ABSTRACT
Estudos em nosso laboratório carcterizaram camundongos B10.A e A/J, respectivamente, como susceptíveis e resistentes à infecção pulmonar pelo fungo Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. A imunidade inata desempenha papel fundamental no controle inicial dos patógenos e na regulação da resposta imune adquirida. Como os macrófagos alveolares são as primeiras células do hospedeiro a interagir com o fungo, propusemo-nos a estudar a capacidade fungicida e secretora dos macrófagos alveolares de camundongos susceptíveis e resistentes ao P. brasiliensis para melhor compreender a PCM pulmonar. Camundongos B10.A e A/J normais (n: 10-15) foram submetidos a lavagem bronco-alveolar (LBA) e a suspensão celular obtida (2x'10 POT. 5' células/poço)...
Previous studies in our laboratory characterized B10.A and A/J mice as susceptible and resistant strains to pulmonary Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection. Innate immunity plays a fundamental role on the control of the initial growth of pathogens as well as in the acquired immunity that subsequently develops. As alveolar macrophages are the first host cells to interact with P. brasiliensis we decided to study the fungicidal and secretory ability of alveolar macrophages from resistant and susceptible mice to P. brasiliensis to better understand the pulmonary model of paracoccidioidomycosis. Normal B10.A and A/J mice (n=10-15) were submitted to bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and cell suspensions (2x105 cells/well) were pre-activated ovemight with IFN-γ, IL-12 or the combination of these two cytokines (50,000, 10,000 and 2,000 pg/rnL). After that, macrophages were in vitro challenged with P. brasiliensis yeasts (1:50 fungus: macrophage ratio) and 72h later fungicidal activity was determined by colony forming units counts (CFU). Nitrite and cytokines production were determined in culture supematants by Griess reaction and ELISA, respectively. Data were expressed as means ± SE and analyzed by Student's t test. Our results showed that B10.A macrophages pre-activated with the different assayed concentrations of IFNγ, IL-12 or both cytokines presented elevated fungicidal ability (51¬-97%) concomitant with the presence of high levels of NO, IL-12 and MCP-l and low amounts of IL-10 and GM-CSF. NO synthesis occurred in low levels but high concentrations of IL-10 and GM-CSF associated to low amounts of IL-12 and MCP-1 were detected in the co-cultures supematants. NO synthesis inhibition by aminoguanidine clearly showed that the fungicidal ability of B10.A but not of A/J macrophages was NO¬ dependent. Treatment ...