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Alves AF, Pereira RA, de Andrade HM, Mosser DM, Tafuri WL. Immunohistochemical study of renal fibropoiesis associated with dogs naturally and experimentally infected with two different strains of Leishmania (L.) infantum. Int J Exp Pathol 2019; 100:222-233. [PMID: 31696580 DOI: 10.1111/iep.12321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 04/12/2018] [Revised: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The objectives of this work were to study some pathological aspects of kidneys obtained from dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum and from dogs experimentally infected with two different strains of L infantum with special emphasis on fibrotic process. Seventy eight specimens of paraffin-embedded kidney fragments were collected as follows: (a) CNI group composed by 62 kidney samples of adult mongrel dogs, naturally infected with L infantum; (b) BH401 group composed by five kidney samples of adult Beagles experimentally infected with L infantum strain MCAN BR/2002/BH401; (c) BH400 group composed by eleven kidney samples of adult Beagles experimentally infected with L infantum strain MCAN/BR/2000/BH400, at the same dose and same route of the previous group, denominated group BH400; Control group (CC) composed by four kidney samples of adult Beagles. All animals revealed glomerular and interstitial fibropoiesis associated with different types of glomerulonephritis and chronic interstitial nephritis. Fibrosis was markedly more intense in the BH401 group, followed by animals in the CNI group. Markers for myofibroblasts (mesenchymal markers) such as alpha-actin (α-SMA), vimentin and the cytokine transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) were done by immunohistochemistry. BH401 group showed higher expression of all these markers than others. Intracellular amastigotes forms of Leishmania was mainly found in BH401. These results could be indicating that the MCAN/BR/2002/BH401 strain is a good choice for the study of renal LVC experimental model.
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- Adriano F Alves
- Depto. de Patologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Depto. de Patologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Depto. de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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- Depto. de Patologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Lima IS, Solcá MS, Tafuri WL, de Freitas LAR, Dos-Santos WLC. Assessment of histological liver alterations in dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum. Parasit Vectors 2019; 12:487. [PMID: 31619264 PMCID: PMC6796381 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-019-3723-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background The liver plays a central role in the development of canine visceral leishmaniasis. Studies of natural infection in animals and humans indicate a direct relationship between resolution of infection and the formation and maturation of granulomas in the liver. However, in contrast to other reports in the literature, the present study found no differences in the characteristics of hepatic granulomas that could be related to resistance or susceptibility to Leishmania. Here, we describe the hepatic alterations observed in dogs with differing clinical manifestations of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Methods We examined 148 animals in an endemic area. The animals were clinically examined, and the infection was determined by ELISA, spleen aspirate culture and quantitative PCR. The animals were grouped into asymptomatic or symptomatic based on the number of signs of LV. The histological liver evaluation was performed in a blinded way. Results Our results indicated no association between the characteristics of granulomas and clinical presentation. We found an association between the intensity of this inflammatory response and parasite load in the animals’ spleens. It is important to note that while hepatic alterations, such as portal and perivascular inflammation and the presence of larger amounts of granulomas, were linked with higher parasite loads, we found the inverse to be true with respect to intrasinusoidal lymphocytosis, the formation of intrasinusoidal inflammatory cell aggregates and Kupffer cell hypertrophy. Conclusions Our findings suggest that the presence of mononuclear inflammatory cells inside the sinusoids is more important than that of organized granulomas in terms of the containment of parasitism by the host. We suggest that the presence of granulomas indicates the failure of a first line of defense mechanism in the control of parasite infection, which could be related to the presence of inflammatory cells and Kupffer cell hypertrophy inside the sinusoids. We further demonstrated that dogs with active Leishmania spp. infection present a higher frequency of inflammatory changes in the liver. In addition to being correlated with the severity of clinical manifestation, these hepatic alterations were also associated with changes in hematological and biochemical parameters.
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- Isadora S Lima
- Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
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- Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, BA, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Christensen SM, Belew AT, El-Sayed NM, Tafuri WL, Silveira FT, Mosser DM. Host and parasite responses in human diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L. amazonensis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019; 13:e0007152. [PMID: 30845223 PMCID: PMC6405045 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [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: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL) is a rare form of leishmaniasis where parasites grow uncontrolled in diffuse lesions across the skin. Meta-transcriptomic analysis of biopsies from DCL patients infected with Leishmania amazonensis demonstrated an infiltration of atypical B cells producing a surprising preponderance of the IgG4 isotype. DCL lesions contained minimal CD8+ T cell transcripts and no evidence of persistent TH2 responses. Whereas localized disease exhibited activated (so-called M1) macrophage presence, transcripts in DCL suggested a regulatory macrophage (R-Mϕ) phenotype with higher levels of ABCB5, DCSTAMP, SPP1, SLAMF9, PPARG, MMPs, and TM4SF19. The high levels of parasite transcripts in DCL and the remarkable uniformity among patients afforded a unique opportunity to study parasite gene expression in this disease. Patterns of parasite gene expression in DCL more closely resembled in vitro parasite growth in resting macrophages, in the absence of T cells. In contrast, parasite gene expression in LCL revealed 336 parasite genes that were differently upregulated, relative to DCL and in vitro macrophage growth, and these transcripts may represent transcripts that are produced by the parasite in response to host immune pressure.
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- Stephen M. Christensen
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics and the Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, MD United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics and the Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, MD United States of America
- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics and the Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, MD United States of America
- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD United States of America
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Geras, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Evandro Chagas Institute, Tropical Medicine Nucleus, Federal University of Pará, Belém, PA Brazil
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics and the Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, MD United States of America
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Pinheiro LJ, Paranaíba LF, Alves AF, Parreiras PM, Gontijo NF, Soares RP, Tafuri WL. Salivary Gland Extract Modulates the Infection of Two Leishmania enriettii Strains by Interfering With Macrophage Differentiation in the Model of Cavia porcellus. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:969. [PMID: 29896161 PMCID: PMC5986888 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The subgenus Mundinia includes several Leishmania species that have human and veterinary importance. One of those members, Leishmania Mundinia enriettii was isolated from the guinea pig Cavia porcellus in the 1940s. Several histopathological studies have already been performed in this species in the absence of salivary gland extract (SGE), which are determinant and the early and future events of the infection. Our main hypothesis is that SGE could differentially modulate the course of the lesion and macrophage differentiation caused by avirulent and virulent L. enriettii strains. Here, the C. porcellus nasal region was infected using needles with two strains of L. enriettii (L88 and Cobaia) in the presence/absence of SGE and followed for 12 weeks. Those strains vary in terms of virulence, and their histopathological development was characterized. Some L88-infected animals could develop ulcerated/nodular lesions, whereas Cobaia strain developed non-ulcerated nodular lesions. Animals experimentally inoculated developed a protuberance and/or lesion after the 4th and 5th weeks of infection. Macroscopically, the size of lesion in L88-infected animals was smaller in the presence of SGE. Remarkable differences were detected microscopically in the presence of SGE for both strains. After the 6th and 7th weeks, L88-infected animals were heavily parasitized with an intense inflammatory profile bearing amastigotes and pro-inflammatory cells compared to those infected by Cobaia strain. Morphometry analysis revealed that L1+ macrophages were abundant in the L88 infection, but not in the Cobaia infection. In the presence of SGE, an increased CD163+ macrophage infiltrate by both strains was detected. Interestingly, this effect was more pronounced in Cobaia-infected animals. This study showed the role of SGE during the course of L. enriettii (strains L88 and Cobaia) infection and its role in modulating macrophage attraction to the lesion site. SGE decreased L1+ macrophages and this may favor an escaping mechanism for L88 parasites. On the other hand, in the presence of SGE, an increase in CD163+ cells during Cobaia infection may be important for its control. Although both strains healed at the end of the infection, the role of SGE was determinant for the kinetics of the immunopathological events in this dermotropic species.
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- Lucélia J Pinheiro
- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Castro R, de Amorim I, Pereira R, Silva S, Pinheiro L, Pinto A, Azevedo E, Demicheli C, Caliari M, Mosser D, Michalick M, Frezard FJ, Tafuri WL. Hepatic fibropoiesis in dogs naturally infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum treated with liposome-encapsulated meglumine antimoniate and allopurinol. Vet Parasitol 2018; 250:22-29. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Paranaiba LF, Pinheiro LJ, Torrecilhas AC, Macedo DH, Menezes-Neto A, Tafuri WL, Soares RP. Leishmania enriettii (Muniz & Medina, 1948): A highly diverse parasite is here to stay. PLoS Pathog 2017; 13:e1006303. [PMID: 28542526 PMCID: PMC5444841 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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- Larissa F. Paranaiba
- Departamento de Parasitologia, Universidade Federal Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- * E-mail: (LFP); (RPS)
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- Departamento de Patologia, Universidade Federal Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Universidade Federal Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- * E-mail: (LFP); (RPS)
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Madeira IMVM, Pereira DMO, Sousa AA, Vilela CA, Amorim IFG, Caliari MV, Souza CC, Tafuri WL. Immunohistochemical study of hepatic fibropoiesis associated with canine visceral leishmaniasis. Int J Exp Pathol 2016; 97:139-49. [PMID: 27242326 DOI: 10.1111/iep.12179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 02/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Hepatic fibropoiesis has been confirmed in canine visceral leishmaniasis. In fibrotic disease, hepatic stellate cells (HSC) play an important role in fibropoiesis, undergoing activation by TGF-β to acquire characteristics of myofibroblasts. These cells show extensive capacity for proliferation, motility, contractility, collagen synthesis and extracellular matrix component synthesis. The aim of this work was to identify markers of HSC activation in 10 symptomatic and 10 asymptomatic dogs naturally infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum. Eight uninfected dogs were used as controls. Alpha-actin (α-SMA), vimentin and cytokeratin were investigated by immunohistochemistry as HSC markers. The cytokine TGF-β in tissue was also evaluated by immunohistochemistry. All infected dogs showed higher numbers of reticular fibres than controls. Fibropoiesis found in infected dogs was always associated with the presence of parasites and chronic granulomatous hepatitis. Positive correlation was found among fibropoiesis, parasite tissue load and expression of α-SMA. There was no correlation between fibropoiesis, vimentin and cytokeratin markers. The expression of cytokine TGF-β was higher in infected dogs than in controls, but not significantly different between symptomatic and asymptomatic dogs. These results confirm previous work describing the intense hepatic fibropoiesis in dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum, but now associated them with overexpression of TGF-β, where α-SMA may be a superior marker for activated HSC cells in CVL.
