Multi-omic characterization of the maize GPI synthesis mutant gwt1 with defects in kernel development

Sarah Hearne zhiyuan fu (2023, [Artículo])

Maize Endosperm Development Membrane Proteomics Glycosyl-Phosphatidyl-Inositol Membrane Anchored Proteins CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA MAIZE ENDOSPERM MEMBRANES PROTEOMICS TRANSCRIPTOMICS

Suppression of breast tumor growth and metastasis by an engineered transcription factor

Adriana Beltran Lopez (2011, [Artículo])

Maspin is a tumor and metastasis suppressor playing an essential role as gatekeeper of tumor progression. It is highly expressed in epithelial cells but is silenced in the onset of metastatic disease by epigenetic mechanisms. Reprogramming of Maspin epigenetic silencing offers a therapeutic potential to lock metastatic progression. Herein we have investigated the ability of the Artificial Transcription Factor 126 (ATF-126) designed to upregulate the Maspin promoter to inhibit tumor progression in pre-established breast tumors in immunodeficient mice. ATF-126 was transduced in the aggressive, mesenchymal-like and triple negative breast cancer line, MDA-MB-231. Induction of ATF expression in vivo by Doxycycline resulted in 50% reduction in tumor growth and totally abolished tumor cell colonization. Genome-wide transcriptional profiles of ATF-induced cells revealed a gene signature that was found over-represented in estrogen receptor positive (ER+) "Normal-like" intrinsic subtype of breast cancer and in poorly aggressive, ER+ luminal A breast cancer cell lines. The comparison transcriptional profiles of ATF-126 and Maspin cDNA defined an overlapping 19-gene signature, comprising novel targets downstream the Maspin signaling cascade. Our data suggest that Maspin up-regulates downstream tumor and metastasis suppressor genes that are silenced in breast cancers, and are normally expressed in the neural system, including CARNS1, SLC8A2 and DACT3. In addition, ATF-126 and Maspin cDNA induction led to the re-activation of tumor suppressive miRNAs also expressed in neural cells, such as miR-1 and miR-34, and to the down-regulation of potential oncogenic miRNAs, such as miR-10b, miR-124, and miR-363. As expected from its over-representation in ER+ tumors, the ATF-126-gene signature predicted favorable prognosis for breast cancer patients. Our results describe for the first time an ATF able to reduce tumor growth and metastatic colonization by epigenetic reactivation of a dormant, normal-like, and more differentiated gene program. © 2011 Beltran et al.

artificial transcription factor 126, complementary DNA, doxycycline, estrogen receptor, maspin, microRNA, retrovirus vector, transcription factor, unclassified drug, estrogen receptor, serine proteinase inhibitor, SERPIN B5, SERPIN-B5, transcription BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA) BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA)

Protein retention assessment of four levels of poultry by-product substitution of fishmeal in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) diets using stable isotopes of nitrogen (δ15N) as natural tracers

DANIEL BADILLO ZAPATA (2014, [Artículo])

This is second part from an experiment where the nitrogen retention of poultry by-product meal (PBM) compared to fishmeal (FM) was evaluated using traditional indices. Here a quantitative method using stable isotope ratios of nitrogen (δ15N values) as natural tracers of nitrogen incorporation into fish biomass is assessed. Juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) were fed for 80 days on isotopically distinct diets in which 0, 33, 66 and 100% of FM as main protein source was replaced by PBM. The diets were isonitrogenous, isolipidic and similar in gross energy content. Fish in all treatments reached isotopic equilibrium by the end of the experiment. Two-source isotope mixing models that incorporated the isotopic composition of FM and PBM as well as that of formulated feeds, empirically derived trophic discrimination factors and the isotopic composition of fish that had reached isotopic equilibrium to the diets were used to obtain a quantitative estimate of the retention of each source of nitrogen. Fish fed the diets with 33 and 66% replacement of FM by PBM retained poultry by-product meal roughly in proportion to its level of inclusion in the diets, whereas no differences were detected in the protein efficiency ratio. Coupled with the similar biomass gain of fishes fed the different diets, our results support the inclusion of PBM as replacement for fishmeal in aquaculture feeds. A re-feeding experiment in which all fish were fed a diet of 100% FM for 28 days indicated isotopic turnover occurred very fast, providing further support for the potential of isotopic ratios as tracers of the retention of specific protein sources into fish tissues. Stable isotope analysis is a useful tool for studies that seek to obtain quantitative estimates of the retention of different protein sources. © 2014 Badillo et al.

nitrogen 15, nitrogen, protein intake, animal behavior, animal experiment, animal food, animal tissue, aquaculture, Article, biomass, controlled study, energy metabolism, food composition, juvenile animal, nonhuman, poultry by product meal, protein a CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y DEL ESPACIO OCEANOGRAFÍA OCEANOGRAFÍA

Estimation of general and specific combining ability effects for quality protein maize inbred lines

Adefris Teklewold Dagne Wegary Gissa (2022, [Artículo])

General Combining Ability Specific Combining Ability CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA COMBINING ABILITY MAIZE PROTEIN QUALITY INBRED LINES DATA ANALYSIS

Molecular modeling simulation studies reveal new potential inhibitors against HPV E6 protein

Joel Ricci-Lopez (2019, [Artículo])

