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Parmi les nombreux pathogènes fongiques susceptibles d’infecter les épis de maïs, les espèces appartenant au genre Fusarium sont particulièrement préoccupantes pour la filière maïsicole. La fusariose est susceptible d’induire des pertes de rendement considérables et est fréquemment associée à une contamination des épis par des mycotoxines. Un des leviers prometteur repose sur la sélection génétique de plantes résistantes à Fusarium et à l’accumulation de mycotoxines. Plusieurs Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) ont été identifiés d’après la caractérisation moléculaire de la résistance à la fusariose chez le maïs. Cependant malgré les progrès des approches génétiques, les mécanismes moléculaires impliqués restent en grande partie inconnus. L’identification de métabolites majeurs associés à la résistance reste donc indispensable pour la création d’un outil d’aide à la sélection variétale. Une approche métabolomique combinant de la spectrométrie de masse et de la 1H-RMN a été mise au point pour identifier un ensemble de métabolites de défense, constitutifs ou induits par l’infection, susceptibles d’intervenir dans la résistance à Fusarium. Cette approche a été appliquée aux grains à deux stades de développement sur 20 variétés présentant des degrés de résistance contrastés inoculés ou non avec une souche de Fusarium graminearum toxinogène par le canal des soies. Les résultats obtenus mettent en évidence un panel de métabolites liés à la résistance ou la sensibilité des variétés de maïs. / Fusarium graminearum is the main causal agent of maize ear rot or Gibberella ear rot (GER), an important fungal disease affecting maize. GER leads to significant economic loss and serious health issues due to the ability of F. graminearum to produce mycotoxins such as type B trichothecenes. One promising approach to control Giberella Ear Rot and reduce mycotoxins contamination is to promote host-genetic resistance. Several Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) have been identified in maize. However molecular basis to resistance to Fusarium infection remains largely unknown and the success of selection for GER resistance is still challenging. Biochemical approaches can provide valuable insights in the mechanisms crops employ against F. graminearum and its production of mycotoxins. A biochemical profiling could actually be an efficient way to decipher plant-pathogen interactions and progress in screening resistant maize lines. This study aims to elucidate the metabolic profiling of F. graminearum resistance and toxin accumulation in kernels toward the combination of high resolution mass spectrometry and 1H NMR to identify a large set of metabolites, preformed, constitutive as well as inducible defense metabolites that could play a key role in GER resistance. This approach was applied to kernels harvested at two developmental stages. Twenty genotypes with contrasting levels of resistance were inoculated, or not, with a toxigenic Fusarium graminearum strain through the silk channel. The obtained data allowed highlighting a set of biochemical compounds linked to the resistance or susceptibility of maize genotypes

Orientador: Anita Jocelyne Marsaioli / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Química / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T07:45:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Martins_LucasGelain_D.pdf: 5948717 bytes, checksum: d64f37183bfefec1cedc88b263d32340 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Nesta tese consiste no estudo de interações supramoleculares utilizando diferentes metodologias de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear de hidrogênio (RMN de 1H), tais como ROESY 1D, RMN-DOSY e RMN-STD. Os sistemas supramoleculares foram abordados em dois casos de estudo diferentes. O Capítulo I tem como objeto de estudo interações do fármaco Dapsona com diferentes carreadores de fármacos (ß-CD, SBE-ß-CD e lipossoma de EPC), com a finalidade de encontrar formulações nas quais a Dapsona seja mais solúvel. Os complexos binários e ternário formados foram determinadas por medidas de difusão molecular. Foram observadas as formações dos complexos Dap/ß-CD, Da-/SBE-ß-CD, Dap/EPC e o ternário Dap/ß-CD/EPC, os quais contribuem para o aumento de solubilidade do fármaco. O objeto de estudo apresentado no Capítulo II é a inibição da enzima acetilcolinesterase por dois alcaloides, a Fisostigmina e a Crinina. Para determinação das constantes de dissociação aparentes foram utilizados os crescimentos iniciais das curvas