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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Artur Pinski, Alexander Betekhtin, Bozena Skupien-Rabian, Urszula Jankowska, Elisabeth Jamet, Robert Hasterok
Summary: High temperature stress induces significant changes in the cell wall proteome of Brachypodium distachyon leaves, resulting in differential accumulation of specific proteins involved in cell wall polysaccharides. The proteomic analysis identified 46 differentially abundant proteins, highlighting decreased protease activity, lignification, and cell wall expansion at 40 degrees Celsius. These findings provide new insights into the response of the cell wall proteome to high temperature stress.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Elzbieta Wolny, Aleksandra Skalska, Agnieszka Braszewska, Luis A. J. Mur, Robert Hasterok
Summary: Salt stress affects germination and root growth in Brachypodium, influencing the expression of cell wall expansion-regulating proteins, induction of cell cycle genes, and alterations in genomic and epigenetic mechanisms such as histone acetylation and DNA methylation. These findings suggest a complex molecular response to salt stress in plants, indicating potential avenues for further functional genomics research.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Thibaut Douche, Benoit Valot, Thierry Balliau, Helene San Clemente, Michel Zivy, Elisabeth Jamet
Summary: This article presents experimental data on the cell wall protein profiles of stems and leaves of Brachypodium distachyon at different developmental stages, providing valuable insights for understanding the roles of cell wall proteins in the growth of vegetative organs.
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Chemistry, Analytical
Yuchen Zou, Weiwei Tang, Bin Li
Summary: Spatial segmentation is important in mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) data analysis, as it helps to identify homogeneous/heterogeneous subgroups and provides vital characteristics for biological analysis. This study proposes a segmentation pipeline that utilizes pattern compression by principal component analysis (PCA) for easy and effective segmentation.
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Environmental Sciences
N. K. Kim, Y. P. Kim, Y. S. Ghim, M. J. Song, C. H. Kim, K. S. Jang, K. Y. Lee, H. J. Shin, J. S. Jung, Z. Wu, A. Matsuki, N. Tang, Y. Sadanaga, S. Kato, A. Natsagdorj, S. Tseren-Ochir, B. Baldorj, C. K. Song, J. Y. Lee
Summary: The Center for Fine Particle Research Initiative in East Asia considering National Differences (FRIEND) project was launched in 2020 to characterize air pollution in Northeast Asia. It aims to elucidate the spatiotemporal characteristics of atmospheric aerosols (e.g., PM2.5) through high-resolution measurements of fine particle chemical speciation, physical characteristics, and comprehensive monitoring of gaseous and particulate components. The study found that while synoptic weather conditions determined the variations in PM2.5 mass concentrations at the five sites, the levels of chemical components differed, reflecting local emissions and formation characteristics. A common characteristic among the sites was the high proportion of organic aerosols (OA) in fine particles.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Qiao-Yue Li, Wei Wang, Lian-Hui Li, Wen-Jing Wang
Summary: Sambucus adnata Wall. from the Caprifoliaceae family was studied phytochemically, leading to the isolation and identification of 17 known compounds, with three components potentially serving as chemotaxonomic markers for distinguishing species within the Sambucus genus.
BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY
(2021)
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Konstantinos Dimitriou, Maria Tsagkaraki, Pavlos Zarmpas, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
Summary: In this study, an upgraded three-dimensional CWT model was used to analyze the atmospheric transport and chemical composition of PM10 in different vertical layers. The results showed that Mediterranean airflows and long-range northeastern airflows had different contributions to the chemical composition, while Saharan dust intrusion was also an important factor.
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
(2022)
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Construction & Building Technology
Qing-hua Huang, Chen-zhi Li, Xiao-bin Song
Summary: An improved analytic algorithm was developed for generating a random packing model of ellipsoidal coarse aggregates considering the wall effect of concrete. The area fraction curve of the aggregate obtained from the model was used to represent its spatial distribution characteristics, and the effects of aggregate volume fraction, aspect ratio, and diameters on the distribution characteristics were evaluated.
CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
(2022)
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Agricultural Engineering
Guang-Zhen Wan, Zhao-Hui Guo, Shao-Yang Xi, Ling Jin, Juan Chen
Summary: A comprehensive approach based on chemical composition and maximum entropy (MaxEnt) model was developed to evaluate the effect of ecological environment on the quality of Tussilago farfara L. The study found that the quality of T. farfara varied with different origins, and identified key peaks for quality distinction. The MaxEnt model, using occurrence records and environmental variables, predicted the potential distribution of T. farfara in Gansu Province and identified the dominant factors affecting its distribution. Finally, a correlation model between chemical composition and environmental variables was established, and a quality zoning map of T. farfara was drawn.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Juncai Wang, Xunfeng Chen, Shaohua Chu, Kashif Hayat, Yaowei Chi, Yuee Zhi, Dan Zhang, Pei Zhou
Summary: The study found that cadmium stress led to growth inhibition in Solanum nigrum plants and that cadmium was primarily accumulated in the cell wall of the plant. The results also showed that the percentage of cadmium concentration increased in different plant tissues and cell wall components, except for pectin and cellulose. Additionally, the activity of pectin methylesterase was significantly increased under cadmium stress, indicating the important role of cell wall components in cadmium fixation.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Robotics
Shuguang Huang, Joseph M. Schimmels
Summary: This study identifies the necessary conditions on the locations and orientations of elastic components in a compliant mechanism to achieve any desired spatial compliance. The study shows that the requirements for elastic components are characterized by a sphere for their location distribution and by three cones for their orientation distribution. The easy assessment of these conditions on the set of components can be used to achieve a more desirable mechanism geometry when combined with existing spatial compliance synthesis procedures.
IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS
(2022)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Mingzhu Fu, Fei Peng, Miaoqi Zhang, Shuo Chen, Hao Niu, Xiaoxin He, Boya Xu, Aihua Liu, Rui Li
Summary: This study explored the relationship between inflammation, hemodynamics, and intracranial aneurysm rupture risk factors using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging and four-dimensional flow MRI. The results showed a negative correlation between the spatial distribution of wall shear stress (WSS) and aneurysm wall enhancement (AWE) in aneurysms with AWE, and a positive correlation between oscillatory shear index (OSI) and AWE in most aneurysms with AWE. Aneurysms without AWE showed no correlation between hemodynamics and wall inflammation.
QUANTITATIVE IMAGING IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
(2022)
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Energy & Fuels
Xingyu Yang, Weijun Fan, Rongchun Zhang
Summary: In this study, we investigated the fuel space distribution and flow field in the afterburner. We found that the fuel particle size decreases, then increases and then gradually decreases along the flow direction. The afterburner has the most reasonable fuel distribution and flow field when the diffusion ratio is 1.4 and the blockage ratio is 0.3.
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Environmental Sciences
Jinglin Li, Jian Yao, He Zhou, Jie Liang, Zhuoga Deqing, Wei Liu
Summary: The size distribution characteristics of chemical components in the particulate matter in Lhasa were investigated. The main pollution sources were identified as suspended dust, biomass burning, fossil fuel combustion, secondary pollution, and vehicular emissions.
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Environmental Sciences
Lili Xu, Liang Cao, Wei Huang, Jinhu Liu, Shuozeng Dou
Summary: Plastic pollution in the surface water and sediments of the Bohai Sea is mainly composed of microplastics, with significant variations in abundance and characteristics among different regions.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Artur Pinski, Alexander Betekhtin, Jolanta Kwasniewska, Lukasz Chajec, Elzbieta Wolny, Robert Hasterok
Summary: Inhibiting prolyl-4-hydroxylases with 3,4-DHP results in vacuolar-type cell death in roots, highlighting the important role of HRGPs in root hair development and root growth.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Artur Pinski, Alexander Betekhtin, Bozena Skupien-Rabian, Urszula Jankowska, Elisabeth Jamet, Robert Hasterok
Summary: High temperature stress induces significant changes in the cell wall proteome of Brachypodium distachyon leaves, resulting in differential accumulation of specific proteins involved in cell wall polysaccharides. The proteomic analysis identified 46 differentially abundant proteins, highlighting decreased protease activity, lignification, and cell wall expansion at 40 degrees Celsius. These findings provide new insights into the response of the cell wall proteome to high temperature stress.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Kamila Godel-Jedrychowska, Katarzyna Kulinska-Lukaszek, Ewa Kurczynska
Summary: The research found that the symplasmic domains between somatic embryos (SEs) and zygotic embryos (ZEs) were similar, but there were spatial-temporal differences in the symplasmic transport restriction. These findings provide a new perspective on intercellular signaling during embryonic development.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ewa Kurczynska, Kamila Godel-Jedrychowska, Katarzyna Sala, Anna Milewska-Hendel
Summary: This article discusses two aspects of the interaction between nanoparticles (NPs) and plants: NP migration through roots into plants and the involvement of the symplast, including plasmodesmata (PD), in NP movement within plants. The gaps in knowledge of plant-NP interactions are highlighted, emphasizing the need for future studies to explain the mechanisms regulating cell wall composition and PD functioning under NP influence.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Cell Biology
Anna Milewska-Hendel, Katarzyna Sala, Weronika Gepfert
Summary: The increased use of nanoparticles in various industries leads to their release into the environment, where plants come into direct contact with them. Studies on the uptake of nanoparticles by plants and their effects on plant developmental processes are still insufficient. Analysis of changes in the chemical components of cell walls exposed to gold nanoparticles showed that different surface charges of nanoparticles affect the presence and distribution of specific epitopes in root cells.