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- Igor M V M Madeira
- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
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Lima BSS, Fialho LC, Pires SF, Tafuri WL, Andrade HM. Immunoproteomic and bioinformatic approaches to identify secreted Leishmania amazonensis, L. braziliensis, and L. infantum proteins with specific reactivity using canine serum. Vet Parasitol 2016; 223:115-9. [PMID: 27198787 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 09/07/2015] [Revised: 03/21/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Leishmania spp have a wide range of hosts, and each host can harbor several Leishmania species. Dogs, for example, are frequently infected by Leishmania infantum, where they constitute its main reservoir, but they also serve as hosts for L. braziliensis and L. amazonensis. Serological tests for antibody detection are valuable tools for diagnosis of L. infantum infection due to the high levels of antibodies induced, unlike what is observed in L. amazonensis and L. braziliensis infections. Likewise, serology-based antigen-detection can be useful as an approach to diagnose any Leishmania species infection using different corporal fluid samples. Immunogenic and secreted proteins constitute powerful targets for diagnostic methods in antigen detection. As such, we performed immunoproteomic (2-DE, western blot and mass spectrometry) and bioinformatic screening to search for reactive and secreted proteins from L. amazonensis, L. braziliensis, and L. infantum. Twenty-eight non-redundant proteins were identified, among which, six were reactive only in L. amazonensis extracts, 10 in L. braziliensis extracts, and seven in L. infantum extracts. After bioinformatic analysis, seven proteins were predicted to be secreted, two of which were reactive only in L. amazonensis extracts (52kDa PDI and the glucose-regulated protein 78), one in L. braziliensis extracts (pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 beta subunit) and three in L. infantum extracts (two conserved hypothetical proteins and elongation factor 1-beta). We propose that proteins can be suitable targets for diagnostic methods based on antigen detection.
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- B S S Lima
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Parasitologia, 31279-910 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Parasitologia, 31279-910 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Parasitologia, 31279-910 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Patologia, 31279-910 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Parasitologia, 31279-910 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Pinto AJW, de Amorim IFG, Pinheiro LJ, Madeira IMVM, Souza CC, Chiarini-Garcia H, Caliari MV, Tafuri WL. Glycol methacrylate embedding for the histochemical study of the gastrointestinal tract of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum. Eur J Histochem 2015; 59:2546. [PMID: 26708180 PMCID: PMC4698612 DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2015.2546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In canine visceral leishmaniasis a diffuse chronic inflammatory exudate and an intense parasite load throughout the gastrointestinal tract has been previously reported. However, these studies did not allow a properly description of canine cellular morphology details. The aim of our study was to better characterize these cells in carrying out a qualitative and quantitative histological study in the gastrointestinal tract of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum by examining gut tissues embedded in glycol methacrylate. Twelve infected adult dogs were classified in asymptomatic and symptomatic. Five uninfected dogs were used as controls. After necropsy, three samples of each gut segment, including esophagus, stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, colon, and rectum were collected and fixed in Carnoy's solution for glycol methacrylate protocols. Sections were stained with hematoxylin-eosin, toluidine blue borate, and periodic acid-Schiff stain. Leishmania amastigotes were detected by immunohistochemistry employed in both glycol methacrylate and paraffin embedded tissues. The quantitative histological analysis showed higher numbers of plasma cells, lymphocytes and macrophages in lamina propria of all segments of GIT of infected dogs than controls. The parasite load was more intense and cecum and colon, independently of the clinical status of these dogs. Importantly, glycol methacrylate embedded tissue stained with toluidine blue borate clearly revealed mast cell morphology, even after mast cell degranulation. Infected dogs showed lower numbers of mast cells in all gut segments than did controls. Despite the glycol methacrylate (GMA) protocol requires more attention and care than the conventional paraffin processing, this embedding procedure proved to be especially suitable for the present histological study, where it allowed to preserve and observe cell morphology in fine detail.
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Figueiredo MM, Deoti B, Amorim IF, Pinto AJW, Moraes A, Carvalho CS, da Silva SM, de Assis ACB, de Faria AMC, Tafuri WL. Expression of regulatory T cells in jejunum, colon, and cervical and mesenteric lymph nodes of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum. Infect Immun 2014; 82:3704-12. [PMID: 24935975 PMCID: PMC4187817 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01862-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Using flow cytometry, we evaluated the frequencies of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells and Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) in mononuclear cells in the jejunum, colon, and cervical and mesenteric lymph nodes of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum and in uninfected controls. All infected dogs showed chronic lymphadenitis and enteritis. Despite persistent parasite loads, no erosion or ulcers were evident in the epithelial mucosa. The colon harbored more parasites than the jejunum. Frequencies of total CD4(+), total Foxp3, and CD4(+) Foxp3(+) cells were higher in the jejunum than in the colon. Despite negative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) serum results for cytokines, levels of interleukin-10 (IL-10), gamma interferon (IFN-γ), transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) were higher in the jejunum than in the colon for infected dogs. However, IL-4 levels were higher in the colon than in the jejunum for infected dogs. There was no observed correlation between clinical signs and histopathological changes or immunological and parasitological findings in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of canines with visceral leishmaniasis. However, distinct segments of the GIT presented different immunological and parasitological responses. The jejunum showed a lower parasite load, with increased frequencies and expression of CD4, Foxp3, and CD8 receptors and IL-10, TGF-β, IFN-γ, and TNF-α cytokines. The colon showed a higher parasite load, with increasing expression of IL-4. Leishmania infantum infection increased expression of CD4, Foxp3, IL-10, TGF-β, IFN-γ, and TNF-α and reduced CD8 and IL-4 expression in both the jejunum and the colon.
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- Maria M Figueiredo
- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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Souza CC, Barreto TDO, da Silva SM, Pinto AWJ, Figueiredo MM, Rocha OGF, Cangussú SD, Tafuri WL. A potential link among antioxidant enzymes, histopathology and trace elements in canine visceral leishmaniasis. Int J Exp Pathol 2014; 95:260-70. [PMID: 24766461 PMCID: PMC4170968 DOI: 10.1111/iep.12080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is a severe and fatal systemic chronic inflammatory disease. We investigated the alterations in, and potential associations among, antioxidant enzymes, trace elements and histopathology in CVL. Blood and tissue levels of Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase were measured in mixed-breed dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum chagasi, symptomatic (n = 19) and asymptomatic (n = 11). Serum levels of copper, iron, zinc, selenium and nitric oxide, and plasma lipid peroxidation were measured. Histological and morphometric analyses were conducted of lesions in liver, spleen and lymph nodes. We found lower blood catalase and glutathione peroxidase activity to be correlated with lower iron and selenium respectively. However, higher activity of Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase was not correlated with the increase in copper and decreased in zinc observed in infected animals compared to controls. Organ tissue was characterized by lower enzyme activity in infected dogs than in controls, but this was not correlated with trace elements. Lipid peroxidation was higher in symptomatic than in asymptomatic and control dogs and was associated with lesions such as chronic inflammatory reaction, congestion, haemosiderin and fibrosis. Systemic iron deposition was observed primarily in the symptomatic dogs showing a higher tissue parasite load. Dogs with symptomatic CVL displayed enhanced LPO and Fe tissue deposition associated with decreased levels of antioxidant enzymes. These results showed new points in the pathology of CVL and might open new treatment perspectives associated with antioxidants and the role of iron in the pathogenesis of CVL.
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- Carolina C Souza
- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
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Ribeiro RR, Moura EP, Sampaio WM, Silva SM, Fulgêncio GO, Tafuri WL, Michalick MS, Frézard F. Complement activation-related pseudoallergy in dogs following intravenous administration of a liposomal formulation of meglumine antimoniate. Pesq Vet Bras 2013. [DOI: 10.1590/s0100-736x2013000800012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The increasing use of nanotechnologies in advanced therapies has allowed the observation of specific adverse reactions related to nanostructures. The toxicity of a novel liposome formulation of meglumine antimoniate in dogs with visceral leishmaniasis after single dose has been investigated. Groups of 12 animals received by the intravenous route a single dose of liposomal meglumine antimoniate (group I [GI], 6.5 mg Sb/kg), empty liposomes (GII) or isotonic saline (GIII). Evaluation of hematological and biochemical parameters showed no significant changes 4 days after administration. No undesired effects were registered in the GIII. However, adverse reactions were observed in 67.7% of dogs from both groups that received liposomal formulations. The side effects began moments after bolus administration and disappeared during the first 15 minutes after treatment. Prostation, sialorrhea and defecation were the most frequent clinical signs, registered in 33.3% and 41.6 % of animals from the groups GI and GII, respectively. Tachypnea, mydriasis, miosis, vomiting and cyanosis were also registered in both groups. The adverse reactions observed in this study were attributed to the activation of the complement system by lipid vesicles in a phenomenon known as Complement Activation-Related Pseudoallergy (CARPA). The influence of the physical-chemical characteristics of liposomal formulation in the triggering of CARPA is discussed.
