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Amelioration Of Alzheimer's Disease Pathology In 12-Month-Old Happ(Sweind) Transgenic Mice After Treatment With A Cysteine Rich Whey Supplement, Immunocal®, Srivalli Puttagunta
Amelioration Of Alzheimer's Disease Pathology In 12-Month-Old Happ(Sweind) Transgenic Mice After Treatment With A Cysteine Rich Whey Supplement, Immunocal®, Srivalli Puttagunta
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Deficits in Reelin expression and signaling play a pathogenic role in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Thus, strategies aimed at correcting Reelin deficits may provide a novel therapeutic approach to treating AD. The cysteine-rich, whey protein supplement, Immunocal®, has recently been shown to rescue Reelin expression in a mouse model of Schizophrenia. Given that Reelin-expressing neurons of the entorhinal cortex region are a highly vulnerable population of cells that are lost early in AD, we examined the effects of Immunocal® in the hippocampal-entorhinal cortex formation in a mouse model of AD. Glutathione levels and Reelin expression in the hippocampal-entorhinal cortex formation (entorhinal …
Characterization Of Vps41 And Its Role In The Regulated Secretory Pathway, Christian Henry Burns
Characterization Of Vps41 And Its Role In The Regulated Secretory Pathway, Christian Henry Burns
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Insulin secretory granules (SGs) mediate the regulated secretion of insulin, which is essential for glucose homeostasis. The basic machinery responsible for this regulated exocytosis consists of specific membrane proteins present both at the plasma membrane and on insulin SGs. The protein composition of insulin SGs thus dictates their release properties, yet the mechanisms controlling insulin SG formation, which determines this molecular composition, remain poorly understood. VPS41, a component of the endolysosomal tethering HOPS complex, was recently identified as a cytosolic factor involved in the formation of neuroendocrine/neuronal granules. We now find that a stable pool of VPS41 exists outside of …
Prevention Of Harmful Algal Blooms By The Mitigation Of Phosphorus Nutrient Loading Via Filtration By Steel Wool And Activated Carbon, Ronald Simpson, Sara Kidd, Samantha Zidd
Prevention Of Harmful Algal Blooms By The Mitigation Of Phosphorus Nutrient Loading Via Filtration By Steel Wool And Activated Carbon, Ronald Simpson, Sara Kidd, Samantha Zidd
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) are a devastating ecological and economic consequence of the abundance of nutrient-rich agricultural runoff entering aquatic ecosystems (Baker et al. 2014). Bio-available phosphorus from synthetic fertilizers is one of the major nutrients contributing to this global issue. Previous studies indicated that dissolved phosphorus can be removed from an aqueous environment when passed through a composite mixture of granular steel wool particles and activated carbon (Erickson, Gulliver, and Weiss, 2007). In this project, we conducted experiments using higher quality concentration measurements to determine what grades of steel wool (SW-0000, SW-000, SW-00) and types of activated carbon (granulated …
Enhancement Of Biofuel Production In Microalgae By Genetic And Physiological Modification, Napisa Pattharaprachayakul
Enhancement Of Biofuel Production In Microalgae By Genetic And Physiological Modification, Napisa Pattharaprachayakul
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
Microalgae are photosynthetic microorganisms, which could be used as potential microbial cell factories by directly converting CO2 into valuable bioproducts and biofuels. This study aims to improve the target biofuel feedstocks from the isolated green alga Chlorella sp. and the engineered cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 in terms of the improvement on lipids (as precursors of FAMEs) and terpene (α-farnesene), respectively. The first part is concerned with the enhancement of lipids and the determination of FAMEs and biodiesel properties in Chlorella sp. under the phosphorus (P) limitation (0-50%) alone or in combination with heavy metals (Fe, Co, Pb) supplementation. The …
Screening And Identification Of Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria From Plant Samplesd, Ratthanatda Nuhwa
Screening And Identification Of Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria From Plant Samplesd, Ratthanatda Nuhwa
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
