L’ingénierie tissulaire est une stratégie médicale qui repose sur la régénération de tissu par les cellules avec ou sans matériaux. Pour maîtriser cette synthèse, il faut comprendre la cellule comme une part intégrante du tissu. Hormis ses interactions biochimiques avec son support, la cellule interagit également mécaniquement avec son environnement. Elle s’accroche à ce dernier et évalue sa dureté pour adapter sa réponse biologique. Dans cette étude, j’ai développé des modèles numériques pour analyser l’influence de la rigidité du substrat sur le comportement mécanique de la cellule, sur sa structure contractile interne et les efforts qu’elle génère. En d’autres termes, j’ai essayé de comprendre comment la cellule ressent la rigidité de son environnement. De plus, au lieu de me focaliser sur les propriétés mécaniques quantitatives, j’ai cherché à développer un modèle conceptuel simplifié plus proche de la structure cellulaire. / Tissue engineering is a medical strategy based on utilizing cells and materials to regenerate a new tissue. Yet, it involves intertwined interactions that allow cells to act as integrated parts of an organ. In addition to chemical reactions, the cell interacts mechanically with its environment by sensing its rigidity. Here, we used several computational models to understand how substrate rigidity affects a cell’s structure as it adheres and spreads on it. In other words we tried to understand the way a cell feels how soft or hard it surrounding is, how it affects its internal structure and the forces that transit within it. In addition, instead of focusing on mechanical properties, we developed a simplified, yet coherent conceptual understanding of the cellular structure.

Alguns parasitas modificam o perfil de Compostos Orgânicos Voláteis (COVs) de seus hospedeiros na tentativa de atrais/dispersar seus vetores, assegurando a propagação do parasita e a manutenção do ciclo da doença. É sabido que o mosquito Lutzomyia longipalpis, vetor da Leishmaniose Visceral (LV) são mais atraídos por cães infectados que não infectados. Este trabalho tem como objetivo identificar e caracterizar os Compostos Orgânicos Voláteis emitidos por culturas de células e hamsters infectados Mesocricetus auratus com Leishmania infantum (MHOM/74/PP75). Células aderentes mononucleares de baço de hamsters foram separadas com Ficoll e distribuídas em placas de 24 poços com 2x106 células por poço. Após 42 horas, as células foram infectadas e os COVs foram coletados por \"headspace\" por 18 horas. Os COVs foram determinados por comparação com as placas controle: controle células aderentes mononucleares, controle L. infantum, e controle meio RPMI 1640.40 Hamsters foram subdivididos em 2 grupos: 20 animais foram infectados com formas promastigotas metacíclicas de L. infantum selecionadas com aglutinina de amendoim (PNA) por via intracardíaca com 1x107 parasitas. Os animais foram acompanhados por 4 meses pós infecção e as amostras foram coletadas colocando os animais em sacos de poliéster conectados com um tubo de metal recheado com Tenax TA acoplado a uma bomba de sucção automática por 10 minutos. Todas as amostras foram analisadas por dessorção térmica via Cromatografia gasosa/ Espectrometria de Massas (CG-EM). Nas culturas de células, 2 compostos estão presentes apenas nas culturas infectadas: 1,2-difenilciclobutano e (E)-(2,3-Difenil Ciclopropil)-metil-fenilsulfóxido. O 2,4-dimetilbenzaldeído estava presente na placa controle contendo meio RPMI 1640. Por outro lado, em ambas as placas infectadas e controle com células aderentes mononucleares, o 3-metileno-heptano estava presente. Outros compostos contendo os grupos químicos aldeídos ou álcoois ou hidrocarbonetos aromáticos foram detectados em todas as placas, mas com diferentes áreas de pico (quantidade). Quando comparamos os COVs emitidos por hamsters infectados e controles, nenhuma diferença foi encontrada. Os compostos emitidos por culturas de células infectadas mostram que a infecção com L.infantum é capaz de modificar o perfil de COVs em culturas de células. Outros compostos encontrados em todas as placas, mas com diferentes áreas de pico podem indicar que a infecção aumenta a liberação de algumas substâncias que são possíveis atrativos para vetores. / Some parasites can modify their hosts Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) profile in order to attract / disperse their vectors, ensuring spreading of the parasite and maintenance of the disease cycle. It is already known that Lutzomyia longipalpis sandflies, the vectors of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), are more attracted to infected than to non-infected dogs. This work aims to identify and characterize the VOCs emitted by cell cultures and hamsters Mesocricetus auratus infected with Leishmania infantum (MHOM/74/PP75). Spleen adherent mononuclear cells of hamsters were separed with Ficoll and distributed in flat-bottomed 24-well plates at 2x106 cells per well. After 42 hours, the cells were infected and VOCs were collected from the \"headspace\" for 18 hours. The VOCs were determined in comparison with the controls plates: control mononuclear adherent cells, control L. infantum and control medium RPMI 1640. 