| 8 | Shared-role of vegetation types,elevation and soil affecting plant diversity in an old-tropical mountain hotspot显示文摘Despite the exceptional species richness and endemism,the environmental drivers of plant diversity along old tropical mountains remain underexplored.The respective importance of vegetation types,elevation,slope,and soil to drive diversity across life-forms is poorly addressed.Here,we tested whether environmental variables drove local and regional plant diversity along an old tropical mountain according to the three main life-forms:graminoids,herbaceous and woody species.We sampled all Angiosperm species on 180 plots across five elevations,at the tropical old-mountain region of Serra do Cipó,South-eastern Brazil.We assessed soil,slope,and vegetation types,and calculated richness and beta-diversity,applying generalized least square models,linear mixed-models and partial Mantel tests to test for relationships.Richness of graminoids and herbaceous species increased with greater elevation and more nutrient-impoverished soils,while woody richness showed the inverse pattern.Beta-diversity was primarily driven by species turnover,correlated with elevation and soil and higher in less dominant vegetation types,with unique species.Despite the limited elevational range in these old mountains,it still played an important role in filtering woody species,while fostering graminoid and herbaceous species.Conservation and restoration actions need to foster the high regional diversity supported by the old mountain heterogeneous landscape and the diversity of life-forms,especially the dominant and highly diverse grassy component. | Priscilla P.LOIOLA Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira MORELLATO Maria Gabriela Gutierrez CAMARGO Vitor A.KAMIMURA Jacqueline S.MATTOS Annia Susin STREHER Soizig LE STRADIC | 2023 | Journal of Mountain Science2023，20，7： | 0 |
| 9 | Allicin neuroprotective effect during oxidative/inflammatory injury involves AT1-Hsp70-iNOS counterbalance axis显示文摘The ancestral cultures have described many therapeutic properties of garlic,therefore,it is of central interest to elucidate the molecular basis explaining this millenary empirical knowledge.Indeed,it has been demonstrated a neuroprotective effect of allicin–a phytochemical present in garlic-linked to oxidative-inflammatory modulation.Allicin improved neuronal injury by heat shock protein 70(Hsp70)and inducible nitric oxide synthase(iNOS)regulation.Also,allicin exerts renal protection involving a possible angiotensin type 1 receptor(AT1)interaction.In connection,AT1 overexpression has been recognized as a central deleterious factor in many brain diseases.However,there are no studies that evaluate AT1-Hsp70-iNOS interaction as a mechanism linked to neuroinflammation.Thus,our central aim is to evaluate if the allicin protective effect is associated with an AT1-Hsp70-iNOS counterbalance axis.For this study,a murine microglial cell line(BV-2)was injured with lipopolysaccharides and treated or not with allicin.Then,it was evaluated cell viability,proinflammatory cytokine levels,cellular oxidative stress,iNOS,Hsp70,and AT1 protein expression(cellular and mitochondrial fractions),nitrite levels,and protein-protein interactions.The results demonstrated that allicin could prevent neuronal injury due to a reduction in oxidative stress and inflammatory status mediated by an AT1-Hsp70-iNOS counterbalance axis linked to direct protein-protein interaction. | LUCIANA MAZZEI MARÍA BELÉN RUIZ-ROSO NATALIA DE LAS HERAS SANDRA BALLESTEROS CAROLINA TORRESPALAZZOLO LEÓN FERDER ALEJANDRA BEATRIZ CAMARGO WALTER MANUCHA | 2020 | BIOCELL2020，44，4： | 0 |
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