The role of miRNA‑155 in monocrotaline‑induced pulmonary arterial hypertension through c‑Fos/NLRP3/caspase‑1

Shou‑Dong Chai,Zhen‑Kun Li,Rui Liu,Tao Liu,Ming‑Feng Dong,Pei‑Zhe Tang,Jian‑Tang Wang,Sheng‑Jun Ma 대한독성 유전단백체 학회 2020 Molecular & cellular toxicology Vol.16 No.3

Background Nisoldipine can effectively suppress pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell proliferation and c-Fos expression. Objective To identify the mechanism of the anti-inflammatory effects in monocrotaline-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), focusing on the c-Fos/NLRP3/caspase-1 pathway. Results In a mice model of monocrotaline-induced PAH, miRNA-155 expression was increased. In an in vitro model, overexpression of miRNA-155 promoted inflammation and induced c-Fos, NLRP3, and caspase-1 protein expression. The inhibition of c-Fos reduced the effects of miRNA-155 on inflammation in an in vitro model of monocrotaline-induced PAH. The inhibition of NLRP3 reduced the effects of miRNA-155 on inflammation in an in vitro model of monocrotaline-induced PAH. Conclusions miRNA-155 increased inflammation in monocrotaline-induced PAH through c-Fos/NLRP3/caspase-1.

The Analysis on China Corporation Income Taxation Level

Feng Shou Dong,김유찬 한국세무학회 2006 세무와 회계저널 Vol.7 No.4

At present, it is most important part in the next tax reform of China to unify the foreign and domestic corporation income taxation (CIT). The paper aims to study the changes of the status of CIT and its actual tax burden for different kind of firms, collecting a lot of relevant data and analyzing from three aspects as follows: that is the ratio of the CIT to total tax revenue, the structure of the CIT; and the tax burden of the CIT. The paper analyzes not only the macro-tax burden, the changes of the taxation level and its structure, but the micro-tax burden of CIT, the differences in the tax burden of domestic and foreign enterprises as well. Finally, the paper set out some proposals in the design of the tax rates and tax burden of the CIT of China.

Cordblood-Based High-Throughput Screening for Deafness Gene of 646 Newborns in Jinan Area of China

Shou-Xia Li,Ding-Li Chen,Su-Bin Zhao,Li-Li Guo,Hai-Qin Feng,Xiao-Fang Zhang,Li-Li Ping,Zhi-Ming Yang,Cai-Xia Sun,Gen-Dong Yao 대한이비인후과학회 2015 Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology Vol.8 No.3

Objectives. Infants with slight/mild or late-onset hearing impairment might be missed in universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS). We identified the mutation hot spot of common deaf gene in the newborns in Jinan area population by screening the mutation spot with neonate cord blood, in order to make clear whether the neonate cord blood for screening is feasible. Methods. Six hundred and forty-six newborns were subjected to both UNHS and genetic screening for deafness by using neonate cord blood. The newborn genetic screening targeted four deafness-associated genes, which were commonly found in the Chinese population including gap junction beta-2 protein (GJB2), gap junction beta-3 protein (GJB3), solute carrier family 26 member 4 (SLC26A4), and mtDNA 12S rRNA. The most common 20 spot mutations in 4 deaf genes were detected by MassARRAY iPLEX platform and mitochondrial 12S rRNA A1555G and C1494T mutations were sequenced using Sanger sequencing. Results. Among the 646 newborns, 635 cases passed the UNHS and the other 11 cases (1.7%) did not. Of the 11 failures, two cases were found to carry homozygous GJB2 p.R143W pathogenic mutation, one case was found to have heterozygous GJB2 235delC mutation, and another one case carried heterozygous GJB3 p.R180X pathogenic mutation. Six hundred and thirty-five babies passed the newborn hearing screening, in which 25 babies were identified to carry pathogenic mutations, including 12 heterozygotes (1.9%) for GJB2 235delC, eight heterozygotes (1.3%) for SLC26A4 IVS7-2A>G, one heterozygote (0.2%) for p.R409H, two homozygotes (0.3%) for m.1494C>T, and two homozygotes (0.3%) for m.1555A>G. Conclusion. Newborn genetic screening through the umbilical cord blood for common deafness-associated mutations may identify carriers sensitive to aminoglycoside antibiotic, and can effectively prevent or delay hearing loss occurs.