40 Hamsters were subdivided in two groups: 20 animals were used as a control group and 20 animals were infected with metaciclic form of L. infantum selected by peanut agglutinin (PNA) by intracardiac route with 1x107 parasites. The animals were followed up for 4 months post-infection and the samples were collected by introducing the hamsters in a polyester bag connected with a metal tube filled with the Tenax TA adsorbent coupled to an automatic suction pump for 10 minutes. All samples were analyzed by thermal desorption via Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GCMS). In cell cultures, two compounds were present only in infected cultures: 1, 2- diphenyl cyclobutane, and trans-[(2, 3-Diphenylcyclopropyl) methyl] phenyl sulfoxide. 2, 4-dimethyl benzaldehyde was present in the control well containing RPMI 1640 medium. On the other hand, in both infected and control wells with mononuclear adherent cells, 3-methylene heptane was present. Other compounds containing either aldehydes or alcohols or aromatic hydrocarbon chemical groups were detected in all plates, but with different peak areas (i.e., amounts). When comparing the VOCs emitted by infected and control hamsters, no difference was found. The compounds emitted only by infected cell cultures show that the infection with L. infantum is able to modify the profile of VOCs in cell cultures. The other compounds found in all plates but with different peak areas may indicate that infection may increase the release of some substances that are possible attractants for vectors.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T13:32:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_marcia_magalhaes_mata.pdf: 1998479 bytes, checksum: c18127c54931180d99c33eb9ceb106cd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-06-24 / L. monocytogenes is the etiologic agent of listeriosis, a severe food-borne disease. This pathogen has also variable ability to adhere to food-processing surfaces. Thus, the aims of this study was at first to evaluate the influence of the temperature (04-10-25-37°C) and time of incubation (24-48-168h) on the formation of attached cells by L. monocytogenes strains of diverse origins, serotypes and lineages using a colorimetric microtitre plate method. After this, comprehensive proteomics experiments using label-free 1D- liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (1D-LC/tandem MS) were performed to determine if the global proteomic responses of L. monocytogenes strains (Siliken and F2365) is altered markedly as attached cells compared to its planktonic state when growth media and temperature are the same. Our results showed that attached cells produced by different origins of L. monocytogenes did not change significantly when subjected to experimental conditions, unlike what was observed with attached cells produced by different serotypes and lineages of L. monocytogenes, which were clearly affected by environmental conditions.such as temperature and time of incubation. The ability of lineage II and serotype 1/2a and 1/2b to form large amount of attached cells when compared with the others in specific conditions indicates that risks from Listeria adherence must be taken seriously in sensitive food environments in order to find safer alternatives to prevent contamination and further dissemination of listeriosis. Only 8 proteins demonstrated substantial changes in common between both strains and temperatures in attached cells compared to their planktonic counterparts. They are: GroEL, DnaK, PtsH, PdxS, Pgi, RpsB, RpsD, and RpsP. Moreover, it was observed that the cell surface protein BapL abundance, though low, was not enhanced in attached cells suggesting its role in adherence could be a generalized contribution to the cell wall hydrophobicity. Interestingly, our experiment suggest that at 25°C the attached cells in both strains undergo flagella synthesis repression. Also, Sig B Regulon can be associate with an enhanced general stress response occurs in lineage II Strain (Siliken) but not in lineage I Strain (F2365) and could relate to the consequences of attachment. The temporal survey-based approach demonstrates clearly that high coverage represents a powerful means to investigate dynamic responses in L. monocytogenes from a functional genomics perspective / L. monocytogenes é o agente etiológico da listeriose, uma doença severa de origem alimentar. Esse patógeno também é capaz de se aderir a uma grande variedade de superfícies do processamento de alimentos. Sendo assim, os objetivos deste estudo foram primeiramente, avaliar a influência da temperatura (04-10-25 e 37°C) e tempo de incubação (24-48-168h) na formação de células aderidas de cepas de L. monocytogenes de diferentes origens, sorotipos e linhagens utilizando o método colorimétrico em placas de microtitulação. Após, experimentos de proteômica abrangentes que não utilizam marcadores, como a Cromatografia líquida de 1D/ espectrometria de massa em tandem (1D-LC/tandem MS) foram realizadas para determinar se o perfil proteico global de células planctônicas e de células aderidas de cepas de L. monocytogenes (Siliken e F2365) foi alterado significativamente quando os meios de crescimento e de temperatura de incubação foram os mesmos. A partir dos resultados obtidos verificou-se que as células aderidas formadas por L. monocytogenes de diferentes origens não sofreram alterações significativas quando submetidas às condições experimentais, diferentemente do que foi observado com as células aderidas formadas por L. monocytogenes de diferentes sorotipos e linhagens, as quais foram claramente afetadas pelas condições do ambiente. A habilidade da linhagem II e dos sorotipos 1/2a e 1/2b de formar grande quantidade de células aderidas quando comparadas com as demais, em condições específicas, indica alto risco de contaminação e disseminação da listeriose, bem como a sobrevivência e persistência deste micro-organismo no ambiente. Com base na análise proteômica, apenas oito proteínas demonstraram alterações substanciais em comum entre ambas as cepas e temperaturas em células aderidas comparadas com suas respectivas células planctônicas. São elas: GroEL, DnaK, PtsH, PdxS, Pgi, RpsB, RpsD, and RpsP. Verificou-se também que a abundância da proteína de superfície celular BapL, embora baixa, não foi aumentada em células aderidas sugerindo que o seu papel na adesão pode ser uma contribuição generalizada para a hidrofobicidade da parede celular. De forma muito interessante, nosso experimento sugere que células aderidas a 25°C por ambas as cepas levam a uma síntese de repressão flagelar. E ainda, Sig B Regulon pode estar associado com o aumento em geral da resposta ao estresse ocorrido na cepa de linhagem II (Siliken) mas não na cepa de linhagem I (F2365) o que pode estar relacionado com as consequências da adesão. A técnica utilizada no experimento demonstrou claramente que com alta abrangência é possível estudar proteomas bacterianos representando assim uma ferramenta poderosa para investigar respostas dinâmicas em L. monocytogenes através de uma perspectiva de genômica funcional.

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Destacam-se as atividades anti-hipertensiva, digestiva, hipoglicemiante, inibidor das enzimas acetilcolinesterase e α-amilase e antimicrobiana contra fungos e bactérias. As características biológicas do extrato de R. officinalis têm sido amplamente estudadas, resultando na comprovação da eficácia inibitória em relação à microbiota bucal. Neste trabalho objetivou-se desenvolver um fitoterápico de solução enxaguatória bucal contendo o extrato da planta, avaliando sua eficácia antimicrobiana. Foram realizados os testes de determinação de teor de fenóis e flavonóides nos extratos de R. officinalis por métodos espectrofotométricos. A ação antiaderente foi avaliada através da Concentração Inibitória Mínima de Aderência. Formularam-se soluções contendo Benzoato de Sódio, Sacarina, Propilenoglicol, EDTA dissódico e Óleo essencial de menta. As concentrações dos extratos testadas foram 0,1; 5 e 10% de extrato etanólico de R. officinalis e 0,05; 5 e 10% da fração hexânica de R. officinalis. Para avaliar o sinergismo, o extrato etanólico e a fração hexânica também foram adicionados à formulações que continham Fluoreto de Sódio 0,05% e Digluconato de Clorexidina 0,12%. Como branco foi utilizada a formulação do enxaguatório sem adição do extrato e como controle a Clorexidina a 0,12%. Nestas formulações avaliou-se a capacidade inibitória frente a S. mutans (ATCC 25175) e C. albicans (ATCC 10231), empregando o método de difusão em ágar. Os resultados mostraram presença da atividade antimicrobiana contra S. mutans e C. albicans