| Efficient Transient Gene Knock-down in Tobacco Plants Using Carbon Nanocarriers
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2021-01-05
[Abstract] Gene knock-down in plants is a useful approach to study genotype-phenotype relationships, render disease resistance to crops, and enable efficient biosynthesis of molecules in plants. Small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated gene silencing is one of the most common ways to achieve gene knock-down in plants. Traditionally, siRNA is delivered into intact plant cells by coding the siRNA sequences into DNA vectors, which are then delivered through viral and/or bacterial methods. In this protocol, we provide an alternative direct delivery method of siRNA molecules into intact plant cells for efficient transient gene knock-down in model tobacco plant, Nicotiana benthamiana, leaves. Our approach uses one dimensional carbon-based nanomaterials, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), to ...
[摘要] [摘要]植物基因敲低是研究基因型与表型关系,提高作物对病害的抵抗力以及实现植物分子高效生物合成的有用方法。小干扰RNA(siRNA)介导的基因沉默是在植物中实现基因敲低的最常见方法之一。传统上,通过将siRNA序列编码到DNA载体中,将siRNA传递到完整的植物细胞中,然后通过病毒和/或细菌方法传递。在这个协议中,我们提供的siRNA分子的替代直接递送方法为完整的植物细胞的高效瞬时根Ë击倒在模型的烟草植物,烟草本塞姆氏烟草,叶子。我们的方法使用一维碳基纳米材料,单壁碳纳米管(SWNTs)来传递siRNA,而不依赖于病毒/细菌的传递。我们方法的独特优势在于:i )不需要对siRNA序列进行DNA编码; ii)与非生物方法相比,这种非生物方法可在更广泛的植物物种中起作用,并且iii)使用非生物递送时,调节并发症更少方法,其中基因沉默是瞬时的,而无需对植物基因组进行永久性修饰。
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[背景技术[ 0002 ]在1990年代初,植物研究人员研究矮牵牛花的着色发现了通过RNA干扰(RNAi)引起的基因沉默(Van der ...
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| Immunohistochemistry of Kidney a-SMA, Collagen 1, and Collagen 3, in A Novel Mouse Model of Reno-cardiac Syndrome
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2020-09-20
[Abstract] Cardiorenal syndrome defines a synergistic pathology of the heart and kidneys where failure of one organ causes failure in the other. The incidence of cardiovascular mortality caused by this syndrome, is 20 fold higher in the end stage renal disease (ESRD) population compared to the population as a whole thus necessitating the need for improved therapeutic strategies to combat reno-cardiac pathologies. Murine in vivo models play a major role in such research permitting precise genetic modification thus reducing miscellany, however presently there is no steadfast model of reno-cardiac syndrome in the most common genetically modified mouse strain, the C57BL/6 mouse. In this study we have modified an established model of chronic renal disease using adenine diet and ...
[摘要] [摘要 ] 心肾综合征定义了心脏和肾脏的协同病理,其中一个器官的衰竭导致另一个器官的衰竭。与整个人群相比,该综合征导致的心血管疾病死亡率在终末期肾脏病(ESRD)人群中要高出20倍,因此有必要改善治疗策略以应对肾病。
小鼠体内模型在允许精确基因修饰从而减少杂项的研究中起主要作用,但是目前在最常见的基因修饰小鼠品系C57BL / 6小鼠中还没有稳定的雷诺-心脏综合征模型。在这项研究中,我们使用腺嘌呤饮食修改了已建立的慢性肾脏疾病模型,并扩展了在C57BL / 6小鼠中实现慢性肾功能衰竭和随之而来的肾心脏综合征的相关病理。
使八周大的雄性C57BL / 6小鼠适应7天,然后给予0.15%腺嘌呤饮食或对照饮食20周,此后终止实验,收集血液,尿液和器官并进行生化和免疫组织化学分析。
施用0.15%的腺嘌呤饮食会导致进行性肾功能衰竭,从而导致肾性心脏病综合征,这可通过心体重比显着增加来证实(P <0.0001)。血液生化表明,用腺嘌呤喂养的小鼠血清肌酐,尿素含量显着增加(P <0.0001),肾小球滤过率显着降低(P <0.05),而肾脏的α-SMA,胶原蛋白1和胶原蛋白3免疫组化显示严重的纤维化。
我们提出了一种新型的腺嘌呤饮食方案,该方案在C57BL / ...
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