Determinação da atividade anti Mycobacterium tuberculosis de metabólitos bioativos de fungos endofíticos empregando a técnica do MABA

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Genotipagem por Spoligotyping e MIRU de Mycobacterium tuberculosis provenientes de pacientes com tuberculose pulmonar

Pós-graduação em Biociências e Biotecnologia Aplicadas à Farmácia - FCFAR

Dermatófitos em bovinos: incidência a suscetibilidade in vitro a drogas antifúngicas

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

Estudo estrutural de proteínas alvo de Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Persistence of experimental Rocio virus infection in the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)

ABSTRACT: Rocio virus (ROCV) is an encephalitic flavivirus endemic to Brazil. Experimental flavivirus infections have previously demonstrated a persistent infection and, in this study, we investigated the persistence of ROCV infection in golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). The hamsters were infected intraperitoneally with 9.8 LD50/0.02 mL of ROCV and later anaesthetised and sacrificed at various time points over a 120-day period to collect of blood, urine and organ samples. The viral titres were quantified by real-time-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The specimens were used to infect Vero cells and ROCV antigens in the cells were detected by immunefluorescence assay. The levels of antibodies were determined by the haemagglutination inhibition technique. A histopathological examination was performed on the tissues by staining with haematoxylin-eosin and detecting viral antigens by immunohistochemistry (IHC). ROCV induced a strong immune response and was pathogenic in hamsters through neuroinvasion. ROCV was recovered from Vero cells exposed to samples from the viscera, brain, blood, serum and urine and was detected by qRT-PCR in the brain, liver and blood for three months after infection. ROCV induced histopathological changes and the expression of viral antigens, which were detected by IHC in the liver, kidney, lung and brain up to four months after infection. These findings show that ROCV is pathogenic to golden hamsters and has the capacity to cause persistent infection in animals after intraperitoneal infection.

Influência do FK-506 sobre a expressão de RANKL e OPG na doença periodontal induzida: estudo in vivo e in vitro

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Post mortem, citologia, histopatologia e bacteriologia no diagnóstico da tuberculose bovina - matadouro-frigorífico da Região Norte do Paraná

Pós-graduação em Medicina Veterinária - FMVZ

Toxicidade in vitro e in vivo do ortobenzamol, análogo do paracetamol

O paracetamol (PAR) é um dos medicamentos de venda livre mais utilizado em todo o mundo. Entretanto, doses elevadas do PAR produzem toxicidade hepática e/ou renal. No intuito de minimizar a toxicidade do PAR e obter melhor atividade analgésica e anti-inflamatória, um estudo prévio realizou modificações na estrutura química do PAR por modelagem molecular, dando origem ao ortobenzamol (OBZ) – análogo do PAR. Assim, o OBZ foi sintetizado e avaliado em modelos de nocicepção e inflamação em animais. O estudo demonstrou atividade analgésica central do OBZ, com potência superior ao PAR. Além disso, nos testes de inflamação, essa droga apresentou inibição significativa no processo inflamatório. Entretanto, para que o OBZ possa ser considerado uma alternativa terapêutica nova e importante para o tratamento da dor e/ou da inflamação é necessário determinar sua toxicidade. Assim, este estudo objetivou avaliar a toxicidade in vitro e in vivo do OBZ e, compará-la com a do PAR. Para isso, a neurotoxicidade foi avaliada in vitro em culturas primárias de neurônios corticais, através de ensaios de viabilidade celular, determinação dos níveis de glutationa total e reduzida, assim como a possível capacidade neuroprotetora frente ao estresse oxidativo. Foram realizados estudos in vivo em camundongos, iniciados pela determinação da dose efetiva mediana (DE₅₀) do PAR, a fim de compará-la com a do OBZ nos modelos de toxicidade estudados. Determinou-se o estresse oxidativo hepático e cerebral pela análise dos níveis de peroxidação lipídica e nitritos. A possível disfunção hepática e renal foi determinada, por meio da análise dos níveis plasmáticos das enzimas aspartato aminotransferase (AST), de alanina aminotransferase (ALT), gama glutamiltransferase (GGT) e, da creatinina no sangue. Avaliaram-se alterações nos parâmetros clínicos através do hemograma, leucograma e plaquetograma e, realizou-se a determinação da toxicidade aguda. Os resultados obtidos neste estudo demonstraram que o ortobenzamol é mais seguro que o paracetamol. Registrou-se ao ortobenzamol ausência de neurotoxicidade, menor potencial hepatotóxico e hematotóxico, ausência de nefrotoxicidade e, ainda, foi classificado como um xenobiótico de baixa toxicidade após a avaliação da toxicidade aguda. Portanto, o ortobenzamol pode ser considerado como uma futura alternativa terapêutica segura ao paracetamol, no tratamento da dor e inflamação.

