Daniel Carneiro Moreira

Daniel Carneiro Moreira
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  • PhD, Biological Sciences (Molecular Biology)
  • Biologist at University of Brasília

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Introduction
I have been studying the role of redox metabolism (i.e., the relationship between antioxidants and reactive species) in animal ecophysiology since my first undergraduate year. Currently, I am a Biologist in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Brasilia, where I am also a collaborating researcher in the postgraduate program in Medical Sciences. My research focuses on the interplay between the redox metabolism and ecophysiology, and prospective translations of adaptations to human health.
Current institution
University of Brasília
Current position
  • Biologist
Additional affiliations
September 2016 - present
University of Brasília
Position
  • Researcher
Description
  • As a Biologist in the School of Medicine at the University of Brasilia, I coordinate research and outreach projects.
March 2008 - December 2011
University of Brasília
Position
  • Undergraduate Researcher
March 2014 - November 2017
University of Brasília
Position
  • PhD Student
Education
March 2014 - November 2017
University of Brasília
Field of study
  • Biological Sciences (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
March 2012 - February 2014
University of Brasília
Field of study
  • Biological Sciences (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
March 2008 - December 2011
University of Brasília
Field of study
  • Biological Sciences

Publications

Publications (76)
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Large changes in oxygen availability in aquatic environments, ranging from anoxia through to hyperoxia, can lead to corresponding wide variation in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by animals with aquatic respiration. Therefore, animals living in marine, estuarine and freshwater environments have developed efficient antioxidant defen...
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Organisms that tolerate wide variations in oxygen availability, especially to hypoxia, usually face harsh environmental conditions during their lives. Such conditions include, for example, lack of food and/or water, low or high temperatures, and reduced oxygen availability. In contrast to an expected strong suppression of protein synthesis, a great...
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Juvenile tegu lizards (Salvator merianae) experience gradual and mild temperature changes from autumn to winter in their habitat. This tropical/subtropical reptile enter a state of dormancy, with an 80% reduction in metabolic rate, that remains almost constant during winter. The redox metabolism in non-mammalian vertebrates that hibernate under suc...
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Preparation for oxidative stress (POS), i.e., the buildup of endogenous antioxidants during metabolic depression or low oxygen stress conditions, has been observed in at least 8 animal phyla under controlled conditions in laboratory. Despite the expected implications on the endurance to extreme environments and ecosystem occupation, the extent to w...
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Antimicrobial resistance is a global health threat, which has been worsened by the slow development of new antibiotics. The rational design of natural-derived antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) offers a promising alternative for enhancing the efficacy of AMPs and accelerating drug discovery. This paper describes the rational design of improved peptide d...
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Baru nut oil (Dipteryx alata Vogel) is a lipidic extract from a species endemic to the Cerrado biome, renowned for its antioxidant potential. This study aimed to develop a nanoemulsion containing baru nut oil (BNON) using lecithin and polysorbate 80, and to evaluate its antioxidant activity and cytotoxicity. The physicochemical properties of BNON w...
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Introduction Contradictory claims about the efficacy of several medicinal plants to promote glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have been explained by divergences in the administration form and by extrapolation of data obtained from healthy individuals. It is not known whether the antidiabetic effects of traditional he...
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Researchers in the Global South (GS, developing countries) make valuable contributions to the field of comparative physiology, but face economic and scientific disparities and several unique challenges compared with colleagues in the Global North (developed countries). This Perspective highlights some of the challenges, knowledge gaps and dispariti...
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Many animal species are remarkably resilient to the harmful conditions of hypoxia and reoxygenation, a phenomenon widely observed across many species and environmental settings. The ability to survive oxygen deprivation and reintroduction without significant cellular damage is partially attributed to the upregulation of antioxidants, a strategy ter...
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Complete insect metamorphosis requires substantial metabolic and physiological adjustments. Although oxidative stress has been implicated in metamorphosis, details on redox metabolism during larva-to-pupa and pupa-to-adult remain scarce. This study explores redox metabolism during metamorphosis of a lepidopteran (Chlosyne lacinia), focusing on core...
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Miniaturized three‐electrode electrochemical sensors (MES) are widely used in the advancement of innovative technologies for remote sensing applications. MESs consist of conductive electrodes that are applied onto an inert solid substrate using various techniques, such as photolithography, electroplating, and screen printing. Typical MES systems co...
