Le travail a été réalisé en collaboration avec le laboratoire de mécanique acoustique de Marseille, France. Les simulations ont été menées avec les langages Matlab et C. Ce projet s'inscrit dans le champ de recherche dénommé caractérisation tissulaire par ultrasons. / Plusieurs études ont démontré une association entre l’agrégation érythrocytaire du milieu sanguin et plusieurs anomalies hémorhéologiques. Cette agrégation peut être quantifiée à l'aide du coefficient de rétrodiffusion ultrasonore. Pour décrire l’interaction entre l'onde ultrasonore et les tissus biologiques, on se sert de modèles. Ainsi, le modèle de facteur de structure (MFS) est utilisé pour évaluer le coefficient de rétrodiffusion des globules rouges agrégés. Toutefois, ce modèle numérique ne permet pas des mesures en temps réel du niveau d’agrégation et n'informe pas sur la structure du milieu sanguin comme par exemple la taille de l’agrégat. Pour pallier à ces difficultés, nous proposons un modèle où la théorie du milieu effectif est combinée au modèle de facteur de structure. Tout en permettant une mesure en temps réel de l’agrégation, ce modèle nommé TMEMFS fournit en plus deux indices structuraux de l’agrégation: le rayon de l’agrégat ainsi que sa compacité. Par le biais de simulations numériques en 3D, on a comparé le coefficient de rétrodiffusion suivant les modèles MFS et TMEMFS. Ceci dans le but de vérifier que dans la solution du problème direct, les propriétés acoustiques des globules rouges et les propriétés structurales du milieu agrégeant correspondaient à la réalité. Pour simuler des agrégats de globules rouges, une disposition hexagonale compacte a été utilisée. Les effets du rayon et de la compacité sur le coefficient de rétrodiffusion ont été étudiés. Basé sur la microstructure sanguine considérée, les résultats obtenus avec le modèle TMEMFS sont semblables à ceux du modèle MFS. Ce travail constitue un support théorique pour une mesure quantitative in vivo de l’agrégation érythrocytaire à des fins diagnostics. / Many studies have reported that an enhanced level of red blood cell aggregation is associated with the presence of hemorheological disorders. Pathological aggregation has been characterized by quantitative ultrasound based on the backscattering coefficient. In order to describe the interaction between the incident ultrasound and the interrogated biological tissues, mathematical models are used. Mathematical modeling is known to be the optimal way to describe the interaction occurring between ultrasound and tissues at the cellular level. The structure factor model (SFM), considered as the exact scattering model has been developed to predict the backscattering coefficient from blood. However, the numerical SFM cannot be applied in real time for practical measurements and does not provide aggregate size to assess the level of aggregation. Therefore, we come up with a new model based on the effective medium theory in order to tackle this difficulty. The effective medium theory combined with the structure factor model (EMTSFM) can be applied in real time and contrary to the SFM provides two indices of the aggregate state in vivo: aggregate size and compactness. Based on a 3D simulation study, the backscattering coefficients (BSCs) predicted by the effective medium theory combined with the Structure Factor Model (EMTSFM) are compared to the BSCs computed with SFM. Our aim here is to assess the accuracy of the EMTSFM against the SFM by comparing their BSC in the framework of a forward problem, i.e., the calculation of the BSC from the known acoustic and structure aggregate parameters. This was done in order to validate the proposed model. To simulate aggregates, RBCs are stacked following a hexagonal close packing scheme. The influences of the aggregate radius and compactness on the BSC are studied as well. The results showed good agreement between the SFM and the EMTSFM based on our simulated microstructure of RBC aggregates. Our work provides thus the theoretical background to assess locally the aggregation level for diagnosis purposes.

