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Rivera-Fernández I, Argueta-Donohué J, Wilkins-Rodríguez AA, Gutiérrez-Kobeh L. Effect of Two Different Isolates of Leishmania mexicana in the Production of Cytokines and Phagocytosis by Murine Dendritic Cells. J Parasitol 2019; 105:359-370. [PMID: 31033389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
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Species of the genus Leishmania are the causal agents of leishmaniasis, a disease with diametrically different clinical manifestations that have been attributed to the species and host immune response. Some Leishmania species, including Leishmania mexicana, are capable of causing both localized cutaneous leishmaniasis (LCL) and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL). Therefore, it is possible that intraspecific differences may exist that contribute to the development of distinct clinical forms. Dendritic cells (DC) are important host cells of Leishmania spp. parasites, and cytokine production and phagocytosis upon infection with the parasite are significant for the outcome of the disease. In the present study we analyzed the production of IL-12, TNF-α, and IL-10 by DC infected with L. mexicana amastigotes isolated from a patient with LCL (amastigote = Lac) and from a patient with DCL (amastigote = Diact) by murine DC. Furthermore, we compared the frequency of phagocytosis of L. mexicana amastigotes of each isolate by fluorescence and optical microscopy and by flow cytometry. We show that the infection of DC with Diact amastigotes elicited the secretion of IL-10, TNF-α, and IL-12 by DC to a major extent as compared to the infection with Lac amastigotes. On the other hand, Lac and Diact amastigotes were similarly phagocytosed by DC, but interestingly there were more vacuoles in DC infected with Diact amastigotes. Our results suggest that isolates from a same species of Leishmania, such as L. mexicana, with different degrees of virulence according to the clinical manifestation they cause, differ in their capacity to elicit cytokine production and form vacuoles in DC.
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- Ilse Rivera-Fernández
- 1 Unidad de Investigación UNAM-INC, División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Juan Badiano no. 1. Col. Belisario Domínguez, sección XVI, cp 14080, Ciudad de México, México
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- 2 Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría, Calzada México-Xochimilco 101, Huipulco, cp 14370 Ciudad de México, México
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- 1 Unidad de Investigación UNAM-INC, División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Juan Badiano no. 1. Col. Belisario Domínguez, sección XVI, cp 14080, Ciudad de México, México
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- 1 Unidad de Investigación UNAM-INC, División de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Juan Badiano no. 1. Col. Belisario Domínguez, sección XVI, cp 14080, Ciudad de México, México
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Carvalho-Gontijo R, Moreira DR, Resende M, Costa-Silva MF, Peruhype-Magalhães V, Ribeiro CMF, Ribeiro DD, Silvestre R, Cordeiro-da-Silva A, Martins-Filho OA, Teixeira-Carvalho A. Infection of hematopoietic stem cells by Leishmania infantum increases erythropoiesis and alters the phenotypic and functional profiles of progeny. Cell Immunol 2017; 326:77-85. [PMID: 29248120 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2017.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2017] [Revised: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Immunosuppression is a well-established risk factor for Visceral Leishmaniasis. Post-immunosuppression leishmaniasis is characterized by an increase of parasite burden, hematopoietic disorders and unusual clinical manifestations. Although there are many reports on bone marrow findings in VL, less is known about the relationship between parasite dynamics in this organ and the function of either hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells themselves. In the present study, we tackle these issues using a new approach of infecting human stem cells derived from bone marrow with L. infantum. Using this strategy, we show that human hematopoietic stem cells (hHSC) are able to phagocytize L. infantum promastigotes and release modulatory and pro-inflammatory cytokines, mainly TNF-α. Our results demonstrated that L. infantum infection in vitro enhances hematopoiesis, favoring the development of erythrocitic lineage through a mechanism yet unknown. Moreover, we found that L. infantum infection alters the phenotypic profile of the hematopoietic progeny; modifying the surface markers expression of differentiated cells. Thus, our study represents a rare opportunity to monitor the in vitro differentiation of human stem cells experimentally infected by L. infantum to better understand the consequences of the infection on phenotypic and functional profile of the cell progeny.
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- Raquel Carvalho-Gontijo
- Grupo Integrado de Pesquisa em Biomarcadores, Instituto René Rachou, FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal; I3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal; I3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Porto, Portugal; Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal and ICVS/3B's-PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal and ICVS/3B's-PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal; I3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Porto, Portugal; Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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- Grupo Integrado de Pesquisa em Biomarcadores, Instituto René Rachou, FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Vendelova E, Camargo de Lima J, Lorenzatto KR, Monteiro KM, Mueller T, Veepaschit J, Grimm C, Brehm K, Hrčková G, Lutz MB, Ferreira HB, Nono JK. Proteomic Analysis of Excretory-Secretory Products of Mesocestoides corti Metacestodes Reveals Potential Suppressors of Dendritic Cell Functions. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2016; 10:e0005061. [PMID: 27736880 PMCID: PMC5063416 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Accumulating evidences have assigned a central role to parasite-derived proteins in immunomodulation. Here, we report on the proteomic identification and characterization of immunomodulatory excretory-secretory (ES) products from the metacestode larva (tetrathyridium) of the tapeworm Mesocestoides corti (syn. M. vogae). We demonstrate that ES products but not larval homogenates inhibit the stimuli-driven release of the pro-inflammatory, Th1-inducing cytokine IL-12p70 by murine bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs). Within the ES fraction, we biochemically narrowed down the immunosuppressive activity to glycoproteins since active components were lipid-free, but sensitive to heat- and carbohydrate-treatment. Finally, using bioassay-guided chromatographic analyses assisted by comparative proteomics of active and inactive fractions of the ES products, we defined a comprehensive list of candidate proteins released by M. corti tetrathyridia as potential suppressors of DC functions. Our study provides a comprehensive library of somatic and ES products and highlight some candidate parasite factors that might drive the subversion of DC functions to facilitate the persistence of M. corti tetrathyridia in their hosts. The metacestode larval stages of life-threatening tapeworms grow within the organs of its mammalian hosts, thus causing severe and long-lasting morbidity. Immunosuppression, which mainly depends on factors that are released or leaking from the parasite, plays an important role in both survival and proliferation of the larvae. These parasite-derived molecules are potential targets for developing new anti-parasitic drugs and/or improving the effectiveness of current therapies. Moreover, an optimized use of such factors could help to minimize pathologies resulting from uncontrolled immune responses, like allergies and autoimmune diseases. The authors herein demonstrate that larvae from a parasitic cestode release factors that sufficiently support the suppression of dendritic cells, a set of innate immune cells that recognizes and initiates host immune responses against invading pathogens. Employing modern analytic proteomic tools combined with immunological bioassays, several cestode-derived candidate immunomodulators were identified. This is the first bioassay-guided comprehensive library of candidate immunomodulators from a tissue-dwelling cestode larva. This work validates the unmet value of the Mesocestoides corti system in characterizing the mechanisms of host immunomodulation by metacestodes and reveals the largest database of candidate metacestode-derived immunomodulators until date.
