Phuoc Thien Hoang Truong, Thi Thao Nhu Le, Hoang Phuc Le, Trong Nghia Tran, Uyen Tran Da Dao
{"title":"A survey on the composition and occurrence frequency of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in rhizospheric soils and roots of vegetables grown in Ho Chi Minh city","authors":"Phuoc Thien Hoang Truong, Thi Thao Nhu Le, Hoang Phuc Le, Trong Nghia Tran, Uyen Tran Da Dao","doi":"10.31276/vjst.66(2).60-65","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31276/vjst.66(2).60-65","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed to determine the presence and composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the rhizospheric soils and roots of vegetable plants (14 species of leafy vegetables) grown in Hoc Mon, Cu Chi, and Binh Chanh districts, Ho Chi Minh city. The results of the isolation of AMF spores based on the wet sieving method showed the presence of AMF in the rhizospheric soils of vegetables with an average spore density of 87.6 spores/50 g of soil. For the symbiotic ratio of AMF to the root tissues, there was no symbiosis in 4 vegetable crops, including amaranth, mustard green, leaf mustard, and bok choy. Still, there was symbiosis in the remaining 10 plants, with an average symbiotic rate of 6.6%. Identification of AMF spores based on the morphological characteristics recorded in all the soil samples appeared spore phenotypes of 5 fungal genera including Glomus, Acaulospora, Gigaspora, Scutellospora, and Sclerocystis. However, 3 morphological types were not yet identified. From the obtained results, two genera, Glomus and Acaulospora, have the highest frequency at 43.9 and 39.6%, respectively.","PeriodicalId":18650,"journal":{"name":"Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam","volume":"30 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140433119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minh Tuong Le, Hong Nhieu Le, Quoc Viet Le, Quang Dung Nguyen, Van Tap Nguyen
{"title":"Antagonistic potential of actinomycete strains against Colletotrichum sp. causes anthracnose disease in durian","authors":"Minh Tuong Le, Hong Nhieu Le, Quoc Viet Le, Quang Dung Nguyen, Van Tap Nguyen","doi":"10.31276/vjst.66(2).75-80","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31276/vjst.66(2).75-80","url":null,"abstract":"The research was carried out at Can Tho University with the aim of investigating the ability of actinomycetes isolates to antagonise Colletotrichum sp. fungus causing anthracnose disease in durian. The results showed that among the 28 actinomycete strains evaluated, 6 actinomycetes including BT19, BL10, TG19, BT16, ĐT15, and VL9 had stronger antagonism with a radius of inhibition zone reaches 12.4, 9.4, 11.1, 9.8, 9.7, and 9.2 mm, respectively and antagonistic efficacy of 63.22, 58.62, 55.86, 53.56, 52.64, and 53.79%, respectively at 7 days after co-inoculation. The ability to degrade β-glucan of 6 strains BT19, BL10, TG19, BT16, DT15, and VL9 performed under laboratory conditions showed that the BT19 isolate had the highest β-glucanolytic activity with the β-glucan lyse halo radius of 8.53 mm and secreted β-glucanase content reached 0.678 IU/ml at 14 days after testing. The results of this study will be the basis for further research to contribute to finding effective methods to control anthracnose disease in durian.","PeriodicalId":18650,"journal":{"name":"Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam","volume":"23 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140432104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building a model to evaluate hypertensive crisis in mice","authors":"Xuan Phuc Nguyen, Van Vien Doan, Manh Hung Tran","doi":"10.31276/vjst.66(2).20-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31276/vjst.66(2).20-25","url":null,"abstract":"High blood pressure is a major cause of stroke and cardiovascular complications. The development of a hypertensive crisis model allows rapid testing of the effects of antihypertensive drugs, meeting the need for research and development of chronic pharmacological models. A model of acute hypertension was induced by intraperitoneal injections of xylometazoline at different doses and subcutaneous injections of atropine at a dose of 0.4 mg/kg. This study applied the CODA high-throughput hypertensive machine to determine a suitable model. The results of injecting xylometazoline at a dose of 1 mg/kg ( IP) and atropine (0.4 mg/kg) (SC) showed induced hypertension with systolic >130 mmHg constantly with 15 circles in 20 minutes. The hypotensive effect was found when oral administration of nifedipine (6 mg/kg), losartan (100 mg/kg), and captopril (100 mg/kg). However, the hypotensive effect of bisoprolol was not found at a dose of 50 mg/kg. This mouse model can be applied for further screening and evaluating the therapeutic effect of hypotensive drugs.","PeriodicalId":18650,"journal":{"name":"Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam","volume":"32 124","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140432844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thi Le Thuy Nguyen, Minh Tuan Nguyen, Thi Kim Tram Pham, Dang Quan Nguyen
{"title":"Expression and purification of truncated recombinant human angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (trhACE2) capable of binding spike protein of SARS-CoV-2","authors":"Thi Le Thuy Nguyen, Minh Tuan Nguyen, Thi Kim Tram Pham, Dang Quan Nguyen","doi":"10.31276/vjst.66(2).08-13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31276/vjst.66(2).08-13","url":null,"abstract":"SARS-CoV-2 infects the host through the interaction be-tween spike protein and the ACE2 (Angiotensin convert-ing enzyme 2) receptor on the host cell surface. There-fore, ACE2 is considered as a key target in drug devel-opment against COVID-19. In this study, we generated the truncated recombinant human ACE2 (trhACE2) expressed on Escherichia coli and evaluated its binding activity to spike protein of SARS-CoV-2. The sequence of ACE2 (18-119 aa) was cloned into pET28a(+) plasmid and transformed into E. coli DH5α strain and finally was transferred to E. coli BL21 (DE3) cells for protein expression. Protein trhACE2 was purified by affinity chromatography using a HisTrap HP column. Protein purity was above 95% and production yield was 75 mg/l. The purified protein was refolded by dialysis method. trhACE2 was evaluated for its ability to bind the spike protein by sandwich ELISA assay and surface plasmon resonance (SPR). The results showed that trhACE2 has the ability to bind spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 with the equilibrium dissociation constant Kd=15.7 nM. With a relatively simple and inexpensive expression and purifi-cation process on E. coli system, there is the potential to develop trhACE2 for preventive and supportive thera-pies against COVID-19.","PeriodicalId":18650,"journal":{"name":"Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam","volume":"14 75","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140432683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thanh Binh Nguyen, Thi Thu Hien Nguyen, Phuong Thanh Duong, Thi Thanh Thuy Tran, Ngoc Hien Nhan, Khanh Hoa Nguyen, KC Huong Hoang, Tuan Kiet Nguyen, Minh Can Nguyen, T. Q. Ngo, Duy Thao Huynh
{"title":"Application of collagen membrane from amniotic membrane as a substrate for adherent cell culturing in tissue engineering","authors":"Thanh Binh Nguyen, Thi Thu Hien Nguyen, Phuong Thanh Duong, Thi Thanh Thuy Tran, Ngoc Hien Nhan, Khanh Hoa Nguyen, KC Huong Hoang, Tuan Kiet Nguyen, Minh Can Nguyen, T. Q. Ngo, Duy Thao Huynh","doi":"10.31276/vjst.66(2).26-31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31276/vjst.66(2).26-31","url":null,"abstract":"The human amniotic membrane has been widely used in clinical practice to treat all kinds of lesions related to the epithelial surface, corneal epithelial reconstruction, and orthopaedic trauma. Currently, another application aspect of the amniotic membrane of great interest is its use as an in vitro adherent cell culture medium. In this study, the human amniotic membranes were collected under sterile conditions in the operating room and tested negative for HIV, HBV, HCV, and VDRL. The amniotic membranes were then processed to remove the epithelial layer, to obtain a collagen membrane that can be used as a substrate for cell culture adhesion. Following that, the collagen membrane was structurally evaluated by Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining, SEM. Next, we tested the use of collagen membranes as a culture medium for human fibroblasts and evaluated cell adhesion, growth, and development by histological images over time of cell culture. The image results obtained before and after processing showed that the collagen membrane has an acellular structure, maintaining the basement membrane’s structure. Cell culture results exhibited that fibroblasts adhered and developed well on this collagen membrane.","PeriodicalId":18650,"journal":{"name":"Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140433565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hoa Nguyen, Van Du Vu, Thi Nhu Quynh Nguyen, Le Van Nguyen, Ngoc Anh Do
