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Plant-derived microRNAs (miRNAs) play a significant role in human health and are "dark nutrients", as opposed to traditional plant nutrients, as well as important components of food diversification. Studies have revealed that multiple plant-derived miRNA pathways affect human health. First, plant miRNAs regulate plant growth and development and accumulation of metabolites, which alters the food quality and thus indirectly interferes with the health of the host. Moreover, when absorbed in vivo, some miRNAs may target the host cell mRNAs to affect protein expression. In addition, plant miRNAs target and reshape the human gut microbiota (GM), which interferes with the physiology and metabolism of the host. Therefore, miRNAs play a significant role in the cross-kingdom communication of plants, GM, and the host and in maintaining a balance of the three. Future contributions of plant miRNAs can bring new perspectives and opportunities to better understand food nutrition and health care research, which will facilitate the right exploitation of plant resources.The catalog of enzymes known to catalyze the nucleophile-assisted formation of C-C bonds is extremely small, and there is presently no definitive example of a biological Rauhut-Currier reaction. Biosynthesis of the polyketide insecticide spinosyn A in Saccharopolyspora spinosa involves a [4 + 2]-cycloaddition and a subsequent intramolecular C-C bond formation catalyzed by SpnF and SpnL, respectively. Isotope tracer experiments and kinetic isotope effects, however, imply that the SpnL-catalyzed reaction proceeds without initial deprotonation of the substrate. The crystal structure of SpnL exhibits high similarity to SAM-dependent methyltransferases as well as SpnF. The residue Cys60 is also shown to reside in the SpnL active site, and the Cys60Ala SpnL mutant is found to be devoid of activity. Moreover, SpnL is covalently modified at Cys60 and irreversibly inactivated when it is coincubated with a fluorinated substrate analogue designed as a suicide inactivator of nucleophile-assisted C-C bond formation. These results suggest that SpnL catalyzes a biological Rauhut-Currier reaction.We investigated the ability of microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) emitted by Bacillus megaterium (a well-known MVOC producer) to modify the dissolution kinetics and surface of hydroxyapatite, a natural soil mineral. Facilitated phosphate release was induced by the airborne MVOCs in a time-dependent manner. Use of each standard chemical of the MVOCs then revealed that acetic and oxalic acids are crucial for the phenomenon. In addition, the ability of such MVOCs to engineer the apatite surfaces was evidenced by FT-IR spectra showing the COO- band variation with incubation time and the prolonged acceleration of phosphate release during the negligible acidification of the hydroxyapatite-containing solutions. The formation of calcium oxalate was revealed through SEM-EDS and XRD analyses, suggesting that MVOC oxalic acid interacts with calcium ions, leading to the precipitation of calcium oxalate, thus preventing the recrystallization of calcium phosphates. Gel- and soil-based plant cultivation tests employing Arabidopsis thaliana and solid calcium phosphates (i.e., nano- and microsized hydroxyapatites and calcium phosphate dibasic) demonstrated that these MVOC mechanisms facilitate plant growth by ensuring the prolonged supply of plant-available phosphate. The relationship between the growth enhancement and the particle size of the calcium phosphates also substantiated the MVOC sorption onto soil minerals related to plant growth. Given that most previous studies have assumed that MVOCs are a molecular lexicon directly detected by the dedicated sensing machinery of plants, our approach provides a new mechanistic view of the presence of abiotic mediators in the interaction between plants and microbes via MVOCs.Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the leading causes of cancer death in the world and lacks an effective targeted therapy. G-protein-coupled receptor 161 (GPR161) has been demonstrated to perform the functional regulations on TNBC progression and might be a potential new target for TNBC therapy. This study showed the effects of bisdemethoxycurcumin (BDMC) on GPR161 regulation, indicating that BDMC effectively inhibited GPR161 expression and downregulated GPR161-driven signaling. BDMC showed the potent inhibitory effects on TNBC proliferation through suppressing GPR161-mediated mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/70 kDa ribosomal protein S6 kinase (p70S6K) activation. Besides, in this study, we discover the mechanism of GPR161-driven TNBC metastasis, linking to GPR161-mediated twist-related protein 1 (Twist1)/matrix metallopeptidase 9 (MMP9) contributing to the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). BDMC effectively repressed GPR161-mediated TNBC metastasis via inhibiting Twist1/MMP9-induced EMT. The three-dimensional invasion assay also showed that BDMC significantly inhibited TNBC invasion. The combination treatment of BDMC and rapamycin enhanced the inhibition of TNBC proliferation and metastasis through increasing the blockage of mTOR activation. Furthermore, this study also observed that BDMC activated the caspase 3/9 signaling pathway to induce TNBC apoptosis. Therefore, BDMC could be applicable to anticancer therapy, especially targeting on the GPR161-driven cancer type.Because cancer is the second leading cause of death globally, investigation of new photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy is highly desirable. In this work, different peripherally substituted subphthalocyanines (SubPcs) with either a benzocrown moiety (CE-) or a tyrosine methyl ester (Tyr-) as the axial ligand have been prepared. Target SubPcs showed high ΦΔ values, >0.50 in EtOH. Both CE- and Tyr- moieties increased substantially the hydrophilicity of the compounds (log P = 1.79-2.63, n-octanol/PBS). Uptake to cells, subcellular localization, and monitoring of the progression of cell death over time are described. Improved spectroscopic behavior of the CE- series in cell culture medium resulted in higher photodynamic activity versus