Despite recent advances in stem cell biology, immunotherapy and transplantation, substantial barriers still exist in the large-scale specific separation of a discrete population of human therapeutic cells from a cell suspension. The ideal purification technique should combine high cell purity, yield and function, with fast processing and affordability. Currently, fluorescence-activated cell sorting with flow cytometry (FACS) and magnetic activated cell sorting (MACS®) are the most used methods for cell separation and purification and have been employed extensively in molecular biology, diagnostic and cell sorting applications, because they are considered to be gentle, fast and scalable. However, these methods have several key disadvantages; they are invariably expensive, yield low log cell reduction (LCR) rates, and suffer from drawbacks when applied to niche cell populations, such as those requiring multiple tandem separation steps and/or involving combined positive and negative cell selection steps. To address this challenge, a new cell affinity selection system was developed. The selectivity is based on the reversible monomeric avidin biotin interaction and it is primary designed for positive selection. The initial studies were performed on flat, nonporous, glass coverslips and the technology was then successfully transferred on high grade smooth non-porous glass beads (with a diameter of 79.12 to 118.59 μm). The multi-step layer-by-layer deposition procedure culminating in dextran-coated supports bearing monomeric avidin was rigorously characterized and subsequently employed in packed bed chromatography experiments with human erythrocytes isolated from cord blood and B lymphocytes from cell lines. The developed affinity selection platform was highly selective, efficient and, most importantly, resulted in high yields, cell purity and viability comparable with MACS® technology. Additionally scale up is possible and could be easily transferred to another chromatographic matrix with the appropriate structure.

La circulation sanguine joue un rôle vital en microcirculation, et ce pour le transport de l'oxygène, le dioxide de carbone et d'autres nutriments. Les globules rouges (GR) constituent la majorité des cellules du sang, c'est pourquoi par "écoulement sanguin", nous entendrons "écoulement d'une suspension de GR". Pendant longtemps l'écoulement sanguin était vu comme un phénomène passif où les GR sont considérés comme des cargos d'oxygène. La vision moderne est tout autre: l'écoulement sanguin est bel et bien un phénomène actif. Les GR ainsi que les cellules endothéliales (qui tapissent les faces internes des vaisseaux sanguins) sont impliquées dans un grand nombre de signalisations biochimiques induites par les contraintes hydrodynamiques, la route vers des régulations vasomotrices sans l'intervention du système nerveux. Par exemple, les GR ne transportent pas que l'oxygène, mais également de l'ATP (adenosine triphosphate), qui est libérée suite à des changements de conformation de protéines membranaires induite par les contraintes hydrodynamiques. Cette thèse est dédiée à la circulation sanguine et son couplage avec la signalisation biochimique ayant lieu en microcirculation. Plus précisément, les questions traités dans cette thèse sont i) la dynamique des GR, ii) le problème de la diffiusion-advection d'espèces chimiques au sein des écoulements sanguins, et iii) le rôle de la géométrie des réseaux vasculaires dans le processus de la signalisation biochimique mentionnés plus haut. Dans un premier temps nous analysons la dynamique de GR dans un écoulement de Poiseuille en présence de valeurs réalistes de contraste de viscosité. Dans un deuxième temps nous développons un modèle de diffusion-advection et le couplons aux écoulements sanguins en adoptant la méthode de Boltzmann sur réseaux; nous exploitons ensuite formulation en l'appliquant au problème de la libération de l'ATP par les GR sous écoulement. Enfin nous présentons des résultats préliminaires pour la problématique générale de l'écoulement sanguin mettant en jeu l'ATP libéré par les GR et la signalisation de calcium par les cellules endothéliales. Cette étude constitue un premier pas vers le problème général et ambitieux de la régulation locale mechano-biochimique impliquée dans la microcirculation. / Blood flow in microcirculation is vital for oxygen, carbon dioxide and nutrients transport. Most of blood cells are red blood cells (RBCs), so that by blood flow we mean flow of a suspension of RBCs. For long time blood flow has been mainly considered as a passive phenomenon, in which RBCs are viewed as passive carriers of oxygen. The modern view is completely different: blood flow is more active than we thought. The RBCs as well as vascular endothelial cells covering the internal walls of blood vessels are involved in a number of biochemical signaling processes that are triggered by shear stress eliciting a number of biochemical events, and ultimately resulting into vasomotor regulation without participation of the nerve system. For example, RBCs do not only carry oxygen but also ATP (adenosine triphosphate) , the release of which occurs thanks to changes of RBC membrane protein conformations caused by shear stress. Released ATP reacts with some endothelial membrane receptors leading to vasodilation. This thesis is devoted to blood flow and its coupling to biochemical signaling. More precisely, we investigate i) the dynamics of RBCs, ii) the advection diffusion of chemicals in blood flow and the role of iii) the geometry of vessel networks, in the mentioned signaling processes in microcirculations. Firstly, we study the RBC dynamics in a pipe flow with realistic viscosity contrast values, where a link between shape dynamics and rheology is established. Secondly, we develop an advection-diffusion solver that can handle general moving curved boundaries based on lattice-Boltzmann method (LBM); we then implement it for the study of the problem of ATP release from RBCs under shear flow. Membrane tension and deformation induced by shear stress together with vessel network geometry contribute to ATP release. Finally we demonstrate the capability of applying our model and our numerical tool to the complete problem of blood under flow involving ATP release from RBCs and endothelial calcium signaling as a preliminary step to the ambitious task of mechano-involved local regulation events in microcirculation.

