HereditasPub Date : 2024-08-27DOI: 10.1186/s41065-024-00328-w
GuiLin Zeng, LiRong Zeng, Ying Wang, Zhi Cao, XiangHua Zeng, ZhiHong Xue, ShiLan Liu, YaMao Li, Lang He
{"title":"Correlation between gut microbiota characteristics and non-small cell lung cancer based on macrogenomics sequencing.","authors":"GuiLin Zeng, LiRong Zeng, Ying Wang, Zhi Cao, XiangHua Zeng, ZhiHong Xue, ShiLan Liu, YaMao Li, Lang He","doi":"10.1186/s41065-024-00328-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41065-024-00328-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients undergoing chemotherapy and immunotherapy experience disturbances in the gut microbiota. This study intends to find out the correlation between gut microbiota and clinical indices before and after radiotherapy for NSCLC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Ten patients with primary NSCLC were screened, and plasma and fecal samples were collected before and after radiotherapy, respectively. Inflammatory indices in plasma were detected. Genomic DNA was extracted from fecal specimens and sequenced on on Illumina HiSeq2000 sequencing platform. Thee sequenced data were subjected to Metagenome assembly, gene prediction, species annotation, and gene function analysis to study and analyze gut microbiota and metabolic functions. The correlation between the diversity of gut microbiota and the clinical indicators of NSCLC patients was evaluated, and the changes of gut microbiota before and after radiotherapy were observed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The diversity of gut microbiota in NSCLC patients did not correlate with smoking, pathology, and inflammatory markers. The abundance of phylum (p)_Bacteroidetes increased; p_Firmicutes and p_Bacteroidetes accounted for the highest proportion in NSCLC patients, and the abundance of both was dominantly exchanged after radiotherapy. There was a decrease in genus (g)_Bifidobacterium after radiotherapy in NSCLC patients. There was no significant correlation between the diversity of gut microbiota after radiotherapy and radiotherapy sensitivity, and the structural composition and abundance of gut microbiota remained stable.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The diversity of gut microbiota is altered after radiotherapy in NSCLC patients, showing an increase in harmful bacteria and a decrease in beneficial bacteria.</p>","PeriodicalId":12862,"journal":{"name":"Hereditas","volume":"161 1","pages":"26"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11348753/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142080097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HereditasPub Date : 2024-08-27DOI: 10.1186/s41065-024-00332-0
Manuel Du, Richard Bernstein, Andreas Hoppe
{"title":"The number of drones to inseminate a queen with has little potential for optimization of honeybee breeding programs.","authors":"Manuel Du, Richard Bernstein, Andreas Hoppe","doi":"10.1186/s41065-024-00332-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41065-024-00332-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mating control is a crucial aspect of honeybee breeding. Instrumental insemination of queens gives the breeder maximum control over the genetic origin of the involved drones. However, in addition to the drones' descent, the breeder's control also extends over the number of drones to use for inseminations. Thus far, this aspect has largely been ignored in attempts to optimize honeybee breeding schemes. The literature provides some comparisons between single drone inseminations (SDI) and multi drone inseminations (MDI) but it is unclear whether the number of drones used in MDI is a relevant parameter for the optimization of honeybee breeding programs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>By computer simulations, we investigated the effect of the number of drones per inseminated queen in breeding programs that relied on best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) breeding values. We covered a range of 1 to 50 drones per queen and observed the developments of genetic gain and inbreeding over a period of 20 years. Hereby, we focused on insemination schemes that take the drones for one queen from a single colony.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>SDI strategies led to 5.46% to 14.19% higher genetic gain than MDI at the cost of 6.1% to 30.2% higher inbreeding rates. The number of drones used in MDI settings had only a negligible impact on the results. There was a slight tendency that more drones lead to lower genetic gain and lower inbreeding rates but whenever more than five drones were used for inseminations, no significant differences could be observed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The opportunities to optimize breeding schemes via the number of drones used in inseminations are very limited. SDI can be a viable strategy in situations where breeders are interested in genetically homogeneous offspring or precise pedigree information. However, such strategies have to account for the fact that the semen from a single drone is insufficient to fill a queen's spermatheca, whence SDI queens will not build full-strength colonies. When deciding for MDI, breeders should focus on collecting enough semen for a succesful insemination, regardless of how many drones they need for this purpose.</p>","PeriodicalId":12862,"journal":{"name":"Hereditas","volume":"161 1","pages":"28"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11348579/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142080099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HereditasPub Date : 2024-08-27DOI: 10.1186/s41065-024-00331-1
