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Vet Parasitol ; 159(3-4): 253-7, 2009 Feb 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19054621

RESUMO

Mast cell (MC) hyperplasia and activation are prominent features in Trichinella spiralis infection. Indeed a temporal correlation has been shown between the kinetics of intestinal mastocytosis, release of inflammatory mediators from MC, and adult worm loss, which constitutes a major component of the defense against T. spiralis infection. It is well known that during the intestinal phase of trichinellosis, muscle larvae (ML) and adult worms (AD) enter into contact with the host; however, interaction with MC may also occur during migration of newborn larvae (NBL). Therefore, it is plausible that antigens from these developmental stages could activate MC. We have previously demonstrated by in vitro assays that T. spiralis muscle larval (TSL-1) antigens activate MC through an Ig-independent mechanism leading to the release of histamine, MC protease 5, IL-4 and TNF alpha. In this work we evaluated whether total antigens from AD or NBL could activate unsensitized MC and we compared this activation with the activation seen when MC are stimulated with TSL-1 antigens. MC activation was also tested with affinity chromatography purified antigens from NBL using the monoclonal antibody CE-4 that recognizes NBL surface components. The results obtained in this study showed that AD total extracts and TSL-1 antigens induced the release of histamine but not beta-hexosaminidase from unsensitized MC, suggesting a selective secretion of MC mediators. In contrast, NBL total extracts or purified NBL antigens did not induce the release of either histamine or beta-hexosaminidase from MC. Interestingly, AD and ML are the stages that interact with the host during the intestinal phase of infection. The mechanisms involved in TSL-1 and AD activation of unsensitized MC may function together with other mechanisms of MC activation in host protection against T. spiralis.


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Antígenos de Helmintos/imunologia , Mastócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Mastócitos/fisiologia , Trichinella spiralis/imunologia , Animais , Antígenos de Helmintos/farmacologia , Células Cultivadas , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Liberação de Histamina/fisiologia , Larva , Masculino , Músculos/imunologia , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , beta-N-Acetil-Hexosaminidases/metabolismo
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Scand J Immunol ; 60(4): 329-37, 2004 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15379857

RESUMO

Iron is known to play an important role in different bacterial infections and, in particular, in their development. One example is infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis where iron contributes to growth and survival of the bacteria within the host cell. The majority of studies performed on tuberculosis have focused on the direct effect of iron on bacterial growth; however, little is known about how iron modifies the mycobacterial-host interaction. In order to address this, we have investigated the effect of iron on intracellular growth of M. tuberculosis in J774 macrophages and the molecular mechanisms that are affected during this interaction. We observed that iron modifies intracellular growth of the mycobacteria and that their growth kinetics was modified from that observed for the extracellular situation in the presence of iron. Similarly, when iron was present during the infection, there was a reduced release of tumour necrosis factor-alpha and it was related to a higher number of bacilli inside the host cell and low expression of interleukin-1 (IL-1) and IL-6 mRNA. Hence, this work demonstrates that iron, besides promoting mycobacterial growth, also regulates the relationship between macrophage and bacteria.


Assuntos
Citocinas/biossíntese , Ferro/farmacologia , Macrófagos/imunologia , Macrófagos/microbiologia , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/patogenicidade , Citocinas/genética , Mediadores da Inflamação/metabolismo , Interleucina-1/biossíntese , Interleucina-1/genética , Interleucina-6/biossíntese , Interleucina-6/genética , Macrófagos/efeitos dos fármacos , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/efeitos dos fármacos , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Óxido Nítrico/biossíntese , Óxido Nítrico Sintase/genética , Óxido Nítrico Sintase Tipo II , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/biossíntese , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/genética
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