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Cladosins L-O, new hybrid polyketides from the endophytic fungus Cladosporium sphaerospermum WBS017
2019
Abstract The endophytic fungus Cladosporium sphaerospermum WBS017 was obtained from healthy bulbs of Fritillaria unibracteata var. wabuensis. Fermentation of C. sphaerospermum on solid rice medium yielded three new hybrid polyketides, cladosins L−N (1–3), and a known derivative cladodionen (4). Further cultivation of this fungus on white bean medium afforded an additional new hybrid polyketide, cladosin O (5) along with three known analogues (6–8). The structures of the new compounds were elucidated using a combination of NMR and HRESIMS data. The absolute configurations of compounds 2 and 3 were determined by Mosher’s method and TDDFT-ECD calculations. All isolated compounds were evaluated…
High susceptibility of MDR and XDR Gram-negative pathogens to biphenyl-diacetylene-based difluoromethyl-allo-threonyl-hydroxamate LpxC inhibitors
2016
International audience; Inhibitors of uridine diphosphate-3-O-(R-3-hydroxymyristoyl)-N-acetylglucosamine deacetylase (LpxC, which catalyses the first, irreversible step in lipid A biosynthesis) are a promising new class of antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria. The objectives of the present study were to: (i) compare the antibiotic activities of three LpxC inhibitors (LPC-058, LPC-011 and LPC-087) and the reference inhibitor CHIR-090 against Gram-negative bacilli (including MDR and XDR isolates); and (ii) investigate the effect of combining these inhibitors with conventional antibiotics.MethodsMICs were determined for 369 clinical isolates (234 Enterobacteriaceae and 135 non-fermentati…
Pseudomonas aeruginosa un Acinetobacter baumanii jutība pret antibakteriālajiem līdzekļiem
2018
Pseudomonas aeruginosa un Acinetobacter baumannii ir galvenie ar veselības aprūpes saistīto infekciju (VASI) izraisītāji. Šo patogēnu rezistence pret antibakteriālajiem līdzekļiem pēdējo gadu laikā ir strauji palielinājusies, un ir viena no aktuālākajām problēmām mūsdienās. Darba mērķis: izpētīt gramnegatīvo baktēriju P. aeruginosa un A. baumannii jutību pret antibakteriālajiem līdzekļiem, salīdzināt antibakteriālās rezistences izmaiņas divu gadu laikā. Uzdevumi: identificēt no elpceļiem iegūtos izolātus ar BBL™ Crystal™ sistēmu, veikt antibakteriālo līdzekļu jutības testus, izmantojot Bauer – Kirby disku difūzijas testu un E – testu, fenotipēšanu veikt pēc antibiogrammām. Rezultātus apko…
Acinetobacter baumannii un Pseudomonas aeruginosa antibakteriālās rezistences noteikšana, lietojot fenotipiskās un molekulāri bioloģiskās metodes
2020
Acinetobacter baumannii un Pseudomonas aeruginosa ir gan Latvijā, gan visā Eiropā bieži sastopami intrahospitāli patogēni, pret kuriem antibiotiku rezistence pieaug ik gadu. Visbiežāk tie skar imūnsupresētus cilvēkus, apdraudot veselību un dzīvību. Darba mērķis: Noteikt A.baumannii un P. aeruginosa jutību pret antibakteriālajiem līdzekļiem 2019. gadā un salīdzināt rezistences izmaiņas ar 2017. gadu, kā arī ar molekulāri bioloģisko metodi identificēt baktēriju sugas. Uzdevumi: 1.No elpceļu paraugiem ar BBL CrystalTM identifikācijas sistēmām identificēt izolātus. 2. Noteikt antimikrobiālo jutību, izmantojot Bauer-KirbyTM disku difūzijas testu un MIC, lietojot ETM-testu. 3. Tipēt izdalīto bakt…
Wind-luminosity evolution in NLS1 AGN 1H 0707−495
2021
Ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) have been detected in the high-quality X-ray spectra of a number of active galactic nuclei (AGN) with fairly high accretion rates and are thought to significantly contribute to the AGN feedback. After a decade of dedicated study, their launching mechanisms and structure are still not well understood, but variability techniques may provide useful constraints. In this work, therefore, we perform a flux-resolved X-ray spectroscopy on a highly accreting and variable NLS1 AGN, 1H 0707-495, using all archival XMM-Newton observations to study the structure of the UFO. We find that the wind spectral lines weaken at higher luminosities, most likely due to an increasing ion…
A new sample of large angular size radio galaxies
2004
We present in this paper a detailed study of a new sample of large angular size FR I and FR II radio galaxies and compare the properties of the two classes. As expected, a pure morphology based distinction of FR Is and FR IIs corresponds to a break in total radio power. The radio cores in FR Is are also weaker than in FR IIs, although there is not a well defined break power. We find that asymmetry in the structure of the sample members must be the consequence of anisotropies in the medium where the lobes expand, with orientation playing a minor role. Moreover, literature data and our observations at kiloparsec scales suggest that the large differences between the structures of FR I and FR I…
Contra la patologización intensiva en términos de derechos humanos: Activismo gordo en Argentina
2020
This work addresses the way in which Argentine Fat Activism has developed, in recent years, the demand for depathologization of fatness, taking elements from critical discourses on the health of fat people to frame them in a perspective typical of the Human Rights. First, the contemporary fat body is described in terms of stigma and discrimination, especially in the health field. Then, they refer to a series of critical positions on the pathologization and medicalization of fatness from the biomedical perspective, Fat Studies and Fat Activism. Lastly, a series of interventions that the Argentine activist collective Taller Hacer la Vista Gorda produced between 2017 and 2020 were considered, …
Measuring single small molecule binding via rupture forces of a split aptamer.
2011
The rupture force of a split (bipartite) aptamer that forms binding pockets for adenosine monophosphate (AMP) was measured by atomic force spectroscopy. Changes in the rupture force were observed in the presence of AMP, while this effect was absent when mutant aptamers or inosine were used. Thus, changes in the rupture force were a direct consequence of specific binding of AMP to the split aptamer. The split aptamer concept allowed the detection of nonlabeled AMP and enabled us to determine the dissociation constant on a single-molecule level.
A Good Breath of Oxygen for Beta-Like Cells Obtained From Porcine Exocrine Pancreatic Tissue
2011
Ischemia is the most important factor that affects organ survival during harvesting. The two-layer method (TLM) is one of several cold storage solutions that seeks to preserve organs and cells avoiding in vivo and in vitro ischemia. We compared the retrieval of beta-like elements from exocrine pancreatic cells using TLM versus University of Wisconsin (UW) solutions. For this purpose pancreata laparoscopically harvested from 20 female pigs were preserved in UW solution or TLM before digestion. The resulting exocrine cells were divided into 2 groups: the first was cultured in a designed medium to allow differentiation into beta-like cells and the second was cryopreserved before the differenti…