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Regulation of MMP-9 in human ovarian cancerLeber, Thomas Matthias January 1998 (has links)
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The interactions of group B Streptococci with human fibronectin /Hull, James Richard, January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 187-206).
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Proteases in staphylococcal arthritis /Calander, Ann-Marie, January 2007 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Göteborg : Göteborgs universitet, 2007. / Härtill 3 uppsatser.
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Characterization, partial purification, and substrate specificity studies of the mammalian prenyl protein-specific endoprotease activity /Jang, Geeng-Fu, January 1998 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [214]-226).
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Développement d'un essai in vivo pour mesurer l'activité de BACE et son implication dans la maladie d'AlzheimerBrault, Marie Ève. January 1900 (has links) (PDF)
Thèse (M.Sc. )--Université Laval, 2007. / Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 5 mai 2008). Bibliogr.
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Recherche des inhibiteurs de la protéase adénoviraleRuzindana Umunyana, Angélique. January 2002 (has links)
Thèses (Ph.D.)--Université de Sherbrooke (Canada), 2002. / Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 20 juin 2006). Publié aussi en version papier.
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Characterization of aminopeptidase N and endopeptidases E, O, O2, O3 from Lactobacillus helveticus WSU19, a Lactobacilli with industrial significanceSoeryapranata, Elly, January 2005 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Ph.D. in food science)--Washington State University. / Includes bibliographical references.
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Utilização do gene codificador da cisteína proteinase de 30kDa de Leishmania(Leishmania) chagasi (Ldccys1) e da proteína recombinante (rLdccys1) em novos esquemas de imunização em modelo murino / Use of the cysteine proteinase Ldccys1 gene from Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi and the recombinant Ldccys1 in new schudules of immunization in a murine modelFerreira, Josie Haydée Lima [UNIFESP] January 2006 (has links) (PDF)
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Previous issue date: 2006 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / O enfoque do nosso trabalho foi avaliar as respostas linfoproliferativas
protetoras desencadeadas em camundongos BALB/c pela imunização com o gene
Ldccys1 codificador da cisteína proteinase de 30 kDa de Leishmania (L.) chagasi
(p30) e comparar essas respostas com as induzidas pela cisteína proteinase
recombinante rLdccys1.
O gene Ldccys1, previamente clonado em nosso laboratório, foi subclonado e
expresso no vetor bacteriano pHis, originando uma proteína recombinante de 47
kDa, rLdccys1. Essa proteína foi reconhecida, em experimentos de “Western
blotting”, pelo anticorpo monoclonal 2E5D3 reativo com a p30 nativa do parasita,
mostrando que a rLdccys1 corresponde à cisteína proteinase de 30 kDa de L. (L.)
chagasi.
A antigenicidade da rLdccys1 foi avaliada pelas respostas linfoproliferativas
dos camundongos BALB/c previamente imunizados com a proteína recombinante e
Propionibacterium acnes ou BCG como adjuvantes, por via subcutânea ou
intraperitoneal, e reestímulo in vitro com a rLdccys1 ou o extrato protéico de
amastigotas de L. (L.) chagasi (PAM). O reestímulo com a rLdccys1 resultou em
respostas linfoproliferativas superiores às induzidas pelo PAM, independente da via
de imunização ou do adjuvante utilizado. Foi demonstrado que P. acnes e BCG
representam adjuvantes apropriados para a imunização dos animais com a rLdccys1
pela via subcutânea (índices de estimulação em torno de 4-6), enquanto que os
animais imunizados com rLdccys1 + BCG pela via intraperitoneal apresentaram
respostas linfoproliferativas muito baixas. Com P. acnes a imunização pela via
intraperitoneal induziu respostas significantemente superiores às obtidas com a
imunização pela via subcutânea. IFN-γ foi secretado em concentrações semelhantes
pelos esplenócitos dos animais imunizados com a rLdccys1 + P. acnes por ambas
as vias. IFN-γ foi secretado pelos esplenócitos dos animais imunizados com
rLdccys1 + BCG em concentrações cerca de cinco vezes maiores às obtidas nos
sobrenadantes dos linfonodos desses animais. IL-4 e IL-10 não foram detectadas
nos sobrenadantes dos linfócitos de nenhum dos grupos de camundongos
imunizados com a rLdccys1.
A imunização ativa dos camundongos BALB/c com a rLdccys1 resultou no
decréscimo de cerca de 100 vezes da carga parasitária desses animais comparada
à dos que receberam PBS ou apenas o adjuvante, como avaliado pelo ensaio da
diluição limitante. O grau de proteção conferido pela rLdccys1 foi semelhante
quando se utilizou BCG ou P. acnes como adjuvante e levou à secreção de IFN-γ e
produção de óxido nítrico nos sobrenadantes das culturas de esplenócitos dos
camundongos dois meses e meio após o desafio com amastigotas de L. (L.) chagasi.
