{"title":"Genome-wide identification of the bHLH transcription factor family and the regulatory roles of PbbHLH74 in response to drought stress in Phoebe bournei.","authors":"Ningning Fu, Li Wang, Qinglin Sun, Qiguang Wang, Yuting Zhang, Xiao Han, Qi Yang, Wenjun Ma, Zaikang Tong, Junhong Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137760","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137760","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Phoebe species constitute a large portion of subtropical forestry, which are key players in biomass resources. However, abiotic stresses such as drought stress severely limit the growth and development of P. bournei, and even lead to its death. It has been shown that basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) as the second largest transcription factor family plays essential roles in response to multiple stresses in plants. However, little information of bHLH family is available in P. bournei. In this study, 130 PbbHLHs were identified and classified into 24 subfamilies. Then, the bHLH domain, conserved motifs and gene structures, evolutionary patterns and protein structural features were probed. The expression levels of 17 PbbHLHs were differentially induced by PEG and ABA by RT-qPCR analysis, indicating that they may be involved in drought stress response. Characterization of the drought candidate gene PbbHLH74 showed that it was transcriptionally active and localized in the nucleus. Heterologous transformation of PbbHLH74 into yeast improved cellular tolerance to drought stress. Meanwhile, overexpression of PbbHLH74 in Arabidopsis showed higher seed germination, plant biomass and expression levels of stress-related genes under drought conditions. Through the hairy root technique, overexpression of PbbHLH74 in P. bournei improved drought tolerance by enhancing root development and expression levels of genes involved in ABA-dependent and ROS scavenging pathways. Moreover, PbbHLH74 might positively regulate the expression of PbPOD by Y1H and dual-luciferase reporter assays. Overall, these results elucidated the structure and evolution of the PbbHLH family, in which PbbHLH74 could be applied to molecular assisted breeding for drought tolerance in P. bournei.</p>","PeriodicalId":333,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biological Macromolecules","volume":" ","pages":"137760"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142666563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hydrolysis rate and mechanism of water-dispersed polyesters with different sulfonate group contents in the cutinase-catalyzed system.","authors":"Jie Wang, Jin Xu, Jiugang Yuan, Xuerong Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137775","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137775","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Water-dispersed polyester (WPET) has irreplaceable and wide application prospects in the textile field, but it is easy to form printing and dyeing wastewater during traditional fabric treatment. In this paper, cutinase-catalyzed green hydrolysis of WPET was achieved. The main purpose of this paper is to study the difference between two PEG-free WPETs with different -SO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup> content in the cutinase-catalyzed hydrolysis process. Differences in solution properties, enzyme activity, SSIPA, and TPA release as well as functional groups and thermal properties of the hydrolysis products of the systems during cutinase hydrolysis were analyzed in detail for 14.1 % S-0 % PEG and 9.5 % S-0 % PEG. Results show that the structure of WPET has an influential effect on its hydrolysis rate in cutinase-catalyzed systems, which mainly originates from the -SO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup> content. SSIPA released by WPET during hydrolysis has an inhibitory effect on cutinase enzyme activity. The hydrolysis process of WPET with higher -SO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup> content releases more SSIPA, which in turn inhibits the enzyme activity of cutinase in the reaction system, ultimately leading to a slower hydrolysis rate of WPET. These findings provide new ideas for cutinase to target WPETs with different structures and are important for the green development of the textile industry.</p>","PeriodicalId":333,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biological Macromolecules","volume":" ","pages":"137775"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142666565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenchen Yu, Junwen Wang, Yi Xiong, Jiaren Liu, Denis Baranenko, Alejandro Cifuentes, Elena Ibañez, Yingchun Zhang, Weihong Lu
