Cultura de condrócitos para o uso terapêutico: reconstituição de cartilagem

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Citotoxicidade da Punica granatum L. (romã) sobre cultura de fibroblastos e de células de linhagem cancerígena

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Avaliação da alteração de cor, difusão de peróxido de hidrogênio e citotoxicidade trans-amelodentinária causadas por diferentes técnicas de clareamento dental

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

Utilização de técnicas de análise de agrupamento do risco de geada no Estado do Paraná para a cultura do milho safrinha

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura) - FCA

Análise comparativa de diferentes metodologias para cultivo de células-tronco mesenquimais derivadas de tecido muscular

Pós-graduação em Biociências - FCLAS

Marcadores de superfície de Células-tronco: estudo de reação cruzada inter-espécies

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are adult multipotent cells with fibroblastoid morphology and adherent to plastic. Furthermore, they can be obtained from different sources. Besides bone marrow, these cells are taken from umbilical cord blood, umbilical vein, saphenous vein, peripheral blood, arteries, liver and fetal pancreas, placenta, dental pulp and adipose tissue. MSCs derived from adipose tissue are important because of the abundant number of cells that can be obtained from this tissue, easy access and little discomfort to the patient. This study compared two techniques for obtaining MSCs from adipose tissue: mechanical dissociation (MD) and enzymatic digestion (ED). We also analyzed the inter-species cross-reactions using commercial monoclonal antibodies directed against surface antigens of stem cells from different species: mouse, horse, rabbit, monkey and human. We found that MD technique is favorable in relation to ED within 15 days of culture, and ED is more efficient in the first days of culture. The data also showed that MD causes less damage to cellular DNA. About inter-species cross-reactions, the monoclonal antibody A69 directed against stem cells from rabbits, which can be used in veterinary medicine, particularly in research involving horses

Influência da luz LED na cultura celular de Mieloma múltiplo murino–NS1 in vitro

A monoclonal antibody (mAb) is an important tool in medical biotechnology and the production of biopharmaceuticals, especially for disease diagnosis and treatment of infections, because the antibodies have a significant advantage over chemical agents used in conventional therapies . The last thirty years the technology of production of monoclonal antibodies developed mainly the technique of obtaining in vitro, but also of their production is laborious, the cost is high. A major element of the high cost of production is the fact that the long-term culture consumes a large amount of imported inputs with high added value. A major contribution of this work is to promote cell growth more quickly and efficiently. Currently, a great race to discover new technologies and techniques to synthesize new antibodies and significantly increase the production of murine mAbs. New technologies such as laser and LED are innovations and widespread in modern life, so much so that its use has proliferated worldwide, primarily in the medical field. Recent studies show a series of results from the influence of the LED light in biological tissues such as: increasing the rate of cell proliferation, increased production rate of fibroblasts, increasing the rate of synthesis of RNA and DNA synthesis of ATP, etc. To assess the contribution of the LED in the culture of Myeloma NS1murino compared to the standard procedure. - NS1 cells were provided and followed the criteria of culture medium of the Laboratory of Cellular Engineering Center of Botucatu (POPs). The same amount of cells was grown in bottles of 25 cm2 polystyrene Tissue Culture Treated, specifically marked and kept in special medium RPMI 1640 Gibco BRL  supplemented with fetal bovine serum 10%, essential amino acids and non-essential, glucose, insulin and antibiotics. It was used in LEDs Cromatek wavelength of 630nm, 475nm and 530nm. The groups were... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Caracterização e mapeamento da cultura da cana-de-açúcar no município de Rio Claro (SP) por meio de técnicas de sensoriamento remoto e sistemas de informações geográficas

