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Braga FR Araújo JV Araujo JM Frassy LN Tavela AO Soares FE Carvalho RO Queiroz LM Queiroz JH 《Journal of helminthology》2012,86(3):348-352
The present study aimed to evaluate the ovicidal activity (type 3 effect) of VC1 and VC4 isolates of Pochonia chlamydosporia in a solid medium and the action of a crude extract of P. chlamydosporia against eggs of Ascaridia galli. To evaluate ovicidal activity in culture medium, 1000 A. galli eggs were plated on Petri dishes containing 2% water-agar with grown fungal isolates (VC1 or VC4) and without fungus (control group) and were examined at 1, 3 and 5 days post-inoculation (assay A). Then, to test the action of crude extracts of P. chlamydosporia (VC1 or VC4), 500 eggs of A. galli were plated on Petri dishes of 4.5 cm diameter with 5 ml of fungal filtrate from each tested isolate. The control group consisted of 500 eggs of A. galli with 10 ml of distilled water on each Petri dish (assay B). Fungal isolates were effective (P < 0.01) at destroying these eggs, showing a type 3 effect at the studied intervals. On the other hand, the crude extract of isolates (VC1 or VC4) reduced the number of A. galli eggs in the treated group compared with the control group by 64.1% and 56.5%, respectively. The results of the present study show that P. chlamydosporia is effective at destroying eggs of A. galli and could therefore be used in the biological control of nematodes. 相似文献
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Typical preparation of seed samples for infrared (IR) microspectroscopy involves imbibition of the seed for varying time periods followed by cryosectioning. Imbibition, however, may initiate germination even at 4° C with associated changes in the chemistry of the sample. We have found that it is possible to section seeds that are sufficiently hard, such as soybeans, on a standard laboratory microtome without imbibition. The use of dry sectioning of unimbibed seeds is reported here, as well as a comparison of different mounting media and modes of analysis. Glycerol, Tissue-Tek, and ethanol were used as mounting media, and the quality of the resulting spectra was assessed. Ethanol was the preferred mountant, because it dried quickly with no residue and thus did not interfere with the spectrum of interest. Analysis in transmission mode using barium fluoride windows to hold the samples was compared with transmission-reflection analysis with sections mounted on special infrared-reflecting slides. The two modes of analysis performed well in different regions of the spectrum. The mode of analysis (transmission vs. transmission-reflection) should be based on the components of greatest interest in the sample. 相似文献
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Danielle B Rodrigues Roger Chammas Natália V Malavasi Patrícia LN da Costa Rosa M Chura-Chambi Keli N Balduino Ligia Morganti 《BMC biotechnology》2010,10(1):19
Background
Theracyte is a polytetrafluoroethylene membrane macroencapsulation system designed to induce neovascularization at the tissue interface, protecting the cells from host's immune rejection, thereby circumventing the problem of limited half-life and variation in circulating levels. Endostatin is a potent inhibitor of angiogenesis and tumor growth. Continuous delivery of endostatin improves the efficacy and potency of the antitumoral therapy. The purpose of this study was to determine whether recombinant fibroblasts expressing endostatin encapsulated in Theracyte immunoisolation devices can be used for delivery of this therapeutic protein for treatment of mice bearing B16F10 melanoma and Ehrlich tumors. 相似文献4.
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F.R. Braga J.V. Araújo F.E.F. Soares J.M. Araujo S.R. Ferreira L.N. Frassy 《Biocontrol Science and Technology》2011,21(11):1313-1320
The production and partial characterization of Duddingtonia flagrans (AC001) crude extract and its in vitro larvicidal action against trichostrongylid infective larvae from sheep were studied. D. flagrans was grown in liquid medium with glucose, casein, bibasic potassium phosphate (K2HPO4), magnesium sulfate (MgSO4), zinc sulfate (ZnSO4), ferrous sulfate (FeSO4), and copper sulfate (CuSO4). The proteolytic activity was measured within varied pHs and temperatures. To determine the thermostability, the crude extract was incubated at 28°C for 72 h. To study the effect of different chemical compounds on the activity of the crude extract, the samples were incubated in solutions containing (10 mM): calcium chloride (CaCl2), copper II sulfate (CuSO4), zinc sulfate (ZnSO4), magnesium sulfate (MgSO4), inhibitor phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF), and 0.5% SDS. Results showed that the highest activity obtained (79.23 U/mL) was at pH 9.0, while the optimum temperature was 60°C (119.6 U/mL). The thermostability analysis demonstrated that after 72 h the activity was maintained or increased. It was found that the CuSO4, ZnSO4, and PMSF strongly inhibited the proteolytic activity. Moreover, the MgSO4 and SDS, caused a weak inhibition of the proteolytic activity. There was a significant (P<0.01) reduction in number of treated L3 when compared to control (94.2%). The results suggest that the crude extract produced by D. flagrans (AC001) in liquid medium exerted larvicidal activity on trichostrongilid L3 and therefore may contribute to a large-scale industrial production. 相似文献
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Pamela Orjuela-Sánchez Nadira D Karunaweera Mônica da Silva-Nunes Natal S da Silva Kézia KG Scopel Raquel M Gonçalves Chanaki Amaratunga Juliana M Sá Duong Socheat Rick M Fairhust Sharmini Gunawardena Thuraisamy Thavakodirasah Gawrie LN Galapaththy Rabindra Abeysinghe Fumihiko Kawamoto Dyann F Wirth Marcelo U Ferreira 《BMC genetics》2010,11(1):65
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The ideal malaria parasite populations for initial mapping of genomic regions contributing to phenotypes such as drug resistance and virulence, through genome-wide association studies, are those with high genetic diversity, allowing for numerous informative markers, and rare meiotic recombination, allowing for strong linkage disequilibrium (LD) between markers and phenotype-determining loci. However, levels of genetic diversity and LD in field populations of the major human malaria parasite P. vivax remain little characterized.Results
We examined single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and LD patterns across a 100-kb chromosome segment of P. vivax in 238 field isolates from areas of low to moderate malaria endemicity in South America and Asia, where LD tends to be more extensive than in holoendemic populations, and in two monkey-adapted strains (Salvador-I, from El Salvador, and Belem, from Brazil). We found varying levels of SNP diversity and LD across populations, with the highest diversity and strongest LD in the area of lowest malaria transmission. We found several clusters of contiguous markers with rare meiotic recombination and characterized a relatively conserved haplotype structure among populations, suggesting the existence of recombination hotspots in the genome region analyzed. Both silent and nonsynonymous SNPs revealed substantial between-population differentiation, which accounted for ~40% of the overall genetic diversity observed. Although parasites clustered according to their continental origin, we found evidence for substructure within the Brazilian population of P. vivax. We also explored between-population differentiation patterns revealed by loci putatively affected by natural selection and found marked geographic variation in frequencies of nucleotide substitutions at the pvmdr-1 locus, putatively associated with drug resistance.Conclusion
These findings support the feasibility of genome-wide association studies in carefully selected populations of P. vivax, using relatively low densities of markers, but underscore the risk of false positives caused by population structure at both local and regional levels.See commentary: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/908.
Braga FR Araújo JV Araujo JM Tavela Ade O Ferreira SR Freitas Soares FE Benjamin Ldos A Frassy LN 《Experimental parasitology》2011,(4):460-463
The continued maintenance of nematophagous fungi predatory activity under laboratory conditions is one of the basic requirements for a successful biological control. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of time on the preservation of the fungus Duddingtonia flagrans (AC001 and CG722) stored in silica-gel for 7 years and their subsequent predatory activity on cyathostomin L3 larvae in 2% water-agar medium (2% WA). Samples of the isolates AC001 and CG722, originating from vials containing grains of silica-gel sterilized and stored for 7 years, were used. After obtaining fungal conidia, the predation test was conducted over 7 days on the surface of 9.0 cm Petri dishes filled with 2% WA. In the treated groups each Petri dish contained 500 cyathostomin L3 and conidia of fungal isolates in 2% WA. In the control group (without fungi) the plates contained 500 L3 in 2% WA. The experimental results showed that isolated AC001 and CG722 were efficient in preying on cyathostomin L3 (p < 0.01) compared to control (without fungus). However, no difference was observed (p > 0.01) in the predatory activity of the fungal isolates tested. Comparing the groups, there was a significant reductions of cyathostomin L3 (p < 0.01) of 88.6% and 78.4% on average recovered from the groups treated with the isolates AC001 and CG722, respectively, after 7 days. The results of this test showed that the fungus D. flagrans (AC001 and CG722) stored in silica-gel for at least 7 years maintained its predatory activity on cyathostomin L3. 相似文献
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Pauly M; Andersen LN; Kauppinen S; Kofod LV; York WS; Albersheim P; Darvill A 《Glycobiology》1999,9(1):93-100
A full-length c-DNA encoding a xyloglucan-specific endo -beta-1, 4-
glucanase (XEG) has been isolated from the filamentous fungus Aspergillus
aculeatus by expression cloning in yeast. The colonies expressing
functional XEG were identified on agar plates containing azurine-dyed
cross-linked xyloglucan. The cDNA encoding XEG was isolated, sequenced,
cloned into an Aspergillus expression vector, and transformed into
Aspergillus oryzae for heterologous expression. The recombinant enzyme was
purified to apparent homogeneity by anion- exchange and gel permeation
chromatography. The recombinant XEG has a molecular mass of 23,600, an
isoelectric point of 3.4, and is optimally stable at a pH of 3.4 and
temperature below 30 degreesC. The enzyme hydrolyzes structurally diverse
xyloglucans from various sources, but hydrolyzes no other cell wall
component and can therefore be considered a xyloglucan-specific endo
-beta-1, 4-glucanohydrolase. XEG hydrolyzes its substrates with retention
of the anomeric configuration. The Kmof the recombinant enzyme is 3.6
mg/ml, and its specific activity is 260 micromol/min per mg protein. The
enzyme was tested for its ability to solubilize xyloglucan oligosaccharides
from plant cell walls. It was shown that treatment of plant cell walls with
XEG yields only xyloglucan oligosaccharides, indicating that this enzyme
can be a powerful tool in the structural elucidation of xyloglucans.
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