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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.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Functional and structural investigation of spliceosomal snRNPs / Funktionale und strukturelle Untersuchung von spleißosomalen snRNPs

Trowitzsch, Simon 02 July 2009 (has links)
No description available.
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Rôle des protéines 14-3-3 dans la régulation de la longévité par la voie DAF-2/Insuline/IGF-1 chez Caenorhabditis elegans

Araiz, Caroline 01 July 2008 (has links) (PDF)
Les protéines 14-3-3 sont des protéines ubiquitaires conservées chez tous les eucaryotes. Elles interagissent avec de multiples partenaires, dont elles modulent la fonction et la localisation, et interviennent de ce fait dans de nombreux processus cellulaires. FTT-1 et FTT-2 sont les deux orthologues de 14-3-3 présents chez Caenorhabditis elegans. En utilisant l'approche de RNA interférence, nous avons montré que les protéines FTT sont impliquées dans la voie DAF-2/Insuline/IGF-1, régissant la longévité, la résistance au stress et le métabolisme chez C. elegans, et dont l'effecteur majeur est le facteur de transcription DAF-16, orthologue de Forkhead chez les mammifères. Ce travail de thèse a permis de caractériser les fonctions de chacune des protéines FTT dans la régulation des différents phénotypes engendrés par cette voie et de mettre en évidence le rôle prépondérant de FTT-2. D'autre part, nos données ont révélé la contribution supplémentaire de FTT-2 dans la régulation de la longévité et du métabolisme lipidique et de FTT-1 et FTT-2 dans la résistance au stress, à travers un mécanisme parallèle à la voie DAF-2/Ins/IGF-1 et ne mettant pas en jeu DAF-16. Les résultats de notre étude soulignent la complexité des fonctions des protéines FTT et démontrent leur participation à plusieurs processus importants pour la survie de C. elegans lors d'une exposition à un stress mais aussi lors du vieillissement physiologique du nématode.
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Régulation de l'apoptose des lymphocytes T par les protéines de la famille TSC-22D

Pepin, Aurelie 12 July 2011 (has links) (PDF)
Les protéines GILZ (Glucocorticoid-Induced Leucine Zipper) et TSC-22 (Transforming growth factor-beta Stimulated Clone-22) appartiennent à la famille de protéines TSC-22D (TSC-22 Domain). GILZ a été décrit précédemment comme étant induit au cours de la déprivation en interleukine-2 (IL-2) des lymphocytes de la lignée cellulaire CTLL-2, permettant ainsi de retarder leur apoptose. Le but de notre travail était de déterminer les rôles respectifs de GILZ et TSC-22 au cours de l'apoptose des cellules CTLL-2.Nos résultats ont permis de montrer que TSC-22 augmentait l'apoptose induite par la déprivation en IL-2 des cellules CTLL-2. Nous avons mis en évidence une augmentation de l'activation des caspases ainsi qu'une régulation positive de l'expression de BIM. Nous avons en outre montré que l'expression de GILZ, protéine anti-apoptotique, induite lors de la déprivation en IL-2, était régulée négativement en présence de TSC-22. Enfin, nous avons montré que l'expression de l'ARNm de gilz était régulée négativement par TSC-22, mais que la stabilité de son ARNm n'était pas modifiée.Notre travail a donc permis de montrer que TSC-22 accélère l'entrée en apoptose des lymphocytes T en régulant négativement l'expression de la protéine anti-apoptotique GILZ.
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mTORC2 Promotes Lipid Storage and Suppresses Thermogenesis in Brown Adipose Tissue in Part Through AKT-Independent Regulation of FoxO1: A Dissertation

