{"title":"Identification of sesquiterpene aldehydes as volatile antifungal compounds in Phaeolepiota aurea culture filtrate.","authors":"Kota Seki, Tomoya Tanaka, Emiko Shimoda, Shinji Tanio, Ryo C Yanagita, Tsugumi Miyazaki, Kento Tokumoto, Toshiaki Tazawa, Kumiko Osaki-Oka, Atsushi Ishihara","doi":"10.1093/bbb/zbae125","DOIUrl":"10.1093/bbb/zbae125","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The culture filtrate extract of golden bootleg (Phaeolepiota aurea) exhibited strong antifungal activity in a bioassay for volatile compounds. Purification of active compounds through silica gel column chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography isolated two compounds, 1 and 2, with molecular weights of 234 and 259, respectively, as confirmed by mass spectrometry. Nuclear magnetic resonance analysis identified these compounds as new sesquiterpenoids with the α-bourbonene skeleton. Both compounds had an aldehyde group, while 2 possessed a cyanohydrin group. These compounds were named phaeolep aldehydes A (1) and B (2). Phaeolep aldehyde A inhibited hyphae elongation of Penicillium citrinum, Aspergillus niger, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and Alternaria brassicicola at 10 ppm, but did not exhibit any antibacterial activity. In contrast, phaeolep aldehyde B exhibited potent inhibitory effects on the spore germination of Pe. citrinum, achieving 58.2% inhibition at 0.25 ppm, outperforming phaeolep aldehyde A, which exhibited 25.7% inhibition at 10 ppm.</p>","PeriodicalId":9175,"journal":{"name":"Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"1395-1402"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142139276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decomposition of brown algae in the ocean by microbiota: biological insights for recycling blue carbon.","authors":"Natsuko Katsuhiro, Kanomi Sato, Ryuichi Takase, Shigeyuki Kawai, Kohei Ogura, Wataru Hashimoto","doi":"10.1093/bbb/zbae126","DOIUrl":"10.1093/bbb/zbae126","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Brown algae are one of the most abundant biomasses on Earth. To recycle them as blue carbon sources, an effective decomposition system is necessary. This study focused on microorganisms present in seawater that decompose brown algae which contain laminarin and alginate. Where Undaria and Sargassum spp. were present, genera Psychromonas, Psychrobacter, and Pseudoalteromonas were predominant in seawater, while genera Arcobacter and Fusobacterium increased in abundance during the process of decomposition. The inoculation of Undaria samples into laminarin-minimal media led to a predominance of Pseudoalteromonas species. A Pseudoalteromonas isolate, identified as Pseudoalteromonas distincta, possesses genes encoding a putative laminarinase, polysaccharide lyase family 6 (PL6) alginate lyases, and a PL7 alginate lyase. The culture media of P. distincta contained no monosaccharides, suggesting the rapid conversion of polysaccharides to metabolites. These findings indicated that Pseudoalteromonas species play a major role in the decomposition of brown algae and affect the microbiota associated with them.</p>","PeriodicalId":9175,"journal":{"name":"Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"1487-1495"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142139275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Toward Nanoscale Structural and Chemical Analysis of Microbial Surfaces.","authors":"Ryo Kato, Keisuke Miyazawa, Takumi Imura, Takeo Minamikawa","doi":"10.1093/bbb/zbae176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bbb/zbae176","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Microbial surfaces play a critical role in various biological processes including cell adhesion and biofilm formation. Understanding these surfaces at the nanoscale is essential for both fundamental and applied microbiology. This review explores recent advancements in nanoscale structural and chemical analyses of microbial surfaces, with a focus on vibrational spectroscopy, such as Raman spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy. The review also discusses current challenges of these techniques, including variability in sample preparation and the reproducibility of data, and highlights future directions in nanoscale analysis that could lead to new insights in microbial physiology, antimicrobial resistance, and biofilm research.</p>","PeriodicalId":9175,"journal":{"name":"Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142692736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diffusion of adzuki bean (Vigna angularis) oligomeric polyphenols from seed coats to cotyledons during boiling.","authors":"Yutaka Aoyama, Kaoru Masuda, Satoko Mitsui, Takuya Yokoi","doi":"10.1093/bbb/zbae142","DOIUrl":"10.1093/bbb/zbae142","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adzuki beans (Vigna angularis) are major legumes in East Asia, commonly used in traditional Japanese confections in the form of a paste. Although various types of polyphenols are present in seed coats, there are no reports on the diffusion of polyphenols to cotyledons during boiling. This study revealed that oligomeric polyphenols-such as dimeric and more proanthocyanidins-diffused more easily from seed coats to cotyledons than monomeric polyphenols-such as (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin-during heating. Microscopy suggested that diffusing polyphenols were bound to cotyledon proteins. Furthermore, bound polyphenols, poorly extracted by ethanol and acetone, contributed to the 1,1- diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical-scavenging activity of cooked cotyledons. Thus, smooth adzuki bean paste, made by boiling adzuki beans and removing the seed coats, contains oligomeric polyphenols that contribute to its antioxidant activity. By clarifying further physiological activities of polyphenols diffused through cotyledons, adzuki bean paste can be a potential functional ingredient.