Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-01-04T19:56:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 AndreaLucianaAraujoDaCunha_TESE.pdf: 62271689 bytes, checksum: f3e505d6758068c74606405cf05b2b9c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-01-05T19:52:34Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 AndreaLucianaAraujoDaCunha_TESE.pdf: 62271689 bytes, checksum: f3e505d6758068c74606405cf05b2b9c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-05T19:52:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AndreaLucianaAraujoDaCunha_TESE.pdf: 62271689 bytes, checksum: f3e505d6758068c74606405cf05b2b9c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-30 / Despite the advances in the cure rate for acute myeloid leukemia, a considerable number of patients die from their disease due to the occurrence of multidrug resistance (MDR). Overexpression of the transporter proteins P-glycoprotein (Pgp) and multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) confer resistance to the treatment these leukemias. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the expression of the Gpp and MRP1 in patients with AML by flow cytometry (FC) and to determine the correlation between expression and demographic and also clinical and laboratorial variables. METHODS: Bone marrow and peripheral blood samples from 346 patients with a diagnosis of AML were assessed for the expression of Pgp and MRP1 by FC. RESULTS: The expression of Pgp and MRP1 was found in 111 (32.1%) and 133 (38.4%) patients, respectively, with greater prevalence in older patients and lower in adolescents, observing also a high incidence in patients with refractory disease, recurrence and secondary in comparison with the cases of de novo AML. Regarding the laboratory findings, we observed a higher correlation statistically significant between the expression of Pgp and MRP1 in AML CD34+ and FAB AML M7, M5A and M2 and lower the M3 subtype, not observed statistically significant correlation between the phenotype MDR and other laboratory data such with hemoglobin, leukocyte count, platelet count, aberrant expression of lymphoid antigens (CD2, CD7 and CD19) and clinical signs related to the disease. CONCLUSIONS: The results showed that the detection of MDR phenotype by flow cytometry can be a molecular marker for prognosis independent patients diagnosed with AML.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-02-29T22:55:50Z No. of bitstreams: 1 EmiliaBeatrizDasNevesSilvaMaiaPimentel_TESE.pdf: 2954281 bytes, checksum: 39a346f6b0d47bccce334327ee69b78b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-03-02T19:34:04Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 EmiliaBeatrizDasNevesSilvaMaiaPimentel_TESE.pdf: 2954281 bytes, checksum: 39a346f6b0d47bccce334327ee69b78b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-02T19:34:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EmiliaBeatrizDasNevesSilvaMaiaPimentel_TESE.pdf: 2954281 bytes, checksum: 39a346f6b0d47bccce334327ee69b78b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-27 / Tumores odontog?nicos prov?m de tecidos dent?rios por prolifera??o de tecido epitelial e/ou mesenquimal. Biologicamente, estas les?es poder ter naturezas distintas, sendo caracterizadas como altera??es no desenvolvimento tecidual (hamartomas), tumores benignos n?o agressivos ou agressivo e tumores malignos. No desenvolvimento e na progress?o desses tumores odontog?nicos, diferentes rela??es de intera??es epit?lio/mesenquimais ocorrem originando os diferentes tipos dessas les?es. Numerosas mol?culas sinalizadoras participam dessas rela??es, dentre estas o fator de crescimento fibrobl?stico (FGF), e a prote?na (?ssea Morfog?nica (BMP) e proteoglicanos de sulfato de heparan (sindecan), as mol?culas envolvidas nos processos de transcri??o e os produtos transcritos. Diante, objetivo dessa pesquisa foi investigar a imunolocaliza??o de fatores de crescimento (BMP-4 e FGF-8) e de prote?na mesenquimal (Sindecan-1) em uma s?rie de tumores odontog?nicos apresentando comportamento biol?gicos distintos, visando contribuir para um melhor entendimento da participa??o dessas proteinas no desenvolvimento tumoral. A amostra foi constitu?da por 21 ameloblastomas do tipo s?lido, 19 cerataocistos odontog?nicos e 14 tumores odontog?nicos adenomat?ides. As c?lulas imunomarcadas por BMP-4 e FGF-8 foram quantificadas, enquanto a contagem de sindecan-1 foi semi-quantitativa, e cada caso tumoral catergorizado em escores: 0 - ausente; 1 - 1 a 10% de c?lulas positivas, 2 - 11 a 50% de c?lulas positivas; e 3 - > < 50% de c?lulas positivas. Maior imunoexpress?o da sindecan-e foi observada no epit?lio das les?es quando comparada com o mesenquima. No ameloblastoma e o ceratocisto odontog?nico essa express?o foi maior que no TOA, o que pode caracterizar um comportamento biol?gico mais agressivo dessas duas primeiras les?es. A maior express?o de BMP-4 no mesenquima de ameloblastoma comparado ao ceratocisto ( p=0,009), pode indicar uma intera??o e participa??o ativa nas c?lulas parenquimais na patogenese desses tumores, enquanto que no tecido epitelial, nenhuma diferen?a signigicativa foi observada quando comparadas as tr?s les?es. Sendo que no ameloblastoma sua express?o foi predominantemente mesenquimal (p=0,008), enquanto no ceratocisto maior express?o foi observada no epit?lio (p = 0,0046). Em todas as les?es, correla??o forte ou moderada foi observada na imunoexpress?o de BMP-4 no epit?lio e mesenquima. Para FGF-8, em nenhuma les?o foi observaa diferen?a entre a imunoexprss?o no epit?lio ou mesenquima, contudo no ameloblastoma correla??o positiva foi encontrada (Correla??o Spearman, rho=0,857,p<0,001), indicando que a imunoexpress?o de FGF-8 concomitante foi indicar um pior progn?stico