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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Mecanismos moleculares da ação tóxica pró-oxidante de 1,4-diamino-2-butanona, um análogo de putrescina, sobre células de mamíferos e Trypanosoma cruzi / The Molecular mechanisms of pro-oxidant activity of 1,4-diamino-2-butanone, a putrescine analogue, to mammalian cells and Trypanosoma cruzi

Soares, Chrislaine Oliveira 22 June 2012 (has links)
Compostos α-aminocarbonilícos como ácido 5-aminolevulínico (ALA) e aminoacetona (AA) apresentam um grande potencial pró-oxidante, pois sofrem reações de enolização e subseqüente oxidação aeróbica, com a formação de espécies radicalares de oxigênio, íons NH4+ e α-oxoaldeídos potencialmente citotóxicos. A α-aminocetona 1,4-diamino-2-butanona (DAB), um análogo da putrescina, é um agente microbicida de vários parasitas incluindo Trypanosoma cruzi. Acredita-se que o mecanismo de morte desencadeado por DAB nos parasitas seja por meio da inibição competitiva da ornitina descarboxilase (ODC), importante enzima do metabolismo de poliaminas, muito embora tenha sido observado de igual forma danos oxidativos nestes parasitas quando tratados com DAB. O objetivo deste trabalho é esclarecer o mecanismo de oxidação química de DAB e sua ação pró-oxidante à cultura de células de mamíferos (LLC-MK2 e RKO), assim como sua atividade microbicida contra tripomastigotas de Trypanosoma cruzi. Demonstramos aqui que DAB, quimicamente similar ao ALA e AA, sofre reação de oxidação catalisada por íons fosfato, e por íons de metais de transição como Fe(II) e Cu(II), resultando na formação de radicais de oxigênio, H2O2, NH4+, 2-oxo-4-aminobutanal como produto principal da oxidação de DAB e de compostos ciclicos de caracter pirrólico. Danos oxidativos observados em ferritina, apotransferrina e liposomos de cardiolipina e fosfatidilcolina (20:80) contribuem para a nossa hipótese de ação pró-oxidante de DAB. O tratamento de células de mamíferos das linhagens LLC-MK2 (IC50 1,5 mM, tratamento de 24 h) e RKO (IC50 0,3 mM, tratamento de 24 h) com DAB levou à alteração do balanço redox celular, à ativação de resposta antioxidante e ao desencadeamento de morte celular via apoptose e parada de ciclo celular. Em culturas de tripomastigotas de T. cruzi o tratamento com DAB culminou na redução da motilitidade e viabilidade destes parasitas (IC50 0,2 mM, tratamento de 4 h), assim como depleção do conteúdo tiólico acompanhado pelo aumento da atividade de TcSOD. Além do mais, DAB mostrou-se eficiente em limitar a invasão de tripomastigotas às células hospedeiras (LLC-MK2) e reduzir a proliferação de amastigotas intracelulares, contudo fortemente relacionada à necrose das células hospedeiras infectadas, uma vez que são alvos mais susceptíveis de ação oxidativa. Estes resultados suportam nossa hipótese que DAB exerce ação pró-oxidante e contribui deste modo com o mecanismo já descrito de morte celular associada à inibição da biossíntese de poliaminas em vários microorganismos. / α-Aminocarbonyl componds such as 5-aminolevunilic acid (ALA) and aminoacetone (AA) have been shown to exhibit pro-oxidant properties. These compounds undergo phosphate-catalyzed enolization in physiological pH and subsequent aerobic oxidation, yielding reactive oxygen species, NH4+ ions and an α-oxoaldehyde highly cytotoxic. The &#945-aminoketone 1,4-diamino-2-butanone (DAB) is a putrescine analogue and a microbicidal agent to various parasites including Trypanosoma cruzi. The mechanism of DAB toxicity to these parasites is attributed to DAB competitive inhibition of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), a key enzyme on polyamine biosynthesis, although it has also been shown DAB isto implicated in oxidative damage to these parasites. Our aim is to clarify the mechanism of DAB aerobic oxidation and of its putative pro-oxidant activity to mammalian cell cultures (LLC-MK2 and RKO cell linages) and to Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes. Here we show that, similar to ALA and AA, DAB undergoes aerobic oxidation in presence of phosphate ions and of transition metal ions such as Fe(II) and Cu(II), yielding oxygen radicals, H2O2, NH4+ and 2-oxo-4-aminobutanal accompanied by its condensation cyclic products displaying pyrrolic characteristics. Oxidative alterations to ferritin, apotransferrin