Composição bioquímica e hormonal do líquido ammniotico de fetos bovinos oriundos de inseminação artificial(IA), transferência de embriões(TE) e produção in vitro(PIV)

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Current attitudes regarding the use of perioperative analgesics in dogs and cats by Brazilian veterinarians

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Clopidogrel enhances periodontal repair in rats through decreased inflammation

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Differential Evolutionary Constraints in the Evolution of Chemoreceptors: A Murine and Human Case Study

Chemoreception is among the most important sensory modalities in animals. Organisms use the ability to perceive chemical compounds in all major ecological activities. Recent studies have allowed the characterization of chemoreceptor gene families. These genes present strikingly high variability in copy numbers and pseudogenization degrees among different species, but the mechanisms underlying their evolution are not fully understood. We have analyzed the functional networks of these genes, their orthologs distribution, and performed phylogenetic analyses in order to investigate their evolutionary dynamics. We have modeled the chemosensory networks and compared the evolutionary constraints of their genes in Mus musculus, Homo sapiens, and Rattus norvegicus. We have observed significant differences regarding the constraints on the orthologous groups and network topologies of chemoreceptors and signal transduction machinery. Our findings suggest that chemosensory receptor genes are less constrained than their signal transducing machinery, resulting in greater receptor diversity and conservation of information processing pathways. More importantly, we have observed significant differences among the receptors themselves, suggesting that olfactory and bitter taste receptors are more conserved than vomeronasal receptors.

Immune response to Haemonchus contortus and Haemonchus placei in sheep and its role on parasite specificity

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Evaluation of clinical safety and anthelmintic efficacy of aurixazole administed orally at 24 mg/kg in cattle

The current study evaluated, in vivo, the clinical safety and the anthelmintic efficacy of 24% aurixazole (24 mg/kg), administered orally, in bovines. Two experiments were conducted: the first one evaluating the clinical safety of 24% aurixazole (24 mg/kg) in cattle, and a second one evaluating the anthelmintic efficacy of aurixazole (24 mg/kg) against gastrointestinal nematodes on naturally infected cattle. Based on the results of clinical safety, no alterations on clinical and haematological signs and on the biochemical values obtained in animals treated orally with aurixazole 24 mg/kg were observed. Regarding the results of reduction or efficacy, obtained by eggs per gram of faeces (EPG) counts, the formulation of aurixazole reached values superior to 99% (arithmetic means) in all post-treatment dates. In two occasions, this formulation reached maximum efficacy (100%). Comparing these results with the reduction percentages obtained by EPG counts, it is possible to verify that the values obtained by all three formulations were compatible with the efficacy results. Aurixazole reached maximum efficacy (100%) against Haemonchus placei, Cooperia spatulata and Oesophagostomum radiatum. Against Cooperia punctata, this formulation reached an efficacy index of 99.99%. Regarding aurixazole, no specific trials were conducted on the field in order to evaluate the behaviour of this molecule against helminths that are resistant to other molecules, specially isolated levamisole and disophenolat: Due to this fact, future studies will be necessary to assess the effectiveness of aurixazole against strains of nematodes that are resistant to levamisole and disophenolat, but the results of clinical safety and efficacy described in this study allow us to conclude that the aurixazole molecule, concomitantly with other measures and orally administered formulations, can be another important tool in the control of nematodes parasitizing bovines. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Profile of IL-2, IL-4, IL-10, IFN- ? , TNF- ? and KC-like cytokines in pregnant bitches

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