Development of a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism DNA Microarray for the Detection and Genotyping of the SARS Coronavirus

( Xi Guo ),( Peng Geng ),( Quan Wang ),( Bo Yang Cao ),( Bin Liu ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2014 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.24 No.10

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a disease that spread widely in the world during late 2002 to 2004, severely threatened public health. Although there have been no reported infections since 2004, the extremely pathogenic SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV), as the causative agent of SARS, has recently been identified in animals, showing the potential for the re-emergence of this disease. Previous studies showed that 27 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) mutations among the spike (S) gene of this virus are correlated closely with the SARS pathogenicity and epidemicity. We have developed a SNP DNA microarray in order to detect and genotype these SNPs, and to obtain related information on the pathogenicity and epidemicity of a given strain. The microarray was hybridized with PCR products amplified from cDNAs obtained from different SARS-CoV strains. We were able to detect 24 SNPs and determine the type of a given strain. The hybridization profile showed that 19 samples were detected and genotyped correctly by using our microarray, with 100% accuracy. Our microarray provides a novel method for the detection and epidemiological surveillance of SARS-CoV.

Abnormalities in Inflammatory Cytokines Confer Susceptible to Chronic Neuropathic Pain-related Anhedonia in a Rat Model of Spared Nerve Injury

Xi Fang,Gaofeng Zhan,Jie Zhang,Hui Xu,Bin Zhu,Yimin Hu,Chun Yang,Ailin Luo 대한정신약물학회 2019 CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE Vol.17 No.2

Objective: Patients with chronic neuropathic pain (CNP) have a higher incidence to develop depression. However, its pathogenesis has not yet been fully elucidated. Here we aimed to investigate the role of inflammatory cytokines in CNP-related anhedonia, which is a core symptom of depression, and to explore the effects of ketamine and parecoxib on pain and anhedonia. Methods: A rat model of spared nerve injury (SNI) was constructed to mimic CNP. Hierarchical cluster analysis of sucrose preference test (SPT) was applied to classify the SNI rats into anhedonia susceptible and unsusceptible. Inflammatory cytokines in medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) of brain, serum and L2-5 spinal cord were measured. Moreover, effects of ketamine or parecoxib on mechanical withdrawal test (MWT) and SPT in anhedonia susceptible rats were detected. Results: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)- was increased in mPFC, serum and and spinal cord of anhedonia susceptible rats. Furthermore, anhedonia susceptible and unsusceptible rats both increased the interleukin (IL)-1 level in mPFC, serum and spinal cord. IL-6 was altered in serum and spinal cord, but not in mPFC. IL-10 was significantly altered in mPFC and serum, but not in spinal cord. Additionally, ketamine treatment significantly attenuated the decreased results of MWT and SPT in anhedonia susceptible rats, and that parecoxib significantly improved the MWT score, but failed to alter the result of SPT. Conclusion: These findings suggest that abnormalities in inflammatory cytokines confer susceptible to anhedonia in a rat model of SNI. Ketamine, a fast-acting antidepressant, has pharmacological benefits to alleviate pain and anhedonia symptoms.

Characterization of free and glycosidically bound volatile compounds, fatty acids, and amino acids in Vitis davidii Foex grape species native to China

Yi-Bin Lan,Xiao-Feng Xiang,Wei-Xi Yang,Bao-Qing Zhu,Hong-Tie Pu,Chang-Qing Duan 한국식품과학회 2020 Food Science and Biotechnology Vol.29 No.12

Berries of six Vitis davidii Foex (spine grape)cultivars (‘Baiputao’, ‘Gaoshan 1’, ‘Gaoshan 2’, ‘Seputao’,‘Miputao’, and ‘Tianputao’) were harvested from a commercialvineyard in Hunan Province in China. Free andbound volatile compounds and fatty acids were analyzedby GC–MS, and amino acids were analyzed by HPLC. ‘Tianputao’ and ‘Miputao’ were characterized by relativelyhigher concentrations of aromatic amino acids and lowerconcentrations of branched-chain amino acids. The majorfree volatile compounds of spine grapes were hexanal, (E)-2-hexenal, 1-hexanol, (E)-2-hexenol, (E)-b-damascenone,and benzeneacetaldehyde. The major glycosidically boundvolatile compounds identified were 1-hexanol, menthol,nerol, 1-butanol, 3-methyl-3-butenol, benzenemethanol, bphenylethanol,eugenol, and guaiacol. (E)-b-damascenone,benzeneacetaldehyde, guaiacol, and eugenol had odoractivity values (OAVs)[1 in all cultivar grapes. Partialleast squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) revealed‘Tianputao’ to be distinct from the other cultivars due to itsrelatively higher concentrations of major terpenoids,norisoprenoids, higher alcohols, and aromatic amino acids.