A imunização com o gene Ldccys1 e reforço com a rLdccys1 induziu forte
resposta humoral nos camundongos BALB/c, com produção de anticorpos IgG2a. Os
esplenócitos desses animais apresentaram respostas linfoproliferativas em presença
da rLdccys1 mediadas por IFN-γ e produção de óxido nítrico. A imunização gênica
levou ao decréscimo de 1.000 vezes da carga parasitária dos camundongos
imunizados dois meses e meio após a infecção com amastigotas de L. (L.) chagasi
comparada à dos controles que receberam PBS ou o plasmídio pcDNA3 vazio.
As respostas imunes protetoras com a redução da carga parasitária nos
camundongos BALB/c imunizados com a cisteína proteinase recombinante de L. (L.)
chagasi e com o gene Ldccys1 abrem perspectivas de estender esses estudos a
outros modelos animais como o cão, um importante reservatório da leishmaniose
visceral em nosso país. / Our work focuses on the protective immune responses induced in BALB/c
mice by the gene Ldccys1 encoding the cysteine proteinase of 30 kDa from
Leishmania (L.) chagasi (p30), as well as by the recombinant cysteine proteinase
rLdccys1.
The Ldccys1 gene was subcloned and expressed in the pHIS vector resulting
in a 47 kDa recombinant protein, rLdccys1. This recombinant protein in Western blots
was recognized by a monoclonal antibody (MoAb 2E5D3) reactive with the native
p30 from L. (L.) chagasi, indicating that the rLdccys1 corresponds to the cysteine
proteinase of 30 kDa from L. (L.) chagasi.
BALB/c mice were immunized subcutaneously or intraperitoneally with
rLdccys1 plus either Propionibacterium acnes or BCG as adjuvants and the in vitro
lymphoproliferative responses induced by rLdccys1 and L. (L.) chagasi protein
extract (PAM) were evaluated. rLdccys1 induced higher lymphoproliferative
responses than PAM, independently of the immunization route or the adjuvant used.
P. acnes and BCG were both suitable as adjuvants for immunization by the
subcutaneous route (stimulation indexes of 4-6), whereas very low
lymphoproliferative responses were exhibited by animals immunized intraperitoneally
with rLdccys1 plus BCG. Intraperitoneal immunization with rLdccys1 plus P. acnes
induced lymphoproliferative responses significantly higher than those obtained by
subcutaneous immunization. Spleen cells from animals immunized with rLdccys1
plus P. acnes by either intraperitoneal or subcutaneous route secreted similar
concentrations of IFN-γ. Spleen cells from mice subcutaneously immunized with
rLdccys1 plus BCG secreted concentrations of IFN-γ that were 5 times higher than
those secreted by their lymph node lymphocytes. IL-4 e IL-10 were not detected in
the supernatants from lymphocytes of BALB/c mice immunized with rLdccys1.
Active immunization of BALB/c mice with rLdccys1 resulted in a parasite load
about 100 times lower than that observed in control animals which received either
PBS or adjuvant alone, as evaluated by the limiting dilution technique. Similar degree
of protection was conferred by rLdccys1 administrated with either BCG or P. acnes,
resulting in secretion of IFN-γ and nitric oxide by spleen cells from immunized mice
75 days after challenge with L. (L.) chagasi amastigotes.
Immunization with the Ldccys1 gene and a boost with rLdccys1 induced a
strong humoral response with production of IgG2a in BALB/c mice. Spleen cells from
these animals developed lymphoproliferative responses in the presence of rLdccys1
mediated by IFN-γ and production of nitric oxide. Gene immunization led to a one
thousand fold decrease of the parasite load in the immunized mice 75 days after L.
(L.) chagasi infection compared to that shown by control mice which received either
PBS or the empty pcDNA3 plasmid.
The protective immune responses, with the demonstration of parasite load
reduction in mice immunized with the L. (L.) chagasi recombinant cysteine proteinase
and the Ldccys1, gene suggested that these studies should be extended to other
animal models, particularly the dog, a very important reservoir of visceral
leishmaniasis in Brazil. / BV UNIFESP: Teses e dissertações
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Expressão de um gene codificador de cisteína proteinase de Leishmania(Leshmania) amazonensis em sistema bacteriano e avaliação das respostas imunes induzidas pela proteína recombinante em modelo murino / Expression in bacteria of a gene encoding a cysteine proteinase from Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis and evaluation of the immune responses induced by the recombinant protein in a murine modelFedeli, Carlos Eduardo Cardoso [UNIFESP] January 2008 (has links) (PDF)
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Previous issue date: 2008 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / O enfoque do nosso trabalho foi avaliar a antigenicidade de uma cisteína
proteinase recombinante de Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis e a capacidade
protetora desse antígeno contra a infecção homóloga em camundongos BALB/c.
