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BACKGROUND: Childhood represents a critical period of nutritional risk in the programming of later chronic disease. Few longitudinal studies have explored repeated measures of nutrition throughout the first decade of life in relation to preteen cardiometabolic outcomes. OBJECTIVES: This research aimed to explore associations of early feeding practices (human milk exposure and duration and timing of introduction to solids) and childhood dietary quality and inflammatory scores (at 5 and 9-11 y and change during childhood) on preteen cardiometabolic outcomes. METHODS: This is an analysis of children from the ROLO longitudinal birth cohort study (n = 399). Information on early feeding practices were obtained at postnatal study visits. Food frequency questionnaires collected maternal-reported dietary intakes for each child at 5 and 9-11 y of age. Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015 and the Children's Dietary Inflammatory Index (C-DII) scores were calculated. Anthropometry, body composition, blood pressure, heart rate, cardiorespiratory endurance, and blood biomarkers were obtained at 9-11 y. Crude and adjusted linear regression models examined nutritional exposure associations with preteen cardiometabolic outcomes. RESULTS: In the adjusted model, any human milk exposure was associated with lower body fat (%) at 9-11 y (ß: -2.86; 95% confidence interval [CI]: -5.46, -0.27; P = 0.03), than never receiving human milk. At 5 y, diet scores were favorably associated with lean mass at 9-11 y (P < 0.05 for both). Higher preteen HEI-2015 scores were associated with lower preteen leptin levels (tertile 3 compared with tertile 1-ß: -2.92; 95% CI: -5.64, -0.21; P = 0.03). Diet quality significantly deteriorated (HEI-2015 score decreased) and became more proinflammatory (C-DII score increased) from 5 to 9-11 y of age. Diet quality/inflammation deterioration (compared with improvement) or overall change in dietary scores were not related to preteen cardiometabolic outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Exposure to human milk in early life was associated with lower preteen adiposity, irrespective of duration. Diet quality/inflammatory potential deteriorated between early childhood and the preteen years, highlighting a potential period for intervention.
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NMR spectroscopy is a key technique that has significantly advanced our understanding of RNA structure and dynamics. However, determination of large RNA structures by NMR spectroscopy remains a significant technical challenge. In this review, we highlight advances that facilitate NMR studies of large RNAs, including methods for sample preparation, isotope labeling strategies, and data acquisition. In addition, we review hybrid approaches that have been instrumental in the structure determination of large RNAs.
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Marcaje Isotópico/métodos , Resonancia Magnética Nuclear Biomolecular/métodos , Conformación de Ácido Nucleico , ARN/química , Dispersión del Ángulo Pequeño , Difracción de Neutrones/métodos , Difracción de Rayos X/métodosRESUMEN
Protein O-mycoloylation is a unique post-translational lipidation that was recently discovered in Corynebacterium. We describe an alkyne-modified trehalose monomycolate chemical reporter that can metabolically tag O-mycoloylated proteins in C. glutamicum, enabling their detection and identification through click chemistry.
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Alquinos/metabolismo , Proteínas Bacterianas/análisis , Factores Cordón/metabolismo , Corynebacterium/química , Alquinos/química , Proteínas Bacterianas/metabolismo , Química Clic , Factores Cordón/química , Corynebacterium/metabolismo , Estructura Molecular , Procesamiento Proteico-PostraduccionalRESUMEN
The global pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other species in the suborder Corynebacterineae possess a distinctive outer membrane called the mycomembrane (MM). The MM is composed of mycolic acids, which are either covalently linked to an underlying arabinogalactan layer or incorporated into trehalose glycolipids that associate with the MM non-covalently. These structures are generated through a process called mycolylation, which is central to mycobacterial physiology and pathogenesis and is an important target for tuberculosis drug development. Current approaches to investigating mycolylation rely on arduous analytical methods that occur outside the context of a whole cell. Herein, we describe mycobacteria-specific chemical reporters that can selectively probe either covalent arabinogalactan mycolates or non-covalent trehalose mycolates in live mycobacteria. These probes, in conjunction with bioorthogonal chemistry, enable selective inâ situ detection of the major MM components.
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Membrana Celular/química , Sondas Moleculares/química , Mycobacterium/química , Mycobacterium/citología , Ácidos Micólicos/análisis , Ácidos Micólicos/química , Estructura MolecularRESUMEN
When the nursing team on the high dependency unit at St James' Hospital, Leeds, moved to their new unit they discovered that aspects of the environment were notworking to the best advantage of patients, visitors and staff. This article outlines the process of identifying and assessing the scope of the issues and formulating an improvement plan. It concludes by sharing the lessons the team learnt, particularly in terms of making better use of existing resources and putting patient experience at the centre of the process.