Plusieurs études ont démontré une association entre l’agrégation érythrocytaire du milieu sanguin et plusieurs anomalies hémorhéologiques. Cette agrégation peut être quantifiée à l'aide du coefficient de rétrodiffusion ultrasonore. Pour décrire l’interaction entre l'onde ultrasonore et les tissus biologiques, on se sert de modèles. Ainsi, le modèle de facteur de structure (MFS) est utilisé pour évaluer le coefficient de rétrodiffusion des globules rouges agrégés. Toutefois, ce modèle numérique ne permet pas des mesures en temps réel du niveau d’agrégation et n'informe pas sur la structure du milieu sanguin comme par exemple la taille de l’agrégat. Pour pallier à ces difficultés, nous proposons un modèle où la théorie du milieu effectif est combinée au modèle de facteur de structure. Tout en permettant une mesure en temps réel de l’agrégation, ce modèle nommé TMEMFS fournit en plus deux indices structuraux de l’agrégation: le rayon de l’agrégat ainsi que sa compacité. Par le biais de simulations numériques en 3D, on a comparé le coefficient de rétrodiffusion suivant les modèles MFS et TMEMFS. Ceci dans le but de vérifier que dans la solution du problème direct, les propriétés acoustiques des globules rouges et les propriétés structurales du milieu agrégeant correspondaient à la réalité. Pour simuler des agrégats de globules rouges, une disposition hexagonale compacte a été utilisée. Les effets du rayon et de la compacité sur le coefficient de rétrodiffusion ont été étudiés. Basé sur la microstructure sanguine considérée, les résultats obtenus avec le modèle TMEMFS sont semblables à ceux du modèle MFS. Ce travail constitue un support théorique pour une mesure quantitative in vivo de l’agrégation érythrocytaire à des fins diagnostics. / Many studies have reported that an enhanced level of red blood cell aggregation is associated with the presence of hemorheological disorders. Pathological aggregation has been characterized by quantitative ultrasound based on the backscattering coefficient. In order to describe the interaction between the incident ultrasound and the interrogated biological tissues, mathematical models are used. Mathematical modeling is known to be the optimal way to describe the interaction occurring between ultrasound and tissues at the cellular level. The structure factor model (SFM), considered as the exact scattering model has been developed to predict the backscattering coefficient from blood. However, the numerical SFM cannot be applied in real time for practical measurements and does not provide aggregate size to assess the level of aggregation. Therefore, we come up with a new model based on the effective medium theory in order to tackle this difficulty. The effective medium theory combined with the structure factor model (EMTSFM) can be applied in real time and contrary to the SFM provides two indices of the aggregate state in vivo: aggregate size and compactness. Based on a 3D simulation study, the backscattering coefficients (BSCs) predicted by the effective medium theory combined with the Structure Factor Model (EMTSFM) are compared to the BSCs computed with SFM. Our aim here is to assess the accuracy of the EMTSFM against the SFM by comparing their BSC in the framework of a forward problem, i.e., the calculation of the BSC from the known acoustic and structure aggregate parameters. This was done in order to validate the proposed model. To simulate aggregates, RBCs are stacked following a hexagonal close packing scheme. The influences of the aggregate radius and compactness on the BSC are studied as well. The results showed good agreement between the SFM and the EMTSFM based on our simulated microstructure of RBC aggregates. Our work provides thus the theoretical background to assess locally the aggregation level for diagnosis purposes. / Le travail a été réalisé en collaboration avec le laboratoire de mécanique acoustique de Marseille, France. Les simulations ont été menées avec les langages Matlab et C. Ce projet s'inscrit dans le champ de recherche dénommé caractérisation tissulaire par ultrasons.