This paper discusses about the use of remote sensing image and processing digital images tools for mapping and assessing the effect on the biomass of the culture of sugar cane in the city of Rio Claro. We used satellite images from CBERS in the passages of 19/04/2009 and 23/09/08, which correspond respectively to the stages where the sugar cane appeared in growing and adult pre-harvest stage. In these images, we applied procedures of digital processing, as the application of the procedures for extending linear contrast, radiometric normalization, Normalized Vegetation Index (NDVI) and pixel by pixel classification by ISOSEG through of the software SPRING. As a result we obtained mapping of the distribution and development stages of the culture of sugar cane in the city of Rio Claro and the mapping of the existing biomass of this culture, showing that the method used to assess the relative effect on biomass in culture of sugar cane was efficient, and that images of low-medium resolution are not the most suitable for the mapping of this culture

Efeito citotóxico de agentes clareadores a base de peróxido de hidrogênio a 20% e 38% sobre células odontoblastóides

The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the trans-enamel and transdentinal cytotoxic effects of two in-office tooth bleaching techniques that employ bleaching gels containing 20% and 38% of H2 O2 on cultured odontoblast-like cell line (MDPC-23). Sixty enamel/dentin discs were obtained from bovine central incisors and placed individually in artificial pulp chambers. Six groups were formed according to the following enamel treatments: G1- 20% H2 O2 (1 application); G2- 20% H2 O2 (2 applications); G3- 38% H2 O2 (1 application); G4- 38% H2 O2 (2 applications); G5- 38% H2 O2 (3 applications); and G6- control (no treatment). In G1 and G2, the bleaching gel was left in contact with the enamel surface for 45 min in each application. However, in G3, G4, and G5 the bleaching gel was applied for only 10 min per application. After the last application, the extracts were collected and applied on previously cultured cells (30.000 cells/cm2 ) for 24 h. Cell metabolism was evaluated by the MTT assay and cell morphology was analysed by scanning electron microscopy. Cell metabolism decreased by 96.29%; 96.11%; 96.42%; 95.62%; and 97.18% in G1, G2, G3, G4, and G5, respectively. All treated groups differed significantly from non-treated control group (G6) (p < 0.05). However, the difference in cell metabolism among treated groups was not significant statistically. In addition, significant morphological cell alterations were observed in all treated groups. Under the tested experimental conditions, the extracts collected after both tooth bleaching techniques evaluated in this study caused severe toxic effects on cultured odontoblast-like cell MDPC-23.

Análise celular e molecular da ação do peptídeo Ac2-26 da proteína anti-inflamatória Anexina A nas células de carcinoma de colo de útero

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Novas técnicas de arranjos de semeadura na cultura da soja

Several factors induce soybean growers to seek new alternatives to increase productivity, in order to always surpass the previous harvest. In an attempt to meet this need in order to become more competitive, new technologies emerge. Currently, for example, the plantation system crossover, double row and dense, gaining media coverage and among researchers, aroused interest in research institutions. To date, there are still few studies with a scientific concrete, quantifies the real benefit of these cropping systems. The technique consists of sowing planting crossed the same area twice at right angles, forming checkerboard. In the planting row and the denser planting increases the number of plants per hectare, but the way they are arranged is what differentiates. Apparently these systems imply some issues, such as the use of inputs that the principle would double, as the plant population in the area will be changed, so possibly the incidence of insect pests and pathogens increase in these cropping systems. The purpose of this literature review is to provide updated information on technology, benefit from it, as it is being used and the research being conducted to provide scientific basis for soybean producer.

Impacto de andrógenos sobre a proliferação e atividade de fibroblastos e células epiteliais em cultura celular

Pós-graduação em Odontologia - FOAR

Análisis electromagnético de células TEM mediante técnicas de ajuste de campo

Una célula TEM es un sistema concebido para conseguir en una determinada zona del espacio un campo electromagnético de forma controlada cuyo comportamiento tienda lo más posible al de una onda plana, aprovechando para ello ciertas propiedades asociadas al modo TEM. En este proyecto se analizan, desde el punto de vista electromagnnético, algunos tipos de células TEM. Tras una breve descripción de las diferentes geometrías que éstas pueden tomar y de las aplicaciones asociadas a las mismas, se estudian algunas de las técnicas de ajuste de campo (Resonancia Transversal y Ajuste Modal) con el fin de obtener los conocimientos necesarios para implementar una herramienta computacional que permita la determinación electromagnética completa "Full-Wave"del problema planteado. Una vez desarrollada, se emplearán los resultados derivados de la misma para analizar ciertos fenómenos que se producen en este tipo de sistemas y que nos aportará un conocimiento profundo sobre los mismos con vista a concebir estrategias de diseño que permitan optimizar su funcionamiento.

