Avaliação de antígenos recombinantes de Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis em teste sorológico para linfadenite caseosa em caprinos e ovinos

2015

Avaliação de antígenos recombinantes de Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis em teste sorológico para linfadenite caseosa em caprinos e ovinos

2015

Influência das condições de cultivo na produção de antígenos recombinantes de Leishmania i. chagasi utilizando Escherichia coli M15 cultivada em incubador rotativo e biorreator

Escherichia coli has been one of the most widely used hosts in recombinant protein production, in both laboratory and industrial scale since the advent of recombinant DNA technology. Despite the substantial progress of studies on the molecular biology and immunology of infections, there is currently no medication-based prophylaxis capable of preventing leishmaniasis. As such, there is a great need to identify specific antigens for the development of vaccines and diagnostic kits against visceral leishmaniasis. Thus, the primary goal of the present study is to assess the influence of cultivation conditions on the production of Leishmania chagasi antigens, carried out in a rotating incubator and bioreactor. To that end, several assays were conducted to evaluate the kinetic behavior of antigens (648, 503) of Leishmania. i. chagasi in two different compositions of media (2xTY, TB), with and without an inducer. In order to improve expression, assays were performed in a benchtop bioreactor using the best conditions obtained in a rotating incubator, in addition to assessing the influence of stirring speed. Results show that high complexity of the cultivation medium favored kinetic growth of clones (648, 503). However, in assays submitted to induction by IPTG, this elevated complexity did not promote the expression of recombinant proteins. Expression of antigens 648 and 503 exhibited behavior associated with growth and, in terms of location, proteins 648 and 503 are intracellularly stored. Lactose may be the most adequate inducer in protein expression, when considering factors, cost, toxicity and stability. Elevated stirring may increase cell growth in clone 53, although it may not result in high concentrations for the protein of interest. On the other hand, positive results were obtained for all recombinant clones (648, 503) tested, confirmed by the electrophoretic profile

Aislamiento de RNA mensajeros que codifican antígenos recombinantes desplegados diferencialmente en estados viruliento y no virulento por Entamoeba Histolytica

Tesis ( Doctorado en Ciencias con Especialidad en Biotecnología) UANL

Desenvolvimento e validação de testes sorológicos para o diagnóstico da infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência felina (FIV) utilizando antígenos recombinantes

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Produção de antígenos recombinantes do vírus da doença de Newcastle para aplicação no imunodiagnóstico

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Avaliação de dois clones de Escherichia coli recombinante quanto ao crescimento e expressão de antígenos de Leishmania chagasi (kmp11 e P36)

Visceral leishmaniosis caused by Leishmania chagasi, also known as calazar, presented, in the period from 1990 to 2005, tax of incidence in Brazil varying between 1 and 3 cases for 100 000 inhabitants. The Northeast region that up to the year of 2000 contributed with almost 90% of the registered cases is reducing his participation in the current decade, reaching 56% in 2005. Conventional leishmaniasis treatment is costly and it shows high toxicity, demanding more research for alternative treatments, with special interest in development of vaccines and diagnosis kits which include production of recombinant antigens by host cells. Escherichia coli has been the microorganism most studied and used as a host for recombinant protein production. Therefore, the aim of this work was to study the influence of induction on cellular growth and to verify the type of Leishmania chagasi antigens expression (intra or extracellular) during two recombinant E. coli clones (kmp11 and P36) cultivation in rotary incubator (shaker) using three different media (2xTY, TB, FASS+EL). For that, tests were carried out using conditions established in the literature for E. coli (37°C and 200 rpm) and media supplemented with antibiotics to guarantee that only competent cells grows. First, tests were carried out without induction in order to verify the two microorganisms kinetic behavior (growth and substrate consumption) in different media. Next, the induction was carried out through the addition of IPTG (1mM as final concentration), at the first hour of cultivation. It was observed that protein expression were intracellular for all clones and media tested, however the highest level of expression was clearly observed by the electrophoresis band density (intensity) for 2xTY medium and kmp11 protein. Although it contains the lowest substrate concentration, consequently, a reduced cellular concentration when compared to other media, it appeared that this medium and clone combination is the most indicated for recombinant protein production. Therefore, the objective of this work was achieved, since the interested proteins were produced. Consequently, this result motivates new studies for production optimization using different cultivation strategies

Estudo do Cultivo de dois clones de Escherichia coli recombinantes (eIF, LACK) para a Expressão de Antígenos da Leishmania chagasi

With advent of the technology of the recombinant DNA, the recombinant protein expression becomes an important tool in the studies of the structure, function and identification of new proteins, mainly with therapeutical purposes. The Escherichia coli has been procarioto predominant in the studies of genetic engineering due to wealth of information regarding its metabolism. Despite the expressivo advance of the studies of molecular biology and the immunology of the infections, it does not exist, currently, no prophylactic drug capable to prevent calazar. Of this form, it exists a great necessity of specific antigen identification for the vaccine development and kits for disgnostic against the visceral Leishmaniose. In this context, this work objectified to study the recombinant antigen expression of the Leishmania chagasi during the culture of Escherichia coli in shaker. A first set of assays was carried through with the objective of if knowing the kinetic behavior of the growth of two clones recombinant proteins (eIF, LACK) in two different compositions of culture medium (2xTY, TB) supplemented by antibiotics, without IPTG addition. In the second stage of the assays, the procedure of induction for IPTG was carried through, in order to verify the influence of the composition of the ways tested in the expression them recombinant proteins. On the basis of the gotten results, can be observed that the high complexity of culture medium favored the kinetic one of growth of clones recombinant (eIF, LACK), however, to if to deal with the assays submitted to the procedure of induction for IPTG, the raised complexity of culture medium did not favor the expression of recombinant proteins. On the other hand, they had been gotten resulted positive for all clones recombinant (eIF, LACK) tested, confirmed through the eletroforético profile

Análise da variabilidade gênica de antígenos de T. cruzi com aplicação para o diagnóstico sorológico da doença de Chagas

A doença de Chagas é uma zoonose causada pelo protozoário flagelado Trypanosoma cruzi. Estima-se que 8 milhões de pessoas estão infectadas com o T. cruzi em todo o mundo, principalmente na América Latina. Testes tradicionais de diagnóstico estão sendo gradualmente substituídos por métodos inovadores. A utilização de antígenos recombinantes foi proposta nos anos 90, e várias combinações foram testadas com soros de pacientes com diferentes formas clínicas de diferentes regiões da América Latina. Apesar do ganho em especificidade, estes testes apresentaram menor sensibilidade, frustrando expectativas. Este estudo objetivou analisar a variabilidade genética dos genes KMP11 e 1F8 que codificam antígenos comumente utilizados em diagnóstico experimental. Cepas de T. cruzi pertencentes a diferentes sub-grupos taxonômicos e de diferentes regiões foram analisadas para avaliar o impacto da variação antigênica em testes de diagnóstico. Maximizando a sensibilidade, evitar reatividade cruzada com epítopos de outros agentes patogênicos deve permitir a concepção de melhores testes rápidos. Num primeiro passo, DNA genômico foi extraído das seguintes cepas: Dm28c, Colombiana, Y, 3663, 4167, LL014 e CL Brener e foi realizada a amplificação dos genes 1F8 e KMP11 que codificam antígenos a partir destas cepas. Em seguida foram realizadas a clonagem, sequenciamento, expressão e detecção dos antígenos recombinantes. Na etapa final, análises de estruturas secundárias e terciárias, a última apenas para o antígeno 1F8, visualizaram as diferenças nas sequências de aminoácidos obtidas a partir de sequenciamento de DNA. Os resultados apresentados neste estudo mostram que o antígeno KMP11 de T. cruzi possui uma similaridade na sequência de aminoácidos muito elevada com o T. rangeli, mostrando a necessidade de um mapeamento antigênico desta proteína em todos os tripanosomatídeos que apresentaram alta similaridade com o antígeno de T. cruzi, como o T. rangeli, para verificar a presença de epítopos específicos de T. cruzi. O antígeno 1F8 pode ser uma ferramenta útil no diagnóstico da doença de Chagas e que será necessário aprofundar os conhecimentos sobre os determinantes antigênicos para futuramente elaborar poli-epítopos sintéticos adaptados de um maior número possível de antígenos, obtendo a maior especificidade e sensibilidade nos testes de diagnóstico sorológico e de teste rápido da doença de Chagas. Este estudo representa um passo crucial para a otimização de antígenos recombinantes para o diagnóstico da doença de Chagas.

Desenvolvimento e aplicação do ELISA indireto com proteína recombinante de nucleocapsídeo de coronavírus felino (FCoV) para quantificação de anticorpos em soros de gatos naturalmente infectados

Pós-graduação em Medicina Veterinária - FMVZ

Estratégias de avaliação e herança da tolerância ao alumínio tóxico em linhagens recombinantes de aveia (Avena sativa L.)

Genótipos de aveia variam quanto à tolerância ao alumínio no solo. Uma maneira fácil, rápida e eficiente de identificar a tolerância ao alumínio é através do uso de solução nutritiva, em laboratório. Os objetivos deste estudo foram ajustar a metodologia de avaliação da tolerância ao alumínio, avaliar linhagens recombinantes quanto à tolerância ao alumínio em laboratório e a campo e estimar o número de genes que controlam o caráter, identificar marcadores morfológicos associados com a tolerância ao alumínio e avaliar os efeitos do gene de tolerância ao alumínio sobre caracteres de importância agronômica. Os ajustes na metodologia foram realizados envolvendo genótipos de aveia e trigo com resposta conhecida ao alumínio tóxico. Uma população de 333 linhagens recombinantes nas gerações F5:6 e F5:7 provenientes do cruzamento entre os genitores UFRGS 930598-6 (sensível) e UFRGS 17 (tolerante) foi avaliada em solução nutritiva. O número de genes que controlam a tolerância ao alumínio foi estimado pela distribuição de freqüência do recrescimento médio da raiz principal. Uma amostra de 22 linhagens recombinantes sensível e tolerante ao alumínio tóxico foi avaliada no campo, com alta concentração de alumínio no solo. A associação e o efeito do gene de tolerância ao alumínio com outros caracteres agronômicos foram realizados a campo em solo livre de alumínio. A técnica de avaliação da tolerância ao alumínio permitiu a discriminação mais eficiente dos genótipos após os ajustes realizados. A tolerância ao alumínio em aveia é governada por um gene de grande efeito, sendo que os genótipos tolerantes possuem os alelos AlaAla e os genótipos sensíveis os alelos alaala. A avaliação da tolerância ao alumínio em laboratório foi confirmada a campo. O caráter tolerância ao alumínio não apresenta alta associação com outros caracteres agronômicos. A presença do gene de tolerância ao alumínio não está associada a efeitos negativos em caracteres de importância agronômica.

