| 1 | Disease resistance conferred by components of essential chrysanthemum oil and the epigenetic regulation of OsTPS1显示文摘The sesquiterpene alpha-bisabolol is the predominant active ingredient in essential oils that are highly valued in the cosmetics industry due to its wound healing,anti-inflammatory,and skin-soothing properties.Alpha-bisabolol was thought to be restricted to Compositae plants.Here we reveal that alpha-bisabolol is also synthesized in rice,a non-Compositae plant,where it acts as a novel sesquiterpene phytoalexin.Overexpressing the gene responsible for the biosynthesis of alpha-bisabolol,Os TPS1,conferred bacterial blight resistance in rice.Phylogenomic analyses revealed that alpha-bisabolol-synthesizing enzymes in rice and Compositae evolved independently.Further experiments demonstrated that the natural variation in the disease resistance level was associated with differential transcription of Os TPS1 due to polymorphisms in its promoter.We demonstrated that Os TPS1 was regulated at the epigenetic level by JMJ705 through the methyl jasmonate pathway.These data reveal the cross-family accumulation and regulatory mechanisms of alpha-bisabolol production. | Chuansong Zhan Long Lei Hao Guo Shen Zhou Congping Xu Zixin Liu Zichen Wu Yuan Deng Yuanyuan Miao Yu Han Meng Zhang Hua Li Sishu Huang Chenkun Yang Feng Zhang Yufei Li Ling Liu Xianqing Liu Hafiz Muhammad Khalid Abbas Alisdair R.Fernie Meng Yuan Jie Luo | 2023 | Science China(Life Sciences)2023，66，5： | 1 |
| 2 | Cine magnetic resonance imaging for quantitative assessment of healthy volunteers and patients with organic small bowel disease显示文摘Objective The aim of the study was to use dynamic magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) to compare quantitative parameters of small bowel motility between healthy volunteers and patients with small bowel diseases in order to investigate the characteristics of normal and impaired bowel peristalsis. Methods A total of 44 healthy volunteers(20 men, 24 women; mean age: 36 years; range: 20–61 years) and 42 patients(28 men, 14 women; mean age: 44 years; range: 15–72 years) with organic small bowel disease were recruited in our hospital(Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China) in this prospective study approved by the hospital institutional review board. Imaging was performed using a 3.0-T scanner 45 minutes after standardized oral administration of 1500 m L non-absorbable fluid(2.5% mannitol). A serial coronal scan was performed at selected planes for two minutes without breath-hold. Time-caliber curves were plotted at two well-distended small bowel loops in both healthy and patient groups regardless of location. Luminal diameter(LD), contraction period(CP), frequency of contraction(FC), and amplitude-diameter ratio(ADR) were measured based on the graph. Results The characteristics of abnormal peristaltic parameters were assessed in different patients and compared to normal curves from healthy volunteers. A total of 37 segments with abnormal motility were confirmed by two readers in consensus, based on curve patterns and the presence of a stationary phase. Compared to normal peristalsis in healthy volunteers, five different patterns of impaired peristalsis were identified: I, consecutive; II, slow; III, giant type; IV, uncoordinated; and V, akinetic. Dilated LDs were detected in all instances of abnormal peristalsis(P < 0.05). Increased frequency was found in type I [(8.73 ± 1.15) /min], while decreased frequency was detected in type III peristalsis [(0.67 ± 0.29) /min]. There were no significant differences in frequency between type II [(3.19 ± 0.43) /min] and normal peristalsis [(3.45 ± 0.57) /min]. Apart from type I [(8.70 ± 0.75) /min], increased FCs were found in all other abnormal patterns. In type II peristalsis, the average ADR value was 0.82 ± 0.08, comparable to the ADR value in the healthy group(0.83 ± 0.13). Conclusion MR cine is an effective method for differentiating normal and abnormal small bowel peristalsis. Plotting time-caliber curves and measuring quantitative MR cine parameters such as LD, CP, FC, and ADR offers more precise information about small bowel motility. | Zi Wang Hao Tang Jianjun Li Qiuxia Wang Yaqi Shen Zhen Li Sishu Yuan Daoyu Hu | 2015 | Oncology and Translational Medicine2015，1，4： | 1 |
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