</p>","PeriodicalId":9175,"journal":{"name":"Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"1453-1464"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142399414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epidermal growth factor induces the initiation of epithelial mesenchymal transition in high-density colorectal cancer cell culture.","authors":"Yuuri Take, Fumi Yoshida, Ryo Tanaka, Yusuke Nakanishi, Kyoko Takahashi","doi":"10.1093/bbb/zbae132","DOIUrl":"10.1093/bbb/zbae132","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a step in the process through which colorectal cancer cells metastasize by gaining the cellular mobility associated with mesenchymal cells. However, whether the EMT occurs in cells tightly bound to each other remains largely unknown. In this study, we examined the dual influence of intercellular contact and epidermal growth factor (EGF) signaling on the induction of EMT in SW480 human colon carcinoma cells. Stimulation of densely cultured SW480 cells with EGF initiated partial EMT, following which E-cadherin levels were reduced. In these cells, the transcriptional repression of E-cadherin was caused by ZEB1 binding to its promoter region. EGF signaling did not directly induce ZEB1 mRNA upregulation but contributed to ZEB1 protein stability by regulating proteasomal degradation. Our findings indicate that EGF can induce EMT in colorectal cancer cells in the presence of cell-cell contact and may be a potential therapeutic target for metastasis.</p>","PeriodicalId":9175,"journal":{"name":"Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"1442-1448"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142307147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GUARD CELL HYDROGEN PEROXIDE-RESISTANT1 functions upstream of reactive carbonyl species production in Arabidopsis guard-cell abscisic acid signaling.","authors":"Oumayma Shaiek, Huifei Yin, Nodoka Uesako, Md Moshiul Islam, Mohammad Saidur Rhaman, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Yoshimasa Nakamura, Shintaro Munemasa, Jun'ichi Mano, Yoshiyuki Murata","doi":"10.1093/bbb/zbae135","DOIUrl":"10.1093/bbb/zbae135","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>GUARD CELL HYDROGEN PEROXIDE-RESISTANT1 (GHR1), a leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase, is involved in abscisic acid (ABA)-induced stomatal closure. We investigated the role of GHR1 in reactive oxygen species (ROS) signaling for ABA-induced stomatal closure. ABA induced ROS production in wild type (WT) and the ghr1 of Arabidopsis thaliana. Hydrogen peroxide induced stomatal closure, accompanying the generation of acrolein in guard cells. The reactive carbonyl species (RCS) scavengers inhibited the ABA- and H2O2-induced stomatal closure in WT. In the ghr1, H2O2 failed to induce acrolein production and stomatal closure while RCS induced stomatal closure. Thus, GHR1 functions downstream of ROS and is required for the generation of RCS in guard-cell ABA signaling. In the ghr1, Ca2+ induced stomatal closure but RCS did not activate ICa channels. The GHR1 may be also involved in a Ca2+-independent pathway for ABA-induced stomatal closure.</p>","PeriodicalId":9175,"journal":{"name":"Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"1403-1410"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142341803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Caenorhabditis elegans as a model host to study effects of lactic acid bacteria and functional food factors.","authors":"Tomomi Komura, Yoshikazu Nishikawa","doi":"10.1093/bbb/zbae172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bbb/zbae172","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Several approaches for regulating health and disease by intestinal bacteria, bacteria isolated from food products, and food factors have been investigated; however, the molecular mechanisms underlying the interactions between these bacteria and their hosts are still unknown. Caenorhabditis elegans is a crucial model for exploring various biological phenomena and has been used in studying intestinal bacteria, mainly in the field of antiaging, anti-amyloid β activity in Alzheimer's disease, and its interaction to hosts. The nematode model is expected to be increasingly utilized for elucidating the interactions of beneficial bacteria or food factors with hosts. Herein, we review anti-aging and suppression of amyloid-β expression in a C. elegans model fed lactic acid bacteria, and our developed methods for orally administering food factors and assessing advanced glycation end products as an aging indicator.</p>","PeriodicalId":9175,"journal":{"name":"Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142692708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miyu Akiyama, Shori Ishikawa, Tetsuya Hosooka, Mari Iwase, Kunitoshi Uchida
