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Biodiversity indices often combine data from different species when used in monitoring programs. Heuristic properties can suggest preferred indices, but we lack objective ways to discriminate between indices with similar heuristics. Biodiversity indices can be evaluated by determining how well they reflect management objectives that a monitoring program aims to support. For example, the Convention on Biological Diversity requires reporting about extinction rates, so simple indices that reflect extinction risk would be valuable. We developed 3 biodiversity indices that are based on simple models of population viability that relate extinction risk to abundance. We based the first index on the geometric mean abundance of species and the second on a more general power mean. In a third index, we integrated the geometric mean abundance and trend. These indices require the same data as previous indices, but they also relate directly to extinction risk. Field data for butterflies and woodland plants and experimental studies of protozoan communities show that the indices correlate with local extinction rates. Applying the index based on the geometric mean to global data on changes in avian abundance suggested that the average extinction probability of birds has increased approximately 1% from 1970 to 2009.
Single-molecule (SM) fluorescence microscopy allows the imaging of biomolecules in cultured cells with a precision of a few nanometres but has yet to be implemented in living adult animals. Here we used split-GFP (green fluorescent protein) fusions and complementation-activated light microscopy (CALM) for subresolution imaging of individual membrane proteins in live Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). In vivo tissue-specific SM tracking of transmembrane CD4 and voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels (VDCC) was achieved with a precision of 30 nm within neuromuscular synapses and at the surface of muscle cells in normal and dystrophin-mutant worms. Through diffusion analyses, we reveal that dystrophin is involved in modulating the confinement of VDCC within sarcolemmal membrane nanodomains in response to varying tonus of C. elegans body-wall muscles. CALM expands the applications of SM imaging techniques beyond the petri dish and opens the possibility to explore the molecular basis of homeostatic and pathological cellular processes with subresolution precision, directly in live animals.
Egress of malaria parasites from the host cell requires the concerted rupture of its enveloping membranes. Hence, we investigated the role of the plasmodial perforin-like protein PPLP2 in the egress of Plasmodium falciparum from erythrocytes. PPLP2 is expressed in blood stage schizonts and mature gametocytes. The protein localizes in vesicular structures, which in activated gametocytes discharge PPLP2 in a calcium-dependent manner. PPLP2 comprises a MACPF domain and recombinant PPLP2 has haemolytic activities towards erythrocytes. PPLP2-deficient [PPLP2(−)] merozoites show normal egress dynamics during the erythrocytic replication cycle, but activated PPLP2(−) gametocytes were unable to leave erythrocytes and stayed trapped within these cells. While the parasitophorous vacuole membrane ruptured normally, the activated PPLP2(−) gametocytes were unable to permeabilize the erythrocyte membrane and to release the erythrocyte cytoplasm. In consequence, transmission of PPLP2(−) parasites to the Anopheles vector was reduced. Pore-forming equinatoxin II rescued both PPLP2(−) gametocyte exflagellation and parasite transmission. The pore sealant Tetronic 90R4, on the other hand, caused trapping of activated wild-type gametocytes within the enveloping erythrocytes, thus mimicking the PPLP2(−) loss-of-function phenotype. We propose that the haemolytic activity of PPLP2 is essential for gametocyte egress due to permeabilization of the erythrocyte membrane and depletion of the erythrocyte cytoplasm.
Pollination improves the yield of most crop species and contributes to one-third of global crop production, but comprehensive benefits including crop quality are still unknown. Hence, pollination is underestimated by international policies, which is particularly alarming in times of agricultural intensification and diminishing pollination services. In this study, exclusion experiments with strawberries showed bee pollination to improve fruit quality, quantity and market value compared with wind and self-pollination. Bee-pollinated fruits were heavier, had less malformations and reached higher commercial grades. They had increased redness and reduced sugar–acid–ratios and were firmer, thus improving the commercially important shelf life. Longer shelf life reduced fruit loss by at least 11%. This is accounting for 0.32 billion US$ of the 1.44 billion US$ provided by bee pollination to the total value of 2.90 billion US$ made with strawberry selling in the European Union 2009. The fruit quality and yield effects are driven by the pollination-mediated production of hormonal growth regulators, which occur in several pollination-dependent crops. Thus, our comprehensive findings should be transferable to a wide range of crops and demonstrate bee pollination to be a hitherto underestimated but vital and economically important determinant of fruit quality.
