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Floriano P Silva-Junior Herbert L M Guedes Laura C Garvey Aniesse S Aguiar Saulo C Bourguignon Enrico Di Cera Salvatore Giovanni-De-Simone 《Toxicon》2007,50(1):18-31
BJ-48, a serine protease from the venom of Bothrops jararacussu, was purified to homogeneity using affinity chromatography on p-aminobenzamidine-agarose followed by HPLC gel filtration. BJ-48 presented 52kDa by SDS-PAGE analysis and 48,036Da by electron spray mass spectrometry. The enzyme was shown to be highly glycosylated with 42% of N-linked carbohydrates composed of Fuc(1):GalN(4):GlcN(5):Gal(1):Man(2) and a high content of sialic acid residues (8-12%). BJ-48 had optimal esterase activity at pH 7.5 and displayed maximum catalytic rate at 50 degrees C. Its hydrolytic activity was strongly inhibited by aprotinin and dithiothreitol while N-tosyl-l-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone, 6-aminocaproic acid, E-64 and soybean trypsin inhibitor (SBTI) were ineffective. The kinetics of BJ-48 with chromogenic substrates revealed an unprecedented selectivity (10(4)-fold) for Arg over Lys in P1. BJ-48 proved to be a thrombin-like enzyme (TLE) with a specific fibrinogen-clotting activity of 73.4NIH units/mg. The TLE rapidly digested human fibrinogen Bbeta chain, but the Aalpha chain was cleaved specifically to release fibrinopeptide A with k(cat)/K(m)=2.1muM(-1)s(-1). The TLE showed no activity toward other thrombin substrates like protein C, protease-activated receptor-1 or inhibitors such as hirudin and antithrombin. A non-denaturing procedure using PNGase F and neuraminidase followed by hydrophobic interaction chromatography was employed to obtain active BJ-48 forms with variable carbohydrate content. Compared to the native enzyme, total or partially deglycosylated BJ-48 forms presented up to 2-fold reduction in their specific activities upon heating at 55/65 degrees C or treatment with SBTI. These results point out a role for BJ-48 glycosylation in thermostability and controlling the access of some canonical protein inhibitors to the active site. 相似文献
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Ana Célia Faria Savio Nogueira da Silva-Junior Luis Vicente Garcia Antonio Carlos dos Santos Maria Regina França Fernandes Francisco Veríssimo de Mello-Filho 《Sleep & breathing》2013,17(1):395-401
Introduction
Maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) has been reported to be the most effective surgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Most reports about MMA aim to confirm the efficiency of this treatment modality, but few describe the anatomical changes produced in the pharynx by the surgery. Thus, the objective of the present investigation was to quantify the anatomical changes of the pharynx that occur in patients with OSA after MMA surgery using magnetic resonance (MR).Methods
Twenty patients with a polysomnographic diagnosis of OSA participated in the study. All patients were submitted to image acquisition by MR performed during wakefulness. Polysomnography and MR were performed preoperatively and 6 months after MMA. Volume analysis (in cubic millimeters) was performed as the sum of the areas multiplied by their thickness, with no intervals between sections. The pharyngeal air space of the region between the hard palate and the base of the epiglottis was divided into a retropalatal (RP) region and a retrolingual (RL) region.Results
Postoperative MR showed a mean volumetric increase of 26.72 % in the RP region and of 27.2 % in the RL region.Discussion
MMA increases the air space of the pharynx by expanding the facial skeletal structure to which the soft tissues of the pharynx and tongue are fixed, with a consequent reduction of collapsibility in the presence of negative pressure during inspiration. This reduced possibility of pharyngeal collapse may contribute to the reduction of obstructive events. 相似文献3.
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Juliana F.Vasques Renata Guedes de Jesus Gonçalves Almir Jordão da Silva-Junior Robertta Silva Martins Fernanda Gubert Rosalia Mendez-Otero 《中国神经再生研究》2023,18(1):81-86
Gangliosides, sialic acid-containing sphingolipids, are major constituents of neuronal membranes. According to the number of sialic acids and the structure of the oligosaccharide chain, gangliosides can be classified as simple or complex and grouped in different ganglio-series. Hundreds of gangliosides have been identified in vertebrate cells, with different expression patterns during development and related to several physiological processes, especially in the nervous system. While GD3 and its ... 相似文献
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This communication aimed to analyze the profile variation of disability benefits
due to mental disorders. Secondary data published by Brazilian Social Security
between 2008 and 2011 were evaluated. Mean annual variation rates over the
period were calculated for the economically active population, as were the
number insured, paid out overall sickness benefits and for mental and behavioral
disorders. Mental disorders are the third most common reason for disability
benefits. There was an average annual increase of 0.3% in new benefit claims,
with a 2.5% fall in mean annual incidence. Work-related disease was identified
in 6.2% of cases, most of it due to mood disorders. The government should use
the data from the Social Security Institute to support a debate of public
policies regarding mental health. 相似文献
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J. S. Brito-Lima L. C. B. Gusmão A. J. C. Ramalho A. C. Alves-Filho J. S. Cavalcanti G. O. Silva-Junior 《Hernia》2009,13(5):533-538
Background
The aim of this study was to assess the growth rate of the inguinal region in Brazilian fetuses, irrespective of the knowledge of ethnic genetic background. 相似文献7.
