NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #795 20 April 2018 (Space Life Science Research Results)
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In case you missed it: Here’s a link to an NPR story about the EDEN ISS greenhouse project
(http://eden-iss.net/)
at Neumayer Station III, Antarctica. NASA investigators Robert Ferl and
Anna-Lisa Paul comment on the challenges and relationships between
Antarctic and space farming.
https://www.npr.org/sections/
Papers deriving from NASA support:
1
Shaaban H, Westfall DA, Mohammad R, Danko D, Bezdan D, Afshinnekoo E, Segata N, Mason CE.
The Microbe Directory: An annotated, searchable inventory of microbes’ characteristics.
Gates Open Res. 2018 Jan 5;2:3.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PI: C.E. Mason
Note:
From the abstract: “The Microbe Directory is a collective research
effort to profile
and annotate more than 7,500 unique microbial species from the
MetaPhlAn2 database that includes bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, and
protozoa. By collecting and summarizing data on various microbes’
characteristics, the project comprises a database that
can be used downstream of large-scale metagenomic taxonomic analyses,
allowing one to interpret and explore their taxonomic classifications to
have a deeper understanding of the microbial ecosystem they are
studying.” Publication note appended to title: [version
1; referees: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations]. This article
may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: Not available for this journal
Funding:
“We
would like to thank the Epigenomics Core Facility at Weill Cornell
Medicine, funding from the Irma T. Hirschl and Monique Weill-Caulier
Charitable Trusts, Bert L and N Kuggie
Vallee Foundation, the WorldQuant Foundation, The Pershing Square Sohn
Cancer Research Alliance, NASA (NNX14AH50G, NNX17AB26G), the National
Institutes of Health (R25EB020393, R01NS076465, R21AI129851), the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1151054), and
the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (G-2015-13964).”
2
Beheshti A, Miller J, Kidane Y, Berrios D, Gebre SG, Costes SV.
NASA GeneLab Project: Bridging space radiation omics with ground studies.
Radiat Res. 2018 Apr 13. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Journal Impact Factor: 2.539
Funding: “Research funding was provided by the GeneLab Project at NASA Ames Research Center,
through NASA’s Space Biology Program in the Division of Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications (SLPSRA).”
3
Rithidech KN, Reungpatthanaphong P, Tungjai M, Jangiam W, Honikel L, Whorton EB.
Persistent depletion of plasma gelsolin (pGSN) after exposure of mice to heavy silicon ions.
Life Sci Space Res. 2018 Apr 19. [Article in Press]
https://www.sciencedirect.com/
PI: K.N. Rithidech
Journal Impact Factor: 1.97
Funding: “This research was supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) Grant #NNX11AK91G and Stony Brook University.”
4
Kadhim MA, Bright SJ, Al-Mayah AHJ, Goodwin EH.
The emerging role of exosomes in the biological processes initiated by ionizing radiation.
THREE. 2018 Apr 11.
https://three.jsc.nasa.gov/
Note:
This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: Not applicable to this publication
Funding:
No funding cited. THREE is a publication of the NASA Johnson Space Center Space Radiation Program Element.
5
Yuan M, Wang Y, Qin YX.
Promoting
neuroregeneration by applying dynamic magnetic fields to a novel
nanomedicine: Superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO)-gold nanoparticles
bounded with nerve growth
factor (NGF).
Nanomedicine. 2018 Apr 5. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PI: Y.X. Qin
Journal Impact Factor:
4.727
Funding:
“This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy ARPA-E
(DOEAR0000531);
the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR-N000141410230); the National
Institutes of Health (R01 AR 52379 and AR 61821), and National Space
Biomedical Research Institute through NASA Contract NCC 9-58.”
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Other papers of interest:
1
Acharya
A, Brungs S, Henry M, Rotshteyn T, Singh Yaduvanshi N, Wegener L,
Jentzsch S, Hescheler J, Hemmersbach R, Boeuf H, Sachinidis A.
Modulation
of differentiation processes in murine embryonic stem cells exposed to
parabolic flight-induced acute hypergravity and microgravity.
Stem Cells Dev. 2018 Apr 9. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note:
Parabolic flight results.
2
Xun W, Yang D, Huang Z, Sha H, Chang H.