em todas as concentrações de extrato da planta. A menor concentração que impediu a aderência do S. mutans foi 6,25 mg/mL. Dentre as soluções testadas, apresentou maior sensibilidade o S. mutans frente à solução enxaguatória com extrato etanólico 5% e fluoreto de sódio 0,05% e à solução enxaguatória com fração hexânica a 10% frente à C. albicans. Portanto, a formulação do enxaguatório bucal proposta neste trabalho mostrou ter potencial antimicrobiano. / Rosmarinus officinalis, which belongs to the Lamiaceae family, is a pattern of medicinal flora that has therapeutic properties attributed to the synergism of its chemical constituents. It is highlighted its activities in antihypertensive, digestive, hypoglycemic, enzyme acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and α-amylase and antimicrobial against fungi and bacteria. The biological characteristics of the extract of R. officinalis have been extensively researched, resulting in the confirmation of its inhibitory efficacy compared to oral microbiota. The objective of this research was to develop an herbal mouthwash solution containing the plant extract, evaluating its antimicrobial efficacy. Tests were performed to determine total phenol and flavonoid in extracts of R. officinalis, by spectrophotometric methods. The nonstick action was evaluated by Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of Adherence. Solutions containing sodium benzoate, saccharine, propylene glycol, disodium EDTA and mint essential oil were formulated. Concentrations for the extracts tested were 0.1, 5 and 10% of the ethanol extract of R. officinalis; and 0.05, 5 and 10% of the hexane fraction of R. officinalis. In order to evaluate the synergism, ethanol extract and hexane fraction were also added to formulations containing 0.05% Sodium Fluoride and 0.12% Chlorhexidine Diguclonato. As a white control was used mouthwash formulation without the addition of the R. officinalis extract, and as positive control the 0.12% Chlorhexidine. In these formulations was assessed the inhibitory effect against S. mutans (ATCC 25175) and C. albicans (ATCC 10231), using the agar diffusion method. Results revealed the presence of antimicrobial activity against S. Mutans and C. albicans in all concentrations of plant extract. The lowest concentration that prevented the adherence of S. mutans was 6.25 mg/mL. Among the solutions tested, it was observed a higher sensitivity of S. mutans in the presence of mouthwash solution with 5% ethanol extract and 0.05% sodium fluoride, and in the presence of the mouthwash solution with hexane fraction at 10% tested wuth to C. albicans. Therefore, the formulation of the mouthwash proposed in this research has shown antimicrobial activity.

High class mold is required for high quality castings. At present, the demands on molding materials are being extended by adding the strict requirement of environmentalists. A suitable variant that meets both demands are green sand molds. The goal of the thesis is to repeatedly cast experimental castings into molds made of 4 types of green sand mixtures. The technological properties of the molds will be compared, the degree of bentonite degradation will be assessed and the surface quality of castings will be assessed according to the amount of adherent molding mixture.

Prostate cancer is the fourth most frequent cause of cancer-related deaths in men worldwide. One of current successful approaches to treat prostate cancer is radical prostatectomy followed by radiotherapy. However, this treatment is not 100% successful, as 53% patients develop secondary tumors. Our hypothesis is, that ionizing radiation itself contributes to the development of metastases by inducing changes in cell phenotype, particularly in terms of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and stemness. To test this hypothesis, we irradiated the cells of metastatic prostate cancer cell line DU145 by fractionated radiation 2 x 10 Gy and we compared the expression of selected epithelial, mesenchymal and stem-cell markers prior to and after irradiation. Besides we focused on a subpopulation of so called floating cells which arise during irradiation. These cells can survive the radiation treatment and after some time they are able to reattach and give rise to readherent population. We wanted to asses what is the cell cycle profile of these cells and whether and how fast they proliferate. In this thesis we have shown that radiation causes only minor changes in epithelial/mesenchymal and stem-like character of adherent fraction of the DU145 cell line. However, we have also described that small population of...

