,Crookneck,S...
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Cucurbita pepo contains two cultivated subspecies,each of which encompasses four fruit-shape morphotypes(cultivar groups).The Pumpkin,Vegetable Marrow,Cocozelle,and Zucchini Groups are of *** and the Acorn,Crookneck,Scallop,and Straightneck Groups are of ***,a de novo assembly of the *** *** Zucchini genome was published,providing insights into its *** expand our knowledge of evolutionary processes within *** and to identify variants associated with particular morphotypes,we performed wholegenome resequencing of seven of these eight *** *** report for the first time whole-genome resequencing of the four ***(Pumpkin,Vegetable Marrow,Cocozelle,green Zucchini,and yellow Zucchini)morphotypes and three of the ***(Acorn,Crookneck,and Scallop)morphotypes.A high-depth resequencing approach was followed,using the BGISEQ-500 platform that enables the identification of rare variants,with an average of *** 94.5%of the clean reads were mapped against the reference Zucchini *** total,3,823,977 high confidence single-nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs)were *** each accession,SNPs varied from 636,918 in green Zucchini to 2,656,513 in Crookneck,and were distributed homogeneously along the *** differences between subspecies pepo and ovifera in genetic variation and linkage disequilibrium are *** fact,comparison between subspecies pepo and ovifera indicated 5710 genes(22.5%)with Fst>0.80 and 1059 genes(4.1%)with Fst=1.00 as potential candidate genes that were fixed during the independent evolution and domestication of the two *** disequilibrium was greater in *** than in ***,perhaps reflective of the earlier differentiation of morphotypes within *** morphotype-specific genes have been *** results offer new clues that may provide an improved understanding of the underlying genomic regions involved
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