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Figueiredo MM, Amorim IFG, Pinto AJW, Barbosa VS, Pinheiro LDJ, Deoti B, Faria AMC, Tafuri WL. Expression of Toll-like receptors 2 and 9 in cells of dog jejunum and colon naturally infected with Leishmania infantum. BMC Immunol 2013; 14:22. [PMID: 23668673 PMCID: PMC3698031 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-14-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2012] [Accepted: 04/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Infection with parasite protozoa is a long-term health issue in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. The Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling pathway is one of the first-responding defense systems against Leishmania. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of TLR2 and TLR9 in jejunum and colon and its correlation with CD11c, CD11b, and CD14 receptors used as markers for dendritic cells and macrophages. METHODS Twenty four dogs infected with Leishmania infantum were used in this study. Cytometry was carried out in lamina propria cells from jejunum and colon using markers for TLR2, TLR9, CD11b, CD11c and CD14. RESULTS Cellular inflammatory exudate was diffuse in the mucosa and submucosa, predominately comprising mononuclear cells: plasma cells, macrophages, and lymphocytes. Despite the parasite load, microscopy showed no erosion was evident in the epithelial mucosa layers. The colon harbored more parasites than the jejunum. Flow cytometry revealed higher frequency of TLR2+ and CD11c+ dendritic cells in the colon than in the jejunum. Conversely, TLR9-expressing cells were more frequent in jejunum. Moreover, frequency of macrophages (CD11b+ and CD14+) expressing simultaneity TLR9 were lower in the colon than in jejunum, while CD11c+ cells predominated in the colon. Despite of the negative ELISA serum results, IL-10 and TNF-α were higher in jejunum than colon of infected animals. However, IL-4 was higher in colon than jejunum of infected animals. A higher expression these cytokines were demonstrated in infected dogs compared to uninfected dogs. CONCLUSIONS There was no correlation between clinical signs and pathological changes and immunological and parasitological findings in the gastrointestinal tract in canine visceral leishmaniasis. However, jejunum showed a lower parasite load with increased frequency and expression of CD11b, TLR9, CD14/CD11b/TLR9 receptors and IL-10 and TNF-α cytokines. Conversely, the colon showed a higher parasite load along with increased frequency and expression of TLR2, CD11c receptors, and IL-4 cytokine. Thus, Leishmania infantum is able to interfere in jejunum increased expression of TLR2, TLR9, CD11b, CD14, CD14/CD11b/TLR9 receptors, IL-10, and TNF-α; and in colon increased expression of CD11c, TLR2, TLR9, CD11b, CD14 e, CD14/CD11b/TLR9 receptors, IL-10, and TNF-α.
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- Maria M Figueiredo
- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Silva LC, Castro RS, Figueiredo MM, Michalick MSM, Tafuri WL, Tafuri WL. Canine visceral leishmaniasis as a systemic fibrotic disease. Int J Exp Pathol 2013; 94:133-43. [PMID: 23419132 DOI: 10.1111/iep.12010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 02/17/2012] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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We propose that canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is a systemic fibrotic disease, as evidenced by the wide distribution of fibrosis that we have found in the dogs suffering from chronic condition. The inflammatory cells apparently direct fibrosis formation. Twenty-four cases (symptomatic dogs) were identified from a total of one hundred and five cases that had been naturally infected with Leishmania chagasi and had been documented during an epidemiological survey of CVL carried out by the metropolitan area of the municipality of Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. The histological criterion was intralobular liver fibrosis, as has been described previously in dogs with visceral leishmaniasis. In addition to the findings in the liver, here we describe and quantify conspicuous and systemic deposition of collagen in other organs, including spleen, cervical lymph nodes, lung and kidney of all the infected symptomatic dogs. Thus we report that there is a systematic fibrotic picture in these animals, where inflammatory cells appear to direct fibrosis in all organs that have been studied. Therefore we propose that CVL is a systemic fibrotic disease.
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- Lucelia C Silva
- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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Leite PM, Gomes RS, Figueiredo AB, Serafim TD, Tafuri WL, de Souza CC, Moura SAL, Fietto JLR, Melo MN, Ribeiro-Dias F, Oliveira MAP, Rabello A, Afonso LCC. Ecto-nucleotidase activities of promastigotes from Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis relates to parasite infectivity and disease clinical outcome. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2012; 6:e1850. [PMID: 23071853 PMCID: PMC3469556 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 01/16/2012] [Accepted: 08/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis has been associated with a broad range of clinical manifestations ranging from a simple cutaneous ulcer to destructive mucosal lesions. Factors leading to this diversity of clinical presentations are not clear, but parasite factors have lately been recognized as important in determining disease progression. Given the fact that the activity of ecto-nucleotidases correlates with parasitism and the development of infection, we evaluated the activity of these enzymes in promastigotes from 23 L. braziliensis isolates as a possible parasite-related factor that could influence the clinical outcome of the disease. Methodology/Principal Findings Our results show that the isolates differ in their ability to hydrolyze adenine nucleotides. Furthermore, we observed a positive correlation between the time for peak of lesion development in C57BL/6J mice and enzymatic activity and clinical manifestation of the isolate. In addition, we found that L. (V.) braziliensis isolates obtained from mucosal lesions hydrolyze higher amounts of adenine nucleotides than isolates obtained from skin lesions. One isolate with high (PPS6m) and another with low (SSF) ecto-nucleotidase activity were chosen for further studies. Mice inoculated with PPS6m show delayed lesion development and present larger parasite loads than animals inoculated with the SSF isolate. In addition, PPS6m modulates the host immune response by inhibiting dendritic cell activation and NO production by activated J774 macrophages. Finally, we observed that the amastigote forms from PPS6m and SSF isolates present low enzymatic activity that does not interfere with NO production and parasite survival in macrophages. Conclusions/Significance Our data suggest that ecto-nucleotidases present on the promastigote forms of the parasite may interfere with the establishment of the immune response with consequent impaired ability to control parasite dissemination and this may be an important factor in determining the clinical outcome of leishmaniasis. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a widespread tropical disease caused by different species of Leishmania protozoa that are transmitted by infected sandflies. Clinical presentations are extremely diverse and dependent on a variety of parasite and host factors that are poorly understood. Leishmania (V.) braziliensis infection may result in a devastating disease manifestation characterized by the development of destructive lesions in the oral, nasal, and pharyngeal mucosal. Ecto-nucleotidases are enzymes that are involved in the hydrolysis of extracellular nucleotides. These enzymes have been shown to correlate with virulence of Leishmania parasites. In this work, we evaluated the ecto-nucleotidase activity of promastigotes from the twenty three different L. braziliensis isolates. We demonstrated that isolates obtained from mucosal lesions present higher levels of ecto-nucleotidase activity than those from cutaneous lesions. In addition, we show that in the murine model of cutaneous leishmaniasis, promastigote forms of parasite with higher activity induce a delayed/decreased immune response that may correlate with spreading of the parasites throughout the body. Thus, we propose that the level of ecto-nucleotidase activity of promastigotes may be a marker for the development of severe clinical forms of cutaneous leishmaniasis and also a possible target for future therapeutic intervention.
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- Pauline M. Leite
- Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia, DECBI/NUPEB, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia, DECBI/NUPEB, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia, DECBI/NUPEB, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia, DECBI/NUPEB, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, ICB, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, ICB, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia, DECBI/NUPEB, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Publica, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Publica, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou- FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia, DECBI/NUPEB, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Santiago HC, Gonzalez Lombana CZ, Macedo JP, Utsch L, Tafuri WL, Campagnole-Santos MJ, Alves RO, Alves-Filho JCF, Romanha AJ, Cunha FQ, Teixeira MM, Radi R, Vieira LQ. NADPH phagocyte oxidase knockout mice control Trypanosoma cruzi proliferation, but develop circulatory collapse and succumb to infection. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2012; 6:e1492. [PMID: 22348160 PMCID: PMC3279332 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2010] [Accepted: 12/09/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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(•)NO is considered to be a key macrophage-derived cytotoxic effector during Trypanosoma cruzi infection. On the other hand, the microbicidal properties of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are well recognized, but little importance has been attributed to them during in vivo infection with T. cruzi. In order to investigate the role of ROS in T. cruzi infection, mice deficient in NADPH phagocyte oxidase (gp91(phox) (-/-) or phox KO) were infected with Y strain of T. cruzi and the course of infection was followed. phox KO mice had similar parasitemia, similar tissue parasitism and similar levels of IFN-γ and TNF in serum and spleen cell culture supernatants, when compared to wild-type controls. However, all phox KO mice succumbed to infection between day 15 and 21 after inoculation with the parasite, while 60% of wild-type mice were alive 50 days after infection. Further investigation demonstrated increased serum levels of nitrite and nitrate (NOx) at day 15 of infection in phox KO animals, associated with a drop in blood pressure. Treatment with a NOS2 inhibitor corrected the blood pressure, implicating NOS2 in this phenomenon. We postulate that superoxide reacts with (•)NO in vivo, preventing blood pressure drops in wild type mice. Hence, whilst superoxide from phagocytes did not play a critical role in parasite control in the phox KO animals, its production would have an important protective effect against blood pressure decline during infection with T. cruzi.
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- Helton C. Santiago
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departmento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departmento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Pinto AJW, Figueiredo MM, Silva FL, Martins T, Michalick MSM, Tafuri WL, Tafuri WL. Histopathological and parasitological study of the gastrointestinal tract of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum. Acta Vet Scand 2011; 53:67. [PMID: 22166041 PMCID: PMC3269393 DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-53-67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2011] [Accepted: 12/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background The aim of this study was to provide a systematic pathological and parasitological overview of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT), including the stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, caecum and colon, of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania. Methods Twenty mongrel dogs naturally infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum and obtained from the Control Zoonosis Center of the Municipality of Ribeirão das Neves, Belo Horizonte Metropolitan area, Minas Gerais (MG) state, Brazil, were analyzed. The dogs were divided into two groups: Group 1 comprised nine clinically normal dogs and group 2 comprised 11 clinically affected dogs. After necropsy, one sample was collected from each GIT segment, namely the stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, caecum and colon. Furthermore, paraffin-embedded samples were used for histological and parasitological (immunohistochemistry) evaluation and a morphometrical study were carried out to determine the parasite load (immunolabeled amastigote forms of Leishmania). The Friedman and the Mann Whitney tests were used for statistical analysis. The Friedman test was used to analyze each segment of the GIT within each group of dogs and the Mann Whitney test was used to compare the GIT segments between clinically unaffected and affected dogs. Results The infected dogs had an increased number of macrophages, plasma cells and lymphocytes, but lesions were generally mild. Parasite distribution in the GIT was evident in all intestinal segments and layers of the intestinal wall (mucosal, muscular and submucosal) irrespective of the clinical status of the dogs. However, the parasite load was statistically higher in the caecum and colon than in other segments of the GIT. Conclusion The high parasite burden evident throughout the GIT mucosa with only mild pathological alterations led us to consider whether Leishmania gains an advantage from the intestinal immunoregulatory response (immunological tolerance).
