ProtoplasmaPub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.1007/s00709-025-02073-x
Shobhon Paul, Pallabi Saha, Adinpunya Mitra
{"title":"Deciphering histochemical and ultrastructural features of calyx nectaries to understand the secretory process in two species of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae).","authors":"Shobhon Paul, Pallabi Saha, Adinpunya Mitra","doi":"10.1007/s00709-025-02073-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-025-02073-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Calyx nectaries are common secretory structures in Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae) that play an important role in plant indirect defence. These structures possess intricate morphological and anatomical features that are associated with the secretion physiology. This study intended to elucidate the structurally homologous calyx nectary glands of two Clerodendrum species that undergo morphological and anatomical changes facilitating nectar secretion. The morpho-anatomical, histochemical and ultrastructural features of the calyx nectary glands in two Clerodendrum species, viz., C. chinense and C. infortunatum, were studied throughout floral maturation stages using light and electron microscopy. The flower calyx possesses distinct disc-shaped patelliform nectary glands with different morphologies in both species. Histological analyses revealed distinct tissue regions in the nectary glands in both species. The nectary glands showed well-defined palisade-like secretory epidermis bounded by cuticular covering, lipid-rich intermediate layer, nectary parenchyma with prominent vascular bundles and photosynthetically active sub-nectary parenchyma tissue. Ultrastructural analysis revealed the presence of dense cytoplasm with a large number of mitochondria and chloroplasts in the nectariferous region in both species. Starch granules were found to be present within the chloroplasts and leucoplasts, and their depletion was noted in both the species, more prominently in C. infortunatum, suggesting their possible role in nectar biosynthesis. Anatomically, the calyx nectaries in both species were shown to be homologous and conserved which showed differential changes in both cell and tissue levels throughout floral maturation. Synthesis of nectar components in the nectary parenchyma supplemented with vascular supply and their regulation by hydrophobic barrier could shed light on the nectar biosynthesis and secretion process. Also understanding these nectary structures in taxonomic groups can provide valuable insights into phylogenetic relationships within the genus.</p>","PeriodicalId":20731,"journal":{"name":"Protoplasma","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144174610","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}
ProtoplasmaPub Date : 2025-05-24DOI: 10.1007/s00709-025-02074-w
Tarun Halder, Biswajit Ghosh
{"title":"Solanum villosum Mill. an underutilized plant: establishment of hairy root culture and enhanced production of solasodine after elicitor treatment.","authors":"Tarun Halder, Biswajit Ghosh","doi":"10.1007/s00709-025-02074-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-025-02074-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Solanum villosum Mill. is an underutilized traditional medicinal plant of the Solanaceae family. Solasodine is a steroidal glycoalkaloid chemical compound; it is an important secondary metabolite in this species and is widely utilized in various pharmaceutical industries due to its bioactive properties. The study aims to establish a hairy root culture and investigate the effects of biotic and abiotic elicitors on enhancing the production of the bioactive compound solasodine from the elite hairy root line. The results indicated that various strains of Agrobacterium rhizogenes (A4, LBA9402, ATCC 15834, and MTCC 532) exhibited differing potentials in inducing hairy roots on leaf explants. The integration of different genes (rolA, rolB, rolC, rolD, aux1, ags, and virD1) of Ri plasmid in hairy root culture was confirmed by PCR-based analysis. The maximum transformation efficiency (84.39 ± 1.57%) was observed in the A4 strain. The HPLC analysis was performed and out of the various established hairy root lines, the SVTR-19 (Solanum villosum Transformed Root-Line-19) hairy root line induced by the A4 strain accumulated the highest amount of solasodine content (0.691 ± 0.046 mg g<sup>‒1</sup> DW). The optimum accumulation of solasodine (15.325 ± 0.024 mg g<sup>‒1</sup> DW) was observed in the hairy roots elicited with 7.5 mg l<sup>‒1</sup> methyl jasmonate after 6 days of treatment. The results suggest that elicitation could effectively enhance solasodine production in S. villosum hairy root cultures.</p>","PeriodicalId":20731,"journal":{"name":"Protoplasma","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144136362","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}
