Orientador: Wilson Nadruz Junior / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T22:16:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sales_MariaLilian_M.pdf: 699325 bytes, checksum: c06952a4445a0175323db1f2dd969bed (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: A subunidade p22phox é um componente essencial do complexo enzimático NADPH oxidase, o qual é considerado a principal fonte de produtos do stress oxidativo no sistema cardiovascular. O alelo -930G da p22phox tem sido associado com maior stress oxidativo mediado pela NADPH oxidase e hipertensão arterial. Nós recentemente demonstramos que a hipertrofia do ventrículo esquerdo é acompanhada de aumento na expressão miocárdica de p22phox em ratos submetidos à coarctação da aorta, sugerindo que esta proteína pode estar envolvida em lesões de órgão-alvo induzidas por hipertensão, mais especificamente na hipertrofia cardíaca. Foi pesquisada a prevalência deste polimorfismo em 160 indivíduos acompanhados no Ambulatório de Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica da UNICAMP, e realizada a correlação desta variante com a massa e geometria ventricular esquerda, lesão renal e perfil metabólico destes pacientes. Não foram encontradas correlações significativas entre este polimorfismo e lesão renal ou estrutural em ventrículo esquerdo. Porém, nos indivíduos com genótipo GG foram encontrados níveis séricos de Triglicérides e de LDL colesterol significativamente mais baixos / Abstract: The p22phox subunit is an essential component of the NAD(P)H oxidase enzymatic complex, which is considered the major source of oxidative stress products in the cardiovascular system. The -930G allele of p22-phox has been associated with higher promoter activity, increased NAD(P)H oxidase-mediated oxidative stress and hypertension. NADPH oxidases have been proved important in the pathogenesis of renal damage in models of hypertension. We recently reported that left ventricular hypertrophy is accompanied by increased myocardial p22-phox expression in aortic-banded rats, suggesting that this protein might be involved in hypertensive cardiac hypertrophy. Thus, the aim of the present report was to investigate the role of p22phox -930A/G polymorphism on cardiac hypertrophy, renal damage and metabolic profile in hypertensive patients. We research the -930A/G polimorfism prevalence in 160 hypertensive subjects from Ambulatory Hypertension Unit - UNICAMP. The follow-up was between 2005 and 2006. The variant -930A/G has not relationship with alterations in ventricular structure and with renal damage markers. However, in GG subjects was associated with lower seric levels of Triglycerides and LDL-cholesterol This finding suggest a association between this variant GG genotype with a best metabolic profile in hypertensives / Mestrado / Clinica Medica / Mestre em Clinica Medica

In this study, oligo-porphyrans, obtained by acid hydrolysis of porphyran, were investigated for their H2O2-inducing abilities in the defense responses of P. yezoensis. Oligo-porphyrans with average molecular weights (MWs) lower than 1.43 kDa had H2O2-inducing abilities. In contrast, oligo-porphyrans with average MWs of 6.12 kDa triggered no response. The active oligo-porphyrans were fractioned by anion-exchange chromatography. We found that two distinct mechanisms might be involved in the oligo-porphyran-induced H2O2 release in P. yezoensis. Mixtures of mono-sulfated oligo-galactans with degrees of polymerization (DPs) ranging from 1 to 3 might induce the response through the oxidation of cellular oligosaccharides, which enable P. yezoensis to resist rotting caused by dense incubation. Mixtures of oligo-porphyrans, consisting of 4 ~ 7 monosaccharide residues and 2 ~ 3 sulfate groups, might induce the generation of H2O2 by activation of NADPH oxidase, leading to an oxidative burst in P. yezoensis. The elicitor activity of oligo-porphyrans thus depends on their molecular size.