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- Emilia Vendelova
- Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Laboratório de Genômica Estrutural e Funcional, Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genômica Estrutural e Funcional, Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genômica Estrutural e Funcional, Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia, Instituto de Biociências, (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie und Biophysik, Julius-von-Sachs Institut der Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie, Biozentrum der Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- University of Würzburg, Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- University of Würzburg, Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, Würzburg, Germany
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- Laboratório de Genômica Estrutural e Funcional, Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia, Instituto de Biociências, (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- * E-mail: (JKN); (HBF)
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- Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IDM), Division of Immunology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies (IMPM), Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- * E-mail: (JKN); (HBF)
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Lee IP, Evans AK, Yang C, Works MG, Kumar V, De Miguel Z, Manley NC, Sapolsky RM. Toxoplasma gondii is dependent on glutamine and alters migratory profile of infected host bone marrow derived immune cells through SNAT2 and CXCR4 pathways. PLoS One 2014; 9:e109803. [PMID: 25299045 PMCID: PMC4192591 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The obligate intracellular parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, disseminates through its host inside infected immune cells. We hypothesize that parasite nutrient requirements lead to manipulation of migratory properties of the immune cell. We demonstrate that 1) T. gondii relies on glutamine for optimal infection, replication and viability, and 2) T. gondii-infected bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (DCs) display both “hypermotility” and “enhanced migration” to an elevated glutamine gradient in vitro. We show that glutamine uptake by the sodium-dependent neutral amino acid transporter 2 (SNAT2) is required for this enhanced migration. SNAT2 transport of glutamine is also a significant factor in the induction of migration by the small cytokine stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) in uninfected DCs. Blocking both SNAT2 and C-X-C chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4; the unique receptor for SDF-1) blocks hypermotility and the enhanced migration in T. gondii-infected DCs. Changes in host cell protein expression following T. gondii infection may explain the altered migratory phenotype; we observed an increase of CD80 and unchanged protein level of CXCR4 in both T. gondii-infected and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated DCs. However, unlike activated DCs, SNAT2 expression in the cytosol of infected cells was also unchanged. Thus, our results suggest an important role of glutamine transport via SNAT2 in immune cell migration and a possible interaction between SNAT2 and CXCR4, by which T. gondii manipulates host cell motility.
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- I-Ping Lee
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Stanford Stroke Center and Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neurosciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Stanford Stroke Center and Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neurosciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Trópia de Abreu R, Carvalho MDG, Carneiro CM, Giunchetti RC, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Martins-Filho OA, Coura-Vital W, Corrêa-Oliveira R, Reis AB. Influence of clinical status and parasite load on erythropoiesis and leucopoiesis in dogs naturally infected with leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi. PLoS One 2011; 6:e18873. [PMID: 21572995 PMCID: PMC3091854 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2010] [Accepted: 03/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background The bone marrow is considered to be an important storage of parasites in Leishmania-infected dogs, although little is known about cellular genesis in this organ during canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL). Methodology/Principal Findings The aim of the present study was to evaluate changes in erythropoiesis and leucopoiesis in bone marrow aspirates from dogs naturally infected with Leishmania chagasi and presenting different clinical statuses and bone marrow parasite densities. The evolution of CVL from asymptomatic to symptomatic status was accompanied by increasing parasite density in the bone marrow. The impact of bone marrow parasite density on cellularity was similar in dogs at different clinical stages, with animals in the high parasite density group. Erythroid and eosinophilic hypoplasia, proliferation of neutrophilic precursor cells and significant increases in lymphocytes and plasma cell numbers were the major alterations observed. Differential bone marrow cell counts revealed increases in the myeloid:erythroid ratio associated to increased numbers of granulopoietic cells in the different clinical groups compared with non-infected dogs. Conclusions Analysis of the data obtained indicated that the assessment of bone marrow constitutes an additional and useful tool by which to elaborate a prognosis for CVL.
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- Raquel Trópia de Abreu
- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Hematologia Clínica, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Laboratório de Imunologia Celular e Molecular, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biomarcadores de Diagnóstico e Monitoração, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biomarcadores de Diagnóstico e Monitoração, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunologia Celular e Molecular, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Laboratório de Imunologia Celular e Molecular, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Brustoloni YM, Cunha RV, Dorval ME, Oshiro ET, Pontes ERJC, Oliveira ALL, Hillebrand L, Ribeiro LF. Comparison of conventional methods for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in children of the Center-West Region of Brazil. Braz J Infect Dis 2008; 11:106-9. [PMID: 17625737 DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702007000100023] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In Brazil, sophisticated techniques currently employed for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis, such as polymerase chain reaction-based assays, are only available in major research centers, whereas conventional methods are still used in many areas where the disease occurs. In the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, in the country's Center-West Region, visceral leishmaniasis has recently emerged in many cities, and duration of the disease, from the onset of symptoms to diagnosis, has been short. Considering that results of diagnostic tests may depend on the phase of the disease, we compared direct examination of bone marrow aspirates (BMAs), BMA culture, and serology by Indirect Immunofluorescence Antibody Test (IFAT) for diagnosis in children, according to time of evolution (< or = 30 days or > 30 days) and to spleen size (< or = 5 cm or > 5 cm) at admission. Duration of the illness did not interfere with test positivity: direct smear examination and IFAT were positive in more than 80% of patients, as was culture in around 60%. Results of positive microscopy, however, where predominant in patients with larger spleens. Thanks to the association of traditional techniques, only a few patients had to begin a treatment trial without confirming the diagnosis. Conventional methods for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis are still indispensable in our region, and training professionals in basic techniques should be incremented. The highest sensitivity in laboratory diagnosis among the cases investigated was that obtained with a combination of BMA direct examination and IFAT, nearing 100%.
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- Yvone M Brustoloni
- Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
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Maia C, Rolão N, Nunes M, Gonçalves L, Campino L. Infectivity of five different types of macrophages by Leishmania infantum. Acta Trop 2007; 103:150-5. [PMID: 17626776 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.06.001] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2007] [Revised: 05/22/2007] [Accepted: 06/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Leishmania are intracellular parasites that multiply as the amastigote form in the macrophages of their vertebrate hosts. Since vaccines against leishmaniases are still under development, the control of these diseases relies on prompt diagnosis and chemotherapy in infected humans as well as in dogs, which are the main reservoir of Leishmania infantum, in Mediterranean countries. To establish the macrophage type to be used as an in vitro model for antileishmanial chemotherapeutic studies, we analysed the susceptibility of human peripheral blood derived macrophages, macrophages derived from mouse bone marrow, mouse peritoneal macrophages and macrophages differentiated from cell lines U-937 and DH82 to infection by two L. infantum strains, one obtained from a human leishmanial infection and other from a canine infection. Both strains displayed comparable behaviour in their capacity of infecting the different macrophage types. Human peripheral blood macrophages and DH82 cells were less infectable by both strains. U-937, mouse peritoneal macrophages and mouse bone marrow derived macrophages are the most active cells to phagocytose the parasites. However, U-937 cell line appears to be the most useful as Leishmania infection model providing an unlimited source of homogeneous host cells with reproducibility of the results, is less time consuming, less expensive and tolerate high doses of first line drugs for human and canine visceral leishmaniasis treatment.
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- C Maia
- Unidade de Leishmanioses, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, R. da Junqueira, 96, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal
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Wildblood LA, Jones DG. Stimulation of the In Vitro Migration of Ovine Eosinophils by Factors Derived from the Sheep Scab Mite, Psoroptes ovis. Vet Res Commun 2006; 31:197-206. [PMID: 17216315 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-006-3429-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/20/2005] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The ectoparasitic astigmatid mite Psoroptes ovis causes sheep scab, a highly contagious, severe allergic dermatitis associated with damage to the fleece and hide, loss of condition and occasional mortality. The scab lesion is characterized by a massive infiltration of eosinophils that begins very rapidly after infection. This paper reports the finding that mite-derived factors directly enhance the migration of ovine eosinophils in vitro. Significant (p < 0.01) and dose-dependent (r = 0.972 +/- 0.018 (SD)) activity was initially identified in whole mite extracts, by comparison with medium controls in an assay based on modified Boyden chambers and ovine bone marrow target cells. Similar pro-migratory activity (p < 0.005; r = 0.928 +/- 0.069 (SD)) was detected in washes containing mite excretory/secretory material. By direct comparison with migration ratios (n = 3) for defined chemotactic (rmeotaxin = 3.430 +/- 0.360 (SD)) and chemokinetic (rminterleukin-5 = 0.982 +/- 0.112 (SD)) stimuli it was determined that the activity in both mite extracts (0.992 +/- 0.038 (SD)) and mite washes (0.969 +/- 0.071 (SD)) was chemokinetic. Subsequent experiments (n = 3) in which live mites were incorporated directly into the in vitro assay system indicated that they produced factors that significantly (p < 0.001) enhanced eosinophil migration to a degree directly related to mite numbers (r = 0.993 +/- 0.005 (SD)). The identity of the factor(s) responsible is uncertain, but their presence suggests that mites may be capable of directly activating eosinophils in vivo, and raises the possibility that mites could directly influence, perhaps even initiate, the rapid early tissue eosinophilic response observed in experimental sheep scab infections.
