Implant osseointegration in circumferential bone defects treated with latex-derived proteins or autogenous bone in dog's mandible

Background: In sites with diminished bone volume, the osseointegration of dental implants can be compromised. Innovative biomaterials have been developed to aid successful osseointegration outcomes. Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the osteogenic potential of angiogenic latex proteins for improved bone formation and osseointegration of dental implants. Materials and Methods: Ten dogs were submitted to bilateral circumferential defects (5.0×6.3mm) in the mandible. Dental implant (3.3×10.0mm, TiUnite MK3™, Nobel Biocare AB, Göteborg, Sweden) was installed in the center of the defects. The gap was filled either with coagulum (Cg), autogenous bone graft (BG), or latex angiogenic proteins pool (LPP). Five animals were sacrificed after 4 weeks and 12 weeks, respectively. Implant stability was evaluated using resonance frequency analysis (Osstell Mentor™, Osstell AB, Göteborg, Sweden), and bone formation was analyzed by histological and histometric analysis. Results: LPP showed bone regeneration similar to BG and Cg at 4 weeks and 12 weeks, respectively (p≥.05). Bone formation, osseointegration, and implant stability improved significantly from 4 to 12 weeks (p≤.05). Conclusion: Based on methodological limitations of this study, Cg alone delivers higher bone formation in the defect as compared with BG at 12 weeks; compared with Cg and BG, the treatment with LPP exhibits no advantage in terms of osteogenic potential in this experimental model, although overall osseointegration was not affected by the treatments employed in this study. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Crystal structure of Jararacussin-I: The highly negatively charged catalytic interface contributes to macromolecular selectivity in snake venom thrombin-like enzymes

Snake venom serine proteinases (SVSPs) are hemostatically active toxins that perturb the maintenance and regulation of both the blood coagulation cascade and fibrinolytic feedback system at specific points, and hence, are widely used as tools in pharmacological and clinical diagnosis. The crystal structure of a thrombin-like enzyme (TLE) from Bothrops jararacussu venom (Jararacussin-I) was determined at 2.48 Å resolution. This is the first crystal structure of a TLE and allows structural comparisons with both the Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix Protein C Activator and the Trimeresurus stejnegeri plasminogen activator. Despite the highly conserved overall fold, significant differences in the amino acid compositions and three-dimensional conformations of the loops surrounding the active site significantly alter the molecular topography and charge distribution profile of the catalytic interface. In contrast to other SVSPs, the catalytic interface of Jararacussin-I is highly negatively charged, which contributes to its unique macromolecular selectivity. © 2012 The Protein Society.

Evaluation of the bone healing process utilizing platelet-rich plasma activated by thrombin and calcium chloride: A histologic study in rabbit calvaria

To evaluate the bone healing of defects filled with particulate bone graft in combination with platelet-rich plasma (PRP), added with a mixture of calcium chloride and thrombin or just calcium chloride. Two 5-mm bone defects were created in the calvaria of 24 rabbits. Each defect was filled with particulate bone graft and PRP. In one defect the PRP was activated by a mixture of calcium chloride and thrombin; in the other, PRP was activated by calcium chloride only. The animals were euthanized 1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks after the surgeries, and the calvaria was submitted to histologic processing for histomorphometric analysis. The qualitative analysis has shown that both defects presented the same histologic characteristics so that a better organized, more mature, and well-vascularized bone tissue was noticed in the eighth week. A good bone repair was achieved using either the mixture of calcium chloride and thrombin or the calcium chloride alone as a restarting agent of the coagulation process.