para ameloblastomas e tamb?m, estar a uma associado a uma maior atividade osteol?tica obsrervada nesses tumores. Concluiu-se ent?o que os tr?s biomarcadores avaliados nesse estudo (BMP-4, FGF-8 e Sindecan) participam ativamente da patogenese das les?es, sendo que maior imunoexpress?o de FGF-8 e sindecan pode estar associada a um comportamento biol?gico mais agressivo, enquanto BMP-4 apresentou padr?o de imunoexpress?o semelhante nas tr?s les?es, podendo estar associado ? diferencia??o celular e manuten??o do padr?o de crescimento da les?es. / The development and progression of odontogenic tumors have been associated with an imbalance in the activity of growth factors, adhesion molecules, extracellular matrix proteins and their degradation enzymes, angiogenic factors and osteolytic. Some studies have shown that interaction relationships inductive epithelial / mesenchymal determinants of Odontogenesis are mimicked by these tumors. The objective of this research was to investigate the immunolocalization of growth factors (BMP-4 and FGF-8) and Sindecan-1 structural protein in a series of odontogenic tumors presenting different biological behaviors, to contribute to a better understanding of the role of these proteins in tumor development. The sample consisted of 21 of the solid ameloblastoma, odontogenic keratocysts 19 and 14 odontogenic adenomatoid tumors. Increased Sindecan-1 immunostaining was seen in the epithelium of the lesions when compared with mesenchyme. In ameloblastoma and odontogenic keratocysts, this expression was higher than in AOT. Epithelial expression of BMP4 showed quantitatively similar in the three studied lesions; however, when anlisada mesenchymal immunoreactivity, was detected significant higher expression when compared to the ameloblastoma keratocysts. In ameloblastoma, mesenchymal expression was predominantly (p = 0.008), while in keratocyst higher expression in the epithelium was observed (p = 0.046). In all injuries, strong or moderate correlation was observed in the BMP-4 immunoreactivity in the epithelium and mesenchyme. FGF-8, no injury was observed difference between the immunoreactivity in the epithelium or mesenchyme, however in ameloblastoma positive correlation was found (Spearman correlation, rho = 0.857, p <0.001). The results of this study suggest that the three evaluated biomarkers actively involved in the pathogenesis of lesions, especially the expression of ameloblastomas indicating a strong interaction between parenchymal and stromal cells which may contribute to its marked aggressiveness.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:01:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LeandroFD.pdf: 1531484 bytes, checksum: 8c328385e5fe3dc7294b86f55a82c108 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-06-15 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The cashew, a fruit from Brazilian Northeast is used to produce juice due to its flavor and vitamin C richness. However, its acceptance is limited due to its astringency. Caju?na is a derivate product appreciated by its characteristic flavor, freshness and lack of astringency, due to tannin removal. Caju?na is a light yellow beverage made from clarified cashew juice and sterilized after bottling. It differs from the integral and concentrated juice by the clarification and thermal treatment steps. Many problems such as haze and excessive browning could appear if these steps are not controlled. The objective of this work was divided into two stages with the aim to supply process information in order to obtain a good quality product with uniform characteristics (sensory and nutritional). Polyphenol-protein interaction was studied at the clarification step, which is an empirical process, to provide values on the amount of clarifying solution (gelatin) that must be added to achieve a complete juice clarification. Clarification essays were performed with juice dilutions of 1:2 and 1:10 and the effect of metabissulfite and tannic acid addition was evaluated. It was not possible to establish a clarification point. Metabissulfite did not influenced the clarification process however tannic acid addition displaced the clarification point, showing the difficulty visual monitoring of the process. Thermal treatment of clarified juice was studied at 88, 100, 111 e 121 ?C. To evaluate the non-enzymatic browning, vitamin C, 5-hidroximetilfurfural (5-HMF) and sugar variation were correlated with color parameters (reflectance spectra, color difference and CIELAB). Kinetic models were obtained for reflectance spectra, ascorbic acid and 5-HMF. It was observed that 5-HMF introduction followed a first order kinetic rate at the beginning of the thermal treatment and a zero order kinetic at later process stages. An inverse correlation was observed between absorbance at 420 nm and ascorbic acid degradation, which indicates that ascorbic acid might be the principal factor on caju?na non-enzymatic browning. Constant sugar concentration showed that this parameter did not contribute directly to the nonenzymatic browning. Optimization techniques showed showed that to obtain a high vitamin C and a low 5-HMF content, the process must be done at 120 ?C. With the water-bath thermal treatment, the 90 ?C temperature promoted a lower ascorbic acid degradation at the expense of a higher 5-HMF level / O caju, frut?fera origin?ria do Nordeste brasileiro ? utilizado para produ??o de suco devido ao seu sabor e ser rico em vitamina C. Entretanto, sua aceita??o ? limitada devido a sua adstring?ncia. Um produto bastante apreciado pelo seu sabor caracter?stico, refrescante e n?o adstringente, devido ? remo??o dos taninos, ? a caju?na. A caju?na ? uma bebida elaborada a partir do suco de caju clarificado e esterilizada no