Xiangdong Li

Xiangdong Li
China Agricultural University | CAU · State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology

Ph.D

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Zona pellucida 3 (ZP3) expression is classically found in the ZP‐layer of the oocytes, lately shown in ovarian and prostate cancer. A successful ZP3 ovarian cancer immunotherapy in transgenic mice suggested its use as an attractive therapeutic target. The biological role of ZP3 in cancer growth and progression is still unknown. We found that ~88% o...
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Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is an RNA virus with constantly emerging recombinant and mutant strains. Because of the high genetic diversity of PRRSV, current vaccines only provide partial protection against the infection of heterologous strains, which makes it a challenge for PRRSV prevention and control. Tubercidin i...
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Pseudorabies virus (PRV) variants were discovered in immunized pigs in Northern China and have become the dominant strains since 2011, which caused huge economic losses. In this study, a classical PRV strain was successfully isolated in a PRV gE positive swine farm. The complete genome sequence was obtained using a high-throughput sequencing method...
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Background The treatment of Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has always been challenging due to its heterogeneity and the absence of well-defined molecular targets. The present study aims to elucidate the role of protein-coding circRNAs in the etiology and carcinogenesis of TNBC. Methods CircRNA expression data in TNBC (GEO: GSE113230, GSE1011...
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Background hsa_circ_0001727 (circZKSCAN1) has been reported to be a tumor-associated circRNA by sponging microRNAs. Intriguingly, we found that circZKSCAN1 encoded a secretory peptide (circZKSaa) in the liver. The present study aims to elucidate the potential role and molecular mechanism of circZKSaa in the regulation of hepatocellular carcinoma (H...
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), characterized by the androgen excess and arrest of antral follicles, is a common endocrine disorder among women lacking specific diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Herein, we studied the molecular mechanism of miR-96-5p in the process of PCOS and its potential applications in PCOS. Clinically, we found...
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SIRT1 is an NAD+-dependent deacetylase and plays an important role in the deacetylation of both histone and non-histone proteins. Many studies revealed that SIRT1 is upregulated in a variety of tumors and tightly associated with tumorigenesis and cancer progression, but the detailed underlying mechanism of the biological processes remains unclarifi...
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder of unknown etiology that occurs in women of reproductive age. Despite being considered to affect up to one-fifth of women in this cohort, the condition lacks generally accepted diagnostic biomarkers and options for targeted therapy. Hereby, we analyzed the diagnostic, therapeutic, and...
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Brown and beige adipose tissues dissipate chemical energy in the form of heat to maintain your body temperature in cold conditions. The impaired function of these tissues results in various metabolic diseases in humans and mice. By bioinformatical analyses, we identified a functional thermogenic regulator of adipose tissue, Androgen-dependent tissu...
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Human cervical cancer oncogene (HCCR-1), also named as LETMD1, is an LETM-domain containing outer mitochondrial membrane protein which plays an important role in carcinogenesis. The present study found that the loss of Letmd1 in mice led to severe abnormities, such as brown adipose tissue (BAT) whitening, impaired thermogenesis of both BAT and beig...
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The expression of the zona pellucida glycoprotein 3 (ZP3), originally thought to be specific for oocytes, was recently extended to ovarian, prostate, colorectal and lung cancers. Earlier successful ZP3 immunization of a transgenic mouse model carrying a ZP3 positive ovarian tumor emphasized the suitability of ZP3 for cancer immunotherapy. This stud...
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In obesity, macrophages drive a low-grade systemic inflammation (LSI) and insulin resistance (IR). The ribosome biosynthesis protein NOC4 (NOC4) mediates 40 S ribosomal subunits synthesis in yeast. Hereby, we reported an unexpected location and function of NOC4L, which was preferentially expressed in human and mouse macrophages. NOC4L was decreased...
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the major causes of cancer-related death worldwide. Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a novel class of non-coding RNA, have been reported to be involved in the etiology of various malignancy. However, the underlying cellular mechanisms of circRNAs implicated in the pathogenesis of HCC remains unknown. Here, we ident...
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Bleeding complications can cause significant morbidities and mortalities in both civilian and military conditions. The formation of stable blood clots or hemostasis is essential to prevent major blood loss and death from excessive bleeding. However, the body's self-coagulation process cannot accomplish timely hemostasis without the assistance of he...
