The aim of this diploma thesis was the selection of appropriate indigenous yeasts for wine production. Tested yeasts were isolated from the grapes from the winery Maňák Žádovice. The yeasts isolated within theses in 2009 – 2012 have been also tested, and commercial wine yeast have been tested for comparison. In the theoretical part the focus is on the technology of wine, in particular fermentation. The work is also focused on yeasts metabolism and taxonomy. There was described the principle of PCR-RFLP, and methods used to characterize the properties of isolated yeasts. In the experimental part was made isolation of yeasts, theirs identification using PCR-RFLP and to select the most suitable yeast in wine making proces were performed physiological tests.

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The metabolism of vitamin D commences with exposure of the skin to sunlight. The growing recognition of its role in insulin resistance, autoimmune disorders, infections, cancer, as well as the health of cells that influence physical and mental function have profound implications on how we define vitamin D requirements and why we should care whether they are met or not. Most of the actions of vitamin D are mediated by the vitamin D receptor (VDR), a protein whose gene sequence can vary, giving rise to polymorphic forms which are potent enough to affect the binding capacity of this protein to vitamin D. Some of these polymorphic forms of VDR gene may be associated with reduced effectiveness of vitamin D and hence predispose individuals to diseases such as type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance. An earlier study, the Surya Study, looked at the responsiveness of the South-Asian women living in Auckland to vitamin D. The research described here is an extension of this study and its focus was to identify the associations/linkages between certain polymorphic forms of the VDR gene and the disease conditions and intervention responsiveness in the same women. The first objective was to compare two well known techniques for genotyping single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the VDR gene at the 3’ end, namely BsmI, ApaI and TaqI: the newer real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and the traditional restriction fragment length polymorphism polymerase chain reaction (RFLP-PCR) techniques. This comparison was performed to evaluate alternative methods for genotyping which consumed less time than RFLP-PCR. When the presence of each polymorphism by both the techniques was compared in this cohort of South-Asian women, it was found that RFLP-PCR proved to be a more reliable technique than qPCR for genotyping the VDR gene. Another objective of this project was to investigate the prevalence of the above three polymorphisms along with Cdx-2 and FokI SNPs which are present at the 5’ end of the VDR gene, in the population under study and their possible association with phenotypes such as vitamin D responsiveness and insulin resistance. These women were screened and biochemical data was collected during the earlier Surya Study. Of these, eighty-one women were then selected for intervention based on them having high insulin resistance (HOMA-IR>1.93) and serum 25(OH)D<50 nmol/L. Out of these eighty-one women, forty-two were given vitamin D supplement and thirty-nine were given a placebo for six months. Baseline and endpoint measurements included insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), insulin sensitivity (HOMA2%S) etc. How each individual responded to treatment in the intervention group was analysed in the context of the polymorphisms that they had. An association of insulin resistance with BsmI, ApaI and TaqI SNPs was observed in this cohort of 239 women. The response to insulin resistance in the vitamin D supplemented group significantly differed for FokI genotype compared to other genotypes. This explained why certain women responded to treatment better than the others. When the frequencies of the genotypes of these five SNPs of the VDR gene were compared to other studies of different ethnicities, the results of this study were consistent with few studies but contradictory to others. The possible reasons for these differences could be because of small sample size and different ethnicities under study due to which the frequency of alleles and hence the genotypes differed.

The metabolism of vitamin D commences with exposure of the skin to sunlight. The growing recognition of its role in insulin resistance, autoimmune disorders, infections, cancer, as well as the health of cells that influence physical and mental function have profound implications on how we define vitamin D requirements and why we should care whether they are met or not. Most of the actions of vitamin D are mediated by the vitamin D receptor (VDR), a protein whose gene sequence can vary, giving rise to polymorphic forms which are potent enough to affect the binding capacity of this protein to vitamin D. Some of these polymorphic forms of VDR gene may be associated with reduced effectiveness of vitamin D and hence predispose individuals to diseases such as type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance. An earlier study, the Surya Study, looked at the responsiveness of the South-Asian women living in Auckland to vitamin D. The research described here is an extension of this study and its focus was to identify the associations/linkages between certain polymorphic forms of the VDR gene and the disease conditions and intervention responsiveness in the same women. The first objective was to compare two well known techniques for genotyping single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the VDR gene at the 3’ end, namely BsmI, ApaI and TaqI: the newer real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and the traditional restriction fragment length polymorphism polymerase chain reaction (RFLP-PCR) techniques. This comparison was performed to evaluate alternative methods for genotyping which consumed less time than RFLP-PCR. When the presence of each polymorphism by both the techniques was compared in this cohort of South-Asian women, it was found that RFLP-PCR proved to be a more reliable technique than qPCR for genotyping the VDR gene. Another objective of this project was to investigate the prevalence of the above three polymorphisms along with Cdx-2 and FokI SNPs which are present at the 5’ end of the VDR gene, in the population under study and their possible association with phenotypes such as vitamin D responsiveness and insulin resistance. These women were screened and biochemical data was collected during the earlier Surya Study. Of these, eighty-one women were then selected for intervention based on them having high insulin resistance (HOMA-IR>1.93) and serum 25(OH)D<50 nmol/L. Out of these eighty-one women, forty-two were given vitamin D supplement and thirty-nine were given a placebo for six months. Baseline and endpoint measurements included insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), insulin sensitivity (HOMA2%S) etc. How each individual responded to treatment in the intervention group was analysed in the context of the polymorphisms that they had. An association of insulin resistance with BsmI, ApaI and TaqI SNPs was observed in this cohort of 239 women. The response to insulin resistance in the vitamin D supplemented group significantly differed for FokI genotype compared to other genotypes. This explained why certain women responded to treatment better than the others. When the frequencies of the genotypes of these five SNPs of the VDR gene were compared to other studies of different ethnicities, the results of this study were consistent with few studies but contradictory to others. The possible reasons for these differences could be because of small sample size and different ethnicities under study due to which the frequency of alleles and hence the genotypes differed.

