ABSTRACT: Complete chloroplast genome of the medicinal herb Veronicastrum axillare (Sieb. et Zucc.) Yamazaki and the phylogenetic relationship analysis of the tribe Veroniceae
Project description:The characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of the medicinal herb Veronicastrum axillare (Sieb. et Zucc.) Yamazaki and the phylogenetic relationship analysis of the tribe Veroniceae
Project description:Hibiscus hamabo Sieb. et Zucc. Transcriptome or Gene expression
| PRJNA759717 | ENA
Project description:The complete chloroplast genome of the Chinese medicinal herb Achyranthes bidentata Blume from Zhejiang Province and phylogenetic relationship of Amaranthaceae species
Project description:African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a highly infectious and lethal swine pathogen that causes severe socio-economic consequences in affected countries. Unfortunately, effective vaccine for combating ASF is unavailable so far, and the prevention and control strategies for ASFV are still very limited. Toosendanin (TSN), a triterpenoid saponin extracted from the medicinal herb Melia toosendan Sieb. Et Zucc, has been demonstrated to possess analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-botulism and anti-microbial activities, and was used clinically as an anthelmintic, while the antiviral effect of TSN on ASFV has not been reported. In this study, we revealed that TSN exhibited a potent inhibitory effect on ASFV GD955-38 strain in porcine alveolar macrophages (PAMs) (EC50=0.085 μM, SI = 365) in a dose-dependent manner. TSN showed robust antiviral activity in different doses of ASFV infection and reduced the transcription and translation levels of ASFV p30 protein, viral genomic DNA quantity as well as viral titer at 24 and 48 hours post-infection. In addition, TSN did not affect virion attachment and release but intervened in its internalization in PAMs. Further investigations disclosed that TSN played its antiviral role by upregulating the host IFN-stimulated gene (ISG) IRF1 rather than by directly inactivating the virus particles. Overall, our results suggest that TSN is an effective antiviral agent against ASFV replication in vitro and may have the potential for clinical use.
2022-08-08 | GSE206118 | GEO
Project description:The complete chloroplast genome of the medicinal herb Veronicastrum axillare
| PRJNA698722 | ENA
Project description:Chloroplast genome sequencing of Traditional Korean Medicinal Herb(NIKOM)
Project description:Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc., a perennial woody plant which is recognized with high medicinal, economic and ecological values, has been used as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for thousands of years in China. Modern pharmacological research has revealed that cornel iridoid glycosides (CIGs, e.g. loganin and morroniside) in dried pericarp of C. officinalis have significant medicinal activities for strengthening immune functions. However, little is known on the molecular processes responsible for the medical properties of this species, owing to the absence of genomic resources such as available sequences of key enzyme genes in biosynthetic pathways. In this study, the RNA sequencing data of C. officinalis were first generated and used for transcriptome analysis. A total of 54,827 unigenes with an average length of 817 bp, an N50 of 1,379 bp, and an average GC content of 44.91% were yielded by de novo assembly, of which 31,780 unigenes were successfully annotated. As potential molecular markers, 121, 118, 96, 89, and 82 transcription factors belonged to bHLH, MYB, PHD, WRKY, and AP2-ERF were further analyzed, respectively. The results of qRT-PCR confirmed that geraniol 10-hydroxylase (G10H) and loganin synthase (SLS) were differentially expressed in fruits and leaves during different growing stages. Furthermore, we found that loganin accumulation was positively related to G10H expression but was negatively correlated with SLS expression. Collectively, the genomic information and gene expression results presented in this study will be helpful for future studies on gene discovery and molecular process of loganin synthesis in C. officinalis.
Project description:Potentilla indica and Melastoma dodecandrum lour are medicinal herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. We sampled the plants from Nanyang Technological University's herb garden for transcriptomics analysis.