Chimerism Evaluation of ‘Hongrou Huyou’, a Grafted Chimera between Citrus changshan-huyou and Citrus unshiu

Min Zhang,Zequn Zhang,Qun Wu,Fuzhi Ke,Jianguo Xu,Siqing Zhao,Gang Wang,Chi Zhang 한국원예학회 2020 원예과학기술지 Vol.38 No.1

Chimeras occur spontaneously or artificially and are valuable in horticultural crop breeding. A new diploid citrus chimera, named ‘Hongrou Huyou’ (abbreviated HH) (Citrus changshan-huyou + C. unshiu), was found during a bud sports investigation in China. The morphology, flesh carotenoid content, and molecular markers were evaluated in HH and the two grafted donors. The results showed that characteristics derived from L2/L3, such as the fruit size, winged leaf, seed, pollen, and rind aroma, were similar to those of C. changshan-huyou (CH), whereas the juice sac and stomatal characteristics originating from L1 were the same as those of the satsuma mandarin. High-performance liquid chromatography analysis of carotenes from the flesh of HH showed that the content was the same as that of the satsuma mandarin, with β-cryptoxanthin producing the main carotenoid spectrum, whereas lutein and violaxanthin were the main carotenoids in CH. Nuclear simple sequence repeat, chloroplast simple sequence repeat, and mitochondrial simple sequence repeat analyses showed that the leaves, outer pericarp (epidermis and flavedo), segment wall, and juice sac of HH contained the nuclear, chloroplast, and mitochondrial genomes of both donors; however, the albedo of HH only contained the genetic material of CH. Thus, HH is confirmed to be a periclinal chimera that consists of L1 from C. unshiu and L2/L3 from CH.

Inhibition of TNF-α, IL-1α, and IL-1β by Pretreatment of Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages with Menaquinone-7 and Cell Activation with TLR Agonists In Vitro

Min-Hsiung Pan,Katarzyna Maresz,Pei-Sheng Lee,Jia-Ching Wu,Chi-Tang Ho,Janusz Popko,Dilip S. Mehta,Sidney J. Stohs,Vladimir Badmaev 한국식품영양과학회 2016 Journal of medicinal food Vol.19 No.7

Circulatory markers of low-grade inflammation such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1α), and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) positively correlate with endothelial damage, atheroma formation, cardiovascular disease, and aging. The natural vitamin K2-menaquinone-7 (MK-7) added to the cell culture of human monocyte-derived macrophages (hMDMs) at the same time as toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists did not influence the production of TNF-α. When the cells were pretreated up to 6 h with MK-7 before treatment with TLR agonists, MK-7 did not inhibit significantly the production of TNF-α after the TLR activation. However, 30 h pretreatment of hMDMs with at least 10 μM of MK-7 effectively and dose dependently inhibited the proinflammatory function of hMDMs. Pretreatment of hMDMs with 10 μM of MK-7 for 30 h resulted in 20% inhibition of TNF-α production after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) activation (P < .05) and 43% inhibition after macrophage-activating lipopeptide (MALP) activation (P < .001). Pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PMPP) activation was inhibited by 20% with MK-7 pretreatment; however, this inhibition was not statistically significant. The 30 h pretreatment of a THP-1-differentiated monocyte cell line with MK-7 resulted in a dose-dependent downregulation of TNFα, IL-1α, and IL-1β gene expression as evaluated by RNA semiquantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). MK-7 is able to modulate immune and inflammatory reactions in the dose–response inhibition of TNF-α, IL-1α, and IL-1β gene expression and protein production by the healthy hMDMs in vitro.