High-risk strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) have been identified as the etiologic agent of some anogenital tract, head, and neck cancers. Although prophylactic HPV vaccines have been approved; it is still necessary a drug-based treatment against the infection and its oncogenic effects. The E6 oncoprotein is one of the most studied therapeutic targets of HPV, it has been identified as a key factor in cell immortalization and tumor progression in HPV-positive cells. E6 can promote the degradation of p53, a tumor suppressor protein, through the interaction with the cellular ubiquitin ligase E6AP. Therefore, preventing the formation of the E6-E6AP complex is one of the main strategies to inhibit the viability and proliferation of infected cells. Herein, we propose an in silico pipeline to identify small-molecule inhibitors of the E6-E6AP interaction. Virtual screening was carried out by predicting the ADME properties of the molecules and performing ensemble-based docking simulations to E6 protein followed by binding free energy estimation through MM/PB(GB)SA methods. Finally, the top-three compounds were selected, and their stability in the E6 docked complex and their effect in the inhibition of the E6-E6AP interaction was corroborated by molecular dynamics simulation. Therefore, this pipeline and the identified molecules represent a new starting point in the development of anti-HPV drugs. © 2019 Ricci-López et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

ligand, luteolin, protein E6, protein inhibitor, ubiquitin protein ligase, ubiquitin protein ligase E6AP, unclassified drug, antivirus agent, DNA binding protein, E6 protein, Human papillomavirus type 18, oncoprotein, protein binding, protein p53, TP CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA

Creación de una red de cooperación de organismos operadores

Luciano Sandoval Yoval MERCEDES ESPERANZA RAMIREZ CAMPEROS Gabriela Mantilla Morales (2019, [Documento de trabajo])

TC1902.1

Dentro de los objetivos del presente proyecto está el establecer una red autogestora que permita a los operadores de plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales municipales obtener y brindar capacitación y asistencia técnica continua entre pares, a bajo costo. De igual manera, se pretende homogenizar los conocimientos técnicos y operativos de los sistemas de tratamiento de agua residuales municipales a nivel estatal y nacional, y elaborar materiales didácticos en temas de tratamiento de aguas residuales que sirvan de soporte al personal de la red para impartir la capacitación.

Organismos operadores Tratamiento de aguas residuales Plantas de tratamiento Capacitación INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Desarrollo y actualización de materiales y recursos humanos para la transferencia de tecnologías apropiadas

Erick Oliver Cervantes Gutierrez SANDRA VAZQUEZ VILLANUEVA ERICK OLIVER CERVANTES GUTIERREZ SANDRA VAZQUEZ VILLANUEVA RAFAEL HURTADO SOLORZANO (2014, [Documento de trabajo])

Se presentan, de manera breve, cinco manuales desarrollados sobre tecnologías alternativas: biciboma para uso doméstico; composta para huerto familiar; filtros de arena de flujo lento para uso doméstico; humedales artificiales de flujo subsuperficial horizonal; y plántula hortícola y forestal en un huerto familiar.

Tecnología apropiada Transferencia de tecnología Capacitación Informes de proyectos INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Remoción de arsénico mediante procesos de membrana

César Calderón Mólgora María Laura Quezada Jiménez CARLOS HERNANDEZ YAÑEZ (2012, [Artículo])

Con el objeto de verificar la viabilidad técnica y económica de potabilizar mediante procesos de membrana agua contaminada con arsénico, se llevaron a cabo pruebas de tratabilidad utilizando pilotos de coagulación-microfiltración (C-MF) y de nanofiltración (NF) en un pozo, cuya concentración promedio de arsénico fue de 67 μg/l y la conductividad promedio de 975 μS/cm.

Arsénico Coagulación Membranas Microfiltración Nanofiltración INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Consideraciones agronómicas para el diseño de invernaderos típicos de México

Jorge Flores Velazquez WALDO OJEDA BUSTAMANTE (2015, [Libro])

El despunte de la agricultura protegida, en el mundo, ha puesto de manifiesto, por un lado, las bondades de esta técnica de producción, y por otro, la necesidad de profundizar en la investigación relacionada con los procesos que suceden de manera inherente al desarrollo del cultivo. Los procesos fisiológicos del cultivo, tales como fotosíntesis o respiración son procesos estrechamente relacionados con las condiciones ambientales, las cuales pueden o no ser adecuadas para lograr las mejores cosechas. México es uno de los países que más ha crecido en superficie para cultivar en invernadero. Un aspecto muy importante en un invernadero es el control del clima y uno de los métodos principales para ventilar en invernaderos es el que utiliza las fuerzas de presión y temperatura. El presente trabajo muestra el funcionamiento del sistema de ventilación natural en invernaderos típicos de México usando la dinámica de fluidos computacional.

Invernaderos Diseño Construcción Producción agrícola INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Seguimiento y evaluación en 2,000 hectáreas incorporadas al proyecto de riego por gravedad tecnificado en 2014 en el distrito de riego 043 estado de Nayarit

FELIPE ZATARAIN MENDOZA CARLOS FUENTES RUIZ (2016, [Documento de trabajo])

Se presentan los resultados obtenidos en el ciclo agrícola 2015-216, en el programa desarrollado para la tecnificación de 2,000 hectáreas. Para el cumplimiento se llevaron a cabo las siguientes acciones: asistencia técnica y capacitación; diseño y trazo del riego por gravedad; entrega y cobro volumétrico del agua a los usuarios; pronóstico de riego en tiempo real; y evaluación del riego.

Riego de superficie Riego por aspersión Uso eficiente del agua Capacitación INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA