L'objectif du présent projet était d'optimiser le modèle de peau reconstruite par génie tissulaire déjà mis au point par notre équipe afin qu'il stimule le processus de régénération nerveuse après greffe pour améliorer la récupération tactile des grands brûlés. Nous avons utilisé des follicules pileux murins et des neurones sensoriels extraits des ganglions de la racine dorsale de f?tus de souris et avons posé comme hypothèse que les poils avaient une influence positive sur la migration axonale. Une élongation vigoureuse des neurites a été détectée à l'intérieur du derme reconstruit. En présence de cellules épithéliales, il y a eu une migration préférentielle des axones vers les follicules pileux immatures implantés dans le modèle, migration qui a été suivie d'une association étroite des axones et des follicules pileux. Nous avons donc développé avec succès un modèle nous permettant d'étudier les effets de l'épiderme et des follicules pileux sur la croissance des nerfs.

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Análise proteômica das glândulas de veneno e acessória durante o ciclo de produção de veneno e a influência da inervação noradrenérgica na síntese de proteínas foi verificada. Nossos dados mostram que a síntese de proteínas envolvidas no processo de síntese e secreção de proteínas está aumentada nos estágios ativados da glândula de veneno e que a estimulação da inervação noradrenérgica regula a síntese de algumas proteínas importantes para estes processos. Mostramos pela primeira vez, a presença de várias toxinas no estágio quiescente da glândula e que a produção e secreção de toxinas ocorrem de maneira não sincronizada. Na glândula acessória verificamos uma modulação na síntese de algumas proteínas da glândula após a extração de veneno. Mostramos também a presença de várias toxinas e de inibidores de enzimas do veneno nesta glândula. A composição proteômica das glândulas do aparelho glandular de veneno de serpente contribuirá para um melhor conhecimento dos mecanismos de produção e secreção de veneno e para os estudos das toxinas e suas diversidades. / Proteomic analysis of venom gland and accessory gland during venom production cycle and the influence of noradrenergic innervation on protein synthesis of venom gland were verified. Our data show that the synthesis of proteins involved in the process of synthesis and secretion of proteins is increased in activated stages of venom gland and the sympathetic outflow regulates the synthesis of some proteins that is important to this process. For the first time we showed that many toxins are present in quiescent stage of venom gland and the production and secretion of toxins is not synchronized. Regarding the accessory gland, we verify that the syntheses of some protein of gland were regulated after venom extraction. We also showed the presence of some toxins of the venom and enzyme inhibitors in this gland. The proteomic composition of snake venom gland apparatus will contribute to better understand the mechanisms involved in venom gland activation and consequently, venom production. These data will also contribute to the studies on snake toxins and their diversities.

In this study, the origin and development of the intrinsic innervation in the foetal mouse lung is described and experimental evidence is provided to support the involvement of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in the guidance of nerves and neuronal precursors in the developing lung. Antibodies were used to stain for neuronal precursors, neurones, nerve fibres, primordial epithelium and smooth muscle. These structures were revealed in whole mounts of foetal mouse lungs by immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy, and their spatial and temporal distribution was mapped from the onset of lung development and through the pseudoglandular period. The results showed that neuronal precursors, positive for neural crest cell markers, were present in the vagal tract of the foregut at embryonic day 10 (E10), the time of the evagination of the lung buds. These neural crest-derived cells (NCC) migrated into the lung at E11, along nerve processes directed from the vagus to the smooth musclecovered trachea and emerging lobar bronchi. During E11-E14, a network of nerves and ganglia became established along the dorsal trachea, and large ganglia formed a plexus at the ventral hilum. Nerve trunks issued from these ganglia, travelled along the smooth muscle-covered bronchi, providing a pathway for migrating NCC. To investigate the role of GDNF in the innervation of the lung, an in vitro model of left lung lobes was established. Lung growth and tubule branching was comparable to that in vivo, and neural tissue and smooth muscle continued to grow and thrive. A significant increase in nerve growth occurred when explants were cultured with GDNF compared to controls. Nerves extended, and NCC migrated towards GDNF-impregnated beads suggesting that GDNF may be the molecule guiding nerve fibres and NCC in the lung. The migrating NCC were negative for GDNF-family receptor α1 (GFRα1) during their migration into the lung while the nerves were positive. Since GDNF needs to be associated with its binding receptor, GFRα1, for cellular signalling, GDNF may induce the migration of the NCC if they migrate along the GFRα1-positive nerve fibres. It is concluded that neural tissue and smooth muscle become integral components of the lung shortly after the onset of lung development. The results show that the migration of neural crest-derived cells into the lung and the establishment of the innervation requires coordinated cross-talk between NCC, nerves and smooth muscle throughout development.

