Karakterisasi Morfologis dan Molekuler Varietas Kedelai (Glycine max) untuk Identifikasi Bahan Baku Obat Tradisional

Many nutrients and active medicinal compounds in soybean (Glycine max) reduce the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, postmenopausal issues, diabetes, and some neurodegenerative disorders. Soybean protein causes several allergic reactions, which necessitates quality control for traditional medicines and herbal products. Morphological and molecular characterization using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method were used to control soybean quality. Morphological characterization of 35 soybean varieties from the Research Institute for Various Beans and Tubers (BALITKABI), Malang, East Java, included photos of each variety and seed size, color, hilum color, weight, and special characteristics. RAPD with OPF-3 and OPF-16 primers characterized 35 soybean seed varieties. This study found that morphological characteristics like seed color, hilum color, seed shape, and seed weight are difficult to use to distinguish between varieties, especially if there are no specific features that predominate in these varieties. However, molecular authentication with RAPD can distinguish 35 soybean varieties by the presence of specific polymorphic bands that can only be found in certain varietie

Identifikasi Penanda RAPD Kedelai (Glycine max) Terkait dengan Skrining Varietas Hipoalergenik Dalam Upaya Membangun Ketahanan Pangan Nasional

INDOFOOD RISET NUGRAHA (IRN) merupakan program PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, Tbk., sebagai Perusahaan Total Food Solutions, bagi kalangan akademisi untuk memacu lahirnya riset - riset unggulan bidang penganekaragaman pangan dalam kerangka turut membangun ketahanan pangan nasiona

Inactivation of the phosphoinositide phosphatases Sac1p and Inp54p leads to accumulation of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate on vacuole membranes and vacuolar fusion defects

Phosphoinositides direct membrane trafficking, facilitating the recruitment of effectors to specific membranes. In yeast phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns(4,5)P-2) is proposed to regulate vacuolar fusion; however, in intact cells this phosphoinositide can only be detected at the plasma membrane. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae the 5-phosphatase, Inp54p, dephosphorylates PtdIns(4,5)P-2 forming PtdIns(4)P, a substrate for the phosphatase Sac1p, which hydrolyzes (PtdIns(4) P). We investigated the role these phosphatases in regulating PtdIns(4,5) P-2 subcellular distribution. PtdIns(4,5)P-2 bioprobes exhibited loss of plasma membrane localization and instead labeled a subset of fragmented vacuoles in Delta sac1 Delta inp54 and sac1(ts) Delta inp54 mutants. Furthermore, sac1(ts) Delta inp54 mutants exhibited vacuolar fusion defects, which were rescued by latrunculin A treatment, or by inactivation of Mss4p, a PtdIns(4)P 5-kinase that synthesizes plasma membrane PtdIns(4,5)P-2. Under these conditions PtdIns(4,5)P-2 was not detected on vacuole membranes, and vacuole morphology was normal, indicating vacuolar PtdIns(4,5)P-2 derives from Mss4p-generated plasma membrane PtdIns(4,5)P-2. Delta sac1 Delta inp54 mutants exhibited delayed carboxypeptidase Y sorting, cargo-selective secretion defects, and defects in vacuole function. These studies reveal PtdIns(4,5)P-2 hydrolysis by lipid phosphatases governs its spatial distribution, and loss of phosphatase activity may result in PtdIns(4,5)P-2 accumulation on vacuole membranes leading to vacuolar fragmentation/fusion defects

Neural Crest Cell Survival Is Dependent on Rho Kinase and Is Required for Development of the Mid Face in Mouse Embryos

Neural crest cells (NCC) give rise to much of the tissue that forms the vertebrate head and face, including cartilage and bone, cranial ganglia and teeth. In this study we show that conditional expression of a dominant-negative (DN) form of Rho kinase (Rock) in mouse NCC results in severe hypoplasia of the frontonasal processes and first pharyngeal arch, ultimately resulting in reduction of the maxilla and nasal bones and severe craniofacial clefting affecting the nose, palate and lip. These defects resemble frontonasal dysplasia in humans. Disruption of the actin cytoskeleton, which leads to abnormalities in cell-matrix attachment, is seen in the RockDN;Wnt1-cre mutant embryos. This leads to elevated cell death, resulting in NCC deficiency and hypoplastic NCC-derived craniofacial structures. Rock is thus essential for survival of NCC that form the craniofacial region. We propose that reduced NCC numbers in the frontonasal processes and first pharyngeal arch, resulting from exacerbated cell death, may be the common mechanism underlying frontonasal dysplasia

Heterozygous Mutations of FREM1 Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Isolated Metopic Craniosynostosis in Humans and Mice

