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J Chem Ecol ; 40(8): 940-52, 2014 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25172314

RESUMO

Understanding allelopathy has been hindered by the lack of methods available to monitor the dynamics of allelochemicals in the soil. Previous work has demonstrated the feasibility of using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microtubing (silicone tubing microextraction, or STME) to construct sampling devices to monitor the release of lipophilic allelochemicals from plant roots. The objective of this study was to use such sampling devices to intensively monitor thiophene fluxes beneath marigolds over several weeks to gain insight into the magnitude of temporal and spatial heterogeneity in these fluxes. Marigolds were grown in rhizoboxes (20.5 x 20.5 x 3.0 cm) with 16 individual STME samplers per box. Thiophene sampling and HPLC analysis began 45 days after planting. At the end of the study, roots around each sampler were analyzed by HPLC. Results confirmed the tremendous spatial and temporal heterogeneity in thiophene production seen in our previous studies. STME probes show that thiophene concentrations generally increase over time; however, these effects were sampling-port specific. When sampling ports were monitored at 12 h intervals, fluxes at each port ranged from 0 to 2,510 ng day(-1). Fluxes measured over daylight hr averaged 29 % higher than those measured overnight. Fluxes were less than 1 % on average of the total thiophene content of surrounding roots. While the importance of such heterogeneity, or "patchiness", in the root zone has been recognized for soil nutrients, the potential importance in allelopathic interactions has seldom been considered. The reasons for this variability are unclear, but are being investigated. Our results demonstrate that STME can be used as a tool to provide a more finely-resolved picture of allelochemical dynamics in the root zone than has previously been available.


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Alelopatia , Raízes de Plantas/metabolismo , Solo/química , Tagetes/metabolismo , Tiofenos/metabolismo , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Microextração em Fase Sólida , Fatores de Tempo
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Bioanalysis ; 4(10): 1175-83, 2012 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22651561

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BACKGROUND: Urinary metabolomic profiles have recently drawn a lot of attention owing to a debate regarding their possible role as potential clinical markers for prostate cancer. In this study, levels of proline, kynurenine, uracil and glycerol-3-phosphate in 126 patients with genitourinary malignancies were analyzed using a validated method and compared with no evidence of malignancy. RESULTS: The statistical results showed that these biomarkers cannot differentiate prostate cancer from no evidence of malignancy or from other related cancer types, such as bladder cancer. In addition, there was no significant difference in biomarker levels for T1 stages, T2 stages and Gleason scores <7, ≥7. From the correlation study, results showed/demonstrated that age or serum prostate-specific antigen levels do not influence these metabolite concentrations in urine. However, the strong correlation between these metabolites and urinary creatinine concentrations implies that their occurrence is mainly due to renal excretion. CONCLUSION: This detailed study shows that the aforementioned urinary metabolites are not reliable biomarkers for prostate cancer detection or for differentiating the aggressiveness of prostate cancer.


Assuntos
Biomarcadores Tumorais/urina , Neoplasias da Próstata/diagnóstico , Neoplasias da Próstata/urina , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Creatinina/urina , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Glicerofosfatos/urina , Humanos , Cinurenina/urina , Masculino , Metabolômica , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Gradação de Tumores , Prolina/urina , Antígeno Prostático Específico/urina , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , Uracila/urina , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/diagnóstico , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/urina
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