Teses em Neurociências e Biologia Celular (Doutorado) - PPGNBC/ICB

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O Doutorado Acadêmico pertence ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neurociências e Biologia Celular (PPGNBC) do Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB) da Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA).

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Alterações genéticas e epigenéticas em meningiomas na população paraense
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-07-17) BASTOS, Carlos Eduardo Matos Carvalho; ANSELMO, Nilson Praia; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6518287721873199; NAGAMACHI, Cleusa Yoshiko; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8887641213110093
Meningiomas are the most common intracranial tumors that originate from the meninges surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Despite meningiomas were among the first solid neoplasms to be studied cytogenetically, little is known about their genetic and epigenetic profile. This study aimed to investigate genetic and epigenetic alterations that could contribute to tumor initiation and progression in meningiomas in the population of Pará, Brazil. This thesis is subdivided into three chapters. In Chapter I we investigated the association between the MTHFR C677T and meningioma in 23 patients in the population of Pará. A total of 96 healthy individuals with no previous pre-neoplastic lesions were selected for the control group. This association was not found. Although not statistically significant, our observation suggests that the TT genotype increases the risk of developing meningioma when compared to CC genotype. In Chapter II we evaluated the methylation pattern in two members of microRNA124 family in meningiomas in the population of Pará. Hypermethylation of the promoter region of miRN124a2 and miRNA124a3 appears to be a frequent event, as was found in 73.9% and 69.56% of the samples, respectively. In Chapter III, we analyzed the methylation pattern of the APC, BRCA1, CDH1, CDH13, CDKN2A, DAPK1, ESR1, FHIT, GSTP1, MGMT, MLH1, NEUROG1, PDLIM4, PTEN, Rb, RASSF1, RUNX3, SOCS1, TIMP3, TP73, VHL and WIF1 genes in a grade I and in a grade II meningiomas through an assay developed by MethylScreen. Pattern of methylation of CDKN2B was also analyzed in 25 patients with meningioma through bisulfite conversion, PCR and direct sequencing. RASSF1A was methylated in 16.73% and 63.66% of the CpG sites analyzed in the grade I and grade II meningioma, respectively. RUNX3 is methylated only in grade II meningioma in 52.88% of the CpG sites analyzed. Our results point to the importance of epigenetic changes in tumorigenesis and tumor progression in meningiomas.
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Análise de variações genômicas em genes da região cromossômica 22q11.2 em pacientes esquizofrênicos do Estado do Pará
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-08-29) MORAES, Leopoldo Silva de; BURBANO, Rommel Mario Rodriguéz; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4362051219348099
The COMT Val158Met and ZDHHC8 rs175174 polymorphisms have received increased attention in the molecular study of schizophrenia not only because they are localised to the main susceptibility locus of the disease, 22q11, but also because they are related to the dopaminergic status of the prefrontal cortex and the activity of several neuronal proteins, respectively. To evaluate the influence of the polymorphic genotypes on schizophrenia, we used real-time PCR to genotype 130 patients and 175 controls in a population from the North Region of Brazil. Our results indicated an absence of association between both polymorphisms and the likelihood of schizophrenia in the population studied. However, when categorised by gender, we found a dichotomous association between the Met/Met genotype of the COMT Val158Met polymorphism and susceptibility to schizophrenia, conferring a higher probability of disease in men (OR = 10.76; CI 95% = 2.09–55.34; p = 0.004) than in women (OR = 0.23; CI 95% = 0.07–0.69; p =0.009). Moreover, the variance analysis showed an association of the genotypes Val/Met (COMT Val158Met) and GG (ZDHHC8 rs175174) with higher average age at onset of schizophrenia. Our study supports the hypothesis of a gender-dependent association of the COMT Val158Met polymorphism with schizophrenia, in addition to suggesting an influence of both polymorphisms studied on the age at disease onset.
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Análise do perfil do número de cópias e transcriptoma de pacientes com gliomas e em linhagens de glioblastomas tratadas com pisosterol
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-10-17) FERREIRA, Wallax Augusto Silva; OLIVEIRA, Edivaldo Herculano Corrêa de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0094007714707651
Central Nervous System Tumors (CNS) account for approximately 2% of all cancers. Although the incidence of CNS tumors is small, compared to other neoplasms, these tumors are among the most serious human malignancies because they affect the organ responsible for the coordination and integration of all organic activities. Gliomas represent approximately 80% of all intracranial tumors, typically affecting adults, with a high incidence between 40 and 65 years of age. Although numerous anti-glioma drugs have already been developed, they induce adverse reactions and their therapeutic effects are not satisfactory. The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the profile of Copy Number Variation (CNV) and gene expression of patients diagnosed with gliomas and in glioblastomas cell lines (U87-MG, U343, AHOL1 and 1321N1) treated with pisoterol. For rhe experiments done with the cell lines treated with pisoterol, we demonstrated that they were highly sensitive to pisoterol treatment. This drug reduced the number of live cells in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, we demonstrated that after 48h of exposure to pisoterol, all cell lines were blocked in G2/M. Finally, we demonstrate that the pisosterol can modulate the expression of several genes of ATM/ATR pathway, promoting apoptosis. We demonstrated on genomic scale that all the cell lines had more genes that were significantly down-regulated than up-regulated after the treatment with pisosterol. For the experiments done with the gliomas biopsies, we demonstrated that only 11 genes (TNFRSF1A, SNAPC2, CASP8, IRAK3, GPX3, FZD9, TFAP2C, CDH1, RPRM, POU4F3 and MGMT) exhibited changes in the pattern of methylation in all grades analyzed. In addition, the methylation pattern of these 11 genes had correlations with some clinicopathological characteristics, such as age, sex and histological grade. And finally, we made a molecular characterization describing the CNVs of the gliomas originating from Belém-PA.
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Avaliação de polimorfismos de genes metabolizadores de xenobióticos em pacientes com fissura labiopalatina atendidos no Estado do Pará
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013) KHAYAT, Bruna Cláudia Meireles; BURBANO, Rommel Mario Rodriguéz; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4362051219348099
Orofacial cleft palate or lip is one of the most common birth defects and several existing studies that relate to multifactorial causes malformation. Among the various environmental causes are the ethyl and maternal smoking habits, as well as the use of pesticides. The response of human embryo teratogenic agents is well known. However, it is known that different organisms metabolize differently the same chemical component, this is due to intrinsic genetic characteristics related to different enzymatic runs. Such differences can be investigated from the analysis of polymorphisms in genes related to metabolism of these xenobiotics, which may well be related to etiogênese palatine cleft lip. The objective of our study was to analyze polymorphisms in seven genes, PON1 ( rs662), PON1 ( rs854560 ), MTHFD1, CYP2E1, EPHX1, ABCB1, AHR, where a correlative analysis with environmental factors such as exposure to pesticides was performed in order to assess whether there is influence of different polymorphic variants and environmental interactions in such etiogênese of cleft Lip and Palate. The total number of samples analyzed were 166 subjects, 83 patients affected by cleft, with an average age of 7 years (SD 5 years) and 83 mothers of the same. In our samples, the males was 64 % of the total affected. A plug for the collection of epidemiological data was developed for the study, the biological material collected for analysis was blood. Statistical analysis was performed using the BioStat 5.3, SPSS 12.0 software and plink 1:07. Our result is four different analyzes for each polymorphism. Initially, we observed differences between genotypic frequencies found in affected and mothers of these populations and those of healthy individuals. This aimed to find differences among genotypes that may justify the genesis of FLP, after exposure of mothers and intrauterinamente of the children to pesticides. Secondly, we looked at whether there were differences between the affected and maternal genotypes, which could represent significant differences between these two groups of individuals (as the mothers, regardless of exposure to pesticides could have FLP if the genotype was of high importance) and which may be related to the FLP. In a third analysis, we observed that the genotypes found in individuals with FLP, are related to the reported pesticide exposure as an etiological factor of these malformations. Ultimately, we aim, through regression analysis to determine whether the genotypic characteristics of these targets of study, may have influenced the phenotype of the type of cleft, lip only be either palate or cleft lip. The distribution of types of cracks between affected was 12% only for chapped lips, only 19% to 69% palate and the cracks in our sample group reached the lip and palate.
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Estudo do papel das proteínas LYN, CKB e SRC na carcinogênese gástrica
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-04-28) MELLO, Adriano Azevedo de; BURBANO, Rommel Mario Rodriguéz; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4362051219348099
Gastric cancer (GC) is the fourth most frequent cancer type and the second ighest cause of câncer mortality worldwide. A better understanding of the biology of the progression of this neoplasia is crucial to reducing the mortality rate with the development of novel patient management and therapeutic strategies. In this study, we analyzed gastric cancer samples and found elevated expression of SRC and LYN kinase mRNA and protein but decreased levels of CKB kinase, alterations that may have a role in the invasiveness and metastasis of gastric tumors. Expression of the three studied kinases was also associated with MYC oncogene expression, a possible biomarker for gastric cancer. To understand the mechanisms that regulate the expression of these genes, we evaluated the DNA methylation patterns of the three kinases. We found that SRC and LYN hypomethylation and CKB hypermethylation were only present in neoplastic gastric samples. The loss of SRC and LYN methylation was associated with increased levels of mRNA and protein expression, suggesting that DNA methylation is involved in regulating the expression of these kinases. The frequency of hypermethylation and partial methylation of CKB was higher in the gastric cancer samples than in the non-neoplastic gastric samples; however, CKB expression was found to be only partly regulated by DNA methylation. In an analysis of the expression data, we found that alterations in the DNA methylation pattern of the three studied kinases were also associated with advanced gastric cancer, deeper tumor invasion and the presence of metastasis. Therefore, SRC, LYN and CKB expression or DNA methylation could be useful markers for predicting tumor progression and targeting in anti-cancer strategies.
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Investigação de efeitos mutagênicos em trabalhadores expostos à radiação ionizante no Brasil
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-12-18) CUNHA JUNIOR, Luiz Raimundo Campos da Silva e; BURBANO, Rommel Mario Rodriguéz; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4362051219348099
Ionizing radiation (IR) are present in most of the early diagnosis of a multitude of diseases, many cancers are included, and have the characteristic of a quick and accurate diagnosis, and often cheaper. The use of this type of energy but requires specific care protection, since the IR has a characteristic of altering the genetic material through mutations. The radiology area operators in hospitals are the class of workers who are exposed more directly and thus are targets of investigations that may assist in understanding the interaction of IR with the biological material, in addition to assisting these professionals in requirement radiological protection. We collected 73 samples of individuals working in various radiology departments in five hospitals in four different states in Brazil (São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul and Pará). The selection criteria for participation were: at least 18 years old and 2 years in the profession, not alcoholic or smoker, not taking drugs. For cytogenetic analysis were performed the comet test and micronucleus, and chromosome aberration study. This study was approved by ethics committee. All the samples were compared to individuals of the same age and gender who have not gone through any kind of radiological examination in the last 6 meses.Quando compared with the control, MN tests and AC showed a total damage, using the t test, the database and SPSS BioEstat. The comet assay showed a higher level of damage compared to controls (0.84 0,47). The average age was established and made relationship between gender and age of the participants, the more damage levels in females compared to males. Individuals aged over 45 years also showed a higher level of damage when compared with the age. A factor to be taken into consideration is that the population of Porto Alegre present a lower level of damage compared to other groups, and most likely this event due to the use of DR equipment Direct conversion. The Belo Horizonte and Ribeirão Preto equipment using CR and Belém, conventional.

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