Cultura de movimento e identidade : a Educação Fisica na contemporaneidade

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Entre o fogo e o vento : as praticas de batuques e o controle das emoções

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Increased Levels of NOTCH1, NF-kappa B, and Other Interconnected Transcription Factors Characterize Primitive Sets of Hematopoietic Stem Cells

As previously shown, higher levels of NOTCH1 and increased NF-kappa B signaling is a distinctive feature of the more primitive umbilical cord blood (UCB) CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), as compared to bone marrow ( BM). Differences between BM and UCB cell composition also account for this finding. The CD133 marker defines a more primitive cell subset among CD34+ HSC with a proposed hemangioblast potential. To further evaluate the molecular basis related to the more primitive characteristics of UCB and CD133+ HSC, immunomagnetically purified human CD34+ and CD133+ cells from BM and UCB were used on gene expression microarrays studies. UCB CD34+ cells contained a significantly higher proportion of CD133+ cells than BM (70% and 40%, respectively). Cluster analysis showed that BM CD133+ cells grouped with the UCB cells ( CD133+ and CD34+) rather than to BM CD34+ cells. Compared with CD34+ cells, CD133+ had a higher expression of many transcription factors (TFs). Promoter analysis on all these TF genes revealed a significantly higher frequency ( than expected by chance) of NF-kappa B-binding sites (BS), including potentially novel NF-kappa B targets such as RUNX1, GATA3, and USF1. Selected transcripts of TF related to primitive hematopoiesis and self-renewal, such as RUNX1, GATA3, USF1, TAL1, HOXA9, HOXB4, NOTCH1, RELB, and NFKB2 were evaluated by real-time PCR and were all significantly positively correlated. Taken together, our data indicate the existence of an interconnected transcriptional network characterized by higher levels of NOTCH1, NF-kappa B, and other important TFs on more primitive HSC sets.

neptune, a Kruppel-like transcription factor that participates in primitive erythropoiesis in Xenopus

The specification of the erythroid lineage from hematopoietic stem cells requires the expression and activity of lineage-specific transcription factors. One transcription factor family that has several members involved in hematopoiesis is the Kruppel-like factor (KLF) family [1]. For example, erythroid KLF (EKLF) regulates beta -globin expression during erythroid differentiation [2-6]. KLFs share a highly conserved zinc finger-based DNA binding domain (DBD) that mediates binding to CACCC-box and GC-rich sites, both of which are frequently found in the promoters of hematopoietic genes. Here, we identified a novel Xenopus KLF gene, neptune, which is highly expressed in the ventral blood island (VBI), cranial ganglia, and hatching and cement glands. neptune expression is induced in response to components of the BMP-4 signaling pathway in injected animal cap explants. Similar to its family member, EKLF, Neptune can bind CACCC-box and GC-rich DNA elements. We show that Neptune cooperates with the hematopoietic transcription factor XGATA-1 to enhance globin induction in animal cap explants. A fusion protein comprised of Neptune's DBD and the Drosophila engrailed repressor domain suppresses the induction of globin in ventral marginal zones and in animal caps. These studies demonstrate that Neptune is a positive regulator of primitive erythropoiesis in Xenopus.

Functional heterogeneity within rhodamine123(lo) Hoechst33342(lo/sp) primitive hemopoietic stem cells revealed by pyronin Y

Objective. The aim of this study was to determine the function of primitive hematopoietic stem cells (PHSC) at phases G(0) and G(1) of the cell cycle. Materials and Methods. A combination of supravital dyes rhodamine123 (Rh), Hoechst33342 (Ho), and pyronin (PY) was used to isolate the G(0) and G(1) subsets of PHSC. A competitive repopulation assay was used to evaluate their in vivo function. Results. We confirmed that the Rh(lo)Lin(-)Kit(+)Sca-1(+) PHSC were relatively quiescent when compared with the more mature Rh(hi)Lin(-)Kit(+)Sca-1 HSC and Rh(hi)Lin(-)Kit(+)Sca-1(-) progenitors. In addition, cells with Rh(lo)Lin(-)Kit(+)Sca-1(+), Rh(lo)Ho(lo)Lin(-)Sca-1(+), or Rh(lo)Ho(sp)Lin(-)Sca-1(+) phenotypes identified the same cell population. We further subfractionated the Rh(lo)Ho(lo/sp)Lin(-)Sca-1(+) PHSC using PY into PYlo and PYhi subsets. Limiting dilution analysis revealed that the frequency of long-term in vivo competitive repopulating units (CRU) of the (PYRhHolo/sp)-Rh-lo-Ho-lo PHSC was 1 in 10 cells, whereas there was at least a three-fold lower frequency in those isolated at the G(1) phase (PYhi) We found a dose-dependent PY-mediated cytotoxicity that at moderate concentration affected most of the murine hematopoietic compartment but spared the early HSC compartment. Conclusion. Our data confirm that the HSC compartment is hierarchically ordered on the basis of quiescence and further extend this concept to PY-mediated cytotoxicity. PY supravital dye can be used to reveal functional heterogeneity within the (RhHolosp)-Ho-lo PHSC population but is of limited use in dissecting the relatively more mature hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell population. (C) 2001 International Society for Experimental Hematology. Published by Elsevier Science Inc.