Seventy lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were isolated from flowers (17 strains), 3 tree barks (7 strains), one fruit (2 strains), ten fermented tea leaves (31 strains) and two silage (13 strains). They were identified as Lactobacillus pentosus (12 strains), L. plantarum subsp. plantarum (9 strains), L. paracasei subsp. tolerans (5 strains), L. brevis (1 strain), L. silagincola (1 strain), L. kunkeei (1 strain), and L. formosensis (1 strain), Enterococcus durans (3 strains), E. lactis (2 strains), E. faecalis (1 strain), E. faecium (1 strain), E. gallinarum (1 strain) and E. gilvus (1 strain), Pediococcus acidilactici (1 strain) and P. pentosaceus …
Development Of Oxidase Enzyme And Non-Enzyme Based Biosensors For Lactate And Creatinine Detection, Siraprapa Boobphahom
Development Of Oxidase Enzyme And Non-Enzyme Based Biosensors For Lactate And Creatinine Detection, Siraprapa Boobphahom
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This dissertation focused on the development of electrochemical sensors based on metal oxides and graphene modified electrodes for clinical applications, which is divided into two parts. The first part is development of a biosensor based on lactate oxidase (LOx) immobilized on titanium dioxide sol (TiO2 sol)/graphene nanocomposite modified nickel (Ni) foam electrode for enzymatic electrochemical detection of lactate via hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) detection. A TiO2/graphene nanocomposite was simply synthesized by hydrolysis and coated on Ni foam electrode to develop a novel electrode in biosensor. The results showed that the well intercalation of TiO2 sol within graphene film covered on the …
Enhancing Water Stress Tolerance In Floriculture Crops, Suejin Park
Enhancing Water Stress Tolerance In Floriculture Crops, Suejin Park
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
Water deficit is one of the major constraints on plant growth and development, causing reduction of crop productivity. To minimize water loss, among many adaptation strategies, plants close their stomata to reduce transpiration. The stomatal closure is regulated by light, internal CO2 concentration, and plant hormones, mainly abscisic acid. Plants’ response mechanisms to water deficit are complex processes involving numerous genes and various signaling pathways. Floriculture crops are often exposed to water deficit during shipping and retailing, and these periods often result in damaged crops and profit loss. Understanding of plant responses to water deficit stress will provide us an …
Binding Kinetics Of Monoclonal Antibodies And Fluoroquinolone Derivatives, Patamalai Boonserm
Binding Kinetics Of Monoclonal Antibodies And Fluoroquinolone Derivatives, Patamalai Boonserm
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are a group of antibiotics which have been extensively used against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Some of FQs antibiotics commonly used in livestock and fishery include norfloxacin, enrofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and ofloxacin. However, misuse of these antibiotics may cause drug residues in food products. Therefore, to prevent consumers from getting residual antibiotics in food and the drug resistance of pathogens in humans. As a result, surveillance detection program of these drug residues must be in practice to ensure safety of the consumers in many countries. In general, detections based on immunological method include enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has …
Detection Of Sickle Cell Disease-Associated Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Using A Graphene Field Effect Transistor, Kandace Fung
Detection Of Sickle Cell Disease-Associated Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Using A Graphene Field Effect Transistor, Kandace Fung
CMC Senior Theses
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a hereditary monogenic disorder that affects millions of people worldwide and is associated with symptoms such as stroke, lethargy, chronic anemia, and increased mortality. SCD can be quickly detected and diagnosed using a simple blood test as an infant, but as of now, there is currently limited treatment to cure an individual of sickle cell disease. Recently, there have been several promising developments in CRISPR-Cas-associated gene-editing therapeutics; however, there have been limitations in gene-editing efficiency monitoring, which if improved, could be beneficial to advancing CRISPR-based therapy, especially in SCD. The CRISPR-Chip, a three-terminal graphene-based field …