de saturação obtids por RMN-STD para construção das Isotermas de Langmuir. De acordo com os valores de constantes obtidos foi possível concluir que a AchE tem mais afinidade com a Fisostigmina do que com a Crinina / Abstract: This thesis consists of the supramolecular interactions study applying different Nuclear Magnetic Resonance methodologies (1H NMR) such as 1D ROESY, DOSY-NMR and STD-NMR. The supramolecular systems were addressed in two different case studies. In chapter I Dapsone solubility was the case study. To solve the solubility problem the interactions between Dapsone and various drug carriers (ß-CD , SBE-ß-CD and EPC liposome) were characterized in terms of the binary and ternary complexes structure using NMR method, such as 1D ROESY and STD-NMR and apparent association constants were determined by measuring molecular diffusion using DOSY-NMR. Dap/ß-CD, Dap/SBE-ß-CD, Dap/EPC and Dap/ß-CD/EPC complexes were observed and Dapsone water solubility was increased. The case study in Chapter II is the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase by two alkaloids, Physostigmine and Crinina. The apparent dissociation constants were determined using the initial growth saturation curves obtained by STD-NMRto construct the Langmuir isotherms. The constants showed that the AChE has more affinity for the Physostigmine than Crinine / Doutorado / Quimica Organica / Doutor em Quimica

Orientador: Jarbas José Rodrigues Rohwedder / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Química / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T12:58:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Killner_MarioHenriqueMontazzolli_D.pdf: 3491134 bytes, checksum: 684c66e65646bff8d702f6275096bfa6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: No presente trabalho foram desenvolvidos novos métodos analíticos empregando espectroscopia NIR e de RMN H, visando o monitoramento on-line da reação de transesterificação de óleos vegetais para a produção de biodiesel e determinação de parâmetros de qualidade de diesel combustível através da espectroscopia de RMN H. Empregando a espectroscopia NIR foi utilizada pela primeira vez a região espectral compreendida entre 5928 e 5959 cm para a determinação on-line, por meio de um modelo de regressão multivariada, das taxas de conversão dos triglicerídeos provenientes de óleo de soja em ésteres de ácidos graxos (biodiesel). O modelo desenvolvido foi avaliado no monitoramento de duas reações de transesterificação conduzidas a 20 ± 0,2 °C e 55 ± 0,2 °C que apresentaram erros médios de previsão para um conjunto de validação de 0,6 e 1,0% de conversão, respectivamente. De maneira similar foram desenvolvidos outros 3 métodos analíticos empregando um espectrômetro de RMN H de bancada de baixo campo para a determinação das taxas de conversão dos triglicerídeos provenientes do óleo de semente colza em ésteres metílicos de ácidos graxos. O primeiro método utiliza as áreas dos picos dos prótons metoxílicos dos ésteres de ácidos graxos e dos prótons etilênicos da cadeia de ácidos graxos para a determinação direta das taxas de conversão dos triglicerídeos. Um segundo método utiliza um modelo de regressão PLS para a determinação das taxas de conversão. Finalmente, o terceiro método emprega os desvios químicos dos prótons hidroxílicos do metanol e glicerol presentes na fase oleica para determinar as taxas de conversão dos triglicerídeos em ésteres. Outro importante resultado alcançado durante o desenvolvimento do trabalho foi o entendimento da partição das moléculas dos alcoóis (metanol e glicerol) entre as duas fases que constituem o meio reacional durante o processo de transesterificação. Este fato é importante para compreender melhor o mecanismo de reação de produção de biodiesel, uma vez que a taxa de reação depende da quantidade de metanol e catalisador dissolvidos inicialmente na fase oleica. A possibilidade de identificar os valores da partição dos alcoóis ao final da reação possibilita também o desenvolvimento de técnicas de separação que permitam otimizar a recuperação de biodiesel e metanol em uma planta de produção de biodiesel, refletindo diretamente na redução dos custos. Modelos de calibração PLS empregando espectros de RNM H de baixo campo também foram desenvolvidos para a determinação de diversos parâmetros de qualidade de diesel combustível B5, como: Massa Específica, Curva de Destilação para 10%, 50%, 85% e 90% de recuperação, Número de Cetano e Ponto de Fulgor. Os espectros foram adquiridos sem qualquer tipo de preparo de amostra ou utilização de padrão interno. Todos os modelos desenvolvidos