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Piplartine, also known as piperlongumine, is a natural and biologically active amide alkaloid found in various Piper species within the Piperaceae family. It possesses numerous beneficial properties that can be leveraged in the development of nanotechnological and pharmaceutical products. However, information on the effects of piplartine on mammali...
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Hypometabolism is a common strategy employed by resilient species to withstand environmental stressors that would be life-threatening for other organisms. Under conditions such as hypoxia/anoxia, temperature and salinity stress, or seasonal changes (e.g. hibernation, estivation), stress-tolerant species down-regulate pathways to decrease energy exp...
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As the aging population increases worldwide, the incidence of musculoskeletal diseases and the need for orthopedic implants also arise. One of the most desirable goals in orthopedic reconstructive therapies is de novo bone formation. Yet, reproducible, long-lasting, and cost-effective strategies for implants that strongly induce osteogenesis are st...
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The book chapter in 'Frog-derived peptides and neuroprotection' (2024) examines amphibian skin peptides for neuroprotection. Highlighting six diverse peptides, the chapter discusses their potential in addressing neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on microglia and redox metabolism. It acknowledges the challenges in translating these peptides into...
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Aerobic organisms have developed a complex system of endogenous antioxidants to manage the reactivity of oxygen and its byproducts [...]
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Amphibian secretions have been extensively investigated for the production of bioactive molecules. Salamandrin-I is an antioxidant peptide, isolated from the skin secretion of the fire salamander, that has induced no toxicity in microglia or erythrocytes. Importantly, the administration of antioxidants may constitute an adequate therapeutic approac...
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The upregulation of endogenous antioxidants is a widespread phenomenon in animals that tolerate hypoxia/anoxia for extended periods. The identity of the mobilized antioxidant is often context-dependent and differs among species, tissues, and stresses. Thus, the contribution of individual antioxidants to the adaptation to oxygen deprivation remains...
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Preparation for oxidative stress (POS) is a widespread adaptive response to harsh environmental conditions, whose hallmark is the upregulation of antioxidants. In contrast to controlled laboratory settings, animals are exposed to multiple abiotic stressors under natural field conditions. Still, the interplay between different environmental factors...
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Considering the therapeutic potential of Varronia curassavica Jacq. essential oil and the great value in the pharmaceutical market, this study aims to evaluate the influence of plant age on the chemical composition and biological activities of V. curassavica Jacq. essential oil. The plant age is a parameter that can influence the chemical compositi...
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In this study, we report the isolation, characterization, and synthesis of the peptide BmT-2 belonging to the tryptophyllins family, isolated from the venom of the snake Bothrops moojeni. This is the first time a tryptophyllin is identified in snake venom. We tested whether BmT-2 had cytotoxic effects and antioxidant activity in a set of experiment...
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Amphibians have a great diversity of bioactive peptides in their skin. The cDNA prepro-peptide sequencing allowed the identification of five novel mature peptides expressed in the skin of Boana pulchella, four with similar sequences to hylin peptides having a cationic amphipathic-helical structure. Whole mature peptides and some of their fragments...
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This commentary acknowledges the contributions of the Ukrainian biologist, Dr. Volodymyr Lushchak, to the understanding of the physiological adaptive strategy called “Preparation for Oxidative Stress” (POS). In the 1990s, various studies revealed that activities of antioxidant enzymes rose in animals under hypometabolic conditions. These timely obs...
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The color shift caused by the interaction between proteins and Coomassie Brilliant Blue in the Bradford assay can be recorded with a smartphone camera. Color data can then be extracted from pictures and processed as analytical signals. Here, I present a simple procedure to accurately measure protein levels using color data from pictures of micropla...
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This protocol describes how to measure the concentration of total protein in a sample performing the Bradford's assay using microtiter plates. Procedures are slightly modifications based on the method described in (1) and the linearization procedure described in (2) and (3). (1) Bradford, A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microgr...
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Bombesin mediates several biological activities in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and central nervous system in mammals, including smooth muscle contraction, secretion of GI hormones and regulation of homeostatic mechanisms. Here, we report a novel bombesin-like peptide isolated from Boana raniceps. Its amino acid sequence, GGNQWAIGHFM-NH2, was id...
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Editorial on the Research Topic Redox Metabolism in Environmental and Ecological Physiology of Animals The accumulation of O 2 in atmosphere and water bodies over hundreds of millions of years was accompanied by the evolution of life (Planavsky and Mills, 2021), which includes the development of an intricate cell signaling system composed of antiox...