L'objectif de cette thèse est d'améliorer la compréhension des phénomènes jouant un rôle dans la mesure effectuée dans un analyseur sanguin, en particulier le comptage et la mesure de volumétrie d'une population de globules rouges reposant sur l'effet Coulter. Des simulations numériques sont effectuées dans le but de prédire la dynamique des globules rouges dans les zones de mesure et pour reproduire la mesure électrique associée, servant au comptage et à la volumétrie des cellules. Ces simulations sont effectuées à l'intérieur de configurations industrielles d'analyseur sanguin, en utilisant un outil numérique développé à l'IMAG, le solveur YALES2BIO. En utilisant la méthode des frontières immergées avec suivi de front, un modèle de particule déformable est introduit, celui-ci prend en compte le contraste de viscosité ainsi que les effets mécaniques de la courbure et de l'élasticité sur la membrane. Le solveur est validé grâce à de nombreux cas tests parcourant différents régimes et effets physiques. L'écoulement fluide dans cette géométrie d'analyseur sanguin est caractérisée par un fort gradient de vitesse axial dans la direction de l'écoulement, impliquant la présence d'un écoulement extensionnel au niveau du micro-orifice, là où a lieu la mesure. La dynamique des globules rouges est étudiée par des simulations numériques pour différentes conditions initiales, telles que sa position ou son orientation. Il est observé que les globules rouges vont se réorienter selon l'axe principal de l'analyseur sanguin dans tous les cas. Pour comprendre le phénomène, des modèles analytiques sont adaptés au cas des écoulements extensionnels et reproduisent correctement les tendances de réorientation.Cette thèse présente également la reproduction de la mesure électrique utilisée pour le comptage et la mesure de la distribution des volumes de globules rouges. De nombreuses simulations de la dynamique des globules rouges sont effectuées et utilisées pour générer l'impulsion électrique correspondant au passage du globule rouge dans le micro-orifice. Les amplitudes d'impulsions électriques résultantes permettent la caractérisation de la réponse électrique en fonction des paramètres initiaux de la simulation par une approche statistique. Un algorithme de Monte-Carlo est utilisé pour la quantification des erreurs de mesure liées à l'orientation et la position des globules rouges dans le micro-orifice. Ceci permet la génération d'une distribution de volume mesurée pour une population de globules rouges bien définie et la caractérisation des erreurs de mesure associées. / The aim of this thesis is to improve the understanding of the phenomena involved in the measurement performed in a blood analyzer, namely the counting and sizing of red blood cells based on the Coulter effect. Numerical simulations are performed to predict the dynamics of red blood cells in the measurement regions, and to reproduce the associated electrical measurement used to count and size the cells. These numerical simulations are performed in industrial configurations using a numerical tool developed at IMAG, the YALES2BIO solver. Using the Front-Tracking Immersed Boundary Method, a deformable particle model for the red blood cell is introduced which takes the viscosity contrast as well as the mechanical effects of the curvature and elasticity on the membrane into account. The solver is validated against several test cases spreading over a large range of regimes and physical effects.The velocity field in the blood analyzer geometry is found to consist of an intense axial velocity gradient in the direction of the flow, resulting in a extensional flow at the micro-orifice, where the measurement is performed. The dynamics of the red blood cells is studied with numerical simulations with different initial conditions, such as its position or orientation. They are found to reorient along the main axis of the blood analyzer in all cases. In order to understand the phenomenon, analytical models are adapted to the case of extensional flows and are found to reproduce the observed trends.This thesis also presents the reproduction of the electrical measurement used to count red blood cells and measure their volume distribution. Numerous dynamics simulations are performed and used to generate the electrical pulse corresponding to the passage of a red blood cell inside the micro-orifice. The resulting electrical pulse amplitudes are used to characterize the electrical response depending on the initial parameters of the simulation by means of a statistical approach. A Monte-Carlo algorithm helps quantifying the errors on the measurement of cell depending on its orientation and position inside the micro-orifice. This allows the generation of a measured volume distribution of a well defined red blood cell population and the characterization of the associated measurement errors.

