Orientador: Marcos Nogueira Eberlin / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Química / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T20:29:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Porcari_AndreiadeMelo_M.pdf: 3504713 bytes, checksum: 67c674763a09cf16900c073f27cd5133 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: O presente trabalho utiliza a Espectrometria de Massas para caracterização e quantificação de diferentes analitos em matrizes biológicas. Inicialmente é demonstrado o desenvolvimento de uma técnica para análise direta de triacilgliceróis (TAG) em carnes e tecidos, que podem então ser caracterizados por seu perfil lipídico. Nesta técnica, uma etapa de foto aquecimento visa extrair quase instantaneamente TAG da matriz, utilizando pouco ou nenhum solvente. O conteúdo extraído e coletado num papel pardo é então analisado por EASI-MS (Easy Ambient Sonic-spray Ionization - Mass Spectrometry), revelando o perfil de TAG em poucos segundos, sem necessidade de hidrólise, derivação ou outras extrações. Thermally-imprinted EASI-MS (T-EASI-MS) é uma técnica capaz de diferenciar tipos de carnes e seus resultados mostraram-se concordantes com a literatura e com outras técnicas tradicionais para análise de lipídios. Num segundo momento, utilizou-se a espectrometria de massas como ferramenta de quantificação, através do desenvolvimento de dois métodos analíticos para análise de cortisol em plasma e leite bovinos, utilizando LC-MS/MS (cromatografia líquida acoplada à espectrometria de massas seqüencial). Os métodos aqui desenvolvidos foram validados utilizando a metodologia de compatibilização de matriz (para o plasma) e de calibração direta em solvente (curva não extraída) para o leite. Ambos os métodos empregaram pequeno volume de amostra e forneceram baixos limites de quantificação (0,1 ng mL e 0,15 ng mL de cortisol para o plasma e leite, respectivamente). A metodologia desenvolvida foi aplicada para análise de dois experimentos veterinários. No primeiro foi investigada a correlação entre as concentrações de cortisol no plasma e no leite bovino, bem como o efeito da ordenha sobre a concentração do cortisol nesses fluídos biológicos. No segundo nível de cortisol em vacas com e sem mastite sub-clínica foi investigado e os resultados foram comparados aos resultados obtidos por ELISA (Enzime-linked Immunosorbent Assay) para as mesmas amostras / Abstract: This research uses mass spectrometry (MS) as a tool to characterize and quantify different analytes in biological matrices. At first, the development of a technique for direct analysis of triacylglycerols (TAG) in meats and animal tissues is shown. This technique allows sample characterization through its lipid profile. It starts with a photo-heating process which aims to extract, almost instantaneously, TAG from the matrix, using very little amounts of solvent. The extract is collected on a paper which is then analyzed by EASI-MS (easy ambient sonic-spray ionization), thus revealing the TAG profile in a few seconds, without the use of hydrolysis, derivatization or exhaustive extractions. Thermally-imprinted EASI-MS (T-EASI-MS) is able to differentiate kinds of meats and has been shown to be in agreement with previous reported data and results from traditional techniques used for lipid analysis of the same samples. In a second phase, this research uses MS as a tool for quantitative analyses, through the development of two analytical methods for cortisol analysis in bovine plasma and milk, using a LC-MS/MS (liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry) system. These methods were fully validated using the matrix matched methodology for plasma analysis and a non-extracted calibration curve (prepared in solvent) for milk analysis. Both methodologies use small amounts of sample and achieved very low limits of quantification (0.1 ng mL and 0.15 ng mL of cortisol for plasma and milk, respectively). The methods were applied to the analysis of samples from two veterinary experiments. In the first one, the aim was to investigate the correlation between bovine plasma and milk cortisol concentrations, as well as to determine if the milking process can change basal cortisol level in these fluids. In the second experiment, the aim was to evaluate whether milk cortisol concentrations varied or not in cows with or without sub-clinical mastitis. The samples of the second experiment were also analyzed by ELISA (enzime-linked immunosorbent assay) in order to compare the results with those from LC-MS/MS / Mestrado / Quimica Analitica / Mestre em Química

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Les réserves d’huile de la graine d’Arabidopsis thaliana sont hydrolysées par des lipases au cours de la croissance post-germinative de la plantule. Une protéine capable de fixer un inhibiteur de lipase a été identifiée à partir d’un extrait de plantules de colza. La séquence de cette protéine ressemble à celles de lipases connues. L’expression transitoire du gène orthologue d’Arabidopsis chez Nicotiana benthamiana induit l’apparition d’une activité lipase. Ces données suggèrent que cette protéine est une lipase. Une étude de la localisation in vivo de cette enzyme chez Nicotiana benthamiana indique qu’elle est localisée au niveau des peroxysomes. Chez Arabidopsis, le gène codant pour cette lipase est exprimé essentiellement lors de la croissance des plantules, quand l’hydrolyse de l’huile est maximale. L’analyse d’un mutant montre que ce gène est responsable de l’essentiel de l’activité lipase mesurée pendant la mobilisation de l’huile de réserve. Ces données suggèrent que cette lipase pourrait être impliquée dans la mobilisation des réserves lipidiques pendant la croissance post-germinative. Néanmoins, l’hydrolyse des réserves n’est pas diminuée chez le mutant. Cela pourrait être lié à une compensation par d’autres lipases. / In germinating seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana, fat storage breakdown is initiated by lipases. A protein capable to bind to a lipase inhibitor was identified from an extract of rape seedlings and its amino acid sequence found to resemble that of known lipases. Transient expression of the Arabidopsis orthologous gene led to a 100-fold increase in lipase activity in Nicotiana bethamiana leaves. Taken together, these data strongly suggest that this protein is indeed a lipase. In vivo localization studies using a GFP fusion protein in Nicotiana benthamiana as a transcient expression host showed a peroxisomal localization. In Arabidopsis, the gene coding for this lipase was found to be mainly expressed in seedlings during fat storage breakdown. Most lipase activity was abolished in germinating seedlings of an Arabidopsis mutant for this gene. These data suggest that this lipase is likely involved in the breakdown of fat storage in germinating seedlings of Arabidopsis. However, oil mobilization was not affected in Arabidopsis mutant plants. This might suggest that the effect of the mutation could be compensated for by other lipases.