중국 소비자의 글로벌브랜드 선호도와 제품품질지각이 구매의도에 미치는 영향

조양 ( Yang Zhao ),임달호 ( Dal Ho Lim ),최희빈 ( Xi Bin Cui ) 한국국제통상학회 2011 국제통상연구 Vol.16 No.2

본 연구에서는 개개인의 구매시점별 정보가 들어있는 중국 소비자의 글로벌브랜드에 대한 선호도가 구매의도에 미치는 영향을 분석하여 글로벌기업이 중국에서 어떻게 마케팅 하여야 하는지 살펴보았다. 연구대상 제품은 스포츠웨어이다. 스포츠웨어 제품을 선택한 이유는 스포츠웨어 제품이 외국제품으로는 소비자들에게 가장 잘 알려져 있는 상품 중 하나이기 때문이다. 본 연구를 통해서 확인한 주요 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 기존의 연구를 근거로 하여 전반적인 국가이미지는 독립변수로써 글로벌브랜드 선호도에 직접적인 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 제품관련 국가이미지가 글로벌브랜드 선호도에 유의한 영향을 미치는 지는 국가에 따라 차이가 있고 기업이미지가 글로벌브랜드 선호도에 높은 영향력을 미치고 있음이 밝혀졌다. 다국적기업들은 현지 소비자를 대상으로 자사의 긍정적인 이미지를 인식시키기 위하여 많은 투자를 하고, 명성을 획득하고자 노력하고 있으며, 이렇게 얻어진 세계적인 명성은 기업의 중요한 무형자산(invisible asset)으로 활용되고 있다. 셋째, 글로벌브랜드 선호도를 매개변수로써 구매의도에 대한 유의한 정의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 선택한 3개의 기업들은 모두 글로벌브랜드 선호도에 정의 영향을 미치고 있다. 즉, 3개 기업들은 중국에서 문화, 교육에 대한 투자를 하고 사회에 기여하는 등 많은 분야에서 노력 하였다. 중국 소비자들은 기업의 이런 활동에 좋은 이미지를 인식하게 되어 심리적으로 이런 기업의 글로벌브랜드 제품을 더 선호하였다. 넷째, 기능적 이미지, 상징적 이미지 및 경험적 이미지는 독립변수로써 제품품질 지각에 모두 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 기능적 이미지, 상징적 이미지 및 경험적 이미지가 제품품질 지각을 매개변수로써 구매의도에 유의한 정의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 중국 소비자들은 대상으로 실시한 결과, 제품품질에 대한 높은 지각정도를 통해서 글로벌브랜드를 더 선호하는 성향이 나타났고 구매의도에 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. Since the 2008 BeiJing Olympics and China`s economic growth, the purchase of global brands products that have been steadily increasing. At the same time, the sportswear industry has been rising rapidly. There are several reasons in the development of the sportswear industry. Until now, a lot of researches being associated with brand preference, but three countries in three global brands of the subject are rarely. In this context, the study is in the college students who buy the sportswear, and the sportswear brands called Nike, Adidas, and Li Ning. The sportswear based on different purchase intentions were verified. The purpose of this study is that Chinese consumers` preferences of global brand also affect the purchase of investigation to analyze recent trends in the market have been concluded. Through this study confirm the main results as follow. On the basis of previous studies on the purchase of global brands productsas an independent variable has a direct impact on the global brand preference was not related. Product country image is a global brand is a significant influence on the preference depends on the country has emerged. Corporate image and influential global brand with high affinity have been revealed. In addition, as purchase of global brands products parameters for the purchase of a significant positive effect was found.

