Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2002. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Sveriges lantbruksuniv. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Univ., 2007. / Härtill 3 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2006. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Thesis (M.Sc.). / Written for the Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2008/07/30). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-111).

Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Univ., 2008. / Härtill 3 uppsatser.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-184).

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-12-19Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:44:30Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 cardoso_er_dr_jabo.pdf: 228976 bytes, checksum: ca70e1512974c2bad475cf6b0242c931 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / O uso de agentes biológicos para controle de nematóides é considerado uma das várias medidas a serem empregadas em um manejo integrado de pragas, sendo uma preocupação de caráter mundial. Contudo, foram estudados os fatores determinantes da freqüência de fungos totais e nematófagos, da atividade enzimática e da distribuição de nematóides de solos não rizosféricos e rizosféricos sob alface (Lactuca sativa L.); banana (Musa cavendishii L.); grama batatais (Paspalum notatum) e Impatiens (Impatiens valleriana). A atividade predadora dos fungos nematófagos foi avaliada contra o nematóide Panagrellus redivivus. O número de fungos totais variou de 6,9 x 105 a 31,2 x 105 UFC g-1 solo seco no solo não-rizosférico e de 6,9 x 105 a 25,6 x 105 UFC g-1 solo seco no solo rizosférico. As contagens dos fungos nematófagos corresponderam a 23-41 % e 23-34 % dos fungos totais encontrados no solo rizosférico e não-rizosférico, respectivamente. Enquanto as contagens dos fungos totais do solo rizosférico se distribuíram na seguinte seqüência: alface > banana > grama-batatais > Impatiens, os nematófagos diminuíram na seguinte ordem: alface > Impatiens > banana > grama-batatais. A matéria orgânica e a umidade do solo influenciaram a distribuição tanto dos fungos totais como dos nematófagos do solo não-rizosférico. A distribuição dos nematóides nas amostras de solo e raiz foram Rotylenchulus sp., Helicotylenchus sp. e Tylenchus sp. para alface, Meloidogyne sp., Helicotylenchus sp., Pratylenchus sp. e Rotylenchulus sp. para banana, Meloidogyne sp., Helicotylenchus sp., Pratylenchus sp. e Rotylenchulus sp. para grama-batatais, Meloidogyne sp., Helicotylenchus sp., Pratylenchus sp., Rotylenchulus sp. e Tylenchus sp. para Impatiens. Em termos gerais, as atividades da desidrogenases, amilases, celulases e endoglucanases distribuíram-se no solo não-rizosférico de acordo... / Biological control of nematodes is considered one of the many practices that can be used in integrated pest management. We investigated the factors affecting the frequency of the total and the nematophagous fungi, soil enzymatic activity as well as the distribution of the nematodes in rhizospheric and bulk soil of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.); Impatiens (Impatiens valleriana); banana (Musa cavendishii L.) and Bahiagrass (Paspalum otatum). The effect of the nematophagous fungi were evaluated against the nematode Panagrellus redivivus. The total fungal number ranged from 6,9 x 105 to 31,2 x 105 UFC g-1 dry soil in the bulk soil and from 6,9 x 105 to 25,6 x 105 UFC g-1 dry soil in the rhizosphere. Nematofagous fungi counts were to 23-41 % and 23-34 % of the total fungi found in the rhizosphere and bulk soil, respectively. While the total fungi counts of the rizosphere were distributed in the following sequence: lettuce > banana > Bahiagrass > Impatiens, the nematophagous fungi decreased in the following order: lettuce> Impatiens >banana > Bahiagrass. Moisture and organic matter contents of the bulk soil influenced the distribution of the total and nematophagous fungi of the soil. The following phytonematodes found in the samples of soil and roots were Rotylenchulus sp., Helicotylenchus sp. and Tylenchus sp (lettuce), Meloidogyne sp., Helicotylenchus sp., Pratylenchus sp. and Rotylenchulus sp (banana), Meloidogyne sp., Helicotylenchus sp., Pratylenchus sp. and Rotylenchulus sp. (Bahiagrass), Meloidogyne sp., Helicotylenchus sp., Pratylenchus sp., Rotylenchulus sp. and Tylenchus sp. (Impatiens). In general, the activities of the enzymes desidrogenase, amylase, celulase and endoglucanase followed the distribution of the frequency of the soil total and nematophagous fungi ...(Complete abstract, click electronic access below)

This thesis examines the effects of nerve growth factor (NGF) and lithium on the regulation of neurotensin/neuromedin N (NT/N) gene expression in PC12 pheochromocytoma cells. In PC12 cells, the expression of the rat NT/N gene is strictly dependent on simultaneous exposure to combinations of NGF, glucocorticoids, activators of adenylate cyclase, and lithium. Transient transfection experiments indicated that a consensus AP-1 site located within the NT/N promoter is the principal target of NGF and lithium action. NGF rapidly, but transiently, induces the expression of several AP-1 genes in PC12 cells, suggesting that the effect of NGF on NT/N gene expression results from increased AP-1 activity. These results led to the prediction that the induction of NT/N gene expression should be rapid, transient and dependent on de novoprotein synthesis. These experiments also suggested that the NT/N gene is principally regulated through the initiation of transcription. However, post-transcriptional mechanisms may also be involved. Experiments in this thesis were designed to examine the regulatory mechanisms responsible for increased NT production in PC12 cells when treated with different inducer combinations and whether AP-1 factors could act as mediators in responses to NGF and lithium. Results described in this thesis indicate that the principal mechanism by which NGF and lithium regulate NT biosynthesis is by activating NT/N gene transcription. Comparison of NT/N mRNA, pro NT/N synthetic rates, proNT/N proteins and mature NT levels in induced PC12 cells, demonstrated that NGF and lithium had no effect on the translation of NT/N mRNA and had only a modest effect on post-translational processing. Nuclear run-on assays showed that NT/N transcription is transicntly activated in maximally induced cells. A rapid RNase protection assay was developed to examine both the kinetics of NT/N gene activation and whether activation requires newly synthesized proteins. Quantitation of nuclear NT/N precursor RNA. using a probe spanning the junction between exon onc and intron one, provides a sensitive measure of NT/N gene activity and by several criteria provides an accurate measure of NT/N transcription. When either NGF or lithium was combined with dexamethasone and forskolin, nuclear NT/N precursor RNA transiently accumulated, although each inducer displayed different kinetics, rapid and delayed, respectively. De novo protein synthesis was not required for activating NT/N transcription when NGF was used as the permissive agent, although newly synthesized proteins secm to be needed for subsequent down-regulation. The response to lithium displayed a marked requirement for new protein synthesis, consistent with the involvement of newly synthesized AP-1 factors. RNA blot analysis showed that lithium either alone or in combination with dexamethasone and forskolin induced c-jun and fra-1 gene expression with delayed kinetics, consistent with c-Jun/Fra-1 complexes mediating the effects of lithium on NT/N gene transcription. The pathway identified by lithium does not activate or require protein kinase C. This pathway is also active in neuronally-differentiated PC12 cells suggesting that it could be involved in the regulation of NT/N gcne exprcssion in the intact nervous system. These results and order of addition experiments demonstrate that NGF and lithium activate distinct pathways required for NT/N gene induction.