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Orientador: Manoel Victor Franco Lemos / Banca: José Eduardo Garcia / Banca: Cristina Lacerda Soares Petrarolha Silva / Banca: Odair Aparecido Fernandes / Banca: Antônio Carlos Monteiro / Resumo: Os países industrializados apresentam uma forte tendência em buscarem, cada vez mais, sistemas de controle biológico eficiente e específicos sendo menos tóxicos para os humanos e o ecossistema em geral. Os bioinseticidas à base de microrganismos entomopatogênicos não encontram grandes restrições quanto a sua utilização. Dentre as bactérias que possuem atividade entomopatogênica, Bacillus thuringiensis é a que apresenta maior valor potencial no controle dos insetos-praga, por apresentar vários genes cry e possuir mecanismos de recombinação genética como: conjugação e transformação. O objetivo desse estudo foi identificar e caracterizar a linhagem B. thuringiensis var. londrina. A análise morfológica dos cristais indica uma nova proteína Cry. Para comparação foram utilizadas as linhagens de B. thuringiensis var. tenebrionis, var. tolworthi e var. kurstaki - HD1 que possuem os genes cry3Aa, cry3Ba e cry1Aa, respectivamente. Foi realizada a extração do DNA total das quatro linhagens, em seguida esse material foi submetido à reação de PCR com os oligonucleotideos iniciadores específicos dos genes acima citado. Para a confirmação dos resultados utilizou-se a técnica de hibridização por Southern blotting e seqüenciamento dos amplicon. O amplicom para o gene cry3 obtido pela linhagem padrão B. thuringiensis var. tenebrionis foi igual ao tamanho esperado, porém o obtido pela linhagem var. londrina foi maior em números de nucleotídeo que o esperado, indicando uma possível recombinação. A técnica de Southern blotting confirmou a recombinação do gene mostrando diferenças entre as bandas das linhagens padrão e da linhagem var. londrina, confirmando assim um novo gene cry3. Os bioensaios executados com esse novo gene não indicaram eficiência para alguns insetos-praga de lavoura da ordem Lepidoptera e foram eficientes... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Industrialized countries show a strong tendency to look for efficient and specific biological control systems that are less toxic to humans and ecosystems. Bioinsecticides based on entomopathogenic microorganisms are well accepted by the public. Among those, bacteria that exhibit such entomopathogenic activities, Bacillus thuringiensis is the one with major potential over the pests, since it harbors several cry genes and holds genetic recombination mechanisms such as bacterial conjugation and transformation in order to accomplish these control procedures. The aim of this research was to identify and characterize the strain of B. thuringiensis var. londrina. As a comparison some other strains of B. thuringiensis such as B. thuringiensis var. tenebrionis, var. tolworthi and var. kurstaki - HD1 that holds the genes cry3Aa, cry3Ba and cry1Aa, were used respectively. Alkaline lysis procedure was used for the DNA extraction from the four bacterial strains followed by its use on PCR reactions using the specific primers for the genes. To confirm the results were utilized the techniques of Southern blotting hybridization and DNA sequencing. The obtained amplicons have shown a difference in size considering the pattern strains compared to the var. londrina. The genetic recombination that took place so as to generate the var. londrina cry gene was detected by Southern blotting analysis, the hybridization results confirm the genetic recombination showing the banding pattern differences that took place generating the new cry3 gene. The bioassays showed that the recombinant gene was efficient to control Sphenophorus levis (Coleopteran). / Doutor