{"title":"Impact of Imperata Cylindrica polysaccharide on liver lipid metabolism disorders caused by hyperuricemia.","authors":"Wenchen Yu, Junwen Wang, Yi Xiong, Jiaren Liu, Denis Baranenko, Alejandro Cifuentes, Elena Ibañez, Yingchun Zhang, Weihong Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137592","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137592","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Elevated uric acid levels are associated with lipid metabolism disorders. The effects of Imperata cylindrica polysaccharide (ICPC-a) were explored using a hyperuricemia mouse model and a uric acid-induced HepG2 hepatocyte model. ICPC-a significantly improved total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein levels, and hepatic lipid deposition in hyperuricemia mice. The liver/body weight ratio decreased, and markers of liver damage, inflammation, and dyslipidemia improved. Metabolomics analysis suggested that ICPC-a modulates lipid metabolism by influencing the glycerophospholipid pathway and the enzyme LPCAT3. Stable HepG2 cell lines with knocked-down LPCAT3 were constructed, and Western blot and RT-PCR were used to assess the impact of its knockdown on lipid metabolism under uric acid stimulation. In cells with reduced LPCAT3 expression, ICPC-a was still able to alleviate uric acid-induced lipid accumulation, though the effect was less pronounced compared to cells with normal LPCAT3 levels. However, the effectiveness was diminished compared to cells where LPCAT3 was not knocked down. These findings indicated that LPCAT3 was an important target through which ICPC-a regulated lipid metabolism disorders induced by hyperuricemia. These discoveries emphasized that ICPC-a, as a prebiotic, could modulate hepatic lipid accumulation and inflammation, contributing to the maintenance of hepatic lipid homeostasis.</p>","PeriodicalId":333,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biological Macromolecules","volume":" ","pages":"137592"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142666568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yi Chen, Ting Feng, Yongshuang Li, Cheng Pan, Qunpeng Cheng, Guozhi Fan
{"title":"Biodegradable composites of modified holocellulose, poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate), and polylactic acid: Preparation and properties.","authors":"Yi Chen, Ting Feng, Yongshuang Li, Cheng Pan, Qunpeng Cheng, Guozhi Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137763","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137763","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Holocellulose was extracted from corn cobs by a deep eutectic solvent and modified by various carboxylic acids. The resulting holocellulose esters were further blended with poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) and polylactic acid (PLA) by using a solvent casting method to prepare holocellulose ester/PBAT/PLA composites. The mechanical properties of the composites were affected by the length of the ester side chain of the modified holocellulose. The addition of lauric acid-modified holocellulose, i.e., holocellulose laurate (HCL), effectively improved the compatibility between the components in the composite, and the composite with 4 wt% HCL showed good comprehensive properties. Compared with PBAT/PLA, HCL/PBAT/PLA composite had better mechanical properties, water stability and gas barrier stability, and similar thermal stability. The elongation at break increased by 41.0 %, while the water absorption capacity, water vapor permeability and oxygen permeability decreased significantly. The HCL/PBAT/PLA composite also demonstrated good reprocessability and simulated transport properties. There were no significant changes in the mechanical properties and structure after five cycles of reprocessing and simulated transport, and the mechanical property retention rates were 93.7 % and 95.2 %, respectively. The results showed that modified holocellulose can be used as a toughening agent and filler, which can expand the application of lignocellulose in the field of biodegradable packaging materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":333,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biological Macromolecules","volume":" ","pages":"137763"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142666597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A mechanism of human cytomegalovirus for establishing latency through inhibition of HCMV UL16 expression by hcmv-miR-US33-5p.","authors":"Xiaocen Chang, Yaozhong Shao, Xinyi Wang, Xin Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137798","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137798","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the only beta herpesvirus that can encode microRNA (miRNA). As one of the 26 HCMV miRNAs, hcmv-miR-US33-5p has been reported to inhibit viral DNA synthesis and DNA replication via downregulation of the host gene syntaxin 3. Here, we tested the luciferase activity of 8 other putative target mRNAs of