A simple rapid and reproducible procedure for transferring monoclonal antibodies into mammalian cells by electroporation is described. Two functionally different monoclonal antibodies (Mab 3F3 and Mab 2B4) specific for asparagine synthetase (EC 6.3.1.1) were used for electroporation into HeLa, HT-5, and L5178Y D10/R (L-asparaginase-resistant) cells. The conditions were optimized so that the via...

There is an urgent need to discover new antimalarials, due to the spread of chloroquine resistance and the limited number of available drugs. In the last few years, artemisinin, the endoperoxide sesquiterpene lactone derived from Artemisia annua, and its derivatives proved to be very active against Plasmodium falciparum. These compounds are characterized by an endoperoxide pharmacophore that is...

ABSTRACT Sousa APS, Ferreira HR, Fernandes Filho J. Dermatoglyphic Profile and Hand Grip Strength of the Finalists Athletes in the Brazilian Paracanoe Championship. JEPonline 2016;19(1):50-56. The aim of this study was to analyze the dermatoglyphic profile and hand grip strength of the finalists in the 2012 Brazilian Paracanoe Championship. The subjects consisted of 19 paracanoe athletes divide...

Dextrans (α-d-glucans) extracted from Leuconostoc mesenteroides, with molecular weights (MW) of 10 (D10), 40 (D40) and 147 (D147) kDa, were evaluated as antioxidant, anticoagulant and immunomodulatory drugs for the first time. None presented anticoagulant activity. As for the antioxidant and immunomodulatory tests, a specific test showed an increase in the dextran activity that was proportional...

In this study, the flanking sequence of an inserted fragment conferring glyphosate tolerance on transgenic cotton line BG2-7 was analyzed by thermal asymmetric interlaced polymerase chain reaction (TAIL-PCR) and standard PCR. The results showed apparent insertion of the exogenous gene into chromosome D10 of the Gossypium hirsutum L. genome, as the left and right borders of the inserted fragment...

Whilst BCG inhibits allergic airway responses in murine models, IL-18 has adversary effects depending on its environment. We therefore constructed a BCG strain producing murine IL-18 (BCG-IL-18) and evaluated its efficiency to prevent an asthma-like reaction in mice. BALB/cByJ mice were sensitized (day (D) 1 and D10) by intraperitoneal injection of ovalbumin (OVA)-alum and primary (D20-22) and ...

Abstract INTRODUCTION In patients treated with radiation (RT), doses to hippocampus influence neurocognitive outcomes. However, the role of hippocampal subvolumes in memory functioning has not been reported, which prompted current study. METHODS Adults ( > 18 years) pituitary tumors fractionated RT (45 Gy/ 25 fractions/ 5 weeks) were accrued prospective Hippocampus was delineated on T1-w...

An actinomycete strain, Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. ossamyceticus (strain D10) was isolated from Thar Desert soil, Rajasthan during the year 2006 and found to produce a yellow color pigment with antibiotic activity. Crude pigment was produced from strain D10 by solid state fermentation using wheat bran medium followed by extraction with ethyl acetate. The antimicrobial activity of the cru...

Neuromedin U (NmU), originally isolated from porcine spinal cord and later from other species, is a novel peptide that potently contracts smooth muscle. NmU interacts with two G protein-coupled receptors designated as NmU-1R and NmU-2R. This study demonstrates a potential proinflammatory role for NmU. In a mouse Th2 cell line (D10.G4.1), a single class of high affinity saturable binding sites f...