{"title":"Genotype identification and genetic diversity of the ompA gene among Chlamydia trachomatis","authors":"Hoa Nguyen, Van Du Vu, Thi Nhu Quynh Nguyen, Le Van Nguyen, Ngoc Anh Do","doi":"10.31276/vjst.66(2).01-07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31276/vjst.66(2).01-07","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to identify the distribution and analysis of genetic diversity of Chlamydia trachomatisgenotypes in infertile Vietnamese women. A total of 119 endocervical swabs were isolated from infertile women at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vietnam, during the period from January 2020 to December 2021, and was diagnosed with Chlamydiatrachomatis infection. 81 sequences of the ompA gene with a size of approximately 1,100 bp were used to determine the Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes by the currently reference sequences from GenBank. Sequence analysis of the ompA gene from the 81 positive patients showed nine genotypes, including E, D/Da, F, G/Ga, J, H, K, B/Ba, and I/Ia. In that, E, D/Da, and F were most prevalent (61.74%). Genotypes E, F, and G/Ga were highly conserved, showing 100% similarity to the alternative reference sequences, whereas ompA sequences of genotypes B/Ba, D/Da, H, I/Ia, J, and K displayed from one to ten nucleotide substitutions. In total, nineteen nucleotide changes were detected, seven of which led to amino-acid substitutions. The findings of the current study showed high prevalence of the genotypes E, D/Da, and F of C. trachomatis in infertile Vietnamese women.","PeriodicalId":18650,"journal":{"name":"Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam","volume":"25 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140432076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dang Thai Phuong Phan, Thuy Duong Nguyen, Van Ba Vu
{"title":"Pollen fertility at different flowering times and its effect on seed setting of some bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) varieties in Ho Chi Minh city","authors":"Dang Thai Phuong Phan, Thuy Duong Nguyen, Van Ba Vu","doi":"10.31276/vjst.66(2).39-43","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31276/vjst.66(2).39-43","url":null,"abstract":"In the hybridisation process, pollen grains directly participate in the process through flower pollination. Pollen grain quality determines fruit formation and seed setting. In this study, the pollen grains of the local bitter gourd variety (BD2) and F1 commercial variety were collected at 8 different flowering times (8-11h30) for fertility evaluation in the 2020 Spring-Winter crop season in Ho Chi Minh city. Self-pollinate the 2 varieties over 8-9 hours to evaluate their ability to set seeds. The obtained results indicated that the local variety (BD2) had the highest fertility pollen (61.26%) at 08:30 am and the lowest (46.22%) at 9:00 am. Meanwhile, the F1 commercial variety showed the highest fertility pollen (94.05%) at 11:30 am and the lowest (79.58%) at 8:00 am. The fertility of variety BD2 is 60.21%, resulting in 33.50 seeds per fruit in which the percentage of mature seed is 71.72%. Similarly, the commercial variety found the pollen fertility is 85.55%, resulting in 11.25 seeds per fruit in which the percentage of mature seeds is 84.90%. This information is useful for bitter gourd hybridisation.","PeriodicalId":18650,"journal":{"name":"Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam","volume":"35 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140432902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The Bien Le, T. Hoang, Thi Nhu Mai Nguyen, Dac Khai Hoang, Manh Cuong Do, Hoai Phong Truong, Quoc-Luan Vu, Van The Vinh Bui, T. Duong
{"title":"In vitro morphogenesis, antioxidant enzyme activity and secondary compound accumulation of Phyllanthus amarus under Clinostat 2D condition","authors":"The Bien Le, T. Hoang, Thi Nhu Mai Nguyen, Dac Khai Hoang, Manh Cuong Do, Hoai Phong Truong, Quoc-Luan Vu, Van The Vinh Bui, T. Duong","doi":"10.31276/vjst.66(2).49-54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31276/vjst.66(2).49-54","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, 4-week-old internodes of in vitroPhyllanthus amarus with 1 cm in length were cut in a half longitudinal section and cultured under 2D clinostat and control conditions to evaluate in vitro morphogenesis, antioxidant enzyme activity and secondary compound accumulation. The results showed that 34.33% of explants induced callus and 65.67% of explants formed adventitious root under 2D clinostat compared with 100% explants induced callus under control after 4 weeks of culture. In addition, the fresh and dry weights of