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Insect Science 2022年第5期29卷 1346-1360页

作者： Ruchir Mishra Gang Hua Ujwal R.Bagal Donald E.Champagne Michael J.Adang Department of Entomology College of Agricultural and Environmental SciencesUniversity of GeorgiaAthensGeorgiaUSA Department of Entomology and Nematology University of FloridaGainesvilleFloridaUSA Institute of Bioinformatics University of GeorgiaAthensGeorgiaUSA Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of GeorgiaAthensGeorgiaUSA

Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii are closely related species that are predominant vectors of malaria in Africa.Recently,A.gambiae form M was renamed A.coluzzii and we now conclude on the basis of a diagnostic PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism assay that Ag55 cells were derived from A.coluzzii.We established an Ag55 cell transcriptome,and KEGG pathway analysis showed that Ag55 cells are enriched in phagosome pathway transcripts.The Ag55 transcriptome has an abundance of specific transcripts characteristic of mosquito hemocytes.Functional E.coli bioparticle uptake experiments visualized by fluorescence microscopy and confocal microscopy and quantified by flow cytometry establish the phagocytic competence of Ag55 cells.Results from this investigation of Ag55 cell properties will guide researchers in the use and engineering of the Ag55 cell line to better enable investigations of Plasmodium,other microbes,and insecticidal toxins.

关键词： Anopheles coluzzii transcriptome Anopheles gambiae confocal microscopy flow-cytometry FPKM hemocyte-like phagocytosis

Altered O-GlcNAcylation and mitochondrial dysfunction,a molecular link between brain glucose dysregulation and sporadic Alzheimer's disease

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Neural Regeneration Research 2023年第4期18卷 779-783页

作者： Chia-Wei Huang Nicholas C.Rust Hsueh-Fu Wu Gerald W.Hart Complex Carbohydrate Research Center University of GeorgiaAthensGAUSA Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of GeorgiaAthensGAUSA Center for Molecular Medicine University of GeorgiaAthensGAUSA

Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease that affected over 6.5 million people in the United States in 2021,with this number expected to double in the next 40 years without any sort of treatment.Due to its heterogeneity and complexity,the etiology of Alzheimer’s disease,especially sporadic Alzheimer’s disease,remains largely unclear.Compelling evidence suggests that brain glucose hypometabolism,preceding Alzheimer’s disease hallmarks,is involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease.Herein,we discuss the potential causes of reduced glucose uptake and the mechanisms underlying glucose hypometabolism and Alzheimer’s disease pathology.Specifically,decreased O-Glc NAcylation levels by glucose deficiency alter mitochondrial functions and together contribute to Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis.One major problem with Alzheimer’s disease research is that the disease progresses for several years before the onset of any symptoms,suggesting the critical need for appropriate models to study the molecular changes in the early phase of Alzheimer’s disease progression.Therefore,this review also discusses current available sporadic Alzheimer’s disease models induced by metabolic abnormalities and provides novel directions for establishing a human neuronal sporadic Alzheimer’s disease model that better represents human sporadic Alzheimer’s disease as a metabolic disease.

关键词： Alzheimer’s disease amyloid beta brain glucose deficiency glucose uptake hypometabolism mitochondrial dysfunction neurodegenerative disease neurons O-GlcNAc Tau

Determining the earliest growth stage to detect the presence of endophytes in tall fescue and perennial ryegrass seedlings using molecular markers

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Grassland Research 2023年第2期2卷 106-111页

作者： Kendall Lee Nicholas Hill Chloe Dela Cerna Ali Missaoui Institute of Plant Breeding Genetics and GenomicsUniversity of GeorgiaAthensGeorgiaUSA Department of Crop and Soil Sciences University of GeorgiaAthensGeorgiaUSA