Um fragmento de 500 pb do gene Lacys24, codificador de uma isoforma de
cisteína proteinase de L. (L.) amazonensis previamente clonado em nosso
laboratório, foi subclonado e expresso no vetor bacteriano pHis, originando uma
proteína recombinante de 24 kDa, rLacys24. Por experimentos de “Western blotting”
foi demonstrado que anticorpos produzidos contra essa proteína reconhecem uma
banda de 30 kDa do extrato de amastigotas de L. (L.) amazonensis, indicando que a
rLacys24 corresponde a uma isoforma de cisteína proteinase de 30 kDa
abundantemente expressa nesses parasitas.
A antigenicidade da rLacys24 foi avaliada pela análise das populações de
linfócitos dos camundongos BALB/c previamente imunizados com a proteína
recombinante mais Propionibacterium acnes ou adjuvante completo de Freund
(ACF) como adjuvantes. A análise por citometria de fluxo dos linfócitos provindos
dos linfonodos inguinais e poplíteos dos animais imunizados com a rLacys24 + ACF
por via subcutânea mostrou um aumento significante da expressão de linfócitos
CD8+
comparada à dos controles que receberam apenas ACF. Quanto à CD4+
, não
houve diferença na expressão dessa população de linfócitos entre os controles e os
animais imunizados com a rLacys24. Por outro lado, foi baixa a expressão de
linfócitos CD4+
e CD8+
no baço dos camundongos imunizados com a rLacys24 + P.
acnes pela via intraperitoneal.
O ensaio de citotoxicidade dos linfócitos dos camundongos imunizados com a
rLacys24 + ACF foi realizado utilizando-se como células-alvo macrófagos peritoneais
de camundongos BALB/c infectados com L. (L.) amazonensis. A lise dos macrófagos
infectados na presença dos linfócitos dos animais imunizados com a rLacys24 foi
significantemente maior que a observada quando as células-alvo foram incubadas
com os linfócitos dos animais controle.
A imunização ativa dos camundongos BALB/c com a rLacys24 + ACF resultou
em pequeno, porém significante decréscimo das lesões das patas dos animais após
o desafio com a L. (L.) amazonensis, enquanto que nos animais imunizados com a
rLacys24 + P. acnes as lesões apresentaram aumento gradativo até três meses
após o desafio.
No outro esquema de imunização avaliado, os animais foram imunizados com
a cisteína proteinase de amastigotas de L. (L.) chagasi, rLdccys, além da rLacys24,
e P. acnes como adjuvante e desafiados com a L. (L.) amazonensis. A avaliação das
respostas imunes dos animais imunizados foi realizada por citometira de fluxo e pela
detecção por ELISPOT de IFN-γ, IL-4 e IL-10 nas culturas dos linfócitos dos animais
três meses após o desafio. Em todos os animais imunizados houve predomínio da
expressão de linfócitos CD4+
, enquanto que a dos linfócitos CD8+
foi baixa (em torno
de 8-10%). IFN-γ foi secretado pelos linfócitos isolados de todos os animais
estudados, não tendo havido diferenças significantes na secreção dessa linfocina
entre os animais imunizados com os antígenos recombinantes e os controles que
receberam apenas a P. acnes. Enquanto IL-10 não foi detectada nas culturas de
linfócitos de nenhum dos animais imunizados, IL-4 foi secretada pelos linfócitos de
todos os animais estudados. Entretanto, a expressão da IL-4 foi significantemente
menor nas culturas de linfócitos dos animais imunizados com os antígenos
recombinantes comparada à dos controles. Não foram observadas diferenças do
tamanho das lesões das patas dos camundongos imunizados com os antígenos
recombinantes em relação aos controles, sendo esses resultados confirmados
quando a infecção dos animais foi avaliada pelo crescimento em meio axênico dos
parasitas isolados das lesões.
Apesar da reduzida proteção conferida pela rLacys24, os dados do presente
trabalho sugerem que esse antígeno pode ser útil em novos esquemas de
imunização que induzam respostas mediadas por linfócitos CD4+
e CD8+
mais
eficazes contra a infecção pela L. (L.) amazonensis. / Our work focused on the antigenicity of a recombinant cysteine proteinase
from Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis and on the protective role of this antigen
in the infection of BALB/c mice with the parasite.
A 500 bp fragment from the Lacys24 gene, encoding an isoform of cysteine
proteinase from L. (L.) amazonensis previously cloned in our laboratory, was
subcloned and expressed in the pHis vector, resulting in a recombinant protein of 24
kDa, rLacys24. In Western blots of L. (L.) amazonensis extracts, antibodies directed
to the rLacys24 antigen recognized a 30 kDa band identified as an isoform of
cysteine proteinase abundantly expressed in these parasites.