hcmv-miR-US33-5p, which were identified via hybrid PCR, 7 of which decreased following the over expression of hcmv-miRNA-US33-5p. A viral gene, HCMV UL16, was confirmed to be a direct target of hcmv-miR-US33-5p since both luciferase activity and protein levels were decreased by hcmv-miR-US33-5p overexpression. Moreover, by using a reconstituted virus with UL16 deletion, we found that UL16 is not an essential gene for the ability of hcmv-miR-US33-5p to downregulate DNA replication. UL16 plays a critical role in NK cell evasion by sequestering NKG2D ligands in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and reducing their cell surface expression. We demonstrated that over expression of hcmv-miR-US33-5p induced some NKG2D ligands independent of other HCMV genes and decreased the interaction between MICB and UL16. These stimulating NKG2D ligands can be recognized by NKG2D and subsequently activate NK cells. Our results provide insight into the mechanisms by which HCMV promotes latency through the inhibition of UL16 and the stimulation of NKG2D ligand expression by hcmv-miR-US33-5p.</p>","PeriodicalId":333,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biological Macromolecules","volume":" ","pages":"137798"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142666593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiaming Wang, Zhentao Li, Xinru Wu, Zifei Wang, Bin Liang, Yang Gao, Yonggang Dai, Qiong Wu
{"title":"Preparation of Physalis alkekengi L. calyx total flavonoids-chitosan composite film and its effect on preservation of chilled beef.","authors":"Jiaming Wang, Zhentao Li, Xinru Wu, Zifei Wang, Bin Liang, Yang Gao, Yonggang Dai, Qiong Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137768","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137768","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the present study, Physalis alkekengi L. calyx total flavonoids (PCTF) were extracted using the ultrasound-assisted ethanol method and separated and purified using macroporous resin AB-8. Physalis alkekengi L. calyx total flavonoid-chitosan (PCTF-CS) composite films containing 0.05 %, 0.10 % and 0.15 % PCTF were prepared using the purified PCTF laminated with chitosan (CS) and compared with single CS films, respectively, to investigate their mechanical properties, barrier properties, optical properties, microstructure, crystallography, thermal stability, water contact angle, particle size and zeta potential, antioxidant property, antimicrobial property, and preservation effect on chilled beef. The PCTF-CS films with PCTF additions had darker colors and higher mechanical and barrier properties than the CS films. In addition, the addition of PCTF improved the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of the CS films. It enhances the freshness retention of fresh beef, and effectively inhibits the rise of weight loss, pH, total bacteria, total volatile basic nitrogen, and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances in beef, prolonging the shelf life of beef. These results indicate that the addition of PCTF can provide CS films with superior functional properties and bioactivities and that PCTF-CS composite films are a potential and promising packaging material for food preservation.</p>","PeriodicalId":333,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biological Macromolecules","volume":" ","pages":"137768"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142666671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The functional role of N-link glycosylation in a novel cellobiohydrolase II (LsCel6A) from a white-rot fungus Lentinus sp. WR2.","authors":"Jia-En Wang, Lie-Fen Shyur","doi":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137771","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137771","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>White-rot fungi produce a wide spectrum of lignocellulose-degradation enzymes, which can be used in bioenergy, bioremediation, and other industrial applications. This study identified a cellobiohydrolase II (Cel6A, GH6 cellobiohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.91) with high hydrolytic activity toward crystalline cellulose from a white-rot fungus Lentinus sp. WR2. Both native (nLsCel6A) and recombinant (rLsCel6A) enzymes expressed in Pichia pastoris were purified and characterized. Three N-glycosylation sites at Asn<sup>102</sup>, Asn<sup>145</sup>, and Asn<sup>392</sup> containing high-mannose glycans, were confirmed by mass spectrometry. To elucidate the functional role of N-linked glycans, three deglycosylated mutants of rLsCel6A, i.e., N102A, N145A, and N392A, were created and characterized for their biochemical and kinetic properties. While no discernible changes in the secondary structure of the three mutants were determined by circular dichroism spectrometry, deterioration of thermostability was revealed in N392A but not in N102A and N145A. Structure modeling and molecular dynamics analyses revealed that the N-linked glycan on Asn<sup>392</sup> may restrict the flexibility of the C-terminal loop in LsCel6A, affecting the protein integrity and appropriate dynamics for the enzymatic function. In summary, this study identified a novel LsCel6A enzyme with high catalytic activity against insoluble forms of cellulose and demonstrated the role of N-linked glycosylation in the thermostability of the enzyme.