{"title":"Preferences for drinking water temperature in mice vary with ambient temperature.","authors":"Miyu Akiyama, Shori Ishikawa, Tetsuya Hosooka, Mari Iwase, Kunitoshi Uchida","doi":"10.1093/bbb/zbae138","DOIUrl":"10.1093/bbb/zbae138","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Temperature detection and temperature preference are critical for the maintenance of thermal homeostasis and protection from noxious temperature. Methods to measure the time spent on plates of different temperatures such as the 2-plate test and thermal-gradient test are generally used to evaluate temperature preference. In this study, we established a temperature preference test that assesses water drinking behavior by modifying the 2-bottle taste preference test. We found that mice in a common-temperature environment of 23 °C avoid drinking water of temperature more than 40 °C. While mice in a common-temperature environment preferred 10 °C and 30 °C water equally, mice in a hot environment at 35 °C preferred 10 °C water to 30 °C water. Moreover, mice in a cold environment of 10 °C preferred to drink 40 °C water compared to 10 °C water. From these results, the temperature preference test that we developed could be used to evaluate temperature preferences owing to the ambient temperature changes.</p>","PeriodicalId":9175,"journal":{"name":"Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry","volume":" ","pages":"1472-1478"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142370999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Androgens suppress the sialyltransferases ST3GAL1 and ST3GAL4 and modulate mucin 10 glycosylation in the submandibular gland, related to sex differences in commensal microbiota composition in mice.","authors":"Mana Deminami, Miku Hashimoto, Hiroki Takahashi, Naoki Harada, Yukari Minami, Tomoya Kitakaze, Wataru Masuda, Shigeo Takenaka, Hiroshi Inui, Ryoichi Yamaji","doi":"10.1093/bbb/zbae175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bbb/zbae175","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sex differences exist in the commensal microbiota that impact on multiple physiological processes in the host. Here, we examined the mechanism by which the sex differences are formed. In addition to the epithelial ductal cell, the acinar cell mass in the submandibular gland was associated with androgen-androgen receptor (AR) signaling. There was a sex difference in the formation of submandibular mucin 10 (MUC10) in SDS-PAGE. Neuraminidase treatment, which hydrolyzes terminal sialic acid, influenced the mobility shift of MUC10. Androgen-AR signaling negatively regulated St3 β-galactoside α-2,3-sialyltransferase 1 (St3gal1) and St3gal4 in the submandibular gland. There was a trend and significant sex differences in α-diversity (Shannon, p=0.09) and β-diversity (unweighted UniFrac) in oral microbiota composition, respectively. Some female-preferring bacteria including Akkermansia muciniphila can assimilate mucin by degrading terminal sialic acids. Our results indicate that androgen-AR signaling suppresses ST3GAL1 and ST3GAL4, which can influence sex differences in commensal microbiota composition.</p>","PeriodicalId":9175,"journal":{"name":"Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142685989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Challenge of validation in whole-cell spike-in amplicon sequencing to comprehensively quantify food lactic acid bacteriota.","authors":"Mugihito Oshiro, Keisuke Nakamura, Yukihiro Tashiro","doi":"10.1093/bbb/zbae173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/bbb/zbae173","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) shape diverse communities in fermented foods. Developing comprehensive quantification methods for community structure will revolutionize our understanding of food LAB microbiome. For this purpose, 16S rRNA gene amplicon-based quantification, using spiked exogenous bacterial cells as an internal standard, shows potential for comprehensiveness and accuracy. We validated cell spike-in amplicon sequencing for quantifying LAB communities in food. Low efficiency of LAB DNA extraction underscores the importance of compensating for DNA loss by spiking internal standard cells. Quantitative equations generated using 15 selected LAB mock species showed positive relationships between the ratio of MiSeq read counts and the expected 16S rRNA gene copy numbers, with coefficients of determination (R2) ≥ 0.6823. The fold differences between observed and expected 16S copy numbers were within the range of one-third to three-fold. Our validation highlights that accurate preparation of the LAB mock community is crucial for cell spike-in amplicon sequencing accuracy.</p>","PeriodicalId":9175,"journal":{"name":"Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142685990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}