interior de garrafas, apresentando uma colora??o amarelo-?mbar. Ela diferencia-se dos sucos de caju integral e concentrado por meio das etapas de clarifica??o e tratamento t?rmico. Uma s?rie de problemas como turva??o e escurecimento excessivo do produto, pode aparecer se estas etapas n?o forem bem controladas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi dividido em duas etapas, mas com o mesmo prop?sito de fornecer subs?dios que possibilitem o controle do processo de maneira a se obter um produto de qualidade, com caracter?sticas mais uniformes (em termos sensoriais e nutricionais). Na clarifica??o, por se tratar de um processo emp?rico, buscou-se o entendimento das intera??es polifenol-prote?na para fornecer valores adequados de solu??o de clarificante (gelatina) necess?ria para promover a clarifica??o completa do suco. Realizaramse ensaios de clarifica??o com suco de caju dilu?do nas propor??es 1:2 e 1:10 e avaliou-se a influ?ncia da adi??o de metabissulfito e ?cido t?nico ao suco. Pelas t?cnicas utilizadas n?o foi poss?vel determinar um ponto de clarifica??o completa do suco de caju. O metabissulfito n?o influenciou o processo de clarifica??o enquanto que adi??o de ?cido t?nico deslocou o ponto de clarifica??o, mostrando a dificuldade da observa??o deste ponto pelo operador. O efeito do tratamento t?rmico no suco clarificado foi estudado nas temperaturas de 88, 100, 111 e 121 ?C. Para avaliar o escurecimento n?o-enzim?tico, a varia??o de vitamina C, 5- hidroximetilfurfural (5-HMF) e a??cares foram correlacionados com par?metros colorim?tricos (espectro de reflect?ncia, diferen?a de cor e CIELAB). Modelos cin?ticos foram obtidos para a mudan?a no espectro de reflect?ncia, ?cido asc?rbico e 5-HMF. A forma??o de 5-HMF seguiu dois mecanismos cin?ticos: taxa cin?tica de primeira ordem no come?o do tratamento t?rmico e taxa cin?tica de ordem zero em um per?odo mais avan?ado do processo. Observou-se correla??o inversa da absorb?ncia a 420 nm e a perda de ?cido asc?rbico, o que indica que o ?cido asc?rbico pode ser o fator principal que causa o escurecimento da caju?na. A concentra??o constante dos a??cares mostrou que eles n?o influenciaram diretamente o escurecimento n?o-enzim?tico. T?cnicas de otimiza??o mostraram que para se obter uma caju?na com concentra??o elevada de vitamina C e baixo teor de 5-HMF, o tratamento t?rmico deve ser realizado a 120 ?C. No caso da utiliza??o de banho-maria para o tratamento t?rmico, a temperatura de 90 ?C promove uma menor degrada??o de ?cido asc?rbico ? custa de um ?ndice de 5-HMF mais elevado

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:01:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JorgeSC_TESE.pdf: 1730447 bytes, checksum: 39fc94239eeb6e994140c5c0f9a2cc23 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-06-22 / Expanded Bed Adsorption plays an important role in the downstream processing mainly for reducing costs as well as steps besides could handling cells homogenates or fermentation broth. In this work Expanded Bed Adsorption was used to recover and purify whey proteins from coalho cheese manufacture using Streamline DEAE and Streamline SP both ionic resins as well as a hydrophobic resin Streamline Phenyl. A column of 2.6 cm inner diameter with 30 cm in height was coupled to a peristaltic pump. Hydrodynamics study was carried out with the three resins using Tris-HCl buffer in concentration of 30, 50 and 70 mM, with pH ranging from 7.0 to 8.0. In this case, assays of the expansion degree as well as Residence Time Distribution (RTD) were carried out. For the recovery and purification steps, a whey sample of 200 mL, was submitted to a column with 25mL of resin previously equilibrated with Tris/HCl (50 mM, pH 7.0) using a expanded bed. After washing, elution was carried out according the technique used. For ionic adsorption elution was carried out using 100 mL of Tris/HCl (50 mM, pH 7.0 in 1M NaCl). For Hydrophobyc interaction elution was carried out using Tris/HCl (50 mM, pH 7.0). Adsorption runs were carried out using the three resins as well as theirs combination. Results showed that for hydrodynamics studies a linear fit was observed for the three resins with a correlation coefficient (R2) about 0.9. In this case, Streamline Phenyl showed highest expansion degree reaching an expansion degree (H0/H) of 2.2. Bed porosity was of 0.7 when both resins Streamline DEAE and Streamline SP were used with StremLine Phenyl showing the highest bed porosity about 0.75. The number of theorical plates were 109, 41.5 and 17.8 and the axial dipersion coefficient (Daxial) were 0.5, 1.4 and 3.7 x 10-6 m2/s, for Streamline DEAE, Streamline SP and Streamline Phenyl, respectively. Whey proteins were adsorved fastly for the three resins with equilibrium reached in 10 minutes. Breakthrough curves showed that most of proteins stays in flowthrough as well as washing steps with 84, 77 and 96%, for Streamline DEAE, Streamline SP and Streamline Phenyl, respectively. It was observed protein peaks during elution for the three resins used. According to these peaks were identified 6 protein bands that could probably be albumin (69 KDa), lactoferrin (76 KDa), lactoperoxidase (89 KDa), &#946;-lactoglobulin (18,3 KDa) e &#945;-lactoalbumin (14 KDa), as well as the dimer of beta-lactoglobulin. The combined system compound for the elution of Streamline DEAE applied to the Streamline SP showed the best purification of whey proteins, mainly of the &#945;-lactoalbumina / A adsor??o em leito expandido vem se destacando como uma t?cnica promissora dentro do downstream processing por ser de f?cil manuseio, baixo custo, diminuir etapas de processamento e utilizar o material particulado no seu estado natural. Portanto, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo recuperar e purificar prote?nas presentes no soro de queijo tipo coalho, atrav?s da t?cnica de adsor??o em leito expandido, utilizando resinas de troca ani?nica Streamline DEAE e troca cati?nica Streamline SP e intera??o hidrof?bica Streamline Phenyl,. Foi utilizada uma coluna de 2,6 cm de di?metro interno por 30 cm de altura, acoplada a uma bomba perist?ltica. Para o estudo do sistema foram realizados testes de hidrodin?mica e corridas de adsor??o, com as tr?s resinas, na presen?a de tamp?es Tris-HCl nas concentra??es 30, 50 e 70 mM, com pHs ajustados usando HCl para 7,0; 7,5 e 8,0. Para os testes hidrodin?micos foram estudados a expans?o do leito e a Distribui??o do Tempo de Resid?ncia (DTR). Na etapa de recupera??o e purifica??o, uma amostra de solu??o de soro de 200 mL foi aplicada, a temperatura ambiente, a uma coluna contendo resina (25 mL) previamente equilibrada em tamp?o Tris/HCl (50 mM e pH 7,0), ap?s lavagem efetuou-se a elui??o de acordo com o tipo de t?cnica utilizada. Dessa forma, para adsor??o com troca i?nica a elui??o ocorria com adi??o do eluente 100 mL Tris/HCl (50 mM, pH 7,0 em NaCl 1M). No caso de intera??o hidrof?bica, o eluente consistia de Tris/HCl (50 mM e pH 7,0). Os ensaios de adsor??o foram realizados com as resinas Streamline DEAE, Streamline SP e Streamline Phenyl e suas combina??es. Os resultados mostraram que para as condi??es em que foram realizados os ensaios fluidodin?micos e para o tipo de coluna utilizada, houve uma tend?ncia a linearidade, o coeficiente de correla??o (R2) foi da ordem de 0,9 e que a resina Streamline Phenyl obteve um maior grau de expans?o que as outras resinas, chegando a uma rela??o H0/H de 2,2. A porosidade do leito usando as resinas DEAE e SP foi de 0,70 e da resina Phenyl foi um pouco maior, em torno de 0,75. O n?mero de pratos te?ricos foi 109, 41,5 e 17,8 e o coeficiente de dispers?o axial (Daxial) foi de 0,5, 1,4 e 3,7 x 10-6 m2/s, para as resinas Streamline DEAE, Streamline SP e Streamline Phenyl, respectivamente. As prote?nas do soro s?o adsorvidas nas tr?s resinas e a concentra??o de prote?na em solu??o diminui rapidamente nos primeiros instantes do processo de adsor??o, sendo o equil?brio alcan?ado nos primeiros 10 minutos. Ao se aplicar o soro bruto sem tratamento para as tr?s resinas at? a satura??o (ruptura), embora exista adsor??o das prote?nas para essas resinas, perde-se grande parte dessas prote?nas nas etapas de passante e lavagem. Essas perdas somam 84, 77 e 96%, para as resinas Streamline DEAE, Streamline SP e Strealine Phenyl, respectivamente. Entretanto, pode-se recuperar 16, 23 e 4%, respectivamente, para as tr?s resinas. As tr?s resinas estudadas apresentaram picos de prote?nas na elui??o. De acordo com esses picos, foram identificadas 6 bandas de prote?nas. Provavelmente essas prote?nas sejam: albumina (69 KDa), lactoferrina (76 KDa) e lactoperoxidase (89 KDa), &#946;-lactoglobulina (18,3 KDa) e &#945;-lactoalbumina (14 KDa), d?mero da &#946; -lactoglobulina. Portanto, as resinas estudadas s?o compat?veis para serem utilizadas em leito expandido. O sistema formado pela elui??o da Streamline DEAE quando foi aplicada na resina Streamline SP, tende a uma melhor purifica??o das prote?nas do soro, principalmente da &#945;-lactoalbumina

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-01-27T13:32:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 RenataKalineSouzaEstevam_TESE.pdf: 2591439 bytes, checksum: 8a5092689ed7b6122d0702466b33f854 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-01-31T13:43:08Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 RenataKalineSouzaEstevam_TESE.pdf: 2591439 bytes, checksum: 8a5092689ed7b6122d0702466b33f854 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-31T13:43:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RenataKalineSouzaEstevam_TESE.pdf: 2591439 bytes, checksum: 8a5092689ed7b6122d0702466b33f854 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-27 / A flora??o ? um processo vital durante o ciclo de vida das plantas e ? marcado pela convers?o do meristema apical vegetativo em reprodutivo devido a intera??es de fatores internos e externos ? planta. Apesar de amplo conhecimento ter sido gerado nessa ?rea, ainda se conhece muito pouco sobre o processo de flora??o e frutifica??o em tomateiro. Pesquisas anteriores realizadas pelo nosso grupo identificaram o cDNA hom?logo a Prote?na Reprimida por Auxina (ARP) em bibliotecas subtrativas reprodutivas de tomateiro. Existem poucos dados sobre a prote?na ARP na literatura, h? relatos de que o gene ARP est? relacionado com a matura??o do fruto em morango, dorm?ncia da gema lateral em ervilha e matura??o do p?len em tabaco, mas a fun??o da prote?na ARP ainda n?o est? clara. Portanto, o intuito deste trabalho foi compreender o papel da prote?na ARP no desenvolvimento vegetativo e nos processos de flora??o e frutifica??o por meio da perda e/ou do ganho de fun??o deste cDNA em plantas transg?nicas de tomateiro contendo o cassete de superexpress?o em orienta??o senso e antissenso para este cDNA. Dessa forma, foram observadas algumas altera??es fenot?picas e estruturais nas plantas transg?nicas (35S::SlARP antissenso e senso), como flora??o e frutifica??o precoce verificada nas plantas 35S::SlARP antissenso nas gera??es T1 a T4, em rela??o ?s controles (transformada com o plasm?deo vazio e n?o transformada). Na an?lise histol?gica, notaram-se ?vulos maduros nas flores das plantas 35S::SlARP antissenso (gera??es T2 a T4), enquanto que as flores das controles n?o apresentaram ?vulos maduros no mesmo per?odo de tempo. Outra modifica??o observada foi o n?mero superior de gemas laterais desenvolvidas nas plantas 35S::SlARP antissenso nas gera??es T3 e T4 quando comparado ?s plantas 35S::SlARP senso e ?s plantas