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Plant Sciences
Kamila Godel-Jedrychowska, Ewa Kurczynska
Summary: Plasmodesmata play a crucial role in symplasmic communication in plants, regulating cell differentiation. The study focused on describing the qualitative and quantitative analyses of PD, highlighting their importance in symplasmic communication during somatic embryogenesis. Differences in PD shape and distribution were observed between symplasmic domains within and between Col-0 and 35S:BBM somatic embryos.
FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY
(2022)
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Robert Hasterok, Alexander Betekhtin
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Christoph Stritt, Elena L. Gimmi, Michele Wyler, Abdelmonaim H. Bakali, Aleksandra Skalska, Robert Hasterok, Luis A. J. Mur, Nicola Pecchioni, Anne C. Roulin
Summary: Wild plant populations of Brachypodium distachyon exhibit extensive genetic subdivision, influenced by the interplay of high selfing and seed dispersal rates. The species' evolution is characterized by the independent expansion of three lineages during the Upper Pleistocene, with selfing and dispersal maintaining high genotypic diversity at regional scales.
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Plant Sciences
Ruben Sancho, Luis A. Inda, Antonio Diaz-Perez, David L. Des Marais, Sean Gordon, John P. Vogel, Joanna Lusinska, Robert Hasterok, Bruno Contreras-Moreira, Pilar Catalan
Summary: We designed a subgenome detection pipeline (PhyloSD) that can identify the progenitor subgenomes of six grass Brachypodium allopolyploids and infer their hypothetical evolutionary scenarios for their origins.
Review
Plant Sciences
Robert Hasterok, Pilar Catalan, Samuel P. Hazen, Anne C. Roulin, John P. Vogel, Kai Wang, Luis A. J. Mur
Summary: It has been 20 years since Brachypodium distachyon was suggested as a model grass species, and the research has now expanded to the entire genus. Extensive genome sequencing and cytomolecular studies have provided important resources for understanding population diversity and various aspects of plant biology. Brachypodium is not only relevant to the biofuel industry, but also serves as an intriguing model plant for studying climate change and combinatorial stress.
TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Anna Milewska-Hendel, Weronika Gepfert, Maciej Zubko, Ewa Kurczynska
Summary: Gold nanoparticles had a negative impact on barley root development, causing morphological, histological, and ultrastructural changes.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Rafal Bielas, Justyna Wrobel-Marek, Ewa U. Kurczynska, Dorota Neugebauer
Summary: A rhodamine B (RhB)-based initiator was synthesized and applied for preparation of PChMA, PHEMA, and PHEMATMS. The fluorescence of the polymers was confirmed by quantum yield determination, and it was found that the emission intensity depended on the polymer chain hydrophilicity and solvent type. The RhB-functionalized polymers were tested in plant materials and showed different cellular localizations.
Editorial Material
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ewa Kurczynska
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Ewa Kurczynska, Kamila Godel-Jedrychowska
Summary: Somatic embryogenesis is a valuable process in both basic research and practical applications. It allows scientists to study the mechanisms regulating the totipotency of plant cells and is an important method of plant propagation.