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Banisteriopsis caapi is used to prepare the psychoactive beverage ayahuasca, and both have therapeutic potential for the treatment of many central nervous system (CNS) conditions. This study aimed to isolate new bioactive compounds from B. caapi extract and evaluate their biological activity, and that of the known β-carboline components of the plan...
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Tryptophyllins constitute a heterogeneous group of peptides that are one of the first classes of peptides identified from amphibian's skin secretions. Here, we report the structural characterization and antioxidant properties of a novel tryptophyllin-like pep-tide, named PpT-2, isolated from the Iberian green frog Pelophylax perezi. The skin secret...
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Metabolic diseases are increasing at staggering rates globally. The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARα/ γ/δ) are fatty acid sensors that help mitigate imbalances between energy uptake and utilization. Herein, we report compounds derived from phenolic lipids present in cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL), an abundant waste byproduct, in a...
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Urodele amphibians (∼768 spp.), salamanders and newts, are a rich source of molecules with bioactive properties, especially those isolated from their skin secretions. These include pharmacological attributes, such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, vasoactive, immune system modulation, and dermal wound healing activities. Considering the high demand fo...
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The upregulation of endogenous antioxidants (i.e., preparation for oxidative stress, POS) is part of the biochemical responses underlying the adaptation of animals to adverse environments. Despite the phylogenetic diversity of animals in which POS has been described, most studies focus on animals under controlled laboratory conditions. To address t...
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Background Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDSs) have attracted attention because of their effects on solubility and bioavailability of lipophilic compounds. Herein, a SEDDS loaded with lycopene purified from red guava (nanoLPG) was produced. The nanoemulsion was characterized using dynamic light scattering (DLS), zeta potential measureme...
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In addition to the morphophysiological changes experienced by amphibians during metamorphosis, they must also deal with a different set of environmental constraints when they shift from the water to the land. We found that Pithecopus azureus secretes a single peptide ([M + H]+ = 658.38 Da) at the developmental stage that precedes the onset of terre...
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Snake venoms are important sources of bioactive molecules, including those with antiparasitic activity. Cathelicidins form a class of such molecules, which are produced by a variety of organisms. Batroxicidin (BatxC) is a cathelicidin found in the venom of the common lancehead (Bothrops atrox). In the present work, BatxC and two synthetic analogues...
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Aquatic invertebrates use antioxidant systems to endure intertidal environments, where temperature, oxygen availability and radiation incidence vary greatly. The upregulation of antioxidants during oxygen-limiting conditions, such as intertidal aerial exposure (AE), is known as preparation for oxidative stress. Preparation for oxidative stress (POS...
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Insect diapause shares many biochemical features with other states of metabolic depression, including the suppression of global metabolism, reorganization metabolic pathways and improved stress resistance. However, little is known about the biochemical changes associated with the diapause phenotype in tropical insects. To investigate biochemical ad...
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This study aims to isolate metal-binding peptides and synthesize promising amino acid sequences to potentially act as neuroprotective compounds in the future, targeting different mechanisms. Fractions of whey metal-binding peptides (Cu, Fe, and Zn) isolated by immobilized metal affinity chromatography showed different amino acid profiles according...
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Leishmania protozoans are the causal agents of neglected diseases that represent an important public health issue worldwide. The growing occurrence of drug-resistant strains of Leishmania and severe side effects of available treatments represent an important challenge for the leishmaniases treatment. We have previously reported the leishmanicidal a...
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Leishmania protozoans are the causal agents of neglected diseases that represent an important public health issue worldwide. The growing occurrence of drug-resistant strains of Leishmania and severe side effects of available treatments represent an important challenge for the leishmaniases treatment. We have previously reported the leishmanicidal a...
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Journal Global Innovation (JGI) is a multidisciplinary international journal. This journal publishes original and fundamental applied research in all disciplines of Science/Innovation: health Innovation, materials science and engineering, biotechnology, bioprospection, medicine and business. JGI's editorial board, in addition to agreeing with the m...
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Amphibian skin is a multifunctional organ that plays key roles in defense, breathing, and water balance. In this study, skin secretion samples of the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) were separated using RP-HPLC and de novo sequenced using MALDI-TOF MS/MS. Next, we used an in silico platform to screen antioxidant molecules in the framework o...
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The skin glands of amphibian species hold a major component of their innate immunity, namely a unique set of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Although most of them have common characteristics, differences in AMP sequences allow a huge repertoire of biological activity with varying degrees of efficacy. We present the first study of the AMPs from Pleur...
