| 1 | On-line trapping/capillary hydrophilic-interaction liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry for sensitive determination of RNA modifications from human blood显示文摘RNA modification has recently been proposed to play important roles in biological regulation. The detection and quantification of RNA modifications generally are challenging tasks since most of the modifications exist in low abundance in vivo. Here we developed an on-line trapping/capillary hydrophilic-interaction liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry(on-line trapping/cHILIC/MS) method for sensitive and simultaneous quantification of RNA modifications of N^6-methyladenosine(m^6A) and 5-methylcytosine(5-mC) from human blood. The hydrophilic organic-silica hybrid monolith was prepared using sol-gel combined with 'thiol-ene' click reaction for the separation of nucleosides. A poly(MAA-co-EGDMA) monolithic capillary was used as the on-line trapping column.With the developed on-line trapping/cHILIC/MS analytical platform, the detection limits of m^6A and 5-mC can reach to 0.06 fmol and 0.10 fmol. We then investigated the contents of m^6A and 5-mC in human blood RNA from healthy persons at the age of 6-14 and 60-68 years. Our results showed that both m^6A and 5-mC contents were significantly decreased in elder persons, suggesting the RNA modifications of m^6A and 5-mC are correlated to aging. | Chubo Qi Hanpeng Jiang Jun Xiong Bifeng Yuan Yuqi Feng | 2019 | Chinese Chemical Letters2019,30,3: | 1 |
| 3 | Evaluation of heat stress effects on cellular and transcriptional adaptation of bovine granulosa cells显示文摘Background:Heat stress is known to affect follicular dynamics,oocyte maturation,and fertilization by impairing steroidogenic ability and viability of bovine granulosa cell(bGCs).The present study explored the physiological and molecular response of bGCs to different heat stress intensities in-vitro.We exposed the primary bGCs to heat stress(HS)at 39℃,40℃ and 41℃ along with control samples(38℃)for 2 h.To evaluate the impact of heat stress on bGCs,several in vitro cellular parameters including cell apoptosis,intracellular reactive oxygen species(ROS)accumulation and HSP70 kinetics were assessed by flow cytometry,florescence microscopy and western blot,respectively.Furthermore,the ELISA was performed to confirm the 17β-estradiol(E2)and progesterone(P4)levels.In addition,the RNA sequencing(RNA-Seq)method was used to get the molecular based response of bGCs to different heat treatments.Results:Our findings revealed that the HS significantly decreased the cell viability,E2 and P4 levels in bGCs,whereas,increased the cellular apoptosis and ROS.Moreover,the RNA-Seq experiments showed that all the treatments(39℃,40℃ and 41℃)significantly regulated many differentially expressed genes(DEGs)i.e.BCL2L1,STAR,CYP11A1,CASP3,SOD2,HSPA13,and MAPK8IP1 and pathways associated with heat stress,apoptosis,steroidogenesis,and oxidative stress.Conclusively,our data demonstrated that the impact of 40°C treatment was comparatively detrimental for cell viability,apoptosis and ROS accumulation.Notably,a similar trend of gene expression was reported by RT-qPCR for RNA-seq data.Conclusions:Our study presented a worthy strategy for the first time to characterize the cellular and transcriptomic adaptation of bGCs to heat stress(39,40 and 41°C)in-vitro.The results infer that these genes and pathways reported in present study could be useful candidates/indicators for heat stress research in dairy cattle.Moreover,the established model of bGCs to heat stress in the current study provides an appropriate platform to understand the mechanism of how heat-stressed bGCs can affect the quality of oocytes and developing embryo. | Adnan Khan Jinhuan Dou Yachun Wang Xiaolong Jiang Muhammad Zahoor Khan Hanpeng Luo Tahir Usman Huabin Zhu | 2020 | Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology2020,11,2: | 0 |