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a common malignant tumor, is one of the main causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a novel class of non-coding RNA, have been reported to be involved in the etiology of various malignancy. However, the functions of circRNAs in HCC remain unclear. In this study, through mining the RNA se...
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Rationale: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a chronic disease associated with enhanced proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) and dysfunctional mitochondria, and the clinical therapeutic option for PAH is very limited. Recent studies showed that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive constituent of cannabinoids, posse...
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Human cervical cancer oncogene (HCCR-1), also named as LETMD1, is a LETM-domain containing outer mitochondrial membrane protein which plays an important role in the carcinogenesis of cancers. Surprisingly, we found that loss of Letmd1 in mice leads to multiply severe abnormities, such as the brown adipose tissue (BAT) whitening, disruption of therm...
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Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is a chronic disease associated with enhanced proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) and dysfunctional mitochondria, which was with limited therapeutic options. It has been proved that cannabidiol (CBD) had antioxidant effects in many cardiovascular diseases, whereas the efficacy of CBD in...
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The selective progesterone receptor modulator mifepristone (MF) may act as a potent antiproliferative agent in different steroid-dependent cancers due to its strong antagonistic effect on the nuclear progesterone receptor (PGR). Hereby, we analyzed the effects of MF treatment on Leydig cell tumor (LCT) progression in a transgenic mouse model (inhib...
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Salt stress is an important limiting factor in agricultural production. Previous studies have shown that exogenous melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) promotes plant defense against various abiotic stresses in a concentration dependent manner. It is an efficient and convenient way to improve the resistance of plants by modulating the endogenou...
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Natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma (NKTCL) is a subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma with aggressive progression and poor prognosis. The molecular mechanisms of NKTCL have not been well-studied. Herein, we revealed the lymphoma-associated dysregulated genes and signaling pathways or biological processes in NKTCL. We characterized that the extracellular...
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Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is the most common type of metabolic disorder involving multiple organ systems. Grape has been reported to improve the symptoms of T2DM, the precise mechanism of its action is unclear. Our study was aimed to determine the effect and mechanism of grape pomace extract in T2DM mice induced by high fat diet (H...
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The SNAT enzyme participates in biosynthesis of melatonin, which is reported to regulate thermotolerance in many plants. However, the mechanistic basis of this regulation remains unclear. Here, we identified the SlSNAT gene, which is responsible for melatonin biosynthesis in tomato. SlSNAT expression levels were three-fold and five-fold higher in S...
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Serum amyloid A (SAA), one of the major highly conserved acute phase proteins in most mammals, is predominantly produced by hepatocytes and also by a variety of cells in extra-hepatic tissues. It is well known that the expression of SAA is sharply increased in bacterial infections. However, the exact physiological function of SAA during bacterial i...
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Aims Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a pathophysiological syndrome associated with pulmonary/systemic inflammation. Melatonin relieves PAH, but the molecular mode of action remains unclear. Here, we investigated the role of melatonin in normalizing vascular homeostasis. Methods and results Light-time mean serum melatonin concentration was...
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The incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) have increased rapidly worldwide over the last two decades. Because the pathogenic factors of DM are heterogeneous, determining clinically effective treatments for DM patients is difficult. Applying various nutrient analyses has yielded new insight and potential treatments for DM patients. In t...
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Expression patterns of estrogen receptors [ERα, ERβ, and G-protein associated ER (GPER)] in melanoma and skin may suggest their differential roles in carcinogenesis. Phytoestrogenic compound cyanidin-3-o-glucoside (C3G) has been shown to inhibit the growth and metastatic potential of melanoma, although the underlying molecular mechanism remains unc...
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We isolated Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) from brain samples of 2 seals with lethal encephalitis at Weihai Aquarium, Weihai, China, in 2017. We confirmed our findings by immunohistochemical staining and electron microscopy. Phylogenetic analysis showed this virus was genotype I. Our findings suggest that JEV might disseminate though infected zo...