Cette thèse traite plusieurs aspects scientifiques inhérents à la simulation numérique de problèmes d'interaction fluide-structure impliquant de fines membranes déformables. Deux cas spécifiques relatifs à la biomécanique cardiovasculaire sont considérés : l'interaction de l'écoulement sanguin avec la valve aortique (qui se produit à l'échelle macroscopique), et l'interaction de la membrane des globules rouges avec ses fluides interne et externe (qui se produit à l'échelle microscopique). Dans les deux cas, le couplage fluide-structure est géré par l'intermédiaire d'un formalisme de frontières immergées, en représentant la membrane par un maillage Lagrangien se mouvant au travers d'un maillage fluide Eulérien. Lorsque l'on traite la dynamique des globules rouges, la membrane est considérée comme étant une structure sans masse et infiniment fine. La première question à laquelle on s'intéresse dans cette thèse est la manière de modéliser la microstructure complexe de la membrane des globules rouges. Un moyen possible pour caractériser un modèle de membrane adapté est de simuler l'expérience des pinces optiques, qui consiste en une configuration expérimentale bien contrôlée qui permet d'étudier la mécanique individuelle d'un globule rouge isolé dans une large gamme de déformations. Plusieurs modèles pertinents sont identifiés, mais les caractéristiques de déformation mesurées durant l'expérience des pinces optiques se révèlent n'être pas assez sélectives pour être utilisées dans un contexte de validation. Des mesures de déformation additionnelles sont proposées, qui pourraient permettre une meilleure caractérisation de la mécanique de la membrane des globules rouges. En ce qui concerne les configurations macroscopiques, une méthode numérique innovante est proposée afin de gérer des simulations numériques de membranes 3D continues, en conservant le formalisme de frontières immergées. Dans cette méthode, appelée méthode des frontières immergées épaisses, la membrane a une épaisseur finie. La précision et la robustesse de la méthode sont démontrées par l'intermédiaire d'une variété de cas tests bien choisis. La méthode proposée est ensuite appliquée à un problème d'interaction fluide-structure réaliste, à savoir l'interaction d'un écoulement (sanguin) pulsé avec une valve aortique biomimétique. Une étude combinée expérimentale et numérique est menée, montrant que la méthode est capable de capturer la dynamique globale de la valve, ainsi que les principales caractéristiques de l'écoulement en aval de la valve. Tous les développements ont été effectués dans le solveur YALES2BIO (http://www.math.univ-montp2.fr/~yales2bio/) développé à l'IMAG, qui est donc disponible pour toutes autres améliorations, validations et études applicatives. / This thesis deals with several scientific aspects inherent to the numerical simulation of fluid-structure interaction problems involving thin deformable membranes. Two specific cases relevant to cardiovascular biomechanics are considered: the interaction of the blood flow with the aortic valve (which occurs at the macroscopic scale), and the interaction of the red blood cells membrane with its inner and outer fluids (which occurs at the microscopic scale). In both cases, the fluid-structure interaction coupling is handled using an immersed boundary formalism, representing the membrane by a Lagrangian mesh moving through an Eulerian fluid mesh.When dealing with red blood cells dynamics, the membrane is considered to be an infinitely thin and massless structure. The first question which is addressed in the present thesis work is how to model the complex microstructure of the red blood cells membrane. A possible way to characterize a suitable membrane model is to simulate the optical tweezers experiment, which is a well-controlled experimental configuration enabling to study the individual mechanics of an isolated red blood cell in a large range of deformation. Some relevant membrane models are identified, but the deformation characteristics measured during the optical tweezers experiment reveal to be not selective enough to be used in a validation context. Additional deformation measurements are proposed, which could allow a better characterization of the red blood cell membrane mechanics.Regarding the macroscopic configurations, an innovative numerical method is proposed to handle numerical simulations of 3D continuum membranes, still within the immersed boundary formalism. In this method, called immersed thick boundary method, the membrane has a finite thickness. The accuracy and robustness of the method are demonstrated through a variety of well-chosen test cases. Then, the proposed method is applied to a realistic fluid-structure interaction problem, namely the interaction of a pulsatile (blood) flow with a biomimetic aortic valve. A combined experimental and numerical study is led, showing that the method is able to capture the global dynamics of the valve, as well as the main features of the flow downstream of the valve.All the developments were performed within the YALES2BIO solver (http://www.math.univ-montp2.fr/~yales2bio/) developed at IMAG, which is thus available for further improvements, validations and applicative studies.