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Mr. Sumaia Omar Mohammed Toumi

بكالوريوس في علم الحيوان/كلية العلوم / جامعة طرابلس، درجة الماجستير في وراثة الإنسان/ جامعة كاستمونو/ تركيا

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Mutations of Factor VIII (F8) Gene and its Detection in Libyan Patients with Hemophilia A

Abstract This study is to identify some mutations in exons 23, 24, 26 A+B, and 26 A of the factor VIII gene that causes hemophilia A among Libyan patients. Forty-three patients (40 males, 3 females), 10 carrier, and 10 control (8 males, 2 females) were enrolled in this study. The total number were 63 samples for each exon. Blood samples were collected from Libyan patients (Department of Paediatric Hematology, Tripoli Medical Center), and kept in freezer at -20 Cº. The blood samples were transported to DNA laboratory in the Genetic Engineering Department and Human Tissues Department Biotechnology Research Center, Twesha- Libya. Genomic DNA was extracted from whole blood and DNA was visualized by Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, and DNA concentration was measured by Spectrophotometer. DNA was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. Mutations were identified by restriction enzymes Taq I and Xba I. Taq I was used to detect nonsense mutations in Exon 23, 2147 [ Arg Stop codon (Term)], Exon 24, 2209 [ Arg Stop codon (Term)], and Exon 26 A+B, 2307 [ Arg Stop codon (Term)]. Our result showed no mutations were detected by using restriction enzyme Taq I in Exons 23, codon 2147, Exon 24, codon 2209, and Exon 26A+B, codon 2307. But by using restriction enzyme Xba I, we found six insertion mutations in Exon 26A, 3919 (ins GA) 11.3 % of 53 patients, and two partial deletion mutations in Exon 23 (3.8 % of 53 patients) refer to area failed to be amplified by PCR.
نادية نور الدين الصربوط (2010)
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Environmentally toxicant exposures induced intragenerational transmission of liver abnormalities in mice

Environmental toxicants such as chemicals, heavy metals, and pesticides have been shown to promote transgenerational inheritance of abnormal phenotypes and/or diseases to multiple subsequent generations following parental and/ or ancestral exposures. This study was designed to examine the potential transgenerational action of the environmental toxicant trichloroethane (TCE) on transmission of liver abnormality, and to elucidate the molecular etiology of hepatocyte cell damage. A total of thirty two healthy immature female albino mice were randomly divided into three equal groups as follows: a sham group, which did not receive any treatment; a vehicle group, which received corn oil alone, and TCE treated group (3 weeks, 100 μg/kg i.p., every 4th day). The F0 and F1 generation control and TCE populations were sacrificed at the age of four months, and various abnormalities histpathologically investigated. Cell death and oxidative stress indices were also measured. The present study provides experimental evidence for the inheritance of environmentally induced liver abnormalities in mice. The results of this study show that exposure to the TCE promoted adult onset liver abnormalities in F0 female mice as well as unexposed F1 generation offspring. It is the first study to report a transgenerational liver abnormalities in the F1 generation mice through maternal line prior to gestation. This finding was based on careful evaluation of liver histopathological abnormalities, apoptosis of hepatocytes, and measurements of oxidative stress biomarkers (lipid peroxidation, protein carbonylation, and nitric oxide) in control and TCE populations. There was an increase in liver histopathological abnormalities, cell death, and oxidative lipid damage in F0 and F1 hepatic tissues of TCE treated group. In conclusion, this study showed that the biological and health impacts of environmental toxicant TCE do not end in maternal adults, but are passed on to offspring generations. Hence, linking observed liver abnormality in the offspring to environmental exposure of their parental line. This study also illustrated that oxidative stress and apoptosis appear to be a molecular component of the hepatocyte cell injury.
Mohamed A. Al-Griw , Soad A. Treesh, Rabia O. Alghazeer, Sassia O. Regeai (7-2017)
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سلوك التعشيش للسلحفاة البحرية ضخمة الرأس ( Caretta caretta , Linnaeus 1758)في ساحل غرب مدينة سرت

أُجريت هذه الدراسة على السلحفاة البحرية ضخمة الرأس Caretta caretta خلال الفترة من 2006 الى 2010 باستثناء سنة 2008. وذلك بمنطقتي القبيبة والثلاثين غرب مدينة سرت بالمنطقة الوسطى لليبيا. الهدف العام لهذه الدراسة كان حول سلوك التعشيش للسلحفاة البحرية ضخمة الرأس وتاثير بعض العوامل البيئية والبيولوجية على نجاحه. خلال هذه الدراسة تم حصر سبعة وعشرون نوعاً من النباتات الحولية والشجيرية وخصوصاً الملحية. أمتدت مواسم التعشيش من نهاية شهر مايو حتى شهر سبتمبر من كل سنة وتمت عملية المسح يومياً في الصباح الباكر سيراً على الاقدام، و قد استخدم لذلك نموذج خاص إشتمل على التاريخ والموقع ونوع الاثر وعمق العش وقياسات السلحفاة من خلال الصدفة، كما تم نقل بعض الاعشاش الى مكان محمي باستخدام حافظات خاصة. اوضحت نتائج الدراسة وجود تباين في كثافة التعشيش بين منطقتي الدراسة حيث كانت أعلى كثافة تعشيش خلال موسم 2007 بينما أقل كثافة كانت سنة 2010، وكان الفرق معنوياً في منطقة القبيبة حيث أن كثافة التعشيش تأثرت سلباً بإنشاء محطة توليد الكهرباء بالمنطقة. كما خلصت نتائج هذه الدراسة الى عدم وجود علاقة بين طول الصدفة وعدد البيض، وكذلك عدم وجود فروق معنوية بين عدد البيض في كل حضنة وتاريخ التعشيش في الموسم الواحد. كما أكدت هذه الدراسة وجود فارق معنوي في نسبة الفقس بين الاعشاش الطبيعية والمنقولة بحيث كانت نسبة الفقس في الأعشاش المنقولة أعلى منه في الطبيعية كما بينت هذه الدراسة بأن نسبة الفقس لا تتأثر بالمسافة بين العش وخط المد.
المختار موسى عامر سعيد (2015)
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