Titania has been the focus of attention for several decades owing to its chemical stability, non-toxicity, inexpensiveness and robust surface chemistry. Its technological applications include use in diverse areas such as photocatalytic reactors, antibacterial coatings, dye sensitive solar cells (DSSC) and more recently the perovskite solar cells to name a few. All of these applications are based on the ability to inject or generate electronhole pairs in titania and transport them to a suitable interface at which they are ejected to either engender a reaction as in photocatalysis or drive a load as in photovoltaics. From a technological perspective it is also important that such science be achieved and controlled in supported titania structures. The research reported in this thesis, thus, started with the development of a process for obtaining adherent titania films by oxidation of sputtered Ti films on stainless steel, a very commonly used substrate. Challenges that had to be overcome included the need to oxidize titanium to obtain the right phase mixture while preventing film cracking or delamination due to compressive stresses generated during anodic oxidation of Ti. During this process of obtaining nanostructured TiO2 through anodization, it was serendipitously discovered that planar TiO2 films obtained by oxidation of sputtered Ti films did significantly better than anodized nanoporous titania in bactericidal studies. This was then replicated in organic dye degradation studies. Analysis of the material showed that this improved performance was due to the unintentional contamination during sputtering by Cu, Zn, Mo possibly due to arcing across brass contacts. This quaternary system was then systematically explored and it was shown that an optimal metastable composition in the Ti- Cu-Mo oxide ternary system performs the best. DFT studies showed that this was due to introduction of shallow and deep states in the band gap that, depending on the level of dopants, either enhances carrier lifetimes or leads to recombination. In continuation of this work on supported titania structures by oxidation of Ti, a novel photoanode for use in dye sensitized photovoltaics was developed by oxidation of Ti foam. This results in an interconnected 3-D network of TiO2 that possess at its core a network of Ti. Such architecture was designed to provide a large surface area for anchoring the sensitizer while simultaneously reducing the distance that charge carriers have to travel before reaching the ohmic contacts to prevent recombination losses. The thesis discusses the preparation of such anodes, the properties of the 3-D oxide and cells, with up to 4% efficiency, developed using such anodes. Reasons for such behaviour and avenues for further exploration to improve cell efficiency will also be discussed.

Ce travail apporte une contribution au développement de la stratégie PAT pour les procédés de culture de cellules animales. Il propose l'amélioration de la compréhension et de la maîtrise de la culture de cellules Vero, dédiées à la production de vaccins viraux, et cultivées sur microporteurs dans un milieu sans sérum. Une première partie a permis de cribler les effets de certains groupes de composés du milieu de culture par le suivi de la croissance en microplaques. Puis, des études cinétiques et métaboliques plus approfondies, réalisées en spinners, ont montré que le métabolisme carboné des cellules Vero est saturé par l'accumulation intracellulaire de pyruvate et qu’il est peu orienté vers la croissance. Alors que le renouvellement du milieu ou l'ajout ponctuel de glutamine amélioraient la croissance cellulaire sans ré-équilibrer le métabolisme, la substitution du glucose et de la glutamine a permis de réduire l’apoptose et d'améliorer les performances métaboliques et de croissance. Par ailleurs, les spectroscopies diélectrique et proche-infrarouge ont été évaluées pour le contrôle en-ligne du procédé, en prenant en compte les particularités des cellules adhérentes. Nous avons montré leur capacité à évaluer les concentrations de cellules, de composés du milieu, et à détecter l'apoptose. Enfin, les principales améliorations par substitution de la glutamine ont été appliquées en bioréacteurs, à la production d'un vaccin prototype contre la dengue, dans des conditions proches de celles d'un procédé industriel. Ceci a permis de limiter les renouvellements de milieu pendant l’expansion cellulaire, sans compromettre la production de particules virales infectieuses / This work contributes to the development of the PAT strategy for animal cell culture processes. The aim of this study was to improve the understanding and the control of Vero cell culture, dedicated to the production of viral vaccines, and grown on microcarriers in serum-free medium. An initial study was performed to screen the effects of certain groups of compounds