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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.87.2016.tde-23112015-191124
Document
Author
Full name
Larissa Vilela Nascimento
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2015
Supervisor
Committee
Leite, Luciana Cezar de Cerqueira (President)
Hirata, Mario Hiroyuki
Maldonado, Gabriel Padilla
Title in Portuguese
Estudo comparativo de promotores de micobactérias utilizando GFP como gene repórter para o desenvolvimento de vacinas de BCG recombinante.
Keywords in Portuguese
Micobactérias
Promotores de expressão
Proteína verde fluorescente (gfp)
Abstract in Portuguese
BCG é uma das vacinas mais usadas no mundo. Avanços na manipulação genética têm permitido o seu uso como carreador de antígenos heterólogos, porém o aprimoramento dos sistemas de expressão se faz necessário, sendo o promotor um importante elemento, uma vez que regula o nível de produção do antígeno, induzindo uma resposta imunológica adequada. Avaliamos a atividade de diferentes promotores de micobactérias, como o PAg, PAN, PBlaF*, Phsp60 e um promotor ainda não caracterizado do micobacteriófago L5, usando o gene gfp como repórter da expressão, todos clonados no vetor extracromossomal, pLA71. Foi possível avaliar as cepas de M. smegmatis e BCG fluorescentes para quase todas as construções e alguns plasmídeos pLA71-p mostraram características diferentes dependentes da micobactéria transformada. Numa escala de força de expressão, os diferentes promotores se apresentaram como fraco (pLA71-PAN-gfp), médio (pLA71-PBlaf*-gfp) e forte (pLA71-Phsp60-gfp). Os rBCG foram usados para infecção de macrófagos e a atividade dos promotores não foi afetada após a internalização. Para ensaio de localização, camundongos foram inoculados com BCG e foi possível confirmar a presença de colônias (recombinantes ou não) nos pulmões após 1 e 3 dias de inoculação, por plaqueamento em meio sólido e por microscopia confocal.
Title in English
Comparative study of mycobacterial promoters using GFP as a reporter gene for the development of recombinant BCG vaccines.
Keywords in English
Green fluorescent protein (gfp)
Mycobacteria
Promoters of expression
Abstract in English
BCG is one of the most widely used vaccines in the world. Advances in genetic manipulation have allowed their use as a carrier for heterologous antigens, however the improvement of systems of expression is necessary, the promoter being an important element, since it regulates the expression level of the antigen, inducing an adequate immune response. We evaluated the activity of different promoters of mycobacteria, such as PAg, PAN, PBlaF* and Phsp60, and the not yet characterized promoter of the micobacteriophage L5, using GFP as a reporter gene expression activity, all cloned in the extrachromosomal vector, pLA71. It was possible to evaluate promoters in the M. smegmatis and BCG strains, fluorescent for almost all constructions and some pLA71-p plasmids showed different characteristics dependent on the transformed mycobacterium. The different promoters showed expression levels as weak (pLA71-PAN-gfp), medium (pLA71-PBlaf*-gfp) and strong (pLA71-Phsp60-gfp). The rBCG were used for infection of macrophages and the activity of the promoters wasnt affected after internalization. For BCG location test, mice were inoculated and it was possible to confirm the presence of colonies (recombinant or not) in the lungs after 1 and 3 days after inoculation by plating on solid medium and by confocal microscopy.
 
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2016-01-07
 
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