apresentaram valores de RMSEP inferiores às reprodutibilidades das técnicas analíticas empregadas atualmente como referência pelas normas ASTM e ABNT NBR. A técnica de RMN H de baixo campo foi empregada também para a determinação do Teor de Biodiesel nas amostras de diesel combustível, apresentando um erro relativo médio de 2,5% em relação a técnica analítica de referência / Abstract: The present work reports on the development of new analytical methods, based on NIR and H NMR spectroscopy, aiming at on-line monitoring of the transesterification reaction of vegetable oils to produce biodiesel, and the determination of quality parameters of diesel fuel applying H NMR spectroscopy. The NIR spectral region between 5928 and 5959 cm-1 was used for the first time for on-line determination, employing a multivariate model, of the conversion ratio of triglycerides from the soybean oil into fatty acid methyl esters (biodiesel). The developed model was evaluated on the transesterification reaction monitoring of two new reactions carried out at 20 ± 0.2 °C and 55 ± 0.2 °C which showed RMSEP of 0.6 and 1.0 %, respectively. In a similar way 3 analytical methods were developed using a bench-size low-field NMR H spectrometer to determine the triglycerides (rapeseed oil) conversion ratios into fatty acid methyl esters. The first method applies the area of the methoxylic protons peak of fatty acid methyl esters and the ethylenic protons peak of fatty acid chain for direct determination of the triglycerides conversion ratios. A second method applies a PLS regression model to determine the conversion ratio. finally, a third method applies the hydroxylic protons chemical shift of methanol and glycerol present in the oleic phase to correlate the conversion ratio of triglycerides into esters. Another important result obtained during the development of this work was the comprehension of partitioning of alcohol molecules (methanol and glycerol) between the two phases that constitute the reactional medium during biodiesel production process. This fact is relevant to understand the reaction mechanism of the biodiesel production, because the reaction rate strongly depends on the methanol and catalyst amount initially dissolved in the oleic phase. Also, the possibility of identification of the alcohols partitioning values at the end of the reaction process helps in the development of new separation techniques to optimize the biodiesel and methanol recovering in a biodiesel producing plant, directly influencing the process costs. PLS regression models applying the low-field H NMR spectra were also developed for the determination of different quality parameters of diesel fuel (B5), such as: Specific Gravity, Distillation Curve (10%, 50%, 85% e 90% of recovering), Cetane Number and Flash Point. The spectra were acquired without adding any reference compound or sample pre-treatment. All regression models developed showed RMSEP values lower than the reproducibility of the analytical techniques used as reference by ASTM and ABNT NBR. The low-field H NMR technique were also used to determine the biodiesel content in diesel fuel samples, showing a mean relative error of 2.5% in comparison to the standard analytical technique / Doutorado / Quimica Analitica / Doutor em Quimica

(AJ) The three aims of the work were as follows: 1. Comparison of prostate magnetic resonance (MR) examination results from 1.5 T and 3 T scanners in patients with prostate carcinoma (PCa). MR findings of 103 patients (ages 44-72 years) were compared with histopathological results after radical prostatectomy. The work was focused on the accuracy of predicting local cancer staging and determining prostate tumour location. Patients were divided into three groups (A, B and C) based on the type of MR scanner and protocol used. Patient groups A and B were examined in 1.5T and 3T MR scanners equipped with surface coils in the identical multiparametric MR imaging protocol included dynamic contrast examination (DCE). Patient group C was examined in a 3T MR scanner without DCE. The highest accuracy of predicting the stage of PCa was seen in patients examined in 3 T MR scanner with DCE included in the protocol, however, no significant differences were seen between results from 1.5 T and 3.T MR scanners. No significant difference was also found in the accuracy of determining the location of prostate tumour between 1.5 T and 3T MR examinations, however, there were significant differences between sequences used, with the highest accuracy attained by using a combination of T2 weighted sequences and diffusion...