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- L A Wildblood
- Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Penicuik, Scotland, UK
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Morocoima A, Rodríguez M, Herrera L, Urdaneta-Morales S. Trypanosoma cruzi: experimental parasitism of bone and cartilage. Parasitol Res 2006; 99:663-8. [PMID: 16721600 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0211-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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: 12/28/2005] [Accepted: 04/05/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas' disease, a systemic infection that affects cells of meso-, endo-, and ectodermic origin. However, as far as we know, the presence of T. cruzi stages in bone has not been reported previously, and it has scarcely been investigated in cartilage. We inoculated 7- and 20-day-old (8 and 15 g) NMRI albino mice i.p. with metacyclic trypomastigotes from Rhodnius prolixus used for xenodiagnosis of mice previously infected with mammalian, human, and triatomines isolates, characterized by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA as zymodeme 1 (equivalent to T. cruzi I). Tissular parasitism (quantified according to the number of pseudocysts/50 fields 400x) showed amastigotes, intermediate forms, or trypomastigotes in sternum chondroblasts, osteoblasts, macrophages, and fibroblasts; chondrocyte and osteocyte invasion was rare. All isolates parasitized bone marrow macrophages, with few amastigotes. We observed marked associated myotropism, with or without inflammatory infiltration; there were small numbers of intensely parasitized mononuclear cells in perichondrium and periosteum. We discuss the results in relation to the marked differences of the T. cruzi tropism toward the different types of sternum cells, and, additionally, we outline the possibility of transmitting parasitized bone marrow through transplants. The fact of finding parasite stages in sternum bone and cartilage may be considered important due to the studies on Chagas' disease paleoparasitology that are based on histological and molecular analysis.
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- Antonio Morocoima
- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oriente, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
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Allahverdiyev AM, Bagirova M, Uzun S, Alabaz D, Aksaray N, Kocabas E, Koksal F. The value of a new microculture method for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis by using bone marrow and peripheral blood. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005; 73:276-80. [PMID: 16103589] [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: 05/04/2023] Open
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We have demonstrated that the microculture method (MCM) enables the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) with samples from both the bone marrow (BM) and peripheral blood (PB). The MCM is superior to the traditional culture method (TCM) as determined by its higher sensitivity in the detection of promastigotes and the more rapid time for emergence of promastigotes. The sensitivity of MCM (100% in BMs and 77.8-100% in PB) was considerably higher than that of the TCM (37.5-100% in BMs and 0-100% in PB) according to decreasing parasite density (P < 0.05). The concentration of parasites in buffy coats has increased the sensitivity of both methods, especially that of the MCM. Detection of promastigotes by MCM requires lower amounts of culture media (25-50 microL) and shorter incubation periods (2-7 days) than TCM (2.5-3.5 mL and 15-35 days, respectively). MCM was found to be valuable with the advantages of simplicity and sensitivity, in addition to being cost-effective in the routine diagnosis for VL in Adana Turkey.
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Anantrakulsil S, Maneerat Y, Wilairatana P, Krudsood S, Arunsuriyasak C, Atichartakarn V, Kumsiri R, Pattanapanyasat K, Looareesuwan S, Udomsangpetch R. Hematopoietic features and apoptosis in the bone marrow of severe Plasmodium falciparum-infected patients: preliminary study. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2005; 36:543-51. [PMID: 16124415] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The mechanism of anemia in severe falciparum malaria is still not completely understood. The purpose of this study was to determine whether apoptosis in the erythroid lineage causes anemia in falciparum malaria. Bone marrow aspirated from 8 severe falciparum malaria patients, 3 normal volunteers and 5 retrospective normal bone marrow smears were investigated. By light microscopic study, 5 of 8 hyperparasitemic patients had hypocellular bone marrows and erythroid hypoplasia, whereas the other 3 patients had normal cellularity. The mean myeloid : erythroid ratio of these 5 patients was significantly (p < or = 0.05) higher than normal. Apoptosis of bone marrow nucleated cells (BMNC) could be determined from the exposure of phosphatidylserine (PS) on the cell membrane but not DNA fragmentation (180-250 bp) or ultrastructural morphology. The percentages of apoptotic BMNC and apoptotic erythroid cells in bone marrow from each patient and controls varied from low to high, and were not associated with parasitemia. This study suggests that destruction of erythroid lineage, particularly through apoptosis regulation, cannot solely account for anemia in falciparum malaria.
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Coelho Neto J, Agero U, Oliveira DCP, Gazzinelli RT, Mesquita ON. Real-time measurements of membrane surface dynamics on macrophages and the phagocytosis of Leishmania parasites. Exp Cell Res 2005; 303:207-17. [PMID: 15652336 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.09.002] [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: 06/24/2004] [Revised: 08/18/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Defocusing microscopy was used for real-time observation and quantification of membrane surface dynamics in murine bone marrow macrophages. Small random membrane fluctuations (SRMF), possibly metabolic driven, were detected uniformly over all membrane surface. Morphological and dynamical parameters of ruffles, such as shape, dimensions, and velocity of propagation, were analyzed. Optical tweezers were used to promote phagocytosis of single Leishmania amazonensis amastigotes by selected macrophages. Analysis of ruffling activity on the macrophages before and during phagocytosis of the parasites indicated that increased ruffling response near forming phagosomes, most likely induced by the parasite, accelerates phagocytosis. The effects of temperature decrease on the dynamics of membrane surface fluctuations and on the phagocytosis of parasites were used to determine the overall activation energies involved in these processes. The values obtained support the existence of strong correlation between membrane motility and phagocytic capacity.
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- José Coelho Neto
- Departamento de Física, ICEx, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CEP 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
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Lang T, Goyard S, Lebastard M, Milon G. Bioluminescent Leishmania expressing luciferase for rapid and high throughput screening of drugs acting on amastigote-harbouring macrophages and for quantitative real-time monitoring of parasitism features in living mice. Cell Microbiol 2005; 7:383-92. [PMID: 15679841 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2004.00468.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [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: 11/30/2022]
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In this study, we have established conditions for generating Leishmania amazonensis recombinants stably expressing the firefly luciferase gene. These parasites produced significant bioluminescent signals for both in vitro studies and the development of an in vivo model, allowing the course of the parasitism to be readily monitored in real time in the living animals such as laboratory mice. First, a model was established, using parasite-infected mouse macrophages for rapidly determining the activity of drugs against intracellular amastigotes. Results indicated that recombinant Leishmania can be reliably and confidently used to monitor compounds acting on intracellular amastigote-harbouring macrophages. Secondly, temporal analyses were performed following inoculation of metacyclic promastigotes into the ear dermis of BALB/c mice and the bioluminescent light transmitted through the tissue was imaged externally using a charge coupled device (CCD) camera. Bioluminescent signals, measured at the inoculation site and in the draining lymph node of mice containing these parasites correlated well with the more classical quantification of parasites. These assays prove that the real-time bioluminescent assay is not only sensitive but also more rapid than culture-base techniques allowing to monitor parasite-load before any clinical signs of leishmaniasis are detectable. In short, this luciferase imaging study is useful to monitor the efficacy of anti-leishmanial drugs on live cell culture and to trace leishmanial infection in animal models.
