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Abstract
 Acetyl-CoA
carboxylase
(ACC)
is
a
key
enzyme
of
fatty
acid
metabolism
with
multiple
 isozymes
often
expressed
in
different
eukaryotic
cellular
compartments.

 In
agriculture,
inhibitors
of
plastid
ACC
are
used
as
efficient
herbicides
against
grass
 weed.
However,
grass
weed
populations
resistant
to
aryloxyphenoxypropionate
(APP)
and
 cyclohexanedione
(CHD)
herbicides
represent
a
major
problem
for
sustainable
agriculture.
 Using
PCR
and
sequencing
it
was
found
out
that
five
amino
acid
substitutions
in
plastid
ACC
 were
 correlated
 with
 herbicide
 resistance
 of
 Avena
 sterilis
 ssp.
 ludoviciana
 Durieu
 populations
from
the
northern
grain-growing
region
of
Australia:
Trp-1,999-Cys,
Trp-2,027- Cys,
 Ile-2,041-Asn,
 Asp-2,078-Gly
 and
 Gly-2,096-Ala.
 We
 showed,
 using
 a
 yeast
 gene- replacement
 system,
 that
 these
 single-site
 mutations
 also
 confer
 herbicide
 resistance
 to
 wheat
plastid
ACCase:
Asp-2,078-Gly
confers
resistance
to
APPs
and
CHDs,
Trp-2,027-Cys
 and
Ile-2,041-Asn
confer
resistance
to
APPs,
and
Trp-1,999-Cys
confers
resistance
only
to
 fenoxaprop.
These
mutations
are
very
likely
to
confer
resistance
to
any
grass
weed
species
 under
selection
imposed
by
the
extensive
agricultural
use
of
the
herbicides.

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Orientador: Márcio Alberto Torsoni / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T16:21:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pereira_ViniciusDias_M.pdf: 1179657 bytes, checksum: 3d71a3a82020acdf4b2e2a10b8eabfdf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: A AMPK hipotalâmica age como um sensor energético e é capaz de modular a ingestão alimentar, homeostase de glicose e a biossíntese de ácidos graxos. É conhecido que a injeção intra-hipotalâmica de ácidos graxos suprime a produção de glicose pelo fígado, principalmente pela ativação de canais de potássio sensíveis a ATP hipotalâmico (K(ATP)). Uma vez que em todos os modelos estudados a biossíntese de malonil-CoA estava envolvida, nós hipotetizamos que a Acetil-CoA Carboxilase poderia modular respostas contra-regulatórias independente da disponibilidade de nutrientes. Nesse estudo foram empregados os seguintes métodos: Immunoblot, PCR em tempo real, ELISA e avaliações bioquímicas. Através desses métodos, nós mostramos que a redução da expressão de acetil-CoA carboxilase pela injeção de oligonucleotídeo antisense intraventricular resultou no aumento da ingestão alimentar e diminuiu a expressão dos mRNA de CART, CRH e TRH. Além disso, como nos ratos em jejum, os ratos tratados com oligonucleotídeo antisense apresentaram concentrações de corpos cetônicos e glucagon séricos aumentados, além de níveis de insulina e glicogênio hepático diminuídos. A redução de acetil-CoA carboxilase hipotalâmica também aumentou a expressão de PEPCK, fosforilação de AMPK e a produção de glicose no fígado. Interessantemente, esses efeitos foram observados sem modificação da fosforilação da AMPK hipotalâmica. Com isso, concluímos que a inibição da ACC hipotalâmica pode ativar resposta contra-regulatória hepática independente da ativação da AMPK hipotalâmica / Abstract: BACKGROUND: Hypothalamic AMPK acts as a cell energy sensor and can modulate food intake, glucose homeostasis, and fatty acid biosynthesis. Intrahypothalamic fatty acid injection is known to suppress liver glucose production, mainly by activation of hypothalamic ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels. Since all models employed seem to involve malonyl-CoA biosynthesis, we hypothesized that acetyl-CoA carboxylase can modulate the counter-regulatory response independent of nutrient availability. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In this study employing immunoblot, realtime PCR, ELISA, and biochemical measurements, we showed that reduction of the hypothalamic expression of acetyl-CoA carboxylase by antisense oligonucleotide after intraventricular injection increased food intake and diminished the expression of CART, CRH, and TRH mRNA. Additionally, as in fasted rats antisense oligonucleotide-treated rats, increased serum glucagon and ketone bodies were observed along with diminished levels of serum insulin and hepatic glycogen. The reduction of hypothalamic acetyl-CoA carboxylase also increased PEPCK expression, AMPK phosphorylation, and glucose production. Interestingly, these effects were observed without modification of hypothalamic AMPK phosphorylation. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE: Hypothalamic ACC inhibition can activate hepatic counter-regulatory response independent of hypothalamic AMPK activation / Mestrado / Clinica Medica / Mestre em Clinica Medica

The effect of exogenous unsaturated fatty acids on cellular fatty acid biosynthesis in mammary cells was examined. Under normal situations, even though the diet of a dairy cow contains considerable amounts of unsaturated fatty acids, viz. oleic acid (18:1) and linoleic acid (18:2), the major 18-carbon fatty acid that enters the circulation post-ruminally for delivery to the mammary gland is saturated fatty acid, viz. stearic acid (18:0). This is due to extensive ruminal biohydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids. Studies have indicated that saturated fatty acids such as 18:0 are enhancers and that certain unsaturated fatty acids are inhibitors of de novo fatty acid synthesis in tissues such as the liver and adipose tissue. The present study investigated the effect of cis and trans isomers of 18:1 and 18:2 on de novo fatty acid synthesis and desaturation in mouse and bovine mammary epithelial cell cultures, and compared it with the effect caused by 18:0. In the first experiment 12.5, 25, 50 or 100 micromoles stearic acid (SA), oleic acid (OA), elaidic acid (EA), trans-vaccenic acid (TVA), linoleic acid (LA) or conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) were supplemented in the media of mouse mammary epithelial (MME) cells that were grown to confluence in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM). As indicated by cellular palmitic acid (16:0) content and fatty acid synthetase (FAS) activity, when compared with SA all unsaturated fatty acid treatments inhibited de novo fatty acid synthesis in MME cells. In addition, OA at all concentrations and LA and CLA at 50 and 100 micromoles inhibited cellular stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) activity and mRNA abundance. However, EA and TVA, when compared with SA, enhanced SCD activity and mRNA abundance at 12.5 and 25 micromoles. In the second experiment 25, 50 or 100 micromoles SA, OA, TVA, LA or CLA were supplemented in the media of bovine mammary epithelial cells that were grown to confluence in DMEM. As indicated by cellular 16:0 content, acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) activity and FAS activity, treatment with the unsaturated fatty acids inhibited de novo fatty acid synthesis at all concentrations, when compared with SA. Unsaturated fatty acid treatments also reduced the abundance of ACC and FAS mRNA in the cells. When compared with SA at all treatment-concentrations, OA and LA inhibited whereas TVA and CLA enhanced cellular SCD activity and mRNA abundance in the bovine cells. In both cell types, CLA and TVA appeared to be the most potent inhibitors of saturated fatty acid biosynthesis. / Ph. D.