Identificação, caracterização e teste de toxicidade contra nematóides de novos genes cry de Bacillus thuringiensis

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

Efeitos bioquímicos de contaminação em girinos de Eupemphix nattereri expostos a solos contendo o agrotóxico fipronil e seus produtos de degradação

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Taxonomia e diversidade de Encarsi no Brasil e a biologia de Bemisia tabaci biótipo B e seu parasitoide Encarsia desantisi em algodoeiro Bt e não Bt

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Entomologia Agrícola) - FCAV

Potential of the chemical dinotefuran in the control of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) (Acari: Ixodidae) semi-engorged female ticks

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Bioindicadores neotropicais de ecotoxicidade e risco ambiental de fármacos de interesse para aquicultura

The aims of this research were to evaluate the acute toxicity (LC/EC50) and the environmental risk of toltrazuril (TOL) and florfenicol (FFC) for plant Lemna minor, snail Pomacea canalicuta, fish Piaractus mesopotamicus and Hyphessobrycon eques and the microcrustacean Daphnia magna. The organisms were acclimated in room bioassay with controlled temperature according to standard to each one. They were exposed at nominal concentrations in static system. For environmental risk (RQ) was used the estimated environmental concentration (EEC) that is the dosage indicate to treatment and the lethal or effective concentration (LC/CE50) from each drug in acute exposure. FFC showed LC50;7d of 97.03 mg L-1 for L. minor; >100.0 mg L-1 for P. mesopotamicus and H. eques and EC50;48h > 100.0 mg L-1 for P. canaliculata and D. magna, and it was classified low risk (RQ = 0.01) for all bioindicators. TOL howed LC50;7d >100.0 mg L-1 for L. minor, 3.72 mg L-1 for P. mesopotamicus; 6.22 mg L-1 for H. eques and CE50;48h of 7.59 mg L-1 for P. canaliculata and 18.57 mg L-1 for D. magna, and it was classified low risk (RQ = 0.01) for L. minor and high risk for P. mesopotamicus (RQ = 2.68), H. eques (RQ = 6.22), P. canaliculata (RQ = 1.31) and D. magna (RQ = 0.53). Lemna minor was the bioindicator indicating of FFC toxicity and H. eques, bioindicator of the TOL. FFC is safety however and the use of TOL necessaries cautions to treat the wastewater before discard on the environment.

Induction of mitotic and chromosomal abnormalities on Allium cepa cells by pesticides imidacloprid and sulfentrazone and the mixture of them

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

Cytotoxic effects of neem oil in the midgut of the predator Ceraeochrysa claveri

Studies of morphological and ultrastructural alterations in target organs have been useful for evaluating the sublethal effects of biopesticides regarded as safe for non-target organisms in ecotoxicological analyses. One of the most widely used biopesticides is neem oil, and its safety and compatibility with natural enemies have been further clarified through bioassays performed to analyze the effects of indirect exposure by the intake of poisoned prey. Thus, this study examined the cellular response of midgut epithelial cells of the adult lacewing, Ceraeochrysa claveri, to neem oil exposure via intake of neem oil-contaminated prey during the larval stage. C. claveri larvae were fed Diatraea saccharalis eggs treated with neem oil at concentrations of 0.5%, 1% and 2% throughout the larval stage. The adult females obtained from these treatments were used at two ages (newly emerged and at the start of oviposition) in morphological and ultrastructural analyses. Neem oil was found to cause pronounced cytotoxic effects in the adult midgut, such as cell dilation, emission of cytoplasmic protrusions, cell lysis, loss of integrity of the cell cortex, dilation of cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, swollen mitochondria, vesiculated appearance of the Golgi complex and dilated invaginations of the basal labyrinth. Epithelial cells responded to those injuries with various cytoprotective and detoxification mechanisms, including increases in cell proliferation, the number of calcium-containing cytoplasmic granules, and HSP 70 expression, autophagic processes and the development of smooth endoplasmic reticulum, but these mechanisms were insufficient for recovery from all of the cellular damage to the midgut. This study demonstrates that neem oil exposure impairs the midgut by causing sublethal effects that may affect the physiological functions of this organ, indicating the importance of studies of different life stages of this species and similar species to evaluate the safe and compatible integrated use of biopesticides.

Toxicidade de imidacloprid e carbofuran para organismos aquáticos de diferentes níveis tróficos

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Investigação dos efeitos tóxicos, citotóxicos, genotóxicos e mutagênicos do inseticida Curbix® 200SC (ethiprole) em organismos não alvos

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Biologia Celular e Molecular) - IBRC

Eficácia e ecotoxicidade do diquat em mistura com fontes de cobre para controle de Ceratophyllum demersum e alga unicelular e filamentosa

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Produção Vegetal) - FCAV

Avaliação da sensibilidade de organismos aquáticos e terrestres ao triclopyr

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Produção Vegetal) - FCAV

Efeitos da exposição ao pesticida fipronil nas alterações pressóricas em ratos acordados

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Farmacologia) - IBB

Eficácia biológica e feitos tóxicos de fontes de cobre e diquat para organismos aquáticos

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Produção Vegetal) - FCAV

Chorismate synthase: An attractive target for drug development against orphan diseases

The increase in incidence of infectious diseases worldwide, particularly in developing countries, is worrying. Each year, 14 million people are killed by infectious diseases, mainly HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, malaria and tuberculosis. Despite the great burden in the poor countries, drug discovery to treat tropical diseases has come to a standstill. There is no interest by the pharmaceutical industry in drug development against the major diseases of the poor countries, since the financial return cannot be guaranteed. This has created an urgent need for new therapeutics to neglected diseases. A possible approach has been the exploitation of the inhibition of unique targets, vital to the pathogen such as the shikimate pathway enzymes, which are present in bacteria, fungi and apicomplexan parasites but are absent in mammals. The chorismate synthase (CS) catalyses the seventh step in this pathway, the conversion of 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate to chorismate. The strict requirement for a reduced flavin mononucleotide and the anti 1,4 elimination are both unusual aspects which make CS reaction unique among flavin-dependent enzymes, representing an important target for the chemotherapeutic agents development. In this review we present the main biochemical features of CS from bacterial and fungal sources and their difference from the apicomplexan CS. The CS mechanisms proposed are discussed and compared with structural data. The CS structures of some organisms are compared and their distinct features analyzed. Some known CS inhibitors are presented and the main characteristics are discussed. The structural and kinetics data reviewed here can be useful for the design of inhibitors. © 2007 Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.

Ecotoxicology of Nano-TiO2 An Evaluation of its Toxicity to Organisms of Aquatic Ecosystems

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)