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The UCP1 mRNA in the BAT, TRPM8 mRNA in the BAT and spinal ganglia in all areas did not differ between the E2(+) and E2(-) groups. In conclusion, the UCP1 and TRPM8 expression in the brown fat did not affect the restriction of the menthol-induced hyperthermia by estradiol in ovariectomized rats.HNF4α is a nuclear receptor whose ligands are fatty acids. HNF4α is a target molecule for drug discovery research and thus we tested its covalent binding ability to investigate the possible development of covalent modifiers of HNF4α. Oxidized polyunsaturated fatty acids (oxo-PUFAs) have moderate flexibility and possess a Michael acceptor that participates in conjugate addition reactions with nucleophilic amino acid residues. Hydroxyfasudil Thus, oxo-PUFAs were used as probes and their covalent binding abilities to HNF4α were verified. Several oxo-PUFAs, such as 4-oxoDHA, were shown to be covalent modifiers of HNF4α and therefore we concluded that HNF4α can form covalent bonds to ligands.The brain needs the appropriate capillary networks to maintain normal brain function. Since previous studies showed age-related decrease in the cortical capillaries, it is suggested that protection against capillary aging is critical for maintaining brain function. Epidemiological studies have indicated that brain functions were protected from age-related decline by the long-term consumption of matcha. However, whether matcha has protective effects on capillary aging has not been studied yet. In this study, we utilized Flt1-DsR mice that expressed a red fluorescent protein in vascular endothelial cells to visualize cortical capillaries clearly. We found that cortical capillary density decreased in aging Flt1-DsR mice. Our results of the aortic ring assay and tube formation assay revealed that matcha and its components vitamin K1 and lutein, which are abundant in matcha powder, enhanced the angiogenic potential. Moreover, we evaluated the effect of long-term ingestion of matcha on mouse cortical capillary aging by using imaging experiments. The capillary density of the Flt1-DsR mice, which were fed matcha-containing food, indicated the protective effects of matcha ingestion on capillary aging in a limited cortical layer. These results suggest that biological regulation of matcha and its components affect the angiogenic potential, which is related to the prevention of capillary aging.To demonstrate that fortified crystal salt enriched with iron, iodine, vitamin B12, folic acid and zinc can combat multi-micronutrient deficiencies. A randomized controlled study was conducted in 6 villages in Tiruvallur district, in Tamilnadu, South India. All the women and children aged 5-17 y in households in the experimental villages (n=117) were provided the fortified salt for 8 mo. Similar demographic group in the control villages (n=95) used regular non-fortified salts for the same time period. Blood from study subjects were analysed for hemoglobin, serum ferritin, serum transferrin receptor, AGP, CRP, and serum zinc, at the beginning and end of the study. Urine was analyzed for iodine at the same times. The experimental group showed a statistically significant increase in hemoglobin (>1.05 g/dL), serum zinc (>12.23 μg/dL), ferritin (>6.97 μg/L) and body iron stores (>0.73 mg/kg body weight), compared to the control group. A significant decrease in the prevalence of anaemia from 67.5% to 29.1% and zinc deficiency from 32.7% to 12.4% was observed in the experimental group relative to control group, using Binary logistic regression. There was no change in urinary iodine in the experimental group while it decreased significantly in the control. The fortified crystal salt was effective in decreasing multi-micronutrient deficiencies.Japanese salt consumption is high, about 10 g salt/d. Low salt intake reduces the risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. However, saltiness is an important taste in daily meals, greatly influencing eating habits. When hospital admission is short-term, reducing salt supply may have an adverse effect on food intake. The aim of this study is to find the effect of sudden change in dietary salt content on energy intake in elderly Japanese inpatients. The study is an observational study of 83 patients and was conducted in a hospital in Tokyo, Japan. The research period was three weeks, and included 8 g salt/d meals for the 1st week, 7 g salt/d meals for the 2nd week, and 7 g salt/d meals with total 1 g/d salt packs that patients were allowed to use freely for the 3rd week. The energy supply satisfied the individuals' energy requirements and was the same throughout the three weeks. Nutrition surveys and blood pressure measurements during the three weeks were conducted by dietitians and nurses, respectively. The results showed that energy intake of patients was reduced by about 90 kcal/d in the 2nd week compared with the 1st week and increased about 130 kcal/d in the 3rd week compared with the 2nd week. Blood pressure did not change during the research period. When high salt intake has become a habit, reducing salt supply suddenly in a short time period may lead to decreased energy intake in elderly inpatients but does not affect blood pressure.
Occupational health nurses in contracted industrial health agencies are expected to provide small- and medium-sized companies with high-quality health promotion activities, primarily in terms of mental health prevention. in terms of the implementation of these health activities, practical competence is required to not only build support systems in the workplace, but in the affiliated agencies as well. This study aimed to develop a self-assessment scale of practical competence of occupational health nurses working in contracted industrial health agencies primarily aimed at the prevention of mental health problems.

A draft scale was prepared based on previous qualitative research and results obtained via literature reviews. A questionnaire survey was administered to 555 occupational health nurses from 111 facilities in order to verify the validity and reliability of the scale.

