<i>Salmonella enterica</i> Serovar Typhimurium Interacts with CD209 Receptors To Promote Host Dissemination and Infection

Ye, Chenglin,Li, Qiao,Li, Xinyi,Park, Chae Gyu,He, Yingxia,Zhang, Yingmiao,Wu, Bicong,Xue, Ying,Yang, Kun,Lv, Yin,Ying, Xiao-Ling,Ding, Hong-Hui,Cai, Huahua,Alkraiem, Ayman Ahmad,Njiri, Olivia,Tembo, American Society for Microbiology 2019 Infection and immunity Vol.87 No.8

<P><I>Salmonella enterica</I> serovar Typhimurium, a Gram-negative bacterium, can cause infectious diseases ranging from gastroenteritis to systemic dissemination and infection. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this bacterial dissemination have yet to be elucidated. A study indicated that using the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) core as a ligand, <I>S</I>.</P><P><I>Salmonella enterica</I> serovar Typhimurium, a Gram-negative bacterium, can cause infectious diseases ranging from gastroenteritis to systemic dissemination and infection. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this bacterial dissemination have yet to be elucidated. A study indicated that using the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) core as a ligand, <I>S</I>. Typhimurium was able to bind human dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing nonintegrin (hCD209a), an HIV receptor that promotes viral dissemination by hijacking antigen-presenting cells (APCs). In this study, we showed that <I>S</I>. Typhimurium interacted with CD209s, leading to the invasion of APCs and potentially the dissemination to regional lymph nodes, spleen, and liver in mice. Shielding of the exposed LPS core through the expression of O-antigen reduces dissemination and infection. Thus, we propose that similar to HIV, <I>S</I>. Typhimurium may also utilize APCs via interactions with CD209s as a way to disseminate to the lymph nodes, spleen, and liver to initiate host infection.</P>

Peptidoglycan activation of the proPO-system without a peptidoglycan receptor protein (PGRP)?

Liu, Haipeng,Wu, Chenglin,Matsuda, Yasuyuki,Kawabata, Shun-ichiro,Lee, Bok Luel,Sö,derhä,ll, Kenneth,Sö,derhä,ll, Irene Elsevier 2011 DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY Vol.35 No.1

<P><B>Abstract</B></P><P>Recognition of microbial polysaccharide by pattern recognition receptors triggers the prophenoloxidase (proPO) cascade, resulting in melanin synthesis and its deposition on the surface of invading pathogens. Several masquerade-like proteins and serine proteinase homologues have been shown to be involved in the proPO activation in insects. In this study, a novel serine proteinase homologue, <I>Pl</I>-SPH2, was found and isolated as a 30kDa protein from hemocytes of the freshwater crayfish, <I>Pacifastacus leniusculus</I>, by its binding property to a partially lysozyme digested or TCA-treated insoluble Lysine (Lys)-type peptidoglycan (PGN) and soluble polymeric Lys-type PGN. Two other proteins, the <I>Pl</I>-SPH1 and lipopolysaccharide- and β-1,3-glucan-binding protein (LGBP) were also found in the several different PGN-binding assays. However no PGRP homologue was detected. Neither was any putative PGRP found after searching available crustacean sequence databases. If RNA interference of <I>Pl</I>-SPH2, <I>Pl</I>-SPH1 or LGBP in the crayfish hematopoietic tissue cell culture was performed, it resulted in lower PO activity following activation of the proPO-system by soluble Lys-type PGN. Taken together, we report for the first time that Lys-type PGN is a trigger of proPO-system activation in a crustacean and that two <I>Pl</I>-SPHs are involved in this activation possibly by forming a complex with LGBP and without a PGRP.</P>

FACILE SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF MESOSTRUCTURED CHITOSAN-COATED Fe 3 O 4 NANOPARTICLES AND ITS FURTHER MODIFICATION WITH FOLIC ACID FOR IMPROVING TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY

MAO SHEN,CHENGLIN WU,WENPING JIA,CHENGHONG LI,ZHILI ZHANG,YANGMIN JIN,GUODONG FAN,CAIPING LIN 성균관대학교(자연과학캠퍼스) 성균나노과학기술원 2014 NANO Vol.9 No.7

Mesostructured chitosan-coated Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles (CS-coated Fe 3 O 4 NPs) were synthesizedby a facile one-step solvothermal method via using chitosan as a surface-modi¯cation agent. Subsequently, the surfaces of CS-coated Fe 3 O 4 NPs were successfully conjugated with folic acid(FA) molecules to obtain FA – CS-coated Fe 3 O 4 NPs for improving targeted drug delivery. Themorphology, chemical component and magnetic property of as-prepared composite nanoparticleswere characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray di®raction (XRD),dynamic light scattering (DLS), scanning transmission electron microscopy (SEM), transmissionelectron microscopy (TEM), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and vibrating sample magne-tometer (VSM). Furthermore, doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX) as a model drug was encap-sulated for investigating drug release pattern in vitro. The results show that the magnetizationsaturation value of FA – CS-coated Fe 3 O 4 NPs was about 28.5 emu/g, exhibiting super-paramagnetic properties and mesostructure. DOX could be loaded to FA – CS-coated Fe 3 O 4 NPswith high capacity about 27.9%, and the release rate of DOX could be adjusted by the pH value. This work demonstrates that the prepared magnetic nanoparticles have potential applications inthe treatment of cancer as targeting drug delivery carriers.