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de Amorim IFG, Freitas E, Alves CF, Tafuri WL, Melo MN, Michalick MSM, da Costa-Val AP. Humoral immunological profile and parasitological statuses of Leishmune vaccinated and visceral leishmaniasis infected dogs from an endemic area. Vet Parasitol 2010; 173:55-63. [PMID: 20638182 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2009] [Revised: 05/12/2010] [Accepted: 06/21/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Dogs represent the major reservoir of Leishmaniao chagasi and vaccination against the canine disease is a potential control strategy. However, seroconversion occurs post-vaccine and hence, there is need to discriminate between the former group and naturally infected dogs. The present study represents a comparison of the humoral immunological profiles of both groups using Leishmania soluble antigen (LSA) and fucose-mannose ligand (FML). For both categories, ear skin samples were evaluated immunohistochemically and through PCR, that was also performed in blood specimens, as well as their ability to infect Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis. All these tests showed negative results for the vaccinated dogs. Differences between groups were observed regarding IgG, IgG2 and IgE absorbances as determined by FML-ELISA, and for IgG1 and IgE absorbances as measured by LSA-ELISA, showing that Leishmune-immunised animals and VL naturally infected dogs present different immunological profiles, even though these differences cannot be used to distinguish between these two groups of dogs.
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- I F G de Amorim
- Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Campus Pampulha, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Saldanha JCS, Gargiulo DL, Dourado LPA, Santiago HC, Menezes GB, Reis MLC, Tafuri WL, Teixeira MM, Vieira LQ, Cara DC. Chronic antigen ingestion protects ovalbumin sensitized mice from severe manifestation of Leishmania major infection. Parasite Immunol 2009; 30:646-9. [PMID: 19067847 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2008.01063.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In the present work, the development of experimental leishmaniasis was examined in sensitized BALB/c mice that were chronically fed with antigen. After an oral challenge with egg white solution, the ovalbumin (Ova)-sensitized mice showed an increase in serum anti-Ova IgE and IgG1 antibodies. Lesions induced by Leishmania major infection were reduced by the ingestion of Ova in sensitized mice, as assessed by reduced footpad growth, lower parasite loads and improved pathological outcome compared to sham sensitized mice. Moreover, such findings were connected to a shift to a Th1 response involving higher IFN-gamma production and serum levels of IgG2a anti-Leishmania antigens. The data appear to corroborate the suggestion that chronic ingestion of an antigen by sensitized mice modulates the immunological system through a shift in cytokine release, exhibiting a healing response and resistance to L. major infection.
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- J C S Saldanha
- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Costa MMS, Lima WG, Figueiredo MM, Michalick MSM, Tafuri WL, Tafuri WL. Cervical, mandibular, and parotid lymph nodes of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum: a histopathologic and immunohistochemistry study and its correlation with facial skin lesions. Vet Pathol 2008; 45:613-6. [PMID: 18725463 DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-5-613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The parasite load in cervical, mandibular, and parotid lymph nodes and in the skin of the nose and the pinna from dogs infected with Leishmania infantum were investigated by histologic and immunohistochemical studies. Twenty-two infected dogs with and without signs of infection were examined to demonstrate correlation of signs with parasite load and the correlation of facial skin lesions with parasites in regional lymph nodes. Chronic inflammation of the skin was demonstrated in infected dogs that had no gross skin lesions, confirming that normal-appearing skin can harbor the parasite, likely playing a role in transmission. Dogs with facial skin lesions showed a higher parasite load in parotid lymph nodes than dogs without lesions of the facial skin, based on Leishman-Donovan unit analysis. Based on immunohistochemical analysis, parasite load in parotid and cervical nodes was correlated with that of skin of the nose and pinna, as was the parasite load in mandibular lymph nodes and skin of the external nose. We demonstrated a logical involvement of the lymphatic vessels and their specific anatomic draining sites.
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- M M S Costa
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Depto. Patologia Geral, Av. Antonio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901 (Brazil)
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Coura-Vital W, Carneiro CM, Martins HR, de Lana M, Veloso VM, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Bahia MT, Corrêa-Oliveira R, Martins-Filho OA, Tafuri WL, Reis AB. Trypanosoma cruzi: immunoglobulin isotype profiles during the acute phase of canine experimental infection with metacyclic or blood trypomastigotes. Exp Parasitol 2008; 120:269-74. [PMID: 18786531 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2007] [Revised: 08/01/2008] [Accepted: 08/18/2008] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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A detailed investigation has been carried out about the serological profiles of groups of dogs experimentally infected with metacyclic (MT) or blood (BT) trypomastigotes of Berenice-78 Trypanosoma cruzi strain. Peripheral blood was collected from infected dogs and uninfected controls, weekly during 35 days following the acute phase of infection, and immunoglobulin profiles were determined by ELISA. Dogs infected with BT exhibited unaltered levels of IgG2, increases in IgM, IgE, IgA, IgG and IgG1. In contrast, dogs infected with MT presented unaltered levels of IgE and IgG1 and an increase in IgM, IgA, IgG and IgG2 levels. Compared with the MT group, animals infected with BT showed significant increases in IgM on days 7, 14 and 28, in IgA on days 7, 14 and 21, in IgE on days 7 and 14, in IgG on days 14 and 28, and in IgG1 on days 7, 14 and 21. Parasitemia levels of the infected animals were measured over the same time period. No correlations were found between the immunoglobulin profiles and the parasitemia levels. The results demonstrated that the inoculum source (BT or MT) influence the immunoglobulin isotype profile that may drive distinct outcome of acute canine Chagas disease.
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- W Coura-Vital
- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas/NUPEB, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, CEP 35400-000, Brazil
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Barsante MM, Cunha TM, Allegretti M, Cattani F, Policani F, Bizzarri C, Tafuri WL, Poole S, Cunha FQ, Bertini R, Teixeira MM. Blockade of the chemokine receptor CXCR2 ameliorates adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats. Br J Pharmacol 2007; 153:992-1002. [PMID: 17891165 PMCID: PMC2267272 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 may mediate influx of neutrophils in models of acute and chronic inflammation. The potential benefits of oral administration of a CXCR1/2 inhibitor, DF 2162, in adjuvant-induced polyarthritis (AIA) were investigated. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH A model of AIA in rats was used to compare the therapeutic effects of the treatment with DF2162, anti-TNF or anti-CINC-1 antibodies on joint inflammation and local production of cytokines and chemokines. KEY RESULTS DF2162 prevented chemotaxis of rat and human neutrophils induced by chemokines acting on CXCR1/2. DF2162 was orally bioavailable and metabolized to two major metabolites. Only metabolite 1 retained CXCR1/2 blocking activity. Treatment with DF2162 (15 mg kg(-1), twice daily) or metabolite 1, but not metabolite 2, starting on day 10 after arthritis induction diminished histological score, the increase in paw volume, neutrophil influx and local production of TNF, IL-1beta, CCL2 and CCL5. The effects of DF2162 were similar to those of anti-TNF, and more effective than those of anti-CINC-1, antibodies. DF2162 prevented disease progression even when started 13 days after arthritis induction. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS DF 2162, a novel orally-active non-competitive allosteric inhibitor of CXCR1 and CXCR2, significantly ameliorates AIA in rats, an effect quantitatively and qualitatively similar to those of anti-TNF antibody treatment. These findings highlight the contribution of CXCR2 in the pathophysiology of AIA and suggest that blockade of CXCR1/2 may be a valid therapeutic target for further studies aiming at the development of new drugs for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
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- M M Barsante
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Preclinical Pharmacology, Dompé pha.r.ma s.p.a. L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Preclinical Pharmacology, Dompé pha.r.ma s.p.a. L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Preclinical Pharmacology, Dompé pha.r.ma s.p.a. L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Preclinical Pharmacology, Dompé pha.r.ma s.p.a. L'Aquila, Italy
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- National Institute of Biological Standards and Control Potters Bar, UK
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- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Preclinical Pharmacology, Dompé pha.r.ma s.p.a. L'Aquila, Italy
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Morgan DJ, Guimaraes LH, Machado PRL, D'Oliveira A, Almeida RP, Lago EL, Faria DR, Tafuri WL, Dutra WO, Carvalho EM. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis during Pregnancy: Exuberant Lesions and Potential Fetal Complications. Clin Infect Dis 2007; 45:478-82. [PMID: 17638198 DOI: 10.1086/520017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2007] [Accepted: 04/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis affects millions of people worldwide. After observations of atypical lesions in pregnant women at the health centers of Corte de Pedra, Brazil, 9 years of records were reviewed, and 26 pregnant patients were identified. A retrospective case-control study revealed that lesions in pregnant women were much larger than those in nonpregnant patients in an age- and sex-matched group (mean area, 6.08 cm2 vs. 1.46 cm2; P=.008), and many lesions had an exophytic nature. Despite foregoing treatment until after delivery, response to pentavalent antimony therapy was favorable (rate of cure with 1 course of treatment, 85%). High rates of preterm births (10.5%) and stillbirths (10.5%) were reported. Cutaneous leishmaniasis during pregnancy produces distinct lesions and may have adverse fetal effects.
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- Daniel J Morgan
- Division of International Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Sampaio WM, Moura EP, Arruda FCS, Ribeiro RR, Alves CF, Melo FA, Fernandes APSM, Michalick MSM, Melo MN, Tafuri WL, Tafuri WL. In vitro binding and survival assays of Leishmania parasites to peripherical blood monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages isolated from dogs naturally and experimentally infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi. BMC Vet Res 2007; 3:11. [PMID: 17537246 PMCID: PMC1894629 DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-3-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 12/11/2006] [Accepted: 05/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There are a few works considering the characterization of canine monocyte-derived macrophages as well as a standardized procedure for isolation, culture, and infection of these cells with Leishmania. We have performed several modifications in order to improve the canine monocyte-derived macrophage cultures. In addition, we have done a comparative study between monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages from dogs naturally and experimentally infected with L. chagasi. RESULTS In the presence of exogenous serum, opsonized Leishmania promastigotes binds better to monocytes/macrophages than without serum. Otherwise, this binding occurs due to the strict correlation between the opsonized biologic particles with the third receptor of the complement (CR3-CD11b/CD18). In fact, our assays with CD11b confirmed the importance of this receptor for canine cells and the L. chagasi experimental system. Moreover, monocytes obtained from naturally infected dogs have shown a higher number of monocytes bounded to promastigotes. The experimental results regarding survival have shown that promastigote forms of opsonized L. chagasi were more infective, because we found higher numbers of promastigotes bound to the different cells. As a consequence, after forty-eight hours of binding, higher numbers of amastigotes appeared inside monocyte-macrophages. CONCLUSION These studies have given support to continue comparative studies involving canine monocytes, monocyte-derived macrophages and peritoneal macrophages. Since we have standardized the canine cell culture, we are looking forward to determining the phenotypic properties of these cells before and after L. chagasi infection using flow cytometry.