Dans un marché globalisé où 40% du vin consommé est importé, le contrôle de la traçabilité est un enjeu majeur de la filière viti-vinicole. L'authentification du vin est le processus pouvant faire appel à différentes méthodes analytiques devant pouvoir contrôler trois paramètres fondamentaux : l’origine géographique, le cépage et le millésime. La spectroscopie RMN 1H quantitative (RMNq) est aujourd'hui considérée comme un outil très prometteur pour l'étude de l'authenticité des vins. Lors de cette thèse, une technique de dosage de 40 composés majoritaires des vins par RMN 1H a été développée. Elle permet l’acquisition d’une information riche et complexe en une seule analyse non-spécifique. La capacité de cette technique à authentifier un vin a été démontrée suite à une collaboration avec le Château Mouton-Rothschild, par comparaisons avec des analyses officielles réalisées par la DGDDI et DGCCRF de Pessac (SCL). La détermination d’un seuil de conformité a été établie en prenant en compte l’évolution naturelle des vins en bouteille. Une étude de caractérisation des vins rouges de Bordeaux a été menée. La singularité de ces vins a été observée par comparaison avec d’autres vins français, mettant en évidence des métabolites caractéristiques des vins de Bordeaux. Les résultats fournissent une description globale du potentiel de la RMN 1H pour l’authentification des vins. / In a globalized market where 40% of the wine consumed is imported, traceability control is a major challenge for the wine industry. Wine authentication is the process that can use different analytical methods able to control three fundamental parameters: geographical origin, grape variety and vintage. Quantitative 1H NMR spectroscopy (qNMR) is now considered as a very promising tool for studying wine authenticity. During this thesis, a technique was developed for the determination of 40 major wine compounds by 1H NMR. It allows the acquisition of rich and complex information in a single non-specific analysis. The ability of this technique to authenticate a wine has been demonstrated following a collaboration with Château Mouton-Rothschild, by comparison with official analyses carried out by the DGDDI and DGCCRF of Pessac (SCL).The determination of a compliance threshold has been established by taking into account the natural evolution of bottled wines. A characterization study of Bordeaux red wines was carried out. The singularity of these wines was observed in comparison with other French wines, highlighting the characteristic metabolites of Bordeaux wines. The results provide a global description of the potential of 1H NMR for wine authentication.

Completely inorganic nanoscale clusters play an essential role in many aspects of inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, and geochemistry. The underlying dynamic behavior of these species in solution defines how and why they make successful thin film precursors as well as exist naturally in the environment. There have been a limited number of previous solution studies involving inorganic nanoscale clusters due to the lack of spectroscopic handles and availability of analytical techniques. This dissertation outlines the available and appropriate characterization techniques needed for identifying and studying inorganic nanoscale species and then uses proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1H-NMR) and Diffusion Ordered Spectroscopy (DOSY) to fully characterize the Ga13-xInx(µ3-OH)6(µ-OH)18(H2O)24(NO3)15 (0 ≤ x ≤ 6) cluster series in solution. This research lays a foundation for a multitude of future studies on the dynamic behavior of these species that was previously unachievable. This dissertation includes previously published and unpublished co-authored material.

Infectious diseases are the second leading cause of deaths in the world with malaria being responsible for approximately the same amount of deaths as cancer in 2012. Despite the success in malaria prevention and control measures decreasing the disease mortality rate by 45% since 2000, the development of single-dose therapeutics with radical cure potential is required to completely eradicate this deadly disease. Targeting multiple stages of the malaria parasite is becoming a primary requirement for new candidates in antimalarial drug discovery and development. Recently, 4(1H)-pyridone, 4(1H)-quinolone, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroacridone, and phenoxyethoxy-4(1H)-quinolone chemotypes have been shown to be antimalarials with blood stage activity, liver stage activity, and transmission blocking activity. Advancements in structure-activity relationship and structure-property relationship studies, biological evaluation in vitro and in vivo, as well as pharmacokinetics of the 4(1H)-pyridone and 4(1H)-quinolone chemotypes is discussed in the first chapter of the dissertation. Convenient synthetic approaches to 3-aryl-4(1H)-quinolones via metal-catalyzed and metal-free arylation of β-keto carbonyl compounds is addressed in Chapter 2. A clean arylation protocol of ethyl acetoacetate was developed by using hypervalent diaryl iodonium salts under mild and metal-free conditions. The scope of the reaction, using symmetric and unsymmetric iodonium salts varying in sterics and electronics was examined. This method has been applied for the synthesis of antimalarial compound ELQ-300, which is currently in preclinical development. Additionally, a first gram scale synthesis of ELQ-300 and its structurally related 4(1H)-quinolone P4Q-391 using operationally simple and highly yielding metal-catalyzed conditions have been shown. Despite of 3-aryl-4(1H)-quinolone chemotypes displaying potent antimalarial activities against Plasmodium species in vitro and in vivo, their development is also associated with risks. 