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Guzmán C, Villalobos N, Ortiz Caltempa A, Hernández M, Núñez G, Salazar J, Bobes RJ, Fragoso G, Sciutto E, Villarreal ML. In Vitro and In Vivo Cysticidal Effects of Carica Papaya Cell Suspensions. Infect Immun 2023; 91:e0051722. [PMID: 37341599 PMCID: PMC10353365 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00517-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Parasitic diseases are a major public health problem worldwide. Plant-derived products appear to be ideal candidates from a biotechnological perspective, being sustainable and environmentally friendly. The antiparasitic properties of Carica papaya have been attributed to some of its components, including papain and other compounds that are concentrated in the latex and seeds. This study demonstrated in vitro a high and insignificantly different cysticidal activity of soluble extract that was obtained after the disruption of nontransformed wild-type (WT) cells as well as transformed papaya calluses (PC-9, PC-12, and PC-23) and papaya cell suspensions (CS-9, CS-12, and CS-23). In vivo, cell suspensions of CS-WT and CS-23 that had been previously lyophilized were tested with respect to their cysticidal effects, compared with those of three commercial antiparasitic drugs. CS-WT and CS-23 together reduced the number of cysticerci, the number of buds, and the percentage of calcified cysticerci in a similar extent to albendazole and niclosamide, whereas ivermectin was less effective. Mice were then orally immunized with CS-23 that expressed the anti-cysticercal KETc7 antigen (10 μg/mouse), CS-WT (10 mg/mouse), or both together to evaluate their preventive properties. CS-23 and CS-WT significantly reduced the expected parasite and increased the percentage of calcified cysticerci as well as recovery, being more effective when employed together. The results reported in this study support the feasibility of the development of an anti-cysticercosis vaccine from cells of C. papaya in in vitro cultures, as they are a source of an anthelmintic, natural, and reproducible product.
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Affiliation(s)
- Cynthia Guzmán
- Biotechnology Research Center, Autonomous University of the State of Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria. Alcaldia Coyoacan, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Autonomous University of the State of Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, Academic Unit No. 2, Autonomous University of Guerrero, Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero, Mexico
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- Research Direction, La Salle University, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Autonomous University of the State of Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Jiao M, Liu C, Prieto M, Lu X, Wu W, Sun J, García-Oliveira P, Tang X, Xiao J, Simal-Gandara J, Hu D, Li N. Biological Functions and Utilization of Different Part of the Papaya: A Review. FOOD REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2022.2124415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Mingyue Jiao
- Key Laboratory of Novel Food Resources Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing Technology of Shandong Province/Institute of Agro-Food Science and Technology, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
- School of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Novel Food Resources Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing Technology of Shandong Province/Institute of Agro-Food Science and Technology, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Universidade de Vigo, Nutrition and Bromatology Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Science, Faculty of Science, Ourense, Spain
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- Key Laboratory of Food Processing Technology and Quality Control in Shandong Province, College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- School of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Novel Food Resources Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing Technology of Shandong Province/Institute of Agro-Food Science and Technology, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Universidade de Vigo, Nutrition and Bromatology Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Science, Faculty of Science, Ourense, Spain
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- Key Laboratory of Food Processing Technology and Quality Control in Shandong Province, College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- Universidade de Vigo, Nutrition and Bromatology Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Science, Faculty of Science, Ourense, Spain
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- Universidade de Vigo, Nutrition and Bromatology Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Science, Faculty of Science, Ourense, Spain