controles (transformada com o plasm?deo vazio e n?o transformada) . Essas produziram ramos com folhas, flores e frutos. Assim como altera??es estruturais nos pec?olos das plantas 35S::SlARP antissenso, incluindo uma aparente quantidade maior de elementos de vaso (xilema e floema) do que os pec?olos as plantas 35S::SlARP senso e mutantes relacionados ? sinaliza??o da auxina (dgt e entire) e plantas controles. Portanto, estes dados sugerem que a prote?na ARP possa estar envolvida na flora??o, frutifica??o e na dorm?ncia das gemas axilares em tomateiro. / Flowering is a vital process during the plant life cycle and it is characterized by the conversion from the vegetative apical meristem into reproductive meristem due to internal and external factors. Despite the considerable knowledge has been produced in this field, not much is known about the flowering and fruiting process in tomato. Furthermore, previous research from our group has identified a cDNA with homology to AUXIN REPRESSED PROTEIN (ARP) in reproductive subtractive libraries from tomato. In the literature, there are few reports where the ARP gene has been associated to fruit ripening in strawberry, dormancy in pea and pollen maturation in tobacco plants, but it is not clear the ARP protein function yet. Therefore, the aim of this work was to understand the role of ARP protein in vegetative development, flowering and fruit set processes through the loss and/or gain of function using this cDNA in transgenic tomato plants with the overexpression cassette constructs in sense and antisense cDNA orientation. Thus, it was observed some phenotypic and structural modifications in transgenic plants (35S::SlARP antisense and sense) such as early flowering and fruiting that was observed in 35S::SlARP antisense plants from the T1 to T4 progeny when compared to controls plants (with the empty vector and wild type plant). In the histological analysis, it was observed mature ovule in 35S::SlARP antisense flowers (progeny T2 to T4), while for the controls plant it wasn?t observed a mature ovule at the same period of time. The other modification observed was a higher number of lateral buds developed in 35S::SlARP antisense plants (progeny T3 and T4) when compared to 35S::SlARP sense and controls plants. These plants produced branches with leaves, flowers and fruits. Besides, it has been observed some structural changes in the petioles from 35S::SlARP antisense plants, including a high number of vessel elements (xylem and phloem) when compared to 35S::SlARP sense, and to dgt and entire mutants (related to auxin signaling) and controls plants (with empty vector and wild type plant). Therefore, these data suggest that ARP protein may be involved in flowering, fruit set and dormancy of axillary buds in tomato.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-06-13T19:54:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 VilsonLacerdaBrasileiroJunior_TESE.pdf: 4045888 bytes, checksum: 528e0e043da00edca077d9ec3116055e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-06-19T11:30:56Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 VilsonLacerdaBrasileiroJunior_TESE.pdf: 4045888 bytes, checksum: 528e0e043da00edca077d9ec3116055e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-19T11:30:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 VilsonLacerdaBrasileiroJunior_TESE.pdf: 4045888 bytes, checksum: 528e0e043da00edca077d9ec3116055e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-23 / O c?ncer na cavidade oral ? uma das les?es malignas mais frequentes na popula??o mundial. Como o processo de desenvolvimento das neoplasias malignas remete a danos que promovem um desequil?brio na regula??o da divis?o e morte celular, nos ?ltimos anos, diversos estudos foram realizados com o intuito de verificar a influ?ncia desses danos no comportamento global das c?lulas e na evolu??o da doen?a. Nesse contexto, pesquisas recentes mostraram que altera??es na express?o de REGg podem desempenhar um importante papel na progress?o tumoral de v?rias neoplasias malignas, por interferir na regula??o da apoptose. Diante disso, o presente trabalho prop?e investigar a express?o imunoistoqu?mica dos marcadores REGg, p53, MDM-2, Bcl-2 e Bax em carcinomas epiderm?ides de l?ngua (CELs) oral, com a finalidade de promover uma an?lise comparativa da imunoexpress?o destas prote?nas com os par?metros cl?nico-patol?gicos de agressividade da les?o, no intuito de identificar se o REGg contribui para a progress?o do tumor e se interfere na express?o das prote?nas relacionadas a apoptose. Para tanto, foram coletadas informa??es cl?nicas de 58 pacientes acometidos por CELs. Em seguida, foi realizada an?lise histopatol?gica e imunoistoqu?mica dos marcadores supracitados, em amostras de material biol?gico parafinado da les?o. Os resultados mostraram que os tumores sem met?stase nodal e de baixo grau histopatol?gico de malignidade apresentavam percentuais significativamente maiores de REGg (p<0,05). Em adi??o, o confronto dos padr?es de express?o de p53, MDM-2 e Bax com os par?metros cl?nico-patol?gicos avaliados nesse trabalho, n?o revelou diferen?as significativas nos percentuais de imunopositividade desses marcadores. Com rela??o ao Bcl-2, foi visto que tumores de alto grau de malignidade e com ?bitos relacionados a doen?a apresentavam percentual significativamente menor de positividade dessa prote?na (p<0,05). Por fim, o teste de correla??o de Spearman demonstrou existir fraca correla??o positiva, estatisticamente significativa, entre os percentuais de REGg e das prote?nas MDM-2 e Bcl-2. Baseado nesses achados, pode-se concluir que o aumento da express?o de REGg n?o parece contribuir para a progress?o do CEL oral, todavia, pode influenciar na express?o das prote?nas relacionadas a regula??o da apoptose.