Sulfonation and anticoagulant activity of fungal exocellular β-(1→6)-d-glucan (lasiodiplodan)

An exocellular β-(1→6)-d-glucan (lasiodiplodan) produced by a strain of Lasiodiplodia theobromae (MMLR) grown on sucrose was derivatized by sulfonation to promote anticoagulant activity. The structural features of the sulfonated β-(1→6)-d-glucan were investigated by UV-vis, FT-IR and 13C NMR spectroscopy, and the anticoagulant activity was investigated by the classical coagulation assays APTT, PT and TT using heparin as standard. The content of sulfur and degree of substitution of the sulfonated glucan was 11.73% and 0.95, respectively. UV spectroscopy showed a band at 261 nm due to the unsaturated bond formed in the sulfonation reaction. Results of FT-IR and 13C NMR indicated that sulfonyl groups were inserted on the polysaccharide. The sulfonated β-(1→6)-d-glucan presented anticoagulant activity as demonstrated by the increase in dose dependence of APTT and TT, and these actions most likely occurred because of the inserted sulfonate groups on the polysaccharide. The lasiodiplodan did not inhibit the coagulation tests. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

Caracterização biofísica e estrutural da metaloproteinase não-hemorrágica do veneno de Bothrops moojeni e da endo-β-glicanase do Bacillus subtilis

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Purificação e caracterização de proteínas de venenos de serpentes que interferem na cascata de coagulação sanguínea

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

Padronização das plaquetas preparadas in house para atividade do cofator da ristocetina

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

Variáveis da hemostasia sanguínea primária e secundária na doença renal crônica canina

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Resposta sorológica em bovinos vacinados contra o carbúnculo sintomático

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Terapia celular no tratamento de feridas crônicas

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

Malária no Pará: estudo do quadro clínico e laboratorial nas infecções causadas pelo Plasmodium vivax, na atualidade

A malária é considerada pela Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) como o maior problema de Saúde Pública na atualidade e os estudos produzidos mais recentemente, apontam para algumas mudanças em termos clínicos e padrões laboratoriais. Com o objetivo de detectar essas mudanças, foram estudadas as manifestações clínicas e laboratoriais da infecção malárica causada pelo Plasmodium vivax. O estudo caracterizou-se por ser longitudinal e prospectivo, tendo sido realizado no Instituto Evandro Chagas (IEC), na cidade de Belém, no período de novembro de 2001 a junho de 2002. A metodologia utilizada constou de diagnóstico pelo exame da gota espessa e por acompanhamento clínico e laboratorial de pacientes portadores de malária por P. vivax, durante todo o tratamento. Foram avaliados 127 pacientes nos aspectos epidemiológico, clínico e laboratorial, incluindo sexo, cor, profissão, procedência da infecção, período de incubação e persistência de cefaléia, calafrios e febre, além de outros sintomas ao final do tratamento. A avaliação laboratorial inclui densidade parasitária e exames relacionados à coagulação sangüínea, além de hemograma completo, aminotransferases, bilirrubinas, fosfatase alcalina, uréia e creatinina séricas. Dados do presente estudo demonstram uma ocorrência maior de casos entre estudantes e donas de casa como o perfil epidemiológico relacionado ao tipo de ocupação dos doentes portadores de malária atendidos em área urbana. O presente ensaio corrobora estudos anteriores relativos à ação esquizonticida da cloroquina em um tempo médio de 48 à 72 horas e revela significativa plaquetopenia até hoje não muito estudada em malária por P. vivax, e apesar deste achado, as provas de coagulação sangüíneas não mostraram alterações significantes. A palidez cutâneo-mucosa em D7 foi observada em 124 dos 127 pacientes estudados, embora este dado não tenha obrigatoriamente correlação com o achado de anemia.

Estado nutricional relacionado à vitamina K de pacientes portadores de doença vascular em tratamento anticoagulante oral ambulatorial com varfarina sódica

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

Síntese de agentes hemostáticos coagulantes com base em materiais zeolíticos

Pós-graduação em Microbiologia - IBILCE

The Kallikrein Inhibitor from Bauhinia bauhinioides (BbKI) shows antithrombotic properties in venous and arterial thrombosis models

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

Adesão de células sanguineas em raízes biomodificadas de pacientes fumantes

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)