{"title":"Glucose consumption and uptake in HepG2 cells is improved by aqueous extracts from leaves, but not rhizomes, of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile via GLUT-4 upregulation.","authors":"Giulia Abruscato, Roberta Tarantino, Manuela Mauro, Roberto Chiarelli, Aiti Vizzini, Vincenzo Arizza, Mirella Vazzana, Claudio Luparello","doi":"10.1007/s00709-025-02076-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-025-02076-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The endemic Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica is a valuable source of natural bioactive compounds that possess significant therapeutic potential. Here, we examined whether aqueous extracts of rhizomes (RE) and green leaves (GLE) of P. oceanica could exert a glucose-lowering effect on the HepG2 cell line, chosen as an in vitro model of liver cells. We assessed glucose uptake and storage, expression levels of GLUT-2 and -4 transporters and the exposure of the latter one at cell surface, as well as modulation of the expression, synthesis and/or activation of the GLUT2-transcription factor hepatocyte nuclear factor-1 alpha (HNF1α), and insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1), AKT and protein kinase Cζ (PKCζ), which regulate GLUT-4 translocation. Glucose consumption/uptake and glycogen storage were increased with exposure to GLE alone. Furthermore, at the molecular level GLE-induced upregulation of (i) IRS-1, AKT, and PKCζ activation levels, (ii) GLUT-4 translation levels, and (iii) GLUT-4 exposure on the cell surface. Conversely, GLUT-2 protein was downregulated. Therefore, the application of the aqueous extract of green leaves of P. oceanica may be suitable for the development of new treatment agents or dietary supplements for diabetes mellitus acting through GLUT-4 mediated glucose import.</p>","PeriodicalId":20731,"journal":{"name":"Protoplasma","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144142970","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}
ProtoplasmaPub Date : 2025-05-23DOI: 10.1007/s00709-025-02075-9
Wensheng Wang, Hua Wu, Jinming Li, Zixin Chen, Jiayi Liu, Enron Xu, Abdallah A Hassanin, Siddiq Ur Rahman, Lin Chen, Runtao Zheng
{"title":"The effect of anthocyanin extract from Lycium ruthenicum Murray on intestinal barrier function in Bamei ternary pigs.","authors":"Wensheng Wang, Hua Wu, Jinming Li, Zixin Chen, Jiayi Liu, Enron Xu, Abdallah A Hassanin, Siddiq Ur Rahman, Lin Chen, Runtao Zheng","doi":"10.1007/s00709-025-02075-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-025-02075-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The intestinal barrier is a critical defense against external pathogens and plays a central role in immune regulation and nutrient absorption. Oxidative stress and chronic inflammation in high-altitude environments can exacerbate the damage to the intestinal barrier in Baimei ternary pigs. Anthocyanin extract of Lycium ruthenicum Murray (AEL), has garnered widespread attention due to its rich anthocyanin flavonoid content, which exhibits antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. These properties help alleviate inflammation and oxidative stress, thereby enhancing gut function in animals. Based on this, the study employed Bamei ternary pigs and supplemented their basic diet with varying concentrations of AEL to investigate its impact on gut barrier function. The results demonstrated that AEL inhibited key factors of the intestinal Toll-like receptor pathway, including Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88), tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated protein 6 (TRAF6), and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), affecting gene transcription and protein expression levels. This led to a reduction in pro-inflammatory cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), an increase in anti-inflammatory IL-10 production, and improved antioxidant capacity by enhancing total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity, while decreasing malondialdehyde (MDA) production. Additionally, AEL improved intestinal morphology and facilitated the transcription and expression of tight junction proteins, including zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1), claudin-1 (CLDN-1), and occludin (OCLN). AEL also elevated the transcription levels of mucin 1 (MUC1) and mucin 2 (MUC2), as well as the secretion levels of polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR) and secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA), while increased the number of intestinal goblet cells. Furthermore, dietary supplementation with AEL altered the structure of the intestinal microbiota, enhancing the abundance of beneficial bacterial genera such as Verrucomicrobiaceae, Rikenellaceae, Butyricicoccaceae, UCG-005、Rikenellaceae_RC9_gut_group、norank_f_Ruminococcaceae、Eubacterium_oxidoreducens_group, thereby promoting the production of intestinal short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs). In conclusion, AEL inhibits the Toll-like receptor pathway, reduces the production of inflammatory factors, enhances antioxidant levels, improves intestinal morphology and microbiota structure,, thereby reinforcing intestinal barrier function.</p>","PeriodicalId":20731,"journal":{"name":"Protoplasma","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144132802","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}
