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Polymorphisms in Heat Shock Proteins A1B and A1L (HOM) as Risk Factors for Oesophageal Carcinoma in Northeast India

  • Saikia, Snigdha;Barooah, Prajjalendra;Bhattacharyya, Mallika;Deka, Manab;Goswami, Bhabadev;Sarma, Manash P;Medhi, Subhash
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제16권18호
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    • pp.8227-8233
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    • 2016
  • Background: To investigate polymorphisms in heat shock proteins A1B and A1L (HOM) and associated risk of oesophageal carcinoma in Northeast India. Materials and Methods: The study includes oesophageal cancer (ECA) patients attending general outpatient department (OPD) and endoscopic unit of Gauhati Medical College. Patients were diagnosed based on endoscopic and histopathological findings. Genomic DNA was typed for HSPA1B1267 and HSPA1L2437 SNPs using the polymerase chain reaction with restriction fragment length polymorphisms. Results: A total of 78 cases and 100 age-sex matched healthy controls were included in the study with a male: female ratio of 5:3 and a mean age of $61.4{\pm}8.5years$. Clinico-pathological evaluation showed 84% had squamous cell carcinoma and 16% were adenocarcinoma. Dysphagia grades 4 (43.5%) and 5 (37.1%) were observed by endoscopic and hispathological evaluation. The frequency of genomic variation of A1B from wild type A/A to heterozygous A/G and mutant G/G showed a positive association [chi sq=19.9, p=<0.05] and the allelic frequency also showed a significant correlation [chi sq=10.3, with cases vs. controls, OR=0.32, $p{\leq}0.05$]. The genomic variation of A1L from wild T/T to heterozygous T/C and mutant C/C were found positively associated [chi sq=7.02, p<0.05] with development of ECA. While analyzing the allelic frequency, there was no significant association [chi sq=3.19, OR=0.49, p=0.07]. Among all the risk factors, betel quid [OR=9.79, Chi square=35.0, p<0.05], tobacco [OR=2.95, chi square=10.6, p<0.05], smoking [OR=3.23, chi square=10.1, p<0.05] demonstrated significant differences between consumers vs. non consumers regarding EC development. Alcohol did not show any significant association [OR=1.34, chi square=0.69, p=0.4] independently. Conclusions: It can be concluded that the present study provides marked evidence that polymorphisms of HSP70 A1B and HSP70 A1L genes are associated with the development of ECA in a population in Northeast India, A1B having a stronger influence. Betel quid consumption was found to be a highly significant risk factor, followed by smoking and tobacco chewing. Although alcohol was not a potent risk factor independently, alcohol consumption along with tobacco, smoking and betel nut was found to contribute to development of ECA.

Hydrogenotrophic Sulfate Reduction in a Gas-Lift Bioreactor Operated at $9^{\circ}C$

  • Nevatalo, Laura M.;Bijmans, Martijn F. M.;Lens, Piet N. L.;Kaksonen, Anna H.;Puhakka, Jaakko A.
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제20권3호
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    • pp.615-621
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    • 2010
  • The viability of low-temperature sulfate reduction with hydrogen as electron donor was studied with a bench-scale gas-lift bioreactor (GLB) operated at $9^{\circ}C$. Prior to the GLB experiment, the temperature range of sulfate reduction of the inoculum was assayed. The results of the temperature gradient assay indicated that the inoculum was a psychrotolerant mesophilic enrichment culture that had an optimal temperature for sulfate reduction of $31^{\circ}C$, and minimum and maximum temperatures of $7^{\circ}C$ and $41^{\circ}C$, respectively. In the GLB experiment at $9^{\circ}C$, a sulfate reduction rate of 500-600 mg $l^{-1}d^{-1}$, corresponding to a specific activity of 173 mg ${SO_4}^{2-}g\;VSS^{-1}d^{-1}$, was obtained. The electron flow from the consumed $H_2$-gas to sulfate reduction varied between 27% and 52%, whereas the electron flow to acetate production decreased steadily from 15% to 5%. No methane was produced. Acetate was produced from $CO_2$ and $H_2$ by homoacetogenic bacteria. Acetate supported the growth of some heterotrophic sulfate-reducing bacteria. The sulfate reduction rate in the GLB was limited by the slow biomass growth rate at $9^{\circ}C$ and low biomass retention in the reactor. Nevertheless, this study demonstrated the potential sulfate reduction rate of psychrotolerant sulfate-reducing mesophiles at suboptimal temperature.

극한성 미생물Deinococcus geothermalis 유래 재조합 글루코아밀레이즈의 전분 분해 활성 특징 (Characterization of the Starch Degradation Activity of recombinant glucoamylase from Extremophile Deinococcus geothermalis)

  • 장승원;권덕호;박재범;정종현;하석진
    • 산업기술연구
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    • 제39권1호
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    • pp.15-19
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    • 2019
  • This work focused on characterization of the starch degradation activity from extremophile strain Deinococcus geothermalis. Glucoamylase gene from D. geothermalis was cloned and overexpressed by pET-21a vector using E. coli BL21 (DE3). In order to characterize starch degrading activity of recombinant glucoamylase, enzyme was purified using HisPur Ni-NTA column. The recombinant glucoamylase from D. geothermalis exhibited the optimum temperature as $45^{\circ}C$ for starch degradation activity. And highly acido-stable starch degrading activity was shown at pH 2. For further optimization of starch degrading activity with metal ion, various metal ions ($AgCl_2$, $HgCl_2$, $MnSO_4{\cdot}4H_2O$, $CoCl_2{\cdot}6H_2O$, $MgSO_4$, $ZnSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$, $K_2SO_4$, $FeCl_2{\cdot}4H_2O$, NaCl, or $CuSO_4$) were added for enzyme reaction. As results, it was found that $FeCl_2{\cdot}4H_2O$ or $MnSO_4{\cdot}4H_2O$ addition resulted in 17% and 9% improved starch degrading activity, respectively. The recombinant glucoamylase from D. geothermalis might be used for simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process at high acidic conditions.

Lentinus edodes 액체배양을 통한 세포외 다당체 생산 (Exo-Polysaccharide Production from Liquid Culture of Lentinus edodes)

  • 이희환;조재열;홍억기
    • KSBB Journal
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    • 제22권1호
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2007
  • Lentinus edodes의 액체배양을 통하여 균사체 및 polysaccharide의 최적 생산조건을 조사하였다. 플라스크 배양을 통하여 검토된 균체량 및 polysaccharede 생성을 위한 최적 배지의 조성은 glucose 60 g/L, yeast extract 10 g/L, $KH_2PO_4$ 2.0 g/L, $MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$ 1.0 g/L이었다. 최대 균체량은 배양 10일째 11.01 g/L이었으며 최대 polysaccharide 생성량은 배양 6일째 1.64 g/L를 나타내었다. 생물반응기를 이용한 회분배양에서 균사체와 polysaccharide 생산량을 증가시키기 위하여 통기량을 조절하였다. 그 결과 통기량이 증가할수록 균체량과 polysaccharide의 생성량이 증가하였다. 결과적으로 통기량을 1.5 vvm으로 하여 배양하였을 때 배양 8일째 55.9 g/L의 균체량과 배양 7일째 7.34 g/L의 polysaccharide로 최대생성량을 얻을 수 있었다.