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Henrique Ferreira Sucupira P, Silveira Ferreira M, Santos Coutinho-da-Silva M, Alves Bicalho K, Carolina Campi-Azevedo A, Pedro Brito-de-Sousa J, Peruhype-Magalhães V, Rios M, Konduru K, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Grazziela Alves Coelho-Dos-Reis J, Ribeiro do Valle Antonelli L, Bortolo de Rezende V, Ludolf Ribeiro de Melo F, Couto Garcia C, Carla Silva-Andrade J, Artur da Costa-Rocha I, Alves da Rocha L, Aprigio Silva V, Damasceno Pinto S, Araújo de Melo S, Guimarães Costa A, de Souza Gomes M, Rodrigues Amaral L, Luiz Lima Bertarini P, Cristina da Silva Furtado E, Vieira Pinto da Silva E, Alves Ramos B, Barros Dos Santos É, Nazaré Oliveira Freitas M, Maria Caetano Faria A, Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos P, de Souza Bastos M, Carício Martins L, Assis Martins-Filho O, Sobreira Silva Araújo M. Serotype-associated immune response and network immunoclusters in children and adults during acute Dengue virus infection. Cytokine 2023; 169:156306. [PMID: 37542834 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2023.156306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/07/2023]
Abstract
The present study was designed as an exploratory investigation to characterize the overall profile of chemokines, growth factors, and pro-inflammatory/regulatory cytokines during acute DENV infection according to DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-4 serotypes and age: children: <1-10-year-old (yo); adolescents:11-20 yo; adults 21-40 yo; and older adults: 41-75 yo. The levels of soluble immunemediators were measured in serum by high-throughput microbeads array in 636 subjects including 317 DENV-infected and 319 age-matching non-infected control (NI). Overall, most soluble mediators were increased in DENV-infected patients as compared to NI group regardless of age and DENV serotype, with high magnitude order of increase for CCL2, CXCL10, IL-1β, IFN-γ, IL1-Ra (fold change >3x), except PDGF in which no fold change was observed. Moreover, despite the age ranges, DENV-1 and DENV-4 presented increased levels of VEGF, IL-6, and TNF-α in serum but decreased levels of PDGF, while DENV-2 exhibited increased levels of CXCL8, CCL4, and IL-12. Noteworthy was that DENV-2 showed increased levels of IL-12, IL-15, IL-17, IL-4, IL-9, and IL-13, and maintained an unaltered levels of PDGF at younger ages (<1-10 yo and 11-20 yo), whereas in older ages (21-40 yo and 41-75 yo), the results showed increased levels of CCL2, IL-6, and TNF-α, but lower levels of PDGF. In general, DENV infection at younger age groups exhibited more complex network immunoclusters as compared to older age groups. Multivariate analysis revealed a clustering of DENV cases according to age for a set of soluble mediators especially in subjects infected with DENV-2 serotype. Altogether, our findings demonstrate that the profile of circulating soluble mediators differs substantially in acute DENV according to age and DENV serotypes suggesting the participation of serotype-associated immune response, which may represent a potential target for development of therapeutics and could be used to assist medical directive for precise clinical management of severe cases.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ-Minas), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Office of Blood Research and Review (OBRR), Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Office of Blood Research and Review (OBRR), Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ-Minas), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ-Minas), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Laboratório de Vírus Respiratórios e Sarampo, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, AM, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, AM, Brazil
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- Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, AM, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, AM, Brazil; Fundação Hospitalar de Hematologia e Hemoterapia do Amazonas (HEMOAM), Manaus, AM, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioinformática e Análises Moleculares, Rede Multidisciplinar de Pesquisa, Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Campus Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Laboratório de Tecnologias Urbanas e Rurais, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Campus Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioinformática e Análises Moleculares, Rede Multidisciplinar de Pesquisa, Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Campus Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Laboratório de Tecnologias Urbanas e Rurais, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Campus Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioinformática e Análises Moleculares, Rede Multidisciplinar de Pesquisa, Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Campus Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Laboratório de Tecnologias Urbanas e Rurais, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Campus Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto Evandro Chagas, Rodovia BR-316 KM 7 S/N, Ananindeua, PA, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Instituto Evandro Chagas, Rodovia BR-316 KM 7 S/N, Ananindeua, PA, Brazil; Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, AM, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, AM, Brazil.