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Preparation for oxidative stress (POS), i.e., the upregulation of endogenous antioxidants, is a widespread response of animals exposed to extreme conditions. This response has been described for more than 80 animal species belonging to eight phyla during hypometabolism or situations that limit oxygen availability. The pattern of the typical POS-res...
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Background: Scientific writing guidelines recommend that a scientific text should be straightforward, without prolixity, and informative, without obscurity. However, the extent to which researchers follow these recommendations is unknown. Considering that the most cited journals provide more detailed instructions for authors, we aimed to investigat...
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This protocol describes how to measure the concentration of total protein in a sample performing the Bradford's assay using microtiter plates. Procedures are slightly modifications based on the method described in M.M. Bradford, A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-d...
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Background: Active learning strategies and the use of technology in classes have been widely indicated to enhance learning. Although much has been discussed on these topics, few studies have addressed them with adequate experimental designs. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of a strategy coupling active learning methodology and technol...
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This protocol describes how to perform the ABTS decolorization assay to assess potential in vitro antioxidant capacity of molecules and extracts using microtiter plates. Procedures are based on the method described in R. Re, N. Pellegrini, A. Proteggente, A. Pannala, M. Yang, C. Rice-Evans, Antioxidant activity applying an improved ABTS radical cat...
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Freezing, dehydration, salinity variations, hypoxia or anoxia are some of the environmental constraints that many organisms must frequently endure. Organisms adapted to these stressors often reduce their metabolic rates to maximize their chances of survival. However, upon recovery of environmental conditions and basal metabolic rates, cells are aff...
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Molecular oxygen is absolutely required for maintenance of cellular energy and redox homeostasis across different animal species. Although some organisms cannot tolerate slight hypoxia, others can adapt to and survive strong shortages in oxygen supply even for long periods of time. A common trend observed in some hypoxia-tolerant animals is their e...
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This study aimed to characterize the antioxidant properties of Rama Forte persimmon, a tannin-rich fruit variety produced in Brazil. Extracts prepared with lyophilized pulps from fruits obtained in local markets were analyzed individually to evaluate the extent of antioxidant protection and investigate the antioxidant mechanism. Iron-mediated hydro...
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Ascorbyl radical intensity in different persimmon extract concentrations measured by EPR as in Dalvi et al. (2017)
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Schistosomiasis, caused by helminth flatworms of the genus Schistosoma, is an infectious disease mainly associated with poverty that affects millions of people worldwide. Since treatment for this disease relies only on the use of praziquantel, there is an urgent need to identify new antischistosomal drugs. Piplartine is an amide alkaloid found in s...
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The amphibian skin plays an important role protecting the organism from external harmful factors such as microorganisms or UV radiation. Based on biorational strategies, many studies have investigated the cutaneous secretion of anurans as a source of bioactive molecules. By a peptidomic approach, a novel antioxidant peptide (AOP) with in vitro free...
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Survival under stress, such as exposure to hypoxia, anoxia, freezing, dehydration, air exposure of water breathing organisms, and estivation, is commonly associated to enhanced endogenous antioxidants, a phenomenon coined “preparation for oxidative stress” (POS). The regulation of free radical metabolism seems to be crucial under these selective pr...
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To boost active learning in undergraduate students, they were given the task of preparing blogs on topics of clinical biochemistry. This "experiment" lasted for 12 teaching-semesters (from 2008 to 2013), and included a survey on the blogs' usefulness at the end of each semester. The survey (applied in the 2008-2010 period) used a Likert-like questi...
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Humans and most mammals suffer severe damage when exposed to ischemia and reperfusion episodes due to an overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In contrast, several hypoxia/anoxia-tolerant animals survive very similar situations. We evaluated herein the redox metabolism in the anoxia-tolerant land snail Helix aspersa after catalase inhibi...
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In a previous study oxidative damage markers - lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation - were determined in organs of wild Caiman yacare captured in winter-2001 and summer-2002 at various developmental stages. An increase in oxidative damage occurred in the hatchling-juvenile transition (but not in the juvenile-adult transition) and winter-summer...
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Many studies on metabolic rate depression and redox metabolism exist in the literature; however, virtually none focuses on tropical insect diapause. Thus, our aim was to evaluate peculiarities of the metabolism of reactive oxygen species (ROS) between diapausing and non-diapausing insects in a tropical region. The lepidopteran Chlosyne lacinia unde...

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