Zhongkui Jin, Wang Xu, Kunlin Yu, Cailu Luo, Xiaodan Luo, Tao Lian, Changshan Liu
{"title":"The novel circFKBP8/miR-432-5p/E2F7 cascade functions as a regulatory network in breast cancer.","authors":"Zhongkui Jin, Wang Xu, Kunlin Yu, Cailu Luo, Xiaodan Luo, Tao Lian, Changshan Liu","doi":"10.1186/s41065-024-00331-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41065-024-00331-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are capable of affecting breast cancer (BC) development. However, the role and underneath mechanism of circFKBP8 (also known as hsa_circ_0000915) in BC remain largely unknown.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Expression analyses were performed using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), western blot, and immunohistochemistry (IHC) assays. Effects on cell functional phenotypes were determined by assessing cell proliferation, migratory capacity, invasion, and stemness in vitro. The relationship between microRNA (miR)-432-5p and circFKBP8 or E2F transcription factor 7 (E2F7) was examined by RNA pull-down, dual-luciferase reporter, and RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) assays. Xenograft assays were used to identify the function of circFKBP8 in vivo.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>CircFKBP8 was presented at high levels in BC tissues and cells. High circFKBP8 expression was associated with worse overall survival in BC patients. CircFKBP8 suppression inhibited BC cell proliferation, migratory capacity, invasion and stemness in vitro. CircFKBP8 suppression blocked xenograft tumor growth in vivo. Mechanistically, circFKBP8 functioned as a miR-432-5p sponge to modulate E2F7 expression. CircFKBP8 modulated BC cell malignant behaviors by miR-432-5p, and miR-432-5p affected these cell phenotypes through E2F7.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our observations prove that circFKBP8 promotes BC malignant phenotypes through the miR-432-5p/E2F7 cascade, offering a promising therapeutic and prognostic target for BC.</p>","PeriodicalId":12862,"journal":{"name":"Hereditas","volume":"161 1","pages":"27"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11348600/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142080098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SOLAMEN syndrome with cardiovascular damage.","authors":"Xiong Zhao, Xiaojie Yue, Shifan Yuan, Yefeng Dai, Hao Gu","doi":"10.1186/s41065-024-00314-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41065-024-00314-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>SOLAMEN syndrome is a rare, recently recognized congenital syndrome that is characterized by progressive and hypertrophic diseases involving multiple systems, including segmental overgrowth, lipomatosis, arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and epidermal nevus. According to literatures, SOLAMEN syndrome is caused by heterozygous PTEN mutation. Phenotypic overlap complicates the clinical identification of diseases associated with PTEN heterozygous mutations, making the diagnosis of SOLAMEN more challenging. In addition, SOLAMEN often presents with segmental tissue overgrowth and vascular malformations, increasing the possibility of misdiagnosis as klipple-trenaunay syndrome or Parks-Weber syndrome. Here, we present a case of a child presenting with macrocephaly, patchy lymphatic malformation on the right chest, marked subcutaneous varicosities and capillaries involving the whole body, overgrowth of the left lower limb, a liner epidermal nevus on the middle of the right lower limb, and a large AVM on the right cranial thoracic entrance. Based on the typical phenotypes, the child was diagnosed as SOLAMEN syndrome. detailed clinical, imaging and genetic diagnoses of SOLAMEN syndrome was rendered. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) data revealed that except for a germline PTEN mutation, a PDGFRB variant was also identified. A subsequent echocardiographic examination detected potential cardiac defects. We suggested that given the progressive nature of AVM and the potential severity of cardiac damage, regular echocardiographic evaluation, imaging follow-up and appropriate interventional therapy for AVM are recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":12862,"journal":{"name":"Hereditas","volume":"161 1","pages":"24"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11287979/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141855365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel Antennapedia and Ultrabithorax trimeric complexes with TBP and Exd regulate transcription.","authors":"Alely Villarreal-Puente, Claudia Altamirano-Torres, Gustavo Jiménez-Mejía, Carolina Hernández-Bautista, Rubén Montalvo-Méndez, Martha Vázquez, Mario Zurita, Diana Reséndez-Pérez","doi":"10.1186/s41065-024-00327-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41065-024-00327-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hox proteins interact with DNA and many other proteins, co-factors, transcriptional factors, chromatin remodeling components, non-coding RNAs and even the extracellular matrix that assembles the Hox complexes. The number of interacting partners continues to grow with diverse components and more transcriptional factors than initially thought. Hox complexes present many activities, but their molecular mechanisms to modulate their target genes remain unsolved.