Non-human primates have constituted an important group among animals subjected to various studies, such as ethological and paleontological studies who have revealed changes in anatomical structures linked to the evolution of primates and the detailed knowledge on their anatomy may represent an important factor for their preservation and protection. Aimed to identify the distribution of the femoral, saphenous, obturator and sciatic nerve of the pelvic limb of Cebus libidinosus (C.l.). In general, the enervation model of the four primates, men, baboons, chimpanzees and C.l. is identical, but in specific terms, the differences in enervations indicate evolution divergence closer to the branch of baboons in the evolutionary tree, and these data corroborate other comparative studies in relation to the same primates to vessels, muscles and nerves. In conclusion, the sciatic nerve sends branches to the biceps femoris muscle, semitendinous, semimebranosus and accessory and to the ischiofemoral muscle, in the distal third, this nerve is divided into tibial, sural cutaneous medial and common fibular nerves; the femoral nerve sends branches to the sartorius muscle, vastus intermedius muscle, vastus medialis muscle, to the vastus lateralis muscle and branches to the rectus femoris muscle and sends the saphenous nerve. The obturator nerve provides branches to the pectineus muscles, adductor brevis muscles, adductor magnus muscles, adductor longus muscle and glacilis muscle. / Os primatas não-humanos têm constituído um grupo importante dentre os animais submetidos a diversos estudos, tais como etológicos e paleontológicos que têm revelado mudanças nas estruturas anatômicas associadas à evolução dos primatas e o conhecimento detalhado sobre a sua anatomia pode representar um fator importante para a sua preservação e proteção. Objetivou-se verificar a distribuição dos nervos femoral, safeno, obturatório e isquiático do membro pélvico de Cebus libidinosus (C.l.). Em geral, o modelo de inervação dos quatro primatas, homens, babuínos, chipanzés e C.l. é semelhante, mas em casos específicos, as diferenças nas inervações indicam divergência evolucionária mais próxima ao grupo dos babuínos na árvore evolutiva, e esses dados corroboram outros estudos comparativos em relação aos mesmos primatas quanto aos vasos, músculos e nervos. Em conclusão, o nervo isquiático emite ramos para os músculos bíceps femoral, semitendíneo, semimembranáceo próprio, semimembranáceo acessório e isquiofemoral e no terço distal da coxa, este nervo está dividido em nervos tibial, cutâneo sural medial e fibular comum; o nervo femoral envia ramos para os músculos sartório, vastos medial, intermédio e lateral, retofemoral e emite o nervo safeno e o nervo obturatório fornece ramos para os músculos pectíneo, adutores curto, longo e magno, grácil. / Mestre em Ciências Veterinárias