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Coutinho-da-Silva MS, Sucupira PHF, Bicalho KA, Campi-Azevedo AC, Brito-de-Sousa JP, Peruhype-Magalhães V, Rios M, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Coelho-dos-Reis JGA, Antonelli LRDV, de Rezende VB, de Melo FLR, Garcia CC, Silva-Andrade JC, da Costa-Rocha IA, Bastos MDS, da Rocha LA, Silva VA, Ferreira EDS, Marinho EPM, Costa AG, Gomes MDS, Amaral LR, Furtado ECDS, da Silva EVP, Ramos BA, dos Santos ÉB, Freitas MNO, Vasconcelos PFDC, Martins-Filho OA, Araújo MSS, Ferreira MS, Martins LC. Serum Soluble Mediator Profiles and Networks During Acute Infection With Distinct DENV Serotypes. Front Immunol 2022; 13:892990. [PMID: 35711447 PMCID: PMC9193801 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.892990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
A panoramic analysis of chemokines, pro-inflammatory/regulatory cytokines, and growth factors was performed in serum samples from patients with acute DENV infection (n=317) by a high-throughput microbeads array. Most soluble mediators analyzed were increased in DENV patients regardless of the DENV serotype. The substantial increase (≥10-fold) of CXCL10, IL-6, and IFN-γ, and decreased levels of PDGF (<0.4-fold) was universally identified in all DENV serotypes. Of note, increased levels of CXCL8, CCL4, and IL-12 (≥3-9-fold) were selectively observed in DENV2 as compared to DENV1 and DENV4. Heatmap and biomarker signatures further illustrated the massive release of soluble mediators observed in DENV patients, confirming the marked increase of several soluble mediators in DENV2. Integrative correlation matrices and networks showed that DENV infection exhibited higher connectivity among soluble mediators. Of note, DENV2 displayed a more complex network, with higher connectivity involving a higher number of soluble mediators. The timeline kinetics (Day 0-1, D2, D3, D4-6) analysis additionally demonstrated differences among DENV serotypes. While DENV1 triggers a progressive increase of soluble mediators towards D3 and with a decline at D4-6, DENV2 and DENV4 develop with a progressive increase towards D4-6 with an early plateau observed in DENV4. Overall, our results provided a comprehensive overview of the immune response elicited by DENV infection, revealing that infection with distinct DENV serotypes causes distinct profiles, rhythms, and dynamic network connectivity of soluble mediators. Altogether, these findings may provide novel insights to understand the pathogenesis of acute infection with distinct DENV serotypes.
