Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-14T14:51:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 434409.pdf: 489532 bytes, checksum: 6d9ad85140ac1052e70482873df7cc50 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-03 / A 2,3,7,8-tetraclorodibenzeno-p-dioxina (TCDD) ? membro de um grupo de contaminantes ambientais conhecido como hidrocarboneto arom?tico policlorinato e pode ser formada durante o processo de branqueamento com cloro, utilizado por f?brica de celulose e papel e como um subproduto da fabrica??o de determinados produtos qu?micos. Uma vez associado a ligantes como a TCDD, o receptor de hidrocarboneto arila (AHR) ? translocado para o n?cleo onde ir? formar um d?mero com o translocador nuclear do receptor hidrocarboneto arila (ARNT). O heterod?mero AHR/ARNT formado regula a express?o de uma s?rie de genes envolvidos na resposta celular a mudan?as ambientais e a condi??es de desenvolvimento. Entre os genes, est? o que codifica para NTPDase2 (previamente conhecida como ecto-ATPase). Com isso, torna-se importante avaliar a exposi??o aguda (in vivo) da TCDD sobre a hidr?lise de ectonucleotidases em membranas cerebrais de zebrafish. As ectonucleotidases s?o enzimas capazes de hidrolisar os nucleot?deos e inativar a sinaliza??o mediada pelos nucleot?deos extracelulares. Entre as ectonucleotidases, destacam-se as NTPDases e a ecto-5 -nucleotidase. A atividade de NTPDase demonstrou que n?o houve diferen?a significativa na hidr?lise de ATP e de ADP, bem como de AMP em membranas cerebrais de zebrafish. Estas descobertas parecem ser importantes para refor?ar a id?ia de que a indu??o do gene que codifica ? NTPDase2 pode n?o ser um fator geral da toxicidade de TCDD. No entanto, mais estudos utilizando doses mais elevadas de TCDD e exposi??o a longo prazo s?o necess?rias.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:08:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RaoniBA_DISSERT.pdf: 2283831 bytes, checksum: 9e3bfc1213fc5b5ac439fb175ddc5631 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-12-14 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The retail fuel stations are partially or potentially polluters and generators of environmental accidents, potentially causing contamination of underground and surface water bodies, soil and air. Leaks in fuel retail stations? underground storage systems are often detected in Brazil and around the world. Monoaromatic hydrocarbons, BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are an indication of the presence of contamination due to its high toxicity. This paper presents a case study of contamination in a Fuel Retail Station by petroleum derivative products in the city of Natal. For identification and quantification of the hydrocarbons, EPA analytical methods were used. The values of benzene quantified by EPA method 8021b CG-PID/FID, ranged from 1.164 to 4.503 mg.Kg-1 in soil samples, and from 12.10 to 27,639 μg.L-1 in underground water samples. Among the PAHs, naphthalene and anthracene showed the most significant results in soil samples, 0.420 to 15.46 mg.Kg-1 and 0.110 to 0,970 mg.Kg-1, respectively. In underground water samples, the results for Naphthalene varied between 0.759 and 614.7 μg.L-1. PAHs were quantified by EPA Method 8270 for GCMS. All of the results for the chemical analysis were compared with the values for the CONAMA 420/2009 resolution. The results for benzene (27,639 μg.L-1) showed levels highly above the recommended by the CONAMA 420 resolution, wherein the maximum permissible for underground water is 5 μg.L-1. This is a worrying factor, since underground water makes up 70% of the city of Natal?s water supply / The retail fuel stations are partially or potentially polluters and generators of environmental accidents, potentially causing contamination of underground and surface water bodies, soil and air. Leaks in fuel retail stations? underground storage systems are often detected in Brazil and around the world. Monoaromatic hydrocarbons, BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are an indication of the presence of contamination due to its high toxicity. This paper presents a case study of contamination in a Fuel Retail Station by petroleum derivative products in the city of Natal. For identification and quantification of the hydrocarbons, EPA analytical methods were used. The values of benzene quantified by EPA method 8021b CG-PID/FID, ranged from 1.164 to 4.503 mg.Kg-1 in soil samples, and from 12.10 to 27,639 μg.L-1 in underground water samples. Among the PAHs, naphthalene and anthracene showed the most significant results in soil samples, 0.420 to 15.46 mg.Kg-1 and 0.110 to 0,970 mg.Kg-1, respectively. In underground water samples, the results for Naphthalene varied between 0.759 and 614.7 μg.L-1. PAHs were quantified by EPA Method 8270 for GCMS. All of the results for the chemical analysis were compared with the values for the CONAMA 420/2009 resolution. The results for benzene (27,639 μg.L-1) showed levels highly above the recommended by the CONAMA 420 resolution, wherein the maximum permissible for underground water is 5 μg.L-1. This is a worrying factor, since underground water makes up 70% of the city of Natal?s water supply