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- Thierry Lang
- Unité d'Immunophysiologie et Parasitisme Intracellulaire, Département de Parasitologie, Institut Pasteur, rue 25 du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France.
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Niederwieser D, Gentilini C, Hegenbart U, Lange T, Moosmann P, Pönisch W, Al-Ali H, Raida M, Ljungman P, Tyndall A, Urbano-Ispizua A, Lazarus HM, Gratwohl A. Transmission of donor illness by stem cell transplantation: should screening be different in older donors? Bone Marrow Transplant 2005; 34:657-65. [PMID: 15334048 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [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: 11/08/2022]
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With increasing donor age, the potential of transmitting diseases from donor to recipient reaches new dimensions. Potentially transmittable diseases from donors include infections, congenital disorders, and acquired illnesses like autoimmune diseases or malignancies of hematological or nonhematological origin. While established nonmalignant or malignant diseases might be easy to discover, early-stage hematological diseases like CML, light-chain multiple myelomas, aleukemic leukemias, occult myelodysplastic syndromes and other malignant and nonmalignant diseases might not be detectable by routine screening but only by invasive, new and/or expensive diagnostic tests. In the following article, we propose recommendations for donor work-up, taking into consideration the age of the donors. In contrast to blood transfusions, stem cells from donors with abnormal findings might still be acceptable for HCT, when no other options are available and life expectancy is limited. This issue is discussed in detail in relation to the available donor and stem cell source. Finally, the recommendations presented here aim at harmonized worldwide work-up for donors to insure high standard quality.
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- D Niederwieser
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Leipzig, Philipp Rosenthalstr. 23-25, Leipzig D-4103, Germany.
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Ramírez-Pineda JR, Fröhlich A, Berberich C, Moll H. Dendritic cells (DC) activated by CpG DNA ex vivo are potent inducers of host resistance to an intracellular pathogen that is independent of IL-12 derived from the immunizing DC. J Immunol 2004; 172:6281-9. [PMID: 15128817 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.10.6281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We used the model of murine leishmaniasis to evaluate the signals enabling Ag-pulsed dendritic cells (DC) to prime a protective Th1 response in vivo. Bone marrow-derived DC (BMDC) that had been activated by TNF-alpha or CD40 ligation were not able to induce protection against leishmaniasis in susceptible BALB/c mice. In contrast, all mice vaccinated with a single dose of Leishmania major Ag-pulsed BMDC stimulated by prior in vitro exposure to CpG-containing oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) were completely protected, had a dramatic reduction in parasite burden, and developed an Ag-specific Th1 response. Importantly, systemic administration of CpG ODN was not required. Protection mediated by ex vivo CpG ODN-activated and Ag-pulsed DC was solid, as documented by resistance to reinfection with a higher parasite dose, and long-lasting, as immunized mice were still protected against L. major challenge 16 wk after vaccination. A significantly increased level of protection could also be elicited in resistant C57BL/6 mice. Surprisingly, IL-12 expression by the immunizing BMDC was not required for induction of host resistance. In contrast, the availability of IL-12 derived from recipient cells was essential for the initial triggering of protective immunity by transferred BMDC. Together, these findings demonstrate that the type of stimulatory signal is critical for activating the potential of DC to induce a Th1 response in vivo that confers complete protection against an intracellular pathogen. Moreover, they show that the impact of activated DC on the initiation of a protective Th cell response in vivo may be independent of their ability to produce IL-12.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/administration & dosage
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology
- Adoptive Transfer
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Antigens, Protozoan/pharmacology
- Bone Marrow Cells/immunology
- Bone Marrow Cells/metabolism
- Bone Marrow Cells/parasitology
- CD40 Antigens/immunology
- CpG Islands/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Dendritic Cells/parasitology
- Dendritic Cells/transplantation
- Female
- Immunity, Active
- Immunity, Innate/genetics
- Injections, Intravenous
- Injections, Subcutaneous
- Interleukin-12/biosynthesis
- Interleukin-12/physiology
- Intracellular Fluid/immunology
- Intracellular Fluid/parasitology
- Leishmania major/immunology
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/immunology
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/prevention & control
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/administration & dosage
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/pharmacology
- Protozoan Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Th1 Cells/immunology
- Th1 Cells/metabolism
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology
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- José R Ramírez-Pineda
- Institute for Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Uchiyama H, Okamoto A, Sato K, Yamada T, Murakami S, Yoneda S, Kajita Y, Tegoshi T, Arizono N. Quinine-resistant severe falciparum malaria effectively treated with atovaquone and proguanil hydrochloride combination therapy. Intern Med 2004; 43:624-7. [PMID: 15335195 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.624] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A 22-year-old Japanese man noticed pyrexia and diarrhea after travel to Guinea. Notable physical findings included hepatosplenomegaly. Treatment with oral quinine and minocycline was started after definitive diagnosis of falciparum malaria by blood smear. Initially, parasitemia and body temperature decreased but by the third night of therapy his temperature increased to 40 degrees C with a slight increase of parasite count. When quinine treatment was changed to atovaquone/proguanil, his temperature dropped immediately and complete plasmodial elimination was confirmed on microscopic examination. Subsequent recrudescence of the disease was not observed. It was concluded that the antimalarial treatment with atovaquone/proguanil might become invaluable in Japan.
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- Hitoji Uchiyama
- Department of Medicine, Nantan General Hospital, Funai-gun, Kyoto
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A number of studies have previously examined the capacity of intracellular Leishmania parasites to modulate the capacity of macrophages to process and present Ags to MHC class II-restricted CD4(+) T cells. However, the bulk culture approaches used for assessing T cell activation make interpretation of some of these studies difficult. To gain a more precise understanding of the interaction between Leishmania-infected macrophages and effector T cells, we have analyzed various parameters of T cell activation in individual macrophage-T cell conjugates. Leishmania-infected macrophages efficiently stimulate Ag-independent as well as Ag-dependent, TCR-mediated capping of cortical F-actin in DO.11 T cells. However, infected macrophages are less efficient at promoting the sustained TCR signaling necessary for reorientation of the T cell microtubule organizing center and for IFN-gamma production. A reduced ability to activate these T cell responses was not due to altered levels of surface-expressed MHC class II-peptide complexes. This study represents the first direct single-cell analysis of the impact of intracellular infection on the interaction of macrophages with T cells and serves to emphasize the subtle influence Leishmania has on APC function.
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- Courtney L Meier
- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Pennock JL, Grencis RK. In vivo exit of c-kit+/CD49d(hi)/beta7+ mucosal mast cell precursors from the bone marrow following infection with the intestinal nematode Trichinella spiralis. Blood 2003; 103:2655-60. [PMID: 14604954 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-09-3146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have used the parasite helminth Trichinella spiralis to study the generation and differentiation of mast cell progenitors in the bone marrow of mice, as this infection triggers an intestinal mastocytosis which correlates with parasite expulsion. C-kit+ mast cell progenitors have previously been defined by methylcellulose colony-forming units and by limiting dilution assays in vitro. In vivo experiments have demonstrated the essential requirement by mast cells for specific integrin expression. We have defined 2 c-kit+ populations in the bone marrow, one of which coexpresses CD49d/beta7 integrin, a marker essential for small intestine immigration. We have confirmed the phenotype of these cells by using antagonistic anti-c-kit antibody in vivo. Our data show that the loss of c-kit+/beta7+ cells from the bone marrow correlates with their appearance in the blood and precedes detection of mature mast cells in the gut by 3 days. This exit correlates with an increase in soluble stem cell factor (SCF) in the serum, suggesting that the c-kit/SCF interaction may be chemotactic or haptotactic in nature. This study shows that during infection the bone marrow environment generates mast cells destined for the intestinal mucosa before their exit into the periphery, indicating a clear interplay between infection site and hematopoietic tissue.