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- Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ-Minas), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Office of Blood Research and Review (OBRR), Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Silver Spring, MD, United States
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- Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ-Minas), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ-Minas), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Laboratório de Vírus Respiratórios e Sarampo, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Carlos Borborema, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil
- Escola de Enfermagem de Manaus, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Carlos Borborema, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil
- Escola de Enfermagem de Manaus, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Carlos Borborema, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Carlos Borborema, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Carlos Borborema, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil
- Escola de Enfermagem de Manaus, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, Brazil
- Diretoria de Ensino e Pesquisa, Fundação Hospitalar de Hematologia e Hemoterapia do Amazonas (HEMOAM), Manaus, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioinformática e Análises Moleculares, Rede Multidisciplinar de Pesquisa, Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Patos de Minas, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioinformática e Análises Moleculares, Rede Multidisciplinar de Pesquisa, Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Patos de Minas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Arboviroses e Febres Hemorrágicas, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ananindeua, Brazil
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- Departamento de Arboviroses e Febres Hemorrágicas, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ananindeua, Brazil
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- Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ-Minas), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- *Correspondence: Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, ; Márcio Sobreira Silva Araújo,
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- Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ-Minas), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- *Correspondence: Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, ; Márcio Sobreira Silva Araújo,
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- Departamento de Arboviroses e Febres Hemorrágicas, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ananindeua, Brazil
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Otta DA, de Araújo FF, de Rezende VB, Souza-Fagundes EM, Elói-Santos SM, Costa-Silva MF, Santos RA, Costa HA, Siqueira-Neto JL, Martins-Filho OA, Teixeira-Carvalho A. Identification of Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi Lead Compounds with Putative Immunomodulatory Activity. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2018; 62:e01834-17. [PMID: 29437629 PMCID: PMC5913944 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01834-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
In seeking substitutions for the current Chagas disease treatment, which has several relevant side effects, new therapeutic candidates have been extensively investigated. In this context, a balanced interaction between mediators of the host immune response seems to be a key element for therapeutic success, as a proinflammatory microenvironment modulated by interleukin-10 (IL-10) is shown to be relevant to potentiate anti-Trypanosoma cruzi drug activity. This study aimed to identify the potential immunomodulatory activities of the anti-T. cruzi K777, pyronaridine (PYR), and furazolidone (FUR) compounds in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from noninfected (NI) subjects and chronic Chagas disease (CD) patients. Our results showed low cytotoxicity to PBMC populations, with 50% cytotoxic concentrations (CC50) of 71.0 μM (K777), 9.0 μM (PYR), and greater than 20 μM (FUR). In addition, K777 showed no impact on the exposure index (EI) of phytohemagglutinin-stimulated leukocytes (PHA), while PYR and FUR treatments induced increased EI of monocytes and T lymphocytes at late stages of apoptosis in NI subjects. Moreover, K777 induced a more prominent proinflammatory response (tumor necrosis factor alpha-positive [TNF-α+] CD8+/CD4+, gamma interferon-positive [IFN-γ+] CD4+/CD8+ modulated by interleukin-10-positive [IL-10+] CD4+ T/CD8+ T) than did PYR (TNF-α+ CD8+, IL-10+ CD8+) and FUR (TNF-α+ CD8+, IL-10+ CD8+). Signature analysis of intracytoplasmic cytokines corroborated the proinflammatory/modulated (K777) and proinflammatory (PYR and FUR) profiles previously found. In conclusion, the lead compound K777 may induce beneficial changes in the immunological profile of patients presenting the chronic phase of Chagas disease and may contribute to a more effective therapy against the disease.
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- Dayane Andriotti Otta
- Grupo Integrado de Pesquisas em Biomarcadores, Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Grupo Integrado de Pesquisas em Biomarcadores, Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Sanidade e Produção Animal nos Trópicos, Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Uberaba (UNIUBE), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Grupo Integrado de Pesquisas em Biomarcadores, Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Grupo Integrado de Pesquisas em Biomarcadores, Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Propedêutica Complementar, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Grupo Integrado de Pesquisas em Biomarcadores, Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Grupo Integrado de Pesquisas em Biomarcadores, Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Grupo Integrado de Pesquisas em Biomarcadores, Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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- Grupo Integrado de Pesquisas em Biomarcadores, Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Grupo Integrado de Pesquisas em Biomarcadores, Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Torres KCL, Rezende VBD, Lima-Silva ML, Santos LJDS, Costa CG, Mambrini JVDM, Peixoto SV, Tarazona-Santos E, Martins Filho OA, Lima-Costa MF, Teixeira-Carvalho A. Immune senescence and biomarkers profile of Bambuí aged population-based cohort. Exp Gerontol 2017; 103:47-56. [PMID: 29247791 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2017.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Revised: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 12/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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During immunosenescence many proinflammatory markers such as cytokines and chemokines are increased. This process called by Franceschi and colleagues as inflammaging is associated with chronic inflammation and the ethiology and pathophysiolgy of many ageing diseases as Alzheimer's and atherosclerosis. The knowledge of immune profile during ageing may provide some interventions that would improve the immune function in elderly and quality of life for old people. However, the identification of a group of potential biomarkers to monitor the ageing process is very difficult. In addition, most of the evidence evaluating immune biomarkers profile is based on data from older Caucasian adults. To our knowledge, no previous Latin American old population-based cohort has evaluated immunological parameters along the ageing process. The present work evaluated CXCL8, CXCL9, CXCL10, CCL2, CCL5, IL-1, IL-6, IL-12, TNF and IL-10 serum levels in 1494 older adults aged 60 to 95 from a population based ageing cohort in Brazil. Our data suggest that there is an increased positive predicted probability of participants to be a high producer of IL-6, CXCL8 and CXCL9. Moreover, results did not differ between men and women, except for CXCL10 that increased only in men. Results were not different in the adjusted model by many potential confounders, including African genomic ancestry. Together, these findings add novel insights about the immunologic aspects of ageing supported by a large population-based cohort study that provides evidences that corroborate with the inflammaging proposal and subsidize the establishment of biomarkers for monitoring the health status of aged population.