Study on the mixing performance of mixing vane grids and mixing coefficient by CFD and subchannel analysis code in a 5×5 rod bundle

Han Bin,Zhu Xiaoliang,Yang Bao-Wen,Liu Aiguo,Xi Yanyan,Liu Lei,Liu Shenghui,Huang Junlin 한국원자력학회 2023 Nuclear Engineering and Technology Vol.55 No.10

Mixing Vane Grid (MVG) is one of the most important structures in fuel assembly due to its high performance in mixing the coolant and ultimately increasing Critical Heat Flux (CHF), which avoids the temperature rising suddenly of fuel rods. To evaluate the mixing performance of the MVG, a Total Diffusion Coefficient (TDC) mixing coefficient is defined in the subchannel analysis code. Conventionally, the TDC of the spacer grid is obtained from the combination of experiments and subchannel analysis. However, the processing of obtaining and determine a reasonable TDC is much challenging, it is affected by boundary conditions and MVG geometries. In is difficult to perform all the large and costing rod bundle tests. In this paper, the CFD method was applied in TDC analysis. A typical 5 5 MVG was simulated and validated to estimate the mixing performance of the MVG. The subchannel code was used to calculate the TDC. Firstly, the CFD method was validated from the aspect of pressure drop and lateral temperature distribution in the subchannels. Then the effect of boundary conditions including the inlet temperature, inlet velocities, heat flux ratio between hot and cold rods and the arrangement of hot and cold rods on MVG mixing and TDC were studied. The geometric effects on mixing are also carried out in this paper. The effect of vane pattern on mixing was investigated to determine which one is the best to represent the grid's mixing performance.

Plant Virome Analysis by the Deep Sequencing of Small RNAs of Fritillaria thunbergii var. chekiangensis and the Rapid Identification of Viruses

Lu-xi Chen,Hang-kai Pan,Yu-tian Tao,Dang Yang,Hui-min Deng,Kai-jie Xu,Wen-bin Chen,Jun-min Li 한국식물병리학회 2022 Plant Pathology Journal Vol.38 No.5

Thunberg fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii), a perennial used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine, is a members of the family Liliaceae. The degeneration of germplasm is a severe problem in the production of Fritillaria thunbergii var. chekiangensis. However, no information about viral infections of F. thunbergii var. chekiangensis has been reported. In this study, we sequenced the small RNAs of F. thunbergii var. chekiangensis from leaves and bulbs, and viruses were identified using a phylogenetic analysis and BLAST search for sequence. In addition, multiplex reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to rapidly detect viruses in this variety. Our study first reported that five viruses infected F. thunbergii var. chekiangensis. Among them, fritillary virus Y (FVY), lily mottle virus (LMoV), Thunberg fritillary mosaic virus (TFMV), and hop yellow virus (HYV) had been reported in F. thunbergii, while apple stem grooving virus was first reported in the genus Fritillaria. A multiplex RT-PCR method was developed to rapidly test the four viruses FVY, LMoV, TFMV, and HYV in F. thunbergii var. chekiangensis. Our results provide a better understanding of the infection of F. thunbergii var. chekiangensis by viruses and a basic reference for the better design of suitable control measures.

Effects of the Hippo Signaling Pathway in Human Gastric Cancer

Zhou, Guang-Xi,Li, Xiao-Yu,Zhang, Qi,Zhao, Kun,Zhang, Cui-Ping,Xue, Chang-Hu,Yang, Kun,Tian, Zi-Bin Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2013 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.14 No.9

Background/Aim: The Hippo signaling pathway is a newly discovered and conserved signaling cascade, which regulates organ size control by governing cell proliferation and apoptosis. This study aimed to investigate its effects in human gastric cancer. Methods: Tumor tissues (n=60), adjacent non-tumor tissues (n=60) and normal tissues (n=60) were obtained from the same patients with primary gastric cancer (GC). In addition, 70 samples of chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) tissues were obtained from patients with intestinal metaplasia (IM) by endoscopic biopsy. Hippo signaling molecules, including Mst1, Lats1, YAP1, TAZ, TEAD1, Oct4 and CDX2, were determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Protein expression of Mst1, Lats1, YAP1, TEAD1 and CDX2 was assessed by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. Results: Mst1, Lats1 and Oct4 mRNA expression showed an increasing tendency from GC tissues to normal gastric tissues, while the mRNA expression of YAP1, TAZ and TEAD1 was up-regulated (all P<0.01). Mst1 and Lats1 protein expression presented a similar trend with their mRNA expression. In addition, YAP1 and TEAD1 protein expression in GC was significantly higher than in the other groups (all P<0.01). CDX2 mRNA and protein expression in the CAG group were higher than in the other groups (all P<0.01). In GC, mRNA expression of Mst1, Lats1, Oct4, YAP1, TAZ, TEAD1 and CDX2 had a close correlation with lymphatic metastasis and tumor TNM stage (all P<0.01). Furthermore, protein expression of Mst1, Lats1, YAP1, TAZ, TEAD1 and CDX2 had a close correlation between each other (P<0.05). Conclusion: The Hippo signaling pathway is involved in the development, progression and metastasis of human gastric cancer. Therefore, manipulation of Hippo signaling molecules may be a potential therapeutic strategy for gastric cancer.