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In this paper we showed the protein-protein interaction of Antp with Ubx through the homeodomain using BiFC in Drosophila. Analysis of Antp-deletional mutants showed that AntpHD helixes 1 and 2 are required for the interaction with Ubx. Also, we found a novel interaction of Ubx with TBP, in which the PolyQ domain of TBP is required for the interaction. Moreover, we also detected the formation of two new trimeric complexes of Antp with Ubx, TBP and Exd using BiFC-FRET; these proteins, however, do not form a trimeric interaction with BIP2 or TFIIEβ. The novel trimeric complexes reduced Antp transcriptional activity, indicating that they could confer specificity for repression.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our results increase the number of transcriptional factors in the Antp and Ubx interactomes that form two novel trimeric complexes with TBP and Exd. We also report a new Ubx interaction with TBP. These novel interactions provide important clues of the dynamics of Hox-interacting complexes involved in transcriptional regulation, contributing to better understand Hox function.</p>","PeriodicalId":12862,"journal":{"name":"Hereditas","volume":"161 1","pages":"25"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11290222/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141855364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction: Development of a prognostic risk model of uveal melanoma based on N7-methylguanosine-related regulators.","authors":"Pingfan Wu, Qian Zhang, Peng Zhong, Li Chai, Qiong Luo, Chengyou Jia","doi":"10.1186/s41065-024-00326-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41065-024-00326-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12862,"journal":{"name":"Hereditas","volume":"161 1","pages":"23"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11267662/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141758275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a prognostic risk model of uveal melanoma based on N7-methylguanosine-related regulators","authors":"Pingfan Wu, Qian Zhang, Peng Zhong, Li Chai, Qiong Luo, Chengyou Jia","doi":"10.1186/s41065-024-00324-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s41065-024-00324-0","url":null,"abstract":"Uveal melanoma (UVM) stands as the predominant type of primary intraocular malignancy among adults. The clinical significance of N7-methylguanosine (m7G), a prevalent RNA modifications, in UVM remains unclear. Primary information from 80 UVM patients were analyzed as the training set, incorporating clinical information, mutation annotations and mRNA expression obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) website. The validation set was carried out using Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database GSE22138 and GSE84976. Kaplan–Meier and Cox regression of univariate analyses were subjected to identify m7G-related regulators as prognostic genes. A prognostic risk model comprising EIF4E2, NUDT16, SNUPN and WDR4 was established through Cox regression of LASSO. Evaluation of the model’s predictability for UVM patients’ prognosis by Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves in the training set, demonstrated excellent performance Area Under the Curve (AUC) > 0.75. The high-risk prognosis within the TCGA cohort exhibit a notable worse outcome. Additionally, an independent correlation between the risk score and overall survival (OS) among UVM patients were identified. External validation of this model was carried out using the validation sets (GSE22138 and GSE84976). Immune-related analysis revealed that patients with high score of m7G-related risk model exhibited elevated level of immune infiltration and immune checkpoint gene expression. We have developed a risk prediction model based on four m7G-related regulators, facilitating effective estimate UVM patients’ survival by clinicians. Our findings shed novel light on essential role of m7G-related regulators in UVM and suggest potential novel targets for the diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of UVM.","PeriodicalId":12862,"journal":{"name":"Hereditas","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141573794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HereditasPub Date : 2024-07-08DOI: 10.1186/s41065-024-00325-z
Dali Han, Bin Xiong, Xiangxiang Zhang, Chaohu Chen, Zhiqiang Yao, Hao Wu, Jinlong Cao, Jianpeng Li, Pan Li, Zhiping Wang, Junqiang Tian
{"title":"Knockdown of AMIGO2 suppresses proliferation and migration through regulating PPAR-γ in bladder cancer.","authors":"Dali Han, Bin Xiong, Xiangxiang Zhang, Chaohu Chen, Zhiqiang Yao, Hao Wu, Jinlong Cao, Jianpeng Li, Pan Li, Zhiping Wang, Junqiang Tian","doi":"10.1186/s41065-024-00325-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41065-024-00325-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aims to reveal the relationship between AMIGO2 and proliferation, migration and tumorigenicity of bladder cancer, and explore the potential molecular mechanisms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The expression level of AMIGO2 is measured by qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry (IHC). Stable AMIGO2 knockdown cell lines T24 and 5637 were established by lentivirus transfection. Cell Counting Kit (CCK-8 assay) was produced to determine cell proliferation, flow cytometry analysis was utilized to detect cell cycle, and wound healing assay was proceeded to test migration ability of bladder cancer cells. Xenograft mouse model was established for investigating the effect of AMIGO2 on tumor formation in vivo. The RNA Sequencing technology was applied to explore the underlying mechanisms. The expression level of PPAR-γ was measured by Western Blot.