4(1H)-quinolones are known to be poorly soluble and thus represent challenging drug candidates for pharmacokinetic and bioavailability reasons. Disrupting of molecular crystal packing and prodrug approaches were employed to overcome solubility and bioavailability issues in current series. Quantum mechanics torsion profile calculations, 13C T1 spin-lattice relaxation experiments as well as X-ray studies were conducted with the objective to determine possible effects improving key physicochemical properties such as solubility and stability. As a backup strategy, a prodrug approach was developed enabling the 4(1H)-quinolone scaffold to be functionalized at the quinolone's oxygen. In order to avoid any enzymatic dependences, an approach was developed in which the prodrug moiety was removed via a pH-triggered decay. Additionally, phosphate prodrugs regenerating the active compound via extrahepatic enzymes such as the ubiquitous alkaline phosphatase were investigated. The development of orally bioavailable prodrugs enabled an advance overcoming in vivo efficacy limitations and has been confirmed by pharmacokinetic profiling studies. The herein presented approaches present viable options for any pyridone quinolone antimalarial chemotype which are currently studied.

Copper is one of the most vital trace elements in ruminant nutrition. It is required for several metabolic activities and it is also an essential component of several physiologically important metalloenzymes. Thus copper deficiency in ruminants results in distinctive pathologies, and hence in significant economic losses to farmers. Copper deficiency results from very low copper in diet (primary copper deficiency) and interference with Cu absorption in the animal due to Mo and S in food or water (secondary copper deficiency). The molybdenum-induced copper deficiency that affects ruminants can be attributed to the formation of thiomolybdates (TMs)from molybdate and sulfide in the rumen. The TMs formed then react irreversibly with copper to form insoluble Cu-TM complex which ultimately end up being excreted, thus reducing copper bioavailability to the ruminant. <p>In this study, an attempt has been made to use computer simulations to model speciation of copper in rumen fluid in the presence of TMs with the aim of understanding the extent to which TMs affects the levels of copper in the rumen. <p>This was done by initially refining the computer model of copper speciation with respect to low molecular mass (LMM) ligands in bovine rumen with the aim of correcting the discrepancy that was observed during experimental validation of the computer model in a previous study. To this end, mass balance equations which describes the distribution of Cu(II) amongst the different ligands were encoded into a spreadsheet to calculate equilibrium concentration of all species. Formation constants obtained from literature as well as those obtained from studies in our group were used as input values in the spreadsheet. Results show that at average ruminal pH, the metal would be present mostly as carbonate and phosphate complexes. The results obtained from the computer model in the present study were validated using 1H NMR experiments on simulated rumen fluid as well as actual rumen fluid containing Cu(II); using acetic acid chemical shift as the probe for monitoring the speciation pattern. Excellent agreement was observed between the computer model and experimental results. Discrepancy was however observed upon introduction of copper lysine as copper source into the model. Incorporation of a mixed ligand complex of Cu(II), acetate and lysine into the computer model gave an excellent agreement between the computer model and experimental results. <p>The study was extended to include glycine, histidine, methionine and EDTA complexes as the copper source in both rumen saliva (McDougalls solution) and rumen fluid. Results show that only the histidine and EDTA complexes persist to any significant extent, in spite of the large number of competing ligands present in these matrices.<p>In this study, success has also been achieved in the integration of the slow (kinetically controlled) formation of TMs and copper-tetrathiomolybdate (TM4) complexation into the previously developed model for the rapidly equilibrating copper-ligand speciation. To simulate the formation of the TMs and Cu-TM4 complex with respect to time, the differential equations representing rate expressions for each chemical species were solved to obtain an analytical solution using the Laplace transform method. The analytical solutions obtained were encoded in a spreadsheet and calculated as function of time to obtain time dependent concentrations of TMs and Cu-TM4 complex. This was then integrated with previously developed model for the rapidly equilibrating copper-ligand speciation in the rumen. The kinetic data used in the simulation of the formation thiomolybdates was obtained fron literature wheras that for Cu-TM4 complexation was obtained from our lab using Cu(II) - Ion Selective Electrode. The results show that that in the presence of TM4 the, Cu(II) bound to low molecular ligands in the rumen is drastically reduced confirming the effect TM4 on Cu(II) observed in several in vitro studies.<p>The study shows that in thiomolybdate contaminated rumen environment, the bioavailability of copper is considerably reduced. Though metal bioavailabilities are hard to predict this approach could help better our understanding of this process.