Exploratory factor analysis of the responses from the 169 nurses, using maximum likelihood estimation and promax rotation, was perurses working in contracted industrial health agencies to review their daily activities.
The developed scale appeared to have certain levels of reliability and validity in its use as a scale for the practical competence assessment of occupational health nurses working in contracted industrial health agencies primarily aimed at preventing mental health problems. Thus, the scale can be used as a self-assessment tool that can help occupational health nurses working in contracted industrial health agencies to review their daily activities.The emergence of resistance to frontline antibiotics has called for novel strategies to combat serious pathogenic infections. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA] is one such pathogen. As opposed to traditional antibiotics, bacteriostatic anti-virulent agents disarm MRSA, without exerting pressure, that cause resistance. Herein, we employed a thermophilic Thermotoga maritima tryptophan synthase (TmTrpB1) enzyme followed by an isonitrile synthase and Fe(II)-α-ketoglutarate-dependent oxygenase, in sequence as biocatalysts to produce antivirulent indole vinyl isonitriles. We report on conversion of simple derivatives of indoles to their C3-vinyl isonitriles, as the enzymes employed here demonstrated broader substrate tolerance. In toto, eight distinct L-Tryptophan derived α-amino acids (7) were converted to their bioactive vinyl isonitriles (3) by action of an isonitrile synthase (WelI1) and an Fe(II)-α-ketoglutarate-dependent oxygenase (WelI3) yielding structural variants possessing antivirulence against MRSA. These indole vinyl isonitriles at 10 μg/mL are effective as antivirulent compounds against MRSA, as evidenced through analysis of rabbit blood hemolysis assay. Based on a homology modelling exercise, of enzyme-substrate complexes, we deduced potential three dimensional alignments of active sites and glean mechanistic insights into the substrate tolerance of the Fe(II)-α-ketoglutarate-dependent oxygenase.Currently, we are at the threshold of the 'post-antibiotic era' due to the global emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and hence there is a dire need to discover new antibiotics. Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) are a diverse class of natural products (NPs), some of which are under clinical trials for their antimicrobial potential. Thiopeptides are structurally one of the most complex classes of RiPPs due to numerous post-translational modifications (PTMs), with [4+2] cycloaddition being the core PTM and are active against several gram-positive pathogens. Genome mining coupled with experimental work can harness the unexplored 'cryptic' gene clusters while minimizing the rate of the rediscovery of known metabolites and expand the molecular diversity of NPs with medicinal potential. Employing the genome mining approach using a series of freely available bioinformatics tools, we have identified eight novel putative thiopeptide encoding biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) from different bacterial genomes, most of which belong to the class Actinobacteria. Our results provide confidence in the newly identified BGCs, to proceed with wet-bench experiments and discover novel thiopeptide(s).Among all the proteins of Periplasmic C type Cytochrome family obtained from cytochrome C7 found in Geobacter sulfurreducens, only the Periplasmic C type Cytochrome A (PPCA) protein can recognize the deoxycholate (DXCA), while its other paralogs do not, as observed from the crystal structures. Though some existing works have used graph-theoretic approaches to realize the 3-D structural properties of proteins, its usage in the rationalisation of the physiochemical behavior of proteins has been very limited. To understand the driving force towards the recognition of DXCA exclusively by PPCA among its paralogs, in this work, we propose two graph theoretic models based on the combinatorial properties, namely, base-pair-type and impact, of the nucleotide bases and the amino acid residues, respectively. Combinatorial analysis of the binding sequences using the proposed base-pair type based graph theoretic model reveals the differential behaviour of PPCA among its other paralogs. Further, to investigate the underlying chemical phenomenon, another graph theoretic model has been developed based on impact. Analysis of the results obtained from impact-based model clearly indicates towards the helix formation of PPCA which is essential for the recognition of DXCA, making PPCA a completely different entity from its paralogs.Exosomes are messengers for intercellular communication and signal transduction. Circular RNA (circRNA) abnormal expression and regulation are involved in the occurrence and development of a variety of tumors. In the present study, exosomes in the serum of five patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were isolated before and after EGFR-TKIs resistance, and the circRNA expression profile was screened using a circRNA microarray. The effects of the exosome circRNA_102481 on cell proliferation and apoptosis were analyzed. The interaction between miR-30a-5p and circRNA_102481 or ROR1 was predicted by starBase software, and was confirmed by RNA pull-down and dual-luciferase reporter assays. The results showed that exosomes containing circRNA_102481 were significantly up-regulated in NSCLC with EGFR-TKIs resistance (p less then 0.05), and that circRNA_102481 was mainly secreted by EGFR-TKIs resistance cell via exosomes (p less then 0.05). Both circRNA_102481 silencing and si-circRNA_102481 transported by exosomes could inhibit EGFR-TKIs resistance cell proliferation and promote cell apoptosis and circRNA_102481 overexpression could promote EGFR-TKIs sensitive cell proliferation and inhibit cell apoptosis in vitro (p less then 0.
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