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A variety of plants are natural resources for oil and are capable of synthesizing and storing up to 90% oil (dry weight) in the form of triacylglycerols (TAGs). TAGs are commonly used as vegetable oils of which, >35% is derived from fleshy part of the fruits, such as mesocarp of oil palm, avocado, and olive. Studies on TAG synthesis in seed tissues mostly implicated an acyl CoA-dependent enzyme, diacylglycerol (DAG) acyltransferase (DGAT) to catalyze the conversion of DAG to TAG. However, recent studies on Arabidopsis and oil palm suggested participation of a phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (PDAT), which is an acyl-CoA-independent enzyme. In avocados, which store up to 70% oil in mesocarp, I hypothesize that both DGAT and PDAT are likely involved in TAG synthesis. To test the hypothesis, I determined TAG content and composition by gas chromatography (GC) and expression levels of DGAT and PDAT genes by real-time PCR, in developing mesocarp. These data will be compared to that of seed tissues of avocado to associate gene expression levels with changes in oil accumulation. Future studies on cloning and characterization of these potential acyltransferase genes involved in TAG synthesis will allow us to develop genetic tools that may increase oil yield; a step towards meeting the consumption demand for oil that is expected to almost double by 2030.

The study is aimed to determine the role of avocado DGAT1 and PDAT1 in seed oil synthesis. Triacylglycerol (TAG) has a nutritional and industrial value and is essential for plant growth. DGAT1 and PDAT1 catalyze the final step of TAG Assembly. We hypothesized that both PaPDAT1 and PaDGAT1, although predominantly expressed in non-seed tissues, could contribute to oil accumulation in seeds. Agrobacterium transformants with PaPDAT1 and PaDGAT1 cloned in pCAMBIA were generated to test this. Subsequently, the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Arabidopsis mutant lines and camelina was carried out by floral dipping. The T1 camelina seeds expressing the genes of interest were selected using fluorescence screening. Homozygous T3 lines were generated. The transgenic camelina seeds were evaluated for TAG content and fatty acid composition relative to wild-type seeds. Line D1 3-3-2 expressing PaDGAT1 and line P1 7-8 expressing PaPDAT1 showed a significant increase in C18:1 compared to the wild type.

Oil palm can accumulate up to 90% oil in its mesocarp, the highest level observed in the plant kingdom. In contrast, the closely related date palm accumulates almost exclusively sugars. To gain insight into the mechanisms that lead to such an extreme difference in carbon partitioning, the transcriptome and metabolite content of oil palm and date palm were compared during mesocarp development. Compared with date palm, the high oil content in oil palm was associated with much higher transcript levels for all fatty acid synthesis enzymes, specific plastid transporters, and key enzymes of plastidial carbon metabolism, including phosphofructokinase, pyruvate kinase, and pyruvate dehydrogenase. Transcripts representing an ortholog of the WRI1 transcription factor were 57-fold higher in oil palm relative to date palm and displayed a temporal pattern similar to its target genes. Unexpectedly, despite more than a 100-fold difference in flux to lipids, most enzymes of triacylglycerol assembly were expressed at similar levels in oil palm and date palm. Similarly, transcript levels for all but one cytosolic enzyme of glycolysis were comparable in both species. Together, these data point to synthesis of fatty acids and supply of pyruvate in the plastid, rather than acyl assembly into triacylglycerol, as a major control over the storage of oil in the mesocarp of oil palm. In addition to greatly increasing molecular resources devoted to oil palm and date palm, the combination of temporal and comparative studies illustrates how deep sequencing can provide insights into gene expression patterns of two species that lack genome sequence information.

(1) Yoshikawa, S., Kida, H. & Sato, K. Promotional effects of new types of additives on fat crystallization. J. Oleo Sci. 63(4), 333–345, © 2014 Japan Oil Chemists’ Society, Tokyo., (2) Yoshikawa, S., Kida, H. & Sato, K. Fat crystallization with talc particles is influenced by particle size, concentration, and cooling rate. Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol. 117(6), 858–868, © 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim., (3) Yoshikawa, S., Kida, H., Matsumura, Y. & Sato, K. Adding talc particles improves physical properties of palm oil-based shortening. Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol., DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.201500283 (in press), © 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. / 京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・論文博士 / 博士(農学) / 乙第13044号 / 論農博第2837号 / 新制||農||1044(附属図書館) / 学位論文||H28||N5008(農学部図書室) / 33036 / (主査)教授 松村 康生, 教授 裏出 令子, 教授 安達 修二 / 学位規則第4条第2項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DFAM