The human-pathogenic bacterium Salmonella enterica adjusts and adapts to different environments while attempting colonization. In the course of infection nutrient availabilities change drastically. New techniques, “-omics” data and subsequent integration by systems biology improve our understanding of these changes. We review changes in metabolism focusing on amino acid and carbohydrate metabolism. Furthermore, the adaptation process is associated with the activation of genes of the Salmonella pathogenicity islands (SPIs). Anti-infective strategies have to take these insights into account and include metabolic and other strategies. Salmonella infections will remain a challenge for infection biology.
Inhibition of RAF/MEK/ERK signaling is beneficial for many patients with BRAFV600E–mutated melanoma. However, primary and secondary resistances restrict long-lasting therapy success. Combination therapies are therefore urgently needed. Here, we evaluate the cellular effect of combining a MEK inhibitor with a genotoxic apoptosis inducer. Strikingly, we observed that an activated MAPK pathway promotes in several melanoma cell lines the pro-apoptotic response to genotoxic stress, and MEK inhibition reduces intrinsic apoptosis. This goes along with MEK inhibitor induced increased RAS and P-AKT levels. The protective effect of the MEK inhibitor depends on PI3K signaling, which prevents the induction of pro-apoptotic PUMA that mediates apoptosis after DNA damage. We could show that the MEK inhibitor dependent feedback loop is enabled by several factors, including EGF receptor and members of the SPRED family. The simultaneous knockdown of SPRED1 and SPRED2 mimicked the effects of MEK inhibitor such as PUMA repression and protection from apoptosis. Our data demonstrate that MEK inhibition of BRAFV600E-positive melanoma cells can protect from genotoxic stress, thereby achieving the opposite of the intended anti-tumorigenic effect of the combination of MEK inhibitor with inducers of intrinsic apoptosis.
Plant hormones involving salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA), ethylene (Et), and auxin, gibberellins, and abscisic acid (ABA) are known to regulate host immune responses. However, plant hormone cytokinin has the potential to modulate defense signaling including SA and JA. It promotes plant pathogen and herbivore resistance; underlying mechanisms are still unknown. Using systems biology approaches, we unravel hub points of immune interaction mediated by cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis. High-confidence Arabidopsis protein-protein interactions (PPI) are coupled to changes in cytokinin-mediated gene expression. Nodes of the cellular interactome that are enriched in immune functions also reconstitute sub-networks. Topological analyses and their specific immunological relevance lead to the identification of functional hubs in cellular interactome. We discuss our identified immune hubs in light of an emerging model of cytokinin-mediated immune defense against pathogen infection in plants.
The intracellular pathogen Chlamydia is the causative agent of millions of new infections per year transmitting diseases like trachoma, pelvic inflammatory disease or lymphogranuloma venereum. Undetected or recurrent infections caused by chlamydial persistence are especially likely to provoke severe pathologies. To ensure host cell survival and to facilitate long term infections Chlamydia induces anti-apoptotic pathways, mainly at the level of mitochondria, and restrains activity of pro-apoptotic proteins. Additionally, the pathogen seizes host energy, carbohydrates, amino acids, lipids and nucleotides to facilitate propagation of bacterial progeny and growth of the chlamydial inclusion.
At the beginning of this study, Chlamydia-mediated apoptosis resistance to DNA damage induced by the topoisomerase inhibitor etoposide was investigated. In the course of this, a central cellular protein crucial for etoposide-mediated apoptosis, the tumour suppressor p53, was found to be downregulated during Chlamydia infections. Subsequently, different chlamydial strains and serovars were examined and p53 downregulation was ascertained to be a general feature during Chlamydia infections of human cells. Reduction of p53 protein level was established to be mediated by the PI3K-Akt signalling pathway, activation of the E3-ubiquitin ligase HDM2 and final degradation by the proteasome. Additionally, an intriguing discrepancy between infections of human and mouse cells was detected. Both activation of the PI3K-Akt pathway as well as degradation of p53 could not be observed in Chlamydia-infected mouse cells. Recently, production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and damage to host cell DNA was reported to occur during Chlamydia infection. Thus, degradation of p53 strongly contributes to the anti-apoptotic environment crucial for chlamydial infection.
