Thesis--Copenhagen. / Published also without thesis note. "Résumé" (in Danish): p. [311]-315. Bibliography: p. [273]-305.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2008. / Includes graphs and tables. Includes list of publications: p. iv. Title from title screen (viewed May 5, 2008). Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Queensland, 2004. / Includes bibliography.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-04-04Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:55:05Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_smg_me_botfca.pdf: 943123 bytes, checksum: e1f346a000e6f16cebed0347a5eb69fe (MD5) / Plântulas provenientes da germinação de sementes in vitro da bromélia Aechmea blanchetiana foram cultivadas em meio líquido para o estudo do crescimento sob a influência de diferentes reguladores vegetais. Os tratamentos consistiram da combinação de concentrações (mg L-1) de BAP (0,2), Kt (0,2), NAA (0,1) e IBA (0,1) adicionados aos meios de cultivo líquido MS. As plântulas foram cultivadas sob fotoperíodo de 16 horas e temperatura de 25 ºC ± 2, durante 90 dias e subcultivos a cada 15 dias. O delineamento experimental adotado foi o inteiramente casualizado para todas as variáveis consideradas com 9 tratamentos e 4 repetições, totalizando 36 parcelas, sendo cada parcela composta por 4 plântulas perfazendo um total de 144 plântulas. Foram medidas e analisadas as seguintes características: comprimento da maior folha, número de folhas, número de raízes, comprimento da maior raiz, massa fresca e seca de plântulas e raízes. O BAP promoveu o melhor resultado para as variáveis número de raízes e comprimento da maior raiz. Os tratamentos com NAA e IBA apresentaram o melhor resultado quanto ao comprimento da maior folha, gerando ambos melhores desempenho para a massa de matéria fresca de plântulas / Seedlings from in vitro seed germination of the bromeliad Aechmea blanchetiana were cultured in liquid medium to study growth under influence of different plant growth regulators. Treatments were combined concentrations (mg L-1) of BAP (0.2), Kinetin (0.2), NAA (0.1) and IBA (0.1) added to MS liquid culture media. Seedlings were cultured under 16h photoperiod and 25 ºC ± 2 for 90 days and subcultured every 15 days. Experimental design was completely randomized for all variables, with 9 treatments and 4 replicates totaling 36 plots, each one composed of 4 seedlings, 144 in total. Length of the largest leaf, number of leaves, number of roots, length of the largest root, and fresh and dry matter of seedlings and roots were measured and analyzed. BAP led to the best results for number of roots and length of the largest root. Treatments with NAA and IBA led to the best values as to length of the largest leaf, both resulting in higher values of seedling fresh matter

Resumo: Plântulas provenientes da germinação de sementes in vitro da bromélia Aechmea blanchetiana foram cultivadas em meio líquido para o estudo do crescimento sob a influência de diferentes reguladores vegetais. Os tratamentos consistiram da combinação de concentrações (mg L-1) de BAP (0,2), Kt (0,2), NAA (0,1) e IBA (0,1) adicionados aos meios de cultivo líquido MS. As plântulas foram cultivadas sob fotoperíodo de 16 horas e temperatura de 25 ºC ± 2, durante 90 dias e subcultivos a cada 15 dias. O delineamento experimental adotado foi o inteiramente casualizado para todas as variáveis consideradas com 9 tratamentos e 4 repetições, totalizando 36 parcelas, sendo cada parcela composta por 4 plântulas perfazendo um total de 144 plântulas. Foram medidas e analisadas as seguintes características: comprimento da maior folha, número de folhas, número de raízes, comprimento da maior raiz, massa fresca e seca de plântulas e raízes. O BAP promoveu o melhor resultado para as variáveis número de raízes e comprimento da maior raiz. Os tratamentos com NAA e IBA apresentaram o melhor resultado quanto ao comprimento da maior folha, gerando ambos melhores desempenho para a massa de matéria fresca de plântulas / Abstract: Seedlings from in vitro seed germination of the bromeliad Aechmea blanchetiana were cultured in liquid medium to study growth under influence of different plant growth regulators. Treatments were combined concentrations (mg L-1) of BAP (0.2), Kinetin (0.2), NAA (0.1) and IBA (0.1) added to MS liquid culture media. Seedlings were cultured under 16h photoperiod and 25 ºC ± 2 for 90 days and subcultured every 15 days. Experimental design was completely randomized for all variables, with 9 treatments and 4 replicates totaling 36 plots, each one composed of 4 seedlings, 144 in total. Length of the largest leaf, number of leaves, number of roots, length of the largest root, and fresh and dry matter of seedlings and roots were measured and analyzed. BAP led to the best results for number of roots and length of the largest root. Treatments with NAA and IBA led to the best values as to length of the largest leaf, both resulting in higher values of seedling fresh matter / Orientador: Elizabeth Orika Ono / Coorientador: Márcio Christian Serpa Domingues / Banca: João Domingos Rodrigues / Banca: Armando Reis Tavares / Mestre

