Mutagenesis Toxicity
Mostrando 1-12 de 65 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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1. Preparation and characterization of non-viral gene delivery systems with pEGFP-C1 Plasmid DNA
ABSTRACT In recent years, non-viral delivery systems for plasmid DNA have become particularly important. They can overcome the disadvantages of viral systems such as insertional mutagenesis and unpredicted immunogenicity. Some additional advantages of non-viral gene delivery systems are; good stability, low cost, targetability, delivery of a high amount of g
Braz. J. Pharm. Sci.. Publicado em: 07/06/2018
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2. Pharmacology and toxicology of diphenyl diselenide in several biological models
The pharmacology of synthetic organoselenium compounds indicates that they can be used as antioxidants, enzyme inhibitors, neuroprotectors, anti-tumor and anti-infectious agents, and immunomodulators. In this review, we focus on the effects of diphenyl diselenide (DPDS) in various biological model organisms. DPDS possesses antioxidant activity, confirmed in
Publicado em: 2010
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3. Avaliação do potencial de mutagenicidade e toxidade da lectina hipoglicemiante de folha de Bauhinia monandra (pata-de-vaca)
Medicinal plants have been used since antiquity to treat various human diseases. The leaves of Bauhinia monandra are widely used in Brazil as herbal remedies in the treatment of Diabetes Mellitus. From the leaves of B. monandra was purified a galactose-specific lectin, called BmoLL, which also showed a significant hypoglycemic capacity. Following the propose
Publicado em: 2009
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4. Study of the effects of naphthalene and benzo(a) pyrene in Trachinotus carolinus (Perciformes, Carangidae) using citogenotoxic, histopahological and biochemical biomarkers. / Estudo sobre efeitos do naftaleno e benzo(a) pireno em Trachinotus carolinus (Perciformes, Carangidae) utilizando biomarcadores citogenotóxicos, histopatológicos e bioquímicos
Effects of exposure of fish to pollutants can be identified through stress responses. The present study aims to evaluate the effects of naphthalene and benzo(a)pyrene in Florida pompanos, Trachinotus carolinus. Evidences from citogenotoxical, histopathological and biochemical studies showed that alterations caused by exposures to 0.9 M, 2.7 M and 8.1 M of NA
Publicado em: 2009
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5. Antimutagenic activity of cashew apple (Anacardium occidentale Sapindales, Anacardiaceae) fresh juice and processed juice (cajuína) against methyl methanesulfonate, 4-nitroquinoline N-oxide and benzo[a]pyrene
Cashew apple juice (CAJ), produced from the native Brazilian cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale), and has been reported to have antibacterial, antifungal, antitumor, antioxidant and antimutagenic properties. Both the fresh unprocessed juice and the processed juice (cajuína in Portuguese) has been shown to consist of a complex mixture containing high concen
Genetics and Molecular Biology. Publicado em: 2008
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6. Investigation of a novel Bacillus thuringiensis toxin
The aim of the present work was to investigate the toxicity, biochemical characteristics, gene and protein contents, and the mechanism of action of toxins from the Brazilian Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strain S725. This strain has been reported as toxic against the cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis), a severe pest of cotton crops in America, which is co
Publicado em: 2006
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7. "Avaliação da atividade clastogênica do resíduo catalítico industrial, por meio do bioensaio de micronúcleos com Tradescantia pallida cv. Purpurea" / Clastogenicity evaluation of industrial catalytic waste using the Tradescantia pallida cv. Purpurea micronucleus biossay (Trad-MCN)
O objetivo deste estudo foi aumentar o banco de dados em relação a resíduos (cake) e efluentes (licor) industriais e o seu nível de clastogenicidade. Este estudo contribuiu para mostrar: a) que o bioensaio com Tradescantia pallida foi sensível para a avaliação da clastogenicidade em mistura complexa de resíduos catalíticos industriais, nunca testado
Publicado em: 2004
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8. A theoretical model of the tridimensional structure of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. medellin Cry 11Bb toxin deduced by homology modelling
Cry11Bb is an insecticidal crystal protein produced by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. medellin during its stationary phase; this ¶-endotoxin is active against dipteran insects and has great potential for mosquito borne disease control. Here, we report the first theoretical model of the tridimensional structure of a Cry11 toxin. The
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 2001-04
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9. Protease susceptibility and toxicity of heat-labile enterotoxins with a mutation in the active site or in the protease-sensitive loop.
To generate nontoxic derivatives of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin (LT), site-directed mutagenesis has been used to change either the amino acid residues located in the catalytic site (M. Pizza, M. Domenighini, W. Hol, V. Giannelli, M. R. Fontana, M. M. Giuliani, C. Magagnoli, S. Peppoloni, R. Manetti, and R. Rappuoli, Mol. Microbiol. 14:51-60, 199
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10. Construction by site-directed mutagenesis of a 39-kilodalton mosquitocidal protein similar to the larva-processed toxin of Bacillus sphaericus 2362.
After ingestion of the parasporal crystals of Bacillus sphaericus, mosquito larvae process the 42-kilodalton (kDa) toxin to a protein of 39 kDa, which has an increased toxicity (A. H. Broadwell and P. Baumann, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 53:1333-1337, 1987). A similar activation is performed by trypsin and chymotrypsin. Using site-directed mutagenesis, we have
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11. Oversynthesis of a New Escherichia coli Small RNA Suppresses Export Toxicity of DsbA′-PhoA Unfoldable Periplasmic Proteins
In Escherichia coli, the DsbA′-PhoA hybrid proteins carrying an unfoldable DsbA′ fragment can be targeted to the envelope, where they exert their toxicity. Hybrid proteins stick to the periplasmic face of the inner membrane and paralyze the export mechanism, becoming lethal if sufficiently overproduced and if not degraded by the DegP protease (A. Guiguen
American Society for Microbiology.
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12. Mutagenesis of specificity and toxicity regions of a Bacillus thuringiensis protoxin gene.
Two different 30-nucleotide regions of the cryIAc insecticidal protoxin gene from Bacillus thuringiensis were randomly mutagenized. One region was within one of seven amphipathic helices believed to be important for the formation of ion channels. There was no loss of toxicity for three test insects by any of 27 mutants, a result similar to that obtained prev