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Geraldo de Oliveira Silva-Junior Thiago da Silva Torres Leonardo de Souza Mendonca Carlos Alberto Mandarim-de-Lacerda 《Experimental and toxicologic pathology》2011,63(1-2):1-7
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) agonists have been shown controlling blood pressure (BP) in spontaneously hypertensive rats and salt-sensitive hypertensive rats. The present study aims to test the hypothesis that PPAR-gamma agonist rosiglitazone has beneficial effects on cardiac and vascular adverse remodeling in a model of renovascular hypertension (two-kidneys–one-clip, 2K1C model). Wistar rats were divided into four groups (n=6): SHAM group, 2K1C, 2K1C+HYD (treated with hydralazine for 5 weeks) and 2K1C+ROSI (treated with rosiglitazone for 5 weeks). The left ventricle (LV), thoracic aorta (Ao) and common carotid artery (CCA) were analyzed. The BP did not show significant difference at the end of the experiment in groups 2K1C+ROSI, 2K1C+HYD and SHAM. The LV mass was smaller in 2K1C+ROSI compared with the other groups. The intima-media thickness was smaller in 2K1C+ROSI compared with untreated 2K1C ones, but not in 2K1C+HYD; 2K1C and 2K1C+HYD showed smaller Ao and CCA density of smooth muscle cell nuclei, and smaller surface density of the elastic lamellae than SHAM. The Ao and CCA circumferential wall tension and tensile stress were greater in 2K1C than in SHAM. Hypertrophied cardiomyocytes were seen in 2K1C, but not in 2K1C+ROSI and SHAM; 2K1C+ROSI had enhanced volume and length densities of intramyocardial arteries than 2K1C. The volume density of cardiac interstitium was greater in 2K1C and 2K1C+HYD than in SHAM. In conclusion, PPAR-gamma agonist rosiglitazone has beneficial effects controlling BP, reducing vascular adverse remodeling, and preserving intramyocardial vascularization in renovascular hypertensive rats (2K1C model). 相似文献
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Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti Deborah Nunes de Melo Braga Lívia Maria Alexandre da Silva Marina Gondim Aguiar Mariana Castiglioni José Udevanier Silva-Junior Fernanda Montenegro de Carvalho Araújo Renata Allana da Costa Pereira Danielle Lima Malta Margarida Maria de Lima Pompeu 《The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene》2016,94(1):187-192
Dengue remains a problem in Brazil, and a substantial number of cases that progress to death are not diagnosed by health services. We evaluated the impact of a protocol adopted by the Coroner''s Office Rocha Furtado (CO-RF) for the detection of unreported deaths from dengue in Brazil. We evaluated prospectively cases of deaths referred to the CO-RF with suspicion of dengue and those referred with other diagnosis in which the pathologists suspected dengue as the cause of death. Biological material was collected from all bodies autopsied, for which the suspected cause of death was dengue, between January 2011 and December 2012. Of the 214 bodies autopsied, 134 (62.6%) tested positive for dengue; of these cases, 121 were classified as dengue according to the World Health Organization''s case definition (1997 or 2009, as appropriate). Thus, CO-RF detected 90 deaths from dengue, which were not suspected during disease progression. This CO-RF protocol, through a combined effort of the surveillance and laboratory teams, increased the detection of fatal dengue cases by 5-fold. This is the largest series of autopsies performed in cases of death related to dengue in the world to date. 相似文献
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Aline de Sousa Barbosa Freitas Pereira Maria Laura de Souza Lima Arnobio Antonio da Silva-Junior Emanuell dos Santos Silva Raimundo Fernandes de Araújo Júnior Agnes Andrade Martins Jovelina Samara Ferreira Alves Artur de Santana Oliveira Leandro De Santis Ferreira Emily Cintia Tossi de Araújo Costa Gerlane Coelho Bernardo Guerra Caroline Addison Carvalho Xavier de Medeiros Gerly A. C. Brito Renata Ferreira de Carvalho Leitao Aurigena Antunes de Araújo 《Pharmaceutical biology》2021,59(1):1574
ContextMetformin is an important oral anti-hyperglycemic used in diabetes. Polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) has been widely used due to its reliability in controlling the release of drugs.ObjectiveThis study evaluates the in vitro-in vivo availability of metformin hydrochloride-loaded polylactic-co-glycolic acid.Material and methodsIn vitro metformin release (Met-free or PLGA + Met-12.5 mg/mL per 360 min) was evaluated using static Franz vertical diffusion cells. The in vivo study was performed with two control groups (validation bioanalytical method) and two experimental groups of diabetic male Wistar rats treated with PLGA + Met 10 mg/kg or Met 100 mg/kg by oral gavage. Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin (40 mg/kg) through the penile vein. Blood samples were collected 0.5, 1, 4, 7, 10, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 72 h and analysed by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS).ResultsPLGA + Met 10 mg/kg was released in the in vitro assay suggesting a parabolic diffusion kinetic model (K −0.0619−0.5h) with a 100% release profile in 10 h by controlled diffusion. The in vivo assay showed the apparent volume of distribution Vz/F (PLGA + Met 10 mg/kg, 40971.8 mL/kg vs. Met 100 mg/kg, 2174.58 mL/kg) and mean residence time MRTinf (PLGA + Met 10 mg/kg, 37.66 h vs. Met 100 mg/kg, 3.34 h).Discussion and ConclusionsThe formulation modifies pharmacokinetics parameters such as apparent distribution volume and mean residence time. The PLGA + Met 10 mg/kg had a slower elimination rate compared to Met 100 mg/kg in diabetic rats in a periodontal disease experimental model. 相似文献