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BACKGROUND Pear fruit exhibit a single sigmoid pattern during development, while peach and strawberry fruits exhibit a double sigmoid pattern. However, little is known about the differences between these two patterns. RESULTS In this study, fruit weights were measured and paraffin sections were made from fruitlet to maturated pear, peach, and strawberry samples. Results revealed that both single and double sigmoid patterns resulted from cell expansion, but not cell division. Comparative transcriptome analyses were conducted among pear, peach, and strawberry fruits at five fruit enlargement stages. Comparing the genes involved in these intervals among peaches and strawberries, 836 genes were found to be associated with all three fruit enlargement stages in pears (Model I). Of these genes, 25 were located within the quantitative trait locus (QTL) regions related to fruit weight and 90 were involved in cell development. Moreover, 649 genes were associated with the middle enlargement stage, but not early or late enlargement in pears (Model II). Additionally, 22 genes were located within the QTL regions related to fruit weight and 63 were involved in cell development. Lastly, dual-luciferase assays revealed that the screened bHLH transcription factors induced the expression of cell expansion-related genes, suggesting that the two models explain the single sigmoid pattern. CONCLUSIONS Single sigmoid patterns are coordinately mediated by Models I and II, thus, a potential gene regulation network for the single sigmoid pattern was proposed. These results enhance our understanding of the molecular regulation of fruit size in Rosaceae.BACKGROUND Cupriavidus strain STM 6070 was isolated from nickel-rich soil collected near Koniambo massif, New Caledonia, using the invasive legume trap host Mimosa pudica. STM 6070 is a heavy metal-tolerant strain that is highly effective at fixing nitrogen with M. pudica. Here we have provided an updated taxonomy for STM 6070 and described salient features of the annotated genome, focusing on heavy metal resistance (HMR) loci and heavy metal efflux (HME) systems. RESULTS The 6,771,773 bp high-quality-draft genome consists of 107 scaffolds containing 6118 protein-coding genes. Adavosertib ANI values show that STM 6070 is a new species of Cupriavidus. The STM 6070 symbiotic region was syntenic with that of the M. pudica-nodulating Cupriavidus taiwanensis LMG 19424T. In contrast to the nickel and zinc sensitivity of C. taiwanensis strains, STM 6070 grew at high Ni2+ and Zn2+ concentrations. The STM 6070 genome contains 55 genes, located in 12 clusters, that encode HMR structural proteins belonging to the RND, MFS, CHR, ARCransposase genes, suggests that the selection pressure of the New Caledonian ultramafic soils has driven the specific adaptation of STM 6070 to heavy-metal-rich soils via horizontal gene transfer.BACKGROUND Fluid overload is a risk factor for morbidity, mortality, and prolonged ventilation time after surgery. Patients on maintenance hemodialysis might be at higher risk. We hypothesized that fluid accumulation would be directly associated with extended ventilation time in patients on hemodialysis, as compared to patients with chronic kidney disease not on dialysis (CKD3-4) and patients with normal renal function (reference group). METHODS This is a prospective observational study that included patients submitted to isolated and elective coronary artery bypass surgery, divided in 3 groups according to time on mechanical ventilation  48 h. The same observer followed patients daily from the surgery to the hospital discharge. Cumulative fluid balance was defined as the sum of daily fluid balance over the first 5 days following surgery. RESULTS Patients requiring more than 48 h of ventilation (5.3%) had a lower estimated glomerular filtration rate, were more likely to be on maintenance dialysis, had longer anesthesia time, needed higher dobutamine and noradrenaline infusion following surgery, and had longer hospitalization stay. Multivariate analysis revealed that the fluid accumulation, scores of sequential organ failure assessment in the day following surgery, and the renal function (normal, chronic kidney disease not on dialysis and maintenance hemodialysis) were independently associated with time in mechanical ventilation. Among patients on hemodialysis, the time from the surgery to the first hemodialysis session also accounted for the time on mechanical ventilation. CONCLUSIONS Fluid accumulation is an important risk factor for lengthening mechanical ventilation, particularly in patients on hemodialysis. Future studies are warranted to address the ideal timing for initiating dialysis in this scenario in an attempt to reduce fluid accumulation and avoid prolonged ventilation time and hospital stay.BACKGROUND Mutations of monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8), a thyroid hormone (TH)-specific transmembrane transporter cause a severe neurodevelopmental disorder, the Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome (AHDS). In MCT8 deficiency, TH is not able to reach those areas of the brain where TH uptake depends on MCT8. Currently, therapeutic options for MCT8-deficient patients are missing as TH treatment is not successful in improving neurological deficits. Available data on MCT8 protein and transcript levels indicate complex expression patterns in neural tissue depending on species, brain region, sex and age. Yet, information on human MCT8 expression is still scattered and additional efforts are needed to map sites of MCT8 expression in neurovascular units and neural tissue. This is of importance because new therapeutic strategies for this disease are urgently needed. METHODS To identify regions and time windows of MCT8 expression, we used highly specific antibodies against MCT8 to perform immunofluorescence labeling of in early neuronal cell populations in more detail. Improving the understanding of the spatiotemporal