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Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the major health problems of the aging male. The roles of dysregulated microRNAs in PCa remain unclear. In this study, we mined the public published data and found that miR‐487a‐3p was significantly downregulated in 38 pairs of clinical prostate tumor tissues compared with the normal tissues. We further verified this...
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Cannabidiol (CBD) exhibits significant efficacy in mental and inflammatory diseases. Several studies have recently reported on the rapid antidepressant-like effects of CBD, suggesting that CBD is a potential anti-depressant or anti-stress drug. However, CBD is mainly administered orally or by inhalation with poor bioavailability, resulting in high...
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Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) continues to be one of the most important swine diseases worldwide. Interferon-γ (IFNγ)-mediated type I cell-mediated immune response plays an important role in protection from, and clearance of, PRRS virus (PRRSV). Several lymphocyte subsets including T-helper, CTLs, Th/memory cells, and γδ T ly...
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The Zika virus (ZIKV) can induce inflammation in immunoprivileged organs (e.g., the brain and testis), leading to the Guillain-Barré syndrome and damaging the testes. During an infection with the ZIKV, immune cells have been shown to infiltrate into the tissues. However, the cellular mechanisms that define the protection and/or immunopathogenesis o...
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Recent studies have shown that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have key functions during breast cancer development. Considering the complexity of IncRNAs regulatory network, the identification of novel and functional lncRNAs associated with breast cancer is thus very important. By using Agilent LncRNA Human Gene Expression Microarray, we identified...
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The recent outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) has emerged as a global health concern. ZIKV can persist in human semen and be transmitted by sexual contact, as well as by mosquitoes, as seen for classical arboviruses. We along with others have previously demonstrated that ZIKV infection leads to testis damage and infertility in mouse models. So far, no p...
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Pseudorabies virus (PRV) belongs to the Herpesviridae family, and is an important veterinary pathogen. Highly pathogenic PRV variants have caused severe epidemics in China since 2011, causing huge economic losses. To tackle the epidemics, we identified a panel of mouse monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against PRV glycoprotein B (gB) that effectively bl...
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Amino acid sequence alignment of HSV-1 gB with PRV gB. The sequence of HSV-1 gB (GenBank accession number: ABM52972.1) and PRV gB (GenBank accession number: ALT14233.1) are aligned. The positions of fusion loops and furin cleavage site are indicated by arrows and labeled aside correspondingly. The potential key residues in the 1H1 epitope are highl...
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Reactivities of the 15 neutralizing antibodies to PRV gB and gB-D_IV determined by ELISA. The abscissa and ordinate represent the OD450 values of antibodies reacting to plates coated with gB-D_IV and gB ectodomain, respectively. Each antibody is represented by a blue spot and labeled aside correspondingly. (TIF)
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The electron density of glycan residue in the HCDR3 loop of 1H1 Fab. The 1H1 Fab is shown as cartoon and colored by chains (heavy chain: magenta; light chain: cyan). The side chain of N103 (HCDR3) and attached glycan residue are shown as sticks and colored by elements. The electron density (2Fo-Fc map, at 1.0 σ contour level) of the glycan residue...
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Amino acid sequence alignment of gBs from different PRV strains. The gB sequences of all the PRV strains analyzed in Fig 1 are aligned, which shows more than 95% sequence identity. The potential key residues in the 1H1 epitope are highly conserved among all PRV strains as indicated by blue pentagrams. (TIF)
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Negative stain EM analysis and 3D reconstruction of PRV gB in complex with 1H1 Fab. (A) A representative negative stain micrograph of gB-1H1_Fab complex. (B) Typical 2D class average images of the complex, top and side views. The density corresponding to Fab molecules are indicated by red arrows. (C) Fourier shell correlation (FSC) curve of the fin...
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Flow cytometry analysis to detect the surface display of PRV gB mutants in transfected cells. The 293T cells were transfected with either WT gB or mutant expression vectors. The transfected cells were first stained by 5G12 mAb and then the APC-linked secondary antibody was applied for detection by flow cytometry. Cells transfected with pEGFP-N1 emp...
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Size-exclusion chromatograms and SDS-PAGE profiles of PRV gB and gB-D_IV soluble proteins. (A) A standard elution profile for molecular weight calibration. The five standard samples used in this analysis are given at the right side with the molecular weights labeled accordingly. Both gB (B) and gB-D_IV (C) exist as trimers in solution estimated by...
