The study was to investigate the changes in (1) triacylglycerol (TAG) contents and its relationship to (2) lipid synthesis- and metabolism-related enzyme activity and (3) their gene expression in cobia (Rachycentron canadum) during the fast growth period (from October 2006 to April 2007) in ventral muscle and liver in Hsiao-Lu-Chiao island in southwestern Taiwan. The crude lipid was 12% for fed diet, 30-40% for liver while 13% in February and 11% to 9% in other month for muscle. The TAG content of crude lipid was 36 % for fed diets, and from 22% (December) to 40% (February) for muscle, and from 63% (October to February) to 47% (March) for liver. Oil red-O (ORO) staining showed that TAG accumulated in muscle in February but in December in liver. Muscle TAG contents and enzyme activities and mRNA levels of GPDH and FAS increased in February. A decrease in GPDH enzyme activity and mRNA levels but an increase in PEPCK enzyme activity and mRNA levels indicate the increased supply of acetyl-CoA for fatty acid synthesis is in muscle. An increase in FATP2 mRNA levels suggest the influx of fatty acid also contributes to increased fatty acid accumulation in muscle.In liver, TAG and fatty acid contents decreased in March April but increased FAS and PEPCK enzyme activity and mRNA levels. It is possible that fatty acid synthesis is enhanced in March, but a fast transport to other organs results in a net decline in liver fatty acid contents and subsequently a decrease in TAG contents. FATP contents decreased in March-April mRNA, indicating that the influx of fatty acid in decreasing in liver in adult fish. GPDH and GAPDH were not related to lipid metabolism in liver. These data from enzyme activity and mRNA level, demonstrated that a potentially increase in acetyl-CoA via PEPCK contributes to fatty acid synthesis and GPDH-mediated synthesis of G-3-P provide the C skeleton for TAG synthesis.

Resumo: O gene GPD2 de Saccharomyces cerevisiae, que codifica a enzima glicerol-3- fosfato desidrogenase (G3PDH; EC 1.1.1.8; NAD+: oxidoredutase) foi clonado na levedura Pichia pastoris para expressar extracelularmente a enzima em meio de cultura. Essa enzima apresenta aplicação prática em diversos sistemas acoplados para determinação quantitativa de triacilglicerol, glicerol, ácido fosfatídico e outros fosfolipidios também podendo ser usada para medir atividades enzimáticas em diversos tipos de amostras. Para que a atividade extracelular fosse suficiente em ensaios industriais e biológicos, um estudo de indução da expressão da enzima foi realizado no presente trabalho, que consistiu em escolher o clone que melhor secreta a enzima e estudar o meio de crescimento (BMGY), a densidade inicial celular (0,05 mg/mL), o meio de indução enzimática (BMMY), a natureza do tampão (tampão fosfato), o pH (6,0), o tempo de produção da proteína (4 dias), a concentração da enzima através de membrana filtrante (120 vezes), a melhor fonte de peptona (Acumédia), o estudo de pré-indução celular por estresse osmótico (atividade de 0,477 ± 0,0 U/mL em 24 horas com NaCl 0,35M). O processo de produção da G3PDH mostrou que a máxima produtividade enzimática (795 U/mL e atividade específica de 44,49 U/mg) e biomassa final de 17,75 mg/mL foi obtida com as seguintes condições experimentais: 48 horas de indução com meio BMMY, utilizando 1% de metanol, 1% de glicerol, densidade inicial celular de 0,05 mg/mL, pH 5,0 e sobrenadante concentrado 120 vezes em membrana filtrante. / Abstract: The GPD2 gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which encodes the enzyme glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G3PDH, EC 1.1.1.8, NAD +: oxidoredutase) was cloned in the yeast Pichia pastoris to express the enzyme extracellularly in the culture medium. The enzyme G3PDH has practical application in various systems coupled to quantitative determination of triacylglycerol, glycerol, phosphatidic acid and other phospholipids. It can also be used to measure the enzymatic activities in diverse types of samples. For the application of the enzyme extracellular in industrial and biological tests, a study of induction of expression of the enzyme was accomplished in the present work, that consisted of to choose of clone that more expressing the enzyme, the growth medium (BMGY), the cellular initial density (0.05 mg/mL), the medium of enzymatic induction (BMMY), the buffer nature (phosphate potassium), pH (6.0), the time of production of the protein (4 days), the concentration of the protein (120-fold), the peptone source (Acumédia), the study of pre-induction cellular for osmotic stress (activity of 0.477 ± 0.0 U/mL in 24 hours with NaCl 0.35M). The study of the variable determinative in the process of production of the G3PDH it showed that the maximum enzymatic productivity (0.795 U/mL and 44.49 U/mg of specific activity) and final biomass of 17.75 mg/mL was obtained with the following experimental conditions: 48 hours of induction with medium BMMY, using 1% methanol, 1% glycerol, cellular initial density of 0.05mg/mL, pH 5.0 and the supernatant concentrated 120-fold in filter menbrane. / Orientador: Edwil Aparecida de Lucca Gattás / Coorientador: Maristela de Freitas Sanches Peres / Banca: Edwil Aparecida de Lucca Gattás / Banca: José Roberto Ernandes / Banca: Luiz Henrique Souza Guimarães / Mestre

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The thesis summarizes data gathered on various components of respiratory chain of Trypanosoma brucei. Namely, NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I), alternative NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (NDH2) and mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase are discussed themselves and in broader context of energy metabolism. Also, a work done using RNA interference library is described.

The aim of this thesis is to investigate molecular mechanism of reactive oxygen species production by flavin dehydrogenases mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (mGPDH) and succinate dehydrogenase (SDH). Together, they represent important source of reactive oxygen species in mammalian mitochondria, but the mechanism of electron leak is still poorly understood. Because mechanisms of reactive oxygen species production by other complexes of respiratory chain are better characterized, they can serve as case studies to get insight into mechanisms of reactive oxygen species by flavin dehydrogenases. Relevant knowledge is therefore summarized in the first part of the thesis. To study the production of reactive oxygen species by the isolated flavin dehydrogenases, we used brown adipose tissue mitochondria solubilized by digitonin as a model. Enzyme activity measurements, hydrogen peroxide production studies by Amplex UltraRed fluorescence and luminol luminescence revealed flavin as the most likely source of electron leak in SDH under in vivo conditions, while we propose coenzyme Q binding site as the site of reactive oxygen species production in the case of mGPDH. Distinct mechanism of this production by the two dehydrogenases is also apparent from induction of reactive oxygen species...