Denaturation processes of collagen from cow bones as a function of temperature

The thermal stability of collagen is of great interest for the scientific communities both of medicine and archaeology. In medicine, the interest is focused to the reconstruction and repair of bone and cartilage, given the frequency and importance of pathological situations. In contrast, in archaeology the interest is focused to infer from buried and/or burned bones the behavior and habits of people who once inhabited archaeological sites. In bones from cow ribs, the biodegradation of collagen by denaturation of albumin and haemoglobin proteins, the loss of water and the loss of crystallization water during warming up to around 450 K, have been studied. In addition, from an easy-to-handle mathematical viscoelastic procedure, it was determined that the conformational changes from the collagenic triple helix towards the random coil are made through the viscous movement of fibrils, invoking an activation energy of (127 ± 8) kJ/mol. In the present work, the thermal stability of type I collagen from cow bones, either femur and rib, was studied in the temperature range from 250 K up to 670 K by means of dynamic mechanical analysis, scanning electron microscopy and infrared absorption spectroscopy. In fact, this temperature range is wider than the previous explored ones. Several stages of denaturation were found in the temperature range from 320 K up to 670 K, including also the transition from the triple helix (TH) towards the random coil (RC) of the collagen fibrils. The temperature for the TH → RC transition was approximately the same for all the kinds of bones, but the intensity of the relaxation processes depended upon the kind of bone. The differences between the denaturation processes in the femur and rib are highlighted and the physical-chemical mechanisms controlling the denaturation processes are discussed. In fact, different behaviours of the mesostructure were found between the cortical parts of bones from ribs and femurs. In addition, the cancellous parts from ribs bone exhibits the survival of organic compounds even at temperatures as higher as 673 K. The results from the present work are crucial both for the tissue engineering, focused to bone replacement and pathologic treatments, and for the archaeology, for the study of identification of buried and/or burned bones in archaeological sites.Fil: Lambri, Melania Lucila. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Bozzano, Patricia Beatriz. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; ArgentinaFil: Giordano, Enrique David Victor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Procesos Biotecnológicos y Químicos Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Procesos Biotecnológicos y Químicos Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Bonifacich, Federico Guillermo. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Gargicevich, Damian. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Zelada, Griselda Irene. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura; ArgentinaFil: Lambri, Osvaldo Agustin F.. Universidad Nacional de Rosario; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Two QTLs govern the resistance to Sclerotinia minor in an interspecific peanut RIL population

Sclerotinia blight is a soilborne disease caused by Sclerotinia minor Jagger and can produce severe decrease in yield. Cultural management strategies and chemical treatment are not completely effective; therefore, growing peanut-resistant varieties is likely to be the most effective control method for this disease. Sclerotinia blight resistance has been identified in wild Arachis species and further transferred to peanut elite cultivars. To identify the genome regions conferring Sclerotinia blight resistance within a tetraploid genetic background, this study evaluated a population of recombinant inbred lines (RIL) with introgressed genes from three wild diploid species: A. cardenasii, A. correntina, and A. batizocoi. Two consistent quantitative trait loci (QTLs), qSbIA04 and qSbIB04 located on chromosomes A04 and B04, respectively, were identified. The QTL qSbIA04 was mapped at 56.39 cM explaining 29% of the phenotypic variance and qSbIB04 was mapped at 13.38 cM explaining 22% of the overall phenotypic variance

The Human Phenotype Ontology in 2024: phenotypes around the world.

The Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) is a widely used resource that comprehensively organizes and defines the phenotypic features of human disease, enabling computational inference and supporting genomic and phenotypic analyses through semantic similarity and machine learning algorithms. The HPO has widespread applications in clinical diagnostics and translational research, including genomic diagnostics, gene-disease discovery, and cohort analytics. In recent years, groups around the world have developed translations of the HPO from English to other languages, and the HPO browser has been internationalized, allowing users to view HPO term labels and in many cases synonyms and definitions in ten languages in addition to English. Since our last report, a total of 2239 new HPO terms and 49235 new HPO annotations were developed, many in collaboration with external groups in the fields of psychiatry, arthrogryposis, immunology and cardiology. The Medical Action Ontology (MAxO) is a new effort to model treatments and other measures taken for clinical management. Finally, the HPO consortium is contributing to efforts to integrate the HPO and the GA4GH Phenopacket Schema into electronic health records (EHRs) with the goal of more standardized and computable integration of rare disease data in EHRs

Study of dielectric strength in EPDM by nondestructive dynamic mechanical analysis in high electrical field

In the present work the value of the degree of the area swept by the polymer chain due to an electrical force for a given mesostructure was related to the corresponding value of the dielectric strength. This value was deduced from the electric inclusion formalism applied to dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) studies conducted under high electric field, which were performed in commercial ethylene-propylene-diene M-class rubber (EPDM); used for the housing of polymeric electrical insulators. EPDM samples with different arrangements of the polymer chains and crystalline degree, promoted by controlled neutron irradiation were studied. Several characterization techniques, as infrared absorption spectroscopy (IR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) and dielectric strength (DS) were also used. The relationship between the DS and the degree of movement of polymer chains promoted by electrical forces coming from the electric field applied in a non destructive test as the DMA was successfully established. In fact, a larger empty space in the sample leads to larger areas swept by the polymer chains during bending under the application of the field strength in the dynamic mechanical analysis tests. Therefore, an increase in the capability of movement of charges occurs, corresponding to smaller dielectric strength values. Crystallinity improves the dielectric strength due to the increase in the internal stresses which decreases the capability of movement of the polymer chains and electric carriers by electric forces.Fil: Bonifacich, Federico Guillermo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica; ArgentinaFil: Giordano, Enrique David Victor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Procesos Biotecnológicos y Químicos Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Procesos Biotecnológicos y Químicos Rosario; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica; ArgentinaFil: Lambri, Osvaldo Agustin F.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad del País Vasco; EspañaFil: Gargicevich, Damian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica; ArgentinaFil: Mocellini, Ricardo Raúl. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica; ArgentinaFil: García, J. A.. Universidad del País Vasco; EspañaFil: Plazaola, F.. Universidad del País Vasco; EspañaFil: Sánchez, F. A.. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; ArgentinaFil: Boschetti, Carlos Eugenio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Procesos Biotecnológicos y Químicos Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Procesos Biotecnológicos y Químicos Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Salvatori, Pablo Ernesto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Procesos Biotecnológicos y Químicos Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Procesos Biotecnológicos y Químicos Rosario; Argentin

Thermal Degradation of Type I Collagen from Bones

The denaturation processes of collagen in the temperature range between 450 K and 670 K are revealed through studies performed on cow rib bones by means of mechanical spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetry, scanning electron microscopy and infrared spectroscopy. The conformational change of the collagen molecules from a triple helix structure to a random coil was found at around 510 K. It was determined that the transformation is developed through the viscous movement of fibrils with an activation energy of (127 ± 8) kJ/mol. The second stage of massive bulk deterioration of the collagen was found at around 600 K, which leads to the loss of the mechanical integrity of the bulk collagen. In addition, an easy-to-handle viscoelastic procedure for obtaining the activation energy of the denaturation process from mechanical spectroscopy studies was also shown.Fil: Lambri, Osvaldo Agustin F.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes; ArgentinaFil: Giordano, Enrique David Victor. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Bozzano, Patricia Beatriz. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Constituyentes; ArgentinaFil: Bonifacich, Federico Guillermo. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Pérez Landazábal, J. I.. Universidad Pública de Navarra; EspañaFil: Zelada, Griselda Irene. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica; ArgentinaFil: Gargicevich, Damian. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Recarte, V.. Universidad Pública de Navarra; EspañaFil: Lambri, Osvaldo Agustin F.. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; Argentin

Low water availability increases susceptibility to peanut smut (Thecaphora frezzii) in peanut crop

