Journal: Current Issues in Molecular Biology
Article Title: Coptis chinensis Franch. Suppresses Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis by Augmenting NADPH-Dependent Neutrophil Extracellular Traps via Dual Modulation of Complement Activation and Gut Microbiota
doi: 10.3390/cimb48040424
Figure Lengend Snippet: CCF-treated mice show microbiota remodeling with enrichment of Clostridium sp., and observed Cybb/Syk associations are non-causal. The main features of this figure are the distinct clustering of gut microbial communities across groups, the selective enrichment of Clostridium sp. in the CCF group, and its positive correlation with the redox-related host genes Cybb and Syk . ( A ) Alpha diversity analysis using the Chao1 index and Shannon index reveals significant differences among CN, IPA, CCF, and AmB groups. ( B ) Principal coordinates analysis (PCoA) based on weighted UniFrac distances demonstrates distinct clustering of gut microbial communities across groups. ( C ) Taxonomic composition profiles at the family genus, and species levels. Bar plots display the relative abundance of dominant taxa within each group. ( D ) Histogram of LDA scores (log 10 ) for discriminative features, indicating significantly enriched taxa in each group. The colors represent different groups: CN (blue), IPA (red), CCF (green), and AmB (purple). ( E ) Cladogram representing the phylogenetic distribution of differentially abundant taxa among the groups. Colored nodes represent taxa significantly enriched in the corresponding groups: CN (blue), IPA (red), CCF (green), and AmB (purple). From inner to outer circles represent phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species levels. Taxa connected by the same color belong to the same species. ( F ) Comparison of the abundances of significantly different biomarkers: g__ Parasutterella and s__ Lactobacillus in the CN group, s__ Clostridium_sp in the CCF group, g__ Clostridia in the AmB group, and significantly deleted biomarkers g__ Muribaculaceae and g__ Lachnospiraceae in the CCF group. ( G ) Spearman correlation analysis between Clostridium sp. abundance and the expression levels of NADPH oxidase-related genes. Scatter plots show strong positive correlations with Cybb (R = 0.81, p = 0.0076) and Syk (R = 0.75, p = 0.021).
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies used in Western Blot included Beta Actin Monoclonal antibody (66009-1-Ig, Proteintech, Wuhan, China), NCF4/p40phox Rabbit pAb (A2096, Abclonal, Wuhan, China), Anti-NOX2/gp91phox Recombinant Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody (ET1611-44, Huabio, Hangzhou, China), RAC2 Rabbit pAb (A1139, Abclonal, China) and Anti-NCF1/p47phox Rabbit pAb (GB11724, Servicebio, Wuhan, China).
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