To verify the importance of p53 degradation for chlamydial growth and development, p53 was stabilised and activated by the HDM2-inhibiting drug nutlin-3 and the DNA damage-inducing compound etoposide. Unexpectedly, chlamydial development was severely impaired and inclusion formation was defective. Completion of the chlamydial developmental cycle was prevented resulting in loss of infectivity. Intriguingly, removal of the p53 activating stimulus allowed formation of the bacterial inclusion and recovery of infectivity. A similar observation of growth recovery was made in infected cell lines deficient for p53.
As bacterial growth and inclusion formation was strongly delayed in the presence of activated p53, p53-mediated inhibitory regulation of cellular metabolism was suspected to contribute to chlamydial growth defects. To verify this, glycolytic and pentose phosphate pathways were analysed revealing the importance of a functioning PPP for chlamydial growth. In addition, increased expression of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase rescued chlamydial growth inhibition induced by activated p53. The rescuing effect was even more pronounced in p53-deficient cells treated with etoposide or nutlin-3 revealing additional p53-independent aspects of Chlamydia inhibition. Removal of ROS by anti-oxidant compounds was not sufficient to rescue chlamydial infectivity. Apparently, not only the anti-oxidant capacities of the PPP but also provision of precursors for nucleotide synthesis as well as contribution to DNA repair are important for successful chlamydial growth.
Modulation of host cell signalling was previously reported for a number of pathogens. As formation of ROS and DNA damage are likely to occur during infections of intracellular bacteria, several strategies to manipulate the host and to inhibit induction of apoptosis were invented. Downregulation of the tumour suppressor p53 is a crucial point during development of Chlamydia, ensuring both host cell survival and metabolic support conducive to chlamydial growth.
This thesis reviews the fundamentals of three-dimensional super-resolution localization imaging. In order to infer the axial coordinate of the emission of single fluorophores, the point spread function is engineered following a technique usually referred to as astigmatic imaging by the introduction of a cylindrical lens to the detection path of a microscope.
After giving a short introduction to optics and localization microscopy, I outline sources of aberrations as frequently encountered in 3D-localization microscopy and will discuss their respective impact on the precision and accuracy of the localization process. With the knowledge from these considerations, experiments were designed and conducted to verify the validity of the conclusions and to demonstrate the abilities of the proposed microscope to resolve biological structures in the three spatial dimensions. Additionally, it is demonstrated that measurements of huge volumes with virtually no aberrations is in principle feasible.
During the course of this thesis, a new method was introduced for inferring axial coordinates. This interpolation method based on cubic B-splines shows superior performance in the calibration of a microscope and the evaluation of subsequent measurement and will therefore be used and explained in this work.
Finally, this work is also meant to give future students some guidance for entering the field of 3D localization microscopy and therefore, detailed protocols are provided covering the specific aspects of two color 3D localization imaging.
The composition of stable-isotope labelled isotopologues/isotopomers in metabolic products can be measured by mass spectrometry and supports the analysis of pathways and fluxes. As a prerequisite, the original mass spectra have to be processed, managed and stored to rapidly calculate, analyse and compare isotopomer enrichments to study, for instance, bacterial metabolism in infection. For such applications, we provide here the database application ‘Isotopo’. This software package includes (i) a database to store and process isotopomer data, (ii) a parser to upload and translate different data formats for such data and (iii) an improved application to process and convert signal intensities from mass spectra of \(^{13}C\)-labelled metabolites such as tertbutyldimethylsilyl-derivatives of amino acids. Relative mass intensities and isotopomer distributions are calculated applying a partial least square method with iterative refinement for high precision data. The data output includes formats such as graphs for overall enrichments in amino acids. The package is user-friendly for easy and robust data management of multiple experiments.