Peanut smut (causal agent Thecaphora frezzii) and seasonal drought are the two main factors reducing peanut yields in Argentina. There are no previous studies about the effect of drought on peanut smut occurrence. We evaluated the effect of soil water limitation on smut symptoms in greenhouse and field assays. Additionally, we analysed the biochemical responses of plants to the combined stress caused by water limitation and smut infection in greenhouse experiments. We found that a moderate water deficit (30% of soil water-holding capacity) increased smut symptoms and differentially increased proline and reduced chlorophylls in the host. Subsequently, we studied the correlation between field precipitation data and smut damage from 2015 to 2020 in naturally infected fields with a high T. frezzii spore load in the soils. Strong correlations between precipitation and severely affected pods, severity disease index and incidence were found from January to March (susceptibility window for T. frezzii infections). We suggest a strategy of irrigation in a specific time frame to mitigate smut damage when there is a water deficit in the growing season.Instituto de Patología VegetalFil: Paredes, Juan Andrés. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patología Vegetal; ArgentinaFil: Paredes, Juan Andrés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Unidad de Fitopatología y Modelización Agrícola (UFyMA); ArgentinaFil: Guzzo, María Carla. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales; ArgentinaFil: Guzzo, María Carla. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Unidad de Estudios Agropecuarios (UDEA) ; ArgentinaFil: Monguillot, Joaquín Humberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Unidad de Fitopatología y Modelización Agrícola (UFyMA); ArgentinaFil: Monguillot, Joaquín Humberto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patología Vegetal; ArgentinaFil: Asinari, Florencia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patología Vegetal; ArgentinaFil: Asinari, Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Unidad de Fitopatología y Modelización Agrícola (UFyMA); ArgentinaFil: Posada, Gisella A. Instituto Superior Albert Sabin; ArgentinaFil: Oddino, Claudio M. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto ( UNRC). Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria (FAV).Instituto de Investigación en Micología y Micotoxicología (IMICO); ArgentinaFil: Giordano, Damián F. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto ( UNRC). Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria (FAV).Instituto de Investigación en Micología y Micotoxicología (IMICO); ArgentinaFil: Morichetti, Sergio A. Aceitera General Deheza (AGD); ArgentinaFil: Torres, Adriana M. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto ( UNRC). Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria (FAV).Instituto de Investigación en Micología y Micotoxicología (IMICO); ArgentinaFil: Rago, Alejandro Mario. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CIAP); ArgentinaFil: Monteoliva, Mariela Ines. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales; ArgentinaFil: Monteoliva, Mariela Ines. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Unidad de Estudios Agropecuarios (UDEA) ; Argentin

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The Human Phenotype Ontology in 2024: phenotypes around the world

Funder: French Ministry of HealthFunder: Angela Wright Bennett Foundation; DOI: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100020544Funder: McCusker Charitable Foundation; DOI: https://doi.org/10.13039/100014834Funder: Channel 7 Telethon TrustsFunder: the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation and Mineral ResourcesFunder: Prechter Bipolar Research ProgramThe Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) is a widely used resource that comprehensively organizes and defines the phenotypic features of human disease, enabling computational inference and supporting genomic and phenotypic analyses through semantic similarity and machine learning algorithms. The HPO has widespread applications in clinical diagnostics and translational research, including genomic diagnostics, gene-disease discovery, and cohort analytics. In recent years, groups around the world have developed translations of the HPO from English to other languages, and the HPO browser has been internationalized, allowing users to view HPO term labels and in many cases synonyms and definitions in ten languages in addition to English. Since our last report, a total of 2239 new HPO terms and 49235 new HPO annotations were developed, many in collaboration with external groups in the fields of psychiatry, arthrogryposis, immunology and cardiology. The Medical Action Ontology (MAxO) is a new effort to model treatments and other measures taken for clinical management. Finally, the HPO consortium is contributing to efforts to integrate the HPO and the GA4GH Phenopacket Schema into electronic health records (EHRs) with the goal of more standardized and computable integration of rare disease data in EHRs