COPPER FRACTIONATION IN PROTEINS FROM PLASMA, MUSCLE AND LIVER OF NILE TILAPIA

COPPER FRACTIONATION IN PROTEINS FROM PLASMA, MUSCLE AND LIVER OF NILE TILAPIA. Copper fractionation in plasma, muscle and liver of Nile tilapia was performed after protein separation by 2D-PAGE. SR XRF analysis indicated the presence of copper in three protein spots of plasma, and in two protein spots of muscle and liver, respectively. Copper ions were found to be distributed mostly in proteins that had a molar mass of less than 54 kDa and greater than 13 kat and a pI in the 5.3-9.3 range. The copper concentration bound to these proteins was determined by GFAAS which showed concentrations in the 1.20-4.82 mg g(-1) range.35349349

Levels of copper in Nile tilapia from Brazil

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)The purpose of this work was to determine the concentration of copper in samples of farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) fillets purchased in the city of Botucatu (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and in fillet and liver samples of Tilapia fed diets supplemented with different concentrations of Cu from the Laboratory of Aquatic Organism Nutrition/FMVZ-UNESP (Botucatu, Brazil). The fillet samples were prepared by lyophilisation and cryogenic grinding into particles smaller than 60 mm, and copper was extracted ultrasonically using 0.10 mol l(-1) HCl as extraction solution. Copper determination was performed by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS) with optimised temperatures of drying, pyrolysis, atomisation and cleaning. Palladium nitrate was injected into the samples as a chemical modifier and tungsten as a permanent modifier. Copper concentrations of 0.70-1.60mg kg(-1) were found, which are in line with Brazilian regulations. The accuracy and precision of the copper concentrations determined in this study were evaluated using certified standard Lake Michigan fish tissue (NIST SRM 1947)44238243Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)FAPESP [03/13362-6, 07/59778-0]CNPq [301123/2005-5

Metallomic study on plasma samples from Nile tilapia using SR-XRF and GFAAS after separation by 2D PAGE: initial results

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)An investigation was made on plasma samples obtained after protein separation. The proteome of the plasma of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was separated by 2D PAGE, and manganese and zinc in protein spots was qualitatively and quantitatively determined by synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence (SR-XRF) and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS). Manganese and zinc are present in four and six plasma protein spots, respectively. These ions are bound to proteins with molecular weights ranging from 19 to 70 kDa and with isoelectric point (pI) ranging from 4.7 to 6.3. The concentrations of manganese and zinc bound to these proteins as determined by GFAAS following acid digestion of the spots range from 0.8 to 2.6 mg of manganese, and from 1.0 to 6.3 mg of zinc, respectively, per g of protein.173416714349Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)FAPESP [03/13362-6, 07/59778-0, 08/55903-7]CNPq [301123/2005-5

Distúrbios de leitura e escrita em portadora do vírus da imunodeficiência humana: estudo de caso Reading and writing disorders in a patient with the human immunodeficiency virus: a case study

Este artigo tem por objetivo descrever o caso de uma criança soropositiva para o para o vírus da imunodeficiência humana com distúrbios de leitura e escrita, analisando as estratégias mais funcionais e os resultados obtidos nas avaliações pré e pós-terapia fonoaudiológica. Foi aplicado um programa terapêutico fonoaudiológico fechado (15 sessões), com duração de 50 minutos, semanalmente, em uma criança do sexo feminino com 11 anos de idade, paciente do Laboratório de Investigação Fonoaudiológica em Leitura e Escrita. Foram utilizadas estratégias variadas enfocando as áreas de processamento auditivo, consciência fonológica e fonêmica, leitura e escrita. Ao início e término do referido programa, foram realizadas avaliações de linguagem escrita e exames audiológicos. Após as 15 sessões, verificou-se melhora tanto na decodificação de palavras e produção escrita de pequenos textos (adequados do ponto de vista da competência genérica) como no processamento da informação auditiva. As estratégias mais motivadoras foram: atividades com poemas infantis, atividades no computador, palavras cruzadas, caça-palavras e jogo de histórias escritas para complementação. No caso em questão, trabalhar com estratégias dentro do foco de interesse da criança e balancear o novo com o desconhecido contribuíram para o sucesso funcional do processo terapêutico em leitura e escrita. A avaliação audiológica (comportamental, eletroacústica e eletrofisiológica), antes e após um programa terapêutico fechado, é importante, pois é fundamental para monitorar a evolução terapêutica, bem como para avaliar a relevância desse programa.<br>This paper had the aim to describe the case of a human immunodeficiency virus-positive child with reading and writing disorders, analyzing the functional strategies and the results obtained in the pre and post speech-language therapy evaluations. A weekly closed speech-language therapeutic program (of 15 sessions), lasting 50 minutes each, was carried out with an 11 year-old female patient of the Speech and Hearing Investigation Laboratory in Reading and Writing. Different strategies focusing on auditory processing, phonological and phonemic awareness, reading and writing were used. Writing evaluations and audiological exams were performed at the beginning and the end of the aforementioned program. After the 15 sessions, an improvement was observed in words decoding and written production of small texts (adequate from the generic competence point of view), as well as in auditory information processing. The most motivating strategies were: activities with child poems, computer activities, crosswords, word search, and game of written stories for complementing. In this specific case, working with strategies that were interesting for the child and balancing the new with the unknown contributed to the functional success of the therapeutic process in reading and writing. The audiological assessment is important before and after a closed therapeutic program as it is crucial to both monitor the therapeutic evolution and to evaluate the relevance of this program