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- Weverton M Sampaio
- Departamento de Anatomia Patológica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Alfredo Balena 190, CEP 30130-100, Brazil
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- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Anatomia Patológica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Alfredo Balena 190, CEP 30130-100, Brazil
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- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Anatomia Patológica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Alfredo Balena 190, CEP 30130-100, Brazil
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- Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Anatomia Patológica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Alfredo Balena 190, CEP 30130-100, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP31270-901, Brazil
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Lima WG, Oliveira PS, Caliari MV, Gonçalves R, Michalick MSM, Melo MN, Tafuri WL, Tafuri WL. Histopathological and immunohistochemical study of type 3 complement receptors (CD11b/CD18) in livers and spleens of asymptomatic and symptomatic dogs naturally infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2007; 117:129-36. [PMID: 17383741 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2007.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2006] [Revised: 12/05/2006] [Accepted: 02/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Leishmania promastigotes interact with macrophages through the association of multiple membrane surface receptors. Macrophage complement receptor CR3 (CD11b/CD18 or Mac-1) has been implicated in the interaction of both human and murine macrophages with serum-opsonized promastigotes. The aim of this study was to determine CR3 expression in the livers and spleens of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi. CR3 expression in liver was higher in asymptomatic than in symptomatic animals. Moreover, the hepatic parasitism load determined by immunocytochemical analysis was lower in parallel with higher numbers of granulomas. In contrast, in spleens, CR3 expression was higher in symptomatic animals than in asymptomatic ones. However, the tissue parasite load was greater in spleens of symptomatic dogs. There was a strict correlation between the parasite load and cellular CR3 expression in the spleens of dogs naturally infected with L. chagasi. CR3 macrophage integrins could be essential receptors for Leishmania survival. Considering that the symptomatic animals showed higher parasite loads and higher CD11b/CD18 expression in their spleens, we can conclude that these splenic cells (monocyte-macrophages) might serve to perpetuate intracellular infection.
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- W G Lima
- Departamento de Patologia Geral ICB-UFMG, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Campus Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Santiago HC, Braga Pires MF, Souza DG, Roffê E, Côrtes DF, Tafuri WL, Teixeira MM, Vieira LQ. Platelet activating factor receptor-deficient mice present delayed interferon-γ upregulation and high susceptibility to Leishmania amazonensis infection. Microbes Infect 2006; 8:2569-77. [PMID: 16938478 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2005] [Revised: 06/03/2006] [Accepted: 06/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We investigated the role of the platelet activation factor (PAF) receptor (PAFR) in the outcome of infection with Leishmania amazonensis. PAFR deficient (PAFR(-/-)) mice were infected with L. amazonensis and the course of infection was followed. We found that PAFR(-/-) mice in the C57BL/6 background were more susceptible to infection with L. amazonensis than the wild-type controls, as seen both by lesion size and parasite number at the site of infection. Interferon (IFN)-gamma production was delayed in PAFR(-/-) mice, and lower levels of Ccl5 were found in lesions. Expression of nitric oxide synthase-2 mRNA was found impaired in PAFR(-/-) associated with higher levels of arginase-1 mRNA. Moreover, higher levels of antibodies were produced in response to L. amazonensis by PAFR(-/-) mice. We conclude that signaling through the PAFR is essential for the ability of the murine host to control L. amazonensis infection by driving an adequate immune response.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Protozoan/blood
- Arginase/biosynthesis
- Chemokine CCL1
- Chemokine CCL5
- Chemokines, CC/analysis
- Disease Models, Animal
- Disease Susceptibility
- Gene Expression
- Histocytochemistry
- Immunoglobulin G/blood
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Interleukin-10/analysis
- Leishmania mexicana/immunology
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/immunology
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/parasitology
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/biosynthesis
- Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins/deficiency
- Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/deficiency
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/genetics
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/analysis
- Up-Regulation
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- Helton C Santiago
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CP 486, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, Pampulha, CEP 30161-970 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Giunchetti RC, Mayrink W, Genaro O, Carneiro CM, Corrêa-Oliveira R, Martins-Filho OA, Marques MJ, Tafuri WL, Reis AB. Relationship between Canine Visceral Leishmaniosis and the Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi Burden in Dermal Inflammatory Foci. J Comp Pathol 2006; 135:100-107. [PMID: 16959259 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2006.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2005] [Accepted: 06/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The skin is the first point of contact with organisms of the genus Leishmania from sand fly vectors, and apparently normal skin of sick dogs harbours amastigote forms of Leishmania chagasi. In relation to canine visceral leishmaniosis (CVL), the ear skin was examined in 10 uninfected dogs (UDs) and in 31 dogs dogs naturally infected with L. chagasi. The infected animals consisted of 10 symptomless dogs (SLDs), 12 mildly affected dogs (MADs) and nine affected dogs (ADs). A higher parasite burden was demonstrated in ADs than in SLDs by anti-Leishmania immunohistochemistry (P<0.01), and by Leishman Donivan Unit (LDU) indices (P=0.0024) obtained from Giemsa-stained impression smears. Sections stained with haematoxylin and eosin demonstrated a higher intensity of inflammatory changes in ADs than in SLDs (P<0.05), and in the latter group flow cytometry demonstrated a correlation (P=0.05/r=0.7454) between the percentage of CD14(+) monocytes in peripheral blood and chronic dermal inflammation. Extracellular matrix assessment for reticular fibres by staining of sections with Masson trichrome and Gomori ammoniacal silver demonstrated a decrease in collagen type I and an increase in collagen type III as the clinical signs increased. The data on correlation between cellular phenotypes and histological changes seemed to reflect cellular activation and migration from peripheral blood to the skin, mediated by antigenic stimulation. The results suggested that chronic dermal inflammation and cutaneous parasitism were directly related to the severity of clinical disease.
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- R C Giunchetti
- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas/NUPEB, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais; Laboratório de Imunologia Celular e Molecular, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.
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- Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
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- Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas/NUPEB, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais; Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Escola de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais
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- Laboratório de Imunologia Celular e Molecular, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
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- Laboratório de Doença de Chagas, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas/NUPEB, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas/NUPEB, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais; Laboratório de Imunologia Celular e Molecular, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais; Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Escola de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais
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Ferreira RA, Oliveira AB, Ribeiro MFB, Tafuri WL, Vitor RWA. Toxoplasma gondii: in vitro and in vivo activities of the hydroxynaphthoquinone 2-hydroxy-3-(1'-propen-3-phenyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone alone or combined with sulfadiazine. Exp Parasitol 2006; 113:125-9. [PMID: 16458300 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2005.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2005] [Revised: 12/16/2005] [Accepted: 12/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The compound 2-hydroxy-3-(1'-propen-3-phenyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone (PHNQ6) was evaluated for activity against Toxoplasma gondii, alone or combined with sulfadiazine. Treatment with PHNQ6 combined with sulfadiazine protected at least 70 and 90% of mice infected with RH and EGS strains, respectively. Mice were treated with PHNQ6 (50 mg/kg/day) alone or combined with sulfadiazine (40 mg/L) 30 days after infection with P strain. The number of brain cysts was lower in mice treated with PHNQ6 alone or combined with sulfadiazine compared to that in control mice. Degenerated bradyzoites were observed in animals treated with PHNQ6. Infectivity of bradyzoites treated with PHNQ6 alone or combined with sulfadiazine was inhibited after in vitro incubation.
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- Ronize A Ferreira
- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Martins HR, Toledo MJO, Veloso VM, Carneiro CM, Machado-Coelho GLL, Tafuri WL, Bahia MT, Valadares HM, Macedo AM, Lana M. Trypanosoma cruzi: Impact of dual-clone infections on parasite biological properties in BALB/c mice. Exp Parasitol 2006; 112:237-46. [PMID: 16406355 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2005.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2005] [Revised: 11/08/2005] [Accepted: 11/10/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Herein, we have analyzed major biological properties following dual-clone Trypanosoma cruzi infections in BALB/c mice. Eight T. cruzi clonal stocks, two of each principal genotype, including genotype 19 and 20 (T. cruzi I), hybrid genotype 39 (T. cruzi) and 32 (T. cruzi II) were combined into 24 different dual-clone infections. Special attention was given to characterize biological parameters assayed including: prepatent period, patent period, maximum of parasitemia, day of maximum parasitemia, area under the parasitemia curve, infectivity, mortality, and hemoculture positivity. Our findings clearly demonstrated that features resultant of dual-clone infections of T. cruzi clonal stocks did not display either the characteristics of the corresponding monoclonal infections or the theoretical mixture based on the respective monoclonal infections. Significant changes in the expected values were observed in 4.2-79.2% of the mixtures considering the eight biological parameters studied. A lower frequency of significant differences was found for mixtures composed by phylogenetically distant clonal stocks. Altogether, our data support our hypothesis that mixed T. cruzi infections have a great impact on the biological properties of the parasite in the host and re-emphasizes the importance of considering the possible occurrence of natural mixed infections in humans and their consequences on the biological aspects of ongoing Chagas' disease.