This thesis deals with identification of yeasts by applying the RFLP-PCR method. Objective of the thesis was to identify the yeasts present in wine from Grüner Veltliner during fermentation. Identification was made by amplification of 5,8S-ITS sequences of DNA by the polymerase chain reaction with primers ITS1 and ITS4. Amplified DNA was submitted to the restriction analysis by restriction endonuclease HaeIII, HinfI and HhaI. By restriction analysis with a specific enzyme, the amplified DNA is chopped into the specific fragments which are characteristic for given kind of yeasts. In the analysed wine, the dominance of autochthonal yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was confirmed throughout fermentation. The other identified yeasts in the wine were of kind Pichia. The second part of the thesis was to expand the database by characterization of 28 type-yeasts, using RFLP-PCR analysis. To compare the genetic similarity, program BioNumerics was used, which processed the results of UPGMA cluster analysis using Jaccard´s coefficients.

Submitted by Marco Antônio de Ramos Chagas (mchagas@ufv.br) on 2017-06-06T11:18:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 909512 bytes, checksum: 95d360795ba1a42ae10b3949c99caca0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-06T11:18:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 909512 bytes, checksum: 95d360795ba1a42ae10b3949c99caca0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-12-14 / Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais / Os ovinos foram introduzidos no Brasil principalmente pelos portugueses e espanhóis durante o processo de colonização. Por motivos sócio-culturais, a criação desses animais foi considerada no Brasil uma atividade de categoria inferior, de modo que foram criados somente para subsistência. Esse descaso fez com que os produtos derivados de ovinos (lã, carne, pele) perdessem competitividade frente aos produtores de outros países. Para que ocorra uma mudança desse cenário, é necessária uma profunda modificação logística de todas as classes envolvidas na produção de ovinos, visto que os ovinos representam, principalmente nas regiões Sul e Nordeste, uma fonte de recursos importante do ponto de vista social, cultural e histórico. O objetivo desse trabalho foi realizar um conjunto de técnicas moleculares que permitam a caracterização genética das principais raças e/ou estoques de ovinos naturalizados do Brasil de modo a.oferecer subsídios para a elaboração de programas estratégicos de conservação e melhoramento desta espécie. Foram utilizadas quatro classes de marcadores moleculares (RAPD, microssatélites, sequenciamento do DNA mitocondrial e do cromossomo Y) em até 11 raças de ovinos naturalizadas e comerciais existentes no Brasil. Os resultados permitiram identificar padrões de estruturação genética existentes nessa espécie no Brasil, bem como demonstraram a viabilidade de aplicação de marcadores moleculares para: 1) monitoramento genético de rebanhos; 2) testes de exclusão de paternidade para controle de pedigrees; 3) origem geográfica de raças ou populações; 4) inferências filogenéticas intra- específicas. / In Brazil, sheep breeds were introduced during the colonization process by Spanish and Portuguese settlers. Social and cultural factors determined that sheep rearing was considered a low-status activity, and therefore, sheep were raised only to meet subsistence goals. The outcome of this is that products derived from sheep such as wool, meat and hides are non competitive in the international market. A change of this scenario requires a profound logistic alteration involving all sheep production-related groups, particularly in the northern and southern regions in the country, where sheep are of high cultural, social and historical relevance. The objective of this work was to characterize the main naturalized Brazilian sheep breeds using molecular markers. Our results will be a baseline for the development of management and conservation programs. Four kinds of molecular markers were used (RAPD, microsatellites, and sequences of mtDNA and Y chromosome) and were applied on 11 breeds of naturalized and commercial breeds. Results identified the genetic structure of the species in the Country and demonstrated the efficiency of molecular markers for 1) herd genetic monitoring, 2) paternity (exclusion) analyses, 3) for determining the geographic origin of breeds and populations, and 4) for investigating within-species phylogenies.

The theoretical part discusses the yeasts and their taxonomic classification using traditional methods and using modern methods. Detail the work is concerned with descriptions of modern molecular-biology methods. The practical part was analyzed DNA by PCR-fingerprinting (rep-PCR) type of yeasts, which we received from the CCY and subsequent analysis of yeast samples obtained from grape musts. One of the grape must was obtained in 2009 (white grape variety) and the second in 2010 (red grape variety). Both grape musts come as integrated vineyards and organic. Grape musts samples were obtained from the winery Holánek from Ivaň. The cross-comparison of images PCR-fingerprint type yeasts and yeasts PCR-fingerprint samples using BioNumerics was to evaluate the results and conclude that the diversity of yeast flora in grape must.

The main goal of my diploma thesis was to identify and characterize yeasts from must Hibernal and also collection yeasts by using methods called RFLP-PCR (Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism - Polymerase Chain Reaction). Theory was the first part of my diploma thesis which dealt with wine, yeasts and molecular methods. Theory section was followed by experimental section divided into two parts. The main goal of the first part was to characterize and identify yeasts from must Hibernal by using PCR and RFLP-PCR methods. In the samples there were found yeasts Saccharomyces and Pichia. The second experimental part of my diploma thesis had a goal to extend the database of new yeasts using the same methods mentioned in the first part of experimental section.