The follicle and its enclosed oocyte share intimate and critical communication that regulates folliculogenesis and produces a mature oocyte. Protein and RNA accumulated in the oocyte during oogenesis control fertilization and direct embryonic development until the embryonic genome activates. Most knowledge of mammalian oocyte biology has been derived from eutherian species. Marsupials deserve more detailed studies because they have a distinct reproductive biology that offers a unique perspective from which to consider mammalian reproduction. The oocyte biology of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii, is the focus of research in this thesis. Cold storage, a simple method for transporting ovarian tissue, was evaluated using histological techniques and follicle culture to assess the structure and function of tammar ovarian tissue. In vitro techniques were used to examine and compare: -folliculogenesis in prepubertal and adult animals, - fertilization of in vivo and in vitro matured oocytes, - and embryo development in follicular and tubal oocytes. / Tammar ovaries were placed in cold storage (PBS at 4?C) for 24 or 48 hours. Necrotic changes were minimal in ovarian follicles after cold storage and preantral follicles isolated from ovarian tissue after cold storage grew by similar amounts as non-stored follicles when cultured for 4 days in vitro. Although the general morphology and growth of follicles are unaffected after cold storage for up to 48 hours, the viability of the oocyte is of prime importance. The next important stages of this study were to develop in vitro techniques for follicle culture and for oocyte maturation and fertilization for future assessment of oocytes after cold storage. / A defined (serum-free) culture system was developed to grow isolated preantral follicles from prepubertal and adult tammars. FSH promoted follicle growth and antrum formation in follicles from prepubertal tammars. Although FSH promoted growth in follicles from adult tammars, other factors present in serum were required for antrum formation. Therefore, once the hypothalmo-pituitary-gonadal axis is mature, hormones and growth factors modify the mechanism of antrum formation. Only follicles that developed an antrum in the presence of serum had granulosa and theca layers that had appropriately differentiated. While FSH stimulates follicle growth in vitro, more complex conditions are required to promote granulosa and theca differentiation. / Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) was successfully used to compare fertilization of in vivo and in vitro matured oocytes as well as the development of mature oocytes collected from the ovary (surrounded by zona pellucida) or from the oviduct (surrounded by zona pellucida and mucoid coat). In vitro matured oocytes proceeded though the early stages of fertilization (e.g. sperm nuclear decondensation, pronuclear formation), but not syngamy. After sperm injection, in vivo matured oocytes cleaved as far as the 8-cell stage. Oocytes do not lose their ability to fertilize after acquisition of the mucoid coat, since tubal oocytes cleaved as far as the 8-cell stage after sperm injection. Follicular oocytes develop as far as the 5-cell stage after sperm injection, but embryos had a large cleavage cavity that hindered cell-cell contact. While the mucoid coat is not required for cleavage, it is important for appropriate cell-cell interaction and normal early development of the embryo. / This, the most detailed in vitro study of marsupial oocyte biology, has shown that there are many similarities in the biology of marsupial and eutherian oocytes but that the unique biology of marsupials offers a significant perspective on mammalian reproduction. This work also lays the foundation for the effective use of assisted reproductive techniques for conservation of Australia’s unique mammalian fauna.

The follicle and its enclosed oocyte share intimate and critical communication that regulates folliculogenesis and produces a mature oocyte. Protein and RNA accumulated in the oocyte during oogenesis control fertilization and direct embryonic development until the embryonic genome activates. Most knowledge of mammalian oocyte biology has been derived from eutherian species. Marsupials deserve more detailed studies because they have a distinct reproductive biology that offers a unique perspective from which to consider mammalian reproduction. The oocyte biology of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii, is the focus of research in this thesis. Cold storage, a simple method for transporting ovarian tissue, was evaluated using histological techniques and follicle culture to assess the structure and function of tammar ovarian tissue. In vitro techniques were used to examine and compare: -folliculogenesis in prepubertal and adult animals, - fertilization of in vivo and in vitro matured oocytes, - and embryo development in follicular and tubal oocytes. / Tammar ovaries were placed in cold storage (PBS at 4?C) for 24 or 48 hours. Necrotic changes were minimal in ovarian follicles after cold storage and preantral follicles isolated from ovarian tissue after cold storage grew by similar amounts as non-stored follicles when cultured for 4 days in vitro. Although the general morphology and growth of follicles are unaffected after cold storage for up to 48 hours, the viability of the oocyte is of prime importance. The next important stages of this study were to develop in vitro techniques for follicle culture and for oocyte maturation and fertilization for future assessment of oocytes after cold storage. / A defined (serum-free) culture system was developed to grow isolated preantral follicles from prepubertal and adult tammars. FSH promoted follicle growth and antrum formation in follicles from prepubertal tammars. Although FSH promoted growth in follicles from adult tammars, other factors present in serum were required for antrum formation. Therefore, once the hypothalmo-pituitary-gonadal axis is mature, hormones and growth factors modify the mechanism of antrum formation. Only follicles that developed an antrum in the presence of serum had granulosa and theca layers that had appropriately differentiated. While FSH stimulates follicle growth in vitro, more complex conditions are required to promote granulosa and theca differentiation. / Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) was successfully used to compare fertilization of in vivo and in vitro matured oocytes as well as the development of mature oocytes collected from the ovary (surrounded by zona pellucida) or from the oviduct (surrounded by zona pellucida and mucoid coat). In vitro matured oocytes proceeded though the early stages of fertilization (e.g. sperm nuclear decondensation, pronuclear formation), but not syngamy. After sperm injection, in vivo matured oocytes cleaved as far as the 8-cell stage. Oocytes do not lose their ability to fertilize after acquisition of the mucoid coat, since tubal oocytes cleaved as far as the 8-cell stage after sperm injection. Follicular oocytes develop as far as the 5-cell stage after sperm injection, but embryos had a large cleavage cavity that hindered cell-cell contact. While the mucoid coat is not required for cleavage, it is important for appropriate cell-cell interaction and normal early development of the embryo. / This, the most detailed in vitro study of marsupial oocyte biology, has shown that there are many similarities in the biology of marsupial and eutherian oocytes but that the unique biology of marsupials offers a significant perspective on mammalian reproduction. This work also lays the foundation for the effective use of assisted reproductive techniques for conservation of Australia’s unique mammalian fauna.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2002. / "A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy" Bibliography: leaves 161-189.

Orientadora: Profa. Dra. Christiane Bertachini Lombello / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do ABC. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Biomédica, 2016. / A pele está sujeita a lesões por diversos fatores e dimensões. Essas lesões podem ser amenizadas e o tecido original recuperado devido às propriedades regenerativas deste tecido. Porém, nos casos em que a lesão é extensa e o paciente não possui quantidade de tecido suficiente para recompor a área perdida uma solução é o uso de substitutos dérmicos aplicados na reconstrução da ferida. Dentre os materiais disponíveis na engenharia como substitutos de pele, o colágeno e a gelatina estão entre os mais promissores devido a suas características químicas, físicas e biológicas similares a derme natural. Devido ao baixo custo em sua obtenção e grande disponibilidade, a utilização de gelatina de origem porcina, como substitutos de pele homogênea em reconstrução de tecidos vem sendo usada desde a década de 60, e atualmente novas formas de aplicação vem sendo estudadas. No presente trabalho, foram feitas caracterizações físico-químicas e biológicas da gelatina porcina, inicialmente indicada para uso como agente hemostático. Dos resultados foi possível inferir que o biomaterial apresenta estrutura e comportamento similares a outras estruturas usadas como matrizes de cultivo para células, apresentando boa interação com o biomaterial, proliferação e crescimento celular tanto ao redor, quanto em sua superfície e parede dos poros. Desta forma pode-se afirmar que o biomaterial é biocompatível, sendo possivelmente uma alternativa a matrizes para cultura celularaplicada a engenharia tecidual. / The skin is subject to injury due to various factors and dimensions. These lesions can be softened and the original tissue recovered due to the regenerative properties of this tissue. However, in cases where the lesion is extensive and the patient does not have sufficient tissue to recover the lost area, a solution is the use of dermal substitutes applied in the reconstruction of the wound. Among the materials available in engineering as skin substitutes, collagen and gelatin are among the most promising because of their chemical, physical and biological characteristics similar to natural dermis. Due to the low cost of obtaining and high availability, the use of porcine gelatine as homogeneous skin substitutes in tissue reconstruction has been used since the 1960s, and currently new forms of application have been studied. In the present work, physico-chemical and biological characterizations of porcine gelatine were made, initially indicated for use as hemostatic agent. From the results it was possible to infer that the biomaterial presents structure and behavior similar to other structures used as cell culture matrices, showing good interaction with the biomaterial, proliferation and cell growth both around and on the surface and wall of the pores. In this way it is possible to affirm that the biomaterial is biocompatible, being possibly an alternative to matrices for cellular culture applied to tissue engineering.

No description available.