RESUMO
High-erucic acid (HEA) Brassica napus cultivars are regaining interest in industrial contexts. Erucic acid and its derivatives are important renewable raw materials utilized in the manufacture of plastic films, in the synthesis of Nylon 13,13, and in the lubricant and emollient industries. Theoretically, the highest level of erucic acid that can be achieved by means of classical breeding is 66 mol%; however, using new approaches on the basis of genetic engineering, it might be possible to develop a B. napus cultivar containing levels of erucic acid significantly above 66 mol% (>80 mol%). In an attempt to increase the amounts of very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs), and erucic acid in particular, in Canadian HEA B. napus cultivars, we have focused on two targets using a transgenic approach. We examined both the role/function of the Arabidopsis thaliana FAE1 (fatty acid elongase) gene by expressing it under the control of the seed-specific napin promoter in B. napus germplasm with analysis of the changes in VLCFA content in the seed oil of transgenic lines, and the performance of the yeast SLC1-1 (sphingolipid compensation mutant) in B. napus cv. Hero transgenic progeny in the field. Here, we report analyses of the contents of 22:1, total VLCFAand oil in the seed oil, as well as seed yield of the field-grown FAE1 and SLC1-1 B. napus cv. Hero progeny.
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Acetiltransferases/genética , Arabidopsis/genética , Brassica/química , Brassica/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Colágeno/genética , Ácidos Erúcicos/análise , Ácidos Graxos/análise , Óleos de Plantas/química , Plantas Geneticamente Modificadas/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Arabidopsis/enzimologia , Elongases de Ácidos Graxos , Engenharia Genética/métodos , Plantas Geneticamente Modificadas/química , Complexo de Endopeptidases do Proteassoma , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzimologia , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiaeRESUMO
Sarcoidosis is a disease which in 90-100% affects the thorax and other organs in 20-50%. Although a systemic disease, its pathohistologic verification concurrently performed in different organs is most interesting. A case of a patient with sarcoidosis and pathohistologic examination of bioptic material revealing sarcoid granuloma in mediastinal glands, liver and parotid gland is reported together with clinically evident eye and central nervous system involvement.