A Comparison of Different Vocabulary Learning Strategy Use between EFL and CSL Learners

( Chin Min Lin ),( Chi Ta Wu ),( Li Chin Chen ) 전북대학교 인문학연구소 2014 건지인문학 Vol.12 No.-

This research aims to compare the similarity and difference in vocabulary strategy use between EFL and CSL learners. There were 217 subjects in Taiwan participated in this study. Vocabulary Learning Strategy Inventory was conducted to identify the strategies for both EFL and CSL learners used to learn English vocabulary or Chinese characters. SPSS is employed to analyze the data collected. The results showed that two of the strategies used by EFL and CSL learners are different and the other 16 strategies used are the same. The outcome revealed that vocabulary learning is similar across these two languages. Thus EFL and CSL teachers can facilitate learners to apply their first language vocabulary learning strategies and transfer those to second/foreign language learning. In the meantime, teachers ought to pay attention to the fundamental differences between the two languages to help learners to seize the vocabulary learning strategies based on the language features specifically.

The construction of a multiple intelligences inventory

( Chin Min Lin ),( Chi Ta Wu ) 전북대학교 인문학연구소 2012 건지인문학 Vol.8 No.-

The purpose of this research is to construct an inventory to explore Taiwanese students` multiple intelligences. Four hundred and nineteen subjects participated in this study. The validity of the inventory was examined by exploratory factor analysis and the internal consistency was examined by reliability test. A set of criteria were used to extract the preliminary 64-item inventory to derive the final 42-item inventory. These criteria included four parts: Eigen values were greater than 1, factor loadings were greater than .3; item-total correlations were greater than .5, and Cronbach`s α values were greater than .6. This proposed inventory can be used to assess students` multiple intelligences more efficiently and effectively teachers then can plan and arrange their instructions accordingly.

Unveiling creative teaching in English instruction

( Chin Min Lin ),( Chi Ta Wu ),( Min Tseng ),( Pei Lu Ma ),( Pei Fang Chang ) 전북대학교 인문학연구소 2013 건지인문학 Vol.10 No.-

This research aims to develop a scale to explore student`s atti-tude toward creative English teaching in Taiwan. Three hundred and nineteen subjects participated in this study. Exploratory factor analy-sis was employed to test the internal consistency of scale and reli-ability test was conducted to measure the internal consistency of the items. The preliminary 32-item scale was scrutinized by a specific set of criteria to develop the final version of the scale. Four items were removed from the scale because they did not meet the requirements. The final scale consisting of twenty-eight items were examined by the same procedure and five factors were extracted from this scale. All of the items in the final scale met the following criteria: Eigen values were larger than 1, factor loadings were larger than.3; item-total cor-relations were larger than.5, and Cronbach`s a value was larger than .6, Teachers and researchers can employ this scale to uncover stu-dents` attitude toward creative English teaching, and modify their teaching methods accordingly.

L-carnitine Enhances Bovine Oocyte Quality and the Developmental Competence of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos

Junbo Wu,Kang Sun Park,Lili Zhuang,Dong Eon Kim,Eun Do Lee,Chi Sun Yun,Eun Ji Lee,Beom Sik Kim,Min Kyu Kim 한국수정란이식학회 2017 한국수정란이식학회 학술대회 Vol.2017 No.05

Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is the technique which generates embryos by transferring diploid nucleus into an enucleated oocyte, it has produced specific animals successfully in a variety of species. However, the developmental capacity of SCNT embryos is still relatively lower than that of embryos produced in vivo. Oocyte is a kind of lipid rich cells, its quality limits the efficiency of embryo production. L-carnitine is a co-enzyme facilitating the transportation of long chain fatty acids across the inner mitochondria membrane where fatty acids are used for generating adenosine triphosphate (ATP) via beta-oxidation. It also has antioxidant actions which may protect mitochondrial membranes and DNA against damage induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS). Whether L-carnitine is functional in bovine SCNT embryos are unknown. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the effects of L-carnitine on oocyte maturation and developmental competence of subsequent SCNT embryos. L-carnitine was supplemented during IVM, then intracellular ROS and GSH levels, mitochondrial activity, gene expression of COCs were analyzed at the end of IVM. SCNT embryos were produced subsequently, apoptosis detection and gene expression evaluation were performed in blastocysts. In the results, treatments with 1.5 mM and 3 mM L-carnitine significantly improved maturation rates (P<0.05). Treatments with 3 mM L-carnitine effectively induced improvement in nuclear maturation, intracellular GSH levels and mitochondrial activity, as well as a reduction in intracellular ROS levels (P<0.05). mRNA levels of CPT1A, ACAA1, ACAA2, AREG, EREG, SOD1, GPX4, GLUT1 and CDC2 transcripts were effectively up-regulated by 3 mM L-carnitine treatments (P < 0.05). Similarly, 3mM L-carnitine induced an increase in blastocyst developmental rates and an improvement in blastocyst quality (P<0.05). Our study indicates that L-carnitine treatment during IVM improves oocyte nuclear maturation and subsequent SCNT embryo development.

