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Biotechnol Lett ; 42(5): 833-843, 2020 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32026287

RESUMO

Metal nanoparticles are a promising approach for the development of new antimicrobial systems. Silver nanoparticles (AgNP) have a significant antibacterial activity through bacterial surface adsorption and oxidative stress induction, as indicated by recent observations. This research aimed to use endophytic fungi from the genus Trichoderma spp. isolated from the Bertholletia excelsa (Brazil-nut) seeds and the soil to biosynthesize AgNPs and also test their antibacterial activity. The use of these fungi for this purpose not only valorizes the Amazon biodiversity but it also uses cleaner and cheaper processes, being part of the Green Chemistry concept. The particles were analyzed through Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy and ZetaSizer and the band of absorption at 420 nm was analyzed through Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance. After characterization, the AgNP were tested for antibacterial activity against several bacterial strains, when it was observed that their antibacterial activity was superior in Gram-negative bacteria.


Assuntos
Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Nanopartículas Metálicas/química , Prata/farmacologia , Trichoderma/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Antibacterianos/química , Bertholletia/microbiologia , Biodiversidade , Brasil , Bactérias Gram-Negativas/efeitos dos fármacos , Química Verde , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Prata/química , Microbiologia do Solo , Ressonância de Plasmônio de Superfície , Trichoderma/metabolismo
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PLoS One ; 9(1): e85712, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24465659

RESUMO

This study aims to assess the oxidative stress in leprosy patients under multidrug therapy (MDT; dapsone, clofazimine and rifampicin), evaluating the nitric oxide (NO) concentration, catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities, glutathione (GSH) levels, total antioxidant capacity, lipid peroxidation, and methemoglobin formation. For this, we analyzed 23 leprosy patients and 20 healthy individuals from the Amazon region, Brazil, aged between 20 and 45 years. Blood sampling enabled the evaluation of leprosy patients prior to starting multidrug therapy (called MDT 0) and until the third month of multidrug therapy (MDT 3). With regard to dapsone (DDS) plasma levels, we showed that there was no statistical difference in drug plasma levels between multibacillary (0.518±0.029 µg/mL) and paucibacillary (0.662±0.123 µg/mL) patients. The methemoglobin levels and numbers of Heinz bodies were significantly enhanced after the third MDT-supervised dose, but this treatment did not significantly change the lipid peroxidation and NO levels in these leprosy patients. In addition, CAT activity was significantly reduced in MDT-treated leprosy patients, while GSH content was increased in these patients. However, SOD and Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity levels were similar in patients with and without treatment. These data suggest that MDT can reduce the activity of some antioxidant enzyme and influence ROS accumulation, which may induce hematological changes, such as methemoglobinemia in patients with leprosy. We also explored some redox mechanisms associated with DDS and its main oxidative metabolite DDS-NHOH and we explored the possible binding of DDS to the active site of CYP2C19 with the aid of molecular modeling software.


Assuntos
Clofazimina/uso terapêutico , Dapsona/uso terapêutico , Hanseníase/tratamento farmacológico , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacos , Rifampina/uso terapêutico , Adulto , Análise de Variância , Catalase/sangue , Citocromo P-450 CYP2C19/metabolismo , Dapsona/sangue , Dapsona/metabolismo , Quimioterapia Combinada , Feminino , Glutationa/sangue , Corpos de Heinz/efeitos dos fármacos , Corpos de Heinz/metabolismo , Humanos , Hansenostáticos/uso terapêutico , Hanseníase/sangue , Masculino , Metemoglobina/metabolismo , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Oxirredução , Ligação Proteica , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/sangue , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do Tratamento , Adulto Jovem
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Eur J Neurosci ; 32(3): 509-19, 2010 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20704596

RESUMO

Environmental and age-related effects on learning and memory were analysed and compared with changes observed in astrocyte laminar distribution in the dentate gyrus. Aged (20 months) and young (6 months) adult female albino Swiss mice were housed from weaning either in impoverished conditions or in enriched conditions, and tested for episodic-like and water maze spatial memories. After these behavioral tests, brain hippocampal sections were immunolabeled for glial fibrillary acid protein to identify astrocytes. The effects of environmental enrichment on episodic-like memory were not dependent on age, and may protect water maze spatial learning and memory from declines induced by aging or impoverished environment. In the dentate gyrus, the number of astrocytes increased with both aging and enriched environment in the molecular layer, increased only with aging in the polymorphic layer, and was unchanged in the granular layer. We suggest that long-term experience-induced glial plasticity by enriched environment may represent at least part of the circuitry groundwork for improvements in behavioral performance in the aged mice brain.


Assuntos
Envelhecimento/fisiologia , Astrócitos/fisiologia , Giro Denteado/fisiologia , Meio Ambiente , Aprendizagem em Labirinto/fisiologia , Reconhecimento Psicológico/fisiologia , Análise de Variância , Animais , Feminino , Camundongos , Neurônios/fisiologia
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