</p>","PeriodicalId":333,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biological Macromolecules","volume":" ","pages":"137771"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142666682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zicheng Chen, Kai Xu, Guangyuan Fan, Shuang Ji, Lanhe Zhang
{"title":"Fabrication of hydrophobic cellulosic paper via physical vapor deposition of alkenyl succinic anhydride.","authors":"Zicheng Chen, Kai Xu, Guangyuan Fan, Shuang Ji, Lanhe Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137792","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137792","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While plant fibers are abundant and biodegradable natural polymers, their high hydrophilicity often limits their applicability. To broaden the applicability of plant fiber materials across diverse fields, the present study employed cellulosic paper as a substrate and alkenyl succinic anhydride (ASA) as a low surface free energy material to fabricate a series of hydrophobic cellulosic papers (ASAP, ASA-P@Si, ASA-P@Ca, and ASA-P@Ti) through surface coating and physical vapor deposition of ASA. The results demonstrated that, in comparison to uncoated cellulosic paper, the coated variants exhibited significantly improved hydrophobicity. Notably, ASA-P@Si demonstrated superior hydrophobic performance with a contact angle of 140.90° and a sizing degree of 7.2 s, thereby meeting the requirements for specific fine paper grades. In contrast to the traditional ASA internal sizing process, the method in this study necessitates only approximately one-tenth of the conventional ASA internal sizing agent to achieve or even exceed the hydrophobic properties of paper attainable with ASA inter sizing process. Furthermore, the mechanism through which hydrophobic properties are conferred to paper can be elucidated by its surface roughness and low surface free energy, distinguishing it from the traditional ASA internal sizing approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":333,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biological Macromolecules","volume":" ","pages":"137792"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142666630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lingling Guo, Jiang Pan, Min Yao, Dawei Gao, Ling Lin, Yu Ren, Zhenming Qi, Chunxia Wang
{"title":"Preparation and characterization of self-dispersive and reactive carbon black and its application in cotton fabric.","authors":"Lingling Guo, Jiang Pan, Min Yao, Dawei Gao, Ling Lin, Yu Ren, Zhenming Qi, Chunxia Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137762","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137762","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aims to develop a self-dispersive and reactive carbon black (DRCB) to improve its application in cotton fabric. CB was functionalized with γ-aminopropyl triethoxysilane (KH550) and then grafted with as-synthesized compound to obtain aqueous phase DRCB. FTIR analysis confirmed the successful grafting of as-synthesized compound onto KH550-modified CB surface. The weight grafting of DRCB on DRCB-15 % dyed cotton fabric was approximately 15.18 %, with a half weight grafting time of around 17 min. TEM observation demonstrated that DRCB had a core-shell structure with the mean sizes of 36.02 ± 4.30 nm. Particle size analysis revealed that DRCB had smaller average aggregate size of 110.3 nm and higher zeta potential of -33.7 mV than CB, indicating that DRCB had much better dispersion in aqueous media than CB. Cotton fabric was effectively dyed with DRCB, providing excellent color depth of 60 (K/S value) with dry rubbing and wet rubbing/washing color fastness of Grade 4 and Grade 3, respectively. DRCB dyed cotton fabric exhibited outstanding anti-UV and anti-static properties, with no significant difference in softness and tensile property before and after dyeing. This research proposed a new method to solve nanoparticle agglomeration and prepare textile dyes with excellent self-dispersivity and reactivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":333,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biological Macromolecules","volume":" ","pages":"137762"},"PeriodicalIF":7.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142666669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}