{"title":"Anatomical and histological descriptions of the alimentary system, salivary gland, and Malpighian tubules of Legnotus limbosus, the bordered shieldbug (Geoffroy, 1785) (Heteroptera: Cydnidae)-light and electron microscopic studies.","authors":"Nurcan Özyurt Koçakoğlu, Hicret Arslan, Selami Candan","doi":"10.1007/s00709-025-02077-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-025-02077-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We reported the histological and anatomical analyses of Legnotus limbosus's alimentary and excretory system using stereomicroscope, light and electron microscopy. As a result of the obtained data, the digestive tract of L. limbosus has three main parts: fore, mid, and hindgut. The salivary gland and gastric caeca are structures that assist digestion. The salivary gland is a pair consisting of the principal and accessory salivary glands. The foregut has the pharynx and esophagus. The pharynx structure is located immediately after the mouth and continues with the esophagus as a thin, long canal. The esophagus connects to the ventriculus 1 (V1). The midgut consists of three parts: V1, V2, and V3. The V1 and V2 have a single layer of cylindrical epithelium. However, the proximal and distal parts of V3 have cylindrical epithelium, while the lateral part exhibits a cuboidal form. The ileum and rectum make up the hindgut. The first has a cylindrical epithelium; the second has a squamous epithelium. The two pairs of Malpighian tubules, which are attached to the midgut-hindgut junction, are responsible for excretion and osmoregulation. Crystals with a deltoid shape are seen in the lumen of the Malpighian tubule and the rectum. This study is the first on the digestive and excretory system morphology of the Cydnidae family and will make significant contributions to studies on this subject in the Heteroptera, including this family.</p>","PeriodicalId":20731,"journal":{"name":"Protoplasma","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144120674","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}
{"title":"Cellular nitro-oxidative burden and survival through regulated cell death in the plants.","authors":"Swapnil Ombale, Mansi Bhatt, Anand Krishna Tiwari, Abhishek Sharma, Budhi Sagar Tiwari","doi":"10.1007/s00709-025-02071-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-025-02071-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Throughout the life of a plant, generations of different forms of reactive oxygen (ROS) and nitrogen species (RNS) are derived as a by-product of metabolic events. The quantum of ROS and RNS becomes higher once a plant encounters a perturbed situation either through biotic or abiotic factor. As each of reactive species is harmful to the cells beyond certain optimal level, it requires a mechanism to detoxify RONS induced cellular toxicity. For the purpose cell has instituted highly organized multi-layered defense mechanisms. In the first layer of defense, cell produces different antioxidant enzymes and non-enzyme molecules. Once generated, ROS and RNS become beyond the detoxification capacity of cellular antioxidant pool, another strategy comes into the operation wherein a few targeted cells undergo self-autolysis progression known as programmed cell death (PCD). The process of PCD has been partially dissected in plants emphasizing either under amplified ROS or RNS condition. However, there are evidences for reaction between species of ROS and RNS. It is unequivocally evident that superoxide has tendency to react with nitric oxide giving rise to a very potential oxidant called peroxynitrite that has ability to nitrosylate several biomolecules thus, altering cellular fate. This suggests that cellular damage caused by reactive species of nitrogen and oxygen is not only an outcome of accumulation of individual species of ROS and RNS, but a combinatorial product of ROS and RNS may have a key role to play. In this review, we intend to advocate role of cellular nitro-oxidative condition in PCD in plants.</p>","PeriodicalId":20731,"journal":{"name":"Protoplasma","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144043782","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}
