Teses em Biologia de Agentes Infecciosos e Parasitários (Doutorado) - PPGBAIP/ICB
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O Doutorado em Biologia de Agentes Infecciosos e Parasitários teve início em 2005 e funciona no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia de Agentes Infecciosos e Parasitários (PPGBAIP) do Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB) da Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA).
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Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Caracterização genética, correlação antigênica e ecoepidemiológica dos vírus do grupo C (Bunyaviridae, orthobunyavirus) isolados nas américas(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2005-02-28) NUNES, Márcio Roberto Teixeira; ROSA, Amélia Paes de Andrade Travassos da; VASCONCELOS, Pedro Fernando da Costa; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0973550817356564To date, no molecular studies on group C viruses (Bunyaviridae: Orthobunyavirus) have been published. The current work determined the complete small RNA segment and partial medium RNA segment nucleotide sequences for group C members. The full-length SRNA sequences ranged from 915 to 926 nucleotides in length, and revealed similar organization in comparison with other orthobunyaviruses. Based on the 705 nt of the N gene, group C members were distributed into 3 major phylogenetic groups, with the exception of Madrid virus that was placed outside of these 3 groups. Analysis of the Caraparu virus strain BeH 5546 revealed that it has an SRNA sequence nearly identical to that of Oriboca virus and is a natural reassortant virus. In addition, analysis of 345 nucleotides of the Gn gene for seven group C viruses and for strain BeH 5546 revealed a different phylogenetic topology, suggesting a reassortment pattern among them. These findings represent the first evidence for natural reassortment among the group C viruses, which include several human pathogens. Furthermore, our genetic data corroborate previous antigenic relationships determined using serologic assays (complement fixation, hemagglutination inhibition and neutralization tests), and suggest that a combination of informative molecular, serological and ecological data is a helpful tool to understand the molecular epidemiology of orthobunyavirus.Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Diversidade de helmintos de Ageneiosus ucayalensis Castelnau 1855 (Pisces siluriformes) da foz do Rio Guamá e Baia do Guajará, Belém, Pará(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2010-05-10) GIESE, Elane Guerreiro; SANTOS, Jeannie Nascimento dos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4543897195525368; VALLINOTO, Antonio Carlos Rosário; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3099765198910740Descriptive taxonomy studies of fish parasites in the Amazon Region are relevant, considering the great biodiversity of known hosts. The aim of this was to analyze parasites found in Ageneiosus ucayalensis, describing new helminthes species, redescribing species and finding new hosts for species of known helminthes, using Light Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy and Molecular Biology. A. ucayalensis, a fresh water siluriform from South America, is poorly studied, despite its importance in the trophic chain of fresh water environment and the great value in the regular diet of Amazonian populations. Those hosts inhabit the base level of Guamá river and Guajará Bay being parasited by helminthes of Phyla Plathyhemintes, Acanthocephala and Nematoda, which are described for the first time. In this study two new species of Nematoda were described, Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) belenensis and Cucullanus ageneiosus; new host and new occurrence were described for Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) rarus; moreover, we described larval forms of nematoda of Families Anisakidae (Anisakis sp.), Cystidicolidae (Pseudoproleptus sp.) and Cucullanidae (Cucullanus sp.) parasiting A. ucayalensis. Parasites of phylum Plathyhelmintes, Class Cestoda, represented by metacestodes and adults of family Proteocephalidae were also described, as well as class Monogenea, represented by helminthes of family Dactylogiridae, subfamily Ancyrocephalinae and phylum Acanthocephala by specimens of Neoechinorhynchidae, family (Genus Neoechinorhynchus). We believe that the present study contributes with important data to parasite biodiversity from Amazon Region.Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Estudo da ação da crotoxina sobre o perfil de ativação de macrófagos peritoneais infectados com Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-04-12) FARIAS, Luis Henrique Seabra de; SILVA, Edilene Oliveira da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7410116802190343American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) is a parasitic disease widely spread in most countries of Latin America, and caused by different species of the genus Leishmania. This protozoan is an obligate intracellular parasite that developed mechanisms to subvert the microbicidal activity of macrophages, such as inhibition of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) production. The chemotherapy is one of the most effective treatments for this disease, although the antileishmanial drugs available are in general toxic, expensive and require long-term treatment. Thus, the development of new natural products to treat leishmaniasis has become a priority. Ophidian toxins are natural sources of bioactive products with therapeutic properties already described. Therefore, we considered analyze the activity of crotoxin (CTX), a dimeric protein and the main neurotoxic component of Crotalus durissus terrificus snake venom, against promastigotes of Leishmania (L.) amazonensis and macrophages. The toxin significantly decreasing of 32,5% on the growth of promastigotes at 1,2μg/mL and 24,9% at 4,8μg/mL after 96 hours of treatment (IC50= 22,86μg/mL). The colorimetric assay (MTT) showed that this compound presented no cytotoxic effects against macrophages. Interestingly, CTX treated macrophages presented a significant higher capacity to metabolize the MTT substrate (mean= 59,78% ±3,31, higher) when compared with untreated control. It was observed that treated macrophages presented intense production of ROS (mean= 35,95% ±2,76, higher) when compared with untreated cells. Treated macrophages presented increased phagocytic activity and were capable to eliminate intracellular parasites. Besides that, these cells had it NO and pro-inflammatory cytokines production increased and morphological alteration that characterizes the M1 cellular activation profile. That activation culminates with the parasite elimination throughout host response, reverting the anergic action promoted by L. amazonensis, thereby leading to a good disease prognostic, evidencing that this compound could be a promising antileishmanial agent.