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Qiao Z, Guo Z, Yin G, Yin L, Zhao J, Wunderlich F. Testosterone inhibits apoptosis of Leishmania donovani-infected macrophages. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2003; 17:21-4. [PMID: 12563810] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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AIM Investigate the effect of the male sex hormone, testosterone (Te), on apoptosis of bone marrow derived macrophages (BMMs) from female C57BL/6j mice METHODS Propidium iodide (PI) staining and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques were used to investigate apoptosis specific-morphological changes. BMMs derived from Te-treated mice and Oil-treated mice were challenged with Leishmania donovani (L. d.), Oligo-nucleosomal DNA were extracted 24 h post infection to detect apoptosis. RESULTS The removal of M-CSF from the medium could induce BMM apoptofsis. And the DNA fragmentation assay also indicated that: 1. there was no difference in the amount of apoptotic cells between Te and Oil group; 2. Te + L. d. group had significantly less dead cells than Oil + L. d. group demonstrating that Te could prevent apoptosis of macrophage infected with L. d. to a greater extent. CONCLUSION Te inhibits apoptosis of the macrophages infected with L. d., however, this inhibition did not occur in the macrophages uninfected with L. d. Te-induced macrophage apoptosis-inhibition may play an important role in Te-induced immunosuppression.
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- Z Qiao
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001
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Daneshvar H, Coombs GH, Hagan P, Phillips RS. Leishmania mexicana and Leishmania major: attenuation of wild-type parasites and vaccination with the attenuated lines. J Infect Dis 2003; 187:1662-8. [PMID: 12721947 DOI: 10.1086/374783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 09/30/2002] [Accepted: 12/16/2002] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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A method for attenuation of Leishmania species by culturing in vitro under gentamicin pressure has been used successfully with Leishmania mexicana, L. major, L. infantum, and L. donovani. The attenuated lines invaded but were unable to survive within bone marrow-derived macrophages in vitro, whereas wild-type parasites survived and multiplied. The attenuated lines of L. mexicana and L. major both failed to induce cutaneous lesions in the majority of BALB/c mice over a minimum 12-week observation period after subcutaneous injection of stationary phase parasites. The attenuated line of L. mexicana retained its properties in gentamicin-free medium over 40 subcultures. The attenuated lines of L. mexicana and L. major both induced significant protection in mice against challenge with wild-type parasites.
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- Hamid Daneshvar
- Division of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Yin G, Guo Z, Yin L, Zhao J, Qiao Z, Frank W. Effect of testosterone on Leishmania donovani infection levels of murine bone marrow derived-macrophages. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2002; 16:251-5. [PMID: 12078252] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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AIM To investigate the effect of the male sex hormone, testosterone (Te), on Leishmania donovani infection levels of bone marrow derived macrophages(BMMs) from female mice of strain C57BL/6J. METHODS After three weeks of Te-treatment, the BMMs were isolated, challenged with L. donovani at a ratio of 10 to 1 promastigotes per macrophage, and the infection levels of different time points were monitored by Giemsa staining. RESULTS BMMs from Te-treated mice had a significantly increased initial uptake(3 h post infection, P < 0.05) of promastigotes and carried heavier infection levels at all time points(24 h, 48 h, 72 h post infection, P < 0.01), compared with those from oil treated controls. CONCLUSION Te can increase L. donovani infection levels of BMMs, being possibly related to Te-induced immunosuppression.
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- G Yin
- Division of Parasitology of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001
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The protective effect of Nigella sativa seed extract and its main constituents thymoquinone (TQ) was studied on mouse cells infected with schistosomiasis. Bone marrow cells in the in vivo experiments and spleen cells in the in vitro one were used to evaluate the potentially protective effect of these natural compounds on the induction of chromosomal aberrations. Karyotyping of the mice cells illustrated that the main abnormalities were gaps, fragments and deletions especially in chromosomes 2, 6 and some in chromosomes 13 and 14. Both N. sativa extract and TQ were considered as protective agents against the chromosomal aberrations induced as a result of schistosomiasis.
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- Ezzat I Aboul-Ela
- Department of Genetics and Cytology, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.
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Benítez MD, Miranda C, Navarro JM, Morillas F, Martín J, de La Rosa M. [Isolated laringeal leishmaniasis and bone marrow culture (reply)]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2002; 20:133-4. [PMID: 11904090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Urban JF, Noben-Trauth N, Schopf L, Madden KB, Finkelman FD. Cutting edge: IL-4 receptor expression by non-bone marrow-derived cells is required to expel gastrointestinal nematode parasites. J Immunol 2001; 167:6078-81. [PMID: 11714764 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.11.6078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Expulsion of two gastrointestinal nematode parasites, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis and Trichinella spiralis, is similar in that both require IL-4Ralpha expression, but different in that T cells and mast cells are required for IL-4-induced expulsion of T. spiralis but not N. brasiliensis. To examine the role of IL-4Ralpha signaling in immunity to these parasites, we studied worm expulsion in chimeric mice that selectively expressed IL-4Ralpha on bone marrow-derived or non-bone marrow-derived cells. N. brasiliensis was expelled by mice that expressed IL-4Ralpha only on non-bone marrow-derived cells, but not by mice that expressed IL-4Ralpha only on bone marrow-derived cells. Although T. spiralis expulsion required IL-4Ralpha expression by both bone marrow- and non-bone marrow-derived cells, IL-4 stimulation eliminated the requirement for IL-4Ralpha expression by bone marrow-derived cells. Thus, direct IL-4Ralpha signaling of nonimmune gastrointestinal cells may be generally required to induce worm expulsion, even when mast cell and T cell responses are also required.
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- J F Urban
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Animal and Natural Resources Institute, Immunology and Disease Resistance Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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Tadokoro CE, de Almeida Abrahamsohn I. Bone marrow-derived macrophages grown in GM-CSF or M-CSF differ in their ability to produce IL-12 and to induce IFN-gamma production after stimulation with Trypanosoma cruzi antigens. Immunol Lett 2001; 77:31-8. [PMID: 11348667 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(01)00197-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [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: 10/17/2022]
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Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas' disease in man. Control of parasitism at the beginning of experimental infection depends on cytokine-activated macrophages that synthesize nitric oxide (NO). We investigated macrophage populations derived in the presence of M-CSF (M-MØ) or GM-CSF (GM-MØ) regarding their ability to control intracellular parasitism by T. cruzi and to synthesize IL-12 and NO. Both macrophage populations supported intracellular multiplication of the parasite; when activated by IFN-gamma, GM-MØ exerted better control of parasitism. Stimulation of GM-MØ with T. cruzi or Staphylococcus aureus resulted in IL-12 production and higher levels of NO synthesis in comparison with stimulated M-MØ. Mice immunized with parasite-Ag-pulsed GM-MØ but not with pulsed M-MØ had increased IFN-gamma and IL-2 production in lymph nodes. However, when immunization was followed by infection with live parasites, transient elevation of IFN-gamma production was observed in both GM-MØ- and M-MØ-immunized mice, without reduction of blood parasite levels.