The antigenicity of the rLacys24 was evaluated by analysis of the T
lymphocyte profile in BALB/c mice previously immunized with this recombinant
protein plus either Propionibacterium acnes or Freund’s complete adjuvant (CFA).
Lymphocytes isolated from the popliteal and inguinal lymph nodes of animals
immunized with rLacys24 plus CFA by the subcutaneous route were analysed by
fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS). A significantly higher expression of CD8+
lymphocytes was observed in animals immunized with rLacys24 plus CFA compared
to the controls which received CFA alone. In contrast, a low expression of CD4+
lymphocytes was observed in these animals. On the other hand, the expression of
CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes there was lower in spleens from animals immunized
with rLacys24 plus P. acnes by intraperitoneal route.
The cytotoxicity of lymphocytes isolated from mice immunized with rLacys24
plus CFA was assyed by use of L. (L.) amazonensis-infected macrophages as the
target cells. The cytotoxicity of lymphocytes from rLacys24-immunized mice was
significantly higher than that observed when the target cells were incubated with
lymphocytes from control animals.
Active immunization of BALB/c mice with rLacys24 plus CFA resulted in a low
but significant decrease of foot lesions after challenge with L. (L.) amazonensis in
comparison with the lesion size in control mice. In contrast, there was a similar
increase of foot lesions among mice immunized with rLacys24 plus P. acnes or with
P. acnes alone.
In another immunization protocol, animals were immunized with a recombinant
cysteine proteinase from L. (L.) chagasi, rLdccys1, besides rLacys24, plus P. acnes
as the adjuvant. Immune responses were evaluated by FACS and ELISPOT for
detection of IFN-γ, IL-4 and IL-10 in lymphocyte cultures from animals three months
after challenge with L. (L.) amazonensis. All of the immunized animals showed a
predominance of T CD4+ lymphocytes and a low expression of CD8+
(8-10%). IFN-γ
was secreted by lymphocytes isolated from all immunized animals and there were no
significant differences of IFN-γ secretion among animals immunized with the
recombinant antigens or with P. acnes alone. IL-10 was not detected in lymphocyte
cultures from the immunized animals. However, IL-4 expression was significantly
lower in lymphocyte cultures from animals immunized with the recombinant antigens
compared to the controls. There were no significant differences in foot lesion size
from BALB/c mice immunized with the recombinant antigens compared to the
controls; these results were confirmed by estimates of parasites isolated from the foot
lesions.
In spite of the low protection conferred by the rLacys24, our data suggest that
this recombinant antigen may be useful in new immunization schedules aiming to
elicit more efficient CD4+
and CD8+
protective responses against L. (L.) amazonensis
infection. / BV UNIFESP: Teses e dissertações
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Isolation, purification and kinetic characterization of prolyl endopeptidase from Titicum aestivumAbrahams, Adriam Mark January 2013 (has links)
PEP activity has been described in several locations and has mostly been linked to a variety of neurological disorders such as schizophrenia, amnaesia, depression as well as other disease states such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and blood pressure regulation. The enzyme has also been previously isolated from a variety of archae, microorganisms and several eukaryotic species but no prolyl endopeptidases have been isolated from plants. Plants have high levels of proline and glutamine rich peptides in seeds. We therefore hypothesize plants must express PEPs during germination. Bioinformatics tools were used to identify known PEPs and putative plant PEPs. A global sequence alignment of putative plant PEPs and other known PEPs indicated that the active site amino acids Ser, His and Asp are conserved in putative plant PEP sequences. Furthermore, putative plant PEPs showed similar secondary structures to known PEPs and when a rice PEP was modelled onto porcine brain PEP structure, a high degree of similarity was found. Germination studies of wheat seed showed an increase of PEP activity over time with maximum PEP activity reached after 4 days of germination, which remained at this level until 9 days of germination, implying a function for PEP in plant seed germination. Wheat PEP was purified using ion exchange and gel filtration chromatography with a final yield of less than 1 percent and a relative purity (only 2 bands detected by SDS-PAGE). The purified wheat PEP had a molecular weight of approximately 55kDa, substrate specificity for chymotrypsin-like substrates (N-Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-pNa, Km value of 0.58 mM, Kcat of 29.37 s–1; Kcat /Km 50813.14s–1 M–1); a pH optimum of 7.9; temperature optima of 37oC and a high sensitivity to temperature as indicated by loss of activity at temperatures above 40oC. Inhibition studies using E64, Leupeptin and PMSF confirmed that the wheat PEP is from the Serine protease family and is most likely a trypsin-like protease.
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