of the culture medium, by the cell growth monitoring in microplates. Then, kinetic and metabolic studies conducted in spinners flasks allowed to go further and to show that the Vero cell metabolism is saturated through the pyruvate intracellular accumulation and that it is not oriented toward growth. While media renewal or punctual addition of glutamine improve the cell growth without improving the metabolism balance, the substitution of glucose and glutamine allowed to reduce apoptosis and to improve growth and metabolic performances.Furthermore, dielectric and near-infrared spectroscopies have been evaluated for the in-line process monitoring, taking into account the particularities of adherent cells. We have demonstrated their ability to quantify cell concentrations, medium component concentrations, and to detect apoptosis. Finally, major improvements by substitution of glutamine have been applied to bioreactor culture to produce a dengue vaccine prototype, with culture conditions close to industrial process. In these cases, medium renewal during the cell expansion was removed without compromising the production of infectious viral particles

La cicatrisation complète de la muqueuse, définie comme l'absence de lésions visibles par endoscopie, est considérée comme un objectif thérapeutique dans la prévention des complications associées aux Maladies Inflammatoires Chroniques de l’Intestin (MICI).Dans ce contexte, le rôle de l’apport protéique alimentaire et les besoins protéiques nécessaires à la cicatrisation ont été peu étudiés. L’objectif de cette thèse était d’évaluer l’effet du niveau d’apport protéique alimentaire sur la réparation épithéliale après un épisode inflammatoire intestinal dans un modèle murin de colite chimio-induite. Dans un premier temps, l’analyse de la progression de certains modulateurs impliqués dans le processus cicatriciel a mis en évidence que la réparation colique s’initiait et se consolidait avant que l’inflammation ne soit résolue et cela, dans un contexte où la composition du microbiote adhérent à la muqueuse était altérée de manière persistante. Les effets de trois régimes alimentaires ayant un niveau d'apport protéique différent (moyen, modérément élevé et élevé) ont ensuite été évalués sur la réparation de la muqueuse colique, ce qui a permis de montrer qu’au-delà d’un certain seuil, le niveau d’apport protéique aggravait et perpétuait l’inflammation colique. En revanche, un apport modérément élevé en protéines était bénéfique par rapport à un apport moyen, de par ses effets sur la perméabilité colique, l'hyper-prolifération cryptique, l’expression de plusieurs gènes codant pour des facteurs de réparation et sur la modulation de la composition du microbiote adhérent. Enfin, ces travaux ont montré que l’inflammation et le niveau d’apport en protéines affectaient le métabolisme protéique dans des organes non-cibles de l’inflammation colique en association avec une endotoxémie persistante.Ce travail a ainsi permis de mieux comprendre les événements locaux et périphériques impliqués dans la cicatrisation de la muqueuse colique et leur modulation par un apport majoré en protéines suite à un épisode inflammatoire aigu. / Advanced mucosal healing, defined by endoscopy as the absence of visible lesions, is considered as a therapeutic goal in the prevention of complications associated with IBD.In this context, the role of dietary protein intake and the protein requirements for mucosal healing have been poorly studied. The aim of this thesis was to evaluate the effect of dietary protein intake level on epithelial repair after an acute intestinal inflammatory episode in a murine model of colitis. Firstly, the progression analysis of several modulators involved in the repairing process showed that colonic repair can be initiated and consolidated in the context of inflamed mucosa, associated with persistent alterations of the colonic luminal environment. The effect of three diets with different levels of protein intake (average, moderately high and high) on colon mucosa repair were evaluated in the same model. This study showed that, beyond a threshold, the level of protein intake aggravated and perpetuated colitis. However, a moderately high protein intake was beneficial due to its effect on colonic permeability, cryptic hyper-proliferation, expression of multiple genes encoding repair factors, and composition modulation of the mucosal-adherent microbiota. Finally, both inflammation and dietary protein intake levels altered protein metabolism of other organs at the periphery of the inflammation in association with persistent endotoxemia.This work deepened the understanding of the events involved in the epithelial repair process and their modulation by an increase in the dietary protein intake after an acute episode of colitis.

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