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- H R Martins
- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas (NUPEB), Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas (ICEB), UFOP, MG, Brazil
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Diniz SA, Melo MS, Borges AM, Bueno R, Reis BP, Tafuri WL, Nascimento EF, Santos RL. Genital lesions associated with visceral leishmaniasis and shedding of Leishmania sp. in the semen of naturally infected dogs. Vet Pathol 2005; 42:650-8. [PMID: 16145211 DOI: 10.1354/vp.42-5-650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Although visceral leishmaniasis is primarily transmitted by a biological invertebrate vector, transmission in the absence of the vector has been reported, including venereal transmission in humans. Considering the possibility of venereal transmission, we studied genital lesions in dogs naturally infected with visceral leishmaniasis and shedding of Leishmania sp. in the semen. Approximately 200 dogs were serologically tested for anti-Leishmania antibodies and divided into three groups: 1) serologically negative dogs (n = 20), 2) asymptomatic serologically positive dogs (n = 20), and 3) symptomatic serologically positive dogs (n = 20). Samples from both testes, all segments of both epididymes, prostate gland, glans penis, and prepuce were histologically evaluated and processed for immunodetection of Leishmania sp. Semen samples were obtained from 22 symptomatic serologically positive dogs and processed for detecting Leishmania DNA by polymerase chain reaction. A significantly higher frequency of inflammation was observed in the epididymes, glans penis, and prepuce of dogs with visceral leishmaniasis, which was associated with a high frequency of immunohistochemically positive tissues (up to 95% of tissues from symptomatic dogs were positive by immunohistochemistry). Leishmania DNA was detected in eight of 22 semen samples from symptomatic dogs. Together these findings indicate that genital lesions and shedding of Leishmania sp. (donovani complex) in the semen are associated with visceral leishmaniasis. Additional studies should address the possibility of venereal transmission of the disease in the dog.
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- S A Diniz
- Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinárias, Escola de Veterinária da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Oliveira MR, Tafuri WL, Afonso LCC, Oliveira MAP, Nicoli JR, Vieira EC, Scott P, Melo MN, Vieira LQ. Germ-free mice produce high levels of interferon-gamma in response to infection with Leishmania major but fail to heal lesions. Parasitology 2005; 131:477-88. [PMID: 16174412 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182005008073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2005] [Revised: 04/15/2005] [Accepted: 04/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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In order to investigate the importance of the host microbiota on differentiation of T cell subsets in response to infection, Swiss/NIH germ-free mice and conventional (microbiota-bearing) mice were infected with Leishmania major, and lesion development, parasite loads, and cytokine production were assessed. Germ-free mice failed to heal lesions and presented a higher number of parasites at the site of infection than their conventional counterparts. In addition, histopathological analysis indicated a higher density of parasitized macrophages in lesions from germ-free mice than in conventional mice. The initial production of interleukin (IL)-12 and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) in germ-free mice was comparable to the conventional controls. Also, germ-free mice produced elevated levels of IFN-gamma and lower levels of IL-4 throughout the course of infection, suggesting the development of a Th1 response. Macrophages from germ-free mice exposed to IFN-gamma and infected with amastigotes in vitro were not as efficient at killing parasites as macrophages from conventional animals. These observations indicate that the microbiota is not essential for the development of Th1 immune responses, but seems to be important for macrophage activation.
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- M R Oliveira
- Departamento de Parasitologia, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CP486, 30161-970, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Veloso VM, Romanha AJ, Lana M, Murta SMF, Carneiro CM, Alves CF, Borges EC, Tafuri WL, Machado-Coelho GLL, Chiari E, Bahia MT. Influence of the long-term Trypanosoma cruzi infection in vertebrate host on the genetic and biological diversity of the parasite. Parasitol Res 2005; 96:382-9. [PMID: 15940522 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1373-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2004] [Accepted: 03/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The influence of the long-term Trypanosoma cruzi infection in vertebrate host on the biological and genetic properties of the parasite was evaluated. Four T. cruzi isolates obtained from different chronic chagasic dogs infected with Berenice-78 T. cruzi strain during 2 and 7 years were comparatively analyzed. The long-term T. cruzi infection has led to alterations in parasitemia, virulence and pathogenicity of Be-78 strain for mice. These biological parameters varied from low to high in realation to the parental strain. Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA and isoenzyme profiles detected two distinct genetic groups of parasites. The first group included the parental strain and two T. cruzi isolates, and the second group the two other isolates. Interestingly, the isolates of the second group showed a reversibility of the genetic profile to the parental strain after 25 passages in mice. No correlation between the genetic groups and biological properties of the isolates was observed. Our findings confirmed the population heterogeneity of the Be-78 strain, and showed how differently it responds to the long-term infection in the same vertebrate hosts.
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- V M Veloso
- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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Barsante MM, Roffê E, Yokoro CM, Tafuri WL, Souza DG, Pinho V, Castro MSDA, Teixeira MM. Anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of atorvastatin in a rat model of adjuvant-induced arthritis. Eur J Pharmacol 2005; 516:282-9. [PMID: 15970284 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2005] [Accepted: 05/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Statins exert favorable effects on lipoprotein metabolism but may also possess anti-inflammatory effects. Here, we explored the effects of atorvastatin in a model of adjuvant-induced arthritis in rat. Oral treatment with atorvastatin (1-10 mg/kg) from days 10 to 15 after arthritis induction caused inhibition of the increase in paw volume. Maximal inhibition occurred at a dose of 10 mg/kg. At this dose, atorvastatin markedly ameliorated the histopathological findings of joints obtained from day 16 of arthritic animals. This was mirrored by an effective blockade of neutrophil influx, as assessed by the tissue myeloperoxidase levels. The concentrations of the cytokines interleukin-1beta, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha and the chemokines CCL5 and CCL2 were significantly decreased in arthritic rats treated with atorvastatin. In contrast, the levels of interleukin-10 were enhanced by the drug treatment. The drug also prevented the hypernociception observed in the inflamed joints. These data clearly illustrate the therapeutic potential of a statin-sensitive pathway in inflammatory arthritis.
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- Michele M Barsante
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antonio Carlos, 6627-Pampulha, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Gonçalves R, Vieira ER, Melo MN, Gollob KJ, Mosser DM, Tafuri WL. A sensitive flow cytometric methodology for studying the binding of L. chagasi to canine peritoneal macrophages. BMC Infect Dis 2005; 5:39. [PMID: 15913461 PMCID: PMC1166554 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 08/31/2004] [Accepted: 05/24/2005] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Leishmania promastigote-macrophage interaction occurs through the association of multiple receptors on the biological membrane surfaces. The success of the parasite infection is dramatically dependent on this early interaction in the vertebrate host, which permits or not the development of the disease. In this study we propose a novel methodology using flow cytometry to study this interaction, and compare it with a previously described "in vitro" binding assay. METHODS To study parasite-macrophage interaction, peritoneal macrophages were obtained from 4 dogs and adjusted to 3 x 10(6) cells/mL. Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi parasites (stationary-phase) were adjusted to 5 x 10(7) cells/mL. The interaction between CFSE-stained Leishmania chagasi and canine peritoneal macrophages was performed in polypropylene tubes to avoid macrophage adhesion. We carried out assays in the presence or absence of normal serum or in the presence of a final concentration of 5% of C5 deficient (serum from AKR/J mice) mouse serum. Then, the number of infected macrophages was counted in an optical microscope, as well as by flow citometry. Macrophages obtained were stained with anti-CR3 (CD11b/CD18) antibodies and analyzed by flow citometry. RESULTS Our results have shown that the interaction between Leishmania and macrophages can be measured by flow cytometry using the fluorescent dye CFSE to identify the Leishmania, and measuring simultaneously the expression of an important integrin involved in this interaction: the CD11b/CD18 (CR3 or Mac-1) beta2 integrin. CONCLUSION Flow cytometry offers rapid, reliable and sensitive measurements of single cell interactions with Leishmania in unstained or phenotypically defined cell populations following staining with one or more fluorochromes.
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- Ricardo Gonçalves
- Faculdade de Medicina – DAPML – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia – Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
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- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia – Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
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- Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
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Toledo MJO, Bahia MT, Veloso VM, Carneiro CM, Machado-Coelho GLL, Alves CF, Martins HR, Cruz RE, Tafuri WL, Lana M. Effects of specific treatment on parasitological and histopathological parameters in mice infected with different Trypanosoma cruzi clonal genotypes. J Antimicrob Chemother 2004; 53:1045-53. [PMID: 15102747 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The goal of this study was to verify the effect of specific treatment on parasitological and histopathological parameters in mice experimentally infected with different Trypanosoma cruzi clonal genotypes. Twenty cloned stocks were selected, representative of the whole phylogenetic diversity of the protozoan and belonging to the clonal genotypes 19 and 20 (T. cruzi I) and 39 and 32 (T. cruzi II). The stocks were inoculated in 40 BALB/c mice divided into four groups: (i) treated with benznidazole, (ii) treated with itraconazole and (iii and iv) untreated control groups (NT) for each drug, respectively. Seven parameters related to parasitaemia curves and histopathological lesions were analysed. Four during the acute phase (AP) and three during both the AP and chronic phase (CP) of infection. Statistical comparison between benznidazole-treated and NT groups for the biological parameters showed significant differences for all genotypes. Benznidazole treatment led to lower patent period, maximum of parasitaemia, day of maximum parasitaemia and area under the parasitaemia curve for all genotypes analysed. Percentage of positive haemoculture during AP and CP was lower for genotypes 19 and 32. Tissue parasitism (TP) and inflammatory process (IP) during AP were lower for genotypes 19 and 32, respectively. In general, itraconazole treatment induced a smaller reduction in these same parameters between treated and NT animals in relation to benznidazole treatment. Our results indicate that phylogenetic divergence among T. cruzi clonal genotypes must be taken in account in chemotherapy and studies dealing with all aspects of the parasite and the disease.
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- M J O Toledo
- Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Bloco I-90, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790, 87020-900, Maringá, PR.