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Evidências crescentes têm demonstrado que o exercício prejudica a estrutura da membrana eritrocitária, como consequência do aumento do estresse físico e químico. O óxido nítrico (NO) derivado dos eritrócitos afeta a fluidez da membrana e a sua biodisponibilidade depende do equilíbrio entre a sua síntese e eliminação por espécies reativas de oxigênio. Nós investigamos se o exercício realizado em diferentes intensidades afetaria biodisponibilidade do NO eritrocitário e se levaria a um quadro de estresse oxidativo. Dez homens (26 4 anos, VO2pico 44,1 4,3 mL.kg-1.min-1) realizaram um teste cardiopulmonar máximo em esteira e um teste de exercício submáximo a 70% VO2pico durante 30 min. O sangue foi coletado em repouso e imediatamente após os exercícios para isolamento dos eritrócitos. O exercício máximo aumentou a contagem de eritrócitos, hemoglobina e hematócrito, sem levar a qualquer alteração na massa corporal que pudesse sugerir hemoconcentração devido a uma redução do volume plasmático. Observou-se uma diminuição do influxo de L-arginina depois do teste submáximo, mas não no teste máximo. No entanto, a atividade da óxido nítrico sintase, ou seja, a produção de NO, foi aumentada após o teste máximo. Os níveis de GMPc não se alteraram após ambos os teste de exercício. Em relação aos biomarcadores de estresse oxidativo, o exercício submáximo reduziu a oxidação proteica e aumentou a atividade da catalase e a expressão da glutationa peroxidase, enquanto que o exercício máximo levou a uma maior peroxidação lipídica e diminuição da atividade da SOD. Nem a atividade glutationa peroxidase ou a expressão NADPH oxidase foram afetadas pelo exercício. Estes resultados sugerem que o exercício induziu alterações no estresse oxidativo de eritrócitos, que parecem estar mais associadas com a intensidade do que a duração do execicio. Além disso, nas intensidades recomendadas para a promoção da saúde, o exercício mostrou ser protetor, aumentando a atividade e a expressão de enzimas antioxidantes importantes e reduzindo os danos oxidativos. / Growing evidence has shown that exercise impairs erythrocyte membrane structure as a consequence of increased physical and chemical stress. Erythrocyte-derived nitric oxide (NO) affects membrane fluidity, and its bioavailiability depends on the balance between its synthesis and scavenging by reactive oxygen species. Here, we investigated whether aerobic exercise performed at different intensities would affect erythrocyte NO bioavailability and oxidative stress. Ten men (26 4 years old, VO2peak 44.1 4.3 mL.kg-1.min-1) performed a treadmill maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test, and a submaximal exercise at 70% VO2peak during 30 min. Blood was collected at rest and immediately after exercises for erythrocytes isolation. Maximal exercise increased erythrocytes count, haemoglobin and haematocrit levels, without any change in body mass that could suggest haemoconcentration due to a plasma volume reduction. It was observed a decrease in L-arginine influx after moderate, but not maximal exercise. Yet, nitric oxide synthase activity, and thus, NO production, was increased after maximal exercise. Cyclic GMP levels did not change after both exercise bouts. In relation to biomarkers of oxidative stress, moderate exercise reduced protein oxidation, and increased catalase activity and glutathione peroxidise expression; whereas maximal exercise led to greater lipid peroxidation, and diminished SOD activity. Neither glutathione peroxidase activity nor NADPH expression were affected by exercise. These findings suggest that exercise induced changes in erythrocyte oxidative stress are more associated with intensity than duration. Furthermore, at intensities recommended for health promotion, exercise was shown to be protective, increasing the activity and expression of important antioxidant enzymes and reducing oxidative damage.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:13:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 BernardoMR.pdf: 260986 bytes, checksum: 17a4b2567679fec24073be98451b0953 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-03-25 / Blood constituents labelled with technetium-99m (99mTc) has been used with radiobiocomplexes in several procedures in nuclear medicine. Some natural and sintetic drugs are capable to interfere on the labeling of blood constituents with 99mTc, on the morphology of red blood cells (RBC) and on the biodistribution of radiobiocomplexes. The aim of this study was evaluate the effect of an extract of Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa on the labeling of blood constituints with 99mTc, on the morphology of RBC and on the biodistribution of the radiopharmaceutical sodium perthecnetate in Wistar rats. On the in vitro studies the Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa decreased significantly (p<0.05) the %ATI on plasma proteins and on the in vitro morhology of RBC, the passion fruit peel flour altered the shape and the perimeter/?rea ratio. On the in vivo estudies the extract did not altered the %ATI in blood constituents, and did not altered the shape of RBC. Although, on the biodistribution of the radiobiocomplex sodium perthecnetate (Na99mTcO4) this extract decreased significantly (p<0.05) the uptake in duodenum, spleen, p?ncreas and blood, and increased the uptake in stomach. It can be suggested that the effects presented by this extract could be a result of some substances contained in this extract that could alter the binding of 99mTc to plasma proteins, the morphology of RBC and the biodistribution of the radiobiocomplex sodium perthecnetate. This study was multidisciplinary experimental research. It was developed with the contribution of different Departments and Services of the Hospital Universit?rio Pedro Ernesto of the Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro / Constituintes sang??neos marcados com tecn?cio-99m (99mTc) t?m sido utilizadas com radiobiocomplexos em procedimentos da Medicina Nuclear. Determinadas drogas naturais ou sint?ticas s?o capazes de interferir na marca??o de estruturas sang??neas com 99mTc, na morfometria de hem?cias e na biodisponibilidade de radiobiocomplexos. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o efeito de um extrato de farinha da casca do maracuj? (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa) na marca??o de constituintes sangu?neos com 99mTc, na morfologia de hem?cias marcadas com 99mTc e na biodisponibilidade do radiobiocomplexo pertecnetato de s?dio. Nos estudos in vitro, o extrato foi capaz de diminuir significativamente (p<0,05) a fixa??o do 99mTc nas prote?nas plasm?ticas e tamb?m alterar a forma e a rela??o per?metro/?rea de hem?cias. Nos estudos in vivo, o extrato de farinha da casca de maracuj? n?o alterou a marca??o dos constituintes sangu?neos com 99mTc, assim como a forma de hem?cias marcadas com 99mTc. No estudo da biodisponibilidade do radiobiocomplexo pertecnetato de s?dio (Na99mTcO4), o extrato estudado aumentou significativamente (p<0,05) a capta??o no duodeno e ba?o, e diminuiu a capta??o do Na99mTcO4 no p?ncreas, est?mago e sangue. Os efeitos apresentados por este extrato podem ser derivados de subst?ncias presentes no extrato, que poderiam alterar a liga??o do 99mTc ?s prote?nas plasm?ticas, induzir altera??es morfol?gicas nas hem?cias e/ou a biodisponibilidade do radiobiocomplexo pertecnetato de s?dio.. Este trabalho foi desenvolvido em diferentes Departamentos e Servi?os da ?rea biom?dica do Hospital Universit?rio Pedro Ernesto, UERJ, atestando o car?ter multidisciplinar da pesquisa

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:13:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Raquel Terra Agostinho_DISSERT.pdf: 212655 bytes, checksum: afa93fe07c8ba1db5dc83395a1dc586d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-09-29 / Clinical evaluations have been made possible with radiobiocomplexes marked with tecnecium-99m (99mTc). Natural or synthetic drugs are able to interfere in the marking of blood structures with 99m Tc. Also, the toxicity of several natural products has been described. The aim of this study was evaluating the effect of an extract of Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) in the marking of blood constituents with 98m Tc and in the survival of Escherichia coli. Blood samples from Wistar rats were treated with reishi extract. Radiomarking procedure was performed. Samples of plasma (P), blood cells (CS), and insoluble (FI) and soluble (FS) fractions of P and CS were separated and the radioactivity was counted to determine radioactivity percentages (%ATI). Escherichia coli AB1157 cultures were treated with stannous chloride in the presence and absence of the reishi extract. Blood samples and bacterial cultures treated with NaCl 0.9% were used as controls. Data indicated that the reishi extract has significantly altered (p<0,05) the %ATI of P, CS, FI-P, FS-P, FI-CS e FS-CS, as well as it has increased survival of bacterial cultures treated with stannous chloride. Our results suggest that the Reishi extract would be able to present a redox/ chelant action by altering blood constituent marking with 99mTc and by protecting bacterial cultures against stannous chloride-induced oxydating lesions. The study had a multidisciplinary character, with the participation of the following areas of knowledge: Biophysics, Radiobiology, Botanics, Phytotherapy, and Hematology / Avalia??es cl?nicas t?m sido poss?veis com radiobiocomplexos marcados com tecn?cio-99m (99mTc). Drogas naturais ou sint?ticas s?o capazes de interferir na marca??o de estruturas sangu?neas com 99mTc, e tamb?m tem sido descrita a toxicidade de v?rios produtos naturais. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o efeito de um extrato de Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) na marca??o de constituintes sangu?neos sang??neas com 99mTc e na sobreviv?ncia de Escherichia coli. Amostras de sangue de ratos Wistar foram tratadas com extrato de reishi. O procedimento de radiomarca??o foi realizado. Amostras de plasma (P), c?lulas sang??neas (CS) e fra??es insol?vel (FI) e sol?vel (FS) de P e CS foram separadas e a radioatividade foi contada para determina??o das porcentagens de radioatividade (%ATI).Culturas de Escherichia coli AB1157 foram tratadas com cloreto estanoso na presen?a e aus?ncia do extrato de reishi. Amostras de sangue e culturas bacterianas tratadas com NaCl 0.9% foram usadas como controles. Dados indicaram que o extrato de reishi alterou significativamente (p<0,05) a %ATI de P, CS, FI-P, FS-P, FI-CS e FS-CS, bem como, aumentou a sobreviv?ncia de culturas bacterianas tratadas com cloreto estanoso. Nossos resultados sugerem que o extrato de Reishi poderia apresentar a??o redox/quelante alterando a marca??o de constituintes sang??neos com 99mTc e protegendo culturas bacterianas contra les?es oxidativas induzidas pelo cloreto estanoso. O estudo teve car?ter multidisciplinar com a participa??o das seguintes ?reas do conhecimento: Biof?sica, Radiobiologia, Bot?nica, Fitoterapia e Hematologia

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Evidências crescentes têm demonstrado que o exercício prejudica a estrutura da membrana eritrocitária, como consequência do aumento do estresse físico e químico. O óxido nítrico (NO) derivado dos eritrócitos afeta a fluidez da membrana e a sua biodisponibilidade depende do equilíbrio entre a sua síntese e eliminação por espécies reativas de oxigênio. Nós investigamos se o exercício realizado em diferentes intensidades afetaria biodisponibilidade do NO eritrocitário e se levaria a um quadro de estresse oxidativo. Dez homens (26 4 anos, VO2pico 44,1 4,3 mL.kg-1.min-1) realizaram um teste cardiopulmonar máximo em esteira e um teste de exercício submáximo a 70% VO2pico durante 30 min. O sangue foi coletado em repouso e imediatamente após os exercícios para isolamento dos eritrócitos. O exercício máximo aumentou a contagem de eritrócitos, hemoglobina e hematócrito, sem levar a qualquer alteração na massa corporal que pudesse sugerir hemoconcentração devido a uma redução do volume plasmático. Observou-se uma diminuição do influxo de L-arginina depois do teste submáximo, mas não no teste máximo. No entanto, a atividade da óxido nítrico sintase, ou seja, a produção de NO, foi aumentada após o teste máximo. Os níveis de GMPc não se alteraram após ambos os teste de exercício. Em relação aos biomarcadores de estresse oxidativo, o exercício submáximo reduziu a oxidação proteica e aumentou a atividade da catalase e a expressão da glutationa peroxidase, enquanto que o exercício máximo levou a uma maior peroxidação lipídica e diminuição da atividade da SOD. Nem a atividade glutationa peroxidase ou a expressão NADPH oxidase foram afetadas pelo exercício. Estes resultados sugerem que o exercício induziu alterações no estresse oxidativo de eritrócitos, que parecem estar mais associadas com a intensidade do que a duração do execicio. Além disso, nas intensidades recomendadas para a promoção da saúde, o exercício mostrou ser protetor, aumentando a atividade e a expressão de enzimas antioxidantes importantes e reduzindo os danos oxidativos. / Growing evidence has shown that exercise impairs erythrocyte membrane structure as a consequence of increased physical and chemical stress. Erythrocyte-derived nitric oxide (NO) affects membrane fluidity, and its bioavailiability depends on the balance between its synthesis and scavenging by reactive oxygen species. Here, we investigated whether aerobic exercise performed at different intensities would affect erythrocyte NO bioavailability and oxidative stress. Ten men (26 4 years old, VO2peak 44.1 4.3 mL.kg-1.min-1) performed a treadmill maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test, and a submaximal exercise at 70% VO2peak during 30 min. Blood was collected at rest and immediately after exercises for erythrocytes isolation. Maximal exercise increased erythrocytes count, haemoglobin and haematocrit levels, without any change in body mass that could suggest haemoconcentration due to a plasma volume reduction. It was observed a decrease in L-arginine influx after moderate, but not maximal exercise. Yet, nitric oxide synthase activity, and thus, NO production, was increased after maximal exercise. Cyclic GMP levels did not change after both exercise bouts. In relation to biomarkers of oxidative stress, moderate exercise reduced protein oxidation, and increased catalase activity and glutathione peroxidise expression; whereas maximal exercise led to greater lipid peroxidation, and diminished SOD activity. Neither glutathione peroxidase activity nor NADPH expression were affected by exercise. These findings suggest that exercise induced changes in erythrocyte oxidative stress are more associated with intensity than duration. Furthermore, at intensities recommended for health promotion, exercise was shown to be protective, increasing the activity and expression of important antioxidant enzymes and reducing oxidative damage.