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>AMIGO2 was upregulated in bladder cancer cells and tissues. Inhibited expression of AMIGO2 suppresses cell proliferation and migration. Low AMIGO2 expression inhibited tumorigenicity of 5637 in nude mice. According to RNA-Seq and bioinformatics analysis, 917 DEGs were identified. The DEGs were mainly enriched in cell-cell adhesion, peroxisome proliferators-activated receptors (PPARs) signaling pathway and some other pathways. PPAR-γ is highly expressed in bladder cancer cell lines T24 and 5637, but when AMIGO2 is knocked down in T24 and 5637, the expression level of PPAR-γ is also decreased, and overexpression of PPAR-γ could reverse the suppression effect of cell proliferation and migration caused by the inhibition of AMIGO2.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>AMIGO2 is overexpressed in bladder cancer cells and tissues. Knockdown of AMIGO2 suppresses bladder cancer cell proliferation and migration. These processes might be regulated by PPAR-γ signaling pathway.</p>","PeriodicalId":12862,"journal":{"name":"Hereditas","volume":"161 1","pages":"21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11229346/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141558648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"METTL14 contributes to the progression of nasopharyngeal carcinoma through regulating the stability of AOC1 mRNA.","authors":"Changan Hu, Shengguan Song, Shanglong Zhao, Zhen Xue, Xiwen Zhu","doi":"10.1186/s41065-024-00317-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41065-024-00317-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant epithelial tumor of the nasopharyngeal mucosa with a high incidence rate all over the world. Methyltransferase-like 14 (METTL14) is a major RNA N6-adenosine methyltransferase implicated in tumor progression by regulating RNA function. This study is designed to explore the biological function and mechanism of METTL14 in NPC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>METTL14 and Amine oxidase copper containing 1 (AOC1) expression were detected by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). The protein levels of METTL14, AOC1, Cyclin D1, B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2), and N-cadherin were measured using western blot. Cell proliferation, cycle progression, apoptosis, migration, and invasion were assessed using 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU), Colony formation, flow cytometry, wound scratch, and transwell assays. The interaction between METTL14 and AOC1 was verified using RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP), methylated RNA immunoprecipitation (MeRIP), and dual-luciferase reporter assays. The biological role of METTL14 on NPC tumor growth was examined by the xenograft tumor model in vivo.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>METTL14 and AOC1 were highly expressed in NPC tissues and cells. Moreover, METTL14 knockdown might block NPC cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and induce cell apoptosis in vitro. In mechanism, METTL14 might enhance the stability of AOC1 mRNA via m6A methylation. METTL14 silencing might repress NPC tumor growth in vivo.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>METTL14 might boosted the development of NPC cells partly by regulating the stability of AOC1 mRNA, which provided a promising therapeutic target for NPC treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":12862,"journal":{"name":"Hereditas","volume":"161 1","pages":"20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11221105/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141491719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative pharmacognosy and secondary metabolite analysis of Balanophorae herbs from different sources.","authors":"Xueyan Zhao, Lihui Zheng, Qingxin Shi, Yuqi Lin, Zhaoxiang Zeng, Chengwu Song, Shuna Jin, Ling Xiao","doi":"10.1186/s41065-024-00323-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41065-024-00323-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Balanophorae are not only traditional Chinese herbal medicines but also functional foods with diverse sources. This study aimed to distinguish pharmacognostic characteristics and secondary metabolites among different species of Balanophorae. Eight species of Balanophorae herbs were harvested, including 21 batches with 209 samples. Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry was used to analyze secondary metabolites of Balanophorae from 21 sources. Targeted metabolomic analysis was performed to compare differences among the groups. Rhopalocnemis phalloide and B. indica can be identified by their pharmacognostic characteristics. Then, 41 secondary metabolites were identified or characterized in the mixed extracts of the 209 samples, mainly phenolic acids, flavonoids, and their derivatives. The distribution of these secondary metabolites revealed apparent differences among different species. In addition, targeted metabolomic analysis suggested that the secondary metabolite profiles of seven species of Balanophorae showed noticeable differences, and differences were also observed among different growing regions. Finally, five important metabolic markers were screened to successfully distinguish B. laxiflora, B. harlandii, and B. polyandra, including three phenolic acids and two flavonoids. This is the first study to systematically compare both the morphology and secondary metabolites among different sources of Balanophorae, which could provide effective information for identifying diverse species.</p>","PeriodicalId":12862,"journal":{"name":"Hereditas","volume":"161 1","pages":"19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11191205/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141436771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}