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:13:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CarlosEATC_DISSERT.pdf: 535957 bytes, checksum: 4a4cb0797470f9dc7e83436d9bfc8330 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-16 / This study aimed to determine the influence of strength training (ST), in three weekly sessions over ten weeks, on cardiovascular parameters and anthropometric measurements. It is a before and after intervention trial, with a sample composed of 30 individuals. Participants were adults aged between 18 and 40 years, from both sexes and sedentary for at least three months previously. Tests were computed ergospirometry, CRP, PWV and body composition (dependent variables) before and after the experiment. Independent variables, age and sex, were considered in order to determine their influence on the dependent variablesevaluatedend. By comparing the initial cardiovascular parameters with those obtained after intervention in patients undergoing the ST proposed (a Student s t-test was conducted within each group for samples matched to parameters with normal distribution, while the Wilcoxin was applied for those without), there was no significant difference in PWV(p =0469) or PCR(p =0.247), but there was an increase in anaerobic threshold(AT) (p=0.004) and Maximal Oxygen Uptake(VO2max) (p =0.052). In regard to anthropometric measures, individuals significantly reduced their body fat percentage (p<0.001) and fat mass (p<0,001), as well as increasing lean mass (p<0.001). However, no changes were recorded in the waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) (p= 0.777), body mass (p=0.226) or body mass index (BMI) (p =0.212). Findings of this study lead us to believe that the proposed ST, and did not increase the VOP or PCR improves cardiorespiratory capacity and body composition. Devotees of this training can therefore safely enjoy all its benefits without risk to the cardiovascular system / O objetivo desse estudo foi verificar a influ?ncia do TF, com frequ?ncia de tr?s sess?es semanais e dura??o de dez semanas, sobre par?metros cardiovasculares e antropom?tricos. Trata-se de um estudo de interven??o do tipo antes-depois, cuja amostra foi composta por 30 indiv?duos. Os mesmos eram adultos com idade compreendida entre 18 e 40 anos, de ambos os sexos e sedent?rios h? pelo menos tr?s meses. Foram realizados os testes da ergoespirometria computadorizada, PCR, VOP e composi??o corporal (vari?veis dependentes), antes e logo ap?s o experimento. As vari?veis independentes, idade e sexo, foram aferidas no sentido de verificar seus efeitos sobre as vari?veis dependentes avaliadas. Ao comparar os par?metros cardiovasculares iniciais com os obtidos ap?s a interven??o nos indiv?duos submetidos ao TF proposto(atrav?s dos testes t de Student para amostras emparelhadas para os par?metros que tiveram distribui??o normal e para os que n?o a possu?ram, o Wilcoxon), n?o houve diferen?a significativa nem na VOP (p =0.469) nem na PCR (p=0,247), por?m houve aumento no Limiar Anaer?bio (LA) (p=0,004) e no consumo m?ximo de oxig?nio (VO2m?x) (p=0,052). Em rela??o ?s medidas antropom?tricas, os indiv?duos diminu?ram significativamente o percentual de gordura (p<0,001) e a massa de gordura (p<0,001), aumentaram a massa livre de gordura (p<0,001), por?m n?o alteraram a rela??o cintura-quadril (RCQ) (p= 0,777), massa corporal (p=0,226) nem o ?ndice de massa corporal (IMC) (p =0,212). Os achados do presente estudo nos levam a crer que o TF proposto, al?m de n?o aumentar a VOP nem a PCR, melhora a capacidade cardiorrespirat?ria e a composi??o corporal. Portanto, os adeptos de tal treinamento podem usufruir, com seguran?a, de todos os seus benef?cios sem risco ao sistema cardiovascular

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:32:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AdrianaGA_TESE.pdf: 950866 bytes, checksum: c8ffb7409c37936ff546c9f7cffeb2d8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-29 / The present study evaluated the influence of non-surgical periodontal treatment on the levels of C- reactive protein (hsCRP) in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) in pretransplant. We conducted a controlled and randomized trial to evaluate the periodontal condition and plasma concentrations of hsCRP, albumin and transferrin in 56 dialysis patients divided into two groups: experimental and control. The study was conducted at the dental clinic of Family and Community Health s Unit (USFC), located in Onofre Lopes University Hospital (HUOL), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), from December 2010 to November 2011. Severe periodontitis was the type of periodontal disease more common, affecting 78.6% of patients. Periodontal conditions, evaluated through the means of probing depth, clinical attachment level, bleeding index and plaque index, proved to be uniform for both groups at the initial examination. There were no differences in levels of inflammatory markers between the two groups. The analysis of the concentrations of hsCRP allowed classifying study participants as at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease. After completion of periodontal treatment in the experimental group, there was a statistically significant reduction of the mean of all periodontal parameters assessed; however this improvement of periodontal health was not accompanied by changes in the levels of hsCRP, albumin and transferrin in the evaluation time. Given this, the periodontal treatment did not promote the reduction of systemic inflammatory burden and risk of cardiovascular complications in patients with CRF / O presente estudo se prop?s a avaliar a influ?ncia do tratamento periodontal n?o cir?rgico sobre os n?veis da prote?na C reativa (PCR-US) em indiv?duos com Insufici?ncia Renal Cr?nica (IRC) em fase de pr?