Long noncoding RNA atlas of the inflammation caused by asthma in mice

Ye Chen,Shou‑di He,Xiao‑dong Li,Zhi‑li Hu,Chao Zhang,Feng Xu 대한약학회 2020 Archives of Pharmacal Research Vol.43 No.4

There is little evidence regarding the roles oflong noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in inflammation caused byasthma. In this study, we successfully generated an asthmamouse model that was induced by ovalbumin (OVA). Theeffects of dexamethasone (Dex) treatment on lung tissuewere investigated using pathological and biochemicalmethods, including Diff-Quik staining, enzyme-linkedimmunosorbent assay (ELISA), hematoxylin–eosin (H&E)staining, and western blotting (WB). The inflammation waseffectively relieved with Dex treatment. High-throughputsequencing revealed that a total of 1490 lncRNAs were detected in lung tissue samples. Differential expressionanalysis revealed that the Dex group had 20 upregulatedand 15 downregulated lncRNAs compared with those inthe Model group. Moreover, nine differentially expressedand inflammation-related lncRNAs were verified by quantitativereal-time reverse transcription polymerase chainreaction (qRT-PCR). Furthermore, the regulation networksof these nine lncRNAs, their potential binding microRNA(miRNAs), and the putative target genes showed that theselncRNAs play important roles in the nuclear factor kappalight-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) signalingpathway. We further identified the expression levels of threepotential binding miRNAs by qRT-PCR. The results of thisstudy contribute to a better understanding of the functionsof lncRNAs in inflammation caused by asthma.

Characterization and differential expression of microRNA in skeletal muscle of Laiwu and Yorkshire pig breeds

Wei Chen,Guo-Feng Fang,Shou-Dong Wang,Hui Wang,Yong-Qing Zeng 한국유전학회 2017 Genes & Genomics Vol.39 No.2

The domestic pig is an important agricultural animal used as a source of meat worldwide. As an important resource, Laiwu pig has some special characteristics compared with Yorkshire pig. It is necessary to identify the differentially expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) in skeletal muscle between two pig breeds. Therefore, we herein performed a comprehensive investigation for miRNA transcriptome of skeletal muscle from the two pig breeds. On average, we obtained approximately 13,493,607 clean reads in Laiwu pig and 12,938,257 clean reads in Yorkshire pig in this study. Totally, 265 known miRNAs were identified, and among these, 229 miRNAs were expressed in all the six pigs. From the 265 known miRNAs, 19 of these miRNAs were found significantly differentially expressed (q\0.05). Of these significantly expressed miRNAs, seven miRNAs were significantly upregulated and 12 miRNAs were down-regulated in Laiwu pig compared with Yorkshire pig. Among the significantly expressed miRNAs, ssc-miR-194-5p has the largest foldchange (6.35-fold). Ten differentially expressed miRNAs selected from high throughput sequencing were confirmed by real-time RT-PCR (RT-qPCR), and the results indicated that the expression patterns were consistent with sequencing results. Our results not only present a comprehensive miRNA transcriptome profile of skeletal muscle between two pig breeds with distinct phenotypes, but also could be useful for investigating the functions of differentially expressed miRNAs associated with the phenotype traits.

Proteomic Profiles of Mouse Neuro N2a Cells Infected with Variant Virulence of Rabies Viruses

( Wang Xiao Hu ),( Shou Feng Zhang ),( Cheng Long Sun ),( Zi Guo Yuan ),( Xian Fu Wu ),( Dong Xia Wang ),( Zhuang Ding ),( Rong Liang Hu ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2011 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.21 No.4