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology; Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Fruit & Vegetable Quality and Efficient Production; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Processing Technology and Quality Control in Shandong Province, College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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Ortiz Caltempa A, Hernández M, Pérez AL, Aguilar L, Guzmán C, Ayón-Núñez DA, Fragoso G, Bobes RJ, López ME, Sciutto E, Villareal ML. Improvement of cell suspension cultures of transformed and untransformed Carica papaya cell lines, towards the development of an antiparasitic product against the gastrointestinal nematode Haemonchus contortus. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:958741. [PMID: 36159651 PMCID: PMC9493254 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.958741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Parasitic diseases have a major impact on human and animal health worldwide. Despite the availability of effective anti-parasitic drugs, their excessive and uncontrolled use has promoted the emergence of drug resistance, severely affecting ecosystems and human health. Thus, developing environmentally friendly antiparasitic treatments is urgently needed. Carica papaya has shown promising effects against infectious diseases. C. papaya embryogenic calluses were genetically modified by our research team to insert immunogenic peptides with the goal of developing an oral anti-cysticercosis vaccine. Among these callus cell lines, one labeled as CF-23, which expresses the KETc7 immunogenic peptide, induced the highest protection levels against experimental cysticercosis. In the process of designing a natural antiparasitic product based on C. papaya that simultaneously induced immunity against cysticercosis, both transformed (SF-23) and untransformed (SF-WT) suspension cultures were produced and optimized. Our results showed a better duplication time (td) for SF-23 (6.9 days) than SF-WT (13.02 days); thus, the SF-23 line was selected for scale-up in a 2-L airlift bioreactor, reaching a td of 4.4 days. This is the first time that a transgenic line of C. papaya has been grown in an airlift bioreactor, highlighting its potential for scale-up cultivation in this type of reactor. Considering the previously reported nematocidal activity of C. papaya tissues, their activity against the nematode Haemonchus contortus of aqueous extracts of SF-WT and SF-23 was explored in this study, with promising results. The information herein reported will allow us to continue the cultivation of the transgenic cell suspension line of C. papaya under reproducible conditions, to develop a new anti-parasitic product.
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- Anabel Ortiz Caltempa
- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología, Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación Disciplinaria en Salud Animal e Inocuidad, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología, Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología, Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología, Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación Disciplinaria en Salud Animal e Inocuidad, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología, Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
- *Correspondence: María Luisa Villareal, ; Edda Sciutto,
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
- *Correspondence: María Luisa Villareal, ; Edda Sciutto,
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The Role of the Intestinal Epithelium in the "Weep and Sweep" Response during Gastro-Intestinal Helminth Infections. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12:ani12020175. [PMID: 35049796 PMCID: PMC8772803 DOI: 10.3390/ani12020175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 12/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Simple Summary The immune system actively combats intruders such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoan and metazoan parasites using leukocytes. During an infection white blood cells are activated to internalize bacteria or viruses and release a number of molecules to kill pathogens. Unfortunately, those mechanisms are ineffective against larger intruders like helminths, which are too large to be killed by a single immune cell. To eliminate gastro-intestinal helminths an integrated response involving the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems are used to expel the parasites. This is achieved through increased gut hydration and muscle contractions which detach worms from the gut and lead to release outside the body in a “weep and sweep” response. Epithelial cells of the intestine are significant players in this process, being responsible for detecting the presence of helminths in the gut and participating in the regulation of parasite expulsion. This paper describes the role of the gut epithelium in detecting and eliminating helminths from the intestine. Abstract Helminths are metazoan parasites infecting around 1.5 billion people all over the world. During coevolution with hosts, worms have developed numerous ways to trick and evade the host immune response, and because of their size, they cannot be internalized and killed by immune cells in the same way as bacteria or viruses. During infection, a substantial Th2 component to the immune response is evoked which helps restrain Th1-mediated tissue damage. Although an enhanced Th2 response is often not enough to kill the parasite and terminate an infection in itself, when tightly coordinated with the nervous, endocrine, and motor systems it can dislodge parasites from tissues and expel them from the gut. A significant role in this “weep and seep” response is attributed to intestinal epithelial cells (IEC). This review highlights the role of various IEC lineages (enterocytes, tuft cells, Paneth cells, microfold cells, goblet cells, and intestine stem cells) during the course of helminth infections and summarizes their roles in regulating gut architecture and permeability, and muscle contractions and interactions with the immune and nervous system.
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