Orientador: Paulo Roberto Bueno / Banca: Marcelo Mulato / Banca: Maria Cristina Roque Antunes Barreira / Resumo: No presente trabalho foi avaliada a equivalência entre as formas nativa e recombinante da lectina Artin M utilizando como ligante a peroxidase de raiz forte (HRP) por meio da técnica de microbalança a cristal de quartzo. Para tal foi preparado um biossensor por meio da imobilização da lectina, tanto nativa como recombinante, na superfície do cristal de quartzo piezelétrico. A imobilização das lectinas foi realizada por meio da construção de uma monocamada auto organizada utilizando dois alcanotióis, ácido 11-mercaptoundecanóico e o 2-mercaptoetanol. Para o acoplamento das proteínas foram utilizados N-etil-N- (dimetilaminopropil) carbodiimida (EDC) e N-hidoxisuccinimida (NHS) que formam com os grupamentos carboxílicos um intermediário reativo. Após a preparação do biossensor foi utilizado um sistema de injeção em fluxo acoplado à microbalança de cristal a quartzo para o estudo da interação lectina-glicoconjugado. Desta forma, as interações da Artin M nativa e recombinante com a glicoproteína peroxidase de raiz forte foram estudadas por meio da determinação das suas constantes de afinidade aparente e de associação cinética, sendo que foram encontrados os valores de constante de afinidade aparente (4,6 ± 0,9) x 103 e (2,6 ± 0,5) x 103 L mol -1 para as interações jArtinM-HRP e rArtinM-HRP, e os valores de constante cinética (7 ± 3) x 103 e (7 ± 2) x 103 L mol -1 para as interações jArtinM-HRP e rArtinM-HRP. Os valores das constantes de interação obtidos evidenciaram a equivalência entre ambas as formas da lectina Artin M. Neste trabalho também foi determinada a constante de associação cinética da interação entre a lectina Artin M recombinante e linhagens celulares de leucemia mielóide aguda humana (NB4, K562 e U937), no intuito de melhor entender a diferença na citotoxicidade observada da Artin M sobre estas células ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In the present work was evaluated the equivalence between the native and recombinant forms of Artin M using horseradish peroxidase as ligand by means the quartz crystal microbalance technique. In this way, a biosensor was prepared immobilizing the lectin, native and recombinant forms, on piezoelectric quartz crystal surface. Lectins immobilization was realized constructing self assembled monolayers using the alkanethiols 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid and 2-mercaptoethanol. To the binding of proteins was used N-ethyl-N-(dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC) and N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS), which form with carboxylic groups a reactive intermediary. After biosensor preparation was utilized a flow injection system coupled to quartz crystal microbalance to study the lectin-glycoconjugated interaction. Thus the native Artin M and recombinant Artin M interaction with horseradish peroxidase glycoprotein were studied by determining its apparent affinity constant and association kinetic constants. The values obtained to apparent affinity constant were (4,6 ± 0,9) x 103 e (2,6 ± 0,5) x 103 L mol -1 to jArtinM-HRP e rArtinM-HRP interactions, and the values obtained to association kinetic constant were (7 ± 3) x 103 e (7 ± 2) x 103 L mol -1 to jArtinM-HRP e rArtinM-HRP interactions. These constant values evidence the equivalence between native and recombinant forms of Artin M lectin. During this work were also determined the association kinetic constant of the interaction between recombinant Artin M and leukemic lineages from human acute myeloid leukemia (NB4, K562 and U937), with the purpose of a better understanding in the different cytotoxic effect of Artin M on these cells. In this way the values of association kinetic constant obtained was (0,3 ± 0,1) x 10-7 , (0,9 ± 0,1) x 10-7 e (2,7 ± 0,3) x 10-7 mL cel -1 to the interactions between Artin M and NB4, K562 and U937, respectively / Mestre

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Ticks are blood feeding parasites that secrete a number of immunomodulatory factors to evade host immune response. The aim of this study was to prepare a tick salivary protein with anti-chemokine activity and to observe the influence of salivary gland extrakt on neutrophile´s chemotaxis.

The spun-out silk fiber consists of two fibroin filaments that are cemented together by sericin coating. The serine-rich sericins, which make 20-30% of the cocoon silk proteins in Bombyx mori, are dissolved in hot water during silk fiber reeling from the cocoon. The sericin extract is usually discarded. Only small amounts are currently used in cosmetics and lately also as replacement of bovine serum products in the cell culture media. The use in culture media is hindered by poor standardization of the extracts. To overcome this problem, we attempted preparation of several recombinant proteins based on partial sequences of one out of the three sericin genes of Bombyx mori, sericin 3. Translation product of the Ser3 gene is extremely serine-rich with a relatively high representation of the aspartate, asparagin, glutamate, and glutamine. Using specific primers we have prepared a cDNAs of 267, 279, 525, 672, and 528 bp, respectively, derived from the Ser3 gene. The cDNAs were cloned and expressed as fusion proteins with hexahistidine in Escherichia coli. The proteins were purified by affinity chromatography and analyzed by acrylamide electrophoresis. Ser3 gene contain repetitive motifs rich in serine and including some charged amino acids.