Autologous Skin Cell Spray-Transplantation As An Innovative Alternative To Autologous Split- Thickness Skin Grafts For Deep Partial Thickness Burn Wounds: An Integrative Literature Review, Alexandria M. Beaudet
Autologous Skin Cell Spray-Transplantation As An Innovative Alternative To Autologous Split- Thickness Skin Grafts For Deep Partial Thickness Burn Wounds: An Integrative Literature Review, Alexandria M. Beaudet
Honors Undergraduate Theses
Burn wounds tend to be a critical problem with a complicated healing process. Although advancements have been made and the treatment of burn wounds has improved significantly, the healing process for deep-partial thickness burn wounds remains problematic. The purpose of this thesis is to review the available literature on an innovate biotechnology, autologous skin cell-spray transplantation, to more effectively treat burn wounds and potentially other injuries in the future. This study was conducted by critically researching and comparing (N=7) peer-reviewed research articles focusing not only on burn wounds using traditional treatments, but also the treatment of burn wounds using revolutionary …
Determining Differential Effects Of Interleukin-2 On Innate And Adaptive Immune Cells In Lymphoid Organs And The Gastrointestinal Tract, Ayushi Singh
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a pleiotropic cytokine demonstrated to be effective in treating cancer. However, the clinical use of IL-2 can be associated with severe side effects including gastrointestinal toxicity (GT). Similar GT symptoms are observed in inflammatory diseases such as CD (CD). Interestingly mounting evidence indicates a role for IL-2 in CD, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Indeed, studies on the in-vivo activities of IL-2 have mostly focused on secondary lymphoid organs and immune cells associated with them. Very few studies have addressed how IL-2 signals impact populations of immune cells in the gut. Here, we aim to identify …
Agent Based Model Of Cavitation In Spinal Cord Injury, Rahma Ahmed
Agent Based Model Of Cavitation In Spinal Cord Injury, Rahma Ahmed
Senior Projects Spring 2019
Annually, approximately 375,000 people suffer from spinal cord injury (SCI) worldwide and many SCI patients develop secondary health conditions such as respiratory, cardiovascular, and urinary/bowel complications which negatively impact their daily lives. SCI occurs when there is damage to the spinal cord resulting in decreased motor functions, decreased sensory functions, or paralysis. Days to weeks after initial impact, the lesion (area of injury) continues to increase in size in a process called progressive cavitation which demyelinates axons and inhibits effective axonal regeneration. In an in vitro model of progressive cavitation, Fitch et al. showed that activated macrophages cause cavities to …
Antioxidant And Antibacterial Agents From Parmotrema Dilatatum (Vainio) Hale, Knema Angustifolia (Roxb.) Warb. And Persicaria Odorata Lour, Asshaima Paramita Devi
Antioxidant And Antibacterial Agents From Parmotrema Dilatatum (Vainio) Hale, Knema Angustifolia (Roxb.) Warb. And Persicaria Odorata Lour, Asshaima Paramita Devi
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
In the search of antioxidant and antibacterial agents, the extracts and isolated compounds from lichen Parmotrema dilatatum, Knema angustifolia full name, Persicaria odorata and Mansonia gagei. were examined. Nine compounds were isolated from lichen P. dilatatum including (E)-2,4-dihydroxy-6-methyl-3-(3-oxobut-1-en-1-yl)benzoate (PD.1), hopane-16ß,22-diol (PD.2), methyl orsellinate (PD.3), methyl haemmatomate (PD.4), methyl ß-orcinolcarboxylate (PD.5), 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-3,6-dimethylbenzoic acid (PD.6), atranol (PD.7), atranorin (PD.8) and lecanorin (PD.9). The dichloromethane and acetone fractions, and atranol (PD.7) gave excellent activities as antioxidants. While in tyrosinase activity the dichloromethane fraction and atranorin (PD.8) showed the highest inhibition. For α-glucosidase inhibition activity, the methanol fraction and methyl haemmatommate (PD.4) revealed the …
Strain-Specific Protein Interaction And Localization Of Two Strains Of Potato Yellow Dwarf Virus And Functional Domains Of Their Matrix Protein, Chanyong Jang
Theses and Dissertations--Plant Pathology