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- C E Tadokoro
- Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1730, Ed. Biomédicas IV, São Paulo, 05508-900, SP, Brazil
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Kébaïer C, Louzir H, Chenik M, Ben Salah A, Dellagi K. Heterogeneity of wild Leishmania major isolates in experimental murine pathogenicity and specific immune response. Infect Immun 2001; 69:4906-15. [PMID: 11447167 PMCID: PMC98581 DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.8.4906-4915.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Virulence variability was investigated by analyzing the experimental pathogenicity of 19 Leishmania major strains in susceptible BALB/c mice. Twelve strains were isolated from Tunisian patients with zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis; seven strains were isolated in Syria (n = 1), Saudi Arabia (n = 2), Jordan (n = 2), or Israel (n = 2). BALB/c mice were injected in the hind footpad with 2 x 10(6) amastigotes of the various isolates, and lesion progression was recorded weekly for 9 weeks. Interleukin-4 (IL-4) and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) production of lymph node mononuclear cells activated in vitro with parasite antigens were evaluated 5 weeks after infection. We show that disease progression induced by different L. major isolates was largely heterogeneous although reproducible results were obtained when using the same isolate. Interestingly, isolates from the Middle East induced a more severe disease than did the majority of Tunisian isolates. Strains with the highest virulence tend to generate more IL-4 and less IFN-gamma in vitro at week 5 postinfection as well as higher levels of early IL-4 mRNA in the lymph node draining the inoculation site at 16 h postinfection. These results suggest that L. major isolates from the field may differ in virulence, which influences the course of the disease induced in mice and the type of immune response elicited by the infected host.
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- C Kébaïer
- Laboratoire d'Immunologie (LAF301), Institut Pasteur de Tunis, World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Research and Training in Immunology and Leishmaniasis, 1002 Tunis-Belvédère, Tunisia
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Lüder CG, Walter W, Beuerle B, Maeurer MJ, Gross U. Toxoplasma gondii down-regulates MHC class II gene expression and antigen presentation by murine macrophages via interference with nuclear translocation of STAT1alpha. Eur J Immunol 2001; 31:1475-84. [PMID: 11465104 DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200105)31:5<1475::aid-immu1475>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The obligate intracellular protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is able to establish persistent infections within human and animal hosts. We have shown recently that T. gondii down-regulates IFN-gamma-induced MHC class II expression in murine bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMM4). As shown in this study, the capacity of IFN-gamma-activated murine BMMphi to present ovalbumin to CD4+ T cell hybridomas was dose-dependently inhibited by T. gondii. IFN-gamma-induced up-regulation of H2-Aa, H2-Ab, H2-Eb, H2-Ma, H2-Mb, H2-Oa and invariant chain transcripts was prominently down-regulated by T. gondii. Furthermore, mRNA levels of class II transactivator and interferon-regulatory factor-1 were significantly diminished. Electromobility shift assays demonstrated a decrease in the binding activity of nuclear extracts to the IFN-gamma-activated site after infection with T. gondii, indicating parasitic interference with IFN-gamma-induced signaling. However, neither the expression of the IFN-gammaR nor the IFN-gamma-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of IFN-gammaR alpha chain and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 1alpha was diminished by T. gondii. IFN-gamma-induced nuclear translocation of STAT1alpha was nevertheless inhibited after infection as demonstrated by immunofluorescence microscopy and subcellular fractionation analyses. In conclusion, this novel mechanism of microbial interference with MHC class II gene expression may contribute to intracellular survival and establishment of persistent infection with T. gondii.
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- C G Lüder
- Abteilung für Bakteriologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
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Within the mammalian host, Leishmania donovani is an obligatory intracellular protozoan that resides and multiplies exclusively in the phagolysosomes of macrophages. The outcome of this infection is governed by the interaction between Leishmania and macrophage molecules that ultimately effect the expression of genes within both cells. To explore the effect of this intracellular infection on macrophage gene expression, a cDNA expression array analysis was performed to compare gene expression profiles in noninfected and L. donovani-infected macrophages. In this manner, it was possible to examine the effect of infection on the expression of several hundred well-characterized host cell genes in an unbiased manner. Interestingly, approximately 40% of the genes whose expression was detected in macrophages were down-regulated during infection with L. donovani. However, several genes were also induced during the infection process, some of which could play a role in recruitment of additional macrophages to the site of infection. Taken together, the general suppression of gene expression in addition to the selective induction of key genes is likely to play an important role in allowing the parasite to survive and proliferate within its host macrophage cell.
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- S Buates
- Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
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Resolution of infection by Leishmania sp. is critically dependent on activation of CD4(+) T helper cells. Naive CD4(+) T helper cells are primed by dendritic cells which have responded to an activation signal in the periphery. However, the role of Leishmania-infected dendritic cells in the activation of an anti-Leishmania immune response has not been comprehensively addressed. Using the highly controlled model system of bone marrow-derived dendritic cell infection by Leishmania mexicana cultured in vitro, we show that uptake of L. mexicana parasites does not result in activation of immature dendritic cells or secretion of IL-12. Incubation with L. mexicana promastigotes results in the activation of a small percentage of dendritic cells which do not appear to contain whole parasites. Activation of dendritic cells is not suppressed by infection, since infected cells can be fully activated on addition of activating stimuli. Therefore, uptake of intact Leishmania mexicana parasites is not sufficient to activate dendritic cells in vitro. We propose that these data provide a basis for interpreting the interactions between dendritic cells and all Leishmania sp.
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- C L Bennett
- Centre for Genome Research, Institute of Cell Animal and Population Biology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Barreca GS, Matera G, De Majo M, Lamberti A, Liberto MC, Focà A. Early detection of Leishmania promastigotes in dog bone marrow cultures by acridine orange stain. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2000; 37:247-51. [PMID: 10974575 DOI: 10.1016/s0732-8893(00)00158-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 10/17/2022]
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An acridine orange staining technique was evaluated in comparison with other well-known methods for the laboratory diagnosis of leishmaniasis. A higher number of promastigotes was found in Novy-MacNeal-Nicolle (NNN) cultures inoculated with canine bone marrow, when culture samples were stained with acridine orange vital stain, compared with those detected using either Giemsa staining or unstained wet mount examination. Based on our data the acridine orange stain is a useful and timely technique in reflecting the true numbers of microorganisms present in a culture and also enhances the visualization of the parasites. The present results warrant further studies with human samples from suspected leishmaniasis patients.
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- G S Barreca
- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Microbiology, University of Catanzaro, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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Kaushik RS, Uzonna JE, Zhang Y, Gordon JR, Tabel H. Innate resistance to experimental African trypanosomiasis: differences in cytokine (TNF-alpha, IL-6, IL-10 and IL-12) production by bone marrow-derived macrophages from resistant and susceptible mice. Cytokine 2000; 12:1024-34. [PMID: 10880248 DOI: 10.1006/cyto.2000.0685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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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Resistance to African trypanosomiasis is under multigenic control. BALB/c mice are highly susceptible while C57Bl/6 mice are relatively resistant. Macrophages eliminate opsonized trypanosomes from the bloodstream and are involved in immunosuppression. We therefore investigated the production of a number of cytokines (IL-10, IL-6, TNF-alpha and IL-12) by bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM) from C57Bl/6 and BALB/c mice following challenge with either Trypanosoma congolense or Trypanosoma brucei. BMDM from C57Bl/6 mice, upon challenge with whole cell extracts (WCE) of T. congolense or T. brucei, produced significantly more TNF-alpha and IL-12 than those from BALB/c mice. The production of these cytokines was significantly enhanced by pretreatment of the cells with IFN-gamma. BMDM from BALB/c mice, however, produced significantly more IL-6 and IL-10 than those from C57Bl/6 mice. In contrast to LPS stimulation, simultaneous treatment of cells with WCE and IFN-gamma enhanced IL-10 synthesis by BMDM from BALB/c mice. These results indicate that cytokine genes are differentially regulated in macrophages from trypanosome-susceptible and -resistant mice and are consistent with our previous findings wherein retrovirus-immortalized macrophage cell lines from BALB/c and C57Bl/6 mice produce differential amounts of cytokines after phagocytosis of trypanosomes.