Complete genome sequence of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ST, a potential probiotic strain with antibacterial properties

( Shujuan Yang ),( Chenglin Deng ),( Yao Li ),( Weicheng Li ),( Qiong Wu ),( Zhihong Sun ),( Zhenhui Cao ),( Qiuye Lin ) 한국축산학회 2022 한국축산학회지 Vol.64 No.1

Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (L. plantarum) ST was isolated from De’ang pickled tea in Yunnan Province, China. The genomes of strain ST were fully sequenced and analyzed using the PacBio RS II sequencing system. Our previous study has shown that L. plantarum ST is a potential probiotic strain. It had strong tolerance in the simulated artificial gastrointestinal tract, and in the antagonism tests, this strain showed strong antibacterial activity. Therefore, as a probiotic, it may be used in animal breeding. L. plantarum ST genome was composed of 1 circular chromosome and 7 plasmids. The length of the whole genome was 3320817 bp, and the annular chromosome size was 3058984 bp, guanine + cytosine (G ± C) content (%) was 44.76%, which contained 2945 protein-coding sequences (CDS). This study will contribute to a further comprehensive understanding of L. Plantarum ST at the genomic level and provide a theoretical basis for its future application in animal breeding.

A novel protein acts as a negative regulator of prophenoloxidase activation and melanization in the freshwater crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus.

Sö,derhä,ll, Irene,Wu, Chenglin,Novotny, Marian,Lee, Bok Luel,Sö,derhä,ll, Kenneth American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Bi 2009 The Journal of biological chemistry Vol.284 No.10

<P>Melanization is an important immune component of the innate immune system of invertebrates and is vital for defense as well as for wound healing. In most invertebrates melanin synthesis is achieved by the prophenoloxidase-activating system, a proteolytic cascade similar to vertebrate complement. Even though melanin formation is necessary for host defense in crustaceans and insects, the process needs to be tightly regulated because of the hazard to the animal of unwanted production of quinone intermediates and melanization in places where it is not suitable. In the present study we have identified a new melanization inhibition protein (MIP) from the hemolymph of the crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus. Crayfish MIP has a similar function as the insect MIP molecule we recently discovered in the beetle Tenebrio molitor but interestingly has a completely different sequence. Crayfish MIP as well as Tenebrio MIP do not affect phenoloxidase activity in itself but instead interfere with the melanization reaction from quinone compounds to melanin. Importantly, crayfish MIP in contrast to Tenebrio MIP contains a fibrinogen-like domain, most similar to the substrate recognition domain of vertebrate l-ficolins. Surprisingly, an Asp-rich region similar to that found in ficolins that is likely to be involved in Ca2+ binding is present in crayfish MIP. However, crayfish MIP did not show any hemagglutinating activity as is common for the vertebrate ficolins. A mutant form of MIP with a deletion lacking four Asp amino acids from the Asp-rich region lost most of its activity, implicating that this part of the protein is involved in regulating the prophenoloxidase activating cascade. Overall, a new negative regulator of melanization was identified in freshwater crayfish that shows interesting parallels with proteins (i.e. ficolins) involved in vertebrate immune response.</P>

Large-scale comparative transcriptome analysis of Nicotiana tabacum response to Ralstonia solanacearum infection

Alariqi Muna,Wei Hao,Cheng Junqi,Sun Yiwen,Zhu Hanyue,Wen Tianwang,Li Yapei,Wu Chenglin,Jin Shuangxia,Cao Jinglin 한국식물생명공학회 2022 Plant biotechnology reports Vol.16 No.6

Tobacco bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum invades tobacco plants during the whole growth period afecting yield and quality. However, the transcriptome profling of tobacco plant in response to bacterial wilt has not been well studied. In this study, we identifed the transcriptional profles of bacterial wilt-resistant (ac Yanyan97) and -susceptible (ac Honghuadajinyuan) tobacco cultivars infected with R. solanacearum at six time points by RNA sequencing. Gene expression analysis showed that the resistant cultivar manifested a faster change in the expression of defense-related genes than the susceptible cultivar during R. solanacearum infection, by which more diferentially expressed genes (DEGs) were up-regulated rather than down-regulated at all time points. Functional analysis indicated that DEGs were involved in plant hormones, glutathione and secondary metabolic pathways associated with tobacco resistance to bacterial wilt induced by R. solanacearum. Through subsequent Short Time-series Expression Miner (STEM) and weighted correlation network (WGCNA) analyses, the phenylpropanoid metabolic pathway was identifed as a key pathway for tobacco defense against R. solanacearum infestation. In summary, our results provide transcriptomic profles of tobacco response to R. solanacearum infestation