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:36:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RovenaCGJE_DISSERT.pdf: 2142357 bytes, checksum: bbf33b27b7a838600336db16673db325 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-04-23 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The parabrachial complex (PB) is an area of the brainstem responsible for the processing and transmission of essential physiologic information for the survival of the organisms. This region is subdivided in approximately nine subregions, considering morphology, cytoarchitectural and functional characteristic. Its neurons have an extensive network of connections with other regions of the nervous system. The objective in this work was to map the retinal projection to the PB and make a citoarchitectonic and neurochemical characterization of this region in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), a primate of the New World. The retinal projections were mapped by anterograde transport of the choleric toxin subunit b (CTb). The citoarchitecture was described through the Nissl method, and the neurochemical characterization was made through immunohistochemical technique to the some neurotransmitters and neuroactives substances present in this neural center. In marmoset PB, in the coronal sections labeled by Nissl method, we found a similar pattern to that evidenced in other animal species. The immunoreactivity against CTb was verified in the PBMv in fibers/terminal, characterizing such as retinal innervations in this area. The immunohistochemical technique reveled that the PB contain cells, fibers and/or terminals immunoreactives to the neuronal nuclear protein, Choline acetyl transferase, nitric oxide synthase, serotonin, enkephalin, substance P, Calcium-binding proteins (calbindin, calretinin e parvalbumin), and glial fibrillary acidic protein. The histochemical technique reveled cells and fibers NADPH-diaphorase reactive. Each one of those substances presented a characteristic pattern of demarcation in PB, and some serve as specific markers of subregions / O complexo parabraquial (PB) ? uma regi?o do tronco encef?lico respons?vel pelo processamento e transmiss?o de informa??es fisiol?gicas essenciais para a sobreviv?ncia dos organismos. Essa regi?o ? subdividida em aproximadamente nove regi?es, considerando caracter?sticas morfol?gicas, citoarquitet?nicas e funcionais. Seus neur?nios possuem uma ampla rede de conex?es com as demais regi?es do sistema nervoso. O objetivo deste trabalho foi mapear a proje??o retiniana para o PB e fazer uma caracteriza??o citoarquitet?nica e neuroqu?mica desta regi?o no Callithrix jacchus (sag?i), um primata do Novo Mundo. As proje??es retinianas foram mapeadas por transporte anter?grado da subunidade B da toxina col?rica (CTb). A citoarquitetura foi descrita atrav?s do m?todo de Nissl e a caracteriza??o neuroqu?mica foi feita atrav?s de t?cnicas imunoistoqu?micas para alguns neurotransmissores e subst?ncias neuroativas presentes neste centro neural. No PB do sagui, nas sec??es coronais coradas pelo m?todo de Nissl, foi poss?vel encontrar um padr?o similar ao que ? evidenciado em outras esp?cies animais. A imunorreatividade contra CTb foi encontrada em fibras terminais do PBMv, caracterizando desta forma uma inerva??o retiniana nessa ?rea. A t?cnica imunoistoqu?micas revelou que o PB cont?m c?lulas, fibras e/ou terminais imunorreativos a prote?na nuclear neuronal, colina acetiltransferase, ?xido n?trico sintetase, serotonina, encefalina, subst?ncia P, prote?nas ligantes de c?lcio (calbindina, calretinina e parvalbumina), e a prote?na ac?dica fibrilar glial. A partir de t?cnicas histoqu?micas verificou-se c?lulas e fibras reativas a NADPH-diaforase. Cada uma dessas subst?ncias apresentou um padr?o caracter?stico de marca??o no PB e algumas serviram como marcadores espec?ficos de subregi?es

Análise proteômica das glândulas de veneno e acessória durante o ciclo de produção de veneno e a influência da inervação noradrenérgica na síntese de proteínas foi verificada. Nossos dados mostram que a síntese de proteínas envolvidas no processo de síntese e secreção de proteínas está aumentada nos estágios ativados da glândula de veneno e que a estimulação da inervação noradrenérgica regula a síntese de algumas proteínas importantes para estes processos. Mostramos pela primeira vez, a presença de várias toxinas no estágio quiescente da glândula e que a produção e secreção de toxinas ocorrem de maneira não sincronizada. Na glândula acessória verificamos uma modulação na síntese de algumas proteínas da glândula após a extração de veneno. Mostramos também a presença de várias toxinas e de inibidores de enzimas do veneno nesta glândula. A composição proteômica das glândulas do aparelho glandular de veneno de serpente contribuirá para um melhor conhecimento dos mecanismos de produção e secreção de veneno e para os estudos das toxinas e suas diversidades. / Proteomic analysis of venom gland and accessory gland during venom production cycle and the influence of noradrenergic innervation on protein synthesis of venom gland were verified. Our data show that the synthesis of proteins involved in the process of synthesis and secretion of proteins is increased in activated stages of venom gland and the sympathetic outflow regulates the synthesis of some proteins that is important to this process. For the first time we showed that many toxins are present in quiescent stage of venom gland and the production and secretion of toxins is not synchronized. Regarding the accessory gland, we verify that the syntheses of some protein of gland were regulated after venom extraction. We also showed the presence of some toxins of the venom and enzyme inhibitors in this gland. The proteomic composition of snake venom gland apparatus will contribute to better understand the mechanisms involved in venom gland activation and consequently, venom production. These data will also contribute to the studies on snake toxins and their diversities.

