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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 109(8): 1005-1013, 12/2014. graf
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS | ID: lil-732612

RESUMEN

Trypanosoma cruzi infection may be caused by different strains with distinct discrete typing units (DTUs) that can result in variable clinical forms of chronic Chagas disease. The present study evaluates the immune response and cardiac lesions in dogs experimentally infected with different T. cruzi strains with distinct DTUs, namely, the Colombian (Col) and Y strains of TcI and TcII DTU, respectively. During infection with the Col strain, increased levels of alanine aminotransferase, erythrocytes, haematocrit and haemoglobin were observed. In addition, CD8+ T-lymphocytes isolated from the peripheral blood produced higher levels of interleukin (IL)-4. The latter suggests that during the acute phase, infection with the Col strain may remain unnoticed by circulating mononuclear cells. In the chronic phase, a significant increase in the number of inflammatory cells was detected in the right atrium. Conversely, infection with the Y strain led to leucopoenia, thrombopoenia, inversion of the ratio of CD4+/CD8+ T-lymphocytes and alterations in monocyte number. The Y strain stimulated the production of interferon-γ by CD4+ and CD8+ T-lymphocytes and IL-4 by CD8+ T-cells. In the chronic phase, significant heart inflammation and fibrosis were observed, demonstrating that strains of different DTUs interact differently with the host.


Asunto(s)
Animales , Perros , Enfermedad de Chagas/inmunología , Miocardio/patología , Trypanosoma cruzi/inmunología , Alanina Transaminasa/sangre , /metabolismo , /metabolismo , Enfermedad Crónica , Enfermedad de Chagas/sangre , Enfermedad de Chagas/patología , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Recuento de Eritrocitos , Citometría de Flujo , Fibrosis/inmunología , Fibrosis/parasitología , Hematócrito , Hemoglobinas/análisis , /metabolismo , Recuento de Linfocitos , Leucocitos Mononucleares/química , Miocardio/química , Miocardio/inmunología , Fenotipo , Trypanosoma cruzi/metabolismo
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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 103(6): 528-534, Sept. 2008. ilus, graf, tab
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS | ID: lil-495726

RESUMEN

The goals of the present study were to evaluate the kinetics of blood parasitism by examination of fresh blood, blood culture (BC) and PCR assays and their correlation with heart parasitism during two years of infection in Beagle dogs inoculated with the Be-78, Y and ABC Trypanosoma cruzi strains. Our results showed that the parasite or its kDNA is easily detected during the acute phase in all infected animals. On the other hand, a reduced number of positive tests were verified during the chronic phase of the infection. The frequency of positive tests was correlated with T. cruzi strain. The percentage of positive BC and blood PCR performed in samples from animals inoculated with Be-78 and ABC strains were similar and significantly larger in relation to animals infected with the Y strain.Comparison of the positivity of PCR tests performed using blood and heart tissue samples obtained two years after infection showed two different patterns associated with the inoculated T. cruzi strain: (1) high PCR positivity for both blood and tissue was observed in animals infected with Be-78 or ABC strains; (2) lower and higher PCR positivity for the blood and tissue, respectively, was detected in animals infected with Y strains. These data suggest that the sensitivity of BC and blood PCR was T. cruzi strain dependent and, in contrast, the heart tissue PCR revealed higher sensitivity regardless of the parasite stock.


Asunto(s)
Animales , Perros , Femenino , Masculino , Cardiomiopatía Chagásica/parasitología , Parasitemia/parasitología , Trypanosoma cruzi/patogenicidad , Enfermedad Aguda , Enfermedad Crónica , Cardiomiopatía Chagásica/patología , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Fibrosis/parasitología , Fibrosis/patología , Inflamación/parasitología , Inflamación/patología , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa , Parasitemia/patología , Trypanosoma cruzi/clasificación
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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 102(2): 141-147, Mar. 2007. ilus, graf
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS | ID: lil-447547

RESUMEN

Trypanosoma cruzi is a hemoflagelate parasite associated with heart dysfunctions causing serious problems in Central and South America. Beagle dogs develop the symptoms of Chagas disease in humans, and could be an important experimental model for better understanding the immunopathogenic mechanisms involved in the chagasic infection. In the present study we investigated the relation among biological factors inherent to the parasite (trypomastigote polymorphism and in vitro infectivity) and immunoglobulin production, inflammation, and fibrosis in the heart of Beagle dogs infected with either T. cruzi Y or Berenice-78 strains. In vitro infectivity of Vero cells as well as the extension of cardiac lesions in infected Beagle was higher for Y strain when compared to Berenice-78 strain. These data suggested that in vitro infectivity assays may correlate with pathogenicity in vivo. In fact, animals infected with Y strain, which shows prevalence of slender forms and high infectivity in vitro, presented cardiomegaly, inflammation, and fibrosis in heart area. Concerning the immunoglobulin production, no statistically significant difference was observed for IgA, IgM or IgG levels among T. cruzi infected animals. However, IgA together IgM levels have shown to be a good marker for the acute phase of Chagas disease.


Asunto(s)
Humanos , Animales , Perros , Cardiomiopatía Chagásica/parasitología , Inmunoglobulinas/biosíntesis , Trypanosoma cruzi/patogenicidad , Enfermedad Aguda , Biomarcadores , Enfermedad Crónica , Cardiomiopatía Chagásica/inmunología , Cardiomiopatía Chagásica/patología , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Fibrosis/parasitología , Fibrosis/patología , Inflamación/parasitología , Inflamación/patología , Parasitemia , Factores de Tiempo , Trypanosoma cruzi/clasificación , Virulencia
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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 100(5): 555-561, Aug. 2005. graf
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS | ID: lil-409975

RESUMEN

Calomys callosus, a sylvatic reservoir of Trypanosoma cruzi, when infected with the Colombian strain (Biodeme Type III, T. cruzi I ) develops necrotic-inflammatory lesions and intense early fibrogenesis in the heart and skeletal muscles, that spontaneously regress. Participation of pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrogenic cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) , and tumor growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), in the pathogenesis of the lesions is herein studied. Eighty C. callosus weighing 20 to 30 g were used. Seventy of them were inoculated with the Colombian strain (10(5) blood forms) and 10 were maintained as intact non-infected controls. After infection, C. callosus were sacrificed at different time-points from 15 to 70 days. The heart and skeletal muscle were processed for histopathology and cryopreserved for immunohistochemistry. Early necrotic lesions of parasitized skeletal muscle and myocardium with intense inflammatory lesions were present. Search for the in situ presence of TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma, was performed using rat-IgG anti-mouse antibodies against these cytokines. For the in situ search of TGF-beta, rabbit IgG anti-mouse antibodies were used. Immunolabeling of the cytokines in tissues of infected C. callosus was successful. The cytokines TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma , and TGF-beta were detected in the cytoplasm of macrophages and in the necrotic material from 15 to 45 days post-infection, decreasing their intensity until complete disappearance by the 65th day, which correlated with subsiding histopathological lesions. These findings suggest the participation of these cytokines in the control of parasite multiplication, in the development of an early fibrogenesis and in the regression of fibrotic-inflammatory lesions observed in C. callosus.


Asunto(s)
Animales , Masculino , Enfermedad de Chagas/patología , Citocinas/metabolismo , Músculo Esquelético/patología , Miocardio/patología , Trypanosoma cruzi , Enfermedad de Chagas/metabolismo , Fibrosis/parasitología , Fibrosis/patología , Inmunohistoquímica , Interferón gamma/metabolismo , Músculo Esquelético/parasitología , Roedores , Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta/metabolismo
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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 100(2): 183-185, Apr. 2005. ilus
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS | ID: lil-410857

RESUMEN

An increasing amount of evidences points to angiogenesis as playing a paramount role in fibrosis development. However, granulomas in general, and periovular schistosomal granulomas in particular, are considered avascular structures, although they usually result in dense areas of focal fibrosis. In order to clarify this apparent paradox, the presence of blood vessels was systematically searched in hepatic schistosomal granulomas of mice, during different stages of the infection, and at different stages of granuloma evolution, by means of vascular injections of colored masses, demonstration of laminin in vascular basement membranes and by ultra structural analysis. Vascular proliferation appeared evident at the early stages of granuloma formation, gradually decreasing thereafter, older granulomas becoming almost avascular structures, sometimes delimited at the periphery by a rich vascular network.


Asunto(s)
Animales , Femenino , Ratones , Granuloma/parasitología , Parasitosis Hepáticas/patología , Neovascularización Patológica/parasitología , Schistosoma mansoni , Esquistosomiasis mansoni/patología , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Fibrosis/parasitología , Fibrosis/patología , Granuloma/patología , Neovascularización Patológica/patología , Factores de Tiempo
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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 96(suppl): 107-112, Sept. 2001. ilus, graf
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS | ID: lil-295868

RESUMEN

Mast cells and eosinophils actively participate in tissue repair and are prominent components of Schistosoma mansoni granulomas. Since pentoxifillyne (PTX) is an immunomodulatory and antifibrotic substance, we aimed to characterize, by morphological techniques, the effect of this drug on fibrosis developed inside murine hepatic schistosomal granulomatous reaction, beyond the quantification of eosinophil and mast cell populations. The drug (1 mg/100 g animal weight) was administrated from 35 to 90 days post-infection, when the animals were killed. The intragranulomatous interstitial collagen network was analyzed by confocal laser scanning microscopy, the number of eosinophils and mast cells was quantified and the results were validated by t-student test. Treatment did not interfere on the granuloma evolution but caused a significant decrease in the total and involutive number of hepatic granulomas (p = 0.01 and 0.001, respectivelly), and in the intragranulomatous accumulation of eosinophils (p = 0.0001). Otherwise, the number of mast cells was not significantly altered (p = 0.9); however, it was positively correlated with the number of granulomatous structures (r = 0.955). In conclusion, PTX does not affect development and collagen deposition in S. mansoni murine granuloma, but decreases the intragranulomatous eosinophil accumulation possibly due to its immunomodulatory capability, interfering in cellular recruitment and/or differentiation


Asunto(s)
Animales , Masculino , Ratones , Eosinófilos/efectos de los fármacos , Matriz Extracelular/efectos de los fármacos , Granuloma/parasitología , Parasitosis Hepáticas/parasitología , Pentoxifilina/farmacología , Inhibidores de Fosfodiesterasa/farmacología , Esquistosomiasis mansoni/complicaciones , Colágeno/efectos de los fármacos , Fibrosis/tratamiento farmacológico , Fibrosis/parasitología , Granuloma/tratamiento farmacológico , Parasitosis Hepáticas/tratamiento farmacológico , Hígado/patología , Mastocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Pentoxifilina/uso terapéutico , Inhibidores de Fosfodiesterasa/uso terapéutico
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