Background:Tall fescue(Festuca arundinacea[Schreb.],Lolium arundinaceum[Schreb.]Darbysh)and perennial ryegrass(Lolium perenne)are important cool-season forage and amenity grasses that have a mutualistic association with an endophytic fungus.Endophytes confer insect and drought resistance to plants but can produce mammalian toxins.Novel endophytes that do not produce mammalian toxins have been introduced to elite cultivars for commercial production.Seed companies need to maintain adequate levels of novel endophytes within the elite forage cultivars.Endophyte detection is performed using immunochemical and molecular techniques because of their speed and reliability.Early detection in seedlings is essential to evaluate the viability of the endophyte within seed lots.Methods:This research aimed to identify the earliest growth stage in which immunochemical and molecular methods can detect viable endophyte in seedlings of tall fescue cultivars BarOptima(e34),Texoma MaxQII(584),and Jesup MaxQ(542),as well as the perennial ryegrass cultivar Remington(NEA2).Results:Immunochemical testing detected endophytes in seedlings 14 days after germination(DAG),but the detection rate increased until 42 DAG in some cultivars tested.The molecular marker Tef1exon detected endophytes at a lower rate than the immunochemical method at 28–42 DAG.However,there was insufficient DNA to detect endophytes in 14 DAG seedlings using markers.Conclusions:We conclude that the most accurate detection of viable endophytes in seedlings was 42 DAG,at which sufficient and consistent endophyte colonization occurred.

关键词： endophyte immunoblot assay molecular markers perennial ryegrass tall fescue

Developmental DNA methyltransferase expression in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

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Insect Science 2018年第1期25卷 57-65页

作者： Sasha Kay Daniel Skowronski Brendan G. Hunt Department of Entomology University of Georgia Griffin Georgia USA

DNA methylation is accomplished in animals by 2 classes of enzymes known as DNA methyltransferases, DNMT3 and DNMT 1, which perform de novo methylation and maintenance methylation, respectively. Several studies of hymenopteran eusocial insects suggest that DNA methylation is capable of influencing developmental plasticity. However, fundamental questions remain about the patterning of DNA methylation during the course of insect development. In this study, we performed quantitative real-time PCR （qPCR） on transcripts from the single-copy orthologs of DNMT1 and DNMT3 in the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. In particular, we assessed the expression of S. invicta Dnmtl and Dnmt3 mRNA during 7 stages of worker development, among behaviorally distinct adults, and among male and female gonads. Dnmt3 was most highly expressed during embryonic development, whereas Dnmtl was similarly expressed throughout the course of develop- ment. Moreover, Dnmtl and Dnmt3 were highly expressed in testes and ovaries. Neither Dnmt was significantly differentially expressed among heads of behaviorally distinct adult castes. Our results support the hypothesis that extensive patterning of DNA methylation occurs during gametogenesis and embryogenesis in the insect order Hymenoptera.

关键词： DNA methylation epigenetics gene expression Hymenoptera qPCR Solenopsis invicta

The pig as a preclinical traumatic brain injury model:current models,functional outcome measures,and translational detection strategies

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Neural Regeneration Research 2019年第3期14卷 413-424页

作者： Holly A.Kinder Emily W.Baker Franklin D.West Regenerative Bioscience Center University of Georgia Department of Animal and Dairy Science University of Georgia

Traumatic brain injury(TBI) is a major contributor of long-term disability and a leading cause of death worldwide. A series of secondary injury cascades can contribute to cell death, tissue loss, and ultimately to the development of functional impairments. However, there are currently no effective therapeutic interventions that improve brain outcomes following TBI. As a result, a number of experimental TBI models have been developed to recapitulate TBI injury mechanisms and to test the efficacy of potential therapeutics. The pig model has recently come to the forefront as the pig brain is closer in size, structure, and composition to the human brain compared to traditional rodent models, making it an ideal large animal model to study TBI pathophysiology and functional outcomes. This review will focus on the shared characteristics between humans and pigs that make them ideal for modeling TBI and will review the three most common pig TBI models–the diffuse axonal injury, the controlled cortical impact, and the fluid percussion models. It will also review current advances in functional outcome assessment measures and other non-invasive, translational TBI detection and measurement tools like biomarker analysis and magnetic resonance imaging. The use of pigs as TBI models and the continued development and improvement of translational assessment modalities have made significant contributions to unraveling the complex cascade of TBI sequela and provide an important means to study potential clinically relevant therapeutic interventions.