-transplante. Realizou-se um ensaio cl?nico, controlado e randomizado para avaliar as condi??es periodontais e as concentra??es plasm?ticas de PCRUS, albumina e transferrina em 56 pacientes dial?ticos com doen?a periodontal divididos em dois grupos: Experimental e Controle. O estudo foi realizado no ambulat?rio odontol?gico da Unidade de Sa?de Familiar e Comunit?ria (USFC), localizada no Hospital Universit?rio Onofre Lopes (HUOL), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), no per?odo de dezembro de 2010 a novembro de 2011. A periodontite severa foi o tipo de doen?a periodontal mais frequente, acometendo 78,6% dos pacientes. As condi??es periodontais, avaliadas atrav?s das m?dias da profundidade de sondagem, n?vel de inser??o cl?nica, ?ndice de sangramento e ?ndice de biofilme se mostraram uniformes para os dois grupos no exame inicial. Tamb?m n?o foram encontradas diferen?as nos n?veis dos marcadores inflamat?rios entre os grupos. A an?lise inicial das concentra??es da PCR-US permitiu classificar os participantes do estudo como de alto risco para o desenvolvimento de doen?as cardiovasculares. Ap?s a realiza??o do tratamento periodontal no grupo Experimental, houve redu??o estatisticamente significante das m?dias de todos os par?metros periodontais avaliados, entretanto esta melhora das condi??es de sa?de periodontal n?o foi acompanhada pela altera??o dos n?veis da PCR-US, albumina e transferrina no tempo de avalia??o da pesquisa. Diante disto, o tratamento periodontal n?o promoveu a redu??o da carga inflamat?ria sist?mica e o risco de desenvolvimento de complica??es cardiovasculares nos indiv?duos com IRC

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:32:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CyntiaHPC_TESE.pdf: 1535929 bytes, checksum: 7d7c8298def3233365b9ad5eb617d015 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-27 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most prevalent malignancy in the oral cavity and reach a large number of individuals, has become an important public health problem. Studies have demonstrated changes in pathway components BMP in various types of cancers as prostate, colon, breast, gastric and OSCCs. Is the current knowledge that these proteins may exert pro-tumor effect in more advanced stages of neoplastic development coming to favor progression and invasion tumor. The inhibition of the signaling pathway BMP-2 through its antagonists, have shown positive results of antitumor activity and use of Noggin may be a novel therapeutic target for cancer. Given this evidence and the few studies with BMP-2, Noggin and OSCC, the objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of BMP-2 and its antagonist Noggin on proliferation and migration cell in line of cell cultures of human tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SCC25). The study was divided in three groups, a control group, where SCC25 cells suffered no treatment, a BMP-2 group, in which cells were treated with 100ng/ml of BMP-2 and a group of cells that were treated with 100ng/ml of Noggin. For the proliferation assay and cell cycle were established three time intervals (24, 48 and 72 hours). Proliferative activity was investigated by trypan blue and cell cycle analysis by staining with propidium iodide flow cytometry. The potential for migration / invasion of SCC25 cells was performing by a cell invasion assay using Matrigel in a 48-hour interval. The proliferation curve showed a higher proliferation in cells treated with BMP-2 in 72 hours (p < 0.05), and lower overgrowth and cell viability in Noggin group. Recombinant proteins favored a greater percentage of cells in cell cycle phase Go/G1 with a statistically significant difference in the interval of 24 hours (p < 0.05). BMP- 2 produced a greater invasion of cells studied as well as its antagonist Noggin inhibits invasion of cells (p < 0.05). Thus, these results indicate that BMP-2 promotes malignant phenotype, dues stimulates proliferation and invasion of SCC25 cells and, its antagonist Noggin may be an alternative treatment, due to inhibit the tumor progression / O carcinoma epiderm?ide oral (CEO) representa a neoplasia maligna mais prevalente na cavidade oral e por atingir um grande n?mero de indiv?duos, acaba se tornado um relevante problema de sa?de p?blica. Muitos estudos demonstram altera??es nos componentes da via BMP em v?rios tipos de tumores, como os de pr?stata, c?lon, mama, g?stricos e CEOs. ? do conhecimento atual que essas prote?nas podem exercer efeito pr?-tumoral em est?gios mais avan?ados do desenvolvimento neopl?sico vindo a favorecer a progress?o e invas?o tumoral. A inibi??o da via de sinaliza??o da BMP-2, atrav?s dos seus antagonistas, tem mostrado resultados positivos de a??o antitumoral e que assim, o uso do Noggin pode ser um novo alvo terap?utico contra o c?ncer. Diante destas evid?ncias e dos escassos trabalhos com BMP-2, Noggin e CEO, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi avaliar o efeito da BMP-2 e seu antagonista Noggin sobre a prolifera??o e migra??o celulares em culturas de c?lulas de carcinoma epiderm?ide de l?ngua humana (SCC25). Foi feita a divis?o em tr?s grupos de estudo, um grupo controle, onde as c?lulas SCC25 n?o sofriam tratamento com subst?ncia alguma, um grupo BMP-2, no qual as c?lulas eram tratadas com 100ng/ml de BMP-2 e um grupo de c?lulas que eram tratadas com 100ng/ml de Noggin. Para o ensaio de prolifera??o e ciclo celular foram estabelecidos tr?s intervalos de tempo (24, 48 e 72 horas). A atividade proliferativa foi investigada por azul de tripan e a an?lise do ciclo celular atrav?s da marca??o por iodeto de prop?dio