ProtoplasmaPub Date : 2025-05-06DOI: 10.1007/s00709-025-02072-y
Mesut Sirri, Damla Amutkan Mutlu
{"title":"Characteristic of the excretory system in Cassida palaestina Reiche, 1858 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae).","authors":"Mesut Sirri, Damla Amutkan Mutlu","doi":"10.1007/s00709-025-02072-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-025-02072-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Malpighian tubules are well-known and studied as the principal excretory organs in most insects. They play a key role in the production of primary urine and osmoregulation. It works with the rectum while regulating the water and salt balance in the body. The distal ends of the tubules are found in contact with the wall of the rectum in insects that feed on dry substances or live in a nearly dry environment and therefore, need to retain water: that is an arrangement known as a cryptonephric system. In this study, Cassida palaestina Reiche, 1858 is a beetle species belonging to the order Coleoptera was used as material, and the morphological features of the Malpighian tubules of this species were examined using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The four cryptonephric Malpighian tubules of C. palaestina are found at the junction of the midgut and hindgut. The apical surface of tubule cells is surrounded by numerous microvilli. The cytoplasm of tubule cells fills with granules of many different sizes. Here, we reported our observations on the cryptonephridial complex in C. palaestina, and this study is almost the first study to examine the structure of the excretory system of the genus Cassida. Insights into the structure of the cryptonephridial complex of this species are compared with the well-studied cryptonephridial complexes of Cucujiformia. The findings were found to be quite similar to those of other species studied in the literature (with the structure of the Malpighian tubules of insects within the same order and from different orders). These data are the basis for future morphological studies. At the same time, the presence or absence of the cryptonephridial complex among species in the Cucujiformia infraorder, which C. palaestina is a part of, helps to understand the phylogenetic relationship.</p>","PeriodicalId":20731,"journal":{"name":"Protoplasma","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144009246","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}
ProtoplasmaPub Date : 2025-05-02DOI: 10.1007/s00709-025-02070-0
Nour Fathalli, Imene Rajhi, Rim Jouini, Ghassen Abid, Samiha Mejri, Abdelwahed Ghorbel, Robert K Jansen, Rim Nefissi Ouertani
{"title":"Effect of salt stress on K<sup>+</sup>/Na<sup>+</sup> homeostasis, osmotic adjustment, and expression profiles of high-affinity potassium transporter (HKT) genes.","authors":"Nour Fathalli, Imene Rajhi, Rim Jouini, Ghassen Abid, Samiha Mejri, Abdelwahed Ghorbel, Robert K Jansen, Rim Nefissi Ouertani","doi":"10.1007/s00709-025-02070-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-025-02070-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Salt stress is one of the major threats affecting crop yield. We assessed the behaviour of three barley genotypes, Ardhaoui, Manel, and Testour under 200 mM NaCl with the aim of evaluating the physiological and molecular mechanisms involved in barley salinity tolerance. Results revealed that salinity stress significantly decreases plant growth and water-holding capacity, particularly in the salt-sensitive genotype Testour. Tissue ionic content assessment demonstrated significantly distinct salinity-induced responses. The salt-tolerant genotype Ardhaoui accumulated more K<sup>+</sup> and less Na<sup>+</sup> content in both leaves and roots compared with the two other genotypes, leading to an increased K<sup>+</sup>/Na<sup>+</sup> ratio. Furthermore, the genotype Ardhaoui exhibited a stronger selectivity transport capacity of K<sup>+</sup> over Na<sup>+</sup> from root to leaf compared to both Manel and Testour. This effect was due to enhanced K⁺ retention and Na⁺ exclusion, regulated by HvHKT expression. Indeed, higher HvHKT2;1 gene transcript abundance was detected in both leaves and roots of the Ardhaoui genotype, as well as an upregulation of HvHKT1;1 and HvHKT1, mainly in Ardhaoui roots. In view of the severe impact of salinity on plant development, these findings could be applied to the genetic improvement of plant salinity tolerance.</p>","PeriodicalId":20731,"journal":{"name":"Protoplasma","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143977782","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}
ProtoplasmaPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-01-11DOI: 10.1007/s00709-024-02026-w