关键词： traumatic brain injury large animal model pig model diffuse axonal injury functional outcome assessment measures controlled cortical impact model fluid percussion injury model magnetic resonance imaging,biomarkers

Identification of predictive MRI and functional biomarkers in a pediatric piglet traumatic brain injury model

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Neural Regeneration Research 2021年第2期16卷 338-344页

作者： Hongzhi Wang Emily W.Baker Abhyuday Mandal Ramana M.Pidaparti Franklin D.West Holly A.Kinder Department of Statistics University of GeorgiaAthensGAUSA Regenerative Bioscience Center University of GeorgiaAthensGAUSA Department of Animal and Dairy Science University of GeorgiaAthensGAUSA College of Engineering University of GeorgiaAthensGAUSA

Traumatic brain injury(TBI) at a young age can lead to the development of long-term functional impairments. Severity of injury is well demonstrated to have a strong influence on the extent of functional impairments;however, identification of specific magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) biomarkers that are most reflective of injury severity and functional prognosis remain elusive. Therefore, the objective of this study was to utilize advanced statistical approaches to identify clinically relevant MRI biomarkers and predict functional outcomes using MRI metrics in a translational large animal piglet TBI model. TBI was induced via controlled cortical impact and multiparametric MRI was performed at 24 hours and 12 weeks post-TBI using T1-weighted, T2-weighted, T2-weighted fluid attenuated inversion recovery, diffusion-weighted imaging, and diffusion tensor imaging. Changes in spatiotemporal gait parameters were also assessed using an automated gait mat at 24 hours and 12 weeks post-TBI. Principal component analysis was performed to determine the MRI metrics and spatiotemporal gait parameters that explain the largest sources of variation within the datasets. We found that linear combinations of lesion size and midline shift acquired using T2-weighted imaging explained most of the variability of the data at both 24 hours and 12 weeks post-TBI. In addition, linear combinations of velocity, cadence, and stride length were found to explain most of the gait data variability at 24 hours and 12 weeks post-TBI. Linear regression analysis was performed to determine if MRI metrics are predictive of changes in gait. We found that both lesion size and midline shift are significantly correlated with decreases in stride and step length. These results from this study provide an important first step at identifying relevant MRI and functional biomarkers that are predictive of functional outcomes in a clinically relevant piglet TBI model. This study was approved by The University of Georgia Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee(AUP:

关键词： controlled cortical impact gait analysis linear regression magnetic resonance imaging motor function pediatric pig model principal component analysis traumatic brain injury

An efficient and safe strategy for germ cell-specific automatic excision of foreign DNA in F1 hybrid transgenic silkworms

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Insect Science 2024年第1期31卷 28-46页

作者： Dingpei Long Rongpeng Liu Yang Huang Anyao Fu Yuli Zhang Zhanzhang Hao Qiang Li Hanfu Xu Zhonghuai Xiang Aichun Zhao State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects Institute of Sericulture and Systems BiologySouthwest UniversityChongqingChina Department of Biology Georgia State UniversityAtlantaGeorgiaUSA Guangxi Institute of Sericulture Science NanningGuangxiChina Department of Mathematics and Statistics Georgia State UniversityAtlantaGeorgiaUSA

The safety of transgenic technology is a major obstacle in the popularization and use of transgenic silkworms and their products.In sericulture,only the first filial generation(F1)hybrid eggs produced by cross-breeding Japanese and Chinese original strains are usually used for the large-scale breeding of silkworms,but this may result in uncontrolled transgene dispersal during the popularization and application of the F1 hybrid transgenic eggs.To address this issue,we developed a safe and efficient strategy using the GAL4/Upstream activating sequence(UAS)system,the FLP/flippase recognition target(FRT)system,and the gonad-specific expression gene promoters(RSHP1p and Nanosp)for the germ cell-specific automatic excision of foreign DNA in the F1 hybrid transgenic silkworms.We established 2 types of activator strains,R1p::GAL4-Gr and Nsp::GAL4-Gr,containing the testis-specific GAL4 gene expression cassettes driven by RSHP1p or Nanosp,respectively,and 1 type of effector strain,UAS::FLP-Rg,containing the UAS-linked FLP gene expression cassette.The FLP recombinase-mediated sperm-specific complete excision of FRT-flanked target DNA in the F1 double-transgenic silkworms resulting from the hybridization of R1p::GAL4-Gr and UAS::FLP-Rg was 100%,whereas the complete excision efficiency resulting from the hybridization of Nsp::GAL4-Gr and UAS::FLP-Rg ranged from 13.73%to 80.3%.Additionally,we identified a gene,sw11114,that is expressed in both testis and ovary of Bombyx mori,and can be used to establish novel gonad-specific expression systems in transgenic silkworms.This strategy has the potential to fundamentally solve the safety issue in the production of F1 transgenic silkworm eggs and provides an important reference for the safety of transgenic technology in other insect species.

关键词： Bombyx mori FLP/FRT system GAL4/UAS system germ cell-specific excision safety of transgenic technology transgenic silkworm

Breather solutions of modified Benjamin-Bona-Mahony equation

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Chinese Physics B 2021年第2期30卷 220-226页

作者： G T Adamashvili Technical university of georgia Kostava Street 77Tbilisi0179Georgia

New two-component vector breather solution of the modified Benjamin-Bona-Mahony(MBBM)equation is considered.Using the generalized perturbation reduction method,the MBBM equation is reduced to the coupled nonlinear Schr¨odinger equations for auxiliary functions.Explicit analytical expressions for the profile and parameters of the vector breather oscillating with the sum and difference of the frequencies and wavenumbers are presented.The two-component vector breather and single-component scalar breather of the MBBM equation is compared.

关键词： modified Benjamin-Bona-Mahony equation generalized perturbation reduction method vector breather nonlinear waves

Multiple endocrine factors regulate nutrient mobilization and storage in Aedes aegypti during a gonadotrophic cycle

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Insect Science 2023年第2期30卷 425-442页

作者： Xiaoyi Dou Kangkang Chen Mark R.Brown Michael R.Strand Department of Entomology University of GeorgiaAthensGeorgia30602United States Department of Plant Protection College of Horticulture and Plant ProtectionYangzhou UniversityYangzhouJiangsu ProvinceChina

Anautogenous mosquitoes must blood feed on a vertebrate host to produce eggs.Each gonadotrophic cycle is subdivided into a sugar-feeding previtellogenic phase that produces primary follicles and a blood meal-activated vitellogenic phase in which large numbers of eggs synchronously mature and are laid.Multiple endocrine factors including juvenile hormone(JH),insulin-like peptides(ILPs),ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone(OEH),and 20-hydroxyecdysone(20E)coordinate each gonadotrophic cycle.Egg formation also requires nutrients from feeding that are stored in the fat body.Regulation of egg formation is best understood in Aedes aegypti but the role different endocrine factors play in regulating nutrient mobilization and storage remains unclear.In this study,we report that adult female Ae.aegypti maintained triacylglycerol(TAG)stores during the previtellogenic phase of the first gonadotrophic cycle while glycogen stores declined.In contrast,TAG and glycogen stores were rapidly mobilized during the vitellogenic phase and then replenishment.Several genes encoding enzymes with functions in TAG and glycogen metabolism were differentially expressed in the fat body,which suggested regulation was mediated in part at the transcriptional level.Gain of function assays indicated that stored nutrients were primarily mobilized by adipokinetic hormone(AKH)while juvenoids and OEH regulated replenishment.ILP3 further showed evidence of negatively regulating certain lipolytic enzymes.Loss of function assays indicated AKH depends on the AKH receptor(AKHR)for function.Altogether,our results indicate that the opposing activities of different hormones regulate nutrient stores during a gonadotrophic cycle in Ae.aegypti.

关键词： adipokinetic hormone ecdysone endocrine glycogen insulin-like peptide juvenile hormone mosquito nutrient ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone triacylglycerol

Basement membrane and blood-brain barrier

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Stroke & Vascular Neurology 2019年第2期4卷 78-82页

作者： Lingling Xu Abhijit Nirwane Yao Yao Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences University of GeorgiaAthensGeorgiaUSA

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a highly complex and dynamic structure, mainly composed of brain microvascular endothelial cells, pericytes, astrocytes and the basement membrane (BM). The vast majority of BBB research focuses on its cellular constituents. Its non- cellular component, the BM, on the other hand, is largely understudied due to its intrinsic complexity and the lack of research tools. In this review, we focus on the role of the BM in BBB integrity. We first briefly introduce the biochemical composition and structure of the BM. Next, the biological functions of major components of the BM in BBB formation and maintenance are discussed. Our goal is to provide a concise overview on how the BM contributes to BBB integrity.

关键词： barrier blood basement