expression in latter barrier will be critical for therapeutic strategies addressing MCT8 deficiency in the future.Differentiation of trophoblast stem cells into various cell lineages of the placenta during mammalian development is accompanied by dynamic changes in its proteome for exerting the highly specialized functions of various cell subtypes. In the present study we demonstrate that the autophagic machinery, which includes proteins for initiation, vesicle nucleation and autophagosome maturation are robustly up-regulated during differentiation of trophoblast stem cells. Interestingly, basal levels of autophagy were detectable in the developing mouse placenta as well as trophoblast stem cells. However, autophagic flux was actively triggered by induction of differentiation evident from LC3 maturation. Formation of Beclin1, Vps34 and PIK3R4 ternary complex at the phagophore assembly site that is typically known to induce autophagy was also enhanced during differentiation. Degradation of the p62/SQSTM1 cargo protein and its co-localization with LC3, a mature autophagosome marker was most prevalent in the trophoblast giant cells and negligible in other trophoblast cells at day 6 of differentiation. Furthermore, disruption of autophagy by impairing lysosomal fusion in trophoblast stem cells prior to induction of differentiation led to a decrease in the giant cell and spongiotrophoblast cell markers Prl3d1, Prl2c2, Prl4a1 and Tpbpα upon differentiation. In addition, inhibition of autophagy was associated with a decrease in nuclear size of trophoblast giant cells. Taken together, these data highlight that autophagy is a necessary prelude in commitment of trophoblast differentiation from the multipotent trophoblast stem cells probably by regulating protein turnover at the onset of differentiation.BACKGROUND Patient preferences pertaining to surgical options for thyroid cancer management are not well studied. Our aim was to conduct a discrete-choice experiment (DCE) to characterize participants' views on the relative importance of various risks and benefits associated with lobectomy vs. total thyroidectomy for low-risk thyroid cancer. METHODS Adult participants with low-risk thyroid cancer or a thyroid nodule requiring surgery were asked to choose between experimentally-designed surgical options with varying levels of risk of nerve damage (1%, 9%, 14%), hypocalcemia (0%, 3%, 8%), risk of needing a second surgery (0%, 40%), cancer recurrence (1%, 3%, 5%), and need for daily thyroid hormone supplementation (yes, no). Their choices were analyzed using random-parameters logit regression. RESULTS 150 participants completed an online DCE survey. Median age was 58 years; 82% were female. Twenty-four participants (16%) had a diagnosis of thyroid cancer at the time of completing the survey, and 126 (84%) had a ith extent of surgery can lead to better treatment-decision making.OBJECTIVE To compare Regular and Moses modes of holmium laser lithotripsy during ureteroscopy in terms of fragmentation/pulverization and procedural times in addition to perioperative complications. PATIENTS AND METHODS After obtaining ethics approval, a prospective double-blinded randomized trial was conducted for patients undergoing holmium laser lithotripsy during retrograde ureteroscopy. Patients were randomly assigned to either Regular or Moses modes. Patients and surgeons were blinded to the laser mode. Lumenis 120W generator with 200 Moses D/F/L fibers were used. Demographic data, stone parameters, peri-operative complications and success rates were compared. The degree of stone retropulsion was graded on a Likert scale from zero-no retropulsion to 3-maximum retropulsion. RESULTS A total of 72 patients were included in the study (36 per each arm). Both groups were comparable in terms of age, and pre-operative stone size (1.4 vs. 1.7 cm, p>0.05). When compared with the Regular mode, Moses mode was associated with significantly lower fragmentation/pulverization time (21.1 vs. 14.2 min; p=0.03) and procedural time (50.9 vs. 41.1 min, p=0.03). However, there were no significant differences in terms of lasing time (7.4 vs. 6.1 min, p>0.05) and total energy applied to the stones (11.1 vs. 10.8 KJ, p>0.05). Moses mode was associated with significantly less retropulsion (mean grade was 1.0 vs. 0.5, p=0.01). There were no significant differences between both modes in terms of intra-operative complications (11.1% vs. 8.3%, p>0.05), with one patient requiring endo-ureterotomy for stricture in the Moses group. Success rate at the end of 3 months was comparable between both groups (83.3% vs. 88.4%, p> 0.05). CONCLUSION Moses technology was associated with significantly lower fragmentation/pulverization and procedural times. The reduced fragmentation/pulverization time seen using Moses technology could be explained by the significantly lower retropulsion of stones during laser lithotripsy. .SIGNIFICANCE Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia. Thus far, 99.6% of clinical trials, including those targeting energy metabolism, have failed to exert disease-modifying efficacy. Altered mitochondrial function and disruption to brain bioenergetic system have long-been documented as early events during the pathological progression of AD. Recent Advances While therapeutic approaches that directly promote mitochondrial bioenergetic machinery or eliminate reactive oxygen species exhibited limited translatability, emerging strategies targeting non-energetic aspects of mitochondria provide novel therapeutic targets with the potential to modify AD risk and progression. Growing evidence also reveals a critical link between mitochondrial phenotype and neuroinflammation via metabolic reprogramming of glial cells. CRITICAL ISSUES Herein, we summarize major classes of mitochondrion-centered AD therapeutic strategies. In addition, the discrepancy in their efficacy when translated from preclinical models to clinical trials is addressed.
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