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Silva NM, Tafuri WL, Alvarez-Leite JI, Mineo JR, Gazzinelli RT. Toxoplasma gondii: in vivo expression of BAG-5 and cyst formation is independent of TNF p55 receptor and inducible nitric oxide synthase functions. Microbes Infect 2002; 4:261-70. [PMID: 11909735 DOI: 10.1016/s1286-4579(02)01537-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wild type, TNFRp55(-/-), iNOS(-/-) and IFN-gamma(-/-) mice were infected with Toxoplasma gondii strain ME-49, and the central nervous system (CNS), lungs, liver, spleen, heart and kidneys were examined for the presence of parasites expressing tachyzoite-specific (SAG-1) and bradyzoite-specific (BAG-5) antigens. During the acute phase of infection, the peripheral organs, but not the CNS, of the IFN-gamma(-/-) mice are heavily parasitized by tachyzoites and there are no signs of parasites expressing BAG-5. In contrast, the tissues from TNFRp55(-/-) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)(-/-) mice, mainly the CNS, presented high numbers of parasites expressing SAG-1 and/or BAG-5. Tachyzoite transformation into bradyzoite and cyst development was shown to be normal in the tissues from TNFRp55(-/-) and iNOS(-/-) mice, as indicated by the high numbers of BAG-5/PAS positive cysts. Consistently, reactivation of infection in IFN-gamma(-/-) mice was rapid and characterized by a dramatic increase in SAG-1, contrasting with slow course in the TNFRp55(-/-) or iNOS(-/-) mice associated with a relatively small increase in SAG-1- and/or BAG-5-positive parasites. In conclusion, our results suggest that the control of multiplication of tachyzoites is largely dependent on endogenous IFN-gamma with partial involvement of TNFRp55 and iNOS. In contrast, induction of BAG-5 expression and cyst formation during toxoplasmosis seems to be dependent on IFN-gamma, but independent of TNFRp55 and iNOS functions.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Antigens, Protozoan/metabolism
- Cysts/parasitology
- Female
- Host-Parasite Interactions
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Mice, Knockout
- Nitric Oxide Synthase/genetics
- Nitric Oxide Synthase/physiology
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
- Protozoan Proteins/metabolism
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/physiology
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I
- Toxoplasma/growth & development
- Toxoplasma/immunology
- Toxoplasma/metabolism
- Toxoplasmosis, Animal/enzymology
- Toxoplasmosis, Animal/immunology
- Toxoplasmosis, Animal/parasitology
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- Neide M Silva
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Avenue Antônio Carlos 6627, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-010, Brazil
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Toledo MJDO, de Lana M, Carneiro CM, Bahia MT, Machado-Coelho GLL, Veloso VM, Barnabé C, Tibayrenc M, Tafuri WL. Impact of Trypanosoma cruzi clonal evolution on its biological properties in mice. Exp Parasitol 2002; 100:161-72. [PMID: 12173401 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4894(02)00003-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Twenty Trypanosoma cruzi stocks attributed to the 19, 20, 39, and 32 clonal genotypes were comparatively studied in BALB/c mice during the acute and chronic phases of the infection to test the working hypothesis that T. cruzi clonal structure has a major impact on its biological properties. Fourteen parameters were assayed: (1) infectivity; (2) prepatent period; (3) patent period; (4) maximum of parasitemia; (5) day of maximum of parasitemia; (6) parasitemia; (7) mortality, (8) percentage of positive hemoculture, (9) tissue parasitism; (10) inflammatory process during the acute phase of the infection; (11) mortality, (12) percentage of positive hemoculture; (13) tissue parasitism; and (14) inflammatory process during the chronic phase of the infection. Statistical comparison showed that the results are overall consistent with the working hypothesis that biological differences are proportional to the evolutionary divergence among the genotypes. Thus, closely related genotypes (19 vs 20 and 32 vs 39) show in general fewer differences than distantly related groups (19 or 20 vs 32 or 39) except for the comparison between 19 and 32. The working hypothesis is even more strongly supported by the result of the nonparametric Mantel test, which showed a highly significant correlation (P = 2.3 x 10(-3)) between biological differences and genetic distances among all pairs of stocks. These data taken together emphasize that it is crucial to take into account the phylogenetic diversity of T. cruzi natural clones in all applied studies dealing with diagnosis, drug and vaccine design, epidemiological surveys, and clinical diversity of Chagas' disease. Index Descriptors and Abbreviations: Trypanosoma cruzi; phylogenetic distance; biological properties; clonal theory; multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MLEE); randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD); acute phase (AP); chronic phase (CP); days after inoculation (d.a.i.); liver infusion tryptose (LIT); gastrointestinal tract (GIT); genitourinary tract (GUT); percentage of infectivity (%INF); percentage of mortality during the acute phase (%MORT AP); percentage of mortality during the chronic phase (%MORT CP); prepatent period (PPP); patent period (PP); maximum of parasitemia (MP); day of maximum of parasitemia (DMP); parasitemia (PAR); percentage of positive hemoculture during the acute phase (% + HC AP); percentage of positive hemoculture during the chronic acute phase (% + HC CP); tissue parasitism (TP); inflammatory process (IP); tissue parasitism during the acute phase (TP AP); tissue parasitism during chronic phase (TP CP); inflammatory process during acute phase (IP AP); inflammatory process chronic phase (IP CP); Mann-Whitney test (MW); Kruskal-Wallis (KW); Kolmogorow-Smirnov test (KS).
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- M J de O Toledo
- Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Bloco 190, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790, 87020-900, Maringá, PR, Brazil
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Furst C, Gomes MA, Tafuri WL, Silva EF. Biological aspects of a Brazilian strain of Entamoeba dispar. Pathologica 2002; 94:22-7. [PMID: 11912875] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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A strain of Entamoeba dispar was characterized by clinical diagnosis, serological and electrophoretical isoenzyme analysis and by the polymorphism of a 482 bp genomic fragment analysis. The pathogenesis and virulence of this strain was investigated considering the experimental infection in hamster livers in association with the original intestinal microbiota. Liver lesions were observed in hamsters experimentally infected with trophozoites from xenic cultures, but not from the monoxenic cultures. Moreover, clones obtained from re-isolated strain Wil1R1 showed a distinct biological behavior. In fact, animals inoculated with Wil1R1ClB3 showed an intense acute inflammatory reaction with destructive focal hepatic lesions. These lesions were characterized as amebic abscesses. The association between bacteria and ameba has been fairly well studied because it affects the pathogenicity of the amebas and has important therapeutic implications. In this study, we demonstrated that E. dispar in association with the original microbiota is able to produce lesions in hamster liver in spite of its having been considered to be non-pathogenic in the hamster model. Based on these results we suggest that diagnosis of amebiasis needs to be made with more care and that clinical and therapeutical procedures need to be revised.
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- C Furst
- Amebiasis Laboratory, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, 31270-901-Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Andrade HM, de Toledo VDPCP, Marques MJ, França Silva JC, Tafuri WL, Mayrink W, Genaro O. Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi is not vertically transmitted in dogs. Vet Parasitol 2002; 103:71-81. [PMID: 11751002 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4017(01)00552-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The most frequent and most important mode of human or canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) transmission is through the bite of infected sand flies. This study investigates Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi vertical transmission in offspring of naturally infected dogs. Thus 63 puppies from 18 female dogs with CVL were used. Parasite presence was evaluated through parasitologic and histopathologic examination of lymphatic organs, as well as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on samples from adults (milk, uterus, placenta, spleen, liver and bone marrow) and offspring (spleen, liver, lymph nodes and bone marrow). PCR sensitivity and specificity were calculated using a microscope as the gold standard on samples of bone marrow, spleen and liver. Specificity was 100% for all organs and sensitivity was 100% for bone marrow, 71.4% for spleen and 66.6% for liver. Bone marrow smears (n = 63), histopathology and imprint of spleen (n = 25), liver (n = 25) and lymph nodes (n = 25) were performed to evaluate congenital transmission in the 63 offspring. PCR was done on 92 samples collected from 56 of the offspring. No test performed on the offspring was positive. It was not possible to confirm vertical transmission of CVL (95% confidence interval for the observed prevalence), despite positive PCR in the placenta of seropositive adults.
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- Hélida M Andrade
- SG-16-Departamento de Parasitologia e Microbiologia, Campos Ministro Petronio Portela Ininga, Universidade Federal do Piauí, 64049-550 Teresina, PI, Brazil.
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Araújo FMG, Bahia MT, Magalhães NM, Martins-Filho OA, Veloso VM, Carneiro CM, Tafuri WL, Lana M. Follow-up of experimental chronic Chagas' disease in dogs: use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) compared with parasitological and serological methods. Acta Trop 2002; 81:21-31. [PMID: 11755429 DOI: 10.1016/s0001-706x(01)00196-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this study, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was compared with parasitological and serological methods to detect the infection in dogs, 5-12 years after experimental infection with Trypanosoma cruzi. The ability of parasitological methods to identify a positive animal was 22 and 11% by hemoculture and xenodiagnosis/xenoculture, respectively. On the other hand, the serological tests, including conventional serology and anti-live trypomastigote antibodies (ALTA) were positive in all infected dogs. Despite its low sensitivity, if considering only one reaction, the PCR analysis showed 100% of positivity, demonstrating the presence of parasite kDNA in all infected dogs. To identify a positive dog required at least two blood samples and up to nine repeated reactions using the same sample. Serial blood sample collection, ranging from 1 to 9, revealed that the percentage of dogs with positive PCR ranged from 67 to 100%. These findings suggested that, although the PCR is useful to detect the parasite in infected hosts, it should not be used isolated for the diagnosis of Chagas' disease and warn for the necessity of serial blood collection and re-tests. Moreover, these data validate once more the dog as a model for Chagas' disease since they demonstrate the permanence of infection by PCR, parasitological and serological methods, reaching relevant requisites for an ideal model to study this disease.
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- F M G Araújo
- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas (NUPEB), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Campus Universitário, Morro do Cruzeiro, Brazil
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Veloso VM, Carneiro CM, Toledo MJ, Lana M, Chiari E, Tafuri WL, Bahia MT. Variation in susceptibility to benznidazole in isolates derived from Trypanosoma cruzi parental strains. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2001; 96:1005-11. [PMID: 11685270 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762001000700021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In this work, the susceptibility to benznidazole of two parental Trypanosoma cruzi strains, Colombian and Berenice-78, was compared to isolates obtained from dogs infected with these strains for several years. In order to evaluate the susceptibility to benznidazole two groups of mice were infected with one of five distinct populations isolated from dogs as well as the two parental strains of T. cruzi. The first group was treated with benznidazole during the acute phase and the second remained untreated controls. The animals were considered cured when parasitological and serological tests remained persistently negative. Mice infected with the Colombian strain and its isolates Colombian (A and B) did not cure after treatment. On the other hand, all animals infected with Berenice-78 were cured by benznidazole treatment. However, 100%, 50% and 70% of cure rates were observed in animals infected with the isolates Berenice-78 B, C and D, respectively. No significant differences were observed in serological profile of infected control groups, with all animals presenting high antibody levels. However, the ELISA test showed differences in serological patterns between mice inoculated with the different T. cruzi isolates and treated with benznidazole. This variability was dependent on the T. cruzi population used and seemed to be associated with the level of resistance to benznidazole.