em Citometria de fluxo. O potencial de migra??o/invas?o das c?lulas SCC25 foi avaliado atrav?s da realiza??o de um ensaio de invas?o celular utilizando o matrigel em um intervalo de 48 horas. A curva de prolifera??o revelou maior crescimento celular nas c?lulas tratadas com BMP-2 no intervalo de 72 horas (p<0.05) e menor crecimento e viabilidade celular no grupo Noggin. As prote?nas recombinantes favoreceram a maior porcentagem das c?lulas na fase do ciclo celular Go/G1 com diferen?a estatisticamente significativa no intervalo de 24 horas (p<0,05). A BMP-2 promoveu uma maior invas?o das c?lulas estudadas, assim como o seu antagonista Noggin inibiu a invas?o das c?lulas estudadas (p<0,05). Dessa forma, os resultados indicam que a BMP-2 favorece o fen?tipo maligno, pois estimula a prolifera??o e invas?o das c?lulas SCC25 e seu antagonista Noggin pode ser uma alternativa terap?utica pois inibiu essas caracter?sticas pr?-tumorais

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:32:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LucileideCO_DISSERT.pdf: 2248988 bytes, checksum: f9aafad24354c13fb349a052f5b90d8e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-06-27 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / The expression of glucose transporter protein 1 (GLUT-1), as well the angiogenesis has been associated to clinical behavior and aggressiveness in tumors of various origin. It is believed that the expression of this protein denotes metabolic demand of the tumor cells and, thus its influence upon the formation of new blood vessels. Pleomorphic adenoma (PA) and the adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) and mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) represent, respectively, the most commom benign and malignant tumors of salivary glands. The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the immunohistochemical expression of GLUT-1 and its correlation with angiogenesis in cases of PAs, ACCs and MECs considering their histological grades. The sample consisted of 20 PAs, 20 ACCs and 10 MECs. The cases were analyzed and classified according to their histological grades. The expression of GLUT-1 was evaluated in the parenchyma lesions, establishing the percentage of immunopositive cells, according to the following scores: 0 (no cell immunomarked), 1 (up to 25% of tumor cells immunostained), 2 (25 - 50% of tumor cells immunostained) and 3 (more than 50% of tumor cells immunostained). The angiogenic index was analyzed by counting the microvessels immunostained by anti-CD34 antibody, in 5 fields (200X). The analysis of the expression of GLUT-1 in tumor parenchyma showed statistically significant differences between benign and malignant groups (p = 0.022). The average number of microvessels in PAs was 40.4, 21.2 in ACCs and 66.5 in MECs, with significant differences between groups (p <0.001). When compared to the expression of GLUT-1 and angiogenic index as a whole, there was no significant correlation between the number of microvessels and the expression of GLUT-1 (r = 0.211, p = 0.141). In conclusion, the results of this study suggest not only that differences in biological behavior between PAs, ACCs and MECs may be associated to the expression of GLUT-1, but also that benign and malignant salivary gland present differences in the average number of microvessels, with higher levels considered more aggressive tumors. Furthermore, the number of newly formed microvessels can be independent of the metabolic demand of the tumor cells / A express?o da prote?na transportadora de glicose tipo 1 (GLUT-1), bem como a angiog?nese, t?m sido relacionadas ao comportamento cl?nico e agressividade em neoplasias de origem diversas. Acredita-se que a express?o desta prote?na denote a demanda metab?lica das c?lulas tumorais e, assim, a sua influ?ncia na forma??o de novos vasos sanguineos. O adenoma pleom?rfico (AP) e o carcinoma adenoide c?stico (CAC) e carcinoma mucoepiderm?ide (CME) representam, respectivamente, a neoplasia benigna e as malignas mais frequentes das gl?ndulas salivares. O prop?sito deste estudo foi comparar a express?o imuno-histoqu?mica da GLUT-1, bem como correlacionar com a angiog?nese em casos de APs, CACs e CMEs levando em considera??o suas grada??es histol?gicas. A amostra foi composta por 20 APs, 20 CACs e 10 CMEs os quais foram classificados de acordo com os graus histol?gicos apresentados. A express?o da GLUT-1 foi avaliada no par?nquima das les?es, estabelecendo-se o percentual de c?lulas imunopositivas, de acordo com os escores: 0 (nenhuma c?lula imunomarcada), 1 (at? 25% das c?lulas tumorais imunomarcadas), 2 (de 25-50% das c?lulas tumorais imunomarcadas) e 3 (mais de 50% das c?lulas tumorais imunomarcadas). O ?ndice angiog?nico foi analisado por meio da contagem de microvasos imunomarcados pelo anticorpo anti-CD34, em 5 campos (200x). A an?lise da express?o da GLUT-1 revelou diferen?as estatisticamente significativas entre os grupos benignos e malignos (p = 0,022). O n?mero m?dio de microvasos foi de 40,4 em APs, 21,2 em CACs e 66,5 em CMEs, com diferen?as significativas entre os grupos (p < 0,001). Quando comparadas a express?o da GLUT-1 com o ?ndice angiog?nico em conjunto, n?o foi evidenciada correla??o significativa entre a quantidade de microvasos e a express?o da GLUT-1 (r = 0,211; p = 0,141). Os resultados do presente estudo sugerem que as diferen?as no comportamento biol?gico entre APs, CACs e CMEs podem estar relacionadas ? express?o da GLUT-1 e que tumores benignos e malignos de gl?ndulas salivares exibem diferen?as no n?mero m?dio de microvasos, com maiores ?ndices nos tumores considerados mais agressivos. Al?m disto, o n?mero de microvasos neoformados pode ser independente da demanda metab?lica das c?lulas tumorais