Objective: Previous studies have used acetylcholinesterase (AChE) histochemistry to identify cholinergic nerves in the heart, but this enzyme is not a selective marker for cholinergic neurons. This study maps cholinergic innervation of guinea pig heart using a new antibody to the human high-affinity choline transporter (CHT), which is present only in cholinergic nerves. Methods: Immunohistochemistry was used to localize CHTs in frozen and paraffin sections of heart and whole mount preparations of atrial ganglionated nerve plexus. AChE-positive nerve fibers were identified in sections from separate hearts for comparison. Results: Control experiments established that the antibody to human CHT selectively labeled cholinergic neurons in the guinea pig. CHT-immunoreactive nerve fibers and AChE-positive nerves were very abundant in the sinus and AV nodes, bundle of His, and bundle branches. Both markers also delineated a distinct nerve tract in the posterior wall of the right atrium. AChE-positive nerve fibers were more abundant than CHT-immunoreactive nerves in working atrial and ventricular myocardium. CHT-immunoreactive nerves were rarely observed in left ventricular free wall. Both markers were associated with numerous parasympathetic ganglia that were distributed along the posterior atrial walls and within the interatrial septum, including the region of the AV node. Conclusions: Comparison of labeling patterns for CHT and AChE suggests that AChE histochemistry overestimates the density of cholinergic innervation in the heart. The distribution of CHT-immunoreactive nerve fibers and parasympathetic ganglia in the guinea pig heart suggests that heart rate, conduction velocity, and automaticity are precisely regulated by cholinergic innervation. In contrast, the paucity of CHT-immunoreactive nerve fibers in left ventricular myocardium implies that vagal efferent input has little or no direct influence on ventricular contractile function in the guinea pig.

The purposes of the present study were to resolve a number of major inconsistencies found in the literature on the structure of the quadriceps femoris muscle and to extend knowledge of its structure using descriptive, qualitative methodology. The quadriceps femoris muscle was investigated in 41 cats, and the findings were confirmed in 6 human cadavers. Two aponeuroses with major biomechanical functions (rectus-vastus and vastus aponeurosis), neither of which had been previously described in the literature, were characterized in both species. The study also resolved many major inconsistencies in the literature: The muscle sometimes described as vastus intermedius (VI) was found to be the articularis genu, the muscle sometimes described as vastus medialis (VM) was found to be the VI, the rectus femoris head was found to have an additional proximal nerve branch not previously recognized, no anomalous 5th head was ever found, and the distal VM were not found to have 2 heads (in either cats or humans). The authors’ anatomical descriptions and bimechanical models of the muscles, tendons, and neurovascular should provide a helpful foundation for future studies on the quadriceps. Two general recommendations are made: 1) that the feline model be considered a viable model to elucidate human knee pathomechanics; and 2) that regardless of the anatomical structure of interest, orthopedic nurses, orthopedic surgeons, and research investigators should routinely use the research literature for anatomical guidance instead of standard anatomical textbooks. © 2002, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.

Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1981 / Includes bibliographical references. / by John Harvey Serocki. / M.S. / M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering