Dissertações em Neurociências e Biologia Celular (Mestrado) - PPGNBC/ICB

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O Mestrado 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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Ação do alcaloide (+)-filantidina sobre o protozoário Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis e a célula hospedeira
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-08-14) MORAES, Lienne Silveira de; SILVA, Edilene Oliveira da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7410116802190343
Leishmaniasis is an antropozoonotic disease caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania. These parasites proliferate primarily within macrophages of mammals and are responsible for promoting a variety of clinical manifestations, such as cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL). The treatment available is chemotherapy, but is limited by toxicity and requires a long term treatment. The study of natural products from plants such as antileishmanial agent currently plays an important role in the search for new drugs for the treatment of leishmaniasis. (+)-phylantidine, is an alkaloid extracted from stem of Margaritaria nobilis of the family Phyllanthaceae. The aim of this study is evaluated the effects of (+)-phylantidine on promastigotes forms of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis and host cell. Antiproliferative activity of promastigotes forms was observed when parasites were treated with 50, 100 e 200 μg/mL of alkaloid for 96 hours, with reduction of 73.75%, 82.50% and 88.75%, respectively when compared with non-treated parasites. In the period of 96 hours it was observed an IC50 of 56.34 μg/mL. Amphotericin B was used as reference drug and reduction of 100% in parasites treated with 0.1 μg/mL was observed after 96 hours. Treatment with the alkaloid promoted important changes in promastigotes that were observed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Alterations in cell body, flagellum, kinetoplast, mitochondria, rosette formation, presence of electrodense vesicles suggestive of lipid body and increase in structures like acidocalcisssomes were observed. In the host cell no cytotoxic effect was observed in the macrophages treated with the alkaloid and analysis by scanning electron microscopy showed that the alkaloid promoted an increase in the number of cytoplasmic projections, increased cell volume and spreading. Thus, these results demonstrate that (+)-phylantidine was effective in reducing the growth of the protozoa, without citotoxy effect which may represent a promising natural alternative source for the treatment of leishmaniasis.
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Estudo da ação imunomodulatória do ácido kójico sobre as células mononucleares da medula óssea de camundongos
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-11-03) ALMEIDA, Caroline Martins; SILVA, Edilene Oliveira da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7410116802190343
Bone marrow is soft and sponge-like material found inside bones that contains hematopoietic cells responsible for development and proliferation of peripheral blood cells. The monocytes proliferation generated in the bone marrow and the differentiation of this cells in macrophages plays a key role in the immune response. In this context, the research for drugs that enhance the innate immune response is needed to restore the homeostasis and the immune response. Kojic Acid (KA) is a secondary metabolite synthesized by some species of fungi from Aspergillus genera and has several applications (food additive, cosmetics, antitumor agent and macrophage activator). Thus, the aim of this study is to evaluate the immunomodulatory effects of kojic acid (KA) in the bone marrow cells of mice. These cells were obtained by flushing femurs, and maintained in cultures treated with KA at the concentration of 100 μg/mL for 24-96 hours of culture. It was observed by optical microscopy that KA promoted increased cell adhesion, spreading ability and high number of cytoplasmatic projections and vacuoles in cytoplasm in the mononuclear cells from bone marrow treated with AK. To confirm these results, Akt signaling pathway was analyzed by western blot. KA seems to be able to activate the Akt signaling pathway that have a critical regulatory role in cellular development and differentiation. In addition, we detected by cytometer analysis, increase in the F4/80 and in the CD11b expression, and decrease in CD11c when cells were treated for 96 hours, showing that KA induce the differentiation of bone marrow cells in macrophages, but not in dendritic cells. The Analysis of the microbicidal response revealed that KA also potentiated phagocytosis and increased the production superoxide anion, But not promoted increases of nitric oxide production. Furthermore, no cytotoxic effects were observed in cells treated with KA when compared to the untreated bone marrow cells. Thus, KA acts as an immunomodulatory and is able to induce bone marrow monocyte-macrophage differentiation process.

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