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- Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil; Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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de Rezende VB, Rosa DV, Comim CM, Magno LAV, Rodrigues ALS, Vidigal P, Jeromin A, Quevedo J, Romano-Silva MA. NCS-1 deficiency causes anxiety and depressive-like behavior with impaired non-aversive memory in mice. Physiol Behav 2014; 130:91-8. [PMID: 24631552 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Revised: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Sensing and regulating intracellular levels of calcium are essential for proper cellular function. In neurons, calcium sensing plays important roles in neuronal plasticity, neurotransmitter release, long-term synapse modification and ion channel activity. Neuronal calcium sensor-1 (NCS-1) is a member of the highly conserved neuronal calcium sensor family. Although NCS-1 has been associated with psychiatric conditions including autism, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, it is unclear which role NCS-1 plays in behavior. To understand the involvement of NCS-1 in psychiatric conditions, we provided a comprehensive behavioral characterization of NCS-1 knockout (KO) mice. These mice grow and develop normally without apparent abnormalities in comparison to wild type littermates. However, open field showed that NCS-1 deficiency impairs novelty-induced exploratory activity in both KO and heterozygote (HT) mice. Moreover, NCS-1-deficiency also resulted in anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors as demonstrated by elevated plus maze, large open field, forced swim and tail suspension tasks. Furthermore, based on spontaneous object recognition test, non-aversive long-term memory was impaired in NCS-1 KO mice. In contrast, neither social behavior nor a kind of aversive memory was affected under NCS-1 deficiency. These data implicate NCS-1 in exploratory activity, memory and mood-related behaviors, suggesting that NCS-1 gene ablation may result in phenotypic abnormalities associated with neuropsychiatric disorders.
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- Vitor Bortolo de Rezende
- Laboratório de Neurociência, INCT de Medicina Molecular, Departamento de Saúde Mental, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av Alfredo Balena, 190, Belo Horizonte, 30130-100 MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociência, INCT de Medicina Molecular, Departamento de Saúde Mental, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av Alfredo Balena, 190, Belo Horizonte, 30130-100 MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociências, INCT Translacional em Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Unidade Acadêmica de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, Av. Universitária, 1105, Bairro Universitário-C.P. 3167, 88806-000 Criciúma, SC, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociência, INCT de Medicina Molecular, Departamento de Saúde Mental, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av Alfredo Balena, 190, Belo Horizonte, 30130-100 MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurobiologia da Depressão, Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário-Trindade, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Patologia Molecular, Departamento de Anatomia Patológica e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Alfredo Balena, 190, Belo Horizonte, 30130-100 MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociências, INCT Translacional em Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Unidade Acadêmica de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, Av. Universitária, 1105, Bairro Universitário-C.P. 3167, 88806-000 Criciúma, SC, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociência, INCT de Medicina Molecular, Departamento de Saúde Mental, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av Alfredo Balena, 190, Belo Horizonte, 30130-100 MG, Brazil.
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