Comportamiento en condiciones de Masaya de plantas de quequisque (Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L) Schott), cultivar Masaya, obtenidas de tres técnicas de propagación

El objetivo del presente estudio fue de evaluar el comportamiento morfológico, fenológico y de rendimiento; la presencia de enfermedades virales, fungosas y bacterianas; y sus efectos sobre el rendimiento en plantas obtenidas a través de tres técnicas de reproducción asexual (CRAS, convencional e in vitro), en condiciones de Masaya. Se utilizó el diseño de bloques completos al azar (BCA), con 4 bloques de 3 tratamientos cada uno. El área de cada bloque fue de 60 m2 El de la parcela 20m2 para un área total del experimento de 312m2• Cada parcela estuvo conformada por 4 surcos de S m, con 10 plantas/surco, 40 plantas por parcela, 120 plantas por bloque y 480 plantas totales. La distancia de siembra fue de 0.5 m entre plantas y 1.0 m entre surcos. El ANDEVA realizado a la variables morfológicas demuestra que las plantas CRAS fueron casi siempre los estadísticamente mejores, seguido de la plantas CONV y en última instancia las plantas de cultivo de tejidos; a excepción de la variable número de hijos donde las vitroplantas fueron superior estadísticamente que las plantas propagadas por las otras técnicas. EÍ análisis de los componentes del rendimiento revela que las vitroplantas produjeron valores de número de cormelos y peso de cormelos/planta (96.42 qq/mz) estadísticamente superiores a lo reportado por las plantas CRAS (66.40 qq/mz) y CONV (41.93 qq/mz). En los componentes peso promedio por cormelo y dimensión de los cormelos las plantas convencionales y CRAS resultaron similares entre sí, pero superiores estadísticamente a la plantas obtenidas en el laboratorio. El ahijamiento es claramente favorable a las plantas de cultivo de tejidos, causado posiblemente por las porciones remanentes de reguladores de crecimiento que permanecieron en la células de plantas sometidas a las condiciones de laboratorio. Hubo tendencia a disminuir los valores de la variables grosor del seudotallo, número de hojas y área foliar en las vitroplantas a partir de los 180 dds, unido al hecho que los cormelos de estas plantas presentaron raíces y las yemas apicales y axilares brotadas al momento de cosecha, lo que señala la precocidad de las plantas in vitro con relación a las plantas originadas de las otras técnicas. El primer test de ELISA sobre las muestras de hojas de plantas que• presentaban los síntomas de la presencia del DMV, demostró que el98% de las plantas con sintomas presentaban el DMV en su estructura. El segundo test de ELISA realizado sobre plantas escogidas al azar señala que el 100% de las plantas muestreadas contenían el virus. Las plantas CONV e in vitro ubicadas en la parcela útil no presentaron diferencias infectadas en cuanto a los componentes del rendimiento. Las plantas in vitro independiente que presenten infección o no registraron mayor número de cormelos y peso de cormelos/planta. En el peso promedio de cormelo las plantas CONV­ PU fueron superiores a las plantas CONV infectadas e in vitro en sus dos variantes. Las plantas CONV infectadas produjeron los cormelos con dimensiones superiores a los datos registrados por las plantas CONV-PU, in vitro PU e infectadas . Los dos conteos visuales realizados a las plantas con síntomas de la presencia de la bacteria Xanthomona campestris y el hongo Collectrotrichum gloesporoides (Penz) a los 180 y 270 dds indica escasa presencia en el ensayo.