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• PGPR can produce volatile cues to deter ravaging insects from plants.The recent Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic poses a serious threat to global health due to its association with microcephaly and congenital diseases in newborns and neurological complications and Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults. However, the majority of people infected with ZIKV do not develop symptoms. The platforms aimed to specifically diagnose ZIKV infection are needed for patient care and public health surveillance. In the study, four ZIKV envelope (E) protein-specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) (A1, B1, C1, and 9E-1) have been developed by using the conventional mAb technology. The binding epitopes of mAbs A1, B1, C1, and 9E-1 are located at E(238-257), E(410-431), E(258-277), and E(340-356), respectively. mAb 9E-1 performs 1.4- to 47-fold strong affinity to ZIKV E protein compared to another three mAbs. mAbs A1, C1, and 9E-1 do not have cross-reactivity against the recombinant E proteins of dengue virus serotypes 2, 3, and 4. Although these four mAbs do not have ZIKV neutralizing activity, mAbs B1 and 9E-1 have been developed as the lateral flow immunochromatographic assay for specific detection of ZIKV E protein and virions. KEY POINTS • The mAbs targeting to the regions of E(238-257), E(410-431), E(258-277), and E(340-356) do not have ZIKV neutralizing activity. • The binding epitope of mAb 9E-1 is highly specific to ZIKV E protein. • mAbs B1 and 9E-1 can bind to ZIKV virions and have been developed as the lateral flow immunochromatographic assay.Avermectin, produced by Streptomyces avermitilis, is an active compound protective against nematodes, insects, and mites. However, its potential usage is limited by its low aqueous solubility. The uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glycosyltransferase (BLC) from Bacillus licheniformis synthesizes avermectin glycosides with improved water solubility and in vitro antinematodal activity. However, enzymatic glycosylation of avermectin by BLC is limited due to the low conversion rate of this reaction. selleck Thus, improving BLC enzyme activity is necessary for mass production of avermectin glycosides for field application. In this study, the catalytic activity of BLC toward avermectin was enhanced via directed evolution. Three mutants from the BLC mutant library (R57H, V227A, and D252V) had specific glucosylation activity for avermectin 2.0-, 1.8-, and 1.5-fold higher, respectively, than wild-type BLC. Generation of combined mutations via site-directed mutagenesis led to even further enhancement of activity. The triple mutant, R57H/V227A/D252V, had the highest activity, 2.8-fold higher than that of wild-type BLC. The catalytic efficiencies (Kcat/Km) of the best mutant (R57H/V227A/D252V) toward the substrates avermectin and UDP-glucose were improved by 2.71- and 2.29-fold, respectively, compared to those of wild-type BLC. Structural modeling analysis revealed that the free energy of the mutants was - 1.1 to - 7.1 kcal/mol lower than that of wild-type BLC, which was correlated with their improved activity. KEY POINTS • Directed evolution improved the glucosylation activity of BLC toward avermectin. • Combinatorial site-directed mutagenesis led to further enhanced activity. • The mutants exhibited lower free energy values than wild-type BLC.A patterned repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation protocol, known as continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS), can suppress corticospinal excitability via mechanisms that appear similar to long-term depression synaptic plasticity. Despite much potential, this technique is currently limited by substantial response variability. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether baseline resting state functional connectivity is a determinant of response to cTBS. Eighteen healthy young adults participated in up to three experimental sessions. Single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation was used to quantify change in corticospinal excitability following cTBS. Three minutes of resting electroencephalographic activity was recorded, and functional connectivity was estimated using the debiased weighted phase lag index across different frequency bands. Partial least squares regression identified models of connectivity between a seed region (C3) and the whole scalp that maximally accounted for variance in cTBS responses. There was no group-level effect of a single cTBS train or spaced cTBS trains on corticospinal excitability (p = 0.092). A low beta frequency band model of connectivity accounted for the largest proportion of variance in spaced cTBS response (R2 = 0.50). Based on the low beta frequency model, a-priori regions of interest were identified and predicted 39% of variance in response to spaced cTBS at a subsequent session. Importantly, weaker connectivity between the seed electrode (C3) and a cluster approximating a frontocentral region was associated with greater spaced cTBS response (p = 0.02). It appears M1-frontocentral networks may have an important role in determining the effects of cTBS on corticospinal excitability.In humans, several neuroimaging studies have demonstrated that passive viewing of optic flow stimuli activates higher-level motion areas, like V6 and the cingulate sulcus visual area (CSv). In macaque, there are few studies on the sensitivity of V6 and CSv to egomotion compatible optic flow. The only fMRI study on this issue revealed selectivity to egomotion compatible optic flow in macaque CSv but not in V6 (Cotterau et al. Cereb Cortex 27(1)330-343, 2017, but see Fan et al. J Neurosci. 3516303-16314, 2015). Yet, it is unknown whether monkey visual motion areas MT + and V6 display any distinctive fMRI functional profile relative to the optic flow stimulation, as it is the case for the homologous human areas (Pitzalis et al., Cereb Cortex 20(2)411-424, 2010). Here, we described the sensitivity of the monkey brain to two motion stimuli (radial rings and flow fields) originally used in humans to functionally map the motion middle temporal area MT + (Tootell et al. J Neurosci 15 3215-3230, 1995a; Nature 375139-141, 1995b) and the motion medial parietal area V6 (Pitzalis et al. 2010), respectively. In both animals, we found regions responding only to optic flow or radial rings stimulation, and regions responding to both stimuli. A region in the parieto-occipital sulcus (likely including V6) was one of the most highly selective area for coherently moving fields of dots, further demonstrating the power of this type of stimulation to activate V6 in both humans and monkeys. We did not find any evidence that putative macaque CSv responds to Flow Fields.
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