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- R S Kaushik
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Rogers NJ, Hall BS, Obiero J, Targett GA, Sutherland CJ. A model for sequestration of the transmission stages of Plasmodium falciparum: adhesion of gametocyte-infected erythrocytes to human bone marrow cells. Infect Immun 2000; 68:3455-62. [PMID: 10816498 PMCID: PMC97624 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.6.3455-3462.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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With the aim of developing an appropriate in vitro model of the sequestration of developing Plasmodium falciparum sexual-stage parasites, we have investigated the cytoadherence of gametocytes to human bone marrow cells of stromal and endothelial origin. Developing stage III and IV gametocytes, but not mature stage V gametocytes, adhere to bone marrow cells in significantly higher densities than do asexual-stage parasites, although these adhesion densities are severalfold lower than those encountered in classical CD36-dependent assays of P. falciparum cytoadherence. This implies that developing gametocytes undergo a transition from high-avidity, CD36-mediated adhesion during stages I and II to a lower-avidity adhesion during stages III and IV. We show that this adhesion is CD36 independent, fixation sensitive, stimulated by tumor necrosis factor alpha, and dependent on divalent cations and serum components. These data suggest that gametocytes and asexual parasites utilize distinct sets of receptors for adhesion during development in their respective sequestered niches. To identify receptors for gametocyte-specific adhesion of infected erythrocytes to bone marrow cells, we tested a large panel of antibodies for the ability to inhibit cytoadherence. Our results implicate ICAM-1, CD49c, CD166, and CD164 as candidate bone marrow cell receptors for gametocyte adhesion.
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- N J Rogers
- Immunology Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom
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Tabel H, Kaushik RS, Uzonna J. Experimental African trypanosomiasis: differences in cytokine and nitric oxide production by macrophages from resistant and susceptible mice. Pathobiology 2000; 67:273-6. [PMID: 10725801 DOI: 10.1159/000028078] [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: 11/19/2022] Open
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Immunosuppression in experimental infections with Trypanosoma congolense is mediated by the synergistic action of macrophages and a novel lymphocyte(s), which involves the activity of IFN-gamma as well as IL-10. BALB/c mice are highly susceptible while C57Bl/6 mice are relatively resistant to T. congolense infections. Plasma and/or supernatants of spleen cell cultures of infected susceptible BALB/c mice have more IL-10 but less IL-12 than those of infected relatively resistant C57Bl/6 mice. Cells of a BALB/c macrophage cell line, when pulsed with T. congolense, produce more IL-10 and IL-6, but have less TNF-alpha mRNA, than equally treated cells of a C57Bl/6 cell line. Peritoneal and/or bone marrow-derived macrophages obtained from BALB/c mice, pulsed with T. congolense in culture, produce less nitric oxide, TNF-alpha and IL-12, but more IL-6 and IL-10 than equally treated macrophages isolated from C57Bl/6 mice. We suggest that genetic resistance to African trypanosomiasis is expressed at the level of the macrophage.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Bone Marrow Cells/immunology
- Bone Marrow Cells/parasitology
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytokines/biosynthesis
- Disease Models, Animal
- Disease Susceptibility/immunology
- Female
- Immune Tolerance
- Immunity, Innate/immunology
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/immunology
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/parasitology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Nitric Oxide/biosynthesis
- Phagocytosis
- Species Specificity
- Spleen/cytology
- Spleen/metabolism
- Spleen/parasitology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- Trypanosoma congolense/immunology
- Trypanosomiasis, African/genetics
- Trypanosomiasis, African/immunology
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- H Tabel
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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A series of labdans and their derivatives have been identified as novel potential antileishmanial drugs using an in vitro test system against extracellular promastigotes and intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania donovani in murine macrophages (Kayser, O., Kiderlen, A.F., 1998. In vitro activity of leishmanicidal labdanes and related compounds. Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Parasitology, Monduzi Editore, Bologna, 925-929). Of these compounds, aphidicolin, a tetradecanhydro-3,9-dihydroxy-4,11b-dimethyl-8, 11a-methano-11aH-cyclo-hepta[a]naphthalin-4,9-dimethanol+ ++ (Fig. 1), was shown to be highly active at concentrations in the microgram range (EC(50) = 0.16 microg/ml). To improve drug targeting effects aphidicolin was formulated as nanosuspension and retested for its enhanced activity (EC(50) = 0.003 microg/ml).
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- O Kayser
- Institut für Pharmazie, Pharmazeutische Technologie, Biopharmazie und Biotechnologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Kelchstrasse 31, D-12169, Berlin, Germany.
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Bersudsky M, Apte RN, El-On J. Interleukin 1alpha activity of peritoneal and bone marrow macrophages infected with Leishmania major and Leishmania donovani in vitro. Exp Parasitol 2000; 94:150-7. [PMID: 10831379 DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this study, the pattern of interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha) production by both peritoneal (PM) and bone marrow macrophages (BMM) from resistant (C3H/HeJ) and susceptible (BALB/c) mice was investigated, using a bioassay and an IL-1alpha-specific ELISA kit. PM from normal uninfected mice showed either an initial high (C3H/HeJ) or a neglected (BALB/c) level of IL-1alpha activity, respectively, probably due to thioglycollate stimulation. Infection with Leishmania major induced only a marginal effect on IL-1 production by both cells. Normal, uninfected and unstimulated BMM from both mice did not produce IL-1alpha over a 7-day period of cultivation in vitro. Upon stimulation with either lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (BALB/c) or concanavalin A (Con A) (C3H/HeJ), both cell types produced IL-1alpha that peaked within the first 12-24 h following stimulation. BMM from C3H/HeJ and BALB/c mice failed to produce IL-1alpha when infected in vitro with L. major or L. donovani promastigotes. However, infection with these two parasites did not interfere with the capability of the host cell to produce IL-1alpha when stimulated with LPS or Con A. The level of IL-1alpha production was independent of the degree of parasitization of the macrophages. Similar results were observed with IL-1beta and IL-6 production by BMM, even though their levels were generally slightly higher than those obtained with IL-1alpha.
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- M Bersudsky
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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Guinet F, Louise A, Jouin H, Antoine JC, Roth CW. Accurate quantitation of Leishmania infection in cultured cells by flow cytometry. Cytometry 2000; 39:235-40. [PMID: 10685082] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Leishmaniases are major parasitic diseases caused by protozoans that are obligate intracellular parasites during the mammalian phase of their life cycle. Quantitation of experimental mammalian cell infections is usually performed by time-consuming microscopic examination. In this report a flow cytometry (FCM)-based assay suitable for studying in vitro infections by L.amazonensis is presented. METHODS Intense fluorescence staining of the amastigote forms with a stage- and species-specific monoclonal antibody was obtained after permeabilization of both the host-cell cytoplasmic membrane and the parasitophorous vacuole membrane by saponin treatment. RESULTS Upon flow cytometry (FCM) analysis, parasitized cells separated sharply from the auto-fluorescence of the mammalian host cells, giving the assay a high degree of sensitivity and specificity. Ninety to 98% of cells in the more fluorescent population harbored parasites visible by phase-contrast and UV-light microscopy, while no parasites were observed in more than 95% of the cells in the population with background fluorescence. Comparisons of the FCM results with those from microscope counting and analysis of various dilutions of parasitized cells confirmed the reliability of the method. CONCLUSIONS The FCM assay provided rapid quantitation of Leishmania infection either in mouse macrophages, the natural host cell in murine leishmaniasis, or in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, a non-macrophage cell line proposed as an in vitro model for studying host-parasite interactions. The protocol described here should be adaptable to studies involving other parasites residing in nucleated cells.