callus clusters (792.00 and 79.17 mg, respectively) under 2D clinostat were higher than those under control (313.33 and 30.07 mg, respectively). Superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and phenolic under 2D clinostat were higher than those of control. For hypophyllanthin and phyllanthin, the concentrations in the callus under 2D clinostat condition were higher than control. The hypophyllanthin content in the callus (29.06 μg/g fresh weight) was higher than in the adventitious root (9.03 μg/g fresh weight) under 2D clinostat, while the phyllanthin only obtained in the callus that was absent in the adventitious root.","PeriodicalId":18650,"journal":{"name":"Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam","volume":"28 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140431961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thi Thu Hien Phan, Thi Kim Anh Nguyen, T. Le, Thi Thuy Hang Vu
{"title":"In vitro rapid multiplication of two ancient gerbera varieties (Gerbera jamesonii Bolus)","authors":"Thi Thu Hien Phan, Thi Kim Anh Nguyen, T. Le, Thi Thuy Hang Vu","doi":"10.31276/vjst.66(2).66-74","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31276/vjst.66(2).66-74","url":null,"abstract":"Gerbera buds are double sterilised, the clean sample rate is up to 90% (ancient yellow gerbera daisies) and 92% (ancient pink gerbera daisies). With the medium supplemented with 1.5 mg/l BAP and 2 mg/l TDZ, the yellow gerbera daisy variety obtained a regeneration rate of 52.17%, the number of regenerated buds was 5 buds/sample. Ancient pink gerbera daisies have a regeneration rate of 53.85%, the number of regenerated buds was 6 buds/sample. When using 1.5 mg/l IBA combined with 2 mg/l BA, the gerbera daisies obtained a bud formation rate of 44.45% with an average number of 5 buds/sample; ancient pink gerbera daisies achieved a high bud formation rate of 46.15%, with an average number of 6 buds/sample. Media with 0.05 mg/l NAA and 0.3 mg/l IBA produced 6-7 roots, about 2.5 cm in length; the temperature of 20-25oC was most suitable for rooting in 2 varieties of gerbera daisy. After forming roots, the plantlets were planted in a substrate consisting of 50% sand + 30% soil + 20% smoked rice husks. The survival rate after 8 weeks and the height of the ancient yellow gerbera daisies and ancient pink gerbera daisies reached 98.26%, 14.8 cm, 99.05%, and 12.6 cm, respectively.","PeriodicalId":18650,"journal":{"name":"Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam","volume":"19 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140433180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thi Ngoc Lan Nguyen, Hoang Bich Nga Le, Thanh Huyen Tran, Thi Thuy Quynh Tran
{"title":"Validation of the blood glucose testing method on the Accu-chek Inform II","authors":"Thi Ngoc Lan Nguyen, Hoang Bich Nga Le, Thanh Huyen Tran, Thi Thuy Quynh Tran","doi":"10.31276/vjst.66(1).68-74","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31276/vjst.66(1).68-74","url":null,"abstract":"Blood glucose testing, including capillary blood glucose, is the recommended test for the diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes treatment. Currently, capillary blood glucose testing is performed on point-of-care testing (POCT) with reasonable cost, fast time, convenience, supporting timely diagnosis and treatment. However, in order to select POCT devices that meet quality standards, it is necessary to strictly control the laboratory. Object and method: Confirmation of the capillary blood sugar testing method on the Accu-chek Inform II (Acc-II) machine including the following indicators: accuracy, precision, linear range, comparison of test results according to the recommendations of the Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) (EP15A3, EP06A, EP09A3). The authors compared results on the testing machine in the central laboratory (Cobas 8000) of blood glucose testing on the POCT machine with the results of whole capillary blood, whole venous blood, and plasma venous samples. Results: Precision, accuracy, and linearity were confirmed as published. The linear range of the method is from 1.6 to 31 mmol/l. The difference between capillary blood glucose pairs and plasma venous glucose, whole blood venous glucose on Accu-chek Inform II and plasma venous blood glucose on Cobas 8000 machine are 6.89, -8.62, and -10.97%, respectively.","PeriodicalId":18650,"journal":{"name":"Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam","volume":"123 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140495497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}