The premature fusion of the paired frontal bones results in metopic craniosynostosis (MC) and gives rise to the clinical phenotype of trigonocephaly. Deletions of chromosome 9p22.3 are well described as a cause of MC with variably penetrant midface hypoplasia. In order to identify the gene responsible for the trigonocephaly component of the 9p22.3 syndrome, a cohort of 109 patients were assessed by high-resolution arrays and MLPA for copy number variations (CNVs) involving 9p22. Five CNVs involving FREM1, all of which were de novo variants, were identified by array-based analyses. The remaining 104 patients with MC were then subjected to targeted FREM1 gene re-sequencing, which identified 3 further mutant alleles, one of which was de novo. Consistent with a pathogenic role, mouse Frem1 mRNA and protein expression was demonstrated in the metopic suture as well as in the pericranium and dura mater. Micro-computed tomography based analyses of the mouse posterior frontal (PF) suture, the human metopic suture equivalent, revealed advanced fusion in all mice homozygous for either of two different Frem1 mutant alleles, while heterozygotes exhibited variably penetrant PF suture anomalies. Gene dosage-related penetrance of midfacial hypoplasia was also evident in the Frem1 mutants. These data suggest that CNVs and mutations involving FREM1 can be identified in a significant percentage of people with MC with or without midface hypoplasia. Furthermore, we present Frem1 mutant mice as the first bona fide mouse model of human metopic craniosynostosis and a new model for midfacial hypoplasia

Metabolism and Regulation of Glycerolipids in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Due to its genetic tractability and increasing wealth of accessible data, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a model system of choice for the study of the genetics, biochemistry, and cell biology of eukaryotic lipid metabolism. Glycerolipids (e.g., phospholipids and triacylglycerol) and their precursors are synthesized and metabolized by enzymes associated with the cytosol and membranous organelles, including endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, and lipid droplets. Genetic and biochemical analyses have revealed that glycerolipids play important roles in cell signaling, membrane trafficking, and anchoring of membrane proteins in addition to membrane structure. The expression of glycerolipid enzymes is controlled by a variety of conditions including growth stage and nutrient availability. Much of this regulation occurs at the transcriptional level and involves the Ino2–Ino4 activation complex and the Opi1 repressor, which interacts with Ino2 to attenuate transcriptional activation of UASINO-containing glycerolipid biosynthetic genes. Cellular levels of phosphatidic acid, precursor to all membrane phospholipids and the storage lipid triacylglycerol, regulates transcription of UASINO-containing genes by tethering Opi1 to the nuclear/endoplasmic reticulum membrane and controlling its translocation into the nucleus, a mechanism largely controlled by inositol availability. The transcriptional activator Zap1 controls the expression of some phospholipid synthesis genes in response to zinc availability. Regulatory mechanisms also include control of catalytic activity of glycerolipid enzymes by water-soluble precursors, products and lipids, and covalent modification of phosphorylation, while in vivo function of some enzymes is governed by their subcellular location. Genome-wide genetic analysis indicates coordinate regulation between glycerolipid metabolism and a broad spectrum of metabolic pathways

Identifikasi Penanda Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Kedelai (Glycine Max (L.) Merill) dengan Primer OPF-16

Biji kedelai (Glycine max (L.) Merill) umumnya diolah menjadi produk makanan, minuman, serta sebagai suplemen kesehatan. Namun, kedelai dapat menimbulkan reaksi alergi bagi sebagian konsumen sehingga diperlukan upaya pengujian varietas kedelai di Indonesia, untuk mengeksplorasi varietas kedelai yang hipoalergenik. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk untuk memperoleh pemetaan pola larik DNA yang dapat mengidentifikasi secara spesifik varietas kedelai di Indonesia, berdasarkan penanda RAPD. Isolasi DNA biji kedelai yang diperoleh dari Balitkabi dilakukan dengan kit “Nucleospin Plant II”. Isolat yang didapatkan kemudian diamplifikasi dengan PCR menggunakan primer OPF-16. Hasil elektroforesis menunjukkan bahwa teknik RAPD dapat memberikan pola larik polimorfisme pada 13 varietas kedelai serta dapat memberikan band spesifik sebagai penanda atau identitas pada varietas Ringgit, Ijen, Merbabu, dan Muria

Regulation of PDGFC signalling and extracellular matrix composition by FREM1 in mice

SUMMARY Fras1-related extracellular matrix protein 1 (FREM1) is required for epidermal adhesion during embryogenesis, and mice lacking the gene develop fetal skin blisters and a range of other developmental defects. Mutations in members of the FRAS/FREM gene family cause diseases of the Fraser syndrome spectrum. Embryonic epidermal blistering is also observed in mice lacking PdgfC and its receptor, PDGFRα. In this article, we show that FREM1 binds to PDGFC and that this interaction regulates signalling downstream of PDGFRα. Fibroblasts from Frem1-mutant mice respond to PDGFC stimulation, but with a shorter duration and amplitude than do wild-type cells. Significantly, PDGFC-stimulated expression of the metalloproteinase inhibitor Timp1 is reduced in cells with Frem1 mutations, leading to reduced basement membrane collagen I deposition. These results show that the physical interaction of FREM1 with PDGFC can regulate remodelling of the extracellular matrix downstream of PDGFRα. We propose that loss of FREM1 function promotes epidermal blistering in Fraser syndrome as a consequence of reduced PDGFC activity, in addition to its stabilising role in the basement membrane