Toxicidade para lagartas de Phthorimaea operculella (Zell.) dos aleloquímicos 2-tridecanona e 2-undecanona presentes em tomateiro (Lycopersicon spp.)

This research deals with the toxicity of 2-tridecanone and 2-undecanone allelochemicals, present in the grandular trichomes of Lycopersicon spp., to Phthorimaea operculella (Zell.). The toxicity of the exsudates of L. hirsutum f. glabratum PI 134117 (LD50), of the 2-tridecanone (lethal dose: LD50and lethal concentration: LC50) and 2-undecanone (LC50) to first instar larvae of this pest were determined. The LD50value was 5.54 glands and 775.53 ng per larvae, respectively. With respect to the lethal concentration, the 2-tridecanone was more toxic than the 2-undecanone. The toxicity (CL50) of the 2-tridecanone increased with the elevation of the temperature from 27 to 32°C, but decreased with the 2-undecanone. It was concluded that these compounds can have great importance in the resistance of the tomato plant to this pest.Avaliou-se a toxicidade para Phthorimaea operculella (Zell.) dos aleloquímicos 2-trídecanona e 2-undecanona, presentes nos exsudatos glandulares dos tricomas de Lycopersicon spp. Determinou-se a toxicidade dos exsudatos de L. hirsutum f. glabratum PI134417 (DL50), do 2-tridecanona (dose letal: DL50 e concentração letal: CL50) e do 2-undecanona (CL50) para lagartas de primeiro ínstar desse inseto. A DL50 foi de 5,54 glândulas e 775,53 ng por lagarta, respectivamente. Em relação à concentração letal, o 2-tridecanona foi mais tóxico do que o 2-undecanona. A toxicidade (CL50) do 2-tridecanona aumentou com a elevação da temperatura de 27 para 32°C e para o 2-undecanona ocorreu o inverso. Concluiu-se que estes compostos podem ter grande importância na resistência do tomateiro para esta praga

Defective HNF4alpha-dependent gene expression as a driver of hepatocellular failure in alcoholic hepatitis

Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a life-threatening condition characterized by profound hepatocellular dysfunction for which targeted treatments are urgently needed. Identification of molecular drivers is hampered by the lack of suitable animal models. By performing RNA sequencing in livers from patients with different phenotypes of alcohol-related liver disease (ALD), we show that development of AH is characterized by defective activity of liver-enriched transcription factors (LETFs). TGFβ1 is a key upstream transcriptome regulator in AH and induces the use of HNF4α P2 promoter in hepatocytes, which results in defective metabolic and synthetic functions. Gene polymorphisms in LETFs including HNF4α are not associated with the development of AH. In contrast, epigenetic studies show that AH livers have profound changes in DNA methylation state and chromatin remodeling, affecting HNF4α-dependent gene expression. We conclude that targeting TGFβ1 and epigenetic drivers that modulate HNF4α-dependent gene expression could be beneficial to improve hepatocellular function in patients with AH

Search for the associated production of the Higgs boson with a top-quark pair

A search for the standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a top-quark pair t t ¯ H (tt¯H) is presented, using data samples corresponding to integrated luminosities of up to 5.1 fb −1 and 19.7 fb −1 collected in pp collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 TeV and 8 TeV respectively. The search is based on the following signatures of the Higgs boson decay: H → hadrons, H → photons, and H → leptons. The results are characterized by an observed t t ¯ H tt¯H signal strength relative to the standard model cross section, μ = σ/σ SM ,under the assumption that the Higgs boson decays as expected in the standard model. The best fit value is μ = 2.8 ± 1.0 for a Higgs boson mass of 125.6 GeV