Cellular immunity monitoring in long-duration spaceflights based on an automatic miniature flow cytometer.
Sens Actuators B Chem. 2018 Aug 15;267:419-29. Epub 2018 Apr 13.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/
Note: Parabolic flight results. The sensor was tested during a 180-day controlled ecological
support system experiment and verified during parabolic flight.
3
Rytlewski JD, Childress PJ, Scofield DC, Khan F, Alvarez MB, Tucker AT, Harris JS, Peveler JL, Hickman DL, Chu TG, Kacena MA.
Cohousing male mice with and without segmental bone defects.
Comp Med. 2018 Apr;68(2):131-8.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note: ISS results.
4
Stavrou NAM, Debevec T, Eiken O, Mekjavic IB.
Hypoxia worsens affective responses and feeling of fatigue during prolonged bed rest.
Front Psychol. 2018 Mar 23;9:362.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note:
Bed
rest study. The study was part of the European Space Agency’s PlanHab
simulation project. This article may be obtained online without charge.
5
Costa-Almeida R, Carvalho DTO, Ferreira MJS, Pesqueira T, Monici M, van Loon J, Granja PL, Gomes ME.
Continuous
exposure to simulated hypergravity induced changes in proliferation,
morphology and gene expression of human tendon cells.
Stem Cells Dev. 2018 Mar 16. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note:
Centrifugation was used.
6
Mattei C, Alshawaf A, D’Abaco G, Nayagam B, Dottori M.
Generation
of neural organoids from human embryonic stem cells using the rotary
cell culture system: Effects of microgravity on neural progenitor cell
fate.
Stem Cells Dev. 2018 Apr 16. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note:
A rotary cell culture system was used.
7
Luan H, Huang Y, Li J, Sun L, Fan Y.
Effect
of local vibration and passive exercise on the hormones and
neurotransmitters of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in hindlimb
unloading rats.
Microgravity Sci Technol. 2018 April 14. [Article in Press]
https://link.springer.com/
Note: Hindlimb unloading study.
8
Jóhannesson G, Eklund A, Lindén C.
Intracranial and intraocular pressure at the lamina cribrosa: Gradient effects.
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2018 Apr 12;18(5):25. Review.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note:
This article may be obtained online without charge.
9
Moralez G, Jouett NP, Tian J, Zimmerman MC, Bhella P, Raven PB.
Effect
of centrally acting angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor on the
exercise-induced increases in muscle sympathetic nerve activity.
J Physiol. 2018 Apr 10. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
10
Riley DA, Van Dyke JM, Vogel V, Curry BD, Bain JLW, Schuett R, Costill DL, Trappe TA, Minchev K, Trappe SW.
Soleus muscle stability in wild hibernating black bears.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2018 Apr 11. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
11
Kiang JG, Smith JT, Hegge SR, Ossetrova NI.
Circulating
cytokine/chemokine concentrations respond to ionizing radiation doses
but not radiation dose rates: Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor and
interleukin-18.
Radiat Res. 2018 Apr 13. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
12
Seedhouse E.
Space Radiation and Astronaut Safety.
Chaum, Switzerland: Springer, published in collaboration with the International Space University, 2018. 122 p.
https://link.springer.com/
Note:
Chapters include: Radiation: A primer, Biomedical consequences of
exposure to space
radiation, Setting acceptable risk levels for astronauts, Space
Radiation Analysis Group, Radiation dosimetry and detection, Shielding,
Acute radiation sickness, Treating acute radiation syndrome,
Pharmacological countermeasures, and Genetic profiling and
manipulation.
13
Hidalgo-Muñoz AR, Mouratille D, Matton N, Causse M, Rouillard Y, El-Yagoubi R.
Cardiovascular correlates of emotional state, cognitive workload and time-on-task effect during a realistic flight simulation.
Int J Psychophysiol. 2018 Apr 5;128:62-9.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
14
Zhang Q, Li S, Wong HC, He XJ, Beirl A, Petralia RS, Wang YX, Kindt KS.
Synaptically silent sensory hair cells in zebrafish are recruited after damage.
Nat Commun. 2018 Apr 11;9(1):1388.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Note:
This article may be obtained online without charge.