that of the Tyr- series. In particular, the peripherally triethylsulfanyl SubPc-CE exhibited extraordinarily low EC50 values of 2.3 and 4.4 nM after light activation and high TC50 values of 14.49 and 5.25 μM (i.e., dark toxicity without activation) on SK-MEL-28 and HeLa cells, respectively, which rank it among the best photosensitizers ever.Urgent solutions are needed to efficiently convert the greenhouse gas CO2 into higher-value products. In this work, fac-Mn(bpy)(CO)3Br (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) is employed as electrocatalyst in reductive CO2 conversion. It is shown that product selectivity can be shifted from CO toward HCOOH using appropriate additives, i.e., Et3N along with iPrOH. APD334 A crucial aspect of the strategy is to outrun the dimer-generating parent-child reaction involving fac-Mn(bpy)(CO)3Br and [Mn(bpy)(CO)3]- and instead produce the Mn hydride intermediate. Preferentially, this is done at the first reduction wave to enable formation of HCOOH at an overpotential as low as 260 mV and with faradaic efficiency of 59 ± 1%. The latter may be increased to 71 ± 3% at an overpotential of 560 mV, using 2 M concentrations of both Et3N and iPrOH. The nature of the amine additive is crucial for product selectivity, as the faradaic efficiency for HCOOH formation decreases to 13 ± 4% if Et3N is replaced with Et2NH. The origin of this difference lies in the ability of Et3N/iPrOH to establish an equilibrium solution of isopropyl carbonate and CO2, while with Et2NH/iPrOH, formation of the diethylcarbamic acid is favored. link2 According to density-functional theory calculations, CO2 in the former case can take part favorably in the catalytic cycle, while this is less opportune in the latter case because of the CO2-to-carbamic acid conversion. This work presents a straightforward procedure for electrochemical reduction of CO2 to HCOOH by combining an easily synthesized manganese catalyst with commercially available additives.We combined kinetic, thermodynamic, and structural information from single-molecule (protein folding) and two-molecule (association) explicit-solvent simulations for determination of kinetic parameters in protein aggregation nucleation with insulin as the model protein. A structural bioinformatics approach was developed to account for heterogeneity of aggregation-prone species, with the transition complex theory found applicable in modeling association kinetics involving non-native species. Specifically, the kinetic pathway for formation of aggregation-prone oligomeric species was found to contain a structurally specific dominant binding mode, making the kinetic process similar to native protein association. The kinetic parameters thus obtained were used in a population balance model, and accurate predictions for aggregation nucleation time varying over 2 orders of magnitude with changes in either insulin concentration or an aggregation-inhibitor ligand concentration were obtained, while an empirical parameter set was not found to be transferable for prediction of ligand effects. Further, this physically determined kinetic parameter set provided several mechanistic insights, such as identification of the rate-limiting step in aggregation nucleation and a quantitative explanation for the switch from Arrhenius to non-Arrhenius aggregation kinetics around the melting temperature of insulin.In recent years, off-target herbicide drift has been increasingly reported to lead to damage to nontarget vegetation in the U.S. These reports have coincided with the widespread adoption of genetically modified crops with new herbicide-tolerance traits. Planting crops with these traits may indirectly lead to increased drift both by increasing the use of the corresponding herbicides and by facilitating their use as postemergence herbicides later in the season. While extensive efforts have aimed to reduce herbicide drift, critical uncertainties remain regarding the physiochemical phenomena that drive the entry of herbicides into the atmosphere as well as the atmospheric processes that may influence short- and long-range transport. Resolving these uncertainties will support the development of effective approaches to reduce herbicide drift.Chromatograms are a valuable source of information about the chemical composition of the food being analyzed. Sometimes, this information is not explicit and appears in a hidden or not obvious way. Thus, the use of chemometric tools and data-mining methods to extract it is required. The fingerprint provided by a chromatogram offers the possibility to perform both identity and quality testing of foodstuffs. This perspective is aimed at providing an updated opinion of chromatographic fingerprinting methodology in the field of food authentication. Furthermore, the limitations, its absence in official analytical methods, and the future directions of this methodology are discussed.A mononuclear manganese(V) oxo complex of a bis(amidate)bis(alkoxide) ligand, (NMe4)[MnV(HMPAB)(O)] [2; H4HMPAB = 1,2-bis(2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanamido)benzene], was synthesized and structurally characterized. A Mn-Oterm distance of 1.566(4) Å was observed in the solid-state structure of 2, consistent with the Mn≡O formulation. The reaction of redox-inactive metal ions (Mn+ = Li+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Y3+, and Sc3+) with 2 resulted in the formation of 2-Mn+ species, which were characterized by UV-vis, 1H NMR, cyclic voltammetry, and in situ IR spectroscopy. Theoretical calculations suggested that the alkoxide oxygen atoms of the ligand scaffold are energetically most favorable for coordinating the Mn+ ions in 2. Complex 2 revealed one-electron-reduction potential at -0.01 V versus ferrocenium/ferrocene, which shifted anodically upon coordination of Mn+ ions to 2, and such a shift became more prominent with stronger Lewis acids. link3 The oxygen-atom transfer (OAT) reactivities of 2 and 2-Mn+ species with triphenylphosphine were compared, which exhibited a systematic increase of the reaction rate with increasing Lewis acidity of Mn+ ions, and a plot of log k2 versus Lewis acidity of Mn+ ions (ΔE) followed a linear relationship.
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