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- F Guinet
- Unité d'Immunoparasitologie / CNRS URA 1960, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Cotterell SE, Engwerda CR, Kaye PM. Leishmania donovani infection of bone marrow stromal macrophages selectively enhances myelopoiesis, by a mechanism involving GM-CSF and TNF-alpha. Blood 2000; 95:1642-51. [PMID: 10688819] [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: 02/15/2023] Open
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Alterations in hematopoiesis are common in experimental infectious disease. However, few studies have addressed the mechanisms underlying changes in hematopoietic function or assessed the direct impact of infectious agents on the cells that regulate these processes. In experimental visceral leishmaniasis, caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani, parasites persist in the spleen and bone marrow, and their expansion in these sites is associated with increases in local hematopoietic activity. The results of this study show that L donovani targets bone marrow stromal macrophages in vivo and can infect and multiply in stromal cell lines of macrophage, but not other lineages in vitro. Infection of stromal macrophages increases their capacity to support myelopoiesis in vitro, an effect mediated mainly through the induction of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. These data are the first to directly demonstrate that intracellular parasitism of a stromal cell population may modify its capacity to regulate hematopoiesis during infectious disease. (Blood. 2000;95:1642-1651)
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- S E Cotterell
- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Everlien H, Hockertz S. Combined liposomal immuno- and chemotherapy of visceral leishmaniasis. Arzneimittelforschung 1999; 49:954-61. [PMID: 10604050] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Visceral leishmaniasis is a tropical disease caused by Leishmania donovani, an obligate intracellular parasite. Host cells of these parasites are macrophages. The conventional therapy of visceral leishmaniasis uses pentavalent antimony (Pentostam). To minimize the undesired side effects of antimony and to possibly reduce the therapeutical dose of antimony it was combined with interferon gamma (IFN gamma) and encapsulated both in multilamellar vesicles for treatment of murine visceral leishmaniasis. Using liposomes composed of one synthetic phospholipid and applying the freeze-thawing technique an encapsulation rate of about 30-70% of the offered antimony concentration was obtained. In the case of IFN gamma an entrapment of 20-30% was reached. Thus these liposomes were used to perform experiments in order to achieve pharmacological data about organ distribution of the encapsulated vs. free drug. For this purpose defined amounts of antimony were injected i.v. in B 10D2/n mice. At several time-points mice were sacrificed and lung, spleen, liver, kidneys and blood samples were assessed for antimony concentration. The results presented evidence that liposomal drugs were enriched in spleen and liver, organs mainly affected by visceral leishmaniasis. It has been shown previously that liposomes are phagocytozed by macrophages, the host cells of the parasites. Therefore treatment of L. donovani infected mice with liposomal antimony and IFN-gamma resulted in a nearly complete parasite reduction, while treatment with the free drug slightly reduced the parasite burden only in the liver. The aim of these studies was to minimize the undesired side effects of antimony and to possibly reduce the necessary dosage by 1 encapsulating it into multilamellar vesicles and 2, by combining the liposomal antimony with liposomal encapsulated IFN gamma, which is known to be a potent macrophage activating agent.
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- H Everlien
- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Environmental Medicine Hamburg
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Corradin S, Mauël J, Ransijn A, Stürzinger C, Vergères G. Down-regulation of MARCKS-related protein (MRP) in macrophages infected with Leishmania. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:16782-7. [PMID: 10358020 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.24.16782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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Leishmania, a protozoan parasite of macrophages, has been shown to interfere with host cell signal transduction pathways including protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent signaling. Myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate (MARCKS) and MARCKS-related protein (MRP, MacMARCKS) are PKC substrates in diverse cell types. MARCKS and MRP are thought to regulate the actin network and thereby participate in cellular responses involving cytoskeletal rearrangement. Because MRP is a major PKC substrate in macrophages, we examined its expression in response to infection by Leishmania. Activation of murine macrophages by cytokines increased MRP expression as determined by Western blot analysis. Infection with Leishmania promastigotes at the time of activation or up to 48 h postactivation strongly decreased MRP levels. Leishmania-dependent MRP depletion was confirmed by [3H]myristate labeling and by immunofluorescence microscopy. All species or strains of Leishmania parasites tested, including lipophosphoglycan-deficient Leishmania major L119, decreased MRP levels. MRP depletion was not obtained with other phagocytic stimuli including zymosan, latex beads, or heat-killed Streptococcus mitis, a Gram-positive bacterium. Experiments with [3H]myristate labeled proteins revealed the appearance of lower molecular weight fragments in Leishmania-infected cells suggesting that MRP depletion may be due to proteolytic degradation.
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- S Corradin
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
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A series of aurones with drug-potential for Leishmania infections was identified in vitro using both a direct cytotoxicity assay against extracellular promastigotes of Leishmania donovani, L. infantum, L. enriettii, and L. major, and a test against intracellular amastigote forms of L. donovani residing within murine macrophages. The most active aurone (6-hydroxy-2-[phenylmethylene]-3(2H)-benzofuranone) had an EC50 of 0.45 microgram/ml in the extra-, and an EC50 of 1.40 micrograms/ml in the intracellular assay. Other aurones were active between 0.06-12.50 micrograms/ml and 0.04-7.81 micrograms/ml, respectively. When tested against murine bone marrow-derived macrophages as a mammalian host cell control, the compounds showed only moderate cytotoxicity (EC50 2.32 to > 25.0 micrograms/ml). This is the first report on aurones as a new class of natural products with leishmanicidal activity.
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- O Kayser
- Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
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Bidri M, Vouldoukis I, Mossalayi MD, Debré P, Guillosson JJ, Mazier D, Arock M. Evidence for direct interaction between mast cells and Leishmania parasites. Parasite Immunol 1997; 19:475-83. [PMID: 9372516 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1997.d01-153.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [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] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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When stimulated through IgE-(or IgG-) immune complexes with parasite antigens, mast cells can release several cytokines, including IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) that may influence the host response to Leishmania major in modulating lesion size and persistence during experimental infection in the mouse. Moreover, recent data demonstrated that mast cells are able to be antibody-independently activated by direct contact with bacteria, making them important elements in innate immunity. Given these data, we asked whether cell-parasite contact could directly induce mast cell mediator release and whether mast cells could be infected by L. major or L. infantum parasites. In this study, we showed that a pure homogeneous population of mouse bone marrow derived mast cells (BMMC) in contact with living L. major or L. infantum promastigotes, but not with attenuated parasites or soluble parasite antigens, released preformed mediators such as beta-hexosaminidase and the preformed pool of TNF-alpha within minutes. Furthermore, direct cell-parasite contact induced TNF-alpha synthesis by mast cells within hours. Moreover, we demonstrated by in vitro co-culture experiments that metacyclic L. major or L. infantum promastigotes are directly infective for a significant proportion of BMMC and are transformed into intracellular amastigotes. Taken together, these data suggest that mast cell can participate in the first line of defence, i.e. innate immunity, during local cutaneous infection with Leishmania parasites.
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- M Bidri
- Laboratoire d'Hématologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Faculté de Pharmacie, Paris, France
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