Avaliação da reatividade cruzada entre antígenos de Leishmania spp e Trypanosoma cruzi na resposta sorológica de cães pela técnica de imunofluorescência indireta (RIFI)

Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is a zoonosis caused by Leishmania spp. protozoa. Dog is the main parasite's reservoir, especially in urban areas. Indirect Immunofluorescent Antibody Test (IFAT) is commonly used for canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) diagnosis, by detection of antibodies against the parasite. However, Trypanosoma cruzi (T.cruzi) cross reactions can occur in serological diagnosis. In order to evaluate the occurrence of cross reactions between antigens of Leishmania spp. and T.cruzi, 150 blood samples of CVL epidemiological inquiry positive dogs were collected and sera were tested by IFAT. Dogs were culled at Zoonosis Control Center of Bauru (SP), an endemic area for VL. Another 150 dogs' blood samples were collected in Botucatu (SP), a non endemic area for LV, and sera were also tested by IFAT. Serum samples of dogs from Bauru were positive, both for Leishmania spp. and for T. cruzi, showing high cross-reactions incidence, reinforcing the need of diagnosis confirmation by other tests. Serum samples of dogs from Botucatu demonstrated low prevalence of positive results by IFAT, both for Leishmania spp. and T.cruzi. However, despite the low number of positive serological results for these parasites, the epidemiological and serological investigation for LV and Chagas disease in dogs from Botucatu must be kept, considering the importance of dog as domestic reservoir for both parasites.

Avaliação da correlação entre aloimunização à antígenos eritrocitários e Sistema de histocompatibilidade (HLA) em pacientes com doença falciforme

Pós-graduação em Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (Biotecnologia Médica) - FMB

Avaliação da resposta de anticorpos contra antígenos de Plasmodium vivax relacionada a fatores genéticos do parasito e do hospedeiro humano

Pós-graduação em Genética - IBILCE

Avaliação da atividade antimicrobiana das defensinas recombinantes de ervilha (drr230a) e café (cd1) produzidas em Pichia pastoris

The inefficiency of chemical pesticides to control phytopathogenic fungi in agriculture and the frequent incidence of human diseases caused by bacteria which are resistant to antibiotics lead to the search for alternative antimicrobial compounds. In this context, plant defensins are a promising tool for the control of both plant and human pathogenic agents. Plant defensins are cationic peptides of about 50 amino acid residues, rich in cysteine and whose tridimensional structure is considerably conserved among different plant species. These antimicrobial molecules represent an important innate component from plant defense response against pathogens and are expressed in various plant tissues, such as leaves, tubers, flowers, pods and seeds. The present work aimed at the evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of two plant defensins against different phytopathogenic fungi and pathogenic bacteria to humans. The defensin Drr230a, whose gene was isolated from pea (Pisum sativum), and the defensin CD1,whose gene was identified within coffee (Coffea arabica) transcriptome, were subcloned in yeast expression vector and expressed in Pichia pastoris. The gene cd1 was subcloned as two different recombinant forms: CD1tC, containing a six-histidine sequence (6xHis) at the peptide C-terminal region and CD1tN, containing 6xHis coding sequence at the N-terminal region. In the case of the defensin Drr230a, the 6xHis coding sequence was inserted only at the N-terminal region. Assays of the antimicrobial activity of the purified recombinant proteins rDrr230a and rCD1 against Phakopsora pachyrhizi, causal agent of soybean Asian rust, were performed to analyze the in vitro spore germination inhibition and disease severity caused by the fungus in planta. Both recombinant defensins were able to inhibit P. pachyrhizi uredospore germination, with no difference between the antimicrobial action of either CD1tC or CD1tN. Moreover, rDrr230a and rCD1 drastically reduced severity of soybean Asian rust, as demonstrated by in planta assays. In spite of the fact that rCD1 was not able to inhibit proliferation of the human pathogenic bacteria Staplylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae, rCD1 was able to inhibit growth of the phytopathogenic fungus Fusarium tucumaniae, that causes soybean sudden death syndrome. The obtained results show that these plant defensins are useful candidates to be used in plant genetic engineering programs to control agriculture impacting fungal diseases.