Produção de citocinas na paracoccidioidomicose experimental murina em períodos iniciais do processo infeccioso em linhagens selecionadas para resposta inflamatória aguda
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2009-02-06
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Cavalheiro, Juliana Semim [UNESP]
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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A Paracoccidioidomicose é uma micose sistêmica humana causada por um fungo imperfeito e dimórfico denominado Paracoccidioides brasilienis (P.brasiliensis), sendo os conídeos sua forma infectante. Camundongos geneticamente selecionados para Resposta Inflamatória Aguda Máxima (AIRmax) e Mínima (AIRmin), foram usados como modelo experimental da paracoccidioidomicose. Os animais foram inoculados pela via intraperitoneal com P. brasiliensis (cepa 18) e sacrificados após 6, 12 e 24 horas e 3, 7 e 14 dias de infecção. Nestes períodos foram removidos fragmentos de baço, fígado e pulmão para avaliação do grau de infecção de células fúngicas nestes órgãos, avaliação da atividade macrofágica por macrófagos peritoneais e esplênicos pela determinação das concentrações de óxido nítrico e produção de citocinas pró e anti-inflamatórias de sobrenadantes de homogenatos de pulmão e baço. No presente trabalho observamos que as linhagens AIRmax apresentaram maior contenção do processo infeccioso que as linhagens AIRmin nos compartimentos analisados. Quanto a produção de NO observamos que animais AIRmax produziram mais deste metabólito em períodos tardios, o que pode ter ajudado esta linhagem na maior contenção do processo infeccioso nos órgãos analisados. Quanto a produção de citocinas observamos que a produção de INF- , TNF- , IL-1, IL- 6, IL-8, IL-12, estão aumentadas nas linhagens AIRmax na maioria dos órgãos e períodos analisados, contribuindo para a maior resistência destas linhagens frente à infecção pelo fungo em relação aos AIRmin, com exceção da IL-4 e IL-10 que apresentaram sua produção diminuída na linhagem AIRmax e aumentada na linhagem AIRmin reproduzindo seu efeito biológico supressor. Frente aos resultados observamos que a linhagem AIRmax apresentou maior contenção do processo infeccioso, com importante envolvimento...
Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic human mycosis caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (P. brasiliensis), an imperfect dimorphic fungus whose conidia are its infectant form.Mice genetically selected for Maximum (AIRmax) and Minimum (AIRmin) Acute Inflammatory Response were used as an experimental paracoccidioidomycosis model. The animals were intraperitoneally inoculated with P. brasiliensis (strain 18) and sacrificed after 6, 12 and 24 hours and after 3, 7 and 14 days of infection. In these periods, fragments from their spleen, liver and lung were removed for evaluation of the level of infection by fungal cells in those organs, evaluation of macrophagic activity by peritoneal and splenic macrophages through the determination of the concentrations of nitric oxide (NO) and production of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines of lung and spleen homogenate supernatants. In the present study, it was observed that the AIRmax lineages presented greater control of the infectious process than did the AIRmin lineages in the analyzed compartments. As regards NO production, it was found that AIRmax animals produced more of such metabolite in late periods, which may have helped that lineage with the greater control of the infectious process in the analyzed organs. Concerning cytokine production, it was observed that the production of INF- , TNF- , IL-1, IL-6, IL-8 and IL-12 were increased for the AIRmax lineages in most analyzed organs and periods, thus contributing to the greater resistance exhibited by such lineages against infection with the fungus in relation to AIRmin, except for IL-4 and IL-10, which showed decreased production for the AIRmax lineage, reproducing its suppressive biological effect. From these results, it was observed that the AIRmax lineage showed greater control over the infectious process with an important involvement of the analyzed cytokines. These findings... (Complet abstract click electronic access below)
Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic human mycosis caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (P. brasiliensis), an imperfect dimorphic fungus whose conidia are its infectant form.Mice genetically selected for Maximum (AIRmax) and Minimum (AIRmin) Acute Inflammatory Response were used as an experimental paracoccidioidomycosis model. The animals were intraperitoneally inoculated with P. brasiliensis (strain 18) and sacrificed after 6, 12 and 24 hours and after 3, 7 and 14 days of infection. In these periods, fragments from their spleen, liver and lung were removed for evaluation of the level of infection by fungal cells in those organs, evaluation of macrophagic activity by peritoneal and splenic macrophages through the determination of the concentrations of nitric oxide (NO) and production of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines of lung and spleen homogenate supernatants. In the present study, it was observed that the AIRmax lineages presented greater control of the infectious process than did the AIRmin lineages in the analyzed compartments. As regards NO production, it was found that AIRmax animals produced more of such metabolite in late periods, which may have helped that lineage with the greater control of the infectious process in the analyzed organs. Concerning cytokine production, it was observed that the production of INF- , TNF- , IL-1, IL-6, IL-8 and IL-12 were increased for the AIRmax lineages in most analyzed organs and periods, thus contributing to the greater resistance exhibited by such lineages against infection with the fungus in relation to AIRmin, except for IL-4 and IL-10, which showed decreased production for the AIRmax lineage, reproducing its suppressive biological effect. From these results, it was observed that the AIRmax lineage showed greater control over the infectious process with an important involvement of the analyzed cytokines. These findings... (Complet abstract click electronic access below)
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Paracoccidiodomicose - Aspectos imunológicos - Estudos experimentais, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, Acute Inflammatory Response, Cytokines
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CAVALHEIRO, Juliana Semim. Produção de citocinas na paracoccidioidomicose experimental murina em períodos iniciais do processo infeccioso em linhagens selecionadas para resposta inflamatória aguda. 2009. 91 f. Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, 2009.