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- V M Veloso
- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, ICEB, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, 35400-000, Brasil
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Fernandes AP, Carvalho FA, Tavares CA, Santiago HC, Castro GA, Tafuri WL, Ferreira LA, Gazzinelli RT. Combined interleukin-12 and topical chemotherapy for established Leishmaniasis drastically reduces tissue parasitism and relapses in susceptible mice. J Infect Dis 2001; 183:1646-52. [PMID: 11343214 DOI: 10.1086/320699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2000] [Revised: 02/20/2001] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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The efficacy of the association of paromomycin sulfate (PA) with recombinant (r) interleukin (IL)-12 was investigated by topical treatment of BALB/c mice infected with Leishmania major that displayed fully developed cutaneous lesions. Although healing was observed in PA-treated groups, lesions recurred in 100% of these animals 70 days after treatment. In contrast, lesions were absent in a high proportion of PA- and rIL-12-treated mice 120 days after treatment. The PA/rIL-12-treated mice had a switch in cytokine response, from high IL-4 and low interferon (IFN)-gamma levels to low IL-4 and high IFN-gamma levels, and reductions in parasite load, dissemination of parasites, and inflammation. Thus, the association of rIL-12 to topical chemotherapy for leishmaniasis may be an important strategy for increasing cure rates and decreasing the incidence of relapse.
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- A P Fernandes
- School of Pharmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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This report describes a remarkable histopathological presentation of a symptomatic dog naturally infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi from Brazil. An intense inflammatory granulomatous reaction was observed in the liver and spleen associated with hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the mononuclear system (the classical histopathological picture of the disease). In addition, a spectrum of vascular lesions was observed in many organs. However, we did not find parasites (amastigotes of Leishmania) in any skin fragments of the ear, nose and or abdominal tissue. In fact, this animal had severe clinical signs, showed parasites in many organs, but no parasites in the skin. It appears that the presence or absence of parasites in the skin is not a good indicator of parasites in other organs or vice versa.
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- W L Tafuri
- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas (ICB), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), MG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Teixeira MM, Talvani A, Tafuri WL, Lukacs NW, Hellewell PG. Eosinophil recruitment into sites of delayed‐type hypersensitivity reactions in mice. J Leukoc Biol 2001. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.69.3.353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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- Mauro M. Teixeira
- Immunopharmacology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Brazil
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- Immunopharmacology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Teixeira MM, Talvani A, Tafuri WL, Lukacs NW, Hellewell PG. Eosinophil recruitment into sites of delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions in mice. J Leukoc Biol 2001; 69:353-60. [PMID: 11261781] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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The selective accumulation of eosinophils in tissue is a characteristic feature of allergic diseases where there is a predominance of lymphocytes expressing a Th2 phenotype. In an attempt to define factors determining specific eosinophil accumulation in vivo, we have used a radiolabeled technique to assess the occurrence and the mechanisms underlying (111)In-eosinophil recruitment into Th1- and Th2-predominant, delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reactions. Eosinophils were purified from the blood of IL-5 transgenic mice, labeled with (111)In and injected into nontransgenic CBA/Ca mice. Th1- and Th2-predominant, DTH reactions were induced in mice by immunization with methylated bovine serum albumin (MBSA) in Freund's complete adjuvant or with Schistosoma mansoni eggs, respectively. In these animals, (111)In-eosinophils were recruited in skin sites in an antigen-, time-, and concentration-dependent manner. Depletion of CD4+ lymphocytes abrogated (111)In-eosinophil recruitment in both reactions. Pretreatment of animals with anti-IFN-gamma mAb abrogated (111)In-eosinophil recruitment in MBSA-immunized and -challenged animals, whereas anti-IL-4 inhibited (111)In-eosinophil recruitment in both models. Local pretreatment with an anti-eotaxin polyclonal antibody inhibited the MBSA and SEA reactions by 51% and 39%, respectively. These results demonstrate that, although eosinophilia is not a feature of Th1-predominant, DTH reactions, these reactions produce the necessary chemoattractants and express the necessary cell adhesion molecules for eosinophil migration. The control of the circulating levels of eosinophils appears to be a most important strategy in determining tissue eosinophilia.
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- M M Teixeira
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Melo MN, Williams P, Tafuri WL. Influence of lysates of the salivary glands of Lutzomyia longipalpis on the development of a Leishmania-major-like parasite in the skin of the golden hamster. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2001; 95:59-68. [PMID: 11235554 DOI: 10.1080/00034980020035924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Twelve years ago, some mice inoculated with Leishmania major were found to develop larger lesions, containing more amastigotes, if the inoculum used to infect them contained a lysate of salivary glands from Lutzomyia longipalpis than if no lysate was included. In the present study, outbred golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) were each inoculated in a footpad with 10(4), 10(5), 10(6) or 10(7) stationary-phase promastigotes of a Leishmania-major-like parasite (MHOM/BR/71/BH49). Some of the inocula used each contained a lysate of the salivary glands from a laboratory-reared, female Lu. longipalpis. Only the hamsters inoculated with 10(7) promastigotes each developed macroscopic cutaneous lesions (all 10 co-inoculated with lysate but only two of the 10 co-inoculated with diluent). Each of the lesions developed into cutaneous nodule affecting the dermis and underlying subcutaneous tissue of the inoculated footpad, with, histologically, an intensive, diffuse and productive, inflammatory reaction. There were no apparent differences between the lesions of hamsters infected with inocula containing salivary-gland lysate and those seen in the animals infected with lysate-free inocula. Future studies will follow the histological changes at the sites of Lu. longipalpis bites.
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- M N Melo
- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Tafuri WL, Melo MN, Paiva MC, Mosser DM, Tafuri WL. Kinetics of an experimental inflammatory reaction induced by Leishmania major during the implantation of paraffin tablets in mice. Virchows Arch 2000; 437:429-35. [PMID: 11097369 DOI: 10.1007/s004280000231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In leishmaniasis, macrophages play important but potentially divergent roles. They act as the host cell in which the parasite may reside and replicate, and, at the same time, they act as an effector cell with the potential to eliminate the parasite. In this work, we experimentally induced an inflammatory model that provokes a continued recruitment of the monocytes to the site of inflammation. This model was carried out by means of implanting paraffin tablets under the skin of Balb/c or C57BL/6 mice. Mice were then infected with Leishmania major to determine how the monocyte inflammatory response to paraffin could influence the course of infection with L. major. Mice were sacrificed 15, 21, 30, and 45 days after infection, and skin and inflammatory capsule were collected for histopathology. At 15 days and 21 days, the lesions induced by L. major in combination with paraffin contained markedly increased numbers of parasites relative to lesions in parallel control animals infected with L. major (without paraffin). Both Balb/c and C57BL/6 mice exhibited high parasite numbers in their lesions. The intense parasite burden observed following paraffin implantation would suggest that the monocytes-macrophages that are recruited to the lesion are acting more as a host cell permitting parasite growth than as an effector cell capable of eliminating L. major. At later times, the two strains of mice stratified according to their genetic susceptibility/resistance profiles. Susceptible Balb/c mice continue to have large parasite burdens, whereas the resistant C56BL/6 mice begin to control parasite numbers. This later observation indicates that the genetic difference between susceptible and resistant strains is not due to differences in monocyte recruitment and cannot be reversed through the altering of monocyte inflammation.
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- W L Tafuri
- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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- W L Tafuri
- Departamento de Patologia Geral, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
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Francischi JN, Yokoro CM, Poole S, Tafuri WL, Cunha FQ, Teixeira MM. Anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of the phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor rolipram in a rat model of arthritis. Eur J Pharmacol 2000; 399:243-9. [PMID: 10884526 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(00)00330-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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There has been much interest in strategies which modulate tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) levels and/or function in rheumatoid arthritis. The elevation of intracellular levels of cyclic AMP in leukocytes by phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors is accompanied by significant inhibition of the production of TNF-alpha. Nevertheless, these drugs may enhance the hyperalgesia induced by a range of inflammatory mediators, including TNF-alpha. In the present study, we examined the effects of the phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor rolipram on the local inflammatory infiltrate and hyperalgesia in a rat model of adjuvant-induced arthritis. Rolipram (3 mg/kg) was administered by oral gavage from day 10 to 14 after disease induction. Pretreatment with rolipram abrogated oedema formation and significantly inhibited hyperalgesia. Histopathological analysis revealed a marked inhibition of cellular influx as well as bone and cartilage destruction. Serum and local TNF-alpha levels were suppressed in treated animals whereas there were little changes in interleukin-1beta levels. Although cyclic AMP elevating agents may affect nociceptor threshold to increase the hyperalgesic responses acutely, they also possess significant anti-inflammatory activity, which may hinder local mediator release and/or action. The anti-inflammatory effects of rolipram predominate during this chronic arthritis model in the rat.
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- J N Francischi
- Departament of Farmacologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Fux B, Ferreira A, Cassali GD, Tafuri WL, Vitor RW. Experimental toxoplasmosis in Balb/c mice. Prevention of vertical disease transmission by treatment and reproductive failure in chronic infection. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2000; 95:121-6. [PMID: 10656717 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762000000100020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In a study of congenital transmission during acute infection of Toxoplasma gondii, 23 pregnant Balb/c mice were inoculated orally with two cysts each of the P strain. Eight mice were inoculated 6-11 days after becoming pregnant (Group 1). Eight mice inoculated on the 10th-15th day of pregnancy (Group 2) were treated with 100 mg/kg/day of minocycline 48 h after inoculation. Seven mice inoculated on the 10th-15th day of pregnancy were not treated and served as a control (Group 3). Congenital transmission was evaluated through direct examination of the brains of the pups or by bioassay and serologic tests. Congenital transmission was observed in 20 (60.6%) of the 33 pups of Group 1, in one (3.6%) of the 28 pups of Group 2, and in 13 (54.2%) of the 24 pups of Group 3. Forty-nine Balb/c mice were examined in the study of congenital transmission of T. gondii during chronic infection. The females showed reproductive problems during this phase of infection. It was observed accentuated hypertrophy of the endometrium and myometrium. Only two of the females gave birth. Our results demonstrate that Balb/c mice with acute toxoplasmosis can be used as a model for studies of congenital T. gondii infection. Our observations indicate the potential of this model for testing new chemotherapeutic agents against congenital toxoplasmosis.
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- B Fux
- Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brasil
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