6 research outputs found
Роль совершенствования бухгалтерского учета в управлении производственными запасами
Целью проведения исследования является обоснование направлений повышения эффективности использования материальных производственных запасов на предприятии в условиях рыночной экономики
Evolutionary acquisition of cysteines determines FOXO paralog-specific redox signaling
Reduction-oxidation (redox) signaling, the translation of an oxidative intracellular environment into a cellular response, is mediated by the reversible oxidation of specific cysteine thiols. The latter can result in disulfide formation between protein hetero- or homodimers that alter protein function until the local cellular redox environment has returned to the basal state. We have previously shown that this mechanism promotes the nuclear localization and activity of the Forkhead Box O4 (FOXO4) transcription factor. Aims: In this study, we sought to investigate whether redox signaling differentially controls the human FOXO3 and FOXO4 paralogs. Results: We present evidence that FOXO3 and FOXO4 have acquired paralog-specific cysteines throughout vertebrate evolution. Using a proteome-wide screen, we identified previously unknown redox-dependent FOXO3 interaction partners. The nuclear import receptors Importin-7 (IPO7) and Importin-8 (IPO8) form a disulfide-dependent heterodimer with FOXO3, which is required for its reactive oxygen species-induced nuclear translocation. FOXO4 does not interact with IPO7 or IPO8. Innovation and Conclusion: IPO7 and IPO8 control the nuclear import of FOXO3, but not FOXO4, in a redox-sensitive and disulfide-dependent manner. Our findings suggest that evolutionary acquisition of cysteines has contributed to regulatory divergence of FOXO paralogs, and that phylogenetic analysis can aid in the identification of cysteines involved in redox signaling. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 22, 15-28
Epac-Rap signaling reduces oxidative stress in the tubular epithelium
Activation of Rap1 by exchange protein activated by cAMP (Epac) promotes cell adhesion and actin cytoskeletal polarization. Pharmacologic activation of Epac-Rap signaling by the Epac-selective cAMP analog 8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP during ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury reduces renal failure and application of 8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP promotes renal cell survival during exposure to the nephrotoxicant cisplatin. Here, we found that activation of Epac by 8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP reduced production of reactive oxygen species during reoxygenation after hypoxia by decreasing mitochondrial superoxide production. Epac activation prevented disruption of tubular morphology during diethyl maleate-induced oxidative stress in an organotypic three-dimensional culture assay. In vivo renal targeting of 8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP to proximal tubules using a kidney-selective drug carrier approach resulted in prolonged activation of Rap1 compared with nonconjugated 8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP. Activation of Epac reduced antioxidant signaling during IR injury and prevented tubular epithelial injury, apoptosis, and renal failure. Our data suggest that Epac1 decreases reactive oxygen species production by preventing mitochondrial superoxide formation during IR injury, thus limiting the degree of oxidative stress. These findings indicate a new role for activation of Epac as a therapeutic application in renal injury associated with oxidative stres
Bio-resin for high resolution lithography-based biofabrication of complex cell-laden constructs
Lithography-based three-dimensional (3D) printing technologies allow high spatial resolution that exceeds that of typical extrusion-based bioprinting approaches, allowing to better mimic the complex architecture of biological tissues. Additionally, lithographic printing via digital light processing (DLP) enables fabrication of free-form lattice and patterned structures which cannot be easily produced with other 3D printing approaches. While significant progress has been dedicated to the development of cell-laden bioinks for extrusion-based bioprinting, less attention has been directed towards the development of cyto-compatible bio-resins and their application in lithography-based biofabrication, limiting the advancement of this promising technology. In this study, we developed a new bio-resin based on methacrylated poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA-MA), gelatin-methacryloyl (Gel-MA) and a transition metal-based visible light photoinitiator. The utilization of a visible light photo-initiating system displaying high molar absorptivity allowed the bioprinting of constructs with high resolution features, in the range of 25-50 μm. Biofunctionalization of the resin with 1 wt% Gel-MA allowed long term survival (>90%) of encapsulated cells up to 21 d, and enabled attachment and spreading of endothelial cells seeded on the printed hydrogels. Cell-laden hydrogel constructs of high resolution with complex and ordered architecture were successfully bioprinted, where the encapsulated cells remained viable, homogenously distributed and functional. Bone and cartilage tissue synthesis was confirmed by encapsulated stem cells, underlining the potential of these DLP-bioprinted hydrogels for tissue engineering and biofabrication. Overall, the PVA-MA/Gel-MA bio-resin is a promising material for biofabrication and provides important cues for the further development of lithography-based bioprinting of complex, free-form living tissue analogues
Comparison of GenoSTAN to other published ChromHMM segmentations from the Roadmap Epigenomics project.
<p>GenoSTAN was learned on all 127 cell types and tissues (GenoSTAN-127) using the five core marks H3K4me1, H3K4me3, H3K36me3, H3K27me3, H3K9me3 and an input control (ChromHMM-15 was learned on the same data). To improve accuracy additional histone modifications H3K27ac, H3K9ac and DNase-Seq were used to learn another model (GenoSTAN-20) on a subset of 20 cell types and tissues, where the marks were available. (A) Performance of chromatin states in recovering FANTOM5 CAGE tags in 127 cell types. CAGE tags were verlapped with chromatin states wihout the use of cell type information. Cumulative FDR and recall are calculated by subsequently adding states (in order of increasing FDR). (B) Performance of chromatin states in recovering GRO-cap transcription start sites in two cell types where GRO-cap data was available. (C) The same as in (B) for ENCODE HOT regions for five cell types where annotation of HOT regions was available. (D) Recall of FANTOM5 promoters and enhancers by predicted promoters and enhancersis plotted to assess how well models distinguish promoters from enhancers. (E) The fraction of predicted enhancer segments bound by individual TFs is shown for different studies. GenoSTAN enhancers are more frequently bound by TFs than those from other studies.</p