Copper is one of the most vital trace elements in ruminant nutrition. It is required for several metabolic activities and it is also an essential component of several physiologically important metalloenzymes. Thus copper deficiency in ruminants results in distinctive pathologies, and hence in significant economic losses to farmers. Copper deficiency results from very low copper in diet (primary copper deficiency) and interference with Cu absorption in the animal due to Mo and S in food or water (secondary copper deficiency). The molybdenum-induced copper deficiency that affects ruminants can be attributed to the formation of thiomolybdates (TMs)from molybdate and sulfide in the rumen. The TMs formed then react irreversibly with copper to form insoluble Cu-TM complex which ultimately end up being excreted, thus reducing copper bioavailability to the ruminant. <p>In this study, an attempt has been made to use computer simulations to model speciation of copper in rumen fluid in the presence of TMs with the aim of understanding the extent to which TMs affects the levels of copper in the rumen. <p>This was done by initially refining the computer model of copper speciation with respect to low molecular mass (LMM) ligands in bovine rumen with the aim of correcting the discrepancy that was observed during experimental validation of the computer model in a previous study. To this end, mass balance equations which describes the distribution of Cu(II) amongst the different ligands were encoded into a spreadsheet to calculate equilibrium concentration of all species. Formation constants obtained from literature as well as those obtained from studies in our group were used as input values in the spreadsheet. Results show that at average ruminal pH, the metal would be present mostly as carbonate and phosphate complexes. The results obtained from the computer model in the present study were validated using 1H NMR experiments on simulated rumen fluid as well as actual rumen fluid containing Cu(II); using acetic acid chemical shift as the probe for monitoring the speciation pattern. Excellent agreement was observed between the computer model and experimental results. Discrepancy was however observed upon introduction of copper lysine as copper source into the model. Incorporation of a mixed ligand complex of Cu(II), acetate and lysine into the computer model gave an excellent agreement between the computer model and experimental results. <p>The study was extended to include glycine, histidine, methionine and EDTA complexes as the copper source in both rumen saliva (McDougalls solution) and rumen fluid. Results show that only the histidine and EDTA complexes persist to any significant extent, in spite of the large number of competing ligands present in these matrices.<p>In this study, success has also been achieved in the integration of the slow (kinetically controlled) formation of TMs and copper-tetrathiomolybdate (TM4) complexation into the previously developed model for the rapidly equilibrating copper-ligand speciation. To simulate the formation of the TMs and Cu-TM4 complex with respect to time, the differential equations representing rate expressions for each chemical species were solved to obtain an analytical solution using the Laplace transform method. The analytical solutions obtained were encoded in a spreadsheet and calculated as function of time to obtain time dependent concentrations of TMs and Cu-TM4 complex. This was then integrated with previously developed model for the rapidly equilibrating copper-ligand speciation in the rumen. The kinetic data used in the simulation of the formation thiomolybdates was obtained fron literature wheras that for Cu-TM4 complexation was obtained from our lab using Cu(II) - Ion Selective Electrode. The results show that that in the presence of TM4 the, Cu(II) bound to low molecular ligands in the rumen is drastically reduced confirming the effect TM4 on Cu(II) observed in several in vitro studies.<p>The study shows that in thiomolybdate contaminated rumen environment, the bioavailability of copper is considerably reduced. Though metal bioavailabilities are hard to predict this approach could help better our understanding of this process.