and liposomes of cardiolipin and phosphatidylcholine (20:80) were observed under DAB treatment strongly supporting our hypothesis of DAB pro-oxidative activity. DAB treatment of mammalian cultured cells LLC-MK2 (IC50 1.5 mM, 24 h incubation) and RKO (IC50 0.3 mM, 24 h incubation) resulted in redox imbalance, induction of antioxidant response, activation of apoptosis pathway and cell cycle arrest. DAB is shown here to trigger Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes decreased parasite motility and viability (IC50 0.2 mM, 4 h incubation), as well as redox thiol imbalance parallel to increase TcSOD activity. In addition, DAB efficiently hampered host cell (LLC-MK2) invasion by trypomastigotes. In addition, intracellular amastigotes showed to be susceptible to DAB toxicity, although strongly related to necrosis of infected host cells, which are more vulnerable to oxidative stress. Altogether, these data support our hypothesis that oxidative stress contributes to DAB cytotoxicity.
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Mecanismos moleculares da ação tóxica pró-oxidante de 1,4-diamino-2-butanona, um análogo de putrescina, sobre células de mamíferos e Trypanosoma cruzi / The Molecular mechanisms of pro-oxidant activity of 1,4-diamino-2-butanone, a putrescine analogue, to mammalian cells and Trypanosoma cruzi

Chrislaine Oliveira Soares 22 June 2012 (has links)
Compostos α-aminocarbonilícos como ácido 5-aminolevulínico (ALA) e aminoacetona (AA) apresentam um grande potencial pró-oxidante, pois sofrem reações de enolização e subseqüente oxidação aeróbica, com a formação de espécies radicalares de oxigênio, íons NH4+ e α-oxoaldeídos potencialmente citotóxicos. A α-aminocetona 1,4-diamino-2-butanona (DAB), um análogo da putrescina, é um agente microbicida de vários parasitas incluindo Trypanosoma cruzi. Acredita-se que o mecanismo de morte desencadeado por DAB nos parasitas seja por meio da inibição competitiva da ornitina descarboxilase (ODC), importante enzima do metabolismo de poliaminas, muito embora tenha sido observado de igual forma danos oxidativos nestes parasitas quando tratados com DAB. O objetivo deste trabalho é esclarecer o mecanismo de oxidação química de DAB e sua ação pró-oxidante à cultura de células de mamíferos (LLC-MK2 e RKO), assim como sua atividade microbicida contra tripomastigotas de Trypanosoma cruzi. Demonstramos aqui que DAB, quimicamente similar ao ALA e AA, sofre reação de oxidação catalisada por íons fosfato, e por íons de metais de transição como Fe(II) e Cu(II), resultando na formação de radicais de oxigênio, H2O2, NH4+, 2-oxo-4-aminobutanal como produto principal da oxidação de DAB e de compostos ciclicos de caracter pirrólico. Danos oxidativos observados em ferritina, apotransferrina e liposomos de cardiolipina e fosfatidilcolina (20:80) contribuem para a nossa hipótese de ação pró-oxidante de DAB. O tratamento de células de mamíferos das linhagens LLC-MK2 (IC50 1,5 mM, tratamento de 24 h) e RKO (IC50 0,3 mM, tratamento de 24 h) com DAB levou à alteração do balanço redox celular, à ativação de resposta antioxidante e ao desencadeamento de morte celular via apoptose e parada de ciclo celular. Em culturas de tripomastigotas de T. cruzi o tratamento com DAB culminou na redução da motilitidade e viabilidade destes parasitas (IC50 0,2 mM, tratamento de 4 h), assim como depleção do conteúdo tiólico acompanhado pelo aumento da atividade de TcSOD. Além do mais, DAB mostrou-se eficiente em limitar a invasão de tripomastigotas às células hospedeiras (LLC-MK2) e reduzir a proliferação de amastigotas intracelulares, contudo fortemente relacionada à necrose das células hospedeiras infectadas, uma vez que são alvos mais susceptíveis de ação oxidativa. Estes resultados suportam nossa hipótese que DAB exerce ação pró-oxidante e contribui deste modo com o mecanismo já descrito de morte celular associada à inibição da biossíntese de poliaminas em vários microorganismos. / α-Aminocarbonyl componds such as 5-aminolevunilic acid (ALA) and aminoacetone (AA) have been shown to exhibit pro-oxidant properties. These compounds undergo phosphate-catalyzed enolization in physiological pH and subsequent aerobic oxidation, yielding reactive oxygen species, NH4+ ions and an α-oxoaldehyde highly cytotoxic. The &#945-aminoketone 1,4-diamino-2-butanone (DAB) is a putrescine analogue and a microbicidal agent to various parasites including Trypanosoma cruzi. The mechanism of DAB toxicity to these parasites is attributed to DAB competitive inhibition of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), a key enzyme on polyamine biosynthesis, although it has also been shown DAB isto implicated in oxidative damage to these parasites. Our aim is to clarify the mechanism of DAB aerobic oxidation and of its putative pro-oxidant activity to mammalian cell cultures (LLC-MK2 and RKO cell linages) and to Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes. Here we show that, similar to ALA and AA, DAB undergoes aerobic oxidation in presence of phosphate ions and of transition metal ions such as Fe(II) and Cu(II), yielding oxygen radicals, H2O2, NH4+ and 2-oxo-4-aminobutanal accompanied by its condensation cyclic products displaying pyrrolic characteristics. Oxidative alterations to ferritin, apotransferrin and liposomes of cardiolipin and phosphatidylcholine (20:80) were observed under DAB treatment strongly supporting our hypothesis of DAB pro-oxidative activity. DAB treatment of mammalian cultured cells LLC-MK2 (IC50 1.5 mM, 24 h incubation) and RKO (IC50 0.3 mM, 24 h incubation) resulted in redox imbalance, induction of antioxidant response, activation of apoptosis pathway and cell cycle arrest. DAB is shown here to trigger Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes decreased parasite motility and viability (IC50 0.2 mM, 4 h incubation), as well as redox thiol imbalance parallel to increase TcSOD activity. In addition, DAB efficiently hampered host cell (LLC-MK2) invasion by trypomastigotes. In addition, intracellular amastigotes showed to be susceptible to DAB toxicity, although strongly related to necrosis of infected host cells, which are more vulnerable to oxidative stress. Altogether, these data support our hypothesis that oxidative stress contributes to DAB cytotoxicity.
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ProTargetMiner one step further : Deep comparative proteomics of Dying vs. Surviving cancer cells treated with anticancer compounds

Lundin, Albin January 2022 (has links)
Cancer is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, responsible for nearly one in six deaths. Thus, there is a need for a greater understanding of cancer for the development of novel therapeutics. This master thesis project aims to compare the proteome signatures between dying and surviving cancer cells treated with diverse anticancer drugs. The first aim is to investigate if drug targets behave similarly and have the same sign (up- or down-regulation) in dying versus surviving cells. The second aim is to validate that combining the dying cancer cell’s proteome with the surviving cell’s can help improve drug target rankings for anticancer treatments. The third aim is to identify proteins and pathways involved in life and death decisions by comparing dying and surviving states in response to the anticancer drugs in different cell lines. First, we demonstrate that drug target behaviour in dying versus surviving cells is almost identical for nine diverse anticancer compounds with a correlation of 0.93. To identify drug targets, orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) modelling was performed to contrast the proteome signature of one anticancer drug against all other drugs and rank the proteins based on the magnitude of the model’s predictive component. There were occasions when the dying cells gave better rankings than the surviving ones. In some cases, the best target rankings were obtained when combining the data from both surviving and dying cells. To identify proteins and pathways involved in life and death decisions, OPLS-DA modelling contrasting the two states was performed, and heatmaps and scatterplots of dying and surviving log2 fold changes were made. As a result, several pathways involved in cell survival and cell death were identified. In addition, at least six proteins consistently differentially regulated between the surviving and dying cells were identified. Such proteins can be considered as putative survival (resistance) or sensitivity biomarkers and serve as potential drug targets for the development of novel anticancer agents.

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