Potato yellow dwarf virus (PYDV) is the type species of the genus nucleorhabdovirus which is typified by its nucleotropic characters of the members. The virus accomplishes its replication and morphogenesis in the nuclei of infected cells. Two strains, Constricta strain (CYDV) and Sanguinolenta strain (SYDV) have been described at the level of vector-specificity. CYDV is vectored by Agallia constricta and SYDV is transmitted by Aceratagllia sanguinolenta. The full-length genome of CYDV was sequenced. The 12,792 nt antisense genome encodes seven open reading frames in the order of, nucleocapsid protein (N), unknown protein (X), phosphoprotein (P), movement protein (Y), matrix …
Looking For Maize Genes Involved In Cold Response: Producing Knockouts For Arabidopsis Homologs Of Maize Candidate Genes Using A Crispr/Cas9 Approach, Katie Hillmann
Departmental Honors Projects
Most of today’s maize is cultivated outside its original climate zone, where yields are constrained by the changes in climate. Maize is especially vulnerable to high temperatures and drought stress, both of which negatively affect corn yields. An important strategy to combat this is early sowing, which avoids the effects of summer droughts and high temperatures in many places around the globe. However, maize is a cold sensitive species (Sanghera et al., 2011), making improvement to cold stress crucial for its adaption. The relatively new system CRISPR (Clustered regularly-interspaced short palindromic repeats)/Cas9 offers the potential to study cold-stress related …
Prevention Of Harmful Algal Blooms By The Mitigation Of Phosphorus Nutrient Loading Via Filtration By Steel Wool And Activated Carbon, Sara Kidd, Ronald Simpson, Samantha Zidd
Prevention Of Harmful Algal Blooms By The Mitigation Of Phosphorus Nutrient Loading Via Filtration By Steel Wool And Activated Carbon, Sara Kidd, Ronald Simpson, Samantha Zidd
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) are a devastating ecological and economic consequence of the abundance of nutrient-rich agricultural runoff entering aquatic ecosystems (Baker et al. 2014). Bioavailable phosphorus from synthetic fertilizers is one of the major nutrients contributing to this global issue. Preliminary studies indicate that dissolved phosphorus can be removed from an aqueous environment when passed through a composite mixture of granular steel wool particles and activated carbon (Erickson, Gulliver, and Weiss (2007). Further research was conducted using higher quality concentration measurements to determine what grades of steel wool (0000, 000, 00) and types of activated carbon (GAC, PAC, EAC) …
Role Of Enzymes In Glyoxylate Cycle In Transgenic 'Kdml 105' Rice Oryza Sativa L. Overexpressing Oscam1-1 Under Salt Stress, Tanaporn Ausaha
Role Of Enzymes In Glyoxylate Cycle In Transgenic 'Kdml 105' Rice Oryza Sativa L. Overexpressing Oscam1-1 Under Salt Stress, Tanaporn Ausaha
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
The previous study reported that the transcriptome profiling of the KDML 105 rice overexpressing OsCam1-1 widely affected the expression of genes involved in several cellular processes including the genes associated with the glyoxylate cycle, which exhibited up-regulation in KDML 105 overexpressing OsCam1-1 under salt stress. In this study, we focused on the role of the glyoxylate cycle in transgenic KDML 105 rice under salt stress. The phenotypes as follows: fresh weight and dry weight of shoot & root, SPAD value, activities of isocitrate lyase, and malate synthase; sugar, and starch contents, and total lipid content were investigated at 0, 2, …
การผลิตไบโอดีเซลจากกรดไขมันอิสระของน้ำมันปาล์มโดยปฏิกิริยาสองขั้นตอนโดยใช้ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาชีวภาพทั้งเซลล์, ฐนิสา หวั่งประดิษฐ์
การผลิตไบโอดีเซลจากกรดไขมันอิสระของน้ำมันปาล์มโดยปฏิกิริยาสองขั้นตอนโดยใช้ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาชีวภาพทั้งเซลล์, ฐนิสา หวั่งประดิษฐ์
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
การผลิตไบโอดีเซลสามารถผลิตได้จากกรดไขมันอิสระของน้ำมันปาล์มโดยปฏิกิริยาสองขั้นตอนโดยใช้ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาชีวภาพทั้งเซลล์ ในการศึกษานี้ได้ใช้ยีสต์ Candida rugosa เป็นตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาชีวภาพทั้งเซลล์ เนื่องจากเชื้อยีสต์ดังกล่าวมีความสามารถในการไฮโดรไลซ์น้ำมันปาล์มไปเป็นกรดไขมันอิสระ โดยพบว่าได้กรดไขมันอิสระสูงสุดเท่ากับ 82.61 เปอร์เซ็นต์ หลังจากทำการเพาะเลี้ยงเป็นเวลา 5 วัน จากนั้นกรดไขมันอิสระที่ผลิตโดย C. rugosa จะถูกนำไปใช้เป็นตัวเหนี่ยวนำในการผลิตเอนไซม์ลิเพสจากเชื้อ Aureobasidium pullulans var. melanogenum SRY 14-3 ซึ่งหลังจากการหาภาวะที่เหมาะสมพบว่าสามารถผลิตเอนไซม์ลิเพสที่มีค่าแอกทิวิตีและค่าแอกทิวิตีจำเพาะของเอนไซม์สูงสุด คือ 1.18 ยูนิตต่อมิลลิลิตร และ 17.28 ยูนิตต่อมิลลิกรัมโปรตีน ตามลำดับ โดยใช้ความเข้มข้นของกรดไขมันอิสระ 3 เปอร์เซ็นต์ ที่อุณหภูมิ 30 องศาเซลเซียส เป็นเวลา 120 ชั่วโมง การศึกษาการผลิตไบโอดีเซลจากปฏิกิริยาเอสเทอริฟิเคชันที่เร่งปฏิกิริยาด้วย A. pullulans var. melanogenum SRY 14-3 พบว่าสามารถผลิตไบโอดีเซลได้สูงสุดเท่ากับ 21.39 เปอร์เซ็นต์ เมื่อใช้อัตราส่วนโดยโมลของกรดไขมันอิสระต่อเมทานอลเท่ากับ 1:1 ที่อุณหภูมิ 30 องศาเซลเซียส เป็นเวลา 72 ชั่วโมง สำหรับการศึกษาตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาชีวภาพทั้งเซลล์ด้วยการใช้เทคนิคการแสดงออกที่ผิวเซลล์ยีสต์ เอนไซม์ลิเพส 1 และเอนไซม์ลิเพส 3 จาก C. rugosa (CRL1 และ CRL3) และเอนไซม์ลิเพส จาก A. pullulans var. melanogenum SRY 14-3 (AML) ได้ถูกนำมาเชื่อมต่อกับโปรตีนฐาน PpPIR1 แล้วทำการโคลนเข้าสู่ยีสต์เจ้าบ้าน Pichia pastoris KM 71 ได้เป็นยีสต์ Pp-CRL1, Pp-CRL3 และ Pp-AML ตามลำดับ จากการศึกษาพบว่ายีสต์สายพันธุ์รีคอมบิแนนท์ Pp-CRL1 และ Pp-CRL3 สามารถผลิตเอนไซม์ลิเพสที่ผิวเซลล์สูงสุดเท่ากับ 1,499.9 มิลลิยูนิตต่อOD600 และ 181.96 มิลลิยูนิตต่อOD600 …
Field Evaluation Of Tobacco Engineered For High Leaf-Oil Accumulation, James Perry
Field Evaluation Of Tobacco Engineered For High Leaf-Oil Accumulation, James Perry
Theses and Dissertations--Plant and Soil Sciences
The biofuel market is dominated by ethanol and biodiesel derived from cellulosic and lipid-based biomass crops. This is largely due to the relatively low costs and reliability of production. At present, production of non-food plant-derived oils for biofuel production in the U.S. is minimal. A research team from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), an independent Australian federal government research institution, has developed an efficient transgenic system to engineer oil production in tobacco leaves. This novel system is comprised of multiple transgenes that direct the endogenous metabolic flux of oil precursors towards triacylglycerol (TAG) production. Additional genes were …
Nanomaterials For Double-Stranded Rna Delivery, Stuart Lichtenberg
Nanomaterials For Double-Stranded Rna Delivery, Stuart Lichtenberg
Theses and Dissertations--Plant and Soil Sciences
RNA interference has enormous potential as a potent, specific, and environmentally friendly alternative to small molecule pesticides for crop protection. The use of exogenous double-stranded RNA offers flexibility in targeting and use in crops in which transgenic manipulation is not an option. The combination of RNAi with nanotechnology offers further advantages that are not available with dsRNA alone. In this work, I have evaluated several different combinations of nanomaterials and polymers for use in RNAi-based pest control systems. First, I have characterized the use of chitosan/dsRNA polyplex nanoparticles for gene knockdown using the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Though chitosan/dsRNA …
Structure/Function Analysis Of Fega And Fhua In Bradyrhizobium Sp., Alexander James Herd
Structure/Function Analysis Of Fega And Fhua In Bradyrhizobium Sp., Alexander James Herd
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
Bradyrhizobium japonicum is a Gram-negative soil bacterium commonly known for its agriculturally significant mutualistic relationship with soybean. In this symbiosis, the bacteria and plant undergo complex molecular signaling characterized by sent and received signals resulting in the formation of infection threads and root nodules. This research aimed to compare two related bacterial outer membrane proteins, FegA and FhuA, associated with the molecular signaling between the bacteria and plant. Previous work has led to the hypothesis that the N-terminal domain (NTD) of FegA in B. japonicum is needed for a functional symbiosis to occur. Recombinant bacterial strains expressing altered FegA proteins …
Toward An Enzyme-Coupled, Bioorthogonal Platform For Methyltransferases: Probing The Specificity Of Methionine Adenosyltransferases, Tyler D. Huber
Toward An Enzyme-Coupled, Bioorthogonal Platform For Methyltransferases: Probing The Specificity Of Methionine Adenosyltransferases, Tyler D. Huber
Theses and Dissertations--Pharmacy
Methyl group transfer from S-adenosyl-l-methionine (AdoMet) to various substrates including DNA, proteins, and natural products (NPs), is accomplished by methyltransferases (MTs). Analogs of AdoMet, bearing an alternative S-alkyl group can be exploited, in the context of an array of wild-type MT-catalyzed reactions, to differentially alkylate DNA, proteins, and NPs. This technology provides a means to elucidate MT targets by the MT-mediated installation of chemoselective handles from AdoMet analogs to biologically relevant molecules and affords researchers a fresh route to diversify NP scaffolds by permitting the differential alkylation of chemical sites vulnerable to NP MTs that are unreactive to …