Pooja Singh, Dewasya P Singh, Manish K Patel, Monika Binwal, Amit Kaushik, Maneesha Mall, Mridula Sahu, Puja Khare, Karuna Shanker, Dnyaneshwar U Bawankule, Velusamy Sundaresan, Daya N Mani, Ashutosh K Shukla
{"title":"Vindoline is a key component of Catharanthus roseus leaf juice extract prepared through an Ayurveda-based method for ameliorating insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes.","authors":"Pooja Singh, Dewasya P Singh, Manish K Patel, Monika Binwal, Amit Kaushik, Maneesha Mall, Mridula Sahu, Puja Khare, Karuna Shanker, Dnyaneshwar U Bawankule, Velusamy Sundaresan, Daya N Mani, Ashutosh K Shukla","doi":"10.1007/s00709-024-02026-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00709-024-02026-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Catharanthus roseus leaves have been traditionally described to possess potent antidiabetic activity and some leaf-specific alkaloids, including vindoline, have been studied for their antidiabetic potential. The aim of the present study was to validate the antidiabetic property of the plant with special reference to vindoline. An Ayurveda-based method was used to prepare the Swaras [leaf juice extract (LJE)] of three familial C. roseus genotypes differing in their vindoline content [CIM-Sushil (CS) > Dhawal (D) > Nirmal (N)]. In vivo experiments using LJE were performed in Charles Foster rats, whereby metformin (M100, 100 mg/kg BW) and vindoline (V20, 20 mg/kg BW) were used for comparison. OGTT-based screening for LJE doses (N100, N300, N500, D100, D200, D300, CS100, CS200, CS300 mg/kg BW) was carried out. Further analysis of the effective doses (D100, D200, D300, CS100, CS200, CS300) in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats indicated highest blood glucose depletion in D300 (52.51%) and CS200 (64.55%) together with V20 (56.96%) on the 14th day. CS-LJE was found to be safe up to 2000 mg/kg BW. The role of LJE/vindoline in maintaining glucose homeostasis in liver was found to be mediated through the expression of insulin pathway genes (IRS-1, PI3K, AKT, GLUT2). TNF-α-induced insulin resistance in L6 skeletal muscle cells was used to analyze the effect of LJE/vindoline through glucose uptake assay and expression analysis of insulin pathway genes (IRS-1, PI3K, AKT, GLUT4). The results indicated that the antidiabetic effect of LJE/vindoline is mediated through activation of IRS/PI3K/AKT/GLUT signaling pathway.</p>","PeriodicalId":20731,"journal":{"name":"Protoplasma","volume":" ","pages":"667-681"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142966549","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}
{"title":"SQSTM1/p62 predicts prognosis and upregulates the transcription of CCND1 to promote proliferation in mantle cell lymphoma.","authors":"Shuxia Zhang, Feichao Huang, Jin Wang, Ruolan You, Qiqi Huang, Yuanzhong Chen","doi":"10.1007/s00709-024-02023-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00709-024-02023-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a rare, highly invasive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The main pathogenesis of MCL is associated with the formation of the IgH/CCND1 fusion gene and nuclear overexpression of cyclin D1, which accelerates the cell cycle, leading to tumorigenesis. The prognosis with current standard chemotherapy is still unsatisfactory. SQSTM1/p62 is a multifunctional adaptor that plays an important role in various tumors. Here, we found that the expression of p62 in MCL tissues was higher than that in hyperplastic lymphadenitis patients. Patients with low p62 expression in MCL cells had better overall survival and progression-free survival rates than those with high expression (p = 0.024 and p = 0.025, respectively). Multivariate Cox analysis indicated that the calculated death risk (hazard ratio [HR]) in patients with high expression levels of p62 increased to 2.742 (95% confidence interval (CI) of 1.268-5.852, p = 0.01), which was higher than those with low levels. Silencing p62 impaired Jeko-1 and Granta519 cell proliferation while downregulating CCND1 mRNA and protein expression, thereby inducing G0/G1 cell cycle arrest. However, silencing p62 does not affect the fusion of IgH and CCND1. Luciferase reporter gene analysis and chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis demonstrated that p62 may regulate CCND1 gene expression through Nrf2. These results provide evidence that p62 can predict poor prognosis in MCL. The precise targeting of p62 therapy reduces the promoting effect of Nrf2 on CCND1, thereby preventing cell cycle progression and effectively inhibiting tumor proliferation. Therefore, p62 may provide a potential target for MCL.</p>","PeriodicalId":20731,"journal":{"name":"Protoplasma","volume":" ","pages":"635-647"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142953977","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}