Social entrepreneurship as a solution provider for ageing societies in Europe

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Economía, Política y Sociedad Colonial. Elites y sociedades indígenas y campesinas en Córdoba y la Gobernación del Tucumán. Colonial Economy, Politics and Society. Elites and Indigenous-Peasant Societies in Cordoba and "Gobernación del Tucumán"

El PROBLEMA OBJETO de estudio es la economía, la política y la sociedad colonial en Córdoba y en la Gobernación del Tucumán, durante el período colonial e incluso el de su crisis, con especial atención sobre las transformaciones de las sociedades campesinas e indígenas y sus relaciones con el estado colonial, la iglesia y el sector privado. El ESPACIO a analizar será del de la Gobernación del Tucumán entendido como espacio jurisdiccional que incluía varias regiones con alto grado de relacionamiento, profundizándose sobre la situación de la región de Córdoba, teniendo en cuenta las características de las sociedades originarias, el sistema de dominación colonial, el sistema judicial, el sistema económico de explotación y el proceso de evangelización, así como las formas de resistencia y adaptación de las sociedades indígenas que devendrán en sectores campesinos. Entendemos que es importante tomar como UNIDAD DE ANALISIS al espacio que durante la colonia ocupaba la Gobernación del Tucumán en tanto permite realizar un análisis de largaduración sobre las transformaciones de las sociedades indígenas y campesinas, ya que el mismo casi coincide con el del antiguo Tawantinsuyu y con el del "interior argentino" del siglo XIX. LOS OBJETIVOS ESPECIFICOS consistirán en analizar a) el sistema de dominación colonial en sus especificidades normativas, en el Tucumán en general y en Cordoba en particular, comparandolo con el implementado en las zonas centrales del virreinato peruano para comprender las causas que pudieron haber incidido en las dinámicas específicas que en estas tierras asumieron los procesos de reproducción, transformación, adaptación y etnogénesis de las sociedades indígenas que persistieron, y el paulatino tránsito de una parte de ellas hacia la conformación de sociedades campesinas. b) dichos procesos de transformación de las sociedades indígenas y campesinas y explorando sus formas de resistencia y adaptación. c) las características del sistema de dominación colonial, particularmente las múltiples y cambiantes relaciones entre estado, iglesia y poder privado así como entre las diversas instancias de poder político (local y regional). d) las políticas desplegadas en el sistema judicial y sus consecuencias en términos del acceso a la justicia de los sectores subalternos. HIPÓTESIS. a) Si bien luego de la conquista y durante el período colonial las sociedades indígenas sufrieron una fuerte desestructuración, investigaciones recientes nos han permitido conocer que varias de ellas lograron persistir como "pueblos de indios" y como economías étnicas transformadas, todo lo cual explicamos por el grado de complejidad social preexistente, la capacidad de adaptación de dichas sociedades a las imposiciones del sistema de dominación y explotación colonial y con las acciones de resistencia desplegadas. b) Dentro del universo de las sociedades desestructuradas, se irán conformando unidades domésticas campesinas con características socio-culturales y con lógicas específicas de reproducción bien particulares en lo referido a sus formas de acceso a los recursos, el uso de la energía disponible y a las formas de producción y participación mercantil. METODOS Y FUENTES. Se recuperan metodologías y perspectivas de la historia económica social y de la etnohistoria; y en los proyectos específicos se incorporan también las provenientes de la demografía, historia eclesiástica, historia política y análisis de redes. Al tratarse de una investigación histórica, el análisis crítico de las fuentes provendrá de la reconstrucción de su contexto de producción, de su entrecruzamiento y confrontación. La documentación inédita a consultar será completa y variada y proveniente de distintos repositorios: AGI, ABNB, AGN, AHPBA, AHPC, AAC. En general se ESPERA profundizar nuestros proyectos en curso (que están orientados al análisis de los grupos subalternos de la Gobernación del Tucumán) mientras se continúa con la formación de recursos humanos.

Placentation of a primitive insectivore Echinosorex gymnura / Waldemar Meister and D. Dwight Davis.

v.35:no.2(1953)

A new and primitive early Oligocene horse from Trans-Pecos Texas / Paul O. McGrew, Dept. of Geology, The University of Wyoming.

v.10:no.15(1953)

Societal metabolism of societies: the bifurcation between Spain and Ecuador

This paper presents an application of the Multiple-Scale Integrated Assessment of Societal Metabolism to the recent economic history of Ecuador and Spain. Understanding the relationship between the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the throughput of matter and energy over time in modern societies is crucial for understanding the sustainability predicament as it is linked to economic growth. When considering the dynamics of economic development, Spain was able to take a different path than Ecuador thanks to the different characteristics of its energy budget and other key variables. This and other changes are described using economic and biophysical variables (both extensive and intensive referring to different hierarchical levels). The representation of these parallel changes (on different levels and describable only using different variables) can be kept in coherence by adopting the frame provided by MSIASM.

Cooperation among selfish individuals in insect societies

Kin selection is the key to understanding the evolution of cooperation in insect societies. However, kin selection also predicts potential kin conflict, and understanding how these conflicts are resolved is a major goal of current research on social insects