Analysis of Geographic and Pairwise Distances among Chinese Cashmere Goat Populations

Liu, Jian-Bin,Wang, Fan,Lang, Xia,Zha, Xi,Sun, Xiao-Ping,Yue, Yao-Jing,Feng, Rui-Lin,Yang, Bo-Hui,Guo, Jian Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2013 Animal Bioscience Vol.26 No.3

This study investigated the geographic and pairwise distances of nine Chinese local Cashmere goat populations through the analysis of 20 microsatellite DNA markers. Fluorescence PCR was used to identify the markers, which were selected based on their significance as identified by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG). In total, 206 alleles were detected; the average allele number was 10.30; the polymorphism information content of loci ranged from 0.5213 to 0.7582; the number of effective alleles ranged from 4.0484 to 4.6178; the observed heterozygosity was from 0.5023 to 0.5602 for the practical sample; the expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.5783 to 0.6464; and Allelic richness ranged from 4.7551 to 8.0693. These results indicated that Chinese Cashmere goat populations exhibited rich genetic diversity. Further, the Wright's F-statistics of subpopulation within total (FST) was 0.1184; the genetic differentiation coefficient (GST) was 0.0940; and the average gene flow (Nm) was 2.0415. All pairwise FST values among the populations were highly significant (p<0.01 or p<0.001), suggesting that the populations studied should all be considered to be separate breeds. Finally, the clustering analysis divided the Chinese Cashmere goat populations into at least four clusters, with the Hexi and Yashan goat populations alone in one cluster. These results have provided useful, practical, and important information for the future of Chinese Cashmere goat breeding.

Role of sul2 Gene Linked to Transposase in Resistance to Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole Among Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Isolates

Li-Fen Hu,Xi-Hai Xu,Haifei Yang,Ying Ye,Jia-Bin Li 대한진단검사의학회 2016 Annals of Laboratory Medicine Vol.36 No.1

Expression of three neuropeptide genes (SfEH, SfETH, and SfCCAP) in response to insecticide stress on the white-backed planthopper Sogatella furcifera (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)

Long Gui-yun,Wang Zhao,Yang Jia-peng,Tang Chen-hong,Jin Dao-Chao,Yang Hong,Zhou Cao,Yang Xi-bin 한국응용곤충학회 2023 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.26 No.3

Insect neuropeptides are involved in many important developmental processes. Here, we cloned three neuro peptide genes (SfEH, SfETH, and SfCCAP) from Sogatella furcifera (Horváth) and analyzed the relative expression levels of these genes through Real-time Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) during different developmental stages and in different wing types of S. furcifera following exposure to sublethal concentrations (LC 10 and LC 25 ) of methylaminoavermectin benzoate. The results revealed that the three neuropeptide genes (SfEH, SfETH, and SfCCAP) of S. furcifera contained open reading frame sequences of 222, 636, and 408 bp, encoding 73, 211, and 135 amino acids, respectively. Moreover, the expression of SfEH and SfETH reached its peak on day 3 of the 5 th instar nymph stage, while the SfCCAP expressed pinnacle on 40 min after eclosion. Furthermore, the relative expression levels of the three genes were in the following order: SfEH, short-winged female > long-winged female > long-winged male; SfETH, long-winged female > short-winged female > longwinged male; and SfCCAP, short-winged female > long-winged male > short-winged female. Upon calculating the relative expression of the three peptide genes after 24 and 48 h of treatment with sublethal concentrations of methylaminoavermectin benzoate, it was found that the relative mRNA expression levels of SfEH and SfETH declined upon LC 10 treatment but increased upon LC 25 treatment. Meanwhile, the relative mRNA expression level of SfCCAP declined upon both LC 10 and LC 25 treatments. This result will help us understand the effects of pesticides on insect growth and development at the molecular level.