We characterized the proteomes of murine N2a cells following infection with three rabies virus (RV) strains, characterized by distinct virulence phenotypes (i.e., virulent BD06, fixed CVS-11, and attenuated SRV9 strains), and identified 35 changes to protein expression using twodimensional gel electrophoresis in whole-cell lysates. The annotated functions of these proteins are involved in various cytoskeletal, signal transduction, stress response, and metabolic processes. Specifically, a-enolase, prx-4, vimentin, cytokine-induced apoptosis inhibitor 1 (CIAPIN1) and prx-6 were significantly up-regulated, whereas Trx like-1 and galectin-1 were down-regulated following infection of N2a cells with all three rabies virus strains. However, comparing expressions of all 35 proteins affected between BD06-, CVS-11-, and SRV9-infected cells, specific changes in expression were also observed. The up-regulation of vimentin, CIAPIN1, prx-4, and 14-3-3 θ/δ, and downregulation of NDPK-B and HSP-1 with CVS and SRV9 infection were ≥2 times greater than with BD06. Meanwhile, Zfp12 protein, splicing factor, and arginine/serine-rich 1 were unaltered in the cells infected with BD06 and CVS- 11, but were up-regulated in the group infected with SRV9. The proteomic alterations described here may suggest that these changes to protein expression correlate with the rabies virus`` adaptability and virulence in N2a cells, and hence provides new clues as to the response of N2a host cells to rabies virus infections, and may also aid in uncovering new pathways in these cells that are involved in rabies infections. Further characterization of the functions of the affected proteins may contribute to our understanding of the mechanisms of RV infection and pathogenesis.

Longissimus lumborum muscle transcriptome analysis of Laiwu and Yorkshire pigs differing in intramuscular fat content

Wei Chen,Guo‑feng Fang,Shou‑dong Wang,Hui Wang,Yong‑qing Zeng 한국유전학회 2017 Genes & Genomics Vol.39 No.7

The pig provides meat products for human consumption on a large scale. High-throughput sequencing technology provides a powerful approach for the characterization of the muscle transcriptome of pigs. Despite many studies using high-throughput technologies, the functional complexity of porcine muscle transcriptome is not fully elucidated. Therefore, the aim of this study was to gain insight into the longissimus lumborum muscle transcriptome between two pig breeds with distinct phenotypes, Laiwu pig, a Chinese indigenous pig breed, and Yorkshire pig, a Western breed. RNA-seq was applied to sample transcripts of the longissimus lumborum muscle between the two pig breeds to gain insights into wholegenome transcription profiles. For the Laiwu and Yorkshire libraries, we obtained a total of 40,498,476 and 59,072,892 high quality reads, respectively. Moreover, the resulting data set provided expression patterns for many annotated, predicted and novel pig genes. 178 significantly differentially expressed genes were identified between the Laiwu and Yorkshire pigs, with 98 up-regulated and 80 downregulated genes in Laiwu pig compared with Yorkshire pig. Gene expression results of the RNA-seq data were validated by qRT-PCR for twelve genes. Genes that were differentially expressed were involved in lipid metabolism and were more highly expressed in Laiwu pigs. The present study provides a comprehensive view of differences in the muscle transcriptome between two pig phenotypes. These results expand our knowledge of the genes transcribed in the skeletal muscle of two breeds and provide a basis for future research of the molecular mechanisms underlying the phenotypic differences on meat quality.

Determination of Herbicide Propisochlor in Soil, Water and Rice by Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged and Safe (QuEChERS) Method Using by UPLC-ESI-MS/MS

Xiaohu Wu,Jun Xu,Xingang Liu,Feng Shou Dong,Yanbing Wu,Ying Zhang,Yongquan Zheng 대한화학회 2013 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.34 No.3

A simple, quick and reliable analytical method for the confirmation and quantification of propisochlor was developed. The propisochlor was extracted from water, soil and rice (stalks, rice and hull) matrices using acetonitrile, and cleaned up with primary secondary amine and determined by UPLC-MS/MS. The LODs of propisochlor ranged from 0.03 μg/kg to 0.12 μg/kg, while the LOQs ranged from 0.1 μg/kg to 0.4 μg/kg in different matrixes. The mean recoveries of propisochlor at three levels (0.005, 0.01 and 0.05 mg/kg) were in the range of 73.7-94.9% with intra-day relative standard deviations (RSD) of 1.1-13.9% and inter-day RSDR of 3.3-12.7%. This method is suitable for routine analysis of propisochlor under field conditions. The half-lives of propisochlor in rice stalks, water and soil were 1.7, 1.5 and 2.3 days in Hunan, 5.7, 1.0 and 1.9 days in Anhui and 4.8, 1.0 and 3.1 days in Guangxi.