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Phylogenetic analysis of all PRV genomes available in the GenBank database. The analysis was performed by using the distance-based neighbor-joining method in MEGA4 software. The Genbank accession numbers are included in the names of all taxons. (TIF)
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β2-Adrenoceptor (β2-AR) agonists promote muscle growth. The aim of this study was to elucidate some effects of the selective β2-adrenoceptor agonist clenbuterol (CLB) on myoblast proliferation. We found that CLB induces cell cycle arrest in C2C12 myoblasts. This effect is partly due to the enhanced stability of p27, rather than the increased gene t...
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine abnormality in women characterized by a menstrual disturbance with chronic anovulation and hyperandrogenism, polycystic ovaries, and insulin resistance. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important fine-tune regulators involved in various physiological and pathological processes, but their actions are not...
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The goal of this study was to characterize the function of microRNA-27a-3p (miR-27a-3p) in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). MiR-27a-3p expression was analyzed in excised granulosa cells (GCs) from 21 PCOS and 12 normal patients undergoing IVF cycle treatments, and in 17 non-treated cuneiform ovarian resection PCOS samples and 13 control ovarian sa...
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Zika virus (ZIKV) was first isolated in 1947 from a rhesus monkey in the Zika forest of Uganda. ZIKV has since been silently circulating in a number of equatorial countries for over 50 years. The largest outbreak in humans occurred in Brazil in 2015-2016. Unlike its flavivirus relatives, sexual and post-transfusion transmissions of ZIKV have been r...
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Currently available organ culture methods can induce the differentiation of spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) to spermatids in vitro, but the percentages of haploid cells and elongated spermatids are extremely low. The goal of this study was to test strategies to increase the differentiation rate of SSCs into elongated spermatids in vitro. RNA-seq w...
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The Ebola crisis occurred in West-Africa highlights the urgency for its clinical treatments. Currently, no Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapeutics are available. Several FDA-approved drugs, including selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), possess selective anti-Ebola activities. However, the inhibitory mechanisms of these...
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Background: Swine atrophic rhinitis (AR) is a multiple chronic respiratory diseasemainly caused by porcine Bordetella bronchiseptica (Bb) and Toxigenic Pasteurella multocida (T+Pm). There are two challenge models using Bordetella bronchiseptica and Pasteurella multocida. The first model is to treat pigs with Bordetella bronchiseptica followed by To...
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Expression of follicle-stimulation hormone receptor (FSHR) is confined to gonads and at low levels to some extragonadal tissues like human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). FSH-FSHR signaling was shown to promote HUVEC angiogenesis and thereafter suggested to have an influential role in pregnancy. We revisited hereby the expression and func...
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Zika virus (ZIKV) persists in the semen of male patients, a first for flavivirus infection. Here, we demonstrate that ZIKV can induce inflammation in the testis and epididymidis, but not in the prostate or seminal vesicle, and can lead to damaged testes after 60 days post-infection in mice. ZIKV induces innate immune responses in Leydig, Sertoli, a...
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The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus caused more than 10,000 human deaths. Current knowledge of suitable drugs, clinical diagnostic biomarkers and molecular mechanisms of Ebola virus infection is either absent or insufficient. By screening stem-loop structures from the viral genomes of four virulence species, we identified a novel, putative viral micro...
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Anthocyanins have been shown to inhibit the growth and metastatic potential of breast cancer (BC) cells. However, the effects of individual anthocyanins on triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) have not yet been studied. In this study, we found that cyanidin-3-o-glucoside (Cy-3-glu) preferentially promotes the apoptosis of TNBC cells, which co-expre...
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Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are clinically severe respiratory disorders, and there are currently no Food and Drug Administration-approved drug therapies. Melatonin is a well-known anti-inflammatory molecule, which has proven to be effective in ALI induced by many conditions. Emerging studies suggest that t...
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The plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) is a small rabbit-like mammal that lives at high altitudes in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau and is in close contact with birds. Following the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 during 2005 in the migratory birds of Qinghai Lake, two clades of H5N1 have been found in pikas. However, the influe...