Effects of maternal undernutrition during late pregnancy on the regulatory factors involved in growth and development in ovine fetal perirenal brown adipose tissue

Yang Huan,Ma Chi,Zi Yang,Zhang Min,Liu Yingchun,Wu Kaifeng,Gao Feng 아세아·태평양축산학회 2022 Animal Bioscience Vol.35 No.7

Objective: The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of maternal undernutrition during late pregnancy on the expressions of genes involved in growth and development in ovine fetal perirenal brown adipose tissue (BAT). Methods: Eighteen ewes with singleton fetuses were allocated to three groups at day 90 of pregnancy: restricted group 1 (RG1, 0.33 MJ metabolisable energy [ME]/kg body weight [BW]0.75/d, n = 6), restricted group 2 (RG2, 0.18 MJ ME/kg BW0.75/d, n = 6), and a control group (CG, ad libitum, 0.67 MJ ME/kg BW0.75/d, n = 6). The fetuses were removed at day 140 of pregnancy. All data were analyzed by using the analysis of variance procedure. Results: The perirenal fat weight (p = 0.0077) and perirenal fat growth rate (p = 0.0074) were reduced in RG2 compared to CG. In fetal perirenal BAT, the protein level of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) (p = 0.0001) was lower in RG1 and RG2 compared with CG and UCP1 mRNA expression (p = 0.0265) was decreased in RG2. The protein level of myogenic factor 5 (Myf5) was also decreased in RG2 (p = 0.0001). In addition, mRNA expressions of CyclinA (p = 0.0109), CyclinB (p = 0.0019), CyclinD (p = 0.0015), cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1) (p = 0.0001), E2F transcription factor 1 (E2F1) (p = 0.0323), E2F4 (p = 0.0101), and E2F5 (p = 0.0018) were lower in RG1 and RG2. There were decreased protein expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) (p = 0.0043) and mRNA expression of CCAAT/ enhancer-binding protein-α (C/EBPα) (p = 0.0307) in RG2 and decreased PPARγ mRNA expression (p = 0.0008) and C/EBPα protein expression (p = 0.0015) in both RG2 and RG1. Furthermore, mRNA expression of bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) (p = 0.0083) and BMP7 (p = 0.0330) decreased in RG2 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor co-activator-1α (PGC-1α) reduced in RG2 and RG1. Conclusion: Our observations support that repression of regulatory factors promoting differentiation and development results in the inhibition of BAT maturation in fetal perirenal fat during late pregnancy with maternal undernutrition. Objective: The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of maternal undernutrition during late pregnancy on the expressions of genes involved in growth and development in ovine fetal perirenal brown adipose tissue (BAT).Methods: Eighteen ewes with singleton fetuses were allocated to three groups at day 90 of pregnancy: restricted group 1 (RG1, 0.33 MJ metabolisable energy [ME]/kg body weight [BW]^0.75/d, n = 6), restricted group 2 (RG2, 0.18 MJ ME/kg BW^0.75/d, n = 6), and a control group (CG, <i>ad libitum</i>, 0.67 MJ ME/kg BW^0.75/d, n = 6). The fetuses were removed at day 140 of pregnancy. All data were analyzed by using the analysis of variance procedure.Results: The perirenal fat weight (p = 0.0077) and perirenal fat growth rate (p = 0.0074) were reduced in RG2 compared to CG. In fetal perirenal BAT, the protein level of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) (p = 0.0001) was lower in RG1 and RG2 compared with CG and UCP1 mRNA expression (p = 0.0265) was decreased in RG2. The protein level of myogenic factor 5 (Myf5) was also decreased in RG2 (p = 0.0001). In addition, mRNA expressions of <i>CyclinA</i> (p = 0.0109), <i>CyclinB</i> (p = 0.0019), <i>CyclinD</i> (p = 0.0015), cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (<i>CDK1</i>) (p = 0.0001), E2F transcription factor 1 (<i>E2F1</i>) (p = 0.0323), <i>E2F4</i> (p = 0.0101), and <i>E2F5</i> (p = 0.0018) were lower in RG1 and RG2. There were decreased protein expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) (p = 0.0043) and mRNA expression of CCAAT/ enhancer-binding protein-α (<i>C/EBPα</i>) (p = 0.0307) in RG2 and decreased <i>PPARγ</i> mRNA expression (p = 0.0008) and C/EBPα protein expression (p = 0.0015) in both RG2 and RG1. Furthermore, mRNA expression of bone morphogenetic protein 4 (<i>BMP4</i>) (p = 0.0083) and <i>BMP7</i> (p = 0.0330) decreased in RG2 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor co-activator-1α (<i>PGC-1α</i>) reduced in RG2 and RG1.Conclusion: Our observations support that repression of regulatory factors promoting differentiation and development results in the inhibition of BAT maturation in fetal perirenal fat during late pregnancy with maternal undernutrition.

The Surgical Management of Traumatic Lower Cervical Spondylolisthesis with Posterior Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation

Peng Luo,Wen-Fei Ni,Yao-Sen Wu,Ai-Min Wu,Xiang-Yang Wang,Hua-Zi Xu,Yong-Long Chi 대한척추외과학회 2015 Asian Spine Journal Vol.9 No.2

We reported a technical report of traumatic lower cervical spondylolisthesisca used by bilateral pedicle fracture, without neurological compression. The patient was treated with the minimally invasive technique of percutaneous pedicle screw fixation. Fracture healing and normal cervical motion were confirmed by plain films and physical examinations onthe18-monthpostoperatively. The technique of percutaneous pedicle screw fixation might be an alternative strategy for the treatment of traumatic lower cervical spondylolisthesis with pedicle fracture.

Meta-analysis identifies multiple loci associated with kidney function??related traits in east Asian populations

Okada, Yukinori,Sim, Xueling,Go, Min Jin,Wu, Jer-Yuarn,Gu, Dongfeng,Takeuchi, Fumihiko,Takahashi, Atsushi,Maeda, Shiro,Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko,Chen, Peng,Lim, Su-Chi,Wong, Tien-Yin,Liu, Jianjun,Young, Terr Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan P 2012 Nature genetics Vol.44 No.8

Chronic kidney disease (CKD), impairment of kidney function, is a serious public health problem, and the assessment of genetic factors influencing kidney function has substantial clinical relevance. Here, we report a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for kidney function??related traits, including 71,149 east Asian individuals from 18 studies in 11 population-, hospital- or family-based cohorts, conducted as part of the Asian Genetic Epidemiology Network (AGEN). Our meta-analysis identified 17 loci newly associated with kidney function??related traits, including the concentrations of blood urea nitrogen, uric acid and serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate based on serum creatinine levels (eGFRcrea) (P < 5.0 ? 10<SUP>??8</SUP>). We further examined these loci with in silico replication in individuals of European ancestry from the KidneyGen, CKDGen and GUGC consortia, including a combined total of ??10,347 individuals. We identify pleiotropic associations among these loci with kidney function??related traits and risk of CKD. These findings provide new insights into the genetics of kidney function.

Recombinant Growth Differentiation Factor 9 and Bone Morphogenetic Protein 15 Decrease Kit Ligand Gene Expression in Canine Ovarian Granulosa Cells

Lili Zhuang,Bo Myeong Lee,Junbo Wu,Eun Do Lee,Chi Sun Yun,Kuk Bin Ji,Ji Hye Lee,Ju Lan Chun,Min Kyu Kim 한국동물생명공학회(구 한국동물번식학회) 2016 발생공학 국제심포지엄 및 학술대회 Vol.2016 No.10