Hung, Chien-Min 23 October 2016 (has links)
Recent studies suggest adipose tissue plays a critical role in regulating whole body energy homeostasis in both animals and humans. In particular, activating brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity is now appreciated as a potential therapeutic strategy against obesity and metabolic disease. However, the signaling circuits that coordinate nutrient uptake and BAT function are poorly understood. Here, I investigated the role of the nutrient-sensing mTOR signaling pathway in BAT by conditionally deleting Rictor, which encodes an essential component of mTOR Complex 2 (mTORC2) either in brown adipocyte precursors or mature brown adipocytes. In general, inhibiting BAT mTORC2 reduces glucose uptake and de novo lipogenesis pathways while increases lipid uptake and oxidation pathways indicating a switch in fuel utilization. Moreover, several key thermogenic factors (Ucp1, Pgc1α, and Irf4) are elevated in Rictor-deficient BAT, resulting in enhanced thermogenesis. Accordingly, mice with mTORC2 loss in BAT are protected from HFD-induced obesity and metabolic disease at thermoneutrality. In vitro culture experiments further suggest that mTORC2 cell-autonomously regulates the BAT thermogenic program, especially Ucp1 expression, which depends on FoxO1 activity. Mechanistically, mTORC2 appears to inhibit FoxO1 by facilitating its lysine-acetylation but not through the canonical AKT-mediated phosphorylation pathway. Finally, I also provide evidence that β-adrenergic signaling which normally triggers thermogenesis also induces FoxO1 deacetylation in BAT. Based on these data, I propose a model in which mTORC2 functions in BAT as a critical signaling hub for coordinating nutrient uptake, fuel utilization, and thermogenic gene expression. These data provide a foundation for future studies into the mTORC2-FoxO1 signaling axis in different metabolic tissues and physiological conditions.
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Efeitos do ácido graxo ômega-3 na prevenção da atrofia muscular induzida pela dexametasona / Effects of omega-3 fatty acid in preventing dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy

Fappi, Alan 03 December 2013 (has links)
Várias condições podem estar associadas com a atrofia muscular, tais como inatividade, envelhecimento, septicemia, diabetes, câncer e uso de glicocorticoides. Todas estas condições levam a atrofia muscular através de mecanismos que incluem aumento da degradação proteica e/ou redução na síntese proteica, envolvendo pelo menos cinco sistemas: lisossomal, da calpaína, das caspases, metaloproteinases e o sistema ubiquitina-proteasoma (SUP). Glicocorticoides, tais como a dexametasona, acarretam atrofia muscular atuando em quase todos esses sistemas, com significante ativação do SUP e lisossomal, afetando uma importante via de trofismo muscular, a via do IGF-1/PI-3K/Akt/mTOR. Ácidos graxos poli-insaturados, como o Ômega-3 (ômega-3), têm sido utilizados de forma benéfica na atenuação da atrofia muscular que ocorre na septicemia e na caquexia associada ao câncer, no entanto, sua atuação sobre a atrofia muscular induzida por glicocorticoides ainda não foi avaliada. Objetivo: Avaliar se a suplementação do ácido graxo ômega-3 influenciaria o desenvolvimento da atrofia muscular induzida pela dexametasona em ratos. Metodologia: Vinte e quatro ratos Wistar suplementados e não suplementados com ômega-3 (40 dias) foram submetidos à administração de dexametasona subcutânea (5mg/Kg/dia) nos últimos 10 dias, formando assim quatro grupos: Controle (CT), dexametasona (DX), ômega3 e dexametasona+ômega3 (DX+ômega3). Através de estudo de comportamento motor, histológico, PCR em tempo real e Western Blotting foram avaliados respectivamente, o número de grandes e pequenos movimentos em campo aberto; a área de secção transversa das fibras musculares (fibras I, IIA e IIB); a expressão dos genes MyoD, Miogenina, MuRF-1, Atrogina-1 e Miostatina; e a expressão de proteínas relacionadas com a via do IGF-1/PI-3K/Akt/mTOR: Akt, GSK3beta, FOXO3a e mTOR, totais e fosforiladas. Resultados: A dexametasona produziu diminuição na quantidade de pequenos movimentos, atrofia muscular em fibras do tipo IIB e diminuição na expressão de P-Akt, P-GSK3ômega e P-FOXO3a/FOXO3a total. A suplementação com Ômega-3 não se mostrou eficaz na atenuação de tais alterações. Por outro lado, o Ômega-3 associado à dexametasona (grupo DX+3) induziu a maior expressão de atrogenes (MuRF-1 e atrogina-1) causando, adicionalmente, maior atrofia muscular em fibras do tipo I e IIA, além de menor expressão gênica de Miogenina. O Ômega-3 de forma isolada conduziu de forma significativa a maior expressão de Miostatina e MyoD, e de forma não significante elevou a expressão proteica de mTOR total e induziu menor ganho de peso corporal dos animais ao fim do estudo. Conclusão: A suplementação de Ômega-3 não foi capaz de atenuar as alterações comportamentais, atrofia muscular e perda de peso corporal causadas pela administração de dexametasona, levando por outro lado a maior atrofia das fibras musculares e aumento na expressão de atrogenes. Desta forma, este estudo sugere que suplementos alimentares usualmente considerados benéficos para saúde, tal como o ácido graxo Ômega-3, podem agir em interação com alguns medicamentos, como os glicocorticoides, potencializando seus efeitos colaterais / Many conditions can be related to muscle atrophy, such as inactivity, aging, sepsis, diabetes, cancer, as well as, glucocorticoid treatment. All these conditions lead to muscle atrophy through mechanisms that include increase of protein degradation and/or decrease of protein synthesis involving at least five systems: lysossomal, calpain, caspases, metaloproteinases and ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS). Glucocorticoids, such as dexamethasone cause muscle atrophy acting in almost all of these systems, with a significant UPS activation and affecting an important pathway related to muscular trophism, IGF-1/PI-3k/Akt/mTOR pathway. Poly-unsaturated fatty acids, such as Omega-3 (omega-3), have been used beneficially to attenuation of muscle atrophy that occur in sepsis and cachexia related to cancer, however, its action in the glucocorticoid-induced muscle atrophy, has never been evaluated. Objective: Assess whether the omega-3 supplementation would influence the development of dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy in rats. Methods: Twenty four Wistar rats supplemented and non-supplemented with omega-3 (40 days) were submitted to dexamethasone administration (5mg/kg/day) during the last 10 days, thus establishing 4 groups: control (CT), dexamethasone (DX), omega-3 and dexamethasone+omega-3 (DX+ omega-3). The amount of large and small movements in open field; muscle fiber cross sectional areas (I, IIA and IIB); MyoD, Myogenin, MuRF-1, Atrogin-1 and Myostatin gene expression; and protein expression of Akt, GSK3omega, FOXO3a and mTOR, total and phosphorylated forms were assessed, respectively, by: motor behavior testing, histological reactions, Real-time PCR and Western Blotting analysis. Results: Dexamethasone administration induced significant decrease of small motor movements, atrophy in type IIB muscle fibers and decrease of P-Akt, P-GSK3omega and P-FOXO3a/total FOXO3a expression. Omega-3 supplementation was not able to attenuate these changes. Instead, omega-3 associated to dexamethasone (DX+ omega-3 group) additionally induced higher muscle atrophy in type I, IIA muscle fibers, and reduced expression of Myogenin. The isolated use of Omega-3 led to a significant higher expression of Myostatin and MyoD, and a non-significant increase of total mTOR protein expression and less body weight gain at end of study. Conclusion: Supplementation of omega-3 was not able to attenuate motor behavioral changes, muscle atrophy and loss of body weight caused by dexamethasone administration, leading on the other hand to higher muscle fibers atrophy and increase in atrogenes expression. Therefore, this study suggests that food supplements, usually considered benefic to the health, such as Omega-3 fatty acid, may interact with some medications, such as glucocorticoids, potentiating its side effects
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Efeitos do ácido graxo ômega-3 na prevenção da atrofia muscular induzida pela dexametasona / Effects of omega-3 fatty acid in preventing dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy

Alan Fappi 03 December 2013 (has links)
Várias condições podem estar associadas com a atrofia muscular, tais como inatividade, envelhecimento, septicemia, diabetes, câncer e uso de glicocorticoides. Todas estas condições levam a atrofia muscular através de mecanismos que incluem aumento da degradação proteica e/ou redução na síntese proteica, envolvendo pelo menos cinco sistemas: lisossomal, da calpaína, das caspases, metaloproteinases e o sistema ubiquitina-proteasoma (SUP). Glicocorticoides, tais como a dexametasona, acarretam atrofia muscular atuando em quase todos esses sistemas, com significante ativação do SUP e lisossomal, afetando uma importante via de trofismo muscular, a via do IGF-1/PI-3K/Akt/mTOR. Ácidos graxos poli-insaturados, como o Ômega-3 (ômega-3), têm sido utilizados de forma benéfica na atenuação da atrofia muscular que ocorre na septicemia e na caquexia associada ao câncer, no entanto, sua atuação sobre a atrofia muscular induzida por glicocorticoides ainda não foi avaliada. Objetivo: Avaliar se a suplementação do ácido graxo ômega-3 influenciaria o desenvolvimento da atrofia muscular induzida pela dexametasona em ratos. Metodologia: Vinte e quatro ratos Wistar suplementados e não suplementados com ômega-3 (40 dias) foram submetidos à administração de dexametasona subcutânea (5mg/Kg/dia) nos últimos 10 dias, formando assim quatro grupos: Controle (CT), dexametasona (DX), ômega3 e dexametasona+ômega3 (DX+ômega3). Através de estudo de comportamento motor, histológico, PCR em tempo real e Western Blotting foram avaliados respectivamente, o número de grandes e pequenos movimentos em campo aberto; a área de secção transversa das fibras musculares (fibras I, IIA e IIB); a expressão dos genes MyoD, Miogenina, MuRF-1, Atrogina-1 e Miostatina; e a expressão de proteínas relacionadas com a via do IGF-1/PI-3K/Akt/mTOR: Akt, GSK3beta, FOXO3a e mTOR, totais e fosforiladas. Resultados: A dexametasona produziu diminuição na quantidade de pequenos movimentos, atrofia muscular em fibras do tipo IIB e diminuição na expressão de P-Akt, P-GSK3ômega e P-FOXO3a/FOXO3a total. A suplementação com Ômega-3 não se mostrou eficaz na atenuação de tais alterações. Por outro lado, o Ômega-3 associado à dexametasona (grupo DX+3) induziu a maior expressão de atrogenes (MuRF-1 e atrogina-1) causando, adicionalmente, maior atrofia muscular em fibras do tipo I e IIA, além de menor expressão gênica de Miogenina. O Ômega-3 de forma isolada conduziu de forma significativa a maior expressão de Miostatina e MyoD, e de forma não significante elevou a expressão proteica de mTOR total e induziu menor ganho de peso corporal dos animais ao fim do estudo. Conclusão: A suplementação de Ômega-3 não foi capaz de atenuar as alterações comportamentais, atrofia muscular e perda de peso corporal causadas pela administração de dexametasona, levando por outro lado a maior atrofia das fibras musculares e aumento na expressão de atrogenes. Desta forma, este estudo sugere que suplementos alimentares usualmente considerados benéficos para saúde, tal como o ácido graxo Ômega-3, podem agir em interação com alguns medicamentos, como os glicocorticoides, potencializando seus efeitos colaterais / Many conditions can be related to muscle atrophy, such as inactivity, aging, sepsis, diabetes, cancer, as well as, glucocorticoid treatment. All these conditions lead to muscle atrophy through mechanisms that include increase of protein degradation and/or decrease of protein synthesis involving at least five systems: lysossomal, calpain, caspases, metaloproteinases and ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS). Glucocorticoids, such as dexamethasone cause muscle atrophy acting in almost all of these systems, with a significant UPS activation and affecting an important pathway related to muscular trophism, IGF-1/PI-3k/Akt/mTOR pathway. Poly-unsaturated fatty acids, such as Omega-3 (omega-3), have been used beneficially to attenuation of muscle atrophy that occur in sepsis and cachexia related to cancer, however, its action in the glucocorticoid-induced muscle atrophy, has never been evaluated. Objective: Assess whether the omega-3 supplementation would influence the development of dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy in rats. Methods: Twenty four Wistar rats supplemented and non-supplemented with omega-3 (40 days) were submitted to dexamethasone administration (5mg/kg/day) during the last 10 days, thus establishing 4 groups: control (CT), dexamethasone (DX), omega-3 and dexamethasone+omega-3 (DX+ omega-3). The amount of large and small movements in open field; muscle fiber cross sectional areas (I, IIA and IIB); MyoD, Myogenin, MuRF-1, Atrogin-1 and Myostatin gene expression; and protein expression of Akt, GSK3omega, FOXO3a and mTOR, total and phosphorylated forms were assessed, respectively, by: motor behavior testing, histological reactions, Real-time PCR and Western Blotting analysis. Results: Dexamethasone administration induced significant decrease of small motor movements, atrophy in type IIB muscle fibers and decrease of P-Akt, P-GSK3omega and P-FOXO3a/total FOXO3a expression. Omega-3 supplementation was not able to attenuate these changes. Instead, omega-3 associated to dexamethasone (DX+ omega-3 group) additionally induced higher muscle atrophy in type I, IIA muscle fibers, and reduced expression of Myogenin. The isolated use of Omega-3 led to a significant higher expression of Myostatin and MyoD, and a non-significant increase of total mTOR protein expression and less body weight gain at end of study. Conclusion: Supplementation of omega-3 was not able to attenuate motor behavioral changes, muscle atrophy and loss of body weight caused by dexamethasone administration, leading on the other hand to higher muscle fibers atrophy and increase in atrogenes expression. Therefore, this